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Egypt factions work on compromise on premier post

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 01:04 PM PDT

Opponents of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7, 2013. Egypt's new leadership wrangled over the naming of a prime minister, as both the Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents called for new mass rallies Sunday, renewing fears of another round of street violence over the military's ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Photograph in the back shows Egyptian Army Chief Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say a liberal economist has emerged as a strong candidate for prime minister after hours of negotiations between secular and liberal factions and ultraconservative Islamist.


Doctor: At least 2 paralyzed in SF plane crash

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 12:34 PM PDT

Doctor: At least 2 paralyzed in SF plane crashPolice officers threw utility knives up to crew members inside the burning wreckage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 so they could cut away passengers' seat belts. Passengers jumped down emergency slides, ...


AP IMPACT: MIA work 'acutely dysfunctional'

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 11:48 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, July 1, 2013, in Chapel Hill, N.C., Shelia Reese, right, holds hands with her mother Chris Tench while holding a portrait of Tench and her father Kenneth F. Reese, a soldier who is still Missing In Action from the Korean War. Tench, who was later remarried, has never known what happened to her husband. The Pentagon's effort to account for tens of thousands of Americans missing in action from foreign wars is so inept, mismanaged and wasteful that it risks descending from WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's effort to account for tens of thousands of Americans missing in action from foreign wars is so inept, mismanaged and wasteful that it risks descending from "dysfunction to total failure," according to an internal study suppressed by military officials.


Fire Chief: 6 still critical from SF plane crash

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 11:18 AM PDT

Parents of Wang Linjia, center, are comforted by parents of some other students who were on the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crashed at San Francisco International Airport, at Jiangshan Middle School in Jiangshan city, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, Sunday July 7, 2013. Chinese state media have identified the two people who died in the plane crash at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, students at Jiangshan Middle School in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police officers threw utility knives up to crew members inside the burning wreckage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 so they could cut away passengers' seat belts. Passengers jumped down emergency slides, escaping the smoke. One walked through a hole where a rear bathroom had been.


AP PHOTOS: Investigators seek cause of SF crash

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 11:02 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the National Transportation Security Board (NTSB), NTSB investigators conduct a first site assessment overnight of the Asiana Airlines flight 214 that crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed while landing after a likely 10-hour-plus flight from Seoul, South Korea. The flight originated in Shanghai and stopped in Seoul before the long trek to San Francisco. (AP Photo/NTSB)As the shock fades from the crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214, investigators are probing what led the Boeing 777 to crash land at San Francisco International Airport. Chinese state media revealed that two 16-year-old Chinese citizens, Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, were killed. The other 305 people on board survived.


Plane crash survivor could feel tail hit ground

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:47 AM PDT

Parents of Wang Linjia, center, are comforted by parents of some other students who were on the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crashed at San Francisco International Airport, at Jiangshan Middle School in Jiangshan city, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, Sunday July 7, 2013. Chinese state media have identified the two people who died in the plane crash at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, students at Jiangshan Middle School in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The survivor of a plane crash at San Francisco International Airport says she could feel the plane's tail hit the ground and walked onto the tarmac with her injured son through a hole that opened up in the aircraft.


Murray wins Wimbledon, beats Djokovic in 3 sets

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:18 AM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain reacts after winning against Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the Men's singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON (AP) — From the lawns of Wimbledon to the lochs of Scotland, all of Britain can celebrate.


Murrays wins Wimbledon, beats Djokovic in 3 sets

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 09:47 AM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain returns to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray became the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in Sunday's final.


Jordan charges Muslim cleric deported from UK

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada, sits in the back seat of a police vehicle, as he leaves to Jordanian military court, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, July 7, 2013. A Jordanian military prosecutor says he has charged a radical Muslim preacher with conspiring to carry out al-Qaida-linked attacks on Americans, Israelis and other Westerners in this key U.S. ally. Abu Qatada, 53, arrived in Jordan earlier Sunday after being deported from Britain. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A radical Muslim preacher described as a key al-Qaida operative in Europe rejected terrorism charges Sunday linked to alleged plots targeting Americans and Israelis in Jordan, his lawyer said, hours after Britain deported him to bring an end to a decade-long legal saga over his extradition.


Murray takes 2nd set 7-5 in Wimbledon final

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 08:46 AM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain returns to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray took a two-set lead over Novak Djokovic on Sunday in the Wimbledon final, winning the second 7-5 after taking the first 6-4.


Social media infiltrates Zimmerman trial

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 08:16 AM PDT

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin's fatal shooting garnered worldwide attention when the man who fatally shot him wasn't arrested for weeks — a backlash fueled largely by social media. Now, social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have permeated George Zimmerman's trial both inside and outside the courtroom.

Radical Muslim cleric pleads innocent to terrorism

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 05:43 AM PDT

In this photo released by Ministry of Defense, Radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada, left, prepares to board a private flight bound for Jordan, at RAF Northolt in London Sunday, July 7, 2013. Abu Qatada was deported early Sunday from Britain to Jordan to face terror charges, ending over a decade-long battle to remove a man described as a key al-Qaida operative in Europe. (AP Photo/Ministry of Defense, Sgt. Ralph Merry)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian military prosecutor says he has charged a radical Muslim preacher with conspiring to carry out al-Qaida-linked attacks on Americans, Israelis and other Westerners in this key U.S. ally.


