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• Fugitive Snowden's hopes of leaving Moscow airport dashed
• At least 45 killed as train derails in Spain
• Militants kill 14 Shi'ites after checking ID cards in north Iraq
• Colombia report reveals deadly extent of five-decade conflict
• Japan likely to mull pre-emptive strike ability in defence update
• Egypt's army raises pressure on Islamists with call for rallies
• Spain passenger train derails, killing at least 35
• William and Kate name Britain's new royal heir George
• Pope, in Brazil, speaks out against liberalization of drug use
• Egyptian Military Calls for Demonstrations as Threat of Greater Violence Looms
• Timeline: Major train crashes and accidents in Europe
• Pope Francis speaks against drug liberalization
• African Union asks Sudan to extend deadline to halt South Sudan's oil
• Up to 45 people killed after train derails in Spain: regional government head
• Spain official says train accident leaves 35 dead
• Pope: Resist 'idols' of money, power, pleasure
• Mexican government to propose constitutional energy reform in August
• Train derails in Spain, dozens feared dead
• Spanish government believes train derailment was accident: spokeswoman
• Militants kill 14 Shi'ites after checking ID cards in north Iraq
• Australia: Experiencing the Outback by motorcycle
• Pentagon delaying fighter jet delivery to Egypt
• Syria government rocket attack kills 15 Palestinian refugees: activists
• Top U.S. general cautious of consequences of Syria action
• Mexico's drug war boils over again in Michoacan
• By George! Britain's little prince gets a name
• France working on humanitarian access in Syria
• Egypt army call signals possible crackdown
• Train derails in northwestern Spain near station
• Egypt imposes toughest Gaza restrictions in years
• Snowden Reads ‘Crime and Punishment’ as Stay in Moscow Airport Lengthens
• Some kingly history behind Prince George's name
• US disappointed in Yemen journalist's release
• Train derails in northeastern Spain near station
• Gunmen shoot dead 13 police, soldiers in Iraq strikes
• Officials: Attacks kill 17 people in Iraq

Fugitive Snowden's hopes of leaving Moscow airport dashed Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:35 PM PDT By Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's hopes of leaving Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport for the first time in a month on Wednesday were dashed when he failed to secure permission from Russia to leave. An airport source said Snowden, who is wanted by the United States on espionage charges for revealing details of government intelligence programs, was handed documents by his lawyer that were expected to include a pass to leave the transit area. ...

At least 45 killed as train derails in Spain Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:43 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. Train wagons lay on their sides with smoke billowing from the wreckage, photographs published on the Voz de Galicia newspaper website showed. "It was going so quickly ... It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other," passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. "A lot of people were squashed on the bottom. ...

Militants kill 14 Shi'ites after checking ID cards in north Iraq Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:34 PM PDT By Ghazwan Hassan TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants shot dead 14 Shi'ite tanker-drivers after checking their identity papers at a makeshift roadblock on the main route leading north from the Iraqi capital late on Wednesday, police said. The killings took place near Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, following clashes inside the town between militants and the police and army. ...

Colombia report reveals deadly extent of five-decade conflict Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:03 PM PDT By Helen Murphy BOGOTA (Reuters) - Almost a quarter of a million Colombians have been killed over the last 54 years of bloody strife, most of them civilians, a government-funded report revealed on Wednesday, providing fresh evidence of the vast scale of human rights violations since hostilities began. The study examined atrocities that have occurred since 1958, when radicals began to form the nation's two biggest insurgent groups and right-wing paramilitaries took up arms three decades later, said Gonzalo Sanchez, head of the investigation, which took six years to complete. ...

Japan likely to mull pre-emptive strike ability in defence update Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:40 PM PDT By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is likely to start considering acquiring the ability to launch pre-emptive military strikes in an update of its basic defense policies, the latest step away from the constraints of its pacifist constitution. The expected proposal, which will almost certainly sound alarm bells in China, is part of a review of Japan's defense policies undertaken by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government, an interim report on which could come as early as Friday. ...

Egypt's army raises pressure on Islamists with call for rallies Posted: 24 Jul 2013 12:17 PM PDT By Asma Alsharif and Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military chief called for mass rallies on Friday to give him a mandate to tackle violence that has surged following his overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, ramping up pressure on the ousted leader's Islamist supporters. General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who deposed Mursi on July 3 and installed an interim administration in the wake of huge street protests, said on Wednesday he did not want more bloodshed and urged national reconciliation. ...

Spain passenger train derails, killing at least 35 Posted: 24 Jul 2013 04:31 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — A passenger train derailed on a high-speed stretch of track in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, killing at least 35 people and leaving dozens injured in the country's worst rail accident in decades, officials said.

