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Benghazi case unfolds against political backdrop

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 01:09 PM PDT

This artist's rendering shows United States Magistrate, Judge John Facciola, swearing in the defendant, Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khatallah, wearing a headphone, as his attorney Michelle Peterson looks on during a hearing at the federal U.S. District Court in Washington, Saturday, June 28, 2014. The hearing of the Libyan accused of masterminding deadly Benghazi attacks, lasted ten minutes; he pled not guilty to conspiracy Saturday at his first appearance in U.S. court. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)WASHINGTON (AP) — The first prosecution arising from the Benghazi attacks is playing out in the federal courthouse blocks from both the White House and Capitol Hill, an appropriate setting for a case that has drawn stark lines between President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress.

BRAZIL BEAT: Celebration to sadness for Mexico

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 01:09 PM PDT

Mexico soccer fans react after a second goal was scored against their team as they watch the World Cup round of 16 match against Netherlands on a live telecast inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 29, 2014. The Netherlands staged a dramatic late comeback, scoring two goals in the dying minutes to beat Mexico 2-1 and advance to the World Cup quarterfinals. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)SAO PAULO (AP) — Mario Alejandro Barrientos hid his hurt over Mexico's World Cup elimination beneath the brim of a humongous sombrero.

Al-Qaida breakaway formally declares Islamic State

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 12:04 PM PDT

In this Saturday, June 28, 2014 photo, Iraqi security forces hold up a flag of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant they captured during an operation to regain control of Dallah Abbas north of Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State, which already controls vast swaths in northern and eastern Syria amid the chaos of that nation's civil war, aims to erase the borders of the modern Middle East and impose its strict brand of Shariah law. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq has formally declared the creation of an Islamic state in the territory under its control.

BRAZIL BEAT: Impromptu viewing party in Recife

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 12:04 PM PDT

In this June 24, 2014 photo, a supporter celebrates Costa Rica's classification at the end of the World Cup group D match against England, at the Mineirao Stadium, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday. Costa Rica finished first in what many considered the World Cup's toughest group after a dour 0-0 draw against England. The Central Americans face Greece in the knockout stage, in Recife, Sunday, June 29. (AP Photo/Bruno Magalhaes)RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — A gas station in rural northeastern Brazil turned into an impromptu World Cup viewing party.

Obama: European jihadists threaten US

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 11:47 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Lake Harriet Band Shell in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 27, 2014US President Barack Obama warned that "battle-hardened" Europeans who embrace jihad in Syria and Iraq threaten the United States because their passports mean they can enter the country without a visa. Nearly 800 French citizens have spent time fighting in Syria's civil war, according to latest estimates, and Belgium says 200 of its people have done the same. Those holding French, Belgian and British passports -- along with a host of other European countries -- do not need visas to visit the United States, meaning they can potentially avoid scrutiny. "We have seen Europeans sympathetic to their (militants') cause traveling into Syria and may now travel into Iraq, getting battle-hardened.

Ukraine president talks to Putin, Merkel, Hollande

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 10:59 AM PDT

People shout slogans during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, June 29, 2014. Hundreds of people have come on Sunday morning to the presidential administration to demand a stop to the cease fire on the eastern part of Ukraine. According to soldiers of the Donbass battalion, the other side hasn't stopped attacks and around 20 soldiers were killed during the last week that suppose to be a pause in active fighting. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tried to keep his peace plan to settle the conflict with pro-Russian separatists on track in a four-way phone call Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany.

Gay Pride parades step off across United States

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 10:59 AM PDT

Men kiss under a rainbow umbrella during a gay pride parade in Lima, Peru, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Gays, lesbians and transgenders are holding gay pride parades worldwide this month as part of annual demonstrations demanding equal rights and to protest discrimination. (AP Photo/Sebastian Castaneda)NEW YORK (AP) — Gay Pride parades are stepping off around the world, in cities large and small.

