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| Egypt Islamists protest, politics hit a snag Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:49 AM PDT  By Shadia Nasralla CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Mursi protested outside his place of detention in Cairo on Sunday while a military-driven plan to resolve the political crisis remained mired in mistrust and confusion. Demonstrators at the Republican Guard barracks, where three people were killed on Friday, shouted "Mursi, Mursi, God is greatest!" and "Peaceful, peaceful!" as soldiers and policemen looked on from behind barbed wire. "We will not leave until Mursi returns. ... Full Story | Top |
| Queen leads Murray plaudits after historic triumph Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 11:57 AM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth joined politicians, sports stars and celebrities in congratulating Andy Murray on Sunday after he made tennis history by becoming the first Briton in 77 years to win the Wimbledon men's title. Millions of tennis fans across the country were glued to their televisions as Murray took to Centre Court for his second Wimbledon final, facing the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic after he lost last year to Roger Federer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texas Governor Perry expected to disclose political future Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 11:54 AM PDT  By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry, the nation's longest-serving governor and a failed contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, planned to announce Monday whether he will seek re-election next year. Perry, 63, is best known nationally for his poor performance as a Republican candidate for the White House. During a debate in November 2011, he famously forgot the government departments he would abolish if he were elected to the White House and dropped out of the race a few weeks later. Perry has set a 1 p.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| Libyan protesters call for armed militias to be disbanded Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 10:49 AM PDT  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan protesters took to the streets on Sunday calling for the disbanding of militias that have plagued Tripoli since the end of the 2011 war. The government said it was working on taking back control of the interior ministry besieged by an armed group that entered the building on Tuesday and ordered staff to leave. A crowd of 300 people gathered in the capital's central Algeria Square waving white flags and carrying banners reading "No brigades, no militias, we want an army loyal to the state" as well as "Without an army and police, Libya is trouble". ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt court acquits Mursi critics of inciting violence Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 10:40 AM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - A group of leading Egyptian activists on trial for inciting violence during protests against former President Mohamed Mursi were acquitted on Sunday by a court in Cairo, state news agency MENA reported, days after Mursi was ousted by the armed forces. The eleven defendants - including Alaa Abdel Fattah, Ahmed Douma, and Nawara Negm - were outspoken critics of Mursi and his Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and activists said their case was part of a wider crackdown on dissent. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brazil was target of U.S. signals spying: Globo newspaper Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 10:26 AM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency monitored the telephone and email activity of Brazilian companies and individuals in the past decade as part of U.S. espionage activities, the Globo newspaper reported on Sunday, citing documents provided by fugitive Edward Snowden, a former NSA intelligence contractor. The newspaper did not say how much traffic was monitored by NSA computers and intelligence officials. But the Globo article pointed out that in the Americas, Brazil was second only to the United States in the number of transmissions intercepted. ... Full Story | Top |
| Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai says no chance of fair vote Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 10:13 AM PDT  By MacDonald Dzirutwe MARONDERA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, launching his third campaign to unseat veteran President Robert Mugabe, said nothing had been achieved to ensure a fairer vote but even God now wanted Mugabe to go. Tsvangirai, who made a failed attempt to have the July 31 election delayed, said Mugabe's ZANU-PF party was using bureaucratic obstacles and tricks such as keeping dead people on the electoral roll to try to hold onto power. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. lawmakers urge calm, cautious approach to Egypt Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 09:40 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The United States is unlikely to pull its $1.5 billion in mostly military aid to Egypt any time soon, U.S. lawmakers said on Sunday, despite the Egyptian military takeover of the government in what the opposition has called a coup. "We should continue to support the military, the one stabilizing force in Egypt that I think can temper down the political feuding," U.S. Representative Mike Rogers said on CNN's "State of the Union. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis - Merkel's road to a third term could be rocky Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 09:37 AM PDT  By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) - The German election is still more than two months away but for many the vote's final chapter has already been written. Angela Merkel, it is widely assumed, is cruising to a third victory at the polls. When she wins, the thinking goes, there will be few, if any, major changes to German policy. The vote could well play out according to script. ... Full Story | Top |
| Spanish ruling party funded itself illegally, says ex-treasurer Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 09:33 AM PDT  MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's ruling People's Party funded itself illegally through kickbacks for at least 20 years, former treasurer Luis Barcenas told El Mundo newspaper in an interview published on Sunday. Barcenas, in jail without bail as the High Court continues a pre-trial investigation into profiteering charges against him, is the central figure in two major graft cases which have damaged the credibility of the PP. ... Full Story | Top |