William and Kate name Britain's new royal heir George Posted: 24 Jul 2013 04:13 PM PDT By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate have chosen three traditional royal names by calling their new-born baby boy George Alexander Louis, William's office said on Wednesday. The baby, born on Monday to global media frenzy and third in line to the British throne, will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, Kensington Palace said in a statement. ...

Pope, in Brazil, speaks out against liberalization of drug use Posted: 24 Jul 2013 04:09 PM PDT By Philip Pullella RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Pope Francis took an unequivocal stand on Wednesday against legalization as a means to fight drug addiction and criticized the trend in Latin America to decriminalize narcotics. In his first public address on the issue, the new pontiff said during visit to a Rio de Janeiro hospital run by Franciscan monks that education was the way to end drug use. "A reduction in the spread and influence of drug addiction will not be achieved by a liberalization of drug use, as is currently being proposed in various parts of Latin America," Francis said. ...

Egyptian Military Calls for Demonstrations as Threat of Greater Violence Looms Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:47 PM PDT Three weeks after the Egyptian army ousted President Mohamed Morsi from power, the country's political fault-lines are deepening and many expect continuing violence. Scattered clashes around the country have killed at least 100 since Morsi's July 3 ouster–the vast majority from the former president's Muslim Brotherhood–but tens of thousands of Morsi supporters remain entrenched in an open-ended sit-in around a mosque in northeast Cairo. ...

Timeline: Major train crashes and accidents in Europe Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:43 PM PDT (Reuters) - Up to 45 people were killed and around 70 injured when a train derailed on the outskirts of the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, the head of the regional government said. Here is a list of some of the most deadly train crashes and rail accidents in Europe in the past 25 years: December 1988 - BRITAIN - Thirty-five people die in a crash involving three trains at Clapham Junction in London. Slack safety measures are blamed. October 1999 - BRITAIN - Two trains collide near London's Paddington station, killing 31 people. ...

Pope Francis speaks against drug liberalization Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:33 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis has jumped into a political debate over the liberalization of drug laws in Latin America, saying legalization will not reduce the problems of addiction.

African Union asks Sudan to extend deadline to halt South Sudan's oil Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:29 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The African Union has asked Sudan to extend a deadline to halt oil flows to South Sudan, state-linked media said on Wednesday, in a last-ditch effort to keep crucial oil exports going. Last month, Sudan said it would close two oil pipelines with South Sudan by August 7 unless Juba stopped supporting rebels operating across the shared border. South Sudan, which needs to export its oil trough the north, denies the accusation. ...

Up to 45 people killed after train derails in Spain: regional government head Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:28 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Up to 45 people died after a train derailed in Galicia, northern Spain, the head of regional government Alberto Nunez Feijoo told radio station Cope late on Wednesday. "There are more than 40, or 45 victims (...) between 40 and 45 victims," he said. "These are provisional numbers (...) We have finished entering the wagons that were destroyed." Around 70 people were injured, more than 20 of those seriously, he said. (Reporting By Andres Gonzalez, Writing by Sonya Dowsett)

Spain official says train accident leaves 35 dead Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:20 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — Spanish official Alberto Nunez Feijoo says that at least 35 people have died after a passenger train derailed in the northwest of the country.

Pope: Resist 'idols' of money, power, pleasure Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:09 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis made an emotional plea Wednesday for Roman Catholics to shun materialism in the first public Mass of his initial international trip as pontiff, then returned to Rio de Janeiro for a meeting with drug addicts heavy in symbolism.

Mexican government to propose constitutional energy reform in August Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:07 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will present a constitutional energy reform to Congress in August, setting the stage for major new private investment in the oil sector, a top lawmaker said on Wednesday. Pena Nieto has said he favors an overhaul of country's closed energy industry in an effort to lure private capital and boost flagging oil and gas production. ...

Train derails in Spain, dozens feared dead Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:58 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — A train derailed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, toppling passenger cars on their sides and leaving at least one torn open as smoke rose into the air. Dozens were feared dead, with possibly even more injured.

Spanish government believes train derailment was accident: spokeswoman Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:55 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government's main working hypothesis concerning the derailment of a train in the northern region of Galicia is that it was an accident, a government spokeswoman told Reuters. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was due to visit the site of the derailment, on the outskirts of the city of Santiago de Compostela on Thursday morning, the Spanish government spokeswoman also said. "Rajoy is in an emergency meeting with the deputy prime minister, the interior minister and the public works minister," she said. "He will visit the site tomorrow morning. ...

