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• Iranian diplomat detained for 3 months without lawyer: sources
• Israel signals readiness to limit settlement building for peace
• Government holds high-level meetings on Syria, including on arming rebels
• Bombs and battles hit northern Iraq, more than 70 dead
• Mali government, Tuaregs reach ceasefire deal 'in principle'
• Egypt 'war' talk raises Ethiopia Nile dam stakes
• Santa Monica shooting raises specter of mental health, again
• Israeli policy pivot strengthens grasp on East Jerusalem
• Booz Allen Hamilton, federal contractor
• Edward Snowden leaks: why Obama has a political cushion
• Canadian, nicknamed 'Black Widow,' pleads guilty
• Brazil govt to perform crash tests after AP report
• Iraqi Shiite fighters' Syria role raises tensions
• 2 out of 3 people face hunger as Haiti woes mount
• Iran's reformists find spark in presidential race
• Hong Kong is unlikely refuge for US secrets leaker
• Contractor who leaked NSA files drops out of sight, faces legal battle
• German WWII bomber raised from English Channel
• Canada to snuff out medical marijuana production in homes
• Gulf Arabs pledge sanctions against Hezbollah members over Syria
• Mandela remains in serious but stable condition
• UK lawmaker denies he broke lobbying rules
• Egypt warns all options open for Ethiopia Nile dam
• Merkel, Obama to discuss NSA surveillance program
• Polish PM rejects move to Brussels job for now
• Correction: Nicaragua-Canal story
• Iraq hit by wave of bomb attacks, killing dozens
• Turkish leader Erdogan to meet Istanbul protesters
• South Sudan urges Sudan to keep security pact
• Bombs, rockets hit north Iraq's Mosul police HQ, 24 killed
• Prince Philip spends 92nd birthday in hospital
• Turkey premier to meet with Istanbul protesters

Iranian diplomat detained for 3 months without lawyer: sources Posted: 10 Jun 2013 03:45 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists, who has been detained at Tehran's notorious Evin Prison for three months, has been denied access to his attorney for the entire time, sources familiar with the case told Reuters on Monday. Bagher Asadi, who was previously a senior diplomat at Iran's U.N. mission in New York and most recently a director at the secretariat of the so-called D8 group of developing nations in Istanbul, was arrested in mid-March in Tehran for unknown reasons, sources said last month. ...

Israel signals readiness to limit settlement building for peace Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:28 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Monday that Israel was ready to confine Jewish settlement expansion to the blocs of occupied territory it wants to keep under any peace deal with the Palestinians, in a nod to U.S. efforts to revive stalled negotiations. Settlement construction was cited as a key reason for the breakdown of U.S.-sponsored peace talks in 2010, and a stumbling block to Secretary of State John Kerry's latest efforts to revive negotiations towards founding a Palestinian state in land Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war. ...

Government holds high-level meetings on Syria, including on arming rebels Posted: 10 Jun 2013 03:50 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could decide as early as this week whether to arm Syrian rebels, U.S. officials said on Monday, as Secretary of State John Kerry put off a Middle East trip to attend meetings on the subject. The battlefield has tilted against the rebels in the Syrian civil war as Lebanese Hezbollah has entered the fray on the side of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, helping his forces retake the strategic town of Qusair last week. However, the White House has debated for months whether to give arms to the rebels and a U.S. ...

Bombs and battles hit northern Iraq, more than 70 dead Posted: 10 Jun 2013 04:46 PM PDT By Patrick Markey BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents attacked cities across Iraq on Monday with car bombs, suicide blasts and gun battles that killed more than 70 people in unrest that has deepened fears of a return to civil war. No group claimed responsibility for the day-long attacks, most of them in northern Iraq, but officials blame much of the violence that has killed nearly 2,000 people since April on Sunni Islamist insurgents linked to al Qaeda's local wing. ...

