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• Egypt PM dispute stalls government, Islamists call more protests
• Three Latin American leftist leaders offer asylum to Snowden
• Turkish police fire teargas, water cannon to disperse Istanbul protests
• Syrian opposition chooses Saudi-backed leader
• Brazil's Rousseff denies plans for post-protest Cabinet shakeup
• Gunmen kill 28 in attack on northeast Nigeria school
• Official: 2 dead in San Francisco plane crash
• Egypt's new president asserts authority
• Fire Chief: 2 dead in San Francisco airport crash
• Two killed, many injured as South Korean airliner crashes, burns in San Francisco
• Brotherhood sees Egypt "coup" fuelling hatred of West
• Egypt's emerging leaders after Morsi's overthrow
• Official: 10 injured in San Francisco plane crash
• At least one dead in freight train explosion in Canadian town
• Egypt: ElBaradei's appointment put on hold
• Muslim Brotherhood can contest Egypt elections: president spokesman
• Asiana airplane crashes at San Francisco airport
• Ex-prisoner chosen to lead Syria opposition group
• Egypt president spokesman says several options for PM
• Obama says U.S. is not aligned with any Egyptian party: White House
• NTSB to investigate San Francisco Crash
• Egyptian state TV says no new prime minister chosen yet
• Oil train derails, 1 dead in Quebec town
• Mandela grandson loses leadership role over feud
• Bombing at market street in east Pakistan kills 4
• 30 killed in school attack in northeast Nigeria
• Egypt's second Islamist party opposes choice of ElBaradei as PM
• 1 dead after oil train derails in Quebec
• FAA: Airliner crashes on landing in San Francisco
• Turkish police disperse protest at Istanbul square
• Italy's most wanted drug trafficker caught in Colombia
• Egypt: opposition leader named interim PM
• Leading Sunni cleric says in fatwa Egyptians should back Mursi
• Top fugitive Italian cocaine boss nabbed in Bogota
• Italian ministers asked to post salaries, assets online

Egypt PM dispute stalls government, Islamists call more protests Posted: 06 Jul 2013 04:58 PM PDT By Mike Collett-White and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's political transition after President Mohamed Mursi was ousted by the military stumbled at the first hurdle, after the choice of liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei as interim prime minister was thrown into doubt by Islamist objections. ElBaradei's nomination had been confirmed by several sources and state media on Saturday, but just before midnight a presidential spokesman told reporters that the prime minister had not in fact been chosen. ...

Three Latin American leftist leaders offer asylum to Snowden Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:02 PM PDT By Daniel Ramos and Daniel Wallis LA PAZ/CARACAS (Reuters) - Bolivia offered asylum on Saturday to former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, joining leftist allies Venezuela and Nicaragua in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of secret U.S. surveillance programs. Snowden, 30, is believed to be holed up in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport and has been trying to find a country that would take him since he landed from Hong Kong on June 23. ...

Turkish police fire teargas, water cannon to disperse Istanbul protests Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:07 PM PDT By Humeyra Pamuk and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters in an Istanbul square on Saturday as they gathered to enter a park that was the center of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan last month. Taksim Solidarity, combining an array of political groups, had called a march to enter the sealed off Gezi park, but the governor of Istanbul warned that any such gathering would be confronted by the police. "We are going to our park to open its doors to its real owners ... We are here and we will stay here ... ...

Syrian opposition chooses Saudi-backed leader Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:27 AM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Erika Solomon ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's fractious opposition elected a new leader on Saturday but rebel groups were reported to be fighting among themselves in a sign of growing divisions on the ground between factions trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Brazil's Rousseff denies plans for post-protest Cabinet shakeup Posted: 06 Jul 2013 12:16 PM PDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff firmly denied on Saturday any plans to shake up her Cabinet, following the country's largest protests in 20 years. In a written statement, she called talk of ministerial change "unfounded speculation" and reiterated a plan developed with state governors and local mayors to address concerns raised last month in cities across Latin America's largest economy. ...

Gunmen kill 28 in attack on northeast Nigeria school Posted: 06 Jul 2013 11:40 AM PDT By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist gunmen killed 27 students and a teacher in a boarding school in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Saturday, a police source said. The attack was the deadliest of at least three on schools since the military launched an offensive in May to try to crush Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram, whose nickname translates as "Western education is sinful" in the northern Hausa language. The attackers set fire to buildings and shot pupils as they tried to flee, the source told Reuters by email. ...

Official: 2 dead in San Francisco plane crash Posted: 06 Jul 2013 04:56 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens of others and forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety as flames tore through the plane.

