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• Islamist protests hit cities across Egypt, at least 24 dead
• Syrian opposition suffers setbacks on ground, in Egypt
• Iceland parliament declines Snowden's citizenship bid
• Bombs kill 22 in Iraq, Sunni leader urges Egypt-style protests
• Portugal coalition partners reach deal on internal crisis: government
• Peru's first lady firmly denies 2016 presidential bid
• Nicaragua says would grant Snowden asylum if circumstances permit
• Key events in Egypt's uprising and unrest
• Child's pregnancy sets off Chile abortion debate
• Clashes erupt as Islamists push back in Egypt
• EU threatens to suspend data-sharing with U.S. over spy reports
• Venezuela names admiral to be first female defense minister
• Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood deputy head arrested
• Egypt bank governor says staying in position
• Toll in Egypt violence mounts to 30 nationwide
• Twelve killed in clashes in Egyptian city of Alexandria: medic
• Egypt Brotherhood deputy leader Shater arrested
• Egypt left leader backs military role, sees short transition
• Fighting, shooting in central Cairo ends
• Pope Francis clears John Paul II for sainthood
• Egypt army denies curfew in two North Sinai towns
• France to turn Tunisia debt into development
• Egypt violence kills 17 as Mursi backers protest
• Clashes erupt in major pushback by Egypt Islamists
• Egypt military vehicles deploy in Cairo clashes
• Egypt authorities impose curfew in two North Sinai towns: state TV
• APNewsBreak: Police charge 8 in Dublin 'New IRA'
• Egypt: Morsi opponents call public into streets
• Five Egyptian police killed in attacks in Sinai town -sources
• Egypt clashes kill 10 in Islamist pushback
• Egyptian hardline Islamist presidential candidate arrested
• APNewsBreak: 8 arrests in 'New IRA' leaders' raid
• Bombings targeting Shiites kill 19 in Iraq
• EU agrees on talks with US to begin Monday

Islamist protests hit cities across Egypt, at least 24 dead Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:28 PM PDT By Mike Collett-White and Alastair Macdonald CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 24 people died across Egypt on Friday as Islamists opposed to the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi took to the streets to vent their fury at what they say was a military coup. Fierce clashes in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria left 12 dead and 200 injured, while in Cairo, five people were killed as pro- and anti-Mursi protesters ran amok in central areas and armored personnel carriers rumbled among them to restore calm. ...

Syrian opposition suffers setbacks on ground, in Egypt Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:49 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian state forces backed by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah hammered the central city of Homs on Friday, activists said, sparking concern from United Nations officials over thousands of civilians trapped in the city. President Bashar al-Assad's forces have been using heavy air raids and artillery strikes to push their offensive around the capital and the strategically located Homs, which spans central Syria's eastern and western international borders. ...

Iceland parliament declines Snowden's citizenship bid Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:14 PM PDT By Robert Robertsson REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A bid by Edward Snowden for Icelandic citizenship failed when the country's parliament voted not to debate it before the summer recess, lawmakers said on Friday, with options for the U.S. fugitive narrowing by the day. The vote leaves Snowden - believed to be staying in a transit area at a Moscow airport - with one option fewer as he seeks a country to shelter him from U.S. espionage charges. ...

Bombs kill 22 in Iraq, Sunni leader urges Egypt-style protests Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:04 PM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 15 people as they left a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capital on Friday and a separate attack on Sunni protesters killed seven, police and medics said. In Baghdad's northwestern district of Graiaat, witnesses said guards at the exit to the Shi'ite mosque stopped a woman who then blew herself up amidst worshippers leaving after sunset prayers. Suicide bombings are the hallmark of al Qaeda. ...

Portugal coalition partners reach deal on internal crisis: government Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:21 PM PDT LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has reached a deal with the ruling coalition's junior partner CDS-PP to resolve a rift which has threatened the country's adjustment program under a bailout, a government spokesman said on Friday. "The prime minister presented to President Anibal Cavaco Silva a political deal reached with the leader of CDS-PP," the spokesman said. A deal will have to be approved by Cavaco Silva, who is due to meet all political parties Monday and Tuesday. ...

Peru's first lady firmly denies 2016 presidential bid Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:05 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's powerful first lady Nadine Heredia on Friday made her strongest denial yet that she will run for president in 2016, responding to criticism that she might try to have an anti-nepotism law thrown out so she could launch a bid. Heredia's announcement could further narrow the field of likely candidates for the next election. Her husband, President Ollanta Humala, cannot run in 2016 because Peruvian law bans consecutive presidential terms. ...

