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Egypt: 36 killed in Brotherhood escape attempt

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 01:03 PM PDT

A son of the late Ammar Badie prays during his father's funeral in al-Hamed mosque in Cairo's Katameya district on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. Badie, the son of Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, was killed by Egyptian security forces Friday during clashes in Cairo's Ramses Square. Egypt's military leader vowed Sunday that the army will not allow further violence after the deaths of hundreds in days of political unrest, while still calling for the political inclusion of Islamist supporters of the country's ousted president. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's official news agency says 36 people were killed when Muslim Brotherhood detainees tried to escape from a prison truck convoy in northern Cairo.

Report: Clashes on Saturday in Egypt killed 79

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 11:46 AM PDT

A friend of Ammar Badie, 38, killed Friday by Egyptian security forces during clashes in Ramses Square, and also son of Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, shouts, CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interim government says clashes on Saturday between police and supporters of the country's ousted president killed 79 people.

Some of Guantanamo's hardest cases to get new look

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 11:32 AM PDT

In this Sept. 17, 2007 photo released on Aug. 13, 2013 by defense lawyer U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Barry Wingard, detainee Faez al-Kandari, 36, is shown in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base. Faez al-Kandari is a Kuwaiti who has been held for more than 11 years at the Guantanamo Bay prison. The Pentagon says the roughly 50 men in the indefinite detention category are held under international laws of war until the GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — As the U.S. renews its effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, it will soon begin reconsidering the fate of prisoners such as Mohammed al-Shimrani.

Egypt army chief: New clashes won't be tolerated

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 11:15 AM PDT

A friend of Ammar Badie, 38, killed Friday by Egyptian security forces during clashes in Ramses Square, and also son of Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, shouts, CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military leader vowed Sunday that the army will not tolerate further political violence after nationwide clashes that left hundreds dead, as security forces detained Muslim Brotherhood members in raids aimed at disrupting planned rallies.

1st settlement in PSU-Sandusky case; more expected

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 11:01 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.

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

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:46 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 LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Lee Daniels' The Butler" is serving up success at the box office.

Prosecutors getting to motive in Fort Hood trial

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:01 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?

Egypt's military chief: Army to confront violence

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:14 AM PDT

A friend of Ammar Badie, 38, killed Friday by Egyptian security forces during clashes in Ramses Square, and also son of Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, shouts, CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military leader vowed Sunday that the army will not allow further violence after the deaths of hundreds in days of political unrest, while still calling for the political inclusion of Islamist supporters of the country's ousted president.

Jamaica sweeps 6 sprint events with relay golds

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 08:43 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 07:29 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.

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

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 06:43 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's sports minister says the country'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.

A look at federal role in civil rights cases

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 06:13 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost as soon as George Zimmerman was pronounced "not guilty" in a Florida courtroom, the cry went up.

Pistorius trial: What happens next

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 05:57 AM PDT

File: In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 photographers take photos of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius as he stands in the dock during his bail hearing at the magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa's police commissioner office said Tuesday Aug. 13, 2013 that Oscar Pistorius will be served with an indictment next week after police completed an investigation into the shooting death of his girlfriend. On Monday August 19, the accused,Oscar Pistorius, will appear on court in Pretroia. It is expected that he will be served with an indictment and that the matter will be postponed. The prosecution, in collboration with the defence team, will agree on a trial date. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-file)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius is due to re-appear in a South African court on Monday charged with 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 04:57 AM PDT

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — U.N. inspectors have arrived in the Syrian capital on a mission to probe for the alleged use of chemical weapons.

Family ties a factor in key Senate races

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 04:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 2, 2013, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor is interviewed at his campaign office in Little Rock, Ark. Pryor is part of a string of Senate incumbents and challengers with long family ties who could help determine whether Democrats maintain their control of the Senate in the 2014 elections. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Sen. Mark Pryor likes to tell voters that he always puts Arkansas first, borrowing the campaign slogan associated with his family for decades. In Wyoming, Liz Cheney bets that her famous father's name will be gold in her Senate race. And in Louisiana, Sen. Mary Landrieu counts on her kin's New Orleans ties to help lift her to re-election in a tough race.

