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• Egypt names prime minister
• Quebec police open criminal probe after deadly train crash
• Snowden has not yet accepted asylum in Venezuela: WikiLeaks
• Afghan officials skeptical as U.S. mulls complete withdrawal
• Lawmakers urge firm U.S. line on China in bilateral talks
• Russia: Syria rebels likely behind Aleppo chemical attack
• Two Egyptians killed, six wounded in militant attack in Sinai
• Guinea election body sets legislative polls for September 24
• Egypt pushes transition, naming prime minister
• Militants attack Egyptian security forces in Sinai
• Car bomb rocks Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon
• Russia: Syrian rebels made, used sarin nerve gas
• Egypt’s Way Forward: New Transition Plan Draws Immediate Fire
• Criminal probe in Quebec oil train derailment
• Egypt's liberal bloc says rejects constitutional decree
• British lawmakers recall Murdoch over phone-hacking evidence
• Egypt's timetable for transition to elections
• Colombia sends suspected drug kingpin to United States
• U.S. says encouraged by Egyptian transition plan
• Confusion on Snowden acceptance of Venezuela offer
• Key party quits Morocco's Islamist-led government
• Cuba economy czar: Reforms entering critical phase
• Berlusconi allies cry foul over quick appeal
• Death toll in Quebec oil train derailment now 15
• Roadside bomb kills 17 civilians in Afghanistan
• As Japan PM Abe weighs labor reform, IBM emerges as test case
• NSA 'spied' on most Latin American nations: Brazil paper
• Rows over Egypt's constitutional decree signal hurdles ahead
• Dozens feared dead in Quebec oil train derailment
• More questions: UK lawmakers to recall Murdoch
• US says plan for Egyptian elections positive
• Remains of rocket fired from Egypt found in Israel
• Taliban close Qatar office to protest flag fracas
• Northern Ireland drafts in G8 police for parade season

Egypt names prime minister Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:16 PM PDT By Yasmine Saleh and Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Gulf states showered Cairo with $8 billion in aid on Tuesday, showing their support for the Egyptian army's move to push the Muslim Brotherhood from power, a day after troops killed dozens of the movement's supporters. Military-backed interim head of state Adli Mansour named a liberal economist as acting prime minister and announced a faster-than-expected timetable for elections in six months. ...

Quebec police open criminal probe after deadly train crash Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:44 PM PDT By Richard Valdmanis and Julie Gordon LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - Canadian police on Tuesday said they had opened a criminal investigation into the train explosion that likely killed 50 people in Lac-Megantic, and some 200 officers were scouring the town's devastated center for clues. Inspector Michel Forget said police did not believe terrorism was involved when a runaway train hauling 72 cars of crude oil barreled into town early on Saturday, derailed on a curve and exploded into a huge fireball that destroyed the center of the lakeside community. ...

Snowden has not yet accepted asylum in Venezuela: WikiLeaks Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:19 PM PDT By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela, the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said on Tuesday after a Russian lawmaker posted a statement to that effect on Twitter and then deleted it. WikiLeaks, on its own Twitter feed, said that states involved in deciding an asylum destination for Snowden, who fled the United States last month, "will make the announcement if and when the appropriate time comes". ...

Afghan officials skeptical as U.S. mulls complete withdrawal Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:45 PM PDT By Steve Holland and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering pulling out all its troops from Afghanistan next year but is far from making a decision, White House and Pentagon officials said on Tuesday, but Afghan officials expressed skepticism that President Barack Obama would back a complete withdrawal. Amid tensions between Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the path forward, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that a "zero option" of leaving no U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is among the policy possibilities under consideration. ...

Lawmakers urge firm U.S. line on China in bilateral talks Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:13 PM PDT By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers influential on trade policy urged the Obama administration on Tuesday to press China in talks this week to halt the theft of intellectual property and curb practices that discriminate against American companies. The letter to Obama cabinet officials on the eve of the annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue contained a laundry list of complaints, from software piracy to market and regulatory barriers and forced technology transfer. ...

Russia: Syria rebels likely behind Aleppo chemical attack Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:20 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russian scientific analysis indicates a deadly projectile that hit a suburb of the Syrian city of Aleppo on March 19 contained the nerve agent sarin and was most likely fired by rebels, Russia's U.N. envoy said on Tuesday. The incident at Khan al-Assal in the northern province of Aleppo killed more than two dozen people. Both the government and rebels have blamed each other for what they say was an attack involving chemical weapons. Both sides also deny using chemical weapons. ...

