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• Mursi supporters stand firm, brace for Egypt crackdown
• Settlement expansion clouds peace talks, Palestinian prisoners to be freed
• Cisse concedes, congratulates Keita for winning Mali vote
• Deadly Iraq bombings target cafe, school and playground
• Kerry backs peace talks during visit to U.S. ally Colombia
• U.S. eyeing Syrian opposition alliances, chemical weapons moves
• Dalai Lama's China site hacked, infects others: expert
• Mexico proposes energy reform, some investors skeptical
• Keita wins Mali election after opponent concedes
• Mexico proposes private firms in oil industry
• Agents: 44 gunned down in Nigeria mosque
• Israeli pain, Palestinian joy over inmate release
• Kerry still hopeful on Mideast peace talks
• Cisse concedes defeat, congratulates Keita for Mali vote win
• Protests swell, prompt Egypt to postpone dispersal
• Q&A on anti-gay legislation in Russia
• Fidel Castro's role in Cuba is chiefly offstage as he turns 87
• Top Syria rebel visits fighters in Assad homeland
• Attacks kill 26 in central and western Iraq
• Bombs in cafe, near restaurant kill 21 in Iraq
• Study suggests Neanderthals were more advanced
• Top candidate's party in Mali accused of fraud
• Bahrain will 'forcefully confront' planned August 14 protests: PM
• Algeria issues arrest warrant for ex-OPEC chief
• Israeli victims' families protest prisoner release
• Islamist Nour Party to help shape new Egyptian constitution
• Dominican traffic death rate among world's highest
• Algeria issues arrest warrants for former oil minister, others
• Rwanda opposition party to sit out vote after late registration
• Key events in Egypt's uprising and unrest
• UK bars trash cans from tracking people with Wi-Fi
• Main issues behind Egypt's political stalemate
• Egypt postpones dispersing pro-Morsi protest camps
• Official: US, Germany to negotiate 'no spy' pact
• Peru says top two Shining Path rebels killed in jungle shootout

Mursi supporters stand firm, brace for Egypt crackdown Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:26 PM PDT By Yasmine Saleh and Angus MacSwan CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi refused to abandon their protest camps in Cairo on Monday and said they would fend off any police crackdown with sticks, stones and their faith. By nightfall, though, the streets of the capital were relatively quiet as the security forces held back from any action despite warnings on Sunday that they were ready to dismantle the camps. Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said every effort was being made to resolve the situation through dialogue. ...

Settlement expansion clouds peace talks, Palestinian prisoners to be freed Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:40 PM PDT By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's announcement of plans to expand Jewish settlements on land Palestinians seek for a state clouded the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks convening in the Middle East this week for the first time in three years. The talks, which opened in Washington on July 30, were due to resume on Wednesday in Israel, with further talks expected later in the West Bank. Peace talks broke down three years ago in a dispute over settlement building. Israel on Monday named 26 Palestinians who it will free from jail this week as a goodwill gesture for the peace talks. ...

Cisse concedes, congratulates Keita for winning Mali vote Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:30 PM PDT By Daniel Flynn and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Soumaila Cisse on Monday conceded defeat in Mali's presidential election runoff, congratulating his rival Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on winning a vote meant to draw a line under more than a year of turmoil in the West African nation. Cisse's concession, hours after he complained the election had been marred by fraud, will deepen optimism for Mali's recovery. Keita, a former prime minister, inherits a broken nation and must still negotiate peace with northern rebels. ...

Deadly Iraq bombings target cafe, school and playground Posted: 12 Aug 2013 11:04 AM PDT By Sylvia Westall BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed and 41 wounded on Monday in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded cafe in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, part of the worst wave of violence in Iraq in around five years. Two roadside bombs - one planted near a playground and another near a school - also killed six people and wounded dozens, some of them children, in the town of Muqdadiya, 80 km northeast of the capital. ...

Kerry backs peace talks during visit to U.S. ally Colombia Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:26 PM PDT By Warren Strobel BOGOTA (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday promised strong U.S. backing for peace talks aimed at ending Colombia's half-century of conflict, calling the country a success story in a world where many states have failed or are failing. "The United States of America will support that peace," Kerry said after talks with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in Bogota. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is negotiating with the government to bring an end to a conflict that has killed more than 200,000 people since it began nearly five decades ago. ...

U.S. eyeing Syrian opposition alliances, chemical weapons moves Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:12 PM PDT By Phil Stewart TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States is gaining more insight into Syria's moderate opposition but must watch carefully to determine when occasional collaboration with Islamist radicals might turn into real alliances, the top U.S. military officer said on Monday. The comments by General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, came at the start of a trip to close U.S. allies Israel and Jordan likely to be dominated by discussions about Syria's conflict and broader regional unrest. ...