Egypt mobilizes for more street protests

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 04:42 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is calling for protests to denounce the military's toppling of President Mohammed Morsi, while opponents of the ousted Islamist leader also are urging supporters to take to the streets for mass rallies.

Jordan charges radical Muslim cleric

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 04:26 AM PDT

A police van carrying radical cleric Abu Qatada arrives, under escort, at RAF Northolt in London for his deportation to Jordan where he faces a retrial for his alleged involvement in terrorist plots, Sunday, July 7, 2013. Qatada's deportation was approved after Britain and Jordan signed a treaty agreeing that evidence obtained through torture would not be used against him at his retrial. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian military prosecutor says he has charged a radical Muslim preacher with conspiring to carry out al-Qaida-linked attacks on Americans, Israelis and other Westerners in this key U.S. ally.


4 hurt, none gored, in 1st Pamplona bull run

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 03:10 AM PDT

An Alcurrucen's ranch fighting bull runs towards revelers during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Sunday, July 7, 2013. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Several thousand thrill-seekers tested their bravery by dashing alongside six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on the first day of the running of the bulls at the annual San Fermin festival on Sunday.


Radical Muslim cleric arrives in Jordan from UK

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 02:38 AM PDT

A police van carrying radical cleric Abu Qatada arrives, under escort, at RAF Northolt in London for his deportation to Jordan where he faces a retrial for his alleged involvement in terrorist plots, Sunday, July 7, 2013. Qatada's deportation was approved after Britain and Jordan signed a treaty agreeing that evidence obtained through torture would not be used against him at his retrial. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A radical Muslim preacher suspected of being a key al-Qaida operative in Europe arrived in Jordan on Sunday to face retrial on terrorism charges after his deportation from Britain, officials said, ending a decade-long legal battle over his fate.


At tail end of trans-Pacific flight, terror

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 02:24 AM PDT

A fire truck sprays water on Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After nearly 11 hours in the air, the passengers and crew aboard a jumbo jetliner traveling from Seoul to San Francisco were looking forward to a quick and uneventful landing as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 approached the airport from over San Francisco Bay. What they got instead, without a word of warning, was terror, panic and confusion.


Immigration, student loan top congressional agenda

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 02:08 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats put goodwill to the test as Congress returns this week. What lies in store are potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans, a farm bill, and the uncertainty of whether lawmakers will rewrite the nation's immigration laws.

2 hurt, no one gored, in 1st Pamplona bull run

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 12:20 AM PDT

One horse of Spanish mounted bullfighter Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza, looks at the bull during a horseback bullfight at San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain on Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Several thousand thrill-seekers have tested their bravery by dashing alongside six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on the first day of the running of the bulls at the annual San Fermin festival.


Koreas hope to reopen stalled joint factory park

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 11:50 PM PDT

Suh Ho, the head of South Korea's working-level delegation, left, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Park Chol Su during their meeting at Tongilgak in North Korean side of Panmunjom which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, Saturday, July 6, 2013. Delegates from North and South Korea began talks Saturday on restarting a stalled joint factory park that had been a symbol of cooperation between the bitter rivals. (AP Photo/Korea Pool via Yonhap) KOREA OUTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korean delegates agreed on a desire to restart a stalled jointly run factory park after overnight talks that ended early Sunday, but they couldn't immediately reach an accord to reopen the complex that had been a symbol of inter-Korean rapprochement.


Panda from China delivers cub in Taiwan

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 11:34 PM PDT

In this photo taken Saturday, July 6, 2013 released by the Taipei Zoo, a female giant panda named Yuan Yuan one of a pair presented by China four years ago to mark warming ties with Taiwan, is seen giving birth to a female cub at the Taipei Zoo, in Taiwan. Zoo officials said 9-year-old Yuan Yuan delivered the cub Saturday night, following artificial insemination given in March. (AP Photo/Taipei Zoo)TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A giant panda, one of a pair presented by China four years ago to mark warming ties with Taiwan, has given birth to a female cub at a Taipei zoo, officials said Sunday.


Weidman beats Silva to win UFC middleweight title

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 11:18 PM PDT

Chris Weidman reacts after knocking down Anderson Silva during the second round of their UFC 162 mixed martial arts middleweight championship bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chris Weidman sent a shock wave through mixed martial arts, stopping Anderson Silva in the second round of the main event at UFC 162 to become the new middleweight champion on Saturday night.


Concert for Okla. tornado victims draws big names

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:46 PM PDT

Ronnie Dunn performs at the Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert at the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday, July 6, 2013 in Norman, Okla. (Photo by Alonzo Adams/Invision/AP)NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Some of country music's biggest stars, including Garth Brooks, Toby Keith and many others with ties to Oklahoma, played a sold-out show Saturday at the University of Oklahoma to raise money for the victims of the recent tornadoes that strafed the state.


Fire chief: 2 dead in SF crash found outside jet

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:16 PM PDT

A fire truck sprays water on Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's fire chief says the two people who died in the Asiana airlines crash were found outside of the heavily damaged jetliner.


Solar plane finishes cross-county journey, lands in NYC

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:02 PM PDT

Solar Impulse aircraft sits on the Runway at Moffett Field before the the first leg of its 2013 Across America Mission in Mountain View=An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago. The Solar Impulse, its four propellers driven by energy collected from 12,000 solar cells in its wings to charge batteries for night use, landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:09 p.m. EDT, organizers said. ...


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