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http://news.yahoo.com/iran/ en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedSat, 27 Jul 2013 11:57:37 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/iran/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian state media accused insurgents on Saturday of killing 123 people, the majority of them civilians, during a rebel offensive this week to take the northern town of Khan al-Assad. A two-year revolt-turned-civil war has left more than 100,000 people dead and both forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels are accused by rights groups of war crimes. State news agency SANA said that "armed terrorist groups" committed a "massacre ... ...http://news.yahoo.com/syria-says-rebels-killed-123-people-north-majority-155737307.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 11:57:37 -0400Reuterssyria-says-rebels-killed-123-people-north-majority-155737307<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-cabinet-weigh-prisoner-release-palestinian-talks-141332774.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AUBC2NiYvk6_MVC9jw7EcA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-27T141332Z_1_CBRE96Q13JB00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu leaves after delivering a statement to the media in Jerusalem" align="left" title="Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu leaves after delivering a statement to the media in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#039;s cabinet will consider releasing more than 100 Arab prisoners held by Israel in order to boost prospects for talks expected with the Palestinians in Washington next week, Israeli officials said on Saturday. Israel&#039;s agreement to free the inmates, held since before a 1993 interim accord with the Palestinians, is seen as critical to U.S. hopes of convening Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to resume peace talks that have been stalled since 2010. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-cabinet-weigh-prisoner-release-palestinian-talks-141332774.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 10:13:32 -0400Reutersisraeli-cabinet-weigh-prisoner-release-palestinian-talks-141332774<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-cabinet-weigh-prisoner-release-palestinian-talks-141332774.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AUBC2NiYvk6_MVC9jw7EcA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-27T141332Z_1_CBRE96Q13JB00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu leaves after delivering a statement to the media in Jerusalem" align="left" title="Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu leaves after delivering a statement to the media in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#039;s cabinet will consider releasing more than 100 Arab prisoners held by Israel in order to boost prospects for talks expected with the Palestinians in Washington next week, Israeli officials said on Saturday. Israel&#039;s agreement to free the inmates, held since before a 1993 interim accord with the Palestinians, is seen as critical to U.S. hopes of convening Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to resume peace talks that have been stalled since 2010. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (AP) ? BBC foreign correspondent Jon Leyne, who spent more than 25 years crossing continents and covering conflicts for the broadcaster, has died. He was 55.http://news.yahoo.com/bbc-foreign-correspondent-jon-leyne-dies-55-131825017.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 09:18:25 -0400Associated Pressbbc-foreign-correspondent-jon-leyne-dies-55-131825017<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kuwait-holds-parliamentary-election-051510638.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lSIZUfBooj6KSDLOailcMA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aa5de8401d25c119380f6a7067000abb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Kuwaiti citizens wait to cast their vote at a polling station in Rumaithiya, Kuwait on Saturday, July 27, 2013. Kuwaiti voters braved searing heat in the middle of the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast to cast ballots Saturday in parliamentary elections that leaders in the oil-rich Gulf nation hope can restore some stability after years of escalating confrontations between its Western-backed rulers and an Islamist-led opposition. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)" align="left" title="Kuwaiti citizens wait to cast their vote at a polling station in Rumaithiya, Kuwait on Saturday, July 27, 2013. Kuwaiti voters braved searing heat in the middle of the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast to cast ballots Saturday in parliamentary elections that leaders in the oil-rich Gulf nation hope can restore some stability after years of escalating confrontations between its Western-backed rulers and an Islamist-led opposition. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)" border="0" /></a>KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AP) ? Kuwaiti voters braved searing heat in the middle of the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast to cast ballots Saturday in parliamentary elections that leaders in the oil-rich Gulf nation hope can restore some stability after years of escalating confrontations between its Western-backed rulers and an Islamist-led opposition.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kuwait-holds-parliamentary-election-051510638.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 09:13:28 -0400Associated Presskuwait-holds-parliamentary-election-051510638<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kuwait-holds-parliamentary-election-051510638.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lSIZUfBooj6KSDLOailcMA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aa5de8401d25c119380f6a7067000abb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Kuwaiti citizens wait to cast their vote at a polling station in Rumaithiya, Kuwait on Saturday, July 27, 2013. Kuwaiti voters braved searing heat in the middle of the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast to cast ballots Saturday in parliamentary elections that leaders in the oil-rich Gulf nation hope can restore some stability after years of escalating confrontations between its Western-backed rulers and an Islamist-led opposition. