A.M. Links: Obama Responds to Clint Eastwood, RNC in Tampa Short on Protesters, Global Food Prices Up

News from Washington to around the world

• President Obama responds to Clint Eastwood's RNC speech with a photo of himself sitting in the president's chair.

• The Republican National Convention in Tampa has attracted a lot less protesters than expected; there have been only two arrests and the number of police outstripped the number of protesters all week.
• Global food prices are up ten percent in July according to the World Bank.
• Julian Assange could end up spending up to a year or more in the Ecuadorian embassy as Ecuador and Britain fight over extradition.
• Islamic extremists are responsible for a series of attacks in Thailand over the weekend according to authorities.
• Egyptian authorities believe the body of a decapitated man found in the Sinai was put there of Islamic extremists.