Dalai Lama's China site hacked, infects others: expert Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:17 PM PDT By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - A prominent computer security firm warned that the Dalai Lama's Chinese-language website has been hacked and is infecting visitors' computers with viruses in what may to be an effort to spy on human rights activists who frequently visit the site. Kaspersky Lab researcher Kurt Baumgartner told Reuters on Monday that he is advising web surfers to stay away from the Chinese-language site of the Central Tibetan Administration, or CTA, until the organization fixes the bug. He described the attack on his company's blog: http://bit.ly/16LuBoP. ...

Mexico proposes energy reform, some investors skeptical Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:16 PM PDT By David Alire Garcia and Simon Gardner MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday proposed an overhaul of Mexico's energy industry to offer private companies profit-sharing contracts, but investors said it might be too cautious and some sold Mexican assets. The proposal calls for changes to key articles of the constitution that ban certain contracts and make oil, gas, petrochemicals and electricity the sole preserve of the state, in a bid to lure investment to stem sliding oil output. ...

Keita wins Mali election after opponent concedes Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:00 PM PDT BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won Mali's presidency after his opponent conceded defeat late Monday in an election aimed at restoring stability to a country wracked by a rebellion, a coup and an Islamic insurgency.

Mexico proposes private firms in oil industry Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:46 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto proposed on Monday lifting a decades-old ban on private companies investing in the state-run oil industry, a cornerstone of Mexico's national pride that's seen production plummet in recent decades.

Agents: 44 gunned down in Nigeria mosque Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:46 PM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants wearing army fatigues gunned down 44 people praying at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, while another 12 civilians died in an apparently simultaneous attack, security agents said Monday.

Israeli pain, Palestinian joy over inmate release Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:59 PM PDT BRUKIN, West Bank (AP) — Mustafa al-Haj expected to die in an Israeli prison for killing an American-born settler hiking in the West Bank in 1989. Now lights decorate his home to celebrate the planned release of the 45-year-old and more than 100 other Palestinian convicts in a deal that revived Mideast peace talks.

Kerry still hopeful on Mideast peace talks Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:59 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the recent flap over Israeli settlement announcements likely won't derail Mideast peace talks, which are scheduled to resume this week.

Cisse concedes defeat, congratulates Keita for Mali vote win Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:51 PM PDT BAMAKO (Reuters) - Soumaila Cisse has conceded defeat in Mali's presidential election runoff and congratulated his rival Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Cisse's campaign manager said on Monday. "Yes, it just happened ... He went to see IBK to congratulate him," Gougnon Coulibaly told Reuters, referring to Keita by the initials he is universally known by. (Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Writing by David Lewis; Editing by David Brunnstrom)

Protests swell, prompt Egypt to postpone dispersal Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:27 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsi increased the pressure on Egypt's interim leadership by defiantly flooding into two protest camps Monday, prompting police to postpone moving against the 6-week-old sit-ins because they feared a "massacre."

Q&A on anti-gay legislation in Russia Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:14 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — The law on "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations among minors" was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on July 29. Originally titled the law on "homosexual propaganda," the bill criminalizes public expression of support for nontraditional relationships. Russian lawmakers say the law doesn't outlaw homosexuality but merely discourages discussion of it among people younger than 18. However, the law has outraged Russian liberals and some sectors of the international community just six months before the start of the Winter Olympic Games in the Russian city of Sochi.

Fidel Castro's role in Cuba is chiefly offstage as he turns 87 Posted: 12 Aug 2013 01:59 PM PDT By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Fidel Castro turns 87 on Tuesday, largely out of sight but not out of mind, as Cuba struggles to move on from his half-century rule and as many of his policies are reconsidered under the leadership of his younger brother Raul. The birthday of one of Latin America's most iconic revolutionary figures has been a low key celebration in recent years. A choral concert in his honor at the Jose Marti national monument in Havana on Monday evening was the only official event planned. ...

Top Syria rebel visits fighters in Assad homeland Posted: 12 Aug 2013 01:38 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The military commander of Syria's main Western-backed opposition group visited rebels in the coastal province that is President Bashar Assad's ancestral homeland following recent opposition advances in the area, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Attacks kill 26 in central and western Iraq Posted: 12 Aug 2013 01:08 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Three blasts including a suicide bomb in a cafe killed 26 people in central and western Iraq on Monday evening, officials said. They were the latest attacks in a months-long surge of violence.

Bombs in cafe, near restaurant kill 21 in Iraq Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:47 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Two bombs including a suicide attack on a cafe killed 21 people in central Iraq on Monday evening, officials said. They were the latest attacks in a months-long surge of violence.

Study suggests Neanderthals were more advanced Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:24 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Researchers have found what they say are specialized bone tools made by Neanderthals in Europe thousands of years before modern humans are thought to have arrived to share such skills, a discovery that suggests modern man's distant cousins were more advanced than previously believed.

