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• Pro-Mursi protester shot dead as Egypt standoff intensifies
• Kerry visit to Brazil overshadowed by NSA spying controversy
• Malians applaud as Cisse vows to create opposition
• Talks resume as Israel frees Palestinians, pursues settlements
• U.N. says still negotiating with Syria on chemical weapons inquiry
• Kerry works to prevent settlement dispute from harming Mideast talks
• Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners before talks
• Mexico to fight release of drug lord behind U.S. agent's murder
• After Grisly Mosque Attack, Nigeria’s Boko Haram Terrorist Group Calls Out Obama
• Railway in Quebec train tragedy loses license
• Bahrain tightens security ahead of planned protests
• Al-Qaida militants kill 3 Yemeni soldiers
• Analysts: Shining Path bruised, far from defeated
• Nigerians want weapons after deadly mosque attack
• Egypt's rival sides upset with new governors
• Even worse odds than in 2008 for Mideast deal
• Israelis begin releasing 26 Palestinian prisoners
• Official says 47 killed in Nigerian mosque attack
• Tunisian secularists and Islamists in rival rallies, no clashes
• One pro-Mursi protester shot dead in Cairo march
• Egypt: pro-Morsi vigil takes on permanent look
• Egypt restores ex-generals' role in provinces
• Brazil demands clarifications on NSA surveillance
• Fidel Castro turns 87 behind closed doors
• Eurozone turning a corner as recession set to end
• Disfigured Spanish fresco is hit for artist, town
• Insight: As Afghanistan endgame looms, India-Pakistan tensions rise
• Italian president says Berlusconi conviction definitive
• Hand grenade attacks kill 2, wound 30 in Pakistan
• Bahrain on edge ahead of opposition-called protest
• UN chief says drone strikes must comply with law
• Police fired on Cairo march, Muslim Brotherhood says
• Soccer-loving pope cheers Messi, other players
• Brazil says it needs answers on NSA surveillance

Pro-Mursi protester shot dead as Egypt standoff intensifies Posted: 13 Aug 2013 03:15 PM PDT By Tom Finn and Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - One Muslim Brotherhood member was shot dead and at least 11 people wounded in Egypt on Tuesday, security sources said, with the Islamist group accusing plain clothes police of firing on their march. The killing could harden the standoff between the Brotherhood, which is demanding the reinstatement of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, and the army-backed government. ...

Kerry visit to Brazil overshadowed by NSA spying controversy Posted: 13 Aug 2013 02:01 PM PDT By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The United States pledged on Tuesday that Brazil and other allies will get answers about American communications surveillance aimed at thwarting terrorism, but gave no indication it would change the way it gathers such information. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Brazil not to let recent revelations of secret internet surveillance by the United States derail growing trade, diplomatic and cultural relations between the two largest economies in the Americas. ...

Malians applaud as Cisse vows to create opposition Posted: 13 Aug 2013 11:52 AM PDT By Daniel Flynn and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - The loser of Mali's presidential election vowed on Tuesday to build the war-torn West African country's first real opposition in years, as Malians applauded his admission of defeat that dispelled fears of fresh conflict. Soumaila Cisse conceded late on Monday as it became clear former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had swept Sunday's second-round vote with a promise to restore the pride of a nation riven by a military coup and Islamist revolt last year. ...

Talks resume as Israel frees Palestinians, pursues settlements Posted: 13 Aug 2013 04:36 PM PDT By Dan Williams and Noah Browning JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday to keep U.S.-sponsored peacemaking on course for a second round of talks, but diplomacy remained dogged by Israeli plans for more Jewish homes on land the Palestinians claim for a future state. Negotiators are due to convene in the afternoon in Jerusalem, the city at the heart of the decades-old conflict, after a three-year stand-off ended with the first round of talks in Washington last month. ...

U.N. says still negotiating with Syria on chemical weapons inquiry Posted: 13 Aug 2013 04:17 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. experts are ready to visit Syria to investigate claims of chemical weapons use during the country's two-year civil war, but a deal has not yet been reached with the Syrian government on safety assurances, the United Nations said on Tuesday. "The devil is in the details and the details are being worked out," U.N. spokesman Eduardo del Buey told reporters. It has been nearly two weeks since the United Nations said the Syrian government had agreed to let the U.N. ...

Kerry works to prevent settlement dispute from harming Mideast talks Posted: 13 Aug 2013 12:48 PM PDT By Warren Strobel BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought on Tuesday to prevent the fracturing of his Middle East peace initiative, which faces its greatest threat to date from a series of Israeli announcements of new settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Even as he was making his first visit to South America as secretary of state, Kerry reached out to the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority a day before Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are due to resume in Jerusalem. ...

Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners before talks Posted: 13 Aug 2013 04:46 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel released 26 Palestinian inmates, including many convicted in grisly killings, on the eve of long-stalled Mideast peace talks, angering families of those slain by the prisoners, who were welcomed as heroes in the West Bank and Gaza.

Mexico to fight release of drug lord behind U.S. agent's murder Posted: 13 Aug 2013 04:38 PM PDT By Luc Cohen MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Tuesday it would seek to void a court decision that freed a Mexican drug boss imprisoned for ordering the 1985 torture and murder of a U.S. drug enforcement agent, a ruling that has angered the United States. A Mexican court on Friday cut short the 40-year sentence Rafael Caro Quintero was serving for orchestrating the killing of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, ending his 28-year stay behind bars. It ruled that he should have been tried in a state court instead of a federal one. The decision outraged the U.S. ...

After Grisly Mosque Attack, Nigeria’s Boko Haram Terrorist Group Calls Out Obama Posted: 13 Aug 2013 04:30 PM PDT Konduga is a tiny community on the banks of a river in northeastern Nigeria. Its residents are mostly farmers who are accustomed to a simple life filled with days that pass like the one before. That has recently changed, as an insurgency waged by Islamist terror group Boko Haram has spilled over from the heart of the war, in nearby city Maiduguri, and into the rural reaches of Borno State, where Konduga is located.

Railway in Quebec train tragedy loses license Posted: 13 Aug 2013 04:28 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Canada's transportation agency is suspending the operating license of the U.S.-based rail company whose runaway oil train derailed and exploded in a Quebec town, killing 47 people.

Bahrain tightens security ahead of planned protests Posted: 13 Aug 2013 03:56 PM PDT By Farishta Saeed MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain has tightened security around restive Shi'ite Muslim villages in an effort to block anti-government protests planned for Wednesday by activists pressing the Sunni Muslim ruling family to allow democracy. In statements disseminated on social media, the activists say they were inspired by mass protests in Egypt last month that prompted the army to oust Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. ...

Al-Qaida militants kill 3 Yemeni soldiers Posted: 13 Aug 2013 03:36 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Al-Qaida militants have killed three Yemeni soldiers in the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula in what the military said Tuesday was an attempt to capture a city.

Analysts: Shining Path bruised, far from defeated Posted: 13 Aug 2013 03:32 PM PDT LIMA, Peru (AP) — The ambush killing of what Peruvian authorities say is almost certainly half the Shining Path's four-man leadership comes amid a territorial expansion by the cocaine-fueled insurgency and, analysts say, is not apt to cripple it.

Nigerians want weapons after deadly mosque attack Posted: 13 Aug 2013 03:13 PM PDT KONDUGA, Nigeria (AP) — Residents of a village in northeastern Nigeria where suspected Islamic extremists gunned down 47 worshippers praying in a mosque demanded on Tuesday that the government give them weapons to defend themselves.

Egypt's rival sides upset with new governors Posted: 13 Aug 2013 03:09 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian revolutionary and Islamist groups voiced concern on Tuesday that the appointment of new governors by the interim president includes too many army and police officers, raising fears among critics that the old regime of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak is making a comeback.

Even worse odds than in 2008 for Mideast deal Posted: 13 Aug 2013 02:46 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — The same negotiators, the same issues, a familiar venue: The sense of deja vu is overwhelming as Israelis and Palestinians start Wednesday on their third attempt in 13 years to draw a border between them.

Israelis begin releasing 26 Palestinian prisoners Posted: 13 Aug 2013 02:34 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel began the process of releasing 26 Palestinian prisoners late Tuesday, an initial gesture on the eve of renewed Mideast negotiations.

Official says 47 killed in Nigerian mosque attack Posted: 13 Aug 2013 02:27 PM PDT KONDUGA, Nigeria (AP) — Residents of a village in northeastern Nigeria where suspected Islamic extremists gunned down 47 worshippers praying in a mosque demanded on Tuesday that the government give them weapons to defend themselves.

Tunisian secularists and Islamists in rival rallies, no clashes Posted: 13 Aug 2013 02:19 PM PDT TUNIS (Reuters) - Around 40,000 secularists rallied in Tunis on Tuesday to call for the departure of the Islamist-led ruling coalition, but there were no reported clashes with another demonstration by thousands of Islamists elsewhere in the Tunisian capital. Beset by a severe economic downturn, a suspension of parliament and a surge in Muslim militant attacks, Tunisia's government, led by the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, is grappling with secularists' calls for its resignation. "Go, Go Ennahda ... ...

