| UAE offers Egypt $3 billion support, Saudis $5 billion Posted: 09 Jul 2013 09:43 AM PDT  The country has struggled to pay for imports since the 2011 uprising.
|
| Confusion on Snowden acceptance of Venezuela offer Posted: 09 Jul 2013 10:37 AM PDT  A Russian lawmaker tweeted an update, then deleted the post.
|
| One of the heroes of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has died Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:37 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Masao Yoshida, the man who led the life-risking battle at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant when it was spiraling into meltdowns, died Tuesday of cancer of the esophagus. He was 58.
|
| Egypt's military warns of political "maneuvering." Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:46 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's army chief says the military will not accept political "maneuvering," in thinly veiled warning to the only Islamist party that sided with the army's removal of President Mohammed Morsi but has since had frictions with other factions over forming a new leadership.
|
| Expert says evidence jibes with Zimmerman's story Posted: 09 Jul 2013 10:32 AM PDT  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — An expert on gunshot wounds hired by the defense testified Tuesday that George Zimmerman's account of how he fatally shot Trayvon Martin is consistent with the forensic evidence.
|
| Women in Ohio kidnap case thank public for support Posted: 09 Jul 2013 06:18 AM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — Three women who police say were held captive in a Cleveland home for about a decade have issued a video in which they thanked the public for the encouragement and financial support that are allowing them to restart their lives.
|
| Investigators to interview Asiana Airlines pilots Posted: 09 Jul 2013 10:55 AM PDT  SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was 500 feet up and about a half-minute from San Francisco International Airport when its speed dropped below the threshold for a safe landing. It continued slowing until just about eight seconds before touchdown, when pilots recognized the need for more speed and throttled up.
|
| Focus on earlier blaze in Quebec train derailment Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:26 AM PDT  LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Investigators looking for the cause of a fiery oil train derailment are zeroing in on whether an earlier blaze on the same train may have set off a chain of events that led to the explosions that killed at least 13 people. Searchers, after days of delay, were examining the charred epicenter looking for what could be dozens of additional victims.
|
| Seeking death penalty in Boston case? A long road Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:44 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — If the Obama administration tries for the death penalty against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, it could face a long, difficult legal battle in a state that hasn't seen an execution in nearly 70 years.
|
| Lebanon: Bombing wounds 53 in Hezbollah stronghold Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:53 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb rocked a stronghold of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group south of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, wounding at least 53 people and setting several cars ablaze in the most serious knock-on effect from Syria's civil war on its smaller neighbor since the crisis began, officials said.
|
| Egypt crisis stirs wide debate on democracy's hold Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:37 AM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Egypt's political crisis tumbled toward its first night of major bloodshed last week, the country's army chief was pulled away for a phone call. It was one he couldn't easily ignore.
|
| Congress divided on using aid to pressure Egypt Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:15 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — While the Obama administration throws its support behind Egypt's military, some members of Congress are looking at withholding some or all of America's annual $1.5 billion aid package if a civilian government isn't quickly restored.
|
| Pilot interviews key to answers in SFO crash Posted: 09 Jul 2013 06:41 AM PDT SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was 500 feet up and about a half-minute from San Francisco International Airport when its speed dropped below the threshold for a safe landing speed. It continued slowing until just about eight seconds before touch down when pilots recognized the need for more speed and throttled up. |
| Role of aircraft automation eyed in air crash Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:52 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The crash landing of a South Korean airliner in San Francisco has revived concerns that airline pilots get so little opportunity these days to fly without the aid of sophisticated automation that their stick-and-rudder skills are eroding.
|
| Egypt: Senior economist named prime minister Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:36 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed interim president named a prominent economist, Hazem el-Beblawi, as prime minister on Tuesday and appointed pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a vice president, a presidential spokesman announced, ending days of deadlock over filling the top posts of a new government. |
