Muslims look for mates in D.C. at annual speed-dating event

Muslims look for mates in D.C. at annual speed-dating event:
“Can you smell the perfume in this room?” Abdul Malik Kadir said to a guy in a gray suit standing next to him. “My sinuses are cleared.”
Kadir, 35, was sitting on a bench outside a ballroom at the Renaissance Washington hotel, surrounded by several hundred single Muslim men and women. The swelling crowd, ranging in age from 21 to 50-something, meant the evening of speed dating and socializing known as the Matrimonial Banquet was about to begin.
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Young and without a future

Young and without a future:
Enea Gjoni is sitting silently with some of his friends at an outdoor cafe that has become a gathering place for the Greek capital’s unemployed youth. No one is talking. They have been here for hours, as they have every other day for the past few months, and have pretty much run out of things to say.
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Egypt and U.S. near deal on debt relief

Egypt and U.S. near deal on debt relief:
CAIRO — The United States is nearing an agreement with Egypt’s new government to eliminate a significant portion of the $3.2 billion owed by the economically struggling nation, U.S. officials said Monday. The discussions are the first major negotiation between the Obama administration and Egypt’s new democratically elected leaders.
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Black church leaders try to inspire congregants to vote for Obama

Black church leaders try to inspire congregants to vote for Obama:
Two dozen of this region’s most influential black pastors sat in the cramped conference room of a suburban Baptist church last week, brainstorming how to inspire congregants still dismayed by President Obama’s support for same-sex marriage.
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The Great Egg Crisis hits Mexico

The Great Egg Crisis hits Mexico:
MEXICO CITY — It is the Great Mexican Egg Crisis, and it will not be over easy, though there will be puns, especially in the Mexican press, which is cracking a lot of jokes.
But seriously: The public here is faced with an extreme shortage of eggs in a country that has the highest-per-capita egg consumption on the planet.
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Wives of presidential contenders play role of humanizer

Wives of presidential contenders play role of humanizer:
When Michelle Obama takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte on Tuesday night, she will once again embrace a role that wives of presidential contenders have now played for two decades: humanizer of their husbands, dogged advocate for their men. Historians and pollsters say there is no data to show whether these speeches make a difference come November, but they have become essential rituals since Barbara Bush addressed the Republican convention in Houston in 1992.
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Obama finds key asset in Bill Clinton’s support

Obama finds key asset in Bill Clinton’s support:
CHARLOTTE — Four years ago in Denver, Bill Clinton was given the assignment of making the world believe that he liked Barack Obama and wanted him to be president. As one longtime confidant put it, “He had to go out there and say, ‘Yeah, Obama beat the blank out of me and my wife, but still, you should be with him.’ ” But that was then.
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AntiSec claims the FBI has 12 million Apple device IDs

AntiSec claims the FBI has 12 million Apple device IDs:
A group identifying itself as members of the AntiSec movement claims to have posted over a million Apple device identifiers they say were stolen from the computer of an FBI agent in March.
AntiSec is the name that members of Anonymous and LulzSec gave to a joint effort against government agencies and prominent businesses in June 2011. The groups, responsible cyber attacks and general mischief against government agencies and companies such as Sony, said then that they would join forces.
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