Mali government, Tuaregs reach ceasefire deal 'in principle' Posted: 10 Jun 2013 04:05 PM PDT By Mathieu Bonkoungou OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - A Malian government delegation and Tuareg separatist rebels have reached an agreement "in principle" that would allow planned elections in July to go ahead in the disputed northern Kidal region, a senior mediator in the talks said late on Monday. Negotiations in the capital of neighboring Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, opened on Saturday, after Mali's army last week began advancing towards Kidal, the MNLA rebels' last stronghold in the remote northeast, in the first direct fighting in months. ...

Egypt 'war' talk raises Ethiopia Nile dam stakes Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:29 PM PDT By Tom Perry and Alastair Macdonald CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt does not want war with Ethiopia but will keep "all options open", President Mohamed Mursi said on Monday, turning up the heat in a dispute over a giant dam Addis Ababa is building across the Nile. In a televised speech to cheering Islamist supporters, Mursi voiced understanding for the development needs of poorer nations upstream in the Nile basin, but rammed home in emotive language that Egyptians will not accept any reduction in the flow of the river on which their civilization has been based for millennia. ...

Santa Monica shooting raises specter of mental health, again Posted: 10 Jun 2013 04:12 PM PDT The mental health of John Zawahri, accused of fatally shooting five people in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday before being killed by law enforcement, is increasingly becoming a focal point in the search for larger lessons behind yet another mass shooting.

Israeli policy pivot strengthens grasp on East Jerusalem Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:23 PM PDT Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat recently advised the city's Arab residents to forget about ever having a capital in the predominantly Palestinian eastern part of the city.

Booz Allen Hamilton, federal contractor Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:55 PM PDT Edward Snowden, the man who leaked details of the National Security Agency's secret PRISM data-mining program and the use of broad warrants to monitor vast amounts of data passing through US telecommunications companies like Verizon, was working as an employee of Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of the leaks.

Edward Snowden leaks: why Obama has a political cushion Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:51 PM PDT In an odd way, Edward Snowden has done President Obama a favor.

Canadian, nicknamed 'Black Widow,' pleads guilty Posted: 10 Jun 2013 03:30 PM PDT SYDNEY, Nova Scotia (AP) — A Canadian woman nicknamed the "Black Widow" for her ability to persuade grieving widowers to marry her pleaded guilty on Monday to drugging a man she married days earlier.

Brazil govt to perform crash tests after AP report Posted: 10 Jun 2013 04:59 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — After a decade of spiking fatalities from passenger car wrecks, the Brazilian government said Monday it plans to build its first auto crash test facility in an effort to improve the poor safety record of vehicles built and sold in the world's fourth-largest automobile market.

Iraqi Shiite fighters' Syria role raises tensions Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:40 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi Shiite fighter's family is urging him to stop risking his life by traveling to Syria, saying he's done his part defending the holy shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside Damascus. Abu Mohammed al-Moussawi isn't listening.

2 out of 3 people face hunger as Haiti woes mount Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:50 AM PDT BELLE ANSE, Haiti (AP) — The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast.

Iran's reformists find spark in presidential race Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:21 PM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — He talks about easing the political restrictions imposed by Iranian authorities. He tells crowds that rebuilding ties with Western governments is better than denouncing them as irreconcilable enemies.

Hong Kong is unlikely refuge for US secrets leaker Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:22 AM PDT HONG KONG (AP) — By holing up in Hong Kong, the American defense contractor who says he leaked information on classified U.S. surveillance programs has found an unlikely refuge from extradition.

Contractor who leaked NSA files drops out of sight, faces legal battle Posted: 10 Jun 2013 04:23 PM PDT By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs dropped out of sight in Hong Kong on Monday ahead of a likely push by the U.S. government to have him sent back to the United States to face charges. ...

German WWII bomber raised from English Channel Posted: 10 Jun 2013 03:19 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — A British museum on Monday successfully recovered a German bomber that had been shot down over the English Channel during World War II.

Canada to snuff out medical marijuana production in homes Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:53 PM PDT By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada, a pioneer in the use of medical marijuana, will take legal production out of private homes next year as it seeks to address more than a decade of neighborhood spats and criminal activity. Health Canada will also snuff out its own production, which has been another legal source of the drug, and leave supplies solely to licensed growers in the private sector. ...