Girl, 3, ID'd as victim of Italian ice shop door

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 09:56 AM PDT

Investigators look over the debris of a fallen security door outside a Rita's Water Ice store in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Investigators tell Philly.com that the metal security door detached and fell on a 3-year-old girl who died. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police have identified the 3-year-old girl killed by a falling security grate at an Italian ice shop.

BRAZIL BEAT: Even 4-legged friends wear support

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 08:52 AM PDT

Brazil fans celebrate after their team scored a goal during a penalty shootout after regulation time during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and Chile at the FIFA Fan Fest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)SAO PAULO (AP) — With Sao Paulo gripped in World Cup fever, all sorts of people are adorned in yellow and green Brazil team gear. But dogs?

Syria threat could prompt changes at airports

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 08:36 AM PDT

Syria Threat Could Prompt Changes at AirportsThe Obama administration is concerned that terrorists in war-ravaged Syria are trying to develop a new generation of bombs that could be smuggled onto commercial planes.

5 detained, 22 dead in India building collapses

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 07:32 AM PDT

Rescuers carry an injured woman worker pulled out from the rubble of a building that collapsed on the outskirts of Chennai, India, Sunday, June 29, 2014. The 12-story apartment structure the workers were building collapsed late Saturday while heavy rains and lightning were pounding. Police said 31 construction workers had been pulled out so far and the search was continuing for more than a dozen others. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in southern India detained five construction company officials Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for dozens of workers believed buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains. It was one of two weekend building collapses that killed at least 22 people.

Iraqi forces clash with militants in northern city

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 04:35 AM PDT

Iraqi federal policemen patrol in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb, Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit, one of two major urban centers they seized in recent weeks in a dramatic blitz across the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi helicopter gunships struck suspected insurgent positions in Tikrit on Sunday as part of a government offensive to retake the northern city from Sunni militants led by the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, residents and officials said.

Pope leads long Vatican Mass after health setbacks

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 04:18 AM PDT

Pope Francis celebrates a mass where he bestowed the Pallium, a woolen shawl symbolizing their bond to the pope, to 24 new new Metropolitan Archbishops, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, June 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Looking tired but relaxed, Pope Francis has led his first major public ceremony after a spate of canceled appointments for health problems.

2 arrested, 22 dead in India building collapses

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 02:59 AM PDT

Indian rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building on the outskirts of Chennai, India, Saturday, June 28, 2014. A 12-story building under construction collapsed on the outskirts of Chennai, the capital of southern Tamil Nadu state, as heavy rains pounded the area. (AP Photo)NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in southern India detained two construction company directors Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for dozens of workers believed buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains. It was one of two weekend building collapses that killed at least 22 people.

Benghazi suspect's court case could offer clarity

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 02:42 AM PDT

This artist's rendering shows United States Magistrate, Judge John Facciola, swearing in the defendant, Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khatallah, wearing a headphone, as his attorney Michelle Peterson looks on during a hearing at the federal U.S. District Court in Washington, Saturday, June 28, 2014. The hearing of the Libyan accused of masterminding deadly Benghazi attacks, lasted ten minutes; he pled not guilty to conspiracy Saturday at his first appearance in U.S. court. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)WASHINGTON (AP) — A court appearance for the alleged mastermind of the attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, is the first step in a long legal process that could yield new insight into a fiery assault that continues to reverberate across U.S. politics.

2 buildings topple in India, killing at least 20

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 01:22 AM PDT

Indian rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building on the outskirts of Chennai, India, Saturday, June 28, 2014. A 12-story building under construction collapsed on the outskirts of Chennai, the capital of southern Tamil Nadu state, as heavy rains pounded the area. (AP Photo)NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in southern India detained two construction company directors Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for workers believed buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains. It was one of two weekend building collapses that killed at least 20 people.

