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Thousands rally for Mursi in Cairo, clashes in rural Egypt

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 09:34 AM PDT

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mursi walk with their families in the sit-in area of Rab'a al- Adawiya SquareBy Shadia Nasralla and Angus MacSwan CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi rallied in a protest camp around a Cairo mosque on Friday, defying warnings from the army-installed government that they should give up and leave. Leaders of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood mounted a stage at the Rabaa al-Adawiya site to demand that he brought back to power. "Soldier, your place is not in politics," senior official Ahmed Aref said as the people pumped fists in the air. ...


Police hurt in Northern Ireland sectarian violence

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:14 PM PDT

A police officer is tended to by a colleague after Loyalist protesters attacked the police with bricks and bottles as they waited for a republican parade to make its way through Belfast City CentreBELFAST (Reuters) - Police fired plastic bullets and water cannon at rioters in the heart of Belfast on Friday after being pelted by missiles for the second successive night in the latest bout of Northern Ireland's sporadic sectarian violence. Bricks, bottles and fireworks rained down on riot police when they moved in to try to clear the city's main thoroughfare - Royal Avenue - to enable a parade by the nationalist side of the community to go past. Police said two officers were injured. Eight were hurt the previous night when a crowd threw paint bombs, bottles and masonry at police. ...


U.S., Russia agree to prepare for Syria peace talks

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 03:27 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Kerry confers with Russian FM Lavrov at the State Department in WashingtonBy Paul Eckert and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian officials agreed on Friday on the need to convene a long-delayed Syrian peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible, but they offered no concrete plan to bring the warring government and rebels to the table. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters after five hours of political and security meetings in Washington that officials from the two countries will meet again by the end of the month to prepare for the Syria talks. ...


U.S. to reopen 18 of 19 embassies closed amid security concerns

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:20 PM PDT

A policeman and private security personnel stand guard at the entrance of a road leading towards the U.S. consulate in LahoreWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eighteen of the 19 U.S. embassies closed this month due to worries about potential terrorist attacks will reopen on Sunday, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. "Our embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, will remain closed because of ongoing concerns about a threat stream indicating the potential for terrorist attacks emanating from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. The United States will also keep its consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, shuttered, Psaki said, adding it closed on Thursday due to a "separate credible threat. ...


U.S. orders non-essential staff out of consulate in Pakistan's Lahore

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 09:23 AM PDT

A policeman and private security personnel stand guard at the entrance of a road leading towards the U.S. consulate in LahoreBy Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The U.S. government ordered the evacuation of non-essential staff from its consulate in the northeastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday due to the threat of attack, with the State Department also warning U.S. citizens not to travel to Pakistan. "The Department of State ordered this drawdown due to specific threats concerning the U.S. consulate in Lahore," said a travel warning posted on the Department of State's website on Thursday. ...


Mexico releases drug lord behind 1985 DEA agent killing

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:35 PM PDT

UNDATED FILER OF RAFAEL CARO QUINTEROBy Anahi Rama MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Notorious Mexican drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted of ordering the killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officer in 1985, was freed by a court on Friday, and the agency said it will press to have him brought to justice in the United States. Caro Quintero, who was sentenced to 40 years in prison for ordering the killing of undercover DEA agent Enrique Camarena and served 28 years in prison, was released after the court decided he should have been tried at a state level, rather than federal level, a court official said. ...


Yemen: 7 Saudis among militants killed by drones

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 05:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photo, a Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. Two U.S. drone strikes killed a total of nine suspected al-Qaida militants Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, a Yemeni military official said, the sixth and seventh such attacks in less than two weeks as the Arab nation is on high alert against terrorism. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)SANAA, Yemen (AP) — At least seven suspected militants from Saudi Arabia were among the alleged al-Qaida members killed in Yemen in a recent wave of U.S. drone strikes, senior Yemeni officials said Friday, suggesting that Saudis are increasingly crossing the border to carry funds or seek terrorist training.


Yemen terror boss left blueprint for waging jihad

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:32 PM PDT

FILE - This image provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 30, 2009, shows a frame made from video released Jan. 23, 2009 by al-Malahim Media Foundation, the media arm of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, with a man identified as Nasser al-Wahishi. In 2012, a year before a communication was intercepted of him discussing the terror plot that prompted early August 2013's sweeping closure of U.S. embassies abroad, al-Qaida's top operative in Yemen laid out his blueprint for how to wage jihad in letters sent to a fellow terrorist. Al-Wahishi provided a step-by-step assessment of what worked and what didn't in Yemen. He urged his fellow jihadist to provide food, clean water and electricity to the people living in the areas they control. He even offers tips for more efficient garbage collection. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — A year before he was caught on an intercept discussing the terror plot that prompted this week's sweeping closure of U.S. embassies abroad, al-Qaida's top operative in Yemen laid out his blueprint for how to wage jihad in letters sent to a fellow terrorist.


