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• Israel, Palestinians strive for peace deal within nine months
• Egypt allows EU envoy to see deposed president
• Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Iraq bombings
• Ex-Prime Minister Keita holds wide lead in Mali vote
• Spanish train driver was on the phone at time of crash
• Obama asks Republican Senators McCain, Graham to visit Egypt
• Zimbabweans face third Mugabe-Tsvangirai showdown
• Commentary: Manning is a Disgrace to the Uniform and a Traitor to His Country
• Bradley Manning Not Guilty, But Still a Traitor
• After Manning Verdict, Something About the Story Isn't Being Told
• Syrian war takes center stage on Ramadan TV series
• Nigeria says to begin Mali troop pullout on Wednesday
• Israeli-Palestinian aim: A peace deal in 9 months
• Morsi gets a visit, but Egypt crisis stalemated
• Shorter public office ban sought for Berlusconi
• Stiff Sentence in Bradley Manning Case Would Dissuade Others
• Is Bradley Manning a Hero or Traitor?
• Afghan forces will need help after NATO mission ends: Pentagon
• Zimbabwe Heads to the Ballot Box, But Can It Finally Turn a Corner?
• Spain investigators: Train driver was on phone
• Jewel heist on Riviera raises security questions
• Rwanda dismisses U.S. charges it backs Congo rebels
• Poland's 1st face transplant patient goes home
• Nigeria: 24 die in blasts in Kano's Christian area
• Zimbabwe president: I'll go if I lose crucial poll
• Kuwait's ruler pardons people convicted of insulting him
• UK police arrest man over Twitter threats
• UN Congo mission to establish Goma security zone
• US hopes trade talks will spur changes in Europe
• Italy's top court hears crucial Berlusconi appeal
• Bradley Manning's Heart in Right Place, but He Still Erred
• Marchionne says Fiat investment plans up for grabs
• Facebook rebuffs UN team request on Somali pirates
• Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Iraq bombings
• Gazan in Israeli custody was abducted in Egypt, Palestinians say
• Syria's Kurds mobilize to fight al-Qaida groups

Israel, Palestinians strive for peace deal within nine months Posted: 30 Jul 2013 03:55 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Tuesday gave themselves about nine months to try to reach an agreement on ending their conflict of more than six decades in U.S.-brokered peace talks. The two sides held their first peace negotiations in nearly three years in Washington on Monday and Tuesday, a diplomatic victory for Secretary of State John Kerry, but one that foreign policy analysts believe has low chances of success. ...

Egypt allows EU envoy to see deposed president Posted: 30 Jul 2013 03:43 PM PDT By Maggie Fick and Matt Robinson CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt allowed Europe's top diplomat to meet deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Monday, flying her after dark to Mursi's secret detention facility but ruling out any role for him in ending the turmoil convulsing the country. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, became the first outsider to see Mursi since he was deposed by the army on July 3, taken into detention and placed under investigation on charges including murder. ...

Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Iraq bombings Posted: 30 Jul 2013 03:57 PM PDT By Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-affiliated group claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings across Iraq that killed 60 people on Monday and the Interior Ministry said it was facing an "open war" from insurgents bent on plunging the country into sectarian strife. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which was formed earlier this year through a merger between al Qaeda's affiliates in Iraq and Syria, said in a statement posted online it had carefully selected its targets, which were mainly Shi'ites. ...

Ex-Prime Minister Keita holds wide lead in Mali vote Posted: 30 Jul 2013 03:35 PM PDT By David Lewis and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) - Former Malian Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita holds a comfortable lead and could win an outright first-round victory in the West African nation's high-stakes presidential election, the minister of territorial administration said on Tuesday. Keita's rivals immediately rejected the partial results, calling for the minister, who is in charge of the elections, to resign and an international commission to be established to tally the vote, which they said must go to a second round. ...

Spanish train driver was on the phone at time of crash Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:44 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - The driver of the train that derailed in northwestern Spain last week, killing 79 people, was talking on the phone with state train operator Renfe at the time of the accident, a court said on Tuesday after analyzing the train's data recording devices. The initial reading of the so-called black boxes said driver Francisco Garzon received a call from Renfe minutes before the accident to discuss the path to Ferrol, the final destination for the high-speed train that departed from Madrid on Wednesday with 218 passengers aboard. ...

Obama asks Republican Senators McCain, Graham to visit Egypt Posted: 30 Jul 2013 04:23 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has asked two senior Republican senators to travel to Egypt to meet with its military leaders and the opposition, as Cairo's allies struggle with how to address the turmoil convulsing the country. Senator John McCain and Lindsey Graham, both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, hope to travel to Egypt next week, Graham said on Tuesday. "The president reached out to us, and I said obviously I'd be glad to go," Graham told reporters outside the Senate. ...