Egypt's new president asserts authority Posted: 06 Jul 2013 04:37 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority and regain control of the streets Saturday even as his Islamist opponents declared his powers illegitimate and issued blood oaths to reinstate Mohammed Morsi, whose ouster by the military has led to dueling protests and deadly street battles between rival sides.

Fire Chief: 2 dead in San Francisco airport crash Posted: 06 Jul 2013 04:28 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White says that there are two dead in the crash of an Asiana jetliner at San Francisco International Airport.

Two killed, many injured as South Korean airliner crashes, burns in San Francisco Posted: 06 Jul 2013 04:21 PM PDT By Sarah McBride and Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with more than 300 people on board crashed on landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday after a flight from Seoul and burst into flames, and initial reports said two people were killed and over 70 injured. Pictures taken immediately after the crash showed passengers streaming off the plane. TV footage from the air later showed the badly damaged fuselage of the Boeing 777 blackened by fire and the plane's tail broken off. ...

Brotherhood sees Egypt "coup" fuelling hatred of West Posted: 06 Jul 2013 04:13 PM PDT By Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood believes Western governments fully supported the military overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi, a decision it says will fuel hatred towards the United States and Europe and ultimately backfire on them. Mohamed El-Beltagi, a senior Brotherhood politician, said everyone would lose, including the West, from violence that could result from the removal of Mursi - Egypt's first freely elected head of state who served just one year in office. ...

Egypt's emerging leaders after Morsi's overthrow Posted: 06 Jul 2013 04:04 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Contours are slowly emerging of Egypt's new leadership, even though an initial announcement that a chief rival of deposed President Mohammed Morsi was named as interim prime minister was taken back later on Saturday.

Official: 10 injured in San Francisco plane crash Posted: 06 Jul 2013 03:56 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, critically injuring at least 10 people and forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety as flames tore through the plane.

At least one dead in freight train explosion in Canadian town Posted: 06 Jul 2013 03:47 PM PDT By Mathieu Belanger LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - A fast-moving, driverless train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed and exploded into an enormous fireball in the middle of a Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and killing at least one person, a toll officials said was likely to rise. The disaster occurred shortly after 1 a.m. (0500 GMT) when the runaway freight train with 73 cars sped into Lac-Megantic, a lakeside town of about 6,000 people in the province of Quebec near the border with Maine, and came off the rails. ...

Egypt: ElBaradei's appointment put on hold Posted: 06 Jul 2013 03:37 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority and regain control of the streets Saturday even as his Islamist opponents declared his powers illegitimate and issued blood oaths to restore Mohammed Morsi, whose ouster by the military has led to dueling protests and pitched street battles between rival sides.

Muslim Brotherhood can contest Egypt elections: president spokesman Posted: 06 Jul 2013 03:24 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood movement can take part in new elections, a presidential spokesman said on Saturday. The military ousted elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday, sparking widespread protests among his Brotherhood followers. The military says it has a political roadmap to guide the country to new elections, but has yet to set a date. "We extend our hand to everyone, everyone is a part of this nation," the spokesman told reporters. ...

Asiana airplane crashes at San Francisco airport Posted: 06 Jul 2013 03:11 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety. There were early reports of injuries, but the extent wasn't immediately clear.

Ex-prisoner chosen to lead Syria opposition group Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:44 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A former Syrian political prisoner with close links to Saudi Arabia was picked Saturday to lead Syria's main Western-backed opposition group, filling a post long vacant due to divisions among President Bashar Assad's opponents.

Egypt president spokesman says several options for PM Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:39 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A presidential spokesman said on Saturday there are several options for Egypt's interim prime minister and acknowledged opposition to Mohamed ElBaradei, whom officials and state media had earlier reported was about to be appointed. Speaking in a televised news conference, the spokesman said there was no set date for the appointment of an interim prime minister and the presidency had to take account of the opposition to the former U.N. nuclear agency chief. ...

Obama says U.S. is not aligned with any Egyptian party: White House Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:38 PM PDT By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama condemned the violence in Egypt on Saturday and said that the United States was not working with any particular Egyptian political party or group as the country reels from a military takeover. Obama, spending the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat, convened a secure conference call with members of his national security team to discuss events in Egypt days after a military ouster of elected President Mohamed Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood-led government. ...

NTSB to investigate San Francisco Crash Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:33 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety. It was not immediately known whether there were any injuries.

