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• Backlash grows against Brazilian protests after riots
• Putin warns on arming Syrian rebels as conflict widens
• Suicide bomb kills at least 13 worshippers in Pakistan
• Czech coalition partner backs Nemcova as PM candidate
• British spy agency taps cables, shares with NSA: Guardian
• Venezuela says suspects held Portuguese man in bunker for 11 months
• Floods kill two, forces 75,000 from Calgary homes
• U.S. files criminal charges against Snowden over leaks: sources
• Brazil government says to buy ranch at center of Indian land dispute
• Egypt Islamists warn opponents with huge pro-Mursi rally
• Egypt PM warns protesters, says fears violence
• NKorea demands dissolution of UN command in SKorea
• Social media spreads and splinters Brazil protests
• Brazil leader to break silence about protests
• The Anglo Invasion: France Debates Teaching Courses in English
• Calgary flooding forces 75,000 from homes
• Flooding forces 75,000 from western Canadian homes
• U.S. leaves about 700 combat-ready troops in Jordan after exercise
• Brazil leader remains mute amid protests
• 100,000 Morsi backers stage show of force in Egypt
• Rivalries pose problem in arming Syrian rebels
• Floods shut down Canada's oil capital, four may be dead
• EU ministers to decide who pays when banks fail
• Rocket near Beirut brings Syrian war closer
• Turkish court verdict on Ergenekon conspiracy set for August 5
• Guardian: Documents expose massive UK spying op
• Merkel tells Putin Germany wants looted art returned
• Flooding forces 75,000 from west Canada homes
• U.N. expert: More arms for Syria mean more war crimes
• Bashir threatens again to stop oil exports from South Sudan
• Rivalries pose problems in arming Syria's rebels
• Friend: James Gandolfini died of heart attack
• US: DEA agent killed in Colombia robbery attempt
• France makes mass medical aid delivery to northern Syria

Backlash grows against Brazilian protests after riots Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:24 PM PDT By Brian Winter and Silvio Cascione SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A backlash against Brazil's nationwide protests took hold on Friday after widespread rioting, as even the leftist group at the movement's core said it would stop organizing marches for now because of growing discord and violence. President Dilma Rousseff planned to address the nation later on Friday, her office said, the day after 1 million people in more than 100 cities took to the streets. There may be no easy response to the unrest that has taken the country by surprise and contributed to a selloff in local financial markets. ...

Putin warns on arming Syrian rebels as conflict widens Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:13 PM PDT By Alexei Anishchuk and Louis Charbonneau ST PETERSBURG, Russia/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned the West on Friday against arming Syrian rebel forces, which he said included "terrorist" groups, and warned that a swift exit by President Bashar al-Assad risked creating a dangerous power vacuum. "If the United States ... recognizes one of the key Syrian opposition organizations, al-Nusra, as terrorist ... how can one deliver arms to those opposition members?" Putin told a panel with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ...

Suicide bomb kills at least 13 worshippers in Pakistan Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:31 PM PDT By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bombing at a Pakistani religious center killed at least 13 worshippers on Friday, the third major attack to test the new government since the Taliban vowed revenge for a U.S. drone strike that killed its deputy commander. The spate of violence has shattered a period of relative calm after the May election that returned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to power, and underscores the challenges he will face in restoring stability in the country torn by militant violence. ...

Czech coalition partner backs Nemcova as PM candidate Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:12 PM PDT PRAGUE (Reuters) - The junior party in the ruling Czech coalition, TOP09, backed a plan on Friday to nominate parliament speaker Miroslava Nemcova as the new prime minister following the resignation of Petr Necas in a spying and bribery scandal. President Milos Zeman, a leftist who has criticized the outgoing cabinet, started meetings with party heads on Friday to find a new government. The president has the sole right to appoint a prime minister. Zeman has not said if he will accept Nemcova or pick a prime minister of his choice. ...

British spy agency taps cables, shares with NSA: Guardian Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:48 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's spy agency GCHQ has tapped fiber-optic cables that carry international phone and internet traffic and is sharing vast quantities of personal information with the U.S. National Security Agency, the Guardian newspaper said on Friday. The paper, which has in recent weeks been publishing details of top-secret surveillance programs exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, said on its website that Snowden had shown it documents about a project codenamed "Tempora. ...

Venezuela says suspects held Portuguese man in bunker for 11 months Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:38 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan prosecutors have charged a woman and four men in connection with the kidnapping of a Portuguese man who was held captive in an underground bunker for nearly a year before being rescued this week. Kidnapping and armed robberies are common in Venezuela, and the government of new President Nicolas Maduro is under pressure to reduce crime. Authorities said the kidnappers demanded a $6.5 million ransom after they grabbed the 45-year-old victim and bundled him into a car on July 16, 2012. ...

