dimanche 30 juin 2013

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Helicopter lands in NYC's Hudson River; all safe

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 12:20 PM PDT

A helicopter rests on a pontoon at the 79th Street Boat Basin after emergency landing over the Hudson river, Sunday, June 30, 2013, in New York. New York authorities say a helicopter carrying four Swedish tourists has landed in the Hudson River off Manhattan, but everyone has been rescued. The incident happened shortly before noon Sunday in the section of the river near 79th Street. The pilot and four passengers were taken to shore. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — A charter helicopter carrying a family of four Swedes on a sightseeing tour of New York City lost power shortly after takeoff Sunday and made an emergency landing on the Hudson River, authorities said. The pilot and occupants were uninjured.

A look at Egypt's political standoff

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 12:04 PM PDT

Graffiti, including a caricature of President Mohammed Morsi, left and ousted President Hosni Munarak, is painted on the wall of a building across from the Ministry of Culture in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 30, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of opponents of Egypt's Islamist president poured out onto the streets in Cairo and across much of the nation Sunday, launching an all-out push to force Mohammed Morsi from office on the one-year anniversary of his inauguration. Fears of violence were high, with Morsi's Islamist supporters vowing to defend him. The red Arabic words below the face drawing reads, CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets Sunday, some in support of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and others to call for his ouster. Here is a look at Egypt's current political standoff, what it means and where it could lead:

Obama dares young Africans to seize their future

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 11:02 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Cape Town Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa. The visit comes as beloved former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela lies very ill in a Johannesburg hospital. In deeply personal remarks Obama called on young Africans to shore up progress on the continent that rests on a CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Barack Obama challenged young Africans to shore up progress on the continent that rests on a "fragile foundation," summoning them to fulfill South Africa's beloved former leader Nelson Mandela's vision of equality and opportunity.

Obama: S. Africa shows how people can change world

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 09:44 AM PDT

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SPELLING OF PRESIDENT'S FIRST NAME - U.S. President Barack Obama U.S. peers out from Section B, prison cell No. 5, on Robben Island, South Africa, Sunday, June 30, 2013. This was former South African president Nelson Mandela's cell, where spent 18 years of his 27-year prison term on the island locked up by the former apartheid government. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Barack Obama says if any country in the world shows how people can create change, it's South Africa.

Egyptians stream into streets to demand Mursi quit

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:58 AM PDT

Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans against him and brotherhood members during a protest at Tahrir square in CairoBy Shaimaa Fayed and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians poured onto the streets on Sunday, swelling crowds that opposition leaders hope will number into the millions by evening and persuade Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to resign. Waving national flags, a crowd of some 200,000 had gathered by late afternoon on Cairo's Tahrir Square, seat of the 2011 uprising against Mursi's predecessor Hosni Mubarak. "The people want the fall of the regime!" they chanted - this time not against an ageing dictator but against their first ever elected leader, who took office only a year ago to the day. ...

European officials slam US over bugging report

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:44 AM PDT

In this picture, taken Saturday June 29, 2013, a demonstrator protests with a poster against NSA in Hanover, Germany. Germany's top justice official says reports that U.S. intelligence bugged European Union offices remind her of BERLIN (AP) — Senior European officials expressed concern Sunday at reports that U.S. intelligence agents bugged EU offices on both sides of the Atlantic, with some leftist lawmakers calling for concrete sanctions against Washington.

German prosecutors probe NSA surveillance claims

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 07:42 AM PDT

In this picture, taken Saturday June 29, 2013, a demonstrator protests with a poster against NSA in Hanover, Germany. Germany's top justice official says reports that U.S. intelligence bugged European Union offices remind her of BERLIN (AP) — German federal prosecutors say they are looking into whether reported U.S. electronic surveillance programs broke German laws.

5 reasons to watch the Confederations Cup final

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 06:55 AM PDT

Spain's Jesus Navas celebrates after scoring his side winning penalty against Italy during the soccer Confederations Cup semifinal match between Spain and Italy at Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Thursday, June 27, 2013. Spain won 7-6 in a penalty shoot-out. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Five reasons to watch Brazil play Spain on Sunday in the final of the Confederations Cup, a warmup tournament for next year's World Cup:

SAfrica: Mandela remains critical as family feuds

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 06:08 AM PDT

Unidentified man takes a photograph of picture former South African President Nelson Mandela and well-wishers message outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Sunday, June 30, 2013. South Africans in Sunday services have been praying for former President Nelson Mandela who is spending his 23rd day in a Pretoria hospital in critical condition. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)Nelson Mandela's grandson says he will contest a court order for him to move the remains of three family members to their original gravesite.