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)" align="left" title="Kuwaiti citizens wait to cast their vote at a polling station in Rumaithiya, Kuwait on Saturday, July 27, 2013. Kuwaiti voters braved searing heat in the middle of the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast to cast ballots Saturday in parliamentary elections that leaders in the oil-rich Gulf nation hope can restore some stability after years of escalating confrontations between its Western-backed rulers and an Islamist-led opposition. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)" border="0" /></a>KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AP) ? Kuwaiti voters braved searing heat in the middle of the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast to cast ballots Saturday in parliamentary elections that leaders in the oil-rich Gulf nation hope can restore some stability after years of escalating confrontations between its Western-backed rulers and an Islamist-led opposition.</p><br clear="all"/>President Mohamed Morsi's ousting by Egypt's military wasn't just bad news for his Muslim Brotherhood. It was bad news for Gaza's Hamas, which greeted Mr. Morsi's electoral triumph a year ago with the hope that it would end Hamas's economic and political isolation.http://news.yahoo.com/brotherhoods-fall-egypt-hamas-faces-gazas-harsh-reality-130008431.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 09:00:08 -0400Christian Science Monitorbrotherhoods-fall-egypt-hamas-faces-gazas-harsh-reality-130008431TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? An Iranian news website says outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has obtained clearance to establish a technology university in Tehran after he leaves office next week.http://news.yahoo.com/report-irans-ahmadinejad-set-university-090039190.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 05:00:39 -0400Associated Pressreport-irans-ahmadinejad-set-university-090039190<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-pakistan-marketplace-bombs-now-57-060515854.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aFnccFs3BqUqM8TTK9scTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/84ffcf81ffa7b018380f6a7067009076.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pakistani villagers injured in a bomb blast recover at at a local hospital in Parachinar, Pakistan on Friday, July 26, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded in a busy market area Friday night in northern Pakistan, tearing through crowds of shoppers grabbing last-minute items to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan and killing nearly two dozen people, a doctor said. (AP Photo/Ali Afzal)" align="left" title="Pakistani villagers injured in a bomb blast recover at at a local hospital in Parachinar, Pakistan on Friday, July 26, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded in a busy market area Friday night in northern Pakistan, tearing through crowds of shoppers grabbing last-minute items to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan and killing nearly two dozen people, a doctor said. (AP Photo/Ali Afzal)" border="0" /></a>PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) ? The death toll from a pair of overnight bombings at a busy market in a Shiite-dominated region of northwest Pakistan rose to 57, officials said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-pakistan-marketplace-bombs-now-57-060515854.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 04:00:03 -0400Associated Pressdeath-toll-pakistan-marketplace-bombs-now-57-060515854<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-pakistan-marketplace-bombs-now-57-060515854.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aFnccFs3BqUqM8TTK9scTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/84ffcf81ffa7b018380f6a7067009076.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pakistani villagers injured in a bomb blast recover at at a local hospital in Parachinar, Pakistan on Friday, July 26, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded in a busy market area Friday night in northern Pakistan, tearing through crowds of shoppers grabbing last-minute items to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan and killing nearly two dozen people, a doctor said. (AP Photo/Ali Afzal)" align="left" title="Pakistani villagers injured in a bomb blast recover at at a local hospital in Parachinar, Pakistan on Friday, July 26, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded in a busy market area Friday night in northern Pakistan, tearing through crowds of shoppers grabbing last-minute items to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan and killing nearly two dozen people, a doctor said. (AP Photo/Ali Afzal)" border="0" /></a>PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) ? The death toll from a pair of overnight bombings at a busy market in a Shiite-dominated region of northwest Pakistan rose to 57, officials said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eu-wants-strengthen-fledgling-diplomatic-175028558.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EO9h9uRQJbLZZ_a5zxQrcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T175028Z_1_CBRE96P1DKB00_RTROPTP_2_ROMANIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A large European Union flag is displayed in front of Romania&#039;s Parliament Building to mark EU Day in Bucharest" align="left" title="A large European Union flag is displayed in front of Romania&#039;s Parliament Building to mark EU Day in Bucharest" border="0" /></a>By Adrian Croft and Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union&#039;s fledgling diplomatic service, which has faced criticism over its leadership and focus, should take a stronger role in drawing up sanctions and look at making its overseas posts more like embassies, an EU report said on Friday. The European External Action Service was launched in 2011 under reforms intended to simplify EU decision-making and give the bloc, which now has 28 members, more clout in world affairs. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/eu-wants-strengthen-fledgling-diplomatic-175028558.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 13:50:28 -0400Reuterseu-wants-strengthen-fledgling-diplomatic-175028558<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eu-wants-strengthen-fledgling-diplomatic-175028558.