Floods kill two, forces 75,000 from Calgary homes Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:37 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Police say two bodies have been recovered from floodwaters that have devastated much of southern Alberta.

U.S. files criminal charges against Snowden over leaks: sources Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government has filed sealed criminal charges against former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who admitted leaking secrets about classified U.S. surveillance programs, U.S. sources said on Friday. A U.S. Justice Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a criminal complaint had been filed against Snowden, who disclosed documents detailing U.S. telephone and internet surveillance efforts. Another U.S. ...

Brazil government says to buy ranch at center of Indian land dispute Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:32 PM PDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal government said on Friday it would buy a former Congressman's ranch and give the land to Terena Indians in a bid to quell a violent land dispute that has plagued the country's agricultural belt for months. President Dilma Rousseff's government sent federal troops to the area in Mato Grosso do Sul state last month after an Indian was killed during a forced eviction from the property. Brazil's indigenous policy, which includes returning land to natives based on anthropological studies, is considered one of the world's most progressive. ...

Egypt Islamists warn opponents with huge pro-Mursi rally Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:08 PM PDT By Tom Perry and Alastair Macdonald CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood staged a show of strength in Cairo on Friday, rallying a huge crowd to demonstrate support for President Mohamed Mursi - and warn opponents who hope to force him out. The opposition called it an attempt to "terrorize" them before mass rallies they plan for just over a week's time. ...

Egypt PM warns protesters, says fears violence Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:08 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said on Friday the government was taking security precautions ahead of opposition demonstrations scheduled for June 30 and he was concerned by what he said were calls for violence. Speaking in a midnight television interview after the Muslim Brotherhood staged a rally in Cairo to show its strength behind President Mohamed Mursi, Kandil said peaceful protests would be protected but warned that no one was above the law. ...

NKorea demands dissolution of UN command in SKorea Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:06 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea's U.N. envoy demanded the dissolution of the United Nations Command in South Korea on Friday, accusing the United States of using the force to prepare for war against the North and build an Asian version of NATO to realize President Barack Obama's pivot to Asia.

Social media spreads and splinters Brazil protests Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:56 PM PDT By Caroline Stauffer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's biggest protests in decades are a confusing, conflicting mix of people and messages. Blame Facebook. Social media tools like Facebook and Twitter enabled mass protests of the sort that have not happened in Latin America's biggest country in more than two decades. As a result of the speed, efficiency and anonymity of online activism, though, an amorphous, unwieldy movement has emerged that is beyond the control of any of those who first began pushing for change. ...

Brazil leader to break silence about protests Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:50 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — More than a week of massive, violent protests across Brazil invited only stoic silence Friday from President Dilma Rousseff, even after she had called an emergency meeting with a top Cabinet member in response to the growing unrest.

The Anglo Invasion: France Debates Teaching Courses in English Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:29 PM PDT When I opted to send my child to an all-French school, rather than one of the expat-heavy ones catering to Americans in Paris like us, I braced myself for some complications. And indeed, three years on, much baffles me, like assignments where one memorizes Breton librettos or the work of 19th century poet Paul Verlaine—all before the age of seven. ...

Calgary flooding forces 75,000 from homes Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:26 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Flooding forced the western Canadian city of Calgary to order the evacuation of its entire downtown Friday, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena.

Flooding forces 75,000 from western Canadian homes Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:23 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Flooding forced the western Canadian city of Calgary to order the evacuation of its entire downtown Friday, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena.

U.S. leaves about 700 combat-ready troops in Jordan after exercise Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, keeping a wary eye on Syria's civil war, has left about 700 combat-equipped troops in Jordan after a training exercise, President Barack Obama said on Friday, after previously deciding to leave Patriot missiles and warplanes there. Obama said the deployment was done at the request of the Jordanian government, which fears a spillover of the war into its territory and where an estimated half-million Syrian refugees have fled to escape the bloodshed. ...

Brazil leader remains mute amid protests Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:03 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — More than a week of massive, violent protests across Brazil invited only stoic silence Friday from President Dilma Rousseff, even after she had called an emergency meeting with a top Cabinet member in response to the growing unrest.

100,000 Morsi backers stage show of force in Egypt Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:01 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — More than 100,000 supporters of Egypt's Islamist president staged a show of force Friday ahead of massive protests later this month by the opposition, chanting "Islamic revolution!" and warning of a new and bloody bout of turmoil.

Rivalries pose problem in arming Syrian rebels Posted: 21 Jun 2013 02:44 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Syrian opposition's record so far in handling tens of millions of dollars in U.S. humanitarian and other nonlethal assistance paints a bewildering picture of logistical challenges ahead of any delivery of American weapons and ammunition.