Obama tours prison where Nelson Mandela toiled

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 05:54 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave as they depart Waterkloof Air Base for a flight to Cape Town on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Centurion, South Africa. The president is in South Africa, embarking on the second leg of his three-country African journey. The visit comes at a poignant time, with former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela ailing in a Johannesburg hospital. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Barack Obama is touring South Africa's Robben Island, where former South African President Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in a tiny cell as a political prisoner.

Obama visits Mandela's former jail before Africa speech

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 05:54 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in Cape TownPresident Barack Obama visits a bleak former prison island off the coast of South Africa on Sunday to pay tribute to ailing anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela and set the stage for a speech urging Africans to strive for prosperity and democracy.

Croatia celebrates its EU membership

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 05:38 AM PDT

Croatian and the EU flags are seen at an intersection in Zagreb, Croatia, Saturday, June 29, 2013. Croatia is to join the European Union on July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Fireworks are ready and foreign leaders are arriving as Croatia celebrated on Sunday its entry into the European Union some 20 years after winning independence in a bloody civil war that shook the continent.

Kittel in yellow as riders start 2nd stage of Tour

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 05:06 AM PDT

BASTIA, Corsica (AP) — German rider Marcel Kittel set out in the yellow jersey on Sunday's second stage of the 100th Tour de France.

Kerry says progress made in peace talks

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 04:20 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas inside Muqataa, the Palestinian Presidential compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Kerry, engaged in breakneck shuttle diplomacy to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into peace talks, drove to the West Bank on Sunday to have a third meeting in as many days with Abbas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that "real progress" has been made on Mideast talks but more work is needed.

Kerry: Progress made in peace talks

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 04:03 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas inside Muqataa, the Palestinian Presidential compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Kerry, engaged in breakneck shuttle diplomacy to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into peace talks, drove to the West Bank on Sunday to have a third meeting in as many days with Abbas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Kerry says "real progress" has been made on Mideast talks but more work is needed.

AP PHOTOS: Sweltering heat wave bakes western US

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 03:18 AM PDT

Eight-year-old Willie Fitts holds his nose as he dips his head in the spray of a fountain at the Red Ridge Park kids water park in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 29, 2013. Saturday's daytime high was expected to reach 117 degrees, which is the city's all-time high. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)Soaring temperatures are punishing most of the western U.S. for a third day. People flocked to pools, sought shade and misting fans, and cooled off with bottled water. Even zoo animals found relief under a refreshing spray of water.

Report: U.S. taps half-billion German phone, Internet links in month

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 03:02 AM PDT

Former large monitoring base of US intelligence organization NSA in Bad AiblingThe United States taps half a billion phone calls, emails and text messages in Germany in a typical month and has classed its biggest European ally as a target similar to China, according to secret U.S. documents quoted by a German newsmagazine.

Egypt: Protesters gather to demand Morsi's ouster

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 02:46 AM PDT

An Egyptian protester chants slogans against Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi during a rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Saturday, June 29, 2013. More than 22 million Egyptians have signed a petition calling for the country's Islamist president to step down, the youth group leading the signature campaign said Saturday on the eve of planned mass protests aimed at forcing Mohammed Morsi from office. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Egyptians demanding the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president are gathering at Cairo's central Tahrir Square at the start of a day of massive, nationwide protests many fear could turn deadly.

8 shot at Brooklyn party; 1 in critical condition

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 02:32 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say four women and four men have been shot at a party in Brooklyn, including one woman taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Kerry talks with Palestinian leader

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 02:16 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas inside Muqataa, the Palestinian Presidential compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Kerry, engaged in breakneck shuttle diplomacy to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into peace talks, drove to the West Bank on Sunday to have a third meeting in as many days with Abbas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the third time in three days, trying to press the restart button on talks between Israel and the Palestinians to end their long-running conflict.

Heat wave intensifies across western US

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 02:02 AM PDT

Mike Bouse of Henderson, Nev., shades himself with an umbrella as he floats in the waters along Boulder Beach at Lake Mead, Saturday, June 29, 2013 near Boulder City, Nev. Bouse and his wife planned to spend most of the day in and out of the water to escape the heat in the Las Vegas area where Saturday's daytime high was expected to reach 117 degrees, the city's all-time high. It was 108 at noon Saturday in Sin City. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Forecasters called for more supercharged temperatures Sunday as a heat wave gripped the Southwest, leaving one man dead and another hospitalized in serious condition in heat-aggravated incidents in this sunbaked city.