Two Egyptians killed, six wounded in militant attack in Sinai Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:43 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Egyptians were killed and six wounded when Islamist militants attacked a security checkpoint with rocket-propelled grenades late on Tuesday in the lawless North Sinai province near Egypt's border with Israel, security sources said. It was not immediately clear whether the casualties were civilians or security personnel. Hardline Islamist groups based in North Sinai have exploited the collapse of state authority after the 2011 uprising that toppled autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak to launch attacks across the border into Israel and on Egyptian security targets. ...

Guinea election body sets legislative polls for September 24 Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:42 PM PDT CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's long-delayed legislative election aimed at completing the mineral-rich West African nation's transition to democracy will be held on September 24, its electoral commission said on Tuesday. Guinea's government and opposition parties reached a U.N.-mediated agreement last week to hold elections at the end of September following a wave of opposition protests accusing President Alpha Conde of planning to rig the polls. ...

Egypt pushes transition, naming prime minister Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:25 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed interim leader named a new prime minister and won $8 billion in promises of aid from wealthy Arab allies in the Gulf on Tuesday in moves aimed at stabilizing a political transition less than a week after the army deposed the Islamist president.

Militants attack Egyptian security forces in Sinai Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:17 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist militants attacked Egyptian security forces with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns on Tuesday in the lawless North Sinai province near Egypt's borders with Israel, security sources said. Security forces and militants exchanged gunfire in the town of Rafah, but the sources said there were no deaths or serious casualties in the clashes. Another police checkpoint was also attacked nearby, the sources added. ...

Car bomb rocks Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:14 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful car bomb exploded in a Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday, wounding at least 53 people in the most troubling sign yet that Syria's civil war is beginning to consume its smaller neighbor.

Russia: Syrian rebels made, used sarin nerve gas Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:03 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that Russian experts determined that Syrian rebels made sarin nerve gas and used it in a deadly chemical weapon attack outside Aleppo in March.

Egypt’s Way Forward: New Transition Plan Draws Immediate Fire Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:38 PM PDT Amid a political crisis where nothing important seems to happen before 10 p.m., the timing of interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour's constitutional declaration—just past midnight early Tuesday morning—was par for the course. Also true to form in Egypt's current divisive, overheated political climate: it immediately set off a firestorm of angry reactions from various camps and led to warnings of further unrest.

Criminal probe in Quebec oil train derailment Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:31 PM PDT LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Canadian authorities said Tuesday they have opened a criminal investigation into the fiery wreck of a runaway oil train in this small town as the death toll climbed to 15, with dozens more bodies feared buried in the burned-out ruins.

Egypt's liberal bloc says rejects constitutional decree Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:22 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's main liberal coalition rejected on Tuesday a constitutional decree issued by the state's interim president, and asked for more changes and wider consultation on the document vital to the country's political transition. The National Salvation Front (NSF), said it was not consulted but did not elaborate on the changes it wanted. Among its top leaders is former U.N. diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei, who was earlier chosen as deputy president for foreign affairs. ...

British lawmakers recall Murdoch over phone-hacking evidence Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:14 PM PDT By Michael Holden and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers said on Tuesday they would recall media mogul Rupert Murdoch to clarify evidence he gave to them last year after he was secretly recorded belittling a police inquiry into alleged crimes committed by journalists on his papers. In a meeting with staff on his mass-selling Sun tabloid, Murdoch said he regretted helping a police inquiry into phone-hacking which has grown into a far wider investigation into alleged illegal reporting practices. He suggested the industry had relied on such tactics for decades. "Mr. ...

Egypt's timetable for transition to elections Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:13 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed interim president has issued a 7-month timetable for the country's transition after the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, starting with amending the constitution and leading to elections for a new parliament and president by the first months of next year.

Colombia sends suspected drug kingpin to United States Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:06 PM PDT By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colombia has extradited suspected drug kingpin Daniel Barrera to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday. The Colombian citizen is accused of manufacturing hundreds of tons of cocaine in Colombia and trafficking it worldwide, according to an announcement from U.S. attorneys in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Miami. Known as "Loco," Barrera "was the kingpin of a stunningly prolific Colombian drug cartel, which flooded the globe with its deadly product," said Loretta Lynch, the U.S. ...

U.S. says encouraged by Egyptian transition plan Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:05 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday cautiously welcomed a plan from Egypt's interim government to hold quick elections but did not address "the elephant in the room" of whether a military coup had taken place. Less than a week after the army toppled President Mohamed Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's interim head of state Adli Mansour announced that parliamentary elections would be held in about six months, followed by presidential elections. The announcement came a day after 55 people were killed when troops fired on a crowd of Mursi supporters. ...

Confusion on Snowden acceptance of Venezuela offer Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:54 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — The WikiLeaks secret-spilling site on Tuesday said NSA leaker Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela, trying to put to rest growing confusion over whether he had taken up the country's offer.

