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• Muslim Brotherhood faces ban as Egypt rulers pile on pressure
• Guessing game as Pakistan's powerful army chief prepares to retire
• Sunni leader says Hezbollah leading Lebanon into 'Syrian fire'
• Iran has 18,000 uranium centrifuges, says outgoing nuclear chief
• Japanese nationalists sail close to islands in dispute with China
• Mexico captures leader of cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel-reports
• Philippines suspends hunt for ferry disaster survivors; 32 dead, 170 missing
• Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches
• Mexico detains key leader in Gulf Cartel
• UK police checking new information on Diana death
• Security forces storm protester-held Egypt mosque
• Sunni leader: Hezbollah dragging Lebanon into war
• Egyptian youth leader backs army in battle with Brotherhood
• Muslim Brotherhood supporters face murder, terrorism probe: state media
• AP PHOTOS: 4 fateful and deadly days in Egypt
• Nine men killed in Mexican drug war hotspot
• Drug lord's release painful for victims' relatives
• Divers search Philippine ferry for dozens missing
• Iraq premier warns of weapons smuggled from Syria
• Merkel warns against over-confidence ahead of September election
• Bomb injures guard at Egypt's mission in Benghazi, Libya
• Cell phone magnate calls for more equitable Africa
• German tourist dies in gondola crash in Venice
• Attacks on checkpoints in Iraq kill 9 soldiers
• Venice mayor IDs high traffic for gondola death
• Russia boat crash kills 4, injures 49
• Egypt challenges Obama's Arab Spring philosophy
• Lawyer: Cleric cleared in Pakistan blasphemy case
• Though silent, Israel remains worried by Egypt upheaval
• Gunmen kill 11 near Syrian Christian villages
• Egypt is waging "war" against extremism-presidency
• Bomb hits Iraq's main commodity port, traffic unaffected
• Israeli settlers defy stereotype amid peace talks
• Egypt considers outlawing Muslim Brotherhood
• Turkey's Erdogan says Kurds have not withdrawn as agreed

Muslim Brotherhood faces ban as Egypt rulers pile on pressure Posted: 17 Aug 2013 03:59 PM PDT By Crispian Balmer and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood risks political elimination, with the new army-backed government threatening to ban the Islamist organization after launching a fierce crackdown on its supporters that has killed hundreds. Struggling to stamp its authority on Egypt following the ousting last month of President Mohamed Mursi, the country's new rulers have upped the rhetoric, saying the Arab world's most populous nation is at war with terrorism. More than 700 people have died, most of them backers of Mursi, in four days of violence. ...

Guessing game as Pakistan's powerful army chief prepares to retire Posted: 17 Aug 2013 02:11 PM PDT By Mehreen Zahra-Malik and Maria Golovnina ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - In a nation long plagued by military coups, the question of who will replace Pakistan's all-powerful army chief has taken on new urgency this year as the country tries to shake off the legacy of decades of military dictatorship. General Ashfaq Kayani, arguably the most powerful man in the nuclear-armed country, is expected to step down after six years in November - presenting Pakistan's new premier with the toughest of choices yet since coming to power in May. ...

Sunni leader says Hezbollah leading Lebanon into 'Syrian fire' Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:33 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician Saad al-Hariri accused Hezbollah on Saturday of dragging the country deeper into Syria's civil war after the Shi'ite militant group's leader said he was ready to go to Syria himself to fight. Hariri, a former prime minister, was responding to a speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah who said that a car bomb in Shi'ite southern Beirut would only redouble the group's military support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "(Nasrallah's) speech takes Lebanon into deeper involvement in the Syrian fire," Hariri tweeted. ...

Iran has 18,000 uranium centrifuges, says outgoing nuclear chief Posted: 17 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has installed 18,000 uranium-enrichment centrifuges, the country's outgoing nuclear chief was quoted as saying by Iranian media on Saturday. The U.S. and its Western allies are pressing Iran to curb its uranium enrichment program, which they suspect is aimed at developing a nuclear weapons capability, but Iran refuses and insists its nuclear activity is for purely peaceful purposes. ...

Japanese nationalists sail close to islands in dispute with China Posted: 17 Aug 2013 04:10 PM PDT By Ruairidh Villar EAST CHINA SEA (Reuters) - Five boats carrying about 20 members of a Japanese nationalist group arrived on Sunday in waters near tiny islands in the East China Sea at the center of a dispute between Japan and China, a move that risks escalating tensions between the two nations. Members of the Ganbare Nippon ("Stand Firm, Japan") group said they did not plan to land on the uninhabited islands, which are known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, but wanted to send a message to China. ...