Egyptian state TV says no new prime minister chosen yet Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:23 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian state television said the interim prime minister had not yet been chosen, after named officials and state media earlier said Mohamed ElBaradei would be appointed on Saturday. The report followed Egypt's second biggest Islamist group, which had initially backed a military-led political roadmap to guide the country to new elections, opposing the nomination of liberal politician ElBaradei. The military ousted Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday, and his Muslim Brotherhood movement has led protests in which dozens of people have been killed. ...

Oil train derails, 1 dead in Quebec town Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:02 PM PDT LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — A train carrying crude oil derailed Saturday in eastern Quebec, sparking several explosions and a blaze that destroyed the center of the town of Lac-Megantic and killed at least one person. An unspecified number of people were reported missing.

Mandela grandson loses leadership role over feud Posted: 06 Jul 2013 01:40 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A tribal king in South Africa on Saturday removed a grandson of Nelson Mandela from his post of traditional authority while the former president is hospitalized in critical condition.

Bombing at market street in east Pakistan kills 4 Posted: 06 Jul 2013 01:31 PM PDT LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb exploded at a busy market street in eastern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least four people and wounding 47, officials said.

30 killed in school attack in northeast Nigeria Posted: 06 Jul 2013 01:24 PM PDT POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic militants attacked a boarding school before dawn Saturday, dousing a dormitory in fuel and lighting it ablaze as students slept, survivors said. At least 30 people were killed in the deadliest attack yet on schools in Nigeria's embattled northeast.

Egypt's second Islamist party opposes choice of ElBaradei as PM Posted: 06 Jul 2013 01:16 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's second biggest Islamist group, which had initially backed a military-led political roadmap to guide the country to new elections, opposed the nomination of liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei as interim prime minister, a party official told Reuters on Saturday. The Nour Party's deputy leader Ahmed Khalil told the state news website Al-Ahram that the party would withdraw from the political transition process if ElBaradei was confirmed in his post as expected. ...

1 dead after oil train derails in Quebec Posted: 06 Jul 2013 01:15 PM PDT LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Provincial police say one person has died after a train carrying crude oil derailed, triggering several explosions and a huge blaze in a town in eastern Quebec.

FAA: Airliner crashes on landing in San Francisco Posted: 06 Jul 2013 01:02 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety. It was not immediately known whether there were any injuries.

Turkish police disperse protest at Istanbul square Posted: 06 Jul 2013 12:34 PM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police fired volleys of tear gas at protesters who tried to enter a cordoned-off park near Istanbul's landmark Taksim Square on Saturday, hours after the city's governor warned the demonstration was illegal and participants would be dispersed.

Italy's most wanted drug trafficker caught in Colombia Posted: 06 Jul 2013 12:15 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - A suspected Italian mafia boss described as Europe's most wanted drug trafficker and the world's biggest cocaine importer was arrested in Colombia on Saturday and deported to Italy. Roberto Pannunzi, compared to the late drug lord Pablo Escobar by Colombian authorities, was caught in a Bogota shopping center carrying a false Venezuelan identity card, Colombia's Defense Ministry announced on Twitter. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) worked with Colombian police to find and arrest Pannunzi, the ministry said. ...

Egypt: opposition leader named interim PM Posted: 06 Jul 2013 12:08 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority Saturday by naming a chief rival of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi as interim prime minister and holding crisis talks with security officials on efforts to reclaim control of the streets.

Leading Sunni cleric says in fatwa Egyptians should back Mursi Posted: 06 Jul 2013 12:05 PM PDT RIYADH (Reuters) - A leading Qatar-based cleric declared in a religious edict, or fatwa, on Saturday that Egyptians should support ousted President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood and the military should withdraw from the political scene. Egyptian-born Youssef al-Qaradawi, one of the most prominent Sunni clerics in the Middle East, said in the fatwa posted on his website that the military's intervention to depose Mursi on Wednesday was against democracy and the constitution. ...

Top fugitive Italian cocaine boss nabbed in Bogota Posted: 06 Jul 2013 12:03 PM PDT ROME (AP) — A fugitive Italian mobster, who allegedly arranged major shipments of South American cocaine to Europe each month and was one of the world's most powerful drug brokers, has been captured in a Colombian shopping mall, authorities said Saturday.

Italian ministers asked to post salaries, assets online Posted: 06 Jul 2013 11:57 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta's office said on Saturday it had asked all the ministers in his cabinet as well as junior government officials to declare their salaries and assets online in an effort to boost transparency. It said in a statement that ministers, deputy ministers and undersecretaries in the left-right coalition government should publish their income and benefits related to their public administration roles as well as other assignments. The former government of Mario Monti made a similar move last year while it was stepping up efforts to fight tax evasion. ...

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