Iraq forces look to claw back city from insurgents

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 01:21 AM PDT

Iraqi federal policemen patrol in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb, Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit, one of two major urban centers they seized in recent weeks in a dramatic blitz across the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have started battling insurgents in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, one of two major cities seized by Sunni militants during a rapid advance across the north earlier this month.

Child dies when Italian ice shop door falls on her

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 12:17 AM PDT

Investigators look over the debris of a fallen security door outside a Rita's Water Ice store in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Investigators tell Philly.com that the metal security door detached and fell on a 3-year-old girl who died. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities were investigating how a metal security grate detached and fell from the facade of an Italian ice shop Saturday afternoon, killing a 3-year-old girl.

Tartt, Goodwin awarded Carnegie medals

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 10:24 PM PDT

FILE - This May 28, 2014 file photo shows Donna Tartt, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, during the award's ceremony at Columbia University's Low Library in New York. Tartt, whose best-selling NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time since researching her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Goldfinch," Donna Tartt is back in Las Vegas.

Obama to seek border aid; Pelosi visits Texas

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 08:33 PM PDT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — President Barack Obama will seek more than $2 billion to respond to the flood of immigrants illegally entering the U.S. through the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas and ask for new powers to deal with returning immigrant children apprehended while traveling without their parents, a White House official said Saturday.

GM crash victim payment plan won't have limit

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 07:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 11, 2013 file photo, attorney and special adviser Kenneth Feinberg speaks at a public forum on the distribution of Newtown donations at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Conn. Feinberg plans to announce the terms of General Motors' plan to pay victims of crashes caused by bad ignition switches on Monday, June 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)DETROIT (AP) — When Kenneth Feinberg announces the terms of General Motors' plan to pay victims of crashes caused by bad ignition switches, he'll have an open wallet.

Seoul: North Korea fires more short-range missiles

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 05:53 PM PDT

A man watches a TV news program showing the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 26, 2014. North Korea fired three short-range projectiles Thursday into the waters off its east coast, a South Korean defense official said. The move was most likely a routine test-firing, but the official said it could also be meant to stoke tensions with Seoul. The writing on tje screen reads SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range missiles into its eastern waters Sunday, a South Korean official said, an apparent test fire that comes just days after the country tested what it called new precision-guided missiles.

BRAZIL BEAT: Spidey Bear travels the world

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 05:23 PM PDT

Spidey Bear sits on a table in front of U.S. Soccer's Neil Buethe at the Sao Paulo Futebol Clube, Brazil, Saturday June 28, 2014. Spidey Bear turned from his perch toward the television and sat intently and quietly (as usual) on a table some 8 feet from the big screen as Brazil took penalty kicks and salvaged its World Cup with a thrilling 3-2 win over Chile. It has been quite an adventure tour this summer for the stuffed black bear from Iowa City belonging to the nephews of Buethe, 6-year-old Graeme Thomas and little brother Miles, 3. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)SAO PAULO (AP) — Spidey Bear sat intently and quietly (as usual) on a table some 8 feet from the TV as Brazil went into a shootout and salvaged its World Cup with a win over Chile.

Mars 'flying saucer' splashes down after NASA test

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 04:05 PM PDT

This image provided by NASA shows the launch of the high-altitude balloon carrying a saucer-shaped vehicle for NASA, to test technology that could be used to land on Mars, Saturday June 28, 2014 in Kauai, Hawaii. Saturday's experimental flight high in Earth's atmosphere is testing a giant parachute designed to deliver heavier spacecraft and eventually astronauts. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A saucer-shaped NASA vehicle launched by balloon high into Earth's atmosphere splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, completing a successful test on Saturday of technology that could be used to land on Mars.

Colombia beats Uruguay 2-0 at World Cup

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 03:33 PM PDT

Colombia's James Rodriguez celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Colombia and Uruguay at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — James Rodriguez scored one of the best goals of the tournament and then added a second to put Colombia into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time with a 2-0 win over Uruguay on Saturday.
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