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• Daughter says Mandela 'still there', raps media 'vultures'
• Obama jabs Russia, China on failure to extradite Snowden
• One dead as Egypt simmers ahead of rallies
• At least 22 killed as bombs tear through coffee shops in Iraq
• Analysis: Clashing visions weigh on U.S. drive for Taliban talks
• Egypt's Mursi circles wagons as trouble looms
• EU leaders win breakthrough EU budget deal
• Ecuador heats rhetoric as Obama downplays Snowden
• Kerry plunges back into Mideast peace diplomacy
• CFTC charges Corzine in MF Global collapse
• Tanker cars derail on broken bridge in flood-hit Calgary
• Factbox: Snowden: a tale of security lapses and other U.S. errors
• In Egypt, skepticism over religion in politics
• Costa Rica probes soapy money-laundering link to Venezuela
• Brazil protesters target Confederations Cup match
• Iraq official says Baghdad open to US military aid
• NSA chief says agency eavesdropping helped foil 54 plots
• Ecuador offers U.S. rights aid, waives trade benefits
• WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama gets lessons on Goree
• Egypt's opposition criticizes president's speech
• One Muslim Brotherhood member dies in attack: Brotherhood
• Britain hesitant on breakthrough EU budget deal
• U.S. suspends trade benefits for Bangladesh over safety
• Obama starts long-awaited Africa tour at slave port
• With multiple missions, U.S. military steps up Africa focus
• Spain ruling party's ex-treasurer sent to jail in corruption case
• Top officer rejects comparison of U.S., Chinese cyber snooping
• Iraq bombings target soccer fans, kill 16 in cafes
• No plan to restrict Bangladesh clothing imports: U.S. trade chief
• AP Interview: Egypt's Moussa urges new election
• Obama visits slave site of disputed importance
• EU strikes provisional $1.3 trillion budget deal
• Lawyers file appeal to halt 5th Nigerian execution
• Suicide bomb kills 4 in Syrian capital's Old City
• Kerry resumes tough Israeli-Palestinian peace mission
• Gay rights clash: Obama, African host are at odds
• 32 killed in ethno-religious clashes in Nigeria

Daughter says Mandela 'still there', raps media 'vultures' Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:43 AM PDT By Siphiwe Sibeko PRETORIA (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela's eldest daughter lambasted foreign media "vultures" for violating her father's privacy as he lay critically ill in hospital, and said the former South African president was still clinging to life on Thursday. Makaziwe Mandela's outburst came as anxiety increased over the faltering health of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero, admired across the world as a symbol of resistance against injustice and oppression and then of racial reconciliation. ...

Obama jabs Russia, China on failure to extradite Snowden Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:33 PM PDT By Jeff Mason and Mark Felsenthal DAKAR (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would not start "wheeling and dealing" with China and Russia over a U.S. request to extradite former American spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. Obama, who appeared concerned that the case would overshadow his three-country tour of Africa begun in Senegal, also dismissed suggestions that the United States might try to intercept Snowden if he were allowed to leave Moscow by air. ...

One dead as Egypt simmers ahead of rallies Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:50 PM PDT By Alastair Macdonald and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood said one man was shot dead and four wounded in an attack on a provincial party office, stoking factional rivalries ahead of mass rallies starting on Friday. It blamed activists who are campaigning to force President Mohamed Mursi to resign as he marks his first year in office. ...

At least 22 killed as bombs tear through coffee shops in Iraq Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:15 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs exploded in busy coffee shops and at other targets across Iraq late on Thursday, killing at least 22 people, police and medics said. In north and south Baghdad, two blasts tore through cafes where scores of young men had gathered to watch a televised football match, killing eight people, police and medical sources said. Two other explosions killed 10 people in coffee shops in the city of Baquba, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said. ...

Analysis: Clashing visions weigh on U.S. drive for Taliban talks Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:07 PM PDT By Matthew Green ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - As the United States makes a fresh attempt to start talks with the Taliban, competing visions in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan over what an eventual peace process might look like have emerged as one of the biggest hurdles. Washington's hopes of negotiating with the insurgents to stabilize Afghanistan before most foreign troops leave by the end of 2014 had appeared to achieve a breakthrough last week when the Taliban opened an office in the Qatari capital Doha. ...

Egypt's Mursi circles wagons as trouble looms Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:09 PM PDT By Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi came to office promising to be a president for all Egyptians. A year into his term, the divisions deepened by his rule have pitched the nation into crisis. As Mursi's opponents mobilize for protests aimed at toppling him, the Muslim Brotherhood man shows no sign of flinching. Instead, he is digging in, backed by Islamist allies determined to shield Mursi from what they see as an attempted coup. ...

EU leaders win breakthrough EU budget deal Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:50 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders reached an outline deal Friday on the 27-country bloc's 960 billion euro ($1.3 trillion) seven-year budget, overcoming British objections to sign off on the agreement.

Ecuador heats rhetoric as Obama downplays Snowden Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:38 PM PDT QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — President Barack Obama tried to cool the international frenzy over Edward Snowden on Thursday as Ecuador stepped up its defiance and said it was preemptively rejecting millions in trade benefits that it could lose by taking in the fugitive from his limbo in a Moscow airport.