Top candidate's party in Mali accused of fraud Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:17 PM PDT BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian presidential candidate Soumaila Cisse's supporters on Monday accused the front-runner's party of stuffing ballot boxes as workers tallied votes on chalkboards from an election aimed at restoring stability after a rebellion, a coup and an Islamic insurgency.

Bahrain will 'forcefully confront' planned August 14 protests: PM Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:16 PM PDT By Sami Aboudi DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's prime minister said on Monday his government would "forcefully confront" protests called for later this week, and warned those behind planned demonstrations that they would be punished, state news agency BNA reported. Protesters inspired by youth-led protests in Egypt that pushed the army to oust Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last month called for rallies on Wednesday, at a time of escalating clashes between police and pro-opposition demonstrators. ...

Algeria issues arrest warrant for ex-OPEC chief Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:10 PM PDT ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's chief prosecutor says an international arrest warrant has been issued for former OPEC president Chakib Khelil for his alleged role in a bribery scandal involving Algeria's state oil company, Sonatrach.

Israeli victims' families protest prisoner release Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:07 PM PDT BRUKIN, West Bank (AP) — Mustafa al-Haj expected to die in an Israeli prison for killing an American-born settler hiking in the West Bank in 1989. Now lights decorate his home to celebrate the planned release of the 45-year-old and more than 100 other Palestinian convicts in a deal that revived Mideast peace talks.

Islamist Nour Party to help shape new Egyptian constitution Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:03 PM PDT By Shaimaa Fayed CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Nour Party said on Monday it could join the assembly writing a new constitution, adding Islamist support to the military's political transition plan following its overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi last month. Nour, the second largest Islamist party after Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, said it had reservations about the fact that the constitutional amendments would take place under an appointed interim president as opposed to an elected one. It also wanted certain clauses in the constitution retained. ...

Dominican traffic death rate among world's highest Posted: 12 Aug 2013 11:46 AM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — High school student Adonis Tineo lay motionless in an overflowing emergency room on a recent afternoon after slamming his motorcycle into a truck laden with rice as he tried to pass a minivan.

Algeria issues arrest warrants for former oil minister, others Posted: 12 Aug 2013 11:31 AM PDT By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria has issued international arrest warrants for nine individuals, including former oil minister Chakib Khelil, the official APS news agency said on Monday. Also on the Attorney General's list of warrants were Khelil's wife, two of his sons, and Farid Noureddine Bedjaoui. Bedjaoui is accused by Italian prosecutors of channeling nearly 198 million euros ($230 million) in bribes for Italian oil service group Saipem, controlled by Eni, to officials in Algeria via a company called Pearl Partners Limited. ...

Rwanda opposition party to sit out vote after late registration Posted: 12 Aug 2013 11:15 AM PDT KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's Democratic Green Party said on Monday it will sit out September's parliamentary election after the electoral commission took three years to register it, finally doing so just days before the deadline. Analysts say President Paul Kagame has a well-documented record of blocking, threatening or infiltrating rival parties to stifle even nascent political opposition, and that the belated registration of the Democratic Green Party can hardly be seen as a real opening of the democratic space. ...

Key events in Egypt's uprising and unrest Posted: 12 Aug 2013 11:06 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Monday postponed plans to disperse two Cairo protest camps demanding the return of ousted President Mohammed Morsi after thousands of his supporters reinforced the sit-ins when news leaked to the press.

UK bars trash cans from tracking people with Wi-Fi Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:59 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Officials demanded Monday that an advertising firm stop using a network of high-tech trash cans to track people walking through London's financial district.

Main issues behind Egypt's political stalemate Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:58 AM PDT The main issues behind Egypt's political stalemate that threatens to spiral into more violence:

Egypt postpones dispersing pro-Morsi protest camps Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:55 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Monday postponed plans to disperse two Cairo protest camps demanding the return of ousted President Mohammed Morsi after thousands of his supporters reinforced the sit-ins when news leaked to the press, military and security officials said.

Official: US, Germany to negotiate 'no spy' pact Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:51 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Germany and the United States will begin negotiations this month on an agreement not to spy on one another in wake of the revelations by NSA leaker Edward Snowden about massive electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency, a senior German official said Monday.

Peru says top two Shining Path rebels killed in jungle shootout Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:38 AM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - The Shining Path rebel group's top two fighters are believed to have been killed in a shootout with Peruvian security forces in a drug-trafficking region of the jungle late on Sunday, President Ollanta Humala said on Monday. The clash with rebels in the south-central Ayacucho region likely killed Marco Antonio Quispe, or "Comrade Gabriel," a cocaine-running heavyweight, and Alejandro Borda Casafranca, or "Comrade Alipio," the second-in-command of the group's reduced jungle faction. "Intelligence sources that took part in this operation confirm ... ...

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