First family touring Mandela's island prison

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 02:02 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, stands for a moment of silence for Nelson Mandela during an official dinner with South African President Jacob Zuma at the Presidential Guest House on Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Pretoria, South Africa. The visit comes at a poignant time, with former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela ailing in a Johannesburg hospital. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Barack Obama is paying tribute on Sunday to the man who inspired his political activism by taking his family on a tour of the island prison where anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela spent 18 years confined to a tiny cell.

Move over Messi, here come the robots

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:28 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, June 27, 2013, a robot from the University of Bonn dribbles around a Japanese competitor at the RoboCup championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Around 300 teams from 40 countries are competing this week at the RoboCup. The competition has the long-term goal of building a team of androids good enough to beat the human world cup team by 2050. (AP Photo/Toby Sterling)EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — With the score tied 1-1, it's gone to a penalty shootout in a tense soccer match between teams from Israel and Australia.

Southwest bakes in 115 to 120-degree heat

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:58 PM PDT

Mike Bouse of Henderson, Nev., shades himself with an umbrella as he floats in the waters along Boulder Beach at Lake Mead, Saturday, June 29, 2013 near Boulder City, Nev. Bouse and his wife planned to spend most of the day in and out of the water to escape the heat in the Las Vegas area where Saturday's daytime high was expected to reach 117 degrees, the city's all-time high. It was 108 at noon Saturday in Sin City. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man died and another was hospitalized in serious condition Saturday afternoon in heat-aggravated incidents as a heat wave blistered this sunbaked city and elsewhere in the Southwest.

Kerry pushing Israel, Palestinians to resume talks

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:28 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, with Frank Lowenstein, senior advisor to the secretary on Middle East issues, return their hotel just after 4 a.m. on Sunday, June 30, 2013 after finishing a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu that took over six hours. After the marathon meeting, Kerry decided to get some air by walking to a park near the hotel where he is staying and the meeting was held. Kerry is shuttling between Palestinian and Israeli leaders in hopes of restarting peace talks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, engaged in breakneck shuttle diplomacy to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into peace talks, is flying to the West Bank on Sunday to have a third meeting in as many days with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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5 key moments from first week of Zimmerman trial

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:32 PM PDT

FILE - This June 24, 2013 file photo, Assistant State Attorney John Guy gestures during his opening statement in George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The first week of George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial closed Friday. At the start of the week, prosecutors and defense attorneys outlined their cases for the jury of six women. Then prosecutors began putting on their case.

Millions worldwide share difficult Mandela vigil

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, June 28, 2013, file photo, a group of well wishers sing and pray for the health of former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. As Mandela's hospitalization continues, the anticipation has left many caught in an awkward limbo, dealing on a global scale with a sensitive scenario more typically confronted privately by families. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)As Nelson Mandela slowly fades into history, yet another remarkable moment is helping to seal his legacy: Millions of people around the world, united by respect and gratitude, are preparing for this beloved man to die.

In South Africa, Obama pays tribute to ill Mandela

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 10:46 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks and takes questions at a town hall meeting with young African leaders at the University of Johannesburg Soweto campus in South Africa, Saturday June 29, 2013.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Paying tribute to his personal hero, President Barack Obama met privately Saturday with Nelson Mandela's family as the world anxiously awaited news on the condition of the ailing 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader.

First week of testimony in Martin case wraps up

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:48 AM PDT

George Zimmerman, left, smiles while standing next to defense counsel Lorna Truettwhile, waiting for the jury to leave the courtroom during the 15th day of his trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Friday, June 28, 2013. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The first week of George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial wrapped up with testimony from two neighbors and a police officer that seemed to bolster the defense's argument that he was pinned on his back by Trayvon Martin before shooting the teen.

