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• Two killed in clashes between pro- and anti-Mursi protesters
• Russia opposition leader freed on bail, protests rattle Kremlin
• Kerry says Israel, Palestinians lay groundwork for peace talks
• Portugal political crisis rages again as talks break off
• World powers see Iran's Rouhani as chance for nuclear deal
• U.S. prosecutors charge al Qaeda commander over Algeria attack
• North Korean ship was carrying sugar donation, Cuba told Panama
• Protests for Egypt's ousted leader amid tension
• Kerry wins step to resuming Mideast peace talks
• Cameroon blasts reporting of gay activist's death
• US: Panama sent ex-CIA officer to US, not Italy
• Norwegian alleges rape, fights Dubai jail sentence
• U.S. will not file with Supreme Court in Argentina debt case
• Insight: Mursi's overthrow rattles Egypt's Islamists in their heartland
• Insufficient brake force blamed in Canada crash
• Russian opposition leader freed in surprise move
• Death toll in Quebec train disaster amended to 47
• US: Wanted ex-CIA officer headed for US
• U.N. asks Rwanda for proof of links between peacekeepers, Hutu rebels
• Romania catches Syrian wanted in abductions
• Physicists unveil results helping explain universe
• Zimbabwe: first independent TV station on air
• Factbox: Major issues in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking
• Portugal's opposition says crisis talks break off
• Peace talks with Palestinians would take months: Israel official
• Canada investigators want rule changes after deadly rail crash
• US: Israel, Palestinians agree on basis for talks
• Mideast envoys' U.S. meeting would launch peace talks: U.S. official
• Thousands march to back ousted Egypt president
• Thai navy denies allegation of Rohingya Muslim smuggling
• Russian opposition leader Navalny released
• Iraq: Sunni mosque bombing, other attacks kill 26
• EU pushes plan to bar aid to Israelis in West Bank
• Kerry: Deal on Mideast talks still to be finalized
• Iraq: Sunni mosque bombing, other attacks kills 26

Two killed in clashes between pro- and anti-Mursi protesters Posted: 19 Jul 2013 04:29 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian woman and a 13-year-old boy were killed when supporters and opponents of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi clashed in the Nile Delta town of Mansoura, the website of state-run newspaper Al-Ahram said on Saturday. Thousands of Mursi supporters took to the streets of Egyptian cities on Friday to demand the reinstatement of the Islamist leader who was removed by the army on July 3 after mass protests. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Yasmine Saleh; Editing by Eric Beech)

Russia opposition leader freed on bail, protests rattle Kremlin Posted: 19 Jul 2013 01:50 PM PDT By Gabriela Baczynska KIROV, Russia (Reuters) - Russia unexpectedly freed opposition leader Alexei Navalny on bail on Friday, bending to the will of thousands of protesters who denounced his five-year jail sentence as a crude attempt by President Vladimir Putin to silence him. Putin's spokesman called the protesters "mobs" and warned that the rallies were illegal. In a highly unusual ruling that points to Kremlin uncertainty over how to handle Navalny's case, a judge approved the prosecution request to free him pending his appeal so that he can run in a Moscow mayor election on September 8. ...

Kerry says Israel, Palestinians lay groundwork for peace talks Posted: 19 Jul 2013 04:24 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed AMMAN (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians have laid the groundwork for resuming peace talks after an almost three-year stalemate, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday, although he cautioned the deal was not final and required more diplomacy. Kerry, winding up his sixth Middle East brokering mission this year, gave few details. He anticipated Israeli and Palestinian envoys would come to Washington soon for what a U.S. official said would mark the launch of direct negotiations. ...

Portugal political crisis rages again as talks break off Posted: 19 Jul 2013 02:36 PM PDT By Andrei Khalip and Daniel Alvarenga LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's main political parties broke off talks on Friday on a "national salvation" pact to ensure an EU/IMF bailout stays on track, leaving it to the president to decide how to proceed. Political turmoil has already forced Lisbon to request a delay in the eighth review of the bailout by its creditors, which was initially due to start last Monday, until the end of August or early September. The 78-billion-euro ($102. ...

World powers see Iran's Rouhani as chance for nuclear deal Posted: 19 Jul 2013 01:51 PM PDT By Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Six world powers see a chance that Iran's relatively moderate new president, beset by sanctions and worried about unrest in the region trickling home, may be more amenable to compromise in a long-standing nuclear dispute, a senior Western diplomat said. The powers - Russia, China, France, Britain, Germany and the United States - are hoping years of economic pressure will finally force Iran to scale back its nuclear work, which they suspect aims at allowing Tehran to make bombs. ...

U.S. prosecutors charge al Qaeda commander over Algeria attack Posted: 19 Jul 2013 03:00 PM PDT By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged a commander of al Qaeda's North African operations with participating in an attack on an Algerian gas plant in January that killed dozens of workers, including three Americans. Mokhtar Belmokhtar was charged in an eight-count complaint with conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda, hostage-taking conspiracy, kidnapping of internationally protected persons and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction, among other charges. ...