Mexico releases drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:32 PM PDT

The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court has ordered the release of Caro Quintero after 28 years in prison for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena, a brutal murder that marked a low-point in U.S.-Mexico relations. (AP Photo/File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero walked free Friday after 28 years in prison when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, a brutal murder that marked a low point in U.S.-Mexico relations.


At least six killed as Sierra Leone bridge collapses

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:24 PM PDT

FREETOWN (Reuters) - At least six homeless people sleeping under a bridge in the heart of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown were crushed to death early on Friday when the bridge collapsed in a landslide caused by heavy rain, the country's police inspector general said. The Jimmy Bridge, heavily used by both vehicles and pedestrians, collapsed between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. (0200 and 0300 GMT). Six bodies were recovered, all of them homeless people who had been sleeping under the structure. ...

Gunmen kidnap 2 Turkish Airlines pilots in Lebanon

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 03:31 PM PDT

Lebanese policemen stand guard outside a hotel where the rest of a Turkish Airlines crew stayed after six gunmen ambushed their vehicle on an old airport road and snatched two of the crewmembers, a pilot and a co-pilot, according to Lebanese officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen intercepted a van carrying Turkish Airlines employees from Beirut's international airport to a hotel in the Lebanese capital Friday, kidnapping two pilots but leaving the four other crew members behind, officials said.


Swiss apologize for encounter Oprah calls racist

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT

FILE - This July 31, 2013 file photo shows media mogul and actress Oprah Winfrey at a special screening of "Lee Daniels' The Butler" New York. Winfrey says she ran into Swiss racism when a clerk at Trois Pommes, a pricey Zurich boutique, refused to show her a black handbag, telling one of the world's richest women that she "will not be able to afford" the $38,000 price tag. Winfrey earned $77 million in the year ending in June, according to Forbes magazine. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland is a glamorous playground of the rich and famous, filled with glitterati from princes to movie stars. It's also a land with a sometimes uneasy relationship with foreigners — especially when they aren't white.


Canada PM brushes off protests, says spectrum auction to proceed

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:31 PM PDT

Canada's Prime Minister Harper listens to a question during a news conference at the Hilton hotel in Quebec City(Reuters) - Canada will sell off wireless spectrum next year as planned, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday, despite protests by major telecoms firms that the auction rules favor the entry into the market of U.S. giant Verizon Communications Inc. The government - which has a policy of trying to increase wireless competition - expects to raise billions of dollars from the January 2014 auction of the spectrum that telecoms companies need to operate their wireless services. ...


A $38,000 handbag not unheard of in luxury market

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 30, 2013 file photo, Oprah Winfrey speaks during Harvard University's commencement ceremonies in Cambridge, Mass. Winfrey says she had a racist encounter while shopping in Switzerland _ and the apologetic national tourist office agrees. The billionaire media mogul told the U.S. program LONDON (AP) — A $38,000 handbag? For most people, it's unthinkable.


Obama laments 'backward' thinking by Russians

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:02 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures during his news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The president said he'll work with Congress to change the oversight of some of the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs and name a new panel of outside experts to review technologies. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he was reassessing the U.S. relationship with Russia because of a growing number of issues on which the two countries differ, and he lamented what he called his mixed success in trying to persuade Russian leader Vladimir Putin to abandon a Cold War mentality.


Tone of Russia talks positive, conditions not ripe for summit: U.S.

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 01:54 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High-level U.S.-Russian political and security talks on Friday were "positive and constructive throughout" in tone and not overshadowed by the case of fugitive spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, a U.S. official said. However, the official added, it would be premature to reschedule a summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin that was postponed by Washington this week before the two countries create conditions for talks. ...

The Failed Saudi-Russian Talks: Desperate Diplomacy as Syria Implodes

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 01:43 PM PDT

You could call it the Hail Mary pass of diplomatic relations. In a desperate attempt to find some solution to the ongoing Syria crisis, now in its third year with no end in sight, Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan reportedly offered Russian President Vladimir Putin a multi-billion dollar arms deal to curb Moscow's support for the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad when they met in Moscow last week. ...

Officials: Israeli drone strike kills 5 in Egypt

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 01:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2007, file photo, the Israeli army Heron TP drone, also known locally as the Eitan, flies during a display at the Palmahim Air Force Base in Palmahim, Israel. Egyptian security officials said Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, an Israeli drone fired a missile in the northern Sinai peninsula, killing several suspected Islamic militants and destroying a rocket launcher. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — An Israeli drone strike killed five suspected Islamic militants and destroyed a rocket launcher in Egypt's largely lawless Sinai Peninsula on Friday, two senior Egyptian security officials said, describing a rare Israeli operation carried out in its Arab neighbor's territory.