Jackson son's testimony dominates trial's 9th week

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2011 file photo, Prince Michael Jackson appears on stage at the Michael Forever the Tribute Concert, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Michael Jackson's eldest son on June 26, 2013, recounted publicly for the first time what he saw in his father's bedroom on the day of the pop superstar's death. Prince Jackson was the first Jackson family member to testify in a Los Angeles courtroom in the negligent hiring case against concert promoter AEG Live LLC. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File) *Editorial Use Only*LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:

Egypt group: 22 million signatures against Morsi

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 06:14 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi wave his posters and national flags as they fill a public square outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo, not far from the presidential palace, during a rally in Cairo, Saturday, June 29, 2013. Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's embattled Islamist president are holding rival sit-ins on the eve of what are expected to be massive opposition-led protests aimed at forcing Mohammed Morsi's ouster. The demonstrations early Saturday follow days of deadly clashes in a string of cities across the country that left at least seven people dead, including an American, and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — The youth group leading the campaign against Egypt's president says it has collected the signatures of 22 million Egyptians who want to remove the Islamist leader.

Obama meets privately with Mandela family

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 05:58 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are meeting privately with the family of Nelson Mandela.

Obama tells leaders to follow Mandela's example

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 04:43 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama and South African President Jacob Zuma, not pictured, address a press conference following their meeting at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday June 29, 2013.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday encouraged leaders in Africa and around the world to follow former South African President Nelson Mandela's example of country before self, as the U.S. president prepared to pay personal respects to relatives who have been gathered around the critically ill anti-apartheid icon.

Egypt on edge ahead of more protests

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 04:12 AM PDT

An Egyptian protester waves a national flag over Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising as opponents of President Mohammed Morsi are gathered in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 28, 2013. Tens of thousands of backers and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president held competing rallies in the capital Friday and new clashes erupted between the two sides in the country's second largest city, Alexandria, in a prelude to massive nationwide protests planned by the opposition this weekend demanding Mohammed Morsi's removal. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's embattled Islamist president are holding rival sit-ins on the eve of what are expected to be massive opposition-led protests aimed at forcing Mohammed Morsi's ouster.

Obama: Mandela a beacon for the power of principle

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 03:42 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama flanked by First Lady Michelle Obama, left, waves with South African President Jacob Zuma, second right, and his wife Tobeka Madiba Zuma, right, on the steps of Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — President Barack Obama says former South African President Nelson Mandela continues to shine as a beacon of the power of principle and standing up for what's right.

Obama: Make climate change a must for your vote

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 03:26 AM PDT

A jet looks like it is melting into the runway as it is distorted by the heat waves rising up from the north runway at Sky Harbor International Airport, Friday, June 28, 2013, the hottest day of the year so far. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Americans to make climate change a political litmus test, asking them to declare they won't vote for any politicians who don't protect future generations from environmental devastation.

Gay marriages resume in Calif. with a flurry

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 03:12 AM PDT

Sandy Stier, left, exchanges wedding vows with Kris Perry during a ceremony presided by California Attorney General Kamala Harris at City Hall in San Francisco, Friday, June 28, 2013. Stier and Perry, the lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban, tied the knot about an hour after a federal appeals court freed same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses for the first time in 4 1/2 years. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Same-sex marriages that were outlawed in California 4 1/2 years ago resumed in a rush after a federal appeals court took the "unusual, but not unprecedented," step of freeing couples to obtain marriage licenses, before the U.S. Supreme Court had issued its final judgment in a challenge of the state's voter-approved gay marriage ban.

Obamas to meet Mandela family, not visit hospital

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 02:10 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at Waterkloof Air Base in South AfricaPresident Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will meet on Saturday with relatives of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, but they will not visit the hospital where the former South African president is critically ill.

Obama to meet with Mandela family

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 01:13 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, middle, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, react as Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, left, gestures during their arrival at Waterkloof Airbase in Pretoria, Friday, June 28, 2013. President Obama is receiving the embrace you might expect for a long-lost son on his return to his father's home continent, even as he has yet to leave a lasting policy legacy for Africa on the scale of his two predecessors. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will meet privately Saturday with members of ailing Nelson Mandela's family.

Obama paying tribute to Mandela in S Africa

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:56 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, middle, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, react as Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, left, gestures during their arrival at Waterkloof Airbase in Pretoria, Friday, June 28, 2013. President Obama is receiving the embrace you might expect for a long-lost son on his return to his father's home continent, even as he has yet to leave a lasting policy legacy for Africa on the scale of his two predecessors. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Barack Obama is meeting with South Africa's leader at the start of a weekend visit that will pay tribute to the legacy of critically ill former President Nelson Mandela.

