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• Egypt's Brotherhood rejects appeal to 'swallow reality'
• Syrian rebels push into Assad's Alawite mountain stronghold
• Iraqi forces kill 11 militants in security crackdown
• Iran's Rouhani pulls off cabinet balancing act
• Chilean judge closes Pinochet embezzlement case, family not charged
• Syrian rebels capture military airport near Turkey
• Al Qaeda intercept is just one piece of threat intelligence: U.S. sources
• Pedophile's pardon embarrasses Spain, Morocco
• One Sudanese soldier killed in clash with South Sudan
• Brazil: Thousands urge return of pet monkey Chico
• Al-Qaida chief's message led to embassy closures
• Boys in Canada believed killed by snake that escaped cage: police
• Yemen released names of 25 wanted al-Qaida men
• Egypt: Envoys seek a bridge between hard choices
• Exclusive: Father of Slain Chechen Plans to Sue FBI for Son’s Wrongful Death
• U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa
• Al-Qaida chief's message spurred embassy closures
• Embassies still shut, US tries to pinpoint targets
• Libya swears in new defense minister
• WikiLeaks case harms U.S. diplomacy, Manning sentencing told
• Egypt foreign reserves jump to $18.8B in July
• Bombing of bakery, other attacks in Iraq kill 9
• Arms dealer 'expelled' from Sierra Leone
• Sierra Leone deports former Taylor associate days before trial
• Syrian rebels take villages in regime's heartland
• Taliban talking secretly to Kabul government
• Gibraltar accuses Spain of 'saber-rattling' in diplomatic row
• Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws: How a Dutch Activist Got Caught in the Crosshairs
• Taste test: Lab-grown hamburger short on flavor
• Dylan portraits to go on display at London gallery
• Gibraltar minister accuses Spain of saber-rattling
• AP PHOTOS: Muslims worldwide celebrate Ramadan
• US embassies in 4 African countries also closed
• European watchdog approves US Airways, AMR merger
• Senators call for end to Afghan helicopter deal
• US shutters diplomatic posts amid al-Qaida threat
• Sierra Leone court issues warrant for arms dealer

Egypt's Brotherhood rejects appeal to 'swallow reality' Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:16 PM PDT By Yasmine Saleh and Angus MacSwan CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood on Monday rejected pleas from international envoys to "swallow the reality" that Mohamed Mursi will not return as Egypt's president. The envoys from the United States and the European Union, trying to resolve a political crisis brought on by the army's overthrow of the Islamist Mursi a month ago, visited jailed Brotherhood deputy leader Khairat El-Shater in the early hours of Monday. But he cut the meeting short, saying they should be talking to Mursi, Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said. ...

Syrian rebels push into Assad's Alawite mountain stronghold Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:03 PM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebel fighters armed with anti-tank missiles pushed toward President Bashar al-Assad's hometown of Qardaha on Monday, the second day of a surprise offensive in the heartland of his minority Alawite sect, opposition activists said. Forces comprising 10 mainly Islamist brigades, including two al Qaeda-linked groups, advanced south to the outskirts of the Alawite village of Aramo, 20 km (12 miles) from Qardaha, taking advantage of rugged terrain, the activists said. ...

Iraqi forces kill 11 militants in security crackdown Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:28 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces killed 11 suspected militants and arrested dozens in a large military-led operation north of Baghdad on Monday in response to a deadly attack on a checkpoint last month, military sources said. The security sweep in Sulaman Pek, a town 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, turned fatal when some militants opened fire on officers inspecting homes, the sources said, adding that a number of the militants had been wearing suicide vests. ...

Iran's Rouhani pulls off cabinet balancing act Posted: 05 Aug 2013 10:37 AM PDT By Yeganeh Torbati and Jon Hemming DUBAI (Reuters) - By choosing ministers known more for their experience than their political views, President Hassan Rouhani has proposed a cabinet that achieves a rare feat in Iranian politics - it satisfies both reformist and conservative factions. Rouhani's presidency has raised hopes in diplomatic circles that the moderate cleric with links to all of Iran's often-feuding factions can be someone the West can talk to and at least defuse tensions over the nuclear dispute. ...

Chilean judge closes Pinochet embezzlement case, family not charged Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:08 PM PDT SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean court decided on Monday not to charge any of late dictator Augusto Pinochet's family members in a long-running investigation into the origin of the general's fortune and his suspected embezzlement of public funds. The judge did charge six former members of the military who had collaborated with Pinochet in the so-called Riggs case. Pinochet was charged in 2005 with tax evasion in connection with millions of dollars he held in foreign bank accounts, which came to light after a U.S. ...

