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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 |
| Five die, 40 missing after Canadian freight train disaster Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 11:04 AM PDT  By Richard Valdmanis and Julie Gordon LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil exploded and destroyed the center of a small Canadian town in a disaster that raises fresh questions about shipping oil by rail. The train had been hauling crude from North Dakota to eastern Canada, and was parked, without a driver, outside town when it began rolling downhill, gathering speed and derailing on a curve at 1 a.m. on Saturday. Each tanker carried 30,000 gallons (113,000 liters) of crude oil. ... Full Story | Top |
| Investigators seek cause of deadly San Francisco plane crash Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 12:32 PM PDT  By Sarah McBride and Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. officials examined flight information recorders and began investigating the crash of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that burst into flames upon landing in San Francisco, killing two teenaged Chinese students and injuring more than 180 people, officials said on Sunday. There was no immediate indication of the cause of Saturday's accident but Asiana said mechanical failure did not appear to be a factor. The airline declined to blame either the pilot or the San Francisco control tower. ... 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 |
| 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 |
| Inspired Murray ends 77 years of British hurt Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 12:19 PM PDT  By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray wiped out 77 years of pain when he became the first British man since 1936 to win the men's title at Wimbledon with a stunning 6-4 7-5 6-4 victory over world number one Novak Djokovic on Sunday. Just why Britain had to wait almost eight decades to witness such scenes of unbridled patriotic joy at the spiritual home of lawn tennis was summed up by a nerve-jangling final game that dragged on for 13 agonizing minutes as Murray won and lost three match points, leaving 15,000 fans gasping in disbelief. ... 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Canada police say five dead, about 40 missing after oil train blast Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 09:24 AM PDT  LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - The death toll from the explosion of a runaway freight train in a small Quebec town rose to five on Sunday and another 40 people are missing, police said on Sunday. The driverless train derailed and blew up early Saturday in Lac-Megantic, destroying dozens of buildings in the center of the town. "Two more people have been recovered, two more bodies, which brings the total to five ... there are about 40 people, more or less, who are considered to be missing," police spokesman Michel Brunet told reporters. "There could be more, there could be less. ... 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 |
| 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 |
| Two Koreas agree to take steps to reopen joint industrial zone Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 02:12 AM PDT  By Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea agreed early on Sunday to take steps to reopen a jointly run industrial park, including facilities inspections, after the two rivals staged a marathon meeting lasting more than 16 hours to arrange details. The talks at a truce village of Panmunjom, where an armistice was signed in the 1950-53 Korean conflict, were held to find a way to restart operations at the Kaesong Industrial Zone, a rare source of hard currency for the impoverished North. ... Full Story | Top |
| Authorities identify 16-year-old Chinese girls killed in San Francisco crash Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:34 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Two passengers killed in the crash of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 landing at San Francisco were identified as 16-year-old Chinese nationals, an airline spokesperson said on Sunday. The dead were identified as Ye Meng Yuan and Wang Lin Jia, both students, Asiana Airlines said. The Boeing 777 crashed on Saturday, bursting into flames, killing two young passengers and injuring more than 180 people, officials said. (Reporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Bill Trott) Full Story | Top |
| IMF's Lagarde says U.S. budget cuts 'inappropriate' Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 02:32 AM PDT  AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - The U.S. federal budget cuts are an inappropriate measure that will weigh on potential growth, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Sunday, urging Washington to present "credible" fiscal plans. Washington enacted across-the-board federal government spending cuts, known as sequestration, in March because Congress could not agree on an alternative. It has meant everything from furloughs for air traffic controllers to fewer planes for the U.S. Navy to smaller subsidies for farmers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Canada train blast death toll now three, will rise: police Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:14 AM PDT  LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - Canadian police on Sunday raised the death toll from a runaway freight train explosion in the small Quebec town of Lac-Megantic to three and said they expected to find more bodies. The driverless train derailed and exploded in the early hours of Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings in the center of the town. Police said late on Saturday they had discovered the remains of one victim. "Three bodies have been found," police spokesman Michel Brunet told reporters. "People have been reported missing or disappeared but ... we are not going to issue a figure. ... Full Story | Top |
| Austria did not search Morales jet in Vienna: president Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 03:06 AM PDT  VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian officials did not search Bolivia's presidential jet for fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, Austria's president said, seeking to defuse a diplomatic tussle over the incident. One airport officer did board the aircraft on Tuesday to find out why it had landed in Vienna reporting technical problems, but "there was no formal inspection", Austrian President Heinz Fischer told Kurier newspaper. ... Full Story | Top |