Susan Rice: Snowden leaks haven't weakened Obama

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:38 PM PDT

In this June 25, 2013 photo provided by the United Nations, outgoing U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice speaks to reporters at her final news conference at the U.N. headquarters. Rice, who will start her new job as U.S. national security adviser on July 1, said the U.N. Security Council's failure to take action to stop the conflict in Syria is UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice dismissed claims that Edward Snowden's highly classified leaks have weakened the Obama presidency and damaged U.S. foreign policy, insisting that the United States will remain "the most influential, powerful and important country in the world."

Egypt violence builds, American among dead

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:08 PM PDT

Protesters gather as they chant anti-President Mohamed Mursi slogans during a protest in Tahrir square in CairoTwo people, one an American student, were killed when protesters stormed an office of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria.

Will Obama meet Mandela?

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:22 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) arrives at Waterkloof Air Base in South AfricaThe president says he will "gauge the situation" while in South Africa.

Search continues for missing Mount Hood climber

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 07:49 PM PDT

In this photo supplied by the Clackamas County Sheriff's office, an Oregon National Guard Blackhawk helicopter lands at Timberline Lodge near Government Camp, Ore., as the search for a lost climber continues on Mount Hood Thursday, June 27, 2013. Weather cleared up enough to launch an air search for dentist and avid climber Kinley Adams, who has been missing since Saturday. (AP Photo/Clackamas County Sheriff)Crew members aboard an Oregon National Guard helicopter spotted rope and a spike while searching for a climber who has been missing on Mount Hood since last weekend.

Plaintiffs in gay marriage case wed in SF, LA

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 07:19 PM PDT

Sandy Stier, left, exchanges wedding vows with Kris Perry during a ceremony presided by California Attorney General Kamala Harris at City Hall in San Francisco, Friday, June 28, 2013. Stier and Perry, the lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban, tied the knot about an hour after a federal appeals court freed same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses for the first time in 4 1/2 years. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The four plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban tied the knot Friday, just hours after a federal appeals court freed gay couples to obtain marriage licenses in the state for the first time in 4 1/2 years.

Plaintiffs in Calif. marriage case marry in SF

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 05:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2013 file photo, Sandy Stier, center, and her partner Kris Perry, right, plaintiffs in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the California Proposition 8 case, reacts outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court's 5-4 decision that cleared the way for the resumption of same-sex marriage in their home state of California. Stier and Perry were to marry Friday, June 28, 2013, after a federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the state of California to immediately resume issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after a 4 1/2-year freeze. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban tied the knot at San Francisco City Hall on Friday, about an hour after an appeals court cleared the way for same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses for the first time in 4 1/2 years.

Court lifts ban on Calif. gay marriages

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:49 PM PDT

Two men hold hands while walking on Castro Street in San Francisco, Thursday, June 27, 2013. The Supreme Court issued rulings Wednesday that struck down a provision of a federal law that denies federal benefits to married gay couples and also cleared the way for state laws that recognize marriage equality. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)An appeals court clears the way for same-sex marriages to start immediately.       

Conn. man arraigned in ex-Patriot's murder case

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:18 PM PDT

Carlos Ortiz is shown during a hearing in court in Bristol, Conn., Friday, June 28, 2013. New Britain State's attorney says investigators arrested the 27-year-old Ortiz in Bristol on Wednesday in connection with the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. A judge ordered Ortiz turned over to Massachusetts authorities during the hearing. (AP Photo/The Bristol Press, Mike Orazzi, Pool)ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — An arrested man from former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's hometown was transferred to Massachusetts on Friday to face a gun charge connected to the murder case against Hernandez while a third suspect surrendered to authorities in Florida.

Court lifts Calif. gay marriage ban

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:18 PM PDT

Revelers gather at Castro St. in San Francisco, after the United States Supreme Court delivered rulings on Proposition 8 and the federal DOMASame-sex unions can resume immediately in the state.

Status of the states on same-sex marriage

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 03:16 PM PDT

FILE - Christian Olivera, of Newark, N.J., shouts toward the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. on Thursday, June 27, 2013 as he and other advocates for gay marriage in New Jersey gather, saying they'll press their case in the legislature and the courts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that invalidates parts of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Gov. Chris Christie said he would again veto a same-sex marriage bill if it reaches his desk, and that Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on federal benefits for same-sex married couples will have no effect on New Jersey, one of a handful of states that allows civil unions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)The Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions this week with major consequences for efforts to legalize or bar same-sex marriage. One ruling opened the way for California to become the 13th state to allow gay marriage; the other struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and directed the government to recognize legally married same-sex couples.
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