| Israel grounds warplanes after F16 crashes at sea Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:42 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli F16 warplane crashed at sea on Sunday due to an engine malfunction and Israel subsequently grounded all its F15 and F16 combat aircraft pending a review of the incident, a military spokesman said. The pilot and navigator on board managed to safely bail out of the U.S.-made plane and a military rescue unit came to evacuate them by helicopter, the spokesman and Israeli media reports said. "An F16 combat aircraft crashed earlier today in the sea after the engine malfunctioned," the spokesman said. ... Full Story | Top |
| German air force bill for Eurofighters escalates: report Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:40 AM PDT  BERLIN (Reuters) - The German air force's bill for an order of 180 Eurofighter jets is rising beyond the planned 14.7 billion euros, said a German magazine on Sunday. Der Spiegel said the Luftwaffe now expected to have paid 14.5 billion euros by the end of this year for only 108 of the fighters and will pay 16.8 billion euros by 208 for 143 jets - paying more money for less fighters. "It is correct that the cost of the Eurofighters is rising," said a ministry spokesman, but he declined to give details. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mexico reform drive at stake as regions vote Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:37 AM PDT  By Simon Gardner MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's sweeping economic reform plans hang in the balance in local elections on Sunday with a strong opposition showing seen as crucial to preserve a cross-party pact. Nearly half of Mexico's 31 states are voting for a mix of local parliaments and municipal governments, but all eyes are on the race for governor in the state of Baja California, a stronghold of the conservative National Action party (PAN). ... Full Story | Top |
| America's NSA 'in bed with' Germany and most others: Snowden Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:33 AM PDT  By Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - America's National Security Agency works closely with Germany and other Western states on a 'no questions asked'-basis, former NSA employee Edward Snowden said in comments that undermine Chancellor Angela Merkel's indignant talk of "Cold War" tactics. "They are in bed with the Germans, just like with most other Western states," German magazine Der Spiegel quotes him as saying in an interview published on Sunday that was carried out before he fled to Hong Kong in May and divulged details of extensive secret U.S. surveillance. ... Full Story | Top |
| Iraqi Kurd president makes symbolic Baghdad visit Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:29 AM PDT  By Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, visited Baghdad on Sunday for the first time in more than two years, in a symbolic step to resolve disputes between the central government and the autonomous region over land and oil. The visit follows an equally rare trip by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki who met Barzani in Kurdistan last month, breaking ice between leaders who have repeatedly accused each other of violating the constitution. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egyptian ambassador to U.S. says no military coup Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:12 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Egypt's ambassador to Washington said Sunday there had not been a military coup in his country but the army needed to step in to keep violence on the street from spiraling out of control. Ambassador Mohamed Tawfik told ABC's "This Week" that Egypt's powerful military moved to oust President Mohamed Mursi last week after his response to massive street protests was to incite violence among his supporters. Tawfik said he did not believe Egypt was in danger of losing $1. ... Full Story | Top |
| Insight - Africa makes the grade for richest U.S. university investors Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:08 AM PDT  By Tosin Sulaiman JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - America's wealthiest universities are venturing into Africa's fast-growing frontier markets in search of outsized investment returns that will allow them to offer scholarships, lure star professors and fund research. For Sub-Saharan Africa, recognition from these deep-pocketed U.S. institutions, who have often earned envy among fellow global investors for their strong returns, marks a significant shift. ... Full Story | Top |
| Britain deports cleric Abu Qatada after legal marathon Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:53 AM PDT  By William James and Suleiman Al-Khalidi LONDON/AMMAN (Reuters) - A radical Muslim cleric once called "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" was deported from Britain to Jordan on Sunday, ending years of British government efforts to send him back home to face terrorism charges. A police convoy collected Abu Qatada from London's Belmarsh prison after midnight and drove him through the streets of the capital to a military airport. Soon after arriving in Jordan, he was taken under heavy guard to a nearby military court. ... Full Story | Top |
| Britain's Labour leader seeks to limit damage from union row Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:32 AM PDT  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's opposition said he wanted to 'mend, not end' Labour's links to trade unions on Sunday in a bid to limit the damage from a row over outside influence. Two years ahead of an election, the row has put the Labour party and Ed Miliband under pressure and handed some political momentum back to the ruling Conservative Party, which has been struggling with its own divisions and flagging in opinion polls. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egyptian security forces raid Al Jazeera's Cairo office-Al Jazeera Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:25 AM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - The Qatari-owned media company Al Jazeera reported on Sunday that Egyptian security forces had raided its Cairo office. But a Reuters cameraman outside the office in the centre of the city said he saw no sign of a raid. A spokesman for the channel in Doha said that its Cairo bureau chief was taken in for questioning on Sunday, but had been released. He said he was not aware of any raid. Full Story | Top |