Zimbabweans face third Mugabe-Tsvangirai showdown Posted: 30 Jul 2013 05:03 PM PDT By Ed Cropley HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweans go to the polls on Wednesday in a fiercely contested election pitting President Robert Mugabe against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has vowed to push Africa's oldest leader into retirement after 33 years in power. With no reliable opinion polls, it is hard to say whether the 61-year-old Tsvangirai will succeed in his third attempt to unseat the 89-year-old Mugabe, who has run the southern African nation since independence from Britain in 1980. ...

Commentary: Manning is a Disgrace to the Uniform and a Traitor to His Country Posted: 30 Jul 2013 04:47 PM PDT Yahoo asked military service members, veterans and others to react to Bradley Manning's acquittal on charges that he aided the enemy when he leaked classified government documents. Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier arrested in 2010, was found guilty of lesser charges on Tuesday. Here's one perspective.

Bradley Manning Not Guilty, But Still a Traitor Posted: 30 Jul 2013 04:47 PM PDT Yahoo asked military service members, veterans and others to react to Bradley Manning's acquittal on charges that he aided the enemy when he leaked classified government documents. Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier arrested in 2010, was found guilty of lesser charges on Tuesday. Here's one perspective.

After Manning Verdict, Something About the Story Isn't Being Told Posted: 30 Jul 2013 04:47 PM PDT Yahoo asked military service members, veterans and others to react to Bradley Manning's acquittal on charges that he aided the enemy when he leaked classified government documents. Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier arrested in 2010, was found guilty of lesser charges on Tuesday. Here's one perspective.

Syrian war takes center stage on Ramadan TV series Posted: 30 Jul 2013 03:19 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Blasts echo in the distance as two longtime friends and neighbors sit along a narrow street in old Damascus chatting about Syria, when one of them calls the civil war raging in their home country a "crisis."

Nigeria says to begin Mali troop pullout on Wednesday Posted: 30 Jul 2013 03:18 PM PDT ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will begin withdrawing some of its 1,200 troops in Mali on Wednesday and redeploy them in security operations at home, the military said on Tuesday. Nigeria has been planning the withdrawal mainly due to the need for more soldiers to fight its own homegrown Islamist insurgency. "The troops are mainly those not accommodated in the structures of the newly formed United Nations ... mission in Mail," Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade said in a statement. "They are to join the ongoing internal security operations. ...

Israeli-Palestinian aim: A peace deal in 9 months Posted: 30 Jul 2013 02:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressing ahead in a new U.S.-backed push for Middle East peace, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed Tuesday to meet again within two weeks to start substantive talks in hopes of reaching a long-elusive settlement within nine months.

Morsi gets a visit, but Egypt crisis stalemated Posted: 30 Jul 2013 02:36 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military gave the ousted president his first contact with the outside world since removing him from office, allowing Europe's top diplomat Tuesday to meet with Mohammed Morsi in his secret detention. She emerged from her two-hour talks with him urging all sides to move on toward a peaceful transition.

Shorter public office ban sought for Berlusconi Posted: 30 Jul 2013 02:15 PM PDT ROME (AP) — A prosecutor on Tuesday pressed Italy's top criminal court to uphold Silvio Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction, but recommended shortening his ban on holding public office.

Stiff Sentence in Bradley Manning Case Would Dissuade Others Posted: 30 Jul 2013 02:13 PM PDT Yahoo asked military service members, veterans and others to react to Bradley Manning's acquittal on charges that he aided the enemy when he leaked classified government documents. Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier arrested in 2010, was found guilty of lesser charges on Tuesday. Here's one perspective.

Is Bradley Manning a Hero or Traitor? Posted: 30 Jul 2013 02:13 PM PDT Yahoo asked military service members, veterans and others to react to Bradley Manning's acquittal on charges that he aided the enemy when he leaked classified government documents. Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier arrested in 2010, was found guilty of lesser charges on Tuesday. Here's one perspective.

Afghan forces will need help after NATO mission ends: Pentagon Posted: 30 Jul 2013 02:12 PM PDT By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan forces will require significant support from the U.S. military and its allies after the NATO combat mission ends next year, according to a new Pentagon report implicitly warning against a "zero option" of total withdrawal. A senior U.S. defense official said on Tuesday the Pentagon had not developed a plan for total pullout from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, but that failure to reach a deal with Kabul on legal guarantees for U.S. troops could force such a scenario. U.S. ...

Zimbabwe Heads to the Ballot Box, But Can It Finally Turn a Corner? Posted: 30 Jul 2013 01:55 PM PDT On July 31, Zimbabweans vote in what stands to be a pivotal presidential election. President Robert Mugabe, who, along with his ZANU-PF party, has been in power since the country's independence in 1980, risks defeat at the hands of his political foe, current Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who heads the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a reformist party that some analysts believe commands more popular support. On July 30, Mugabe told reporters in Harare he would be willing to step down in the face of an electoral defeat—"If you lose, you must surrender," he said. ...

Spain investigators: Train driver was on phone Posted: 30 Jul 2013 01:55 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — The driver was on the phone with a colleague and apparently looking at a document as his train barreled ahead at 95 mph (153 kph) — almost twice the speed limit. Suddenly, a notorious curve was upon him.