Floods shut down Canada's oil capital, four may be dead Posted: 21 Jun 2013 02:37 PM PDT By Nia Williams and Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The heaviest floods in decades shut down the Canadian oil capital of Calgary on Friday, with an evacuation of the downtown core and tens of thousands of residents forced to leave their homes. Police said four people may have died in the town of High River, located about 60 km (37 miles) south of Calgary, including a woman who was swept away with her camper and a man seen falling from a canoe in the swollen Highwood River. Some 1,200 troops were helping with the evacuations. ...

EU ministers to decide who pays when banks fail Posted: 21 Jun 2013 02:29 PM PDT LUXEMBOURG (AP) — European Union finance ministers struggled Friday to broker an agreement on how best to downsize or close banks without spreading panic or having to call on taxpayers to bail out ailing lenders.

Rocket near Beirut brings Syrian war closer Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:51 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A rocket slammed into a suburb of Beirut on Friday, bringing the conflict in neighboring Syria closer to Lebanon's bustling capital and reviving bitter memories of the country's own devastating civil war.

Turkish court verdict on Ergenekon conspiracy set for August 5 Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:51 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court will announce verdicts on August 5 on nearly 300 defendants accused of plotting to topple the government, defense lawyers said on Friday, ending a five-year trial of a shadowy group allegedly responsible for years of political violence. Prosecutors accuse Ergenekon, an alleged underground network of secular arch-nationalists, of involvement in extra-judicial killings and bombings, embodying anti-democratic forces which Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says he has fought to stamp out. ...

Guardian: Documents expose massive UK spying op Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:45 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — British spies are running an online eavesdropping operation so vast that internal documents say it even outstrips the United States' international Internet surveillance effort, the Guardian newspaper reported Friday.

Merkel tells Putin Germany wants looted art returned Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:15 PM PDT By Andreas Rinke ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that German art seized by the Soviets in the wake of World War Two should be repatriated to Germany, a claim the Russian leader swiftly rejected. The tense exchange took place as they opened an exhibition at the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg during a trip by Merkel to Russia. The exhibition about the Bronze Age includes 600 items carried off by the Soviet Union as war reparations, according to the German government. ...

Flooding forces 75,000 from west Canada homes Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:14 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Flooding forced the western Canadian city of Calgary to order the evacuation of its entire downtown Friday, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena.

U.N. expert: More arms for Syria mean more war crimes Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:05 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Increasing the flow of weapons to Syria's government and rebel forces will most likely cause an increase in war crimes in a two-year-old civil war that has killed more than 90,000 people, a U.N. human rights investigator warned on Friday. "States who provide arms have responsibilities in terms of the eventual use of those arms to commit ... war crimes or crimes against humanity," said Paulo Pinheiro, who chairs a U.N. commission of inquiry on rights violations in Syria. "Those arms will contribute to the escalation of war crimes," he told reporters. ...

Bashir threatens again to stop oil exports from South Sudan Posted: 21 Jun 2013 12:50 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday threatened again to stop oil flows across its border with arch-rival South Sudan unless the south stops supporting rebels operating across the shared frontier. Khartoum said two weeks ago it would close within 60 days two pipelines carrying oil exports from landlocked South Sudan to Port Sudan unless Juba cut ties with Sudanese rebels. The south denies doing so, and accuses Sudan in turn of backing insurgents on its soil. ...

Rivalries pose problems in arming Syria's rebels Posted: 21 Jun 2013 12:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Syrian rebels' record in handling tens of millions of dollars in U.S. humanitarian aid suggests major challenges ahead for any delivery of American weapons and ammunition.

Friend: James Gandolfini died of heart attack Posted: 21 Jun 2013 12:42 PM PDT ROME (AP) — An autopsy on James Gandolfini has found that the "Sopranos" star died of a heart attack, with no evidence of substance abuse or foul play, a family spokesman said Friday.

US: DEA agent killed in Colombia robbery attempt Posted: 21 Jun 2013 12:38 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A DEA agent has died in an apparent robbery attempt in Colombia, U.S. Ambassador Michael McKinley said Friday. Colombian authorities said the American agent was stabbed four times.

France makes mass medical aid delivery to northern Syria Posted: 21 Jun 2013 12:38 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France made its largest medical delivery to northern Syria on Friday, including antidotes for nerve agents, as rebels prepared to fight off an assault on the city of Aleppo by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. France, which has actively supported the rebels in its former colony, has not yet chosen to arm Assad's foes, but has been channeling non-lethal equipment as well as medical aid through the Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organizations, a non-governmental association based in Paris. The foreign ministry said the 16 tonnes (1 tonne = 1. ...

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