Militants kill 14 Shi'ites after checking ID cards in north Iraq Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:52 PM PDT TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants killed 14 Shi'ite tanker-drivers after checking their identity papers at a makeshift roadblock on the main route leading north from the Iraqi capital late on Wednesday, police said. The killings took place near the town of Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad. (Reporting by Ghazwan Hassan; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Alison Williams)

Australia: Experiencing the Outback by motorcycle Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:51 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — Australia has thousands of kilometers (miles) of roads crisscrossing the country's vast Outback. But most travelers miss out on the beautiful sites dotted across the land by flying from one city to the next.

Pentagon delaying fighter jet delivery to Egypt Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:49 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is delaying delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt in light of the military overthrow of Mohammed Morsi as president, but it has not decided whether to suspend military aid more broadly, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Syria government rocket attack kills 15 Palestinian refugees: activists Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:41 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 15 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in a rocket attack on a rebel-held refugee camp on the southern edge of Damascus on Wednesday, opposition activists said. Palestinian militia from the pro-Assad Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) as well as Syrian army and intelligence troops have been surrounding the camp for months. ...

Top U.S. general cautious of consequences of Syria action Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:35 PM PDT By Chris Borowski LASK, Poland (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday he was cautious over recommending armed intervention in Syria, concerned that ill-conceived action could turn the country into a failed state. "Before I would recommend a military solution ... I would have to be convinced that the aftermath of the military option would not lead to a failed state in which the suffering would actually be worse," Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters. Speaking at a Polish air force base in Lask, central Poland, where U.S. ...

Mexico's drug war boils over again in Michoacan Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:34 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's rough western state of Michoacan, producer of avocados and waves of migrants, is proving just as painful a thorn in the side of President Enrique Pena Nieto as it was for his predecessor, Felipe Calderon.

By George! Britain's little prince gets a name Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:23 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The little prince was in need of a name, and now, by George, he's got one.

France working on humanitarian access in Syria Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:23 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — France pushed Wednesday for humanitarian corridors in Syria, a bid that is unlikely to win U.N. Security Council support but is part of a diplomatic game aiming at pressuring Russia.

Egypt army call signals possible crackdown Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:13 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The military chief who ousted Egypt's elected president called on the public Wednesday to take to the streets to give him and the police a mandate to tackle "violence and terrorism," in an address that pointed to a possible move against supporters of the Islamist leader.

Train derails in northwestern Spain near station Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:13 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — A train traveling in northwestern Spain derailed Wednesday night, toppling passenger cars on their sides and leaving at least one torn open as smoke rose into the air.

Egypt imposes toughest Gaza restrictions in years Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:02 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Egypt's new government has imposed the toughest border restrictions on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in years, sealing smuggling tunnels, blocking most passenger traffic and causing millions of dollars in economic losses.

Snowden Reads ‘Crime and Punishment’ as Stay in Moscow Airport Lengthens Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:56 PM PDT On Wednesday afternoon, a pack of reporters gathered to meet Edward Snowden outside the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where the American whistleblower, on the run from U.S. justice, has been stranded for a month. According to airport officials cited in the Russian media, Snowden was due to receive documents from Russian authorities on Wednesday that would finally allow him to leave the airport and enter Russia as a temporary asylum seeker. But it was a false alarm. Upon arriving at the airport, Snowden's Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, had no documents to deliver. ...

Some kingly history behind Prince George's name Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:52 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — In choosing to call their first child George Alexander Louis, Prince William and his wife, Kate, selected a first name steeped in British history.

US disappointed in Yemen journalist's release Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:46 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The United States expressed disappointment Wednesday in the release of a Yemeni journalist who rights groups say was detained because of his reporting on al-Qaida and alleged U.S. complicity in attacks in Yemen.

Train derails in northeastern Spain near station Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:41 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — A train traveling in northeastern Spain has derailed, toppling passenger cars on their sides and leaving at least one torn open as smoke rose into the air.

Gunmen shoot dead 13 police, soldiers in Iraq strikes Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:38 PM PDT MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants ambushed a minibus carrying Iraqi soldiers and in a separate attack opened fire on a checkpoint in the north of the country, killing at least thirteen people in total on Wednesday, police said. Nine policemen were killed in the checkpoint attack, which took place in Shura, 50 km (35 miles) south of Mosul, Iraq's third largest city and capital of the Sunni-dominated Nineveh province. Separately, gunmen ambushed a minibus on the road to Mosul from Baghdad, shooting dead four soldiers in western Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of the Iraqi capital. ...

Officials: Attacks kill 17 people in Iraq Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:32 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents assaulted a police headquarters in northern Iraq early Wednesday, killing nine policemen, part of a series of attacks that left at least 17 dead in a growing surge of violence.

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