Jewel heist on Riviera raises security questions Posted: 30 Jul 2013 01:29 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — The diamond show was staged on the ground floor of a hotel that thieves had targeted before — and which, in fact, had featured in Alfred Hitchcock's high-karat classic "To Catch a Thief." The guards were few and unarmed, and nobody thought to tell the police about the tens of millions of dollars worth of gems on display for more than a month.

Rwanda dismisses U.S. charges it backs Congo rebels Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:57 PM PDT By Richard Lough and Edmund Blair NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rwanda dismissed on Tuesday U.S. charges that it was supporting M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and said leveling accusations would not help pacify the region. Rwanda's denial came as the United Nations announced that its newly deployed Intervention Brigade would begin securing a zone around the strategic eastern Congolese city of Goma, forcibly disarming people found carrying weapons there. Western donors halted some aid to Rwanda last year after U.N. ...

Poland's 1st face transplant patient goes home Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:56 PM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's first face transplant patient was discharged from the hospital Tuesday, speaking with some effort at a press conference just 11 weeks after the extensive surgery that saved his life.

Nigeria: 24 die in blasts in Kano's Christian area Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:48 PM PDT KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Multiple explosions at a bar and entertainment area in a Christian quarter of Nigeria's northern and mainly Muslim city of Kano killed at least 24 people, a hospital official said Tuesday.

Zimbabwe president: I'll go if I lose crucial poll Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:40 PM PDT HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — On the eve of elections in Zimbabwe, longtime President Robert Mugabe denied on Tuesday that his supporters have engaged in vote-rigging despite widespread allegations of irregularities in the run-up to the polls. He also said he would step down if he loses the elections after 33 years at the helm of a once prosperous nation whose economy is now in dire shape.

Kuwait's ruler pardons people convicted of insulting him Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:39 PM PDT KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's ruler said on Tuesday he was pardoning all the people convicted of insulting him, after a year-long crackdown on politically sensitive comments about Gulf Arab state's leadership. Dozens of Kuwaitis have been charged with insulting Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, especially online, and those convicted for a variety of offences against the ruler have been sentenced to up to 11 years in jail. People charged have included political activists of both sexes, as well as prominent opposition politicians. Some have already been acquitted by the court of appeal. ...

UK police arrest man over Twitter threats Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:34 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — British police on Tuesday arrested a second man in connection with an investigation into violent threats made against a lawmaker and a feminist campaigner on Twitter.

UN Congo mission to establish Goma security zone Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:22 PM PDT KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo announced Tuesday that it plans to disarm anyone outside the national security forces who is caught with a firearm in the eastern city of Goma and its northern suburbs.

US hopes trade talks will spur changes in Europe Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:20 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. hopes negotiations for a free trade deal with the European Union will drive growth-oriented reforms in the EU economy, the top American trade official said Tuesday.

Italy's top court hears crucial Berlusconi appeal Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:59 AM PDT By Roberto Landucci and Barry Moody ROME (Reuters) - Italy's supreme court on Tuesday began hearing Silvio Berlusconi's last appeal against a jail sentence and ban from public office in a case which could endanger the country's shaky coalition government if the conviction is confirmed. On the first day of the hearing, public prosecutor Antonello Mura rejected most of Berlusconi's arguments that a lower appeal court verdict convicting him of tax fraud was flawed, but requested a reduction of his ban from public office to three years from five on technical legal grounds. ...

Bradley Manning's Heart in Right Place, but He Still Erred Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:53 AM PDT Yahoo asked military service members, veterans and others to react to Bradley Manning's acquittal on charges that he aided the enemy when he leaked classified government documents. Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier arrested in 2010, was found guilty of lesser charges on Tuesday. Here's one perspective.

Marchionne says Fiat investment plans up for grabs Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:49 AM PDT MILAN (AP) — Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said Tuesday his plans to invest to ramp up Alfa Romeo and Maserati production in Italy was "up for grabs" after a court ruled a key labor statute unconstitutional.

Facebook rebuffs UN team request on Somali pirates Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:47 AM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — United Nations investigators hoped they would get some help from Facebook when they asked to see information on suspected pirates operating in Somalia.

Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Iraq bombings Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:45 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq claimed responsibility Tuesday for a wave of bombings across the country, as shootings and explosions into the night killed at least 12 people.

Gazan in Israeli custody was abducted in Egypt, Palestinians say Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:36 AM PDT By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank released a report on Tuesday quoting a Palestinian held by Israel as saying he had been snatched while visiting Egypt's Sinai region last month. The report by the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners could embarrass Israel and the Egyptian government, which is struggling to impose order in the lawless Sinai desert. ...

Syria's Kurds mobilize to fight al-Qaida groups Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:34 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful Kurdish militia said Tuesday it is mobilizing against al-Qaida-linked rebels in northeastern Syria after a Kurdish opposition leader was killed in the area.

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