Syrian rebels capture military airport near Turkey Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:54 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels captured a main military airport near the border with Turkey on Tuesday, consolidating their hold on a key supply route north of the city of Aleppo, opposition activists said. The reported capture of the Minnig Military Airport, situated on the road between Aleppo and the Turkish city of Gaziantep, after an eight-month siege, marks an important symbolic victory for the opposition, following a string of defeats to President Bashar al-Assad's forces in central Syria, the sources said. "The airport has been fully liberated. ...

Al Qaeda intercept is just one piece of threat intelligence: U.S. sources Posted: 05 Aug 2013 04:41 PM PDT By Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Intercepted communication between al Qaeda leaders was one component of a broader pool of intelligence that prompted a threat alert closing numerous U.S. embassies in the Middle East and Africa, U.S. sources said on Monday. The New York Times reported that the closure of the embassies was the result of intercepted electronic communications between Ayman al-Zawahri, who replaced Osama bin Laden as head of al Qaeda, and Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the head of Yemen-based affiliate al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). U.S. ...

Pedophile's pardon embarrasses Spain, Morocco Posted: 05 Aug 2013 04:22 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — Spain had a seemingly simple request for Morocco's king: Pardon 18 Spaniards convicted in his country, and let 30 others return to Spain to serve out their prison terms. Instead, the monarch pardoned 48 Spanish prisoners, including a man convicted of raping children.

One Sudanese soldier killed in clash with South Sudan Posted: 05 Aug 2013 04:07 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - One Sudanese soldier was killed on Monday in a clash with troops from South Sudan after a patrol from the south crossed the border, a Sudanese military spokesman said. The spokesman, al-Sawarmi Khalid, said in a statement the clash took place after a South Sudanese patrol crossed the border and opened fire. The clash took place at Sudan's main oilfield in the border area of Heglig, north of Sudan and which although is under the authority of Sudan is also disputed with South Sudan. ...

Brazil: Thousands urge return of pet monkey Chico Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:52 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When two police officers tore little Chico from the arms of Elizete Carmona, they said it was for his own good. After all, 71-year-old women aren't meant to live with endangered tufted capuchin monkeys.

Al-Qaida chief's message led to embassy closures Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — An intercepted secret message between al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack was the trigger that set off the current shutdown of many U.S. embassies, two officials told The Associated Press on Monday.

Boys in Canada believed killed by snake that escaped cage: police Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:40 PM PDT By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) - Two young brothers found dead in an apartment over a reptile store in New Brunswick, Canada, were believed to have been strangled by a snake that escaped its enclosure and slithered into the building's ventilation system, police said on Monday. The boys, ages 5 and 7, were sleeping over at a friend's apartment above Reptile Ocean in the city of Campbellton. Their bodies were discovered on Monday morning, said Constable Jullie Rogers-Marsh of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. ...

Yemen released names of 25 wanted al-Qaida men Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:25 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni authorities released the names of 25 wanted al-Qaida suspects on Monday, saying they were planning terrorist attacks in the capital, Sanaa, and other cities across the country.

Egypt: Envoys seek a bridge between hard choices Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:24 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Top U.S., European and Arab envoys visited a jailed Muslim Brotherhood leader Monday on a mission to ease tensions between Egypt's military-backed government and supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

Exclusive: Father of Slain Chechen Plans to Sue FBI for Son’s Wrongful Death Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:48 PM PDT A grudge against the FBI is never an easy thing to act upon, especially for a man as foreign to the U.S. legal system as Abdulbaki Todashev, a municipal official from the Russian region of Chechnya. But on Monday, August 5, Todashev arrived in Tampa, Florida with a black briefcase of photographs – the evidence he plans to use in suing the FBI for the wrongful death of his son. The case would be a long shot, in part because Todashev speaks little English, cannot afford a lawyer and only has a U.S. tourist visa glued into his Russian passport. What he does have is the help of two U.S. ...

U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. military helicopter crashed on Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Monday, U.S. Forces in Japan said, an incident that could stoke anger over the concentration of U.S. military bases on the island. The U.S. Air Force said in a statement that three of the four crew members involved in the crash were in stable condition. It said the remaining crew member had not been accounted for. There were no casualties among local residents, a Japanese official said. Video footage showed smoke rising from a fire on a remote mountainside. ...

Al-Qaida chief's message spurred embassy closures Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Two officials say a secret message that was intercepted between al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen led to the shutdown of U.S. embassies.

Embassies still shut, US tries to pinpoint targets Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — American spies and intelligence analysts on Monday scoured email, phone calls and radio communications between al-Qaida operatives in Yemen and the organization's senior leaders to determine the timing and targets of a potentially spectacular attack that officials said they came across in monitoring militants' "chatter."

Libya swears in new defense minister Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:54 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's Congress has sworn in a new defense minister despite a continued show of force by gunmen carrying out near-daily attacks on security forces.