Egypt on edge after storming of protester mosque

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 03:41 AM PDT

Egyptians security forces escort an Islamist supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque, after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt remained on edge Sunday after security forces stormed a Cairo mosque a day earlier and the ousted president's Muslim Brotherhood remained poised to hold further street protests despite a possible outlawing of the group.

Fallen Chinese political star to go on trial

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 03:41 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.

Fallen Chinese figure Bo goes on trial this week

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken on March 11, 2012, Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai attends a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. A Chinese court said Sunday Aug. 18, 2013 that Bo Xilai, a rising Communist Party star who fell from power in a messy scandal, will go on trial Thursday on corruption charges. He was dismissed last year in a sandal that saw his wife convicted of killing a British businessman. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)BEIJING (AP) — Bo Xilai, a rising Communist Party star who fell from power last year, will go on trial Thursday on corruption charges, a court announced, putting China's new leaders on course to wrap up a festering scandal as they try to cement their authority.

Japanese activists sail near disputed islands

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 01:39 AM PDT

In this photo taken from video, Japanese fishing vessels sail near a group of disputed islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan, early Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. Nearly two dozen Japanese nationalist activists and fishermen have sailed to a small group of islands at the center of a territorial dispute with China. They were closely monitored by Japan's Coast Guard, but there were no Chinese patrols in the area and no incidents were reported. (AP Photo /AP Video)IN THE EAST CHINA SEA (AP) — Nearly two dozen Japanese nationalist activists and fishermen sailed on Sunday to a small group of islands at the center of a territorial dispute with China. They were closely monitored by Japan's Coast Guard, but there were no Chinese patrols in the area and no incidents were reported.

Syrian mortars land in Golan, Israel retaliates

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 01:08 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli military official says Israeli forces have hit a target inside Syria that was the source of mortar fire into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

34 dead, dozens missing in sunken Philippine ferry

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 12:39 AM PDT

A survivor, left, of the ill-fated passenger ferry MV Thomas Aquinas, is comforted by a relative outside the ticketing office of a shipping company, Saturday Aug. 17, 2013, a day after the ferry collided with a cargo ship, the MV Sulpicio Express Siete, off the waters of Talisay city, Cebu province in central Philippines. Divers combed through the sunken ferry Saturday in search of dozens of people missing after the collision that sent passengers jumping into the ocean and leaving many others trapped. At least 31 were confirmed dead and hundreds rescued. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Divers have plucked two more bodies from a sunken passenger ferry and are scrambling 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.

Lawyer says first Penn State abuse claim settled

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 07:04 PM 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 man who was sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has become the first to settle a civil claim against the university, the man's attorney said Saturday.

Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:33 PM PDT

The Evangelical Church of Malawi is left in ruins Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, after it was ransacked, looted and burned on Thursday by an angry mob, in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt. In the province of Minya south of Cairo, protesters attacked two Christian churches, security officials said. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper)CAIRO (AP) — After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob.

AP PHOTOS: 4 fateful and deadly days in Egypt

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 05:17 PM PDT

Aug. 14, 2013: Egyptian security forces detain supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as they clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Riot police backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers cleared two sprawling encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking clashes that killed at least 638 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)Clashes among police, supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and armed vigilantes have killed more than 800 people in Egypt since Wednesday. A timeline of key events:

Aircraft used to battle Idaho fire as smoke clears

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 04:32 PM PDT

Helicopters battle the 64,000 acre Beaver Creek Fire on Friday, Aug., 16, 2013 north of Hailey, Idaho. A number of residential neighborhoods have been evacuated because of the blaze.(AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) MANDATORY CREDITHAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Fire crews on Saturday faced another challenging day battling a rapidly growing wildfire burning closer to two posh central Idaho resort communities, while other blazes in the West charred homes and devoured dry grass and brush.
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