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U.S. intelligence counsel - probably declassify more FISA court opinions
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The counsel for the Office of Director of National Intelligence, which oversees U.S. intelligence agencies, said on Tuesday that more opinions of a secret court that issues warrants for surveillance cases would likely be declassified. Lawmakers at a House of Representatives Intelligence Committee hearing on top-secret National Security Agency spying programs that have been made public pressed for the declassification of more Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions. ... More »U.S. intelligence counsel - probably declassify more FISA court opinions
FBI official says NSA programs helped foil NYSE bombing plot
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's surveillance of telephone and Internet communications foiled plots including one to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, Sean Joyce, the deputy FBI director, said on Tuesday. While monitoring a known extremist in Yemen, intelligence agents "were able to detect a nascent plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange," he said in testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence committee during a hearing on National Security Agency data gathering programs. U.S. ... More »FBI official says NSA programs helped foil NYSE bombing plot
North Korea nuclear test still shrouded in mystery
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - The outside world may never find out what type of fissile material North Korea used in its nuclear test four months ago, leaving a key question about the explosion unanswered, officials and experts said on Tuesday. The isolated northeast Asian state is believed to have tested plutonium bombs in two previous such blasts, in 2006 and 2009. Any switch to uranium would increase international alarm as it could enable Pyongyang to greatly expand its arsenal. ... More »North Korea nuclear test still shrouded in mystery
The adventures of a Libyan weapons dealer in Syria
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
By Jessica Donati, Ghaith Shennib and Firas Bosalum BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Abdul Basit Haroun says he is behind some of the biggest shipments of weapons from Libya to Syria, which he delivers on chartered flights to neighbouring countries and then smuggles over the border. After fleeing Libya in his 20s, Haroun established himself as a property developer in Manchester. After about two decades in the British city, he returned to Libya in 2011 to fight in the revolution, where he became a prominent rebel commander. ... More »The adventures of a Libyan weapons dealer in Syria
Suicide bomber kills 30 at funeral in Pakistan
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 30 people, including a provincial legislator, gathered for the funeral of a businessman in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said. Legislator Imran Mohmand, formerly associated with an anti-Taliban party, was elected as an independent in May but joined the party of former cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan. The bombing occurred in Mardan, in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which is controlled by Khan's party. ... More »Suicide bomber kills 30 at funeral in Pakistan
At G8, Obama says important to build strong opposition in Syria
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday it was important to build a strong opposition in Syria that could function after Bashar al-Assad loses power. Obama made his comments at the end of the G8 conference, where world leaders called for peace talks to be held as soon as possible to resolve the Syrian civil war but failed to mention the fate of Assad in their final summit communiqué. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; editing by Kate Holton) More »At G8, Obama says important to build strong opposition in Syria
Suicide bomber kills 27 at Pakistan funeral: police
AFP - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
A suicide bombing at a funeral in Pakistan on Tuesday killed at least 27 people including a provincial lawmaker, police said, the deadliest attack to hit the country in more than three months. More »Suicide bomber kills 27 at Pakistan funeral: police
Lebanese minister accuses Syria of "ethnic cleansing"
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
By Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have begun ethnically cleansing Sunni Muslims and deliberately pushing refugees across the border into Lebanon, the Lebanese caretaker minister for social affairs said on Tuesday. Assad is battling a Sunni-led revolt in Syria, which he and his father before him have ruled for four decades. He belongs to the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. ... More »Lebanese minister accuses Syria of "ethnic cleansing"
Seven soldiers killed in Mozambique weapons store assault
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Seven soldiers were shot dead when gunmen raided a weapons depot in Mozambique, local newspapers and a security source said on Tuesday, the latest ambush and attack on security forces to rekindle memories of the 1975-1992 civil war. The assault, which took place on Monday, forced hundreds to flee the central town of Savane and interrupted rail traffic on the nearby Sena line, the southern African nation's sole coal export route, said a spokesman for Brazilian mining firm Vale. ... More »Seven soldiers killed in Mozambique weapons store assault
Syria-related clashes in Lebanon's Sidon, one dead
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Militants supporting opposing sides of Syria's civil war clashed in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Tuesday, killing one, a security source said, rocking a city where divisions have been simmering for months. Syria's war started with pro-democracy rallies but was suppressed by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Now majority Sunni Muslim rebels wage war against his armed forces, which are led by Alawites, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. ... More »Syria-related clashes in Lebanon's Sidon, one dead
Russia's Putin says did not feel isolated at G8
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking after two days of tense G8 talks on Syria, said on Tuesday he did not feel isolated at the summit despite clashing with leaders on how to resolve Syria's civil war. The Kremlin leader also renewed his criticism of U.S. plans to send weapons to Syrian rebels, adding that some G8 leaders had also expressed doubt that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons. (Reporting By Alexei Anischuk Writing by Maria Golovnina; editing by Guy Faulconbridge) More »Russia's Putin says did not feel isolated at G8
EU mismanaging 1 billion euro aid programme to Egypt - report