Key party quits Morocco's Islamist-led government Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:39 PM PDT RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A key party quit Morocco's Islamist-led government Tuesday, plunging the country into political uncertainty as countries across the Arab world struggle to reconcile religious and secular forces.

Cuba economy czar: Reforms entering critical phase Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:37 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — Communist-led Cuba's experiment with limited capitalism is entering a crucial and transformative phase this year with the decentralization of bloated state-run businesses, the island's economic czar said Tuesday.

Berlusconi allies cry foul over quick appeal Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:34 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers and allies cried foul Tuesday after Italy's highest court set a remarkably quick July 30 hearing date for his tax fraud appeal — an apparently accelerated calendar aimed at preventing the statute of limitations from expiring on one of the charges.

Death toll in Quebec oil train derailment now 15 Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:24 PM PDT LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Authorities say the death toll in the oil train derailment and explosion in Quebec over the weekend is now 15. Two more bodies have been found.

Roadside bomb kills 17 civilians in Afghanistan Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:24 PM PDT HERAT (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed 17 civilians, including four children, in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, police said, just days after a series of similar blasts killed nine people. The bomb exploded under a trailer packed with villagers travelling to a ceremony in the Obi district of western Herat and was placed by Taliban insurgents, said Abdul Raouf Ahmadi, a police spokesman in the usually stable province. "There were 12 women, four children and one man among the dead. Seven others were wounded, including five children," Ahmadi said. ...

As Japan PM Abe weighs labor reform, IBM emerges as test case Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:15 PM PDT By Nathan Layne TOKYO (Reuters) - When 27-year IBM veteran Martin Jetter came to Tokyo last year, the new president of the technology giant's Japanese arm had a radical idea: hold workers accountable for performance. Within months of Jetter's arrival, IBM Japan fired a group of workers deemed to be underperforming in the kind of restructuring common in many Western countries but rare in Japan, where the most sought-after jobs have carried a promise of lifetime employment. ...

NSA 'spied' on most Latin American nations: Brazil paper Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:08 PM PDT BRASILIA (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has targeted most Latin American countries in its spying programs, with Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Mexico ranking among those of highest priority for the U.S. intelligence agency, a leading Brazilian newspaper reported on Tuesday. Citing documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the fugitive former American intelligence contractor, O Globo newspaper said the NSA programs went beyond military affairs to what it termed "commercial secrets. ...

Rows over Egypt's constitutional decree signal hurdles ahead Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:58 PM PDT By Shadia Nasralla CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's main political players raised objections on Tuesday to a new constitutional decree, highlighting challenges the military-backed transitional administration might face in reaching consensus to end the crisis and hold new elections. According to the decree, issued late on Monday, Egypt could see a parliamentary vote in about six months, and a presidential election would be called once the new legislature was convened. ...

Dozens feared dead in Quebec oil train derailment Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:46 PM PDT LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Blackened debris, twisted metal and gas leaks hampered rescue workers' search for perhaps dozens of bodies Tuesday, three days after a runaway oil train smashed into this small lakeside town and incinerated much of its downtown.

More questions: UK lawmakers to recall Murdoch Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:46 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch "welcomes" the chance to reappear before British lawmakers to answer questions about a leaked recording in which he appeared to dismiss evidence of wrongdoing at his U.K. newspaper titles, News Corp. said Tuesday.

US says plan for Egyptian elections positive Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Acknowledging the difficulty of squaring U.S. law with national security priorities in dealing with the military overthrow of Egypt's president, the Obama administration said Tuesday it was encouraged by a proposal from the country's interim government to restore democratically elected civilian leadership.

Remains of rocket fired from Egypt found in Israel Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:32 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops found the remains on Tuesday of the first rocket to be fired from Egypt since the July 3 overthrow of the Islamist government there, a military official said. Both Israelis and Egyptians reported hearing several explosions in the southern city of Eilat on Thursday, the day after President Mohammed Mursi was toppled from power in Egypt. Israel detected no signs of any cross-border shooting, but found the remains of a rocket on Tuesday, an official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. ...

Taliban close Qatar office to protest flag fracas Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:28 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban have shuttered a newly opened office in the Gulf state of Qatar, vowing to fight on against President Hamid Karzai's government while abandoning a diplomatic approach seen as the best hope of finding a political end to the protracted 12-year war.

Northern Ireland drafts in G8 police for parade season Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:21 PM PDT By Ian Graham BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland is drafting in more than 600 police from mainland Britain during marches planned this week by the province's Protestants, a potential flashpoint for sectarian violence, the local police chief said on Tuesday. Pro-British Protestants march every summer in the British-ruled province, a tradition seen as provocative by Irish nationalists and which regularly leads to violence. There will be more parades than usual this year - about 550 - because of an anniversary. ...

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