Mexico captures leader of cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel-reports Posted: 17 Aug 2013 04:59 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican security forces on Saturday caught the leader of the cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel, local media reported, the second major gang boss capture in just over a month as President Enrique Pena Nieto fights cartel violence. Mario Ramirez Trevino, known as X-20 or "The Bald One," was captured in Mexico's northern Tamaulipas state by the Mexican military, media reported. Ramirez had not long been the leader of the Gulf Cartel, whose former boss Jorge Costilla, alias "El Coss," was caught in September. ...

Philippines suspends hunt for ferry disaster survivors; 32 dead, 170 missing Posted: 17 Aug 2013 04:58 PM PDT By Enrique de Castro CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) - Worsening weather and sea conditions on Saturday forced the Philippines to suspend a search for survivors of a ferry disaster that killed at least 32 people and left 170 missing, authorities said. The ferry sank on Friday after a collision just outside the central port of Cebu with a cargo vessel owned by a company involved in the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster nearly 30 years ago. ...

Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches Posted: 17 Aug 2013 04:51 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob.

Mexico detains key leader in Gulf Cartel Posted: 17 Aug 2013 04:46 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — A major military operation in northeast Mexico near the Texas border Saturday has netted another major drug trafficker, a leader of the Gulf cartel, according to an armed forces officer.

UK police checking new information on Diana death Posted: 17 Aug 2013 04:39 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — British police say they are examining newly received information relating to the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, and that officers are assessing the information's "relevance and credibility."

Security forces storm protester-held Egypt mosque Posted: 17 Aug 2013 02:25 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces stormed a Cairo mosque Saturday after a heavy exchange of gunfire with armed men shooting down from a minaret, rounding up hundreds of supporters of the country's ousted president who had sought refuge there overnight after violent clashes killed 173 people.

Sunni leader: Hezbollah dragging Lebanon into war Posted: 17 Aug 2013 01:33 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — One of Lebanon's most powerful Sunni politicians accused the leader of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah on Saturday of dragging the country further into neighboring Syria's civil war.

Egyptian youth leader backs army in battle with Brotherhood Posted: 17 Aug 2013 01:25 PM PDT By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Mahmoud Badr, whose petition campaign helped to bring down Egypt's Islamist president, insists the bloodshed that has followed is a necessary price for saving the nation from the Muslim Brotherhood. And he has a message for U.S. President Barack Obama, who has expressed alarm at the violent crackdown on the Brotherhood that has led to more than 700 deaths: "Don't lecture us on how to deal with the Brotherhood's terrorism." As for aid money, he says, Obama can keep it - and "go to hell". ...

Muslim Brotherhood supporters face murder, terrorism probe: state media Posted: 17 Aug 2013 01:05 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian prosecutors have placed 250 Muslim Brotherhood supporters under investigation for murder, attempted murder and terrorism, the state MENA news agency said on Saturday. Police arrested more than 1,000 Brotherhood sympathizers in the wake of clashes on Friday that pitted followers of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi against the security forces. More than 170 people died nationwide in the violence that day. (Reporting by Yasmine Saleh, writing by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Jon Boyle)

AP PHOTOS: 4 fateful and deadly days in Egypt Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:08 PM PDT Clashes among police, supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and armed vigilantes have killed more than 800 people in Egypt since Wednesday. A timeline of key events:

Nine men killed in Mexican drug war hotspot Posted: 17 Aug 2013 11:12 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The bodies of nine men were found on Saturday in one of the most troubled areas of Mexico's western Michoacan state, where the Knights Templar drug cartel is fighting civilian-led vigilante groups, some with ties to other cartels. Michoacan, where former President Felipe Calderon in 2007 launched his army-led campaign against the cartels, has again become a hotspot of drug-related violence. The bodies were found by members of the army in an area close to the border with Jalisco state, a spokesman for Michoacan's attorney general's office said. ...

Drug lord's release painful for victims' relatives Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:48 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a sunny winter morning in 1984, two young American couples dressed in their Sunday best walked door to door in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, trying to spread their faith as Jehovah's Witnesses. A few hours later they disappeared.

Divers search Philippine ferry for dozens missing Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:39 AM PDT CEBU, Philippines (AP) — Divers combed through a sunken ferry Saturday in search of dozens of people missing after a collision with a cargo vessel near the central Philippine port of Cebu that sent passengers jumping into the ocean and leaving many others trapped. At least 31 were confirmed dead and hundreds rescued.

Iraq premier warns of weapons smuggled from Syria Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:34 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister warned Saturday that weapons and fighters flowing into Syria are now making their way to Iraq, as a rising tide of violence sweeps across the country.