| Temasek has not approached UK over Lloyds stake - sources Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:14 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Singapore state investor Temasek has not approached the British government about buying a 4.5 billion pound ($6.70 billion) stake in part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group, industry sources told Reuters on Sunday. The Sunday Times had reported that Singapore's sovereign wealth fund made a preliminary approach to the British government about buying part of its 39 percent holding in Lloyds. A spokesman for Temasek said the company did not comment on market speculation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Armed group shuts down second Libyan oil port in days Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:14 AM PDT  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - An armed group has shut down export operations at Libya's crude oil port of Ras Lanuf in a move believed to be linked to a similar closure of the country's main export terminal last week, industry sources said on Sunday. It was not immediately clear what the group wanted, but three Libyan industry sources drew comparisons with the shutdown of OPEC member Libya's Es Sider crude oil export terminal overnight on Thursday. Es Sider was closed by armed guards who were demanding the payment of what they said were late salaries, an industry source told Reuters on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gunmen attack Sinai checkpoints close to Israel border Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:09 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Armed men attacked four security checkpoints on Sunday in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid, close to Egypt's border with Israel and the Gaza Strip, part of an upsurge of violence there since Wednesday's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Gunmen in pickup trucks exchanged gunfire with soldiers and police in the lawless province in the early hours of the morning, but there were no casualties, security sources said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Thai PM in talks to buy Bakrie's stake in Bumi Plc: report Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:01 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in talks to buy the Bakrie family's 23.8 percent stake in Indonesia-focused coal miner Bumi Plc , a report on Sunday said. The price Thaksin, who was ousted by the army in 2006, would be willing to pay is unclear, the Sunday Times reported, adding that he had hired UBS. Bumi was co-founded by financier Nat Rothschild and the Bakrie family but has struggled in the past two years to overcome bitter boardroom battles, a probe into financial irregularities and the tumbling price of coal. ... Full Story | Top |
| Syria's Brotherhood says West must step up arms to rebels Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 06:49 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood called on Sunday for the United States and Europe to deliver the rebels promised military support after the opposition's National Coalition voted in a new president and ended a months-long leadership vacuum. The United States has signaled it is ready to send arms to the rebels, in addition to humanitarian and non-lethal military aid already in the millions of dollars. Its Gulf allies Qatar and Saudi Arabia are already sending in arms. ... Full Story | Top |
| Two more die in Saudi Arabia from MERS coronavirus Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 06:31 AM PDT  RIYADH (Reuters) - Two more people have died of the SARS-like coronavirus MERS, Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry said, bringing to 38 the number of deaths from the disease inside the country shortly before Islam's Ramadan fast when many pilgrims visit. A two-year-old child died in Jeddah and a 53-year-old man died in Eastern Province, where the outbreak has been concentrated, the ministry said late on Saturday in a statement on its website. Four people have died outside the kingdom. ... Full Story | Top |
| European regulator preparing database on bankers Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 06:06 AM PDT  By Laura Noonan LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union will soon begin sharing information on how bankers fare in 'fitness and probity' tests in member states, making it harder for errant bankers to evade regulatory scrutiny by crossing national borders. The European Banking Authority's regulation director Isabel Vaillant told Reuters that work will begin on the new fitness and probity database next year, ending the current system of ad hoc sharing between national authorities. ... Full Story | Top |
| Europe a hotchpotch of testing regimes for bankers Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 05:59 AM PDT  Full Story | Top |
| Fans, stars fire up Murray mania at scorching Wimbledon Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 05:52 AM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - Waving Union Jack flags, thousands of British tennis fans, sports stars and celebrities descended on a scorching Wimbledon on Sunday hoping Andy Murray can end Britain's 77-year wait for a men's singles champion at the All England club. With "Murray Mania" in full swing, tennis fans camped overnight to get in to the grounds as soon as the gates opened to secure good spots on a hill recently nicknamed "Murray Mound" where the match will be broadcast live on a giant TV screen. By 7 a.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| Greece, foreign lenders close in on deal to unlock aid Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 05:46 AM PDT  By Lefteris Papadimas and Ingrid Melander (Reuters) - Greece is likely to reach a deal with foreign lenders on its latest bailout review before a meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Monday to decide on further aid, EU and Greek officials said on Sunday. Athens has been in talks with inspectors from the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund "troika" for nearly a week to show it can deliver on its pledges after failing to meet public sector reform targets. Greece hopes euro zone finance ministers will free up its next 8.1 billion-euro ($10. ... Full Story | Top |
| ECB cannot solve euro zone crisis: Bundesbank chief Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 05:41 AM PDT  By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cannot solve the euro zone crisis, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann told economists on Sunday, pressing the bloc's governments to get their economies in shape and tighten their fiscal rules. Weidmann addressed an economists' conference in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, only three days after the ECB broke with precedent by declaring that it intended to keep interest rates at record lows for an extended period and may yet cut further. ... Full Story | Top |