North Korean ship was carrying sugar donation, Cuba told Panama Posted: 19 Jul 2013 04:38 PM PDT By Lomi Kriel and David Adams PANAMA CITY/MIAMI (Reuters) - When a North Korean ship carrying Cuban arms was seized last week in Panama on suspicion of smuggling drugs, Cuba first said it was loaded with sugar for the people of North Korea, according to a Panamanian official familiar with the matter. Cuban officials were quick to request the ship be released, pledging there were no drugs on board, and made no mention of the weapons which two days later were found hidden in the hold under 220,000 sacks of brown sugar, the official told Reuters. ...

Protests for Egypt's ousted leader amid tension Posted: 19 Jul 2013 03:51 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — With the military beefing up security, tens of thousands took to the streets Friday in a determined push for the return to power of Egypt's ousted Islamist leader, while Mohammed Morsi's opponents staged rival rallies, raising fears of a fresh round of clashes.

Kerry wins step to resuming Mideast peace talks Posted: 19 Jul 2013 03:27 PM PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — After a rush of last-minute talks with Palestinian officials, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sealed a step toward relaunching the long-halted Mideast peace process, announcing Friday that Israel and the Palestinians had agreed on a basis for returning to negotiations.

Cameroon blasts reporting of gay activist's death Posted: 19 Jul 2013 03:21 PM PDT YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon lashed out at the media on Friday for its reporting on the recent killing of a prominent gay activist and warned that future "provocative commentary" on the case would be illegal.

US: Panama sent ex-CIA officer to US, not Italy Posted: 19 Jul 2013 02:50 PM PDT SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A fugitive former CIA base chief detained in Panama this week is being sent to the United States instead of Italy, which wanted him to serve prison time in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, the Obama administration said Friday.

Norwegian alleges rape, fights Dubai jail sentence Posted: 19 Jul 2013 02:45 PM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Norwegian woman sentenced to 16 months in jail in Dubai for having sex outside marriage after she reported an alleged rape said Friday she decided to speak out in hopes of drawing attention to the risks of outsiders misunderstanding the Islamic-influenced legal codes in this cosmopolitan city.

U.S. will not file with Supreme Court in Argentina debt case Posted: 19 Jul 2013 02:44 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not file a brief next week asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review Argentina's case in a decades-old battle between the South American country and "holdout" creditors, a Justice Department spokesman said on Friday. Over the last decade, holdout investors and Argentina have sparred in the U.S. courts over the South American country's $100 billion default in 2002. Holdouts declined to take part in two restructurings in 2005 and 2010 that drew participation from 93 percent of bondholders, who accepted returns as low as 25 cents on the dollar. ...

Insight: Mursi's overthrow rattles Egypt's Islamists in their heartland Posted: 19 Jul 2013 02:44 PM PDT By Alexander Dziadosz ASSIUT, Egypt (Reuters) - You can trace the aspirations and disappointments of Egypt's revolution across the walls of the southern city of Assiut. The most faded graffiti lambasts Hosni Mubarak, the autocrat who ruled for three decades until a 2011 uprising toppled him. More recent daubings take on his successors: a council of military generals and civilian president Mohamed Mursi. Additions since the army overthrew Mursi this month attest a new wave of anger - this time from Islamists who feel cheated by his fall. ...

Insufficient brake force blamed in Canada crash Posted: 19 Jul 2013 02:14 PM PDT LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Insufficient brake force was applied before an oil train came barreling out of nowhere in the middle of the night and slammed into a small town in Quebec, killing 47 people, officials said Friday.

Russian opposition leader freed in surprise move Posted: 19 Jul 2013 01:50 PM PDT KIROV, Russia (AP) — A court's abrupt decision Friday to release Russia's most charismatic opposition leader less than a day after handing him a five-year prison sentence appears to reflect confusion in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle about how to deal with its No. 1 foe.

Death toll in Quebec train disaster amended to 47 Posted: 19 Jul 2013 01:37 PM PDT LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Authorities have amended the number of people they believe were killed in an oil train derailment in the small town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, to 47 from 50 people.

US: Wanted ex-CIA officer headed for US Posted: 19 Jul 2013 01:19 PM PDT PANAMA CITY (AP) — A former CIA base chief convicted in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect is being sent to the United States instead of Italy, which wanted him to serve prison time for his role in the notorious anti-terrorism program known as extraordinary rendition, the U.S. State Department said Friday.

U.N. asks Rwanda for proof of links between peacekeepers, Hutu rebels Posted: 19 Jul 2013 01:13 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Rwanda's government for evidence to support its allegation that U.N. peacekeepers in Congo discussed collaboration with Hutu rebels linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday. In a letter to U.S. Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo released early this week, Rwandan U.N. Ambassador Eugene-Richard Gasana said U.N. intervention brigade commanders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have met with rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). ...

Romania catches Syrian wanted in abductions Posted: 19 Jul 2013 01:06 PM PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president said Friday that Romanian authorities carried out "an unauthorized operation" abroad to capture a fugitive Syrian-Romanian businessman convicted of ordering the kidnapping of three Romanian journalists in Iraq.

