WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Olympics ticket broker whose company apologized last week for distribution problems at the London Games is co-hosting a fundraiser for Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Indiana this week.

An invitation to the fundraiser in Evansville, Indiana, scheduled for Saturday, lists Sead Dizdarevic, founder and owner of the ticket-selling companies Jet Set Sports and CoSport, as one of 24 “event co-chairs.”

LONDON (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s trip to London is intended to enhance his credibility as a world figure in the run-up to the November 6 election but it also could turn a spotlight on some of his political vulnerabilities.

The Republican is scheduled to meet top government ministers and politicians in London on Thursday, the first working day of his week-long trip.

LONDON (Reuters) – A longtime Olympics ticket broker is apologizing for delays in distributing tickets to the London Summer Games that have forced some fans to spend up to six hours in sweltering heat this week waiting for their orders.

The ticket agency CoSport – whose owner was a figure in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics scandal and is a prominent backer of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney – said in a statement Tuesday that it understood the frustration of customers, many of whom have arrived in London from the United States and Canada.

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, about to visit the London Olympics and Israel, said for the first time on Monday that he supports an official minute of silence at Friday’s opening ceremony for the Games to honor Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Romney’s move broke years of his own silence on the issue, including his time leading the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. During those Games, survivors of the slain Israelis called on the International Olympic Committee to observe a moment of silence to mark what was the 30th anniversary of the deaths in Munich. The IOC declined.

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, about to visit the London Olympics and Israel, said for the first time on Monday that he supports an official minute of silence at Friday’s opening ceremony for the Games to honor Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

(Read IOC holds surprise Munich massacre commemoratihere)

Romney’s move broke years of his own silence on the issue, including his time leading the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. During those Games, survivors of the slain Israelis called on the International Olympic Committee to observe a moment of silence to mark what was the 30th anniversary of the deaths in Munich. The IOC declined.

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – News Corp’s Rupert
Murdoch has stepped down from a string of boards overseeing the
Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain, the company
said in an internal memo on Saturday.

The company described the news as a “corporate housecleaning
exercise” linked to the announcement in June that News Corp
would split into two separate companies: a smaller publishing
division and a much larger entertainment and TV group.

LONDON (Reuters) – New York police believe Iranian Revolutionary Guards or their proxies have been involved so far this year in nine plots against Israeli or Jewish targets around the world, according to restricted police documents obtained by Reuters.

Reports prepared this week by intelligence analysts for the New York Police Department (NYPD) say three plots were foiled in January, three in February and another three since late June. Iran has repeatedly denied supporting militant attacks abroad.

LONDON (Reuters) – New York police believe Iranian Revolutionary Guards or their proxies have been involved so far this year in nine plots against Israeli or Jewish targets around the world, according to restricted police documents obtained by Reuters.

Reports prepared this week by intelligence analysts for the New York Police Department (NYPD) say three plots were foiled in January, three in February and another three since late June. Iran has repeatedly denied supporting militant attacks abroad.

LONDON July 13 (Reuters) – Last December, a purported
Islamic fighter called Amir Ghrozni posted a cryptic message on
a password-protected website connected to al Qaeda.

“London, perhaps the punishment is near,” the message said.
“Await the glad tidings, as we will never calm down.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal emergency money began filtering out this week to two storm-ravaged states, with funds going to help West Virginia and Ohio buy generators and other equipment needed to restore power.

But two other states, Maryland and Virginia, said they had not yet decided whether to seek federal assistance.