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| Liberal ElBaradei named Egypt PM, Islamists cry foul Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 12:30 PM PDT  By Yasmine Saleh and Asma Alsharif CAIRO (Reuters) - Liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei was chosen as Egypt's interim Prime Minister on Saturday as the transitional administration fought to restore calm after at least 35 people were killed in Islamist protests that swept the country. ElBaradei, a 71-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner and former U.N. nuclear agency chief, had been favorite to head the temporary leadership installed by the military after it ousted elected President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco airport Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 12:49 PM PDT (Reuters) - An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 flying from Seoul crashed while landing on Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said. FAA spokesman Lynn Lynsford said it was flight No. 214, and it was unclear how many people were on board. Images from television station KTVU in San Francisco showed extensive fire damage to the airplane, which had lost its tail and one of its wings in the crash. Fire engines were on scene and the fire, which had burned through the cabin's roof, appeared to be out. ... Full Story | Top |
| Three Latin American leftist leaders offer asylum to Snowden Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 10:19 AM 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 |
| Runaway freight train explodes, levels center of Canada town Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 12:21 PM PDT  By Mathieu Belanger LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - A driverless freight train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed at high speed and exploded into a giant fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and leaving an unknown number of people feared missing. The disaster occurred shortly after 1 a.m. (0500 GMT) when the runaway train with 73 cars sped into Lac-Megantic, a picturesque lakeside town of about 6,000 people near the border with Maine, and came off the rails. Witnesses said the town center was crowded at the time. ... Full Story | Top |
| Turkish police fire teargas, water cannons to disperse Istanbul protests Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 11:50 AM 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. The Taksim Solidarity Platform, 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. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brazil's Rousseff denies plans for post-protest Cabinet shakeup Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 12:16 PM PDT  SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff firmly denied on Saturday any plans to shake up her Cabinet, following the country's largest protests in 20 years. In a written statement, she called talk of ministerial change "unfounded speculation" and reiterated a plan developed with state governors and local mayors to address concerns raised last month in cities across Latin America's largest economy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gunmen kill 28 in attack on northeast Nigeria school Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 11:40 AM PDT By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist gunmen killed 27 students and a teacher in a boarding school in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Saturday, a police source said. The attack was the deadliest of at least three on schools since the military launched an offensive in May to try to crush Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram, whose nickname translates as "Western education is sinful" in the northern Hausa language. The attackers set fire to buildings and shot pupils as they tried to flee, the source told Reuters by email. ... Full Story | Top |
| Boom Boom Bartoli sinks tearful Lisicki to win Wimbledon Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 11:59 AM PDT  By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - In a blur of explosive motion, Marion Bartoli launched into a 101 mph serve and waited for the furry yellow sphere to hurtle back to her side of the court - except it did not and with it came the sudden realization that she was Wimbledon champion. So unexpected was the ace, on her fourth match point, a wide-eyed Bartoli could scarcely believe that the final was over as she collapsed to her knees almost in slow motion. ... Full Story | Top |
| Syrian opposition chooses Saudi-backed leader Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 09:27 AM PDT  By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Erika Solomon ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's fractious opposition elected a new leader on Saturday but rebel groups were reported to be fighting among themselves in a sign of growing divisions on the ground between factions trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bolivia's Morales says he would grant asylum to Snowden if asked Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 08:24 AM PDT  LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Saturday he would grant asylum, if requested, to former U.S. intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden. Morales' offer came after two other leftist Latin American leaders - Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega - also said they would help the U.S. fugitive, who is believed to be holed up in the transit area of a Moscow international airport. (Reporting by Daniel Ramos; Writing by Louise Egan; Editing by Eric Beech) Full Story | Top |
