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Malaysia Denies Entry to Leading Opposition Journalist

Malaysia Denies Entry to Leading Opposition Journalist


Malaysia Denies Entry to Leading Opposition Journalist

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 12:22 AM PDT

Clare Rewcastle Brown, the sister-in-law of Gordon Brown, the former British prime minister, has written about deforestation and corruption in Malaysia.
    


Ambassador Becomes Focus of Egyptians’ Mistrust of U.S.

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 09:58 PM PDT

Anne W. Patterson, a press-shy career diplomat who has been American ambassador to Cairo since 2011, has suddenly found herself a target in a dangerous political upheaval.
    


For Egypt’s Islamists, Confusion and Fear Amid Celebration

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 09:58 PM PDT

As much of Cairo exploded in euphoria, parts of the city fell silent where President Mohamed Morsi's loyalists protested to stave off what they saw as a threat to democracy.
    


Douglas C. Engelbart, 1925-2013: Computer Visionary Who Invented the Mouse

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 09:01 PM PDT

Dr. Engelbart's 1968 demonstration of interactive computing astounded scientists and the technology was later refined for Apple and Microsoft.
    


South Korea Proposes Talks With North on Factory Complex

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 08:38 PM PDT

A South Korean-run industrial complex in North Korea has been idle since April, when tensions between the two nations reached a high point.
    


Lawmakers Question White House Account of an Internet Surveillance Program

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 08:18 PM PDT

Some lawmakers are expressing skepticism not only about the value of the domestic surveillance programs but also about the accuracy with which the administration has described them.
    

Army Ousts Egypt’s President; Morsi Is Taken Into Military Custody

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 07:50 PM PDT

Egypt's military ousted Mohamed Morsi, the nation's first freely elected president, suspending the Constitution, installing an interim government and insisting it was representing the will of the people.
    


Quito Journal: Ecuador, Possible Snowden Haven, Is High on Beauty but Low on Tech

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 07:23 PM PDT

If granted asylum — a big if — the N.S.A. leaker Edward J. Snowden would likely find life in tiny, beautiful, impoverished Ecuador a bit of an adjustment.
    

Officials Say They See Signs of a Slowdown in Deadly Arizona Wildfire

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 06:46 PM PDT

Fire officials said they hoped to begin allowing hundreds of residents evacuated from the towns of Yarnell and Peeples Valley to begin returning as soon as Saturday.
    


Development Project in Istanbul, Focus of Violent Protests, Is Stopped by Court

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 06:12 PM PDT

An Istanbul court on Wednesday halted a government-backed plan to rebuild Taksim Square, a development project that incited nearly three weeks of huge antigovernment protests in June.
    


Barring of Bolivian Plane Infuriates Latin America as Snowden Case Widens

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 05:59 PM PDT

Latin American leaders condemned the refusal to let Bolivia's president fly over European nations over what Bolivian officials said were suspicions that Edward J. Snowden was on board.
    


For Brazilian Official and Family, Controversy Over a Trip

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 05:58 PM PDT

In a nation riven by protests over corruption and overspending, a lawmaker used an Air Force jet to bring guests to the Spain-Brazil soccer match.
    

Rift Over Austerity Plans Is Seen in Ailing Portugal

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 05:40 PM PDT

Disagreements over how to mend an ailing economy weakened yet another European coalition government.
    

State Department Urges U.S. Citizens to Leave Egypt

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 05:22 PM PDT

The United States raised its travel warning because of the political upheavals in Egypt and the possibility of lethal violence.
    


Iran’s Next Leader Advocates a Less Intrusive State

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 05:04 PM PDT

Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rowhani, said the government should not meddle in people's lives, effectively rebuking President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the hard-liners who used to support him.
    


Murray Survives in Five Sets; Djokovic and del Potro Advance

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 04:57 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain and Jerzy Janowicz of Poland advanced to one men's semifinal, while Juan Martín del Potro and Novak Djokovic moved on to the other.
    


The Llama Is In

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 03:30 PM PDT

These unlikely but affectionate pets turn out to be good listeners. And, their devoted owners say, you can tell they really care.
    

China Says Foreign Makers of Baby Formula May Be Fixing Prices

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 02:33 PM PDT

The government said prices for milk powder made outside China were up 30 percent since 2008, when several babies died after drinking Chinese-made formula.
    

U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 01:44 PM PDT

A Postal Service program created after anthrax attacks gathers photos of the exterior of every piece of paper mail processed in the nation — about 160 billion pieces last year.
    


Emotional Win for Polish Tennis

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 01:07 PM PDT

Jerzy Janowicz beat his fellow Pole Lukasz Kubot in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon to become the first Polish man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.
    

Swiss Offer Plan to Solve Dispute Over Data on U.S. Tax Evaders

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 11:42 AM PDT

The plan is intended to open the way for hundreds of Swiss banks to end the threat of criminal prosecution by the United States Justice Department.
    

Gene Sleuths Find How Some Naturally Resist Cholera

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 11:04 AM PDT

People living in the Ganges Delta have adapted genetically to the ancient scourge through variations in some 300 genes, researchers say.
    

After Failed Attempt in April, Europe Approves Emissions Trading System

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 10:31 AM PDT

The European Parliament vote breathed new life into Europe's effort to cut greenhouse gases by trying to raise prices for permits to emit carbons.
    


Scientists Fabricate Rudimentary Human Livers

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 10:01 AM PDT

Researchers who began with human stem cells derived from skin report that tiny livers like those seen early in fetal life grew into functioning organ buds when transplanted into mice.
    


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