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Egypt cabinet debates Brotherhood's fate, death toll climbs

Egypt cabinet debates Brotherhood's fate, death toll climbs


Egypt cabinet debates Brotherhood's fate, death toll climbs

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:01 AM PDT

COU01. Cairo (Egypt), 18/08/2013.- Egyptian soldiers are stationed in front of the constitutional court ahead of a protest called for by the Muslim brotherhood in Cairo, Egypt, 18 August 2013. The Muslim brotherhood had on 17 August called for new protests against the ousting of president Morsi. On 18 August afternoon local media reports reported their cancelation for the one planned in Roxy located in the Heliopolis area of Cairo, but it was not clear yet whether all the other marches have been canceled EFE/EPA/AL YOUM ELSABAA NEWSPAPEREgypt's army-backed rulers met on Sunday to discuss their bloody confrontation with deposed President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood amid contrasting proposals for compromise and a fight to the death.


Time writer under fire for tweet suggesting Assange be killed

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 08:17 AM PDT

LES RÉFORMES ANNONCÉES PAR OBAMA SONT UNE VICTOIRE POUR EDWARD SNOWDEN, SELON JULIAN ASSANGE"I can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out Julian Assange," Grunwald wrote on Twitter.


President golfs with Larry David on Martha's Vineyard

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 07:02 PM PDT

President Obama Golfs With Larry David on Martha's VineyardPresident Barack Obama hit the golf course on Saturday with comedian Larry David, whose new film is set on Martha's Vineyard where the president is winding up his weeklong vacation.


1st settlement in PSU-Sandusky case; more expected

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 08:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2013, file photo, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a post-sentencing hearing in Bellefonte, Pa. A lawyer says his client is the first to settle a civil claim against Penn State related to the Sandusky child sexual abuse case. Attorney Tom Kline confirmed in an email that the client known as Victim 5 when he testified at Sandusky's criminal trial has agreed to terms with the university. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A young man who testified he was sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will get a reported multimillion-dollar payout in the first of what is expected to be dozens of settlements between the university and Sandusky's accusers.


Prosecutors getting to motive in Fort Hood trial

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:13 AM PDT

FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2013, file courtroom sketch, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sits in court for his court-martial in Fort Hood, Texas. The prosecutors pursuing the death penalty against the Army psychiatrist accused in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage will soon begin trying to answer a difficult but key question_ determining why Hasan attacked his fellow soldiers in the worst mass shooting ever on a U.S. military base. (AP Photo/Brigitte Woosley, File)FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The prosecutors pursuing the death penalty against the Army psychiatrist accused in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage will soon begin trying to answer a difficult but key question: Why did Maj. Nidal Hasan attack his fellow soldiers in the worst mass shooting ever on a U.S. military base?


North Korea agrees on talks on family reunions

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 05:53 AM PDT

Red Cross officials work at an office for reunion of families at the headquarters of the Korea Red Cross in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. North Korea on Sunday accepted South Korea's offer for talks on holding a reunion of families separated by war, but proposed separate talks on resuming jointly run tours in North Korea, implying it wants a restart of the lucrative tours in return for it allowing the reunions. The letters read "South and North, Receive application for reunion of families." (AP Photo/Han Jong-chan, Yonhap) KOREA OUTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday accepted a South Korean offer for talks on reuniting families separated by war, but proposed separate talks on resuming lucrative tours to a scenic North Korean mountain in an apparent effort to link the two discussions.


Creditors face deadline in Detroit bankruptcy case

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 08:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 22, 2013, file photo, Tony Brown, left, a Department of Transportation retiree, listens to union leaders talk about what Detroit's bankruptcy filing means to thousands of retirees during a meeting in Detroit. Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, is the deadline for a host of banks, bond insurers, two employee pension systems and others standing to lose big if a federal judge declares Detroit insolvent to legally file their objections to the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)DETROIT (AP) — Banks, bond insurers, employee pension systems and others standing to lose big if a federal judge declares Detroit insolvent are expected to legally file their objections to the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.


'The Butler' serves box-office success at No. 1

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:24 AM PDT

This film image released by The Weinstein Company shows Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines, left, and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Lee Daniels' The Butler" is serving up success at the box office.


Jamaica sweeps 6 sprint events with relay golds

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:50 AM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning his third gold medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)MOSCOW (AP) — Usain Bolt is perfect again.