| North, South Korea officials hold talks on joint industrial zone Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 06:24 AM PDT  By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korean officials held talks on Saturday seeking a way to reopen a jointly run industrial zone, a rare source of steady cash for the impoverished North, a month after their last attempt at dialogue collapsed in acrimony over protocol. North Korea called for an early restart of the Kaesong Industrial zone, just north of the militarized border, South Korean media reported. But Seoul's chief delegate Suh Ho sought an assurance from the North that it would not repeat the kind of actions it took in April that led to the halt of the factory project. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mohamed ElBaradei to be named Egypt's interim PM: sources Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 11:40 AM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, will be named Egypt's interim prime minister later on Saturday, a presidential source told Reuters. Interim head of state Adli Mansour was installed on Thursday to oversee a military roadmap to elections, the day after the army overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. ElBaradei was among liberal leaders who opposed Mursi and called for the massive protests that showed how the Muslim Brotherhood had angered millions of Egyptians. ... Full Story | Top |
| Merkel says EU must not forget U.S. spying in push for free trade Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 06:58 AM PDT  By Matthias Inverardi BAD SALZUFLEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel said on Saturday that Europe should push ahead with free-trade negotiations with the United States next week while making sure that concerns about America's secret surveillance of its EU allies are not swept under the carpet. Though the German Chancellor told a political rally that free-trade talks are long overdue, she also said that the assistance of U.S. intelligence to thwart attacks on Germany in the past cannot justify American spying on the European Union. "Bugging is not what friends do. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mubarak trial drags on, impervious to Egypt upheaval Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 08:39 AM PDT  By Asma Alsharif CAIRO (Reuters) - The slow-motion retrial of former Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak dragged on at snail's pace on Saturday, impervious to the latest upheaval in the country he ruled for 30 years - the military overthrow of his elected successor. The presiding judge adjourned the case on charges of conspiracy to murder hundreds of demonstrators in 2011 until August 17, after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, to allow the defense more time to review recently presented evidence. ... Full Story | Top |
| Venezuela offers asylum to U.S. fugitive Snowden Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 04:24 AM PDT  By Daniel Wallis and Deisy Buitrago CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro offered asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden 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 take him since he landed from Hong Kong on June 23. "In the name of America's dignity ... ... Full Story | Top |
| Bomb blast kills three soldiers in Yemeni capital Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 01:50 AM PDT  ADEN (Reuters) - A roadside bomb in Yemen's capital Sanaa killed three soldiers and injured two others during a security patrol early on Saturday, a security official said. The official said the blast targeted a car in Sanaa's al-Hasaba district, a center of opposition to former Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh who was ousted early last year. The official, who requested anonymity, said it was unknown who carried out the attack. Yemen is the poorest Arab state with a third of the population living on less than $2 a day. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rebels clash with Qaeda-linked opposition group in Syria Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 06:26 AM PDT  By Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels clashed with an opposition unit linked to al Qaeda in northern Syria, activists said on Saturday, in a deadly battle that signals growing divisions among rebel groups and rising tensions between locals and more radical Islamist factions. The rebel infighting comes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have made gains on the battlefield and drawn comfort from the downfall this week of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which under ousted President Mohamed Mursi had thrown its weight behind the Syrian opposition. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brightening jobs picture may draw Fed closer to tapering Friday, Jul 05, 2013 09:23 PM PDT  By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Job growth was stronger than expected in June and the payroll gains for the prior two months were revised higher, cementing expectations for the Federal Reserve to start winding down its massive stimulus program as early as September. Employers added 195,000 new jobs to their payrolls last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, while the unemployment rate held steady at 7.6 percent as more people entered the workforce. ... Full Story | Top |
| Italian prosecutors drop inquiry into former Vatican bank chief Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 05:32 AM PDT  ROME (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors have dropped inquiries into the Vatican bank's former president Ettore Gotti Tedeschi after concluding a money laundering investigation, judicial sources told Reuters. Prosecutors accuse the bank's director general, Paolo Cipriani, and its deputy director Massimo Tulli, who both resigned this week, of "authorizing illegal financial transactions", said the sources, who asked not to be named. The Vatican bank was not immediately available for comment on Saturday and in the past a spokesman has declined to comment. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dueling mothers vouch for sons at Zimmerman murder trial Friday, Jul 05, 2013 04:29 PM PDT SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Trayvon Martin's mother said in court on Friday she recognized the voice of her son screaming for help in an emergency call on the night the black Florida teenager was shot dead by neighborhood watchman George Zimmermann. Sybrina Fulton's testimony came as the state was preparing to wrap up its murder case against Zimmerman after nearly two weeks of testimony. The prosecution has sought to expose inconsistencies in his account of the fight in Sanford, Florida, in February last year that ended with Martin's death. ... Full Story | Top |