Physicists unveil results helping explain universe Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:59 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — After a quarter-century of searching, scientists have nailed down how one particularly rare subatomic particle decays into something else — a discovery that adds certainty to our thinking about how the universe began and keeps running.

Zimbabwe: first independent TV station on air Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:57 PM PDT HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's first independent television station went on air Friday to challenge the 30-year state broadcasting monopoly controlled by President Robert Mugabe.

Factbox: Major issues in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:40 PM PDT (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians have laid the groundwork to resume direct peace talks after almost three years of stalemate, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday. If the two sides do indeed sit down together in the coming days, as planned, they would face the same array of problems that have confounded progress in years of on-off talks: TWO-STATE SOLUTION The Palestinians want to create an independent state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with Arab East Jerusalem as their capital - land Israel seized in the 1967 Middle East war. ...

Portugal's opposition says crisis talks break off Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:33 PM PDT LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's main opposition Socialists and the ruling coalition have broken off talks, leaving it to the president to decide how to end a political crisis that threatens Lisbon's bailout exit, Socialist leader Antonio Jose Seguro said on Friday. He said the two coalition parties had "made impossible a national salvation compromise" after rejecting most of the Socialists' proposals. "There were two different visions to exit the crisis. That being clear, it made no sense to continue negotiating for the sake of negotiating," he told reporters. ...

Peace talks with Palestinians would take months: Israel official Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:27 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - New Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, if resumed, would take months, an Israeli official said on Friday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the sides had laid the groundwork for negotiations. "We are talking about months, both to ensure the process is substantive and comprehensive, and to get us past September," the official said, on condition of anonymity. The official was referring to the annual U.N. ...

Canada investigators want rule changes after deadly rail crash Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:12 PM PDT By Julie Gordon (Reuters) - Canadian investigators issued their first recommendations on Friday after a devastating train wreck in Quebec, urging that trains hauling dangerous goods not be left unattended, and pushing for stricter guidelines on railway braking systems. Transportation Safety Board (TSB) investigators probing the July 6 disaster in the lakeside town of Lac-Megantic said the "braking force" applied to the train, which was hauling 72 tanker cars of crude oil, was insufficient to hold it in place. ...

US: Israel, Palestinians agree on basis for talks Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:09 PM PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian officials will meet soon in Washington to work out final details on relaunching Mideast peace negotiations for the first time in five years, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday.

Mideast envoys' U.S. meeting would launch peace talks: U.S. official Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:09 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - A meeting of Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Washington expected in the near future would in effect mark the resumption of peace talks, a U.S. official said on Friday. The official spoke after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that a basis for new Israeli-Palestinian negotiations had been agreed and that the sides would send top negotiators to the U.S. capital "within the next week or so". ...

Thousands march to back ousted Egypt president Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:07 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of protesters calling for the return to power of Egypt's ousted Islamist president demonstrated in Cairo on Friday as the military warned it would crack down on any violence, underlining the point with a show of force by fighter jets flying over the capital.

Thai navy denies allegation of Rohingya Muslim smuggling Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:07 PM PDT By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's navy denied on Friday a Reuters report that its personnel were involved in a lucrative smuggling and trafficking network that exploits minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar. The Reuters investigation, citing people smugglers and Rohingyas who made the journey, found that Thai naval security forces were involved in the smuggling of Rohingya Muslims. They have fled Myanmar, also known as Burma, in sharply growing numbers over the last year following outbreaks of religious violence at home. ...

Russian opposition leader Navalny released Posted: 19 Jul 2013 11:40 AM PDT KIROV, Russia (AP) — A Russian court's abrupt decision Friday to release the country's most charismatic opposition leader less than a day after handing him a five-year prison sentence appears to reflect confusion in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle about how to deal with its No. 1 foe.

Iraq: Sunni mosque bombing, other attacks kill 26 Posted: 19 Jul 2013 11:38 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A bomb hidden in an air conditioner that ripped through a Sunni mosque during midday prayers and other attacks killed at least 26 in Iraq on Friday, extending a wave of violence targeting worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan.

EU pushes plan to bar aid to Israelis in West Bank Posted: 19 Jul 2013 11:36 AM PDT By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union, over Israeli protests, said on Friday it was pushing ahead with plans to bar EU financial aid to Israeli organizations operating in the occupied territories, but insisted the decision would not affect peace efforts. New European Commission guidelines on EU financial support were published in the EU's Official Journal as planned, despite intense lobbying by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has denounced them as meddling in Israel's relations with the Palestinians. ...

Kerry: Deal on Mideast talks still to be finalized Posted: 19 Jul 2013 11:32 AM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Israel and the Palestinians will meet soon in Washington to finalize an agreement on relaunching peace negotiations for the first time in five years.

Iraq: Sunni mosque bombing, other attacks kills 26 Posted: 19 Jul 2013 11:31 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A bomb hidden in an air conditioner that ripped through a Sunni mosque during midday prayers and other attacks killed at least 26 in Iraq on Friday, extending a wave of violence targeting worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan.

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