| Israeli cabinet approves ultra-Orthodox conscription law Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 05:32 AM PDT  By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet approved a draft law on Sunday to abolish wholesale exemptions from military duty granted to Jewish seminary students, stoking ultra-Orthodox anger over the break with tradition. Many Israelis have long bridled over state privileges handed to the conservative believers or "Haredim" - a Hebrew term meaning "those who tremble before God". The debate heated up when elections in January saw strong performances for two parties who campaigned against the exemptions and created the first cabinet in a decade without ultra-Orthodox members. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pakistan brings back death penalty, to anger of rights groups Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 05:10 AM PDT By Syed Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's new government, trying to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has ended a ban on the death penalty, in a move condemned by international organizations as inhuman and retrograde. Up to 8,000 people languish on death row in dozens of Pakistan's notoriously overcrowded and violent jails. Once a moratorium is in place, reinstatement of capital punishment is rare, with more than 150 countries having already either abolished the death penalty or stopped administering it. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's central bank governor flies to Abu Dhabi Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:56 AM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - The governor of Egypt's central bank, Hisham Ramez, flew to Abu Dhabi on Sunday, officials at Cairo airport said, following Egyptian media reports Cairo was seeking financial aid from Gulf states after the ousting of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi. Egypt's budget and balance of payments and have reached a state of crisis in the two and a half years of political and economic turmoil since veteran leader Hosni Mubarak, was toppled in a popular uprising in 2011. Neither the governor, nor another senior central bank official were immediately available for comment. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Price-cost pinch dulls last luster of South Africa's gold Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:39 AM PDT  By Ed Stoddard and Sherilee Lakmidas KROMDRAAI/JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - A hand drill lying in the hillside tunnel of a 19th-century South African gold mine testifies to the back-breaking labor by black miners that built what was once the world's biggest bullion industry. But even with basic tools and cheap labor, costs overran returns at the Kromdraai gold mine north of Johannesburg, which listed in London in 1893 and closed in 1914. ... Full Story | Top |
| Price-cost pinch dulls last lustre of S.Africa's gold Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:34 AM PDT  By Ed Stoddard and Sherilee Lakmidas KROMDRAAI/JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - A hand drill lying in the hillside tunnel of a 19th-century South African gold mine testifies to the back-breaking labour by black miners that built what was once the world's biggest bullion industry. But even with basic tools and cheap labour, costs overran returns at the Kromdraai gold mine north of Johannesburg, which listed in London in 1893 and closed in 1914. ... Full Story | Top |
| Back to the future for Egypt's state media Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:22 AM PDT  By Maggie Fick and Munir El-Boweti CAIRO (Reuters) - "The army and people, one hand!" was the rallying cry of jubilant masses of Egyptians in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the night Hosni Mubarak fell, and again last Wednesday, when the army overthrew elected President Mohamed Mursi. It resonates loud and clear in state media that have quickly gone "on message", as they had been for 16 tumultuous months of military rule following the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt forex reserves fall by $1.12 bln in June Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:19 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's foreign reserves fell by $1.12 billion in June to $14.92 billion, the central bank said on Sunday, underlining the perilous state of the country's finances as a new military-backed government takes on the reins of power. Reserves have been under pressure since the 2011 popular uprising that pushed out Hosni Mubarak and frightened away tourists and foreign investors and the dollars they brought into Egypt. The reserves represent less than three months of imports, and only about half are in the form of cash or in securities that can easily be spent. ... Full Story | Top |
| IMF's Lagarde says may trim global growth forecast Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:09 AM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund may this week trim its global growth forecast because of the situation in emerging countries, IMF chief Christine Lagarde told a conference on Sunday. "We had a growth forecast of about 3.3 percent," Lagarde said, referring to the fund's forecast for 2013. "But I fear that considering what we are seeing now in emerging countries in particular - not developing countries and low-income countries but emerging countries - I fear that we might be slightly below that," she told an economists' conference in the southern French city of Aix-en-Provence. ... Full Story | Top |
| Russia's Putin says Egypt moving towards civil war Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:00 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday Egypt risked slipping into civil war following the military overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi. Dozens of people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded in clashes between Mursi's supporters, opponents and the military since the president's exit. "Syria is already in the grips of the civil war ... and Egypt is moving in the same direction," Putin told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti during a visit to Kazakhstan's capital Astana. (Reporting by Alissa de Carbonnel; Editing by Andrew Heavens) Full Story | Top |
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