WikiLeaks case harms U.S. diplomacy, Manning sentencing told Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:33 PM PDT By Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning's leaks of classified government files had a "chilling effect" on foreign relations, impeding U.S. diplomats' ability to gather information, a senior State Department official testified on Monday. The unauthorized releases made foreign diplomats, business leaders and other information sources "reticent to provide their full and frank opinions and share them with us," Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy said. ...

Egypt foreign reserves jump to $18.8B in July Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:25 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's central bank reported Monday that foreign reserves reached $18.8 billion, their highest level in almost two years, but economists cautioned the jump was a reflection of aid from oil-rich Arab Gulf nations and not the result of an improved economy.

Bombing of bakery, other attacks in Iraq kill 9 Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:19 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks in Iraq on Monday, including a bombing of a bakery in the capital, Baghdad, killed 9 people.

Arms dealer 'expelled' from Sierra Leone Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:19 PM PDT FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A Sierra Leone court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for one of the most notorious arms dealers of its brutal 11-year civil war, but a justice official later said the ally of imprisoned former Liberian President Charles Taylor had already been kicked out — raising Western fears he will never be tried.

Sierra Leone deports former Taylor associate days before trial Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:14 PM PDT By Tommy Trenchard FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone deported an associate of former Liberian president Charles Taylor last week, sparing him a trial for crimes committed during the 1991-2002 civil war due to begin on Monday, to the dismay of human rights campaigners. Ibrahim Bah has been named by United Nations experts as an intermediary for Taylor's arms deliveries to Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, who became notorious for using child soldiers and hacking off the limbs of civilians. Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison last year by the U.N. ...

Syrian rebels take villages in regime's heartland Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:56 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels on Monday captured four villages in the heartland of President Bashar Assad's minority Alawite sect as they fought government troops for the second straight day in the mountains overlooking the country's Mediterranean coast.

Taliban talking secretly to Kabul government Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:51 PM PDT ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The Taliban have held secret talks with representatives of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to try to jumpstart a peace process that stumbled and stalled at the starting gate, according to Afghan officials and a senior Taliban representative.

Gibraltar accuses Spain of 'saber-rattling' in diplomatic row Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:44 PM PDT By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Gibraltar's top politician accused Spain on Monday of "saber-rattling" and behaving like North Korea by saying it could impose border fees and airspace controls on the British territory whose sovereignty it disputes. British Prime Minister David Cameron was "seriously concerned" about the situation and has demanded an explanation from Madrid about the proposals, his spokesman said. ...

Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws: How a Dutch Activist Got Caught in the Crosshairs Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT On July 21, Russian authorities detained and questioned four Dutch nationals who were working on a documentary film about lesbian, gay, transgendered and bisexual townspeople in the northwestern city of Murmansk. In what appears to be the litmus test for Moscow's recently drafted anti-LGBT legislation, signed weeks earlier by President Vladimir Putin, authorities allege the film crew violated a new "propaganda" law that criminalizes public discussion of homosexuality, especially with foreigners.

Taste test: Lab-grown hamburger short on flavor Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:18 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The food of the future could do with a pinch of seasoning — and maybe some cheese.

Dylan portraits to go on display at London gallery Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:45 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Portraits by Bob Dylan are going on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Gibraltar minister accuses Spain of saber-rattling Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:41 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The chief minister of Gibraltar on Monday accused Spain of acting like North Korea after suggesting it could impose steep new entry and exit fees for the British territory.

AP PHOTOS: Muslims worldwide celebrate Ramadan Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:33 AM PDT Iranian women place copies of the Quran on their heads during a religious ceremony at a cemetery outside Tehran. A Pakistani boy arranges plates of food for the meal that breaks the day's fast in Islamabad. Prayers are offered at mosques from India to Indonesia.

US embassies in 4 African countries also closed Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:30 AM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. State Department closed its embassies in four sub-Saharan African nations as part of a heightened security alert, days before the 15th anniversary of al-Qaida's bombings of American diplomatic missions in Kenya and Tanzania.

European watchdog approves US Airways, AMR merger Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:28 AM PDT AMSTERDAM (AP) — European authorities have cleared US Airways Group Inc.'s proposed merger with American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corp. — on the condition that they give up one slot at London's Heathrow airport and take steps to foster competition on the London-Philadelphia route.

Senators call for end to Afghan helicopter deal Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:18 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve Republican and Democratic senators are calling on the Pentagon to cancel all contracts to buy helicopters for Afghan security forces from a state-run Russian arms exporter that is a top weapons supplier to the Syrian government.

US shutters diplomatic posts amid al-Qaida threat Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:10 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Mideast and Africa will remain closed for the rest of the week amid intercepted "chatter" about terror threats, which lawmakers briefed on the information likened to intelligence picked up before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Sierra Leone court issues warrant for arms dealer Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:09 AM PDT FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A Sierra Leone court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for a top ally of former Liberian President Charles Taylor who was recently found living in Freetown, though a lawyer involved in the case expressed concern that the suspect may no longer be in the country.

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