Gulf Arabs pledge sanctions against Hezbollah members over Syria Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:48 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states on Monday promised sanctions against members of the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah in retaliation for its intervention in Syria's civil war in support of President Bashar al-Assad. Both Sunni and Shi'ite Arab states long backed Hezbollah as a bulwark against Israel, but the Arab League, heavily influenced by Sunni-led Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, last week strongly condemned Hezbollah's intervention, highlighting how Syria's war is widening sectarian divisions in the region. ...

Mandela remains in serious but stable condition Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:33 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela was in serious but stable condition in a Pretoria hospital for the third day Monday with a recurring lung infection, and a foundation led by retired archbishop Desmond Tutu described the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero as an "extraordinary gift" to South Africa.

UK lawmaker denies he broke lobbying rules Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:29 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker says he will temporarily step down as chairman of a parliamentary committee after undercover reporters appeared to show him claiming he could use his role to help a company.

Egypt warns all options open for Ethiopia Nile dam Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:28 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president on Monday hardened his stance against Ethiopia and its construction of a Nile dam, warning that "all options are open" in dealing with the project that threatens to leave Egypt with a dangerous water shortage.

Merkel, Obama to discuss NSA surveillance program Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:24 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Germany's chancellor will raise the issue of the U.S. National Security Agency's eavesdropping on European communications when she meets President Barack Obama here next week — the latest sign of the international backlash over America's sweeping electronic surveillance programs.

Polish PM rejects move to Brussels job for now Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:09 PM PDT By Adrian Krajewski WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday he wanted to fight for another term in office, quashing speculation that he was preparing a bid to take over as the next European Commission President. Tusk has strong pro-European credentials and had been seen by many officials in EU capitals as a leading candidate to replace serving Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso when his term ends in 2014. But he told Polish public television channel TVP2 he intended to lead his Civic Platform party to victory in parliamentary elections in 2015. ...

Correction: Nicaragua-Canal story Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:08 PM PDT MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — In a story June 8 about Nicaragua's plans to build a canal, The Associated Press misidentified the university where Jason Bittner is director of the Center for Urban Transportation Research. It is the University of South Florida, not the University of Southern Florida.

Iraq hit by wave of bomb attacks, killing dozens Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:13 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings rocked central and northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and extending the deadliest eruption of violence to hit the country in years.

Turkish leader Erdogan to meet Istanbul protesters Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:53 PM PDT By Gulsen Solaker ANKARA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to meet on Wednesday with leaders of the movement whose peaceful protests in Istanbul spiraled into a wave of anti-government demonstrations across Turkey. Erdogan has repeatedly dismissed the protesters as "capulcular", or riff-raff. But Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said on Monday leaders of the Gezi Park Platform group had asked to meet him in an effort to end unrest in which police have blasted demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon. ...

South Sudan urges Sudan to keep security pact Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:48 PM PDT KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Sudan's threat to shut down South Sudan's oil exports over its alleged support for rebels in Sudan will not spark a return to armed hostility as long as Sudan respects a security agreement reached earlier this year, a South Sudanese military official said Monday.

Bombs, rockets hit north Iraq's Mosul police HQ, 24 killed Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:42 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five car bombs, including several detonated by suicide attackers, and rockets hit a police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least 24 people, mostly policemen and soldiers, police and medical sources said. Iraq is facing a surge in violence officials blame on al Qaeda's local wing and Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to drag the country into a sectarian civil war. (Reporting by Baghdad newsroom; writing by Patrick Markey)

Prince Philip spends 92nd birthday in hospital Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:38 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II visited her husband, Prince Philip, at a London hospital on Monday, where he was spending his 92nd birthday recovering from abdominal surgery.

Turkey premier to meet with Istanbul protesters Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:33 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister will meet with a group of protesters occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square this week, the deputy prime minister said Monday, as the government sought a way out of the impasse that has led to hundreds of protests in dozens of cities.

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