Kerry plunges back into Mideast peace diplomacy Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:25 PM PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry plunged back into the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Thursday, using Jordan as a base for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

CFTC charges Corzine in MF Global collapse Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:23 PM PDT By Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. regulator charged former MF Global chief Jon Corzine over the collapse of the futures brokerage, blaming the former Goldman Sachs co-chief executive with being a key actor in one of the country's 10 biggest bankruptcies. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Thursday it will seek in a civil case to ban Corzine and former Assistant Treasurer Edith O'Brien from the industry, and also seek penalties against the two. "Mr. ...

Tanker cars derail on broken bridge in flood-hit Calgary Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:11 PM PDT By Nia Williams and Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta, June 27 - Five rail cars carrying hazardous petroleum products derailed on a broken bridge over the swollen Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, on Thursday, perching perilously close to the water as emergency crews rushed to prevent a spill. The cars contain petroleum distillate, a flammable light oil product that is used in paint and polishes or can be mixed with the sludgy crude from the Canadian oil sands so the crude can flow in pipelines. ...

Factbox: Snowden: a tale of security lapses and other U.S. errors Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:53 PM PDT (Reuters) - Edward Snowden's disclosure of U.S. surveillance programs and the ease with which he slipped out of the country have raised questions about the U.S. government's handling of his case at crucial moments, some stretching back years. Here are some key areas of concern that have emerged following the leaks by Snowden, who most recently worked as a contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency: 2011 BACKGROUND CHECK Snowden's 2011 background investigation, to renew his security clearance when he was working as a private U.S. government contractor, is under scrutiny. ...

In Egypt, skepticism over religion in politics Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:52 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — In a tiny mosque in southern Egypt, the cleric railed in his sermon against opponents of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, comparing them to "the Devil, who rebelled against God and was kicked out of heaven." Among the Muslim worshippers, a 42-year-old civil servant had enough.

Costa Rica probes soapy money-laundering link to Venezuela Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:43 PM PDT By Isabella Cota SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rica said on Thursday it was investigating two men suspected of laundering money for Venezuelan government firms after detecting a shady scheme to buy millions of bars of soap. Investigators in the Central American nation said they had frozen at least $15.5 million in bank accounts belonging to a Costa Rican lawyer and a Venezuelan who had made suspicious transactions for a company owned by Venezuela's government. ...

Brazil protesters target Confederations Cup match Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:27 PM PDT FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — About 5,000 anti-government protesters battled police on Thursday near a stadium that hosted a semi-final match of the Confederations Cup soccer tournament.

Iraq official says Baghdad open to US military aid Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:18 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is open to greater American military cooperation as U.S. commanders explore ways to boost security assistance to the country, a top Iraqi official said Thursday as a fresh wave of bombings claimed 16 lives.

NSA chief says agency eavesdropping helped foil 54 plots Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:16 PM PDT By Deborah Charles and Mark Hosenball BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The director of the U.S. National Security Agency on Thursday offered a more detailed breakdown of 54 schemes by militants that he said were disrupted by phone and internet surveillance, even as a British newspaper offered evidence of more extensive spying. In a speech in Baltimore, NSA chief General Keith Alexander said the list of cases turned over recently to Congress included 42 that involved disrupted plots and 12 in which surveillance targets provided material support to terrorism. ...

Ecuador offers U.S. rights aid, waives trade benefits Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:12 PM PDT By Alexandra Valencia and Brian Ellsworth QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's leftist government thumbed its nose at Washington on Thursday by renouncing U.S. trade benefits and offering to pay for human rights training in America in response to pressure over asylum for former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. The angry response threatens a showdown between the two nations over Snowden, and may burnish President Rafael Correa's credentials to be the continent's principal challenger of U.S. power after the death of Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez. ...

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama gets lessons on Goree Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:10 PM PDT GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — President Barack Obama says he learned some lessons on a visit to Goree Island, where he toured a slave house and gazed out at the Atlantic Ocean through what's known as the Door of No Return. It's the point on this Senegalese island from which Africans were said to have been shipped to the Americas and into slavery.

Egypt's opposition criticizes president's speech Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:05 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's main opposition coalition on Thursday rejected the Islamist president's offer for dialogue on reconciliation and said it insists on holding early elections, ratcheting up pressure on Mohammed Morsi just days ahead of planned mass protests seeking his ouster.

One Muslim Brotherhood member dies in attack: Brotherhood Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:47 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A member of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood was shot dead in an attack on the group's office in the Nile Delta town of Zakazik on Thursday, a day before the start of a wave of opposition protests. The news was carried by the official website of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, which blamed an opposition youth group and people loyal to ousted president Hosni Mubarak for the attack. Two people died on Wednesday in street clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Mansoura. ...

Britain hesitant on breakthrough EU budget deal Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:35 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union summit pushing to end the region's economic turmoil and fight youth unemployment was sidetracked Thursday as Britain refused to sign off on a hard-fought deal on a 960 billion euro ($1.3 trillion) budget.