Clashes at rallies backing ousted Egypt president

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 01:12 PM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi shout slogans in Nahda square, where protesters installed their camp near Cairo University in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Protesters demand Morsi's reinstatement, restoration of the suspended constitution drafted under Morsi and the return of his Islamist-dominated legislative council which was also disbanded. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters of Egypt's ousted president marched Friday on the streets of Cairo and across the country, leading to clashes with opponents and security forces that injured dozens.


Obama laments 'backward' Russian thinking

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 01:04 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures during his news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The president said he'll work with Congress to change the oversight of some of the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs and name a new panel of outside experts to review technologies. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he was reassessing the relationship with Russia because of a growing number of issues on which the two countries differ, and he lamented what he called his mixed success in trying to convince Russian leader Vladimir Putin to abandon a Cold War mentality.


Group: Dozens killed in Central African Republic

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — An international aid organization says dozens of people have been slaughtered in a remote village in Central African Republic and their bodies tossed in a nearby river.

Undercover sting by police, activists nets Togo ivory kingpin

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:56 PM PDT

By John Zodzi LOME (Reuters) - A major international ivory trafficker believed to have dealt in the tusks of thousands of elephants over a four-decade career has been arrested in Togo following an undercover investigation by wildlife campaigners. Togolese shopkeeper Emile N'bouke, 58, and a Guinean associate were arrested in two raids on Tuesday and Wednesday in Lome, in the latest in a series of joint operations between activists and police that have netted around 900 traffickers. Police seized 725 kg of ivory, most of which had been carved into sculptures and figurines. ...

U.S. drone kills five Qaeda suspects in Yemen, strikes intensify

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:44 PM PDT

ADEN (Reuters) - Five suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in an air strike in eastern Yemen, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, in an escalating campaign against the militant group's Yemeni branch after recent warnings of possible attacks. The ministry said the men were attacked while they were travelling in a vehicle in the province of Hadramout in an area called Ghail Bawazeer, 45 km (28 miles) from the provincial capital Mukalla. It did not elaborate on the source of the air strike, but a Yemeni official earlier told Reuters that a U.S. drone fired the missiles. ...

Mexico drug kingpin Caro Quintero ordered released

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:38 PM PDT

The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court has ordered the release of Caro Quintero after 28 years in prison for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena, a brutal murder that marked a low-point in U.S.-Mexico relations. (AP Photo/File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials said Friday a court ordered the release of infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero after 28 years in prison, overturning his conviction for the 1985 kidnap and killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent. The brutal murder marked a low point in U.S.-Mexico relations.


Kenyan mining minister denies corruption allegations

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:19 PM PDT

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's mining minister denied allegations of corruption on Friday that were leveled against him by the Kenyan subsidiary of Canadian-listed miner Pacific Wildcat Resources. Mining Secretary Najib Balala this week unexpectedly raised royalties on minerals and revoked certain mining licenses, including Cortec Mining Kenya's permit. He said the move was to ensure Kenya got a bigger share of earnings from its nascent mining sector. ...

U.S., Russian ministers agree to prepare for Syria peace talks: Lavrov

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:12 PM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov speaks at a news conference after talks with Ghana's Foreign Minister Tetteh in MoscowWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian officials agreed on Friday on the need to convene a Syrian peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible and will meet again by the end of the month to prepare for the talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Lavrov spoke in Washington after talks between the top U.S. and Russian diplomatic and defense officials. He described the overall mood of the talks as very positive. (Reporting by David Alexander)


US says Japan has long way to go to open markets

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:12 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Japan still has a long way to go before it can say its markets are open, the top U.S. trade official said on Friday.

AP Exclusive: Yemen terror boss wrote about jihad

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 11:45 AM PDT

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — A year before he was caught on an intercept discussing the terror plot that prompted this week's sweeping closure of United States embassies abroad, al-Qaida's top operative in Yemen laid out his blueprint for how to wage jihad in letters sent to a fellow terrorist.

Gunmen abduct 2 Turkish Airlines pilots in Lebanon

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 11:42 AM PDT

Lebanese policemen stand guard outside a hotel where the rest of a Turkish Airlines crew stayed after six gunmen ambushed their vehicle on an old airport road and snatched two of the crewmembers, a pilot and a co-pilot, according to Lebanese officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen intercepted a van carrying Turkish Airlines employees from Beirut's international airport to a hotel in the Lebanese capital Friday, kidnapping two pilots but leaving the four other crew members behind, officials said.