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
By Ethan Bilby BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is failing to ensure that hundreds of millions of euros in aid to Egypt is used effectively and to make the Islamist government tackle corruption and human rights abuses, a European Court of Auditors report said on Tuesday. The Luxembourg-based agency said the 1 billion euro (832.1 million pounds) package for Egypt from 2007 to 2013 was funnelled primarily into the state budget, despite graft and a lack of transparency in public spending. ... More »EU mismanaging 1 billion euro aid programme to Egypt - report
Chance for progress on Iran nuclear issue must be seized - Russia
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran has taken constructive steps toward compromise in the decade-old standoff over its nuclear programme and world powers should reciprocate, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published on Tuesday. Iranians elected a new moderate president, Hassan Rohani, on Friday and he held out the prospect on Monday of a thaw in relations between Iran and the world, including the United States, and progress on resolving the nuclear dispute. ... More »Chance for progress on Iran nuclear issue must be seized - Russia
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Merkel wants more German spoken in EU
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's conservatives want to increase the use of German in Europe if they are re-elected in September, calling in their campaign programme for the language to be treated on a par with English and French in top Brussels institutions. "German is the most frequently spoken native language and one of three working languages of the European Union," a draft programme from Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), reads. "We will push for a further strengthening of the German language in ... More »Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Merkel wants more German spoken in EU
Brazil government braces for more social unrest
AFP - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
Thousands of Brazilians threatened fresh protests Tuesday over the huge costs of preparations for the World Cup, after the biggest demos 20 years shook Dilma Rousseff's government. More »Brazil government braces for more social unrest
G8 leaders sidestep fate of Syria's Assad in final communique
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - G8 leaders failed to mention the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a final communique on Tuesday that called for an end to the bloodshed and peace talks as soon as possible. "We remain committed to achieving a political solution to the crisis based on a vision for a united inclusive and democratic Syria," according to a copy of the final communique seen by Reuters. "We strongly endorse the decision to hold as soon as possible the Geneva conference on Syria," said the communique, which made no mention of Assad. ... More »G8 leaders sidestep fate of Syria's Assad in final communique
Turkey's New Protest Tactic: Standing Still
Sky News - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance - standing still and silent. More »Turkey's New Protest Tactic: Standing Still
G8: Russia Won't Back Anti-Assad Syria Call
Sky News - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
A joint statement on the conflict in Syria is set to be agreed by leaders at the G8 summit - but will not call for the removal of Bashar al Assad's regime. More »G8: Russia Won't Back Anti-Assad Syria Call
Iceland received informal approach over Snowden seeking asylum
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland has received an informal approach from an intermediary who says Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, wants to seek asylum there. Snowden, the former employee of contractor Booz Allen Hamilton who worked in an NSA facility in Hawaii, made world headlines after providing details of the program to the Guardian and Washington Post and then fleeing to Hong Kong. ... More »Iceland received informal approach over Snowden seeking asylum
Czechs seek new PM as graft scandal topples 'Mr Clean'
AFP - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
Czech political leaders scrambled Tuesday to find a new prime minister and avoid snap elections, after Petr Necas stepped down over a massive bribery and spying scandal involving his top aide and alleged lover. More »Czechs seek new PM as graft scandal topples 'Mr Clean'
US lawsuit filed against News Corp on phone hacking
AFP - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
News Corp's legal woes in the British phone hacking scandal have spread across the Atlantic, with a lawsuit filed in a US court alleging invasion of privacy of Angelina Jolie's stunt double. More »US lawsuit filed against News Corp on phone hacking
64 dead as early monsoon lashes northern India
AFP - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
Torrential rains have washed away hundreds of homes and roads, leaving at least 64 people dead and thousands stranded, after the annual monsoon hit northern India earlier than expected, officials said Tuesday. More »64 dead as early monsoon lashes northern India
Hungary charges top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98
AFP - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal alleged role in deporting some 12,000 Jews to death camps in World War II. More »Hungary charges top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98
"The Taliban is ready to talk peace" says senior Afghan official
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have held secret discussions with the Afghan government and are willing to consider peace talks, a senior Afghan official said on Tuesday, in what may be a significant step towards an end to the long-running war. "The peace talks will certainly take place between the Taliban and the High Peace Council," said the senior official, referring to the body created by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in 2010 to broker peace with the insurgency. ... More »"The Taliban is ready to talk peace" says senior Afghan official
Bulgaria proposes electoral changes to soothe public anger
Reuters - Tue, Jun 18, 2013
By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Socialists, in power for only three weeks at the head of a fragile government, promised on Tuesday to reform the electoral law in a bid to defuse the street protests that have resumed with new momentum despite last month's election. Thousands of Bulgarians have been demonstrating in Sofia and other cities since Friday demanding the resignation of the new government after it squandered its credibility by hurriedly naming a powerful media figure as head of national security. More protests were scheduled for Tuesday. ... More »Bulgaria proposes electoral changes to soothe public anger

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