Death toll hits 39 in Philippines ferry accident

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 06:59 AM PDT

A crowd watches as divers continue their search and rescue operation off Talisay coast, Cebu province Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 following Friday night's collision of the passenger ferry MV Thomas Aquinas and the cargo ship MV Sulpicio Express Siete in central Philippines. Divers plucked two more bodies from the sunken passenger ferry on Sunday and scrambled to plug an oil leak in the wreckage after a collision with a cargo ship. The accident near the central Philippine port of Cebu that has left 34 dead and more than 80 others missing. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)CEBU, Philippines (AP) — As the MV Thomas Aquinas cruised toward Cebu city in the central Philippines, navy marshal Richard Pestillos prepared for a brief stop while some passengers watched a band and others soaked in the night breeze on the deck.


Pistorius trial: What happens next

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:31 AM PDT

File: Athlete Oscar Pistorius weeps in court in this Friday, Feb 15, 2013, file photo at his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. It is reported Sunday Aug. 18, 2013, that the trial of Pistorius will be in early 2014 but the exact date will likely be set in court on upcoming Monday, according to prosecutors. (AP Photo/Antione de Ras - Independent Newspapers Ltd South Africa) SOUTH AFRICA OUTJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius is due to re-appear in a South African court on Monday to face charges of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Here's what is expected to happen next:


UN inspectors arrive in Damascus on chemical probe

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:17 AM PDT

In this image made from video, U.N. weapon inspectors collect their luggage from their U.N. vehicle as they arrive at a hotel in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. A team of U.N. weapons inspectors arrived in Damascus on Sunday for a long-delayed mission to investigate the alleged use of chemical arms in Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/AP Video)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A team of U.N. weapons inspectors arrived in Damascus on Sunday for a long-delayed mission to investigate the alleged use of chemical arms in Syria's civil war.


Fallen Chinese political star to go on trial

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 03:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 14, 2012 file photo, Bo Xilai, then Chongqing party secretary, attends the closing session of the annual National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China. Bo Xilai, a rising Communist Party star who fell from power last year, will go on trial Thursday on corruption charges, a court announced on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, putting China's new leaders on course to wrap up a festering scandal as they try to cement their authority.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)BEIJING (AP) — Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai goes on trial Thursday on corruption charges in a case crafted to minimize damage to the Communist Party and avoid exposure of party infighting or human rights abuses.


A look at federal role in civil rights cases

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 07:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 13, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman, center, talks to his attorneys Don West, left, and Mark O'Mara during jury deliberations in his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Almost as soon as Zimmerman was pronounced "not guilty, the cry of protestors went up, that the U.S. government must get "justice for Trayvon," the unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, killed by Zimmerman. Attorney General Eric Holder, the first black man to lead the nation's law enforcement, says the Justice Department is investigating. But an investigation does not mean a case will move forward; these investigations can take months, even years, and are hard to prosecute. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost as soon as George Zimmerman was pronounced "not guilty" in a Florida courtroom, the cry went up.


Mutko: Anti-gay law won't infringe on Olympics

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 06:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2013, file photo, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Moscow ahead of the IAAF athletics World Championships. Mutko said Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, that Russia's law banning gay "propaganda" for minors won't infringe on the private lives of athletes and spectators at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi_but the comments on the final day of the athletics world championships leave it open as to whether Olympic athletes and fans could be subject to prosecution if they make statements that could be considered propaganda. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's law banning gay "propaganda" for minors won't infringe on the private lives of athletes and spectators at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, the country's sports minister said Sunday.


Despite odds, Calif. city becomes 2 newspaper town

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:14 AM PDT

This Aug. 15, 2013, photo shows new, empty news stands ready to hold copies of the Long Beach Register on Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach, Calif. Published by the Orange County Register, the Long Beach Register makes its five-day-a-week debut Monday, Aug. 19. It's the first expansion of the Register outside of Orange County under new owners Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz, who bought the newspaper's parent company, Freedom Communications Inc., last year. The Long Beach Register will have a newsroom staff of 20 and compete with the established newspaper in town, the Long Beach Press-Telegram. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The latest experiment in American journalism is a throwback: a new daily newspaper to compete against an established one in a big city.


Ray Kelly: Ruling could mean more violent crime in NYC

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:03 AM PDT

Ray Kelly: 'Stop-and-Frisk' Ruling Risks Reversing Downward Trend of Violent Crime in NYCDuring an interview for "This Week," New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned that the ruling by a federal judge declaring the way his department carries out its "stop-and-frisk" policy unconstitutional risked reversing the downward trend of violent crime in New York City. "What...


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