Nicaragua says would grant Snowden asylum if circumstances permit Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:31 PM PDT MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega said on Friday that he had received an asylum request from U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden and could accept the bid "if circumstances permit." (Reporting by Ivan Castro)

Key events in Egypt's uprising and unrest Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:16 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed interim president dissolved the Islamist-dominated upper house of parliament Friday as supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi took the streets by the tens of thousands, demanding his return. Clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi groups in Cairo and Alexandria, and violence elsewhere in Egypt killed at least 30.

Child's pregnancy sets off Chile abortion debate Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:15 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The case of a pregnant 11-year old girl who was raped in Chile by her mother's partner has set off a national debate about abortion in one of the most socially-conservative countries in Latin America.

Clashes erupt as Islamists push back in Egypt Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:12 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Enraged Islamists pushed back Friday against the toppling of President Mohammed Morsi, as tens of thousands of his supporters took to the streets vowing to win his reinstatement and clashed with their opponent in violence that killed 30 and wounded more than 200 nationwide.

EU threatens to suspend data-sharing with U.S. over spy reports Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:03 PM PDT By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is threatening to suspend two agreements granting the United States access to European financial and travel data unless Washington shows it is respecting EU rules on data privacy, EU officials said on Friday. The threat reflects European disquiet about allegations that the United States has engaged in widespread eavesdropping on European Internet users as well as spying on the EU. Cecilia Malmstrom, the EU's home affairs commissioner, wrote to two senior U.S. ...

Venezuela names admiral to be first female defense minister Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:54 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela named a female admiral who had been a close aide to Hugo Chavez as its first woman defense minister on Friday in a ceremony at the military museum that houses the late socialist leader's remains. Carmen Melendez, who became the South American country's first female admiral a year ago, takes over the defense ministry from Diego Molero. Until Friday, she was serving as minister in the office of the president. ...

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood deputy head arrested Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:49 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An Interior Ministry spokesman says the deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat el-Shater, considered the most powerful man in the organization has been arrested.

Egypt bank governor says staying in position Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:40 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian central bank governor Hisham Ramez said on Saturday he would remain in his position following the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi, and denied a report he would be named prime minister. "I will not be the prime minister," he told Reuters. "I am staying on as the governor of the central bank, which is a very important role. I am not a politician." Since his appointment in January, Ramez has won respect from financiers as he has negotiated on a still to be finalized loan from the International Monetary Fund. ...

Toll in Egypt violence mounts to 30 nationwide Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:39 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Medical officials say at least 12 people have been killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted president in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria, bringing nationwide toll to 30.

Twelve killed in clashes in Egyptian city of Alexandria: medic Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:30 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed in clashes in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Friday, Amr Nasr, head of emergency services in the city, said. He also told the state news agency MENA that around 200 were injured. Most of the fatalities were from gunshot wounds. (Reporting by Haitham Fahmy; Writing by Mike Collett-White)

Egypt Brotherhood deputy leader Shater arrested Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:23 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A deputy leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, former presidential candidate Khairat El-Shater, has been arrested, security sources, his party and state news agency MENA said on Saturday. Security sources said Shater, a wealthy businessman seen as the movement's main political strategist, was taken into custody on suspicion of incitement to violence. He was arrested at his apartment in Cairo. Among the Brotherhood's best known public figures, Shater was the latest of several of its leaders to be taken in since President Mohamed Mursi was overthrown by the army on Wednesday. ...

Egypt left leader backs military role, sees short transition Posted: 05 Jul 2013 02:39 PM PDT By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's leading left-wing politician endorsed military intervention to oust elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and said he expected a short transition to a new democratic president and parliament. Hamdeen Sabahi, leader of the Popular Current movement, who came third in last year's presidential election, said the army had implemented the will of the people and was not seeking power for itself. ...

Fighting, shooting in central Cairo ends Posted: 05 Jul 2013 02:19 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Three hours of street fighting in central Cairo on Friday evening between hundreds of supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Mursi eased after the army deployed units in armored vehicles. In early evening, a group of Islamist supporters of Mursi gathered near the national broadcasting headquarters on the banks of the Nile, about a kilometer (half a mile) from Tahrir Square, where Mursi's liberal opponents have set up camp. ...