| FCC approval paves way for SoftBank, Sprint, Clearwire deals Friday, Jul 05, 2013 02:01 PM PDT  By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Corp on Friday received the final approval it needed from U.S. regulators for its $21.6 billion bid to take control of Sprint Nextel Corp, the No. 3 U.S. wireless provider. All three members of the Federal Communications Commission voted in favor of the merger as well as Sprint's related plan to buy out the portion of wireless company Clearwire Corp that it does not already own. FCC approval was the last piece that SoftBank needed after getting nods from U.S. antitrust and national security regulators as well as Sprint shareholders. ... Full Story | Top |
| Portugal coalition partners reach deal on internal crisis: government Friday, Jul 05, 2013 05:43 PM PDT  LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has reached a deal with the ruling coalition's junior partner CDS-PP to resolve a rift which has threatened the country's adjustment program under a bailout, a government spokesman said on Friday. "The prime minister presented to President Anibal Cavaco Silva a political deal reached with the leader of CDS-PP," the spokesman said. A deal will have to be approved by Cavaco Silva, who is due to meet all political parties Monday and Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bombs kill 22 in Iraq, Sunni leader urges Egypt-style protests Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 04:39 AM PDT  By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 15 people as they left a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capital on Friday and a separate attack on Sunni protesters killed seven, police and medics said. In Baghdad's northwestern district of Graiaat, witnesses said guards at the exit to the Shi'ite mosque stopped a woman who then blew herself up amidst worshippers leaving after sunset prayers. Suicide bombings are the hallmark of al Qaeda. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bombs kill 22 in Iraq, Sunni leader urges Egypt-style protests Friday, Jul 05, 2013 01:04 PM PDT  By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 15 people as they left a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capital on Friday and a separate attack on Sunni protesters killed seven, police and medics said. In Baghdad's northwestern district of Graiaat, witnesses said guards at the exit to the Shi'ite mosque stopped a woman who then blew herself up amidst worshippers leaving after sunset prayers. Suicide bombings are the hallmark of al Qaeda. ... Full Story | Top |
| Islamist protests hit cities across Egypt, at least 24 dead Friday, Jul 05, 2013 04:28 PM PDT  By Mike Collett-White and Alastair Macdonald CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 24 people died across Egypt on Friday as Islamists opposed to the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi took to the streets to vent their fury at what they say was a military coup. Fierce clashes in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria left 12 dead and 200 injured, while in Cairo, five people were killed as pro- and anti-Mursi protesters ran amok in central areas and armored personnel carriers rumbled among them to restore calm. ... Full Story | Top |
| Woman heard "be not afraid" before cure sealing John Paul II's sainthood Friday, Jul 05, 2013 01:17 PM PDT  By Isabella Cota SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Suffering a potentially fatal swelling in the brain, Costa Rican grandmother Floribeth Mora says a voice spoke to her through a photograph of the late Pope John Paul II, miraculously curing her and sealing the late pontiff's sainthood. The Vatican said on Friday Pope Francis had approved Mora's cure as the requisite second miracle for the sainthood of John Paul II, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005. ... Full Story | Top |
| Snowden could win Nicaragua asylum if circumstances permit: Ortega Friday, Jul 05, 2013 05:03 PM PDT  MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaragua has received an asylum request from fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and could accept the bid "if circumstances permit," President Daniel Ortega said on Friday. "We are an open country, respectful of the right of asylum, and it's clear that if circumstances permit, we would gladly receive Snowden and give him asylum in Nicaragua," Ortega said during a speech in the Nicaraguan capital Managua. ... Full Story | Top |
| EU threatens to suspend data-sharing with U.S. over spy reports Friday, Jul 05, 2013 04:03 PM PDT  By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is threatening to suspend two agreements granting the United States access to European financial and travel data unless Washington shows it is respecting EU rules on data privacy, EU officials said on Friday. The threat reflects European disquiet about allegations that the United States has engaged in widespread eavesdropping on European Internet users as well as spying on the EU. Cecilia Malmstrom, the EU's home affairs commissioner, wrote to two senior U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
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