One pro-Mursi protester shot dead in Cairo march Posted: 13 Aug 2013 02:09 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A supporter of Egypt's deposed president, Mohamed Mursi, was shot dead during a protest march in Cairo on Tuesday, two security sources said. Earlier, Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood said the protester had been shot by police in plain clothes. Security sources said the protester had died during clashes between supporters and opponents of Mursi. (Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Egypt: pro-Morsi vigil takes on permanent look Posted: 13 Aug 2013 01:59 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Instead of rushing for the exits, Islamist supporters of Egypt's ousted president are replacing tents with wooden huts in their sprawling Cairo encampment. Barbershops have sprung up and many tents now have satellite dishes.

Egypt restores ex-generals' role in provinces Posted: 13 Aug 2013 01:24 PM PDT By Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's interim president named at least 18 new provincial governors on Tuesday, half of them retired generals, in a shake-up that pushed out Muslim Brotherhood members and restored the influence of men from army and police backgrounds. Deposed president Mohamed Mursi had appointed a number of civilians as provincial governors during his year in office, some of them members of his Brotherhood. That marked a break with the Hosni Mubarak era, when the posts typically went to retired army and police officers. ...

Brazil demands clarifications on NSA surveillance Posted: 13 Aug 2013 01:18 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil demanded answers Tuesday from the U.S. about National Security Agency spying in the country and warned that trust between the two nations would be damaged if U.S. explanations about the program were not satisfactory.

Fidel Castro turns 87 behind closed doors Posted: 13 Aug 2013 01:13 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro turned 87 behind closed doors Tuesday, with official tributes in state media serving as a reminder that the clock is ticking on his revolutionary generation's grip on power.

Eurozone turning a corner as recession set to end Posted: 13 Aug 2013 01:00 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The recession that's gripped the eurozone since late 2011 is likely over.

Disfigured Spanish fresco is hit for artist, town Posted: 13 Aug 2013 12:58 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — A year ago, Cecilia Gimenez's botched attempt to restore a fresco of Christ inspired ridicule and references to monkeys. Now, the 81-year-old Spanish artist is having the last laugh.

Insight: As Afghanistan endgame looms, India-Pakistan tensions rise Posted: 13 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT By Frank Jack Daniel and Sanjeev Miglani BARAMULLA/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) - Pakistan-based militants are preparing to take on India across the subcontinent once Western troops leave Afghanistan next year, several sources say, raising the risk of a dramatic spike in tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan. ...

Italian president says Berlusconi conviction definitive Posted: 13 Aug 2013 12:54 PM PDT By Barry Moody and Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - President Giorgio Napolitano on Tuesday ruled out any reversal of a tax fraud conviction against Silvio Berlusconi and issued a stern warning to his party against trying to bring down the government over the issue. Napolitano's statement that the law must take its course dashed hopes in Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party that the head of state would find a way to allow the former prime minister to continue his leadership of the center-right without restriction despite a jail sentence. ...

Hand grenade attacks kill 2, wound 30 in Pakistan Posted: 13 Aug 2013 12:50 PM PDT KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a pair of hand grenade attacks on minority Ismaili prayer houses in southern Pakistan have killed two people and wounded 30 others.

Bahrain on edge ahead of opposition-called protest Posted: 13 Aug 2013 12:34 PM PDT MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Inspired by the movement behind Egypt's military coup, anti-government activists seeking more influence in Bahrain are hoping to gain new momentum by calling for nationwide protests Wednesday. Authorities warned they will "forcefully confront" any large demonstrations, raising fears of more violence in the strategic Gulf kingdom.

UN chief says drone strikes must comply with law Posted: 13 Aug 2013 12:24 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — The head of the United Nations said Tuesday during a visit to Pakistan that drone strikes must comply with international law, touching on an issue that has created friction between Islamabad and Washington.

Police fired on Cairo march, Muslim Brotherhood says Posted: 13 Aug 2013 12:21 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday that Egyptian policemen dressed in plain clothes had opened fire with live rounds at one of its marches in Cairo, wounding five people. A security source said seven protesters had been wounded but added that it was not immediately clear who had opened fire. (Reporting by Shaimaa Fayed; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Soccer-loving pope cheers Messi, other players Posted: 13 Aug 2013 12:18 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis cheered fellow Argentine Lionel Messi and other soccer stars Tuesday as he led a morality-focused pep rally of sorts at the Vatican for Argentina and Italy's national teams ahead of their eagerly awaited friendly match.

Brazil says it needs answers on NSA surveillance Posted: 13 Aug 2013 11:52 AM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota on Tuesday criticized U.S. surveillance in Brazil and said the trust between the U.S. and Brazil would be damaged if U.S. explanations about the program are not satisfactory.

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