About half Greek businesses caught cheating taxman

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 11:33 AM PDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nationwide spot checks by Greek tax inspectors have found that almost every other business is cheating the taxman in some way, as the debt-hobbled country's authorities struggle to improve revenue collection amid a crippling recession.

Attackers in South Sudan kill local MSF staff member

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 11:33 AM PDT

JUBA (Reuters) - A South Sudanese staff member of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been killed and another wounded in an attack by armed men on their vehicle outside the country's capital, Juba, the medical charity said on Friday. MSF said the shooting occurred on Monday on a main road outside Juba in an attack on a vehicle bearing the organization's name. "These types of incidents directly impact on the ability of aid workers to provide much needed, life-saving medical assistance," MSF said in a statement. The victim, whom MSF identified only as Joseph, died two days later from his ...

Zimbabwe opposition glum, resigned to more Mugabe

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 11:27 AM PDT

Movement For Democratic Change (MDC)supporters are seen next to a police vehicle outside their party offices in Harare, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Zimbabwean President elect, Robert Mugabe, received the mandate to rule the country for the next five years after receiving more than 60 percent of the vote beating his main challenger Morgan Tsvangirai, who has declared the election null and void and vowed to fight the outcome in court. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The gloom among some Zimbabweans following elections last week was evident on a recent minibus ride into Harare as conversation turned to politics. Passengers stared at the passing landscape of winter-scorched grass and scattered trees. Gradually, conversation turned to politics.


Israel risks loss of EU funding over settlements

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 11:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 file photo, an Israeli flag is seen in front of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Israel risks losing hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants over Europe's tough new anti-settlement stance _ the heftiest price the Jewish state has ever been asked to pay for continued building on occupied lands the Palestinians want for their state. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Europe's tough new stance against Jewish settlements could cost Israel hundreds of millions of dollars in EU research grants, putting a hefty price tag on its refusal to stop building on lands Palestinians want for a state.


Africa’s Drinking Problem: Alcoholism on the Rise as Beverage Multinationals Circle

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 10:53 AM PDT

In Kenya, depending on whom you ask, John Mututho is either a hero or a villain, but in a country consuming ever more alcohol, he is certainly a household name. In 2010, Mututho won a battle with the beverage industry to implement Kenya's first alcohol control act. It is known as "the Mututho law," and honors his brother, who died as a result of alcoholism. After his brother's death in 2007, Mututho dedicated himself to the issue with a focus and vigor rare in Kenyan politicians pursuing social goals. But instead of being celebrated, Mututho was punished. ...

At center of Islamic uprising, Nigerians mark Eid

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 10:43 AM PDT

A Nigerian soldier provides security during Eid al-Fitr prayers at Ramat square in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Nigerians in the birthplace of an Islamic uprising gripping the northeast celebrated the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Fitr on Thursday with devout prayers and a joyful show of adulation for their king that attracted more than 10,000 people. It was the first durbar in three years in the city of Maiduguri and the joy that it could take place - albeit amid massive security - was heard in the cries of ululating women, screams of delight from children and men chanting MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians in the birthplace of the Islamic uprising gripping the country's northeast celebrated the start of the Muslim holy festival of Eid al-Fitr with devout prayers and a joyful show of adulation for their king that attracted more than 10,000 people.


German companies to automatically encrypt emails

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 10:31 AM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — Two of Germany's biggest Internet service providers said Friday they will start encrypting customers' emails by default in response to user concerns about online snooping after reports that the U.S. National Security Agency monitors international electronic communications.

Thousands rally for Mursi in Cairo, clashes in rural Egypt

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 10:18 AM PDT

By Shadia Nasralla and Angus MacSwan CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi rallied in a protest camp around a Cairo mosque on Friday, defying warnings from the army-installed government that they should give up and leave. Leaders of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood mounted a stage at the Rabaa al-Adawiya site to demand that he brought back to power. "Soldier, your place is not in politics," senior official Ahmed Aref said as the people pumped fists in the air. ...

Kenya airport fire thefts: 7 police investigated

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 10:10 AM PDT

ALTERNATIVE CROP - Police stand guard as fire engulfs the International arrivals unit of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday Aug. 7, 2013. The fire engulfed the arrivals hall at Kenya's main international airport early Wednesday, forcing East Africa's largest airport to close and the rerouting of all inbound flights. Dark black smoke that billowed skyward was visible across much of Nairobi as emergency teams battled the blaze. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A government official in Kenya says seven police are under investigation for theft in the wake of a major fire at Nairobi's main airport.


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