Pope Francis clears John Paul II for sainthood Posted: 05 Jul 2013 02:13 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday cleared two of the 20th century's most influential popes to become saints, approving a miracle needed to canonize Pope John Paul II and waiving Vatican rules to honor Pope John XXIII.

Egypt army denies curfew in two North Sinai towns Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:41 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army denied a report that curfews had been imposed in two North Sinai towns on the border with Israel and the Gaza Strip on Friday. "Nothing has been issued," an army spokesman told Reuters when asked about the report on state television that a curfew had been imposed in the towns of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah. Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has been plunged into lawlessness since a 2011 uprising ousted President Hosni Mubarak, and violence has surged there this week since the army pushed aside Mubarak's successor, Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi. ...

France to turn Tunisia debt into development Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:40 PM PDT TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — France's president proposed Friday taking at least some of Tunisia's 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in debt to his country and using it for development projects.

Egypt violence kills 17 as Mursi backers protest Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:35 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Seventeen people were killed in violence in Egypt on Friday as supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi protested his overthrow by the army, state television said, quoting Health Ministry data. It gave no details. (Reporting by Alastair Macdonald)

Clashes erupt in major pushback by Egypt Islamists Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:22 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Enraged Islamists pushed back against the toppling of President Mohammed Morsi, as tens of thousands of his supporters marched in Cairo on Friday to demand his reinstatement and attacked his opponents. Nighttime clashes raged with stone-throwing, firecrackers and gunfire, and military armored vehicles raced across a Nile River bridge in a counterassault on Morsi's supporters.

Egypt military vehicles deploy in Cairo clashes Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:05 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian military armored vehicles have raced onto a main bridge over the Nile River in Cairo in the first major move to break up clashes raging between Islamist backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and their opponents.

Egypt authorities impose curfew in two North Sinai towns: state TV Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:02 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities have imposed a curfew in two North Sinai towns on the border with Israel and the Gaza Strip, state television reported on Friday. The curfew applies to the towns of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah, it said, without elaborating. Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has been plunged into lawlessness since a 2011 uprising ousted President Hosni Mubarak, and violence has surged there this week since the army pushed aside Mubarak's successor, Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi. (Writing by Alexander Dziadosz; Editing by Alastair Macdonald)

APNewsBreak: Police charge 8 in Dublin 'New IRA' Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:00 PM PDT DUBLIN (AP) — Irish police charged eight men with Irish Republican Army membership Friday after police raided a suspected meeting of the outlaws' Dublin leadership, inflicting what a senior policeman called a major blow to the "New IRA" splinter group.

Egypt: Morsi opponents call public into streets Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:52 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An umbrella group of opponents of Egypt's ousted president has called the public to join rallies immediately to counter a "malicious plot" by the Muslim Brotherhood, heightening an already raging confrontation in the streets.

Five Egyptian police killed in attacks in Sinai town -sources Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:37 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Five Egyptian police officers were gunned down in separate incidents on Friday in the North Sinai town of El Arish, medical sources said, after Islamist gunmen killed a soldier in a separate attack in a nearby town overnight. The police officers were shot by gunmen while they were guarding a government building, a checkpoint on the southern outskirts of the town, and the hospital, the sources said. It was not clear whether the attacks were coordinated and in reaction to the army's overthrow of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday. ...

Egypt clashes kill 10 in Islamist pushback Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:31 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — A Health Ministry official says 10 people have been killed and 210 wounded in clashes around the country involving opponents and backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, as well as security forces.

Egyptian hardline Islamist presidential candidate arrested Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:08 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian hardline Islamist presidential candidate was arrested on Friday and accused of inciting violence as thousands of Islamists marched across Cairo to protest against the ouster of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, security sources said. Salafi presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail was arrested at his home, the sources said, but no other details were immediately available. Abu Ismail was disqualified from the presidential race that brought Mursi to power in June 2012 after reports that his late mother had held a U.S. passport. ...

APNewsBreak: 8 arrests in 'New IRA' leaders' raid Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:07 PM PDT DUBLIN (AP) — Irish police say eight men have been charged with being members of the main Irish Republican Army faction following a raid on a Dublin meeting of suspected IRA leaders.

Bombings targeting Shiites kill 19 in Iraq Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:07 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide attacker and a car bombing killed at least 19 people and wounded 38 in separate attacks Friday targeting Shiites north of Baghdad.

EU agrees on talks with US to begin Monday Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:04 PM PDT VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — European Union officials on Friday said they will discuss "data protection and privacy rights" in parallel with trade talks with the United States next week.

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