Merkel warns against over-confidence ahead of September election Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:36 AM PDT By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel warned her supporters on Saturday against complacency ahead of the September 22 election, voicing fears that three leftist parties could unexpectedly join forces to oust her center-right coalition after ballots are counted. Even though Merkel's conservatives hold a 16-point lead over the Social Democrats (SPD) in opinion polls, the chancellor told a rally in Cloppenburg the SPD might still break a vow and form a coalition with the ostracized far left "Linke", or Left Party. ...

Bomb injures guard at Egypt's mission in Benghazi, Libya Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:07 AM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A bomb blast ripped through the garden wall of the Egyptian consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Saturday, injuring a security guard who needed hospital treatment, witnesses said. They said at least five children were also cut by flying glass from the explosion, which blew out windows and significantly damaged a building opposite the consulate and vehicles. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Witnesses said the bomb had apparently been hidden inside a briefcase. ...

Cell phone magnate calls for more equitable Africa Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:06 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world and more needs to be done here and in Africa to follow the example set by former President Nelson Mandela to build bridges, the founder of an organization that recognizes excellence in African leadership said Saturday.

German tourist dies in gondola crash in Venice Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:59 AM PDT VENICE, Italy (AP) — A German tourist was crushed to death on Saturday after the gondola he was riding in collided with a larger boat ferrying passengers along Venice's Grand Canal, authorities said.

Attacks on checkpoints in Iraq kill 9 soldiers Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:49 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Attacks on security checkpoints in central Iraq killed nine soldiers and wounded five on Saturday, officials said.

Venice mayor IDs high traffic for gondola death Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:20 AM PDT VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice's mayor is convening experts to resolve the worsening problem of congestion in the lagoon city's waterways after a German tourist died when a gondola he was riding in with his family crashed into a larger boat.

Russia boat crash kills 4, injures 49 Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:16 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russian media report that a boat being piloted by a captain suspected of being drunk has crashed into a barge, killing four people and wounding 49.

Egypt challenges Obama's Arab Spring philosophy Posted: 17 Aug 2013 07:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — As Arab Spring democracy uprisings spread across the Middle East, President Barack Obama's response to the political unrest has been to voice support for people seeking representative governments but limit the role the United States will play to shape those efforts.

Lawyer: Cleric cleared in Pakistan blasphemy case Posted: 17 Aug 2013 07:50 AM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Saturday dismissed charges against a cleric who accused a young Christian girl of blasphemy and who was arrested last year for allegedly forging evidence against her, his lawyer said.

Though silent, Israel remains worried by Egypt upheaval Posted: 17 Aug 2013 07:41 AM PDT By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has looked on at upheaval in Egypt largely in silence, keen to avoid disrupting strategic security cooperation with a military it sees as critical to curbing attacks by Islamist militants in neighboring Sinai, officials and analysts said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had aides instruct cabinet ministers to avoid public comment about Egypt, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity. ...

Gunmen kill 11 near Syrian Christian villages Posted: 17 Aug 2013 07:35 AM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Gunmen shot dead 11 people, mostly Christians, near a town in central Syria on Saturday, state media and activists said, an attack described by a local resident as aimed at members of the religious minority.

Egypt is waging "war" against extremism-presidency Posted: 17 Aug 2013 07:27 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is facing "war by the forces of extremism" and will confront it with "security measures within the framework of law," Mostafa Hegazy, adviser to Egypt's interim president said. Hundreds of people have been killed in political violence this week in clashes between security forces and the Muslim Brotherhood. (Reporting by Yasmine Saleh)

Bomb hits Iraq's main commodity port, traffic unaffected Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:44 AM PDT By Aref Mohammed BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A truck bomb exploded at Iraq's main commodities port near the oil-exporting southern city of Basra, wounding four people on Saturday, but officials said shipping traffic at the Umm Qasr docks was not affected. Umm Qasr port, near Iraq's border with Kuwait, sits at the top of the strategic Gulf waterway and does not export oil. Imports handled there include grain shipments and heavy equipment used in the energy industry. ...

Israeli settlers defy stereotype amid peace talks Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:39 AM PDT BARKAN, West Bank (AP) — Micha Drori is living the Israeli dream: a house, a yard, a wife and three kids. The 42-year-old businessman has found an affordable alternative to Israel's booming real estate market in a quiet community he loves, with a commute of less than half an hour to his job near Tel Aviv.

Egypt considers outlawing Muslim Brotherhood Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:37 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities are considering disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood group, a government spokesman said Saturday, once again outlawing a group that held the pinnacle of government power just more than a month earlier.

Turkey's Erdogan says Kurds have not withdrawn as agreed Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:26 AM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has failed to withdraw its fighters from Turkey as agreed, a condition for Kurdish rights to be expanded as part of a peace process. Erdogan did not say what this meant for the process, seen by many as the best chance yet to end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people, mainly Kurds, since 1984, but indicated that a Kurdish rights package would be unveiled soon. ...

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