| Turkish police fire teargas, water cannon to disperse Istanbul protests Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 02:07 PM PDT  By Humeyra Pamuk and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters in an Istanbul square on Saturday as they gathered to enter a park that was the center of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan last month. Taksim Solidarity, combining an array of political groups, had called a march to enter the sealed off Gezi park, but the governor of Istanbul warned that any such gathering would be confronted by the police. "We are going to our park to open its doors to its real owners ... We are here and we will stay here ... ... Full Story | Top |
| Three Latin American leftist leaders offer asylum to Snowden Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 07:19 PM PDT  By Daniel Ramos and Daniel Wallis LA PAZ/CARACAS (Reuters) - Bolivia offered asylum on Saturday to former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, joining leftist allies Venezuela and Nicaragua in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of secret U.S. spy programs. Snowden, 30, is believed to be holed up in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport and has been trying to find a country that would give him sanctuary after he landed there from Hong Kong on June 23. ... Full Story | Top |
| Greece, troika talks make progress, deal likely on Monday: IMF official Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 03:14 AM PDT  ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece made good progress in its talks with international lenders and a deal will likely emerge on Monday before a Eurrogroup meeting decides on releasing further bailout aid, the IMF's mission chief in Greece said on Sunday. "We made very good progress. I hope we will conclude tomorrow morning before the Eurogroup meeting," Poul Thomsen, head of the international Monetary fund's mission to Greece told reporters on Sunday after lengthy talks with Greek officials. Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said he is optimistic that a deal will be reached on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Asiana jet crash further tarnishes Korean carrier's safety record Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 11:08 PM PDT  By Jack Kim and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) - Asiana Airlines, the South Korean carrier whose Boeing 777 crashed while landing at San Francisco airport on Saturday, had been trying to clean up a tarnished safety record that included two other fatal crashes in its 25-year history. One of the pilots of flight 214, Lee Jeong-min, is a veteran who has spent his career at Asiana. He was among four pilots on the plane who rotated in two-person shifts during the 10 hour-plus flight, a senior Asiana official told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Aircraft in crash has solid safety record Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 08:44 PM PDT  By Siva Govindasamy and Tim Hepher SINGAPORE/PARIS (Reuters) - The crash of a South Korean airliner in San Francisco on Saturday with more than 300 people on board dampens the safety record of one of the world's safest aircraft. Initial reports said two people were killed and more than 70 injured when the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed on landing at San Francisco International Airport. If confirmed, it would be the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 777, a family of twin-engined long-haul aircraft which has been in service for the past 18 years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Three Latin American leftist leaders offer asylum to Snowden Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 02:02 PM PDT By Daniel Ramos and Daniel Wallis LA PAZ/CARACAS (Reuters) - Bolivia offered asylum on Saturday to former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, joining leftist allies Venezuela and Nicaragua in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of secret U.S. surveillance programs. Snowden, 30, is believed to be holed up in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport and has been trying to find a country that would take him since he landed from Hong Kong on June 23. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt PM dispute stalls government, Islamists call more protests Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 04:58 PM PDT  By Mike Collett-White and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's political transition after President Mohamed Mursi was ousted by the military stumbled at the first hurdle, after the choice of liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei as interim prime minister was thrown into doubt by Islamist objections. ElBaradei's nomination had been confirmed by several sources and state media on Saturday, but just before midnight a presidential spokesman told reporters that the prime minister had not in fact been chosen. ... Full Story | Top |
| Two killed, many injured as South Korean airliner crashes, burns in San Francisco Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 04:21 PM PDT By Sarah McBride and Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with more than 300 people on board crashed on landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday after a flight from Seoul and burst into flames, and initial reports said two people were killed and over 70 injured. Pictures taken immediately after the crash showed passengers streaming off the plane. TV footage from the air later showed the badly damaged fuselage of the Boeing 777 blackened by fire and the plane's tail broken off. ... Full Story | Top |
| At least one dead in freight train explosion in Canadian town Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 03:47 PM PDT  By Mathieu Belanger LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - A fast-moving, driverless train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed and exploded into an enormous fireball in the middle of a Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and killing at least one person, a toll officials said was likely to rise. The disaster occurred shortly after 1 a.m. (0500 GMT) when the runaway freight train with 73 cars sped into Lac-Megantic, a lakeside town of about 6,000 people in the province of Quebec near the border with Maine, and came off the rails. ... Full Story | Top |
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