| Egypt: opposition leader named interim PM Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:15 AM PDT  An opposition spokesman says pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been named interim prime minister.
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| Snowden's fate unclear despite asylum offers Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:32 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Edward Snowden has found supporters in Latin America, including three countries who have offered him asylum. But many obstacles stand in the way of the fugitive NSA leaker from leaving a Russian airport — chief among them the power and influence of the United States.
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| Runaway freight train explodes, levels center of Canada town Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT  By Mathieu Belanger LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - A driverless freight train carrying tankers of petroleum products 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. 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. ...
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| 30 killed in school attack in northeast Nigeria Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:15 AM PDT  POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic militants attacked a boarding school before dawn Saturday, dousing a dormitory in fuel and lighting it ablaze as students slept, survivors said. At least 30 people were killed in the deadliest attack yet on schools in Nigeria's embattled northeast.
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| On tour, Giffords' actions speak on gun control Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:04 AM PDT  DOVER, N.H. (AP) — Thirty months after she was shot through the head, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords sits in a New Hampshire restaurant facing parents of children killed in the nation's latest school shooting.
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| Fearful Lebanese Sunnis drawn to hard-line leaders Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:28 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese pop idol Fadel Shaker shot to stardom crooning ballads that earned him the nickname "The King of Romance." He disappeared as a bearded, gun-toting Sunni hard-liner in a shootout with the army in the coastal city of Sidon.
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| Solar powered plane on final leg of flight to NYC Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:56 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A solar-powered aircraft lifted off from a suburban Washington airport before dawn Saturday, embarking on the final leg of a history-making cross-country flight.
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| 5 key moments from 2nd week of Zimmerman trial Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:35 AM PDT  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case Friday at the end of the second week of testimony in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial. Defense attorneys now have their chance next week to call witnesses and introduce testimony. They called their first two witnesses late Friday.
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| Bartoli beats Lisicki to don Wimbledon crown Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:52 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — One of the strangest Wimbledons produced one of its quirkiest champions in Marion Bartoli, the winner of a mistake-filled final that left the overwhelmed runner-up in near tears during the match.
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| 2 Koreas talk at border on stalled industrial park Posted: 06 Jul 2013 05:58 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Delegates from North and South Korea held talks Saturday on restarting a stalled joint factory park that had been a symbol of cooperation between the bitter rivals, but there was no word on whether any significant progress had been made as discussions went into the night.
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| South Africa: Mandela nears a month in hospital Posted: 06 Jul 2013 01:11 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has been in a hospital for nearly a month.
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| Spectators shaken after Calif. fireworks injure 39 Posted: 06 Jul 2013 01:41 AM PDT  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — For many people gathered to watch July Fourth fireworks at a Southern California park, it took time to realize the wild chain of explosions weren't just part of the show.
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| Egypt: Security boosted after deadly clashes Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:19 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Security forces boosted positions near a protest camp by supporters of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi as authorities Saturday plotted their next moves after violence claimed at least 36 lives across the country and deepened the battle lines in the divided nation. |