U.S. suspends trade benefits for Bangladesh over safety Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:30 PM PDT By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday cut off longtime U.S. trade benefits for Bangladesh in a mostly symbolic response to dangerous conditions in that country's garment industry that have cost more than 1,200 lives in the past year. "I have determined that it is appropriate to suspend Bangladesh ... because it is not taking steps to afford internationally recognized worker rights to workers in the country," Obama said in a statement. The U.S. ...

Obama starts long-awaited Africa tour at slave port Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:26 PM PDT By Mark Felsenthal GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (Reuters) - Almost four centuries after Africans started being shipped to North America as slaves, the first U.S. president of African ancestry on Thursday visited an infamous embarkation point for those destined for lives in chains. In his first - and, many Africans say, long-overdue - extended tour of the continent since entering the White House, President Barack Obama focused on political and economic issues while also recalling a painful chapter in Africa's and America's past. ...

With multiple missions, U.S. military steps up Africa focus Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:25 PM PDT By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Striking Islamist militants with drones, supporting African forces in stabilizing Somalia and Mali and deploying dozens of training teams, the U.S. military has returned to Africa. Its presence remains mostly low key, barely mentioned in the context of President Barack Obama's visit this week to Africa. Nevertheless, with some 4,000-5,000 personnel on the ground at any given time, the United States now has more troops in Africa than at any point since its Somalia intervention two decades ago. ...

Spain ruling party's ex-treasurer sent to jail in corruption case Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:01 PM PDT By Teresa Larraz Mora MADRID (Reuters) - A former treasurer for Spain's ruling People's Party was sent to jail without bail on Thursday as the High Court continues a pre-trial investigation into corruption charges against him. Judge Pablo Ruz said that Luis Barcenas - who worked for the People's Party for almost three decades, mostly in the accounting department - had failed to explain the origin of up to 48 million euros held in Swiss bank accounts. Ruz said Barcenas was a flight risk and could also pressure witnesses or destroy evidence. ...

Top officer rejects comparison of U.S., Chinese cyber snooping Posted: 27 Jun 2013 01:22 PM PDT By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer on Thursday dismissed comparisons of Chinese and American snooping in cyber space, saying all countries gathered intelligence on their potential adversaries but Beijing's problematic "niche" was intellectual property theft. Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also said the U.S. government was close to completing an update of its rules of engagement in cyber space and that Americans needed to understand a cyber attack could trigger a real-world military response. ...

Iraq bombings target soccer fans, kill 16 in cafes Posted: 27 Jun 2013 01:17 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a series of bombings targeting soccer fans has struck cafes in and around Baghdad, killing 16 and wounding dozens.

No plan to restrict Bangladesh clothing imports: U.S. trade chief Posted: 27 Jun 2013 01:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no plans to restrict clothing imports from Bangladesh to put additional pressure on that country to improve safety conditions for workers, the top U.S. trade official said on Thursday. U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman told reporters he hoped that suspending U.S. trade benefits on a number of non-textile goods would be enough to encourage the Bangladeshi government to make needed reforms. (Reporting by Doug Palmer; Editing by Sandra Maler)

AP Interview: Egypt's Moussa urges new election Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:57 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Leading Egyptian opposition figure Amr Moussa on Thursday urged the country's Islamist president to listen to the voices of the opposition and respond to their demands by holding early presidential elections.

Obama visits slave site of disputed importance Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:55 PM PDT GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — Soon after being released from his 27-year incarceration in South Africa, apartheid icon Nelson Mandela made a pilgrimage to this small island off the Senegalese coast.

EU strikes provisional $1.3 trillion budget deal Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:47 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Top European Union officials on Thursday hashed out a tentative deal on a 960 billion euro ($1.3 trillion) budget for the bloc for the next seven years.

Lawyers file appeal to halt 5th Nigerian execution Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:46 PM PDT LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Human rights lawyers have filed an urgent appeal to try to prevent Nigerian authorities from executing a convicted armed robber by firing squad, two organizations said Thursday.

Suicide bomb kills 4 in Syrian capital's Old City Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:38 PM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up near the headquarters of Syria's Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus' Old City, killing at least four people Thursday, minutes after the patriarch had entered the cathedral, state-run TV and a church official said.

Kerry resumes tough Israeli-Palestinian peace mission Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:34 PM PDT By Lesley Wroughton AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's drive to revive Middle East peace talks hit familiar warning signals on Thursday as Israel's prime minister stressed security needs and a Palestinian negotiator denounced Israeli settlement building. Kerry, on his fifth visit to the region, met Jordan's King Abdullah for talks focused on both the peace process and the Syrian civil war, which has driven more than 500,000 refugees into Jordan. ...

Gay rights clash: Obama, African host are at odds Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:33 PM PDT DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Laying bare a clash of cultures, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged African leaders to extend equal rights to gays and lesbians but was bluntly rebuked by Senegal's president, who said his country "still isn't ready" to decriminalize homosexuality.

32 killed in ethno-religious clashes in Nigeria Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:32 PM PDT JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Community leaders say 32 people died Thursday and many were injured in tribal clashes sparked by cattle rustling in Nigeria's volatile central Plateau state.

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