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EO9h9uRQJbLZZ_a5zxQrcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T175028Z_1_CBRE96P1DKB00_RTROPTP_2_ROMANIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A large European Union flag is displayed in front of Romania&#039;s Parliament Building to mark EU Day in Bucharest" align="left" title="A large European Union flag is displayed in front of Romania&#039;s Parliament Building to mark EU Day in Bucharest" border="0" /></a>By Adrian Croft and Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union&#039;s fledgling diplomatic service, which has faced criticism over its leadership and focus, should take a stronger role in drawing up sanctions and look at making its overseas posts more like embassies, an EU report said on Friday. The European External Action Service was launched in 2011 under reforms intended to simplify EU decision-making and give the bloc, which now has 28 members, more clout in world affairs. ...</p><br clear="all"/>GENEVA (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily arrested and detained Syrian refugees as sentiment against them grows, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. The climate of hostility has increased since the Egyptian army seized power this month, human rights groups say. More than 90,000 Syrians are believed to have come to Egypt to escape the civil war, now in its third year. U.N. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-decries-growing-anti-syrian-hostility-egypt-123028334.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 08:30:28 -0400Reutersu-n-decries-growing-anti-syrian-hostility-egypt-123028334<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-more-100-000-now-dead-syrias-civil-181825851.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oKXIVe5qOH_Zz7BedQwglQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/18ce9869e06c9618380f6a706700b283.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2012 file photo, a man cries while holding the body of his son, killed by the Syrian Army, near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking from U.N. headquarters on Thursday, July 25, 2013, raised the death toll in Syria&#039;s 2 1/2 year civil war to more than 100,000, up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2012 file photo, a man cries while holding the body of his son, killed by the Syrian Army, near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking from U.N. headquarters on Thursday, July 25, 2013, raised the death toll in Syria&#039;s 2 1/2 year civil war to more than 100,000, up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? The number of dead in Syria&#039;s civil war has passed 100,000, the U.N. chief said Thursday, calling for urgent talks on ending 2? years of violence even as President Bashar Assad&#039;s government blasted the United States as an unsuitable peace broker.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/un-more-100-000-now-dead-syrias-civil-181825851.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 20:15:17 -0400Associated Pressun-more-100-000-now-dead-syrias-civil-181825851<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-more-100-000-now-dead-syrias-civil-181825851.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oKXIVe5qOH_Zz7BedQwglQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/18ce9869e06c9618380f6a706700b283.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2012 file photo, a man cries while holding the body of his son, killed by the Syrian Army, near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking from U.N. headquarters on Thursday, July 25, 2013, raised the death toll in Syria&#039;s 2 1/2 year civil war to more than 100,000, up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2012 file photo, a man cries while holding the body of his son, killed by the Syrian Army, near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking from U.N. headquarters on Thursday, July 25, 2013, raised the death toll in Syria&#039;s 2 1/2 year civil war to more than 100,000, up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? The number of dead in Syria&#039;s civil war has passed 100,000, the U.N. chief said Thursday, calling for urgent talks on ending 2? years of violence even as President Bashar Assad&#039;s government blasted the United States as an unsuitable peace broker.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-uses-syrian-rebel-supply-lines-prepares-send-223321012.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ncwVasw1wCkiJDd5uaThow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T223321Z_1_CBRE96O1QNQ00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Free Syrian Army fighter fires back towards what he said were forces loyal to Syria&#039;s President Bashar Al-Assad in Deir al-Zor" align="left" title="A Free Syrian Army fighter fires back towards what he said were forces loyal to Syria&#039;s President Bashar Al-Assad in Deir al-Zor" border="0" /></a>By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has quietly been testing the Syrian opposition&#039;s ability to deliver food rations, medical kits and money to rebel-held areas as Washington prepares to send arms to the rebel fighters. U.S. officials meet weekly in Turkey with Syrian opposition leaders to work out how best to keep supply lines open to rebel fighters and war-ravaged towns and districts. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-uses-syrian-rebel-supply-lines-prepares-send-223321012.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 18:33:21 -0400Reutersu-uses-syrian-rebel-supply-lines-prepares-send-223321012<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-uses-syrian-rebel-supply-lines-prepares-send-223321012.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ncwVasw1wCkiJDd5uaThow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T223321Z_1_CBRE96O1QNQ00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Free Syrian Army fighter fires back towards what he said were forces loyal to Syria&#039;s President Bashar Al-Assad in Deir al-Zor" align="left" title="A Free Syrian Army fighter fires back towards what he said were forces loyal to Syria&#039;s President Bashar Al-Assad in Deir al-Zor" border="0" /></a>By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has quietly been testing the Syrian opposition&#039;s ability to deliver food rations, medical kits and money to rebel-held areas as Washington prepares to send arms to the rebel fighters. U.S. officials meet weekly in Turkey with Syrian opposition leaders to work out how best to keep supply lines open to rebel fighters and war-ravaged towns and districts. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-lawmakers-want-sanctions-country-taking-snowden-182929560.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JeDl_XYNXoYfhs0fBarliA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T191805Z_1_CBRE96O1FDF00_RTROPTP_2_US-RUSSIA-SNOWDEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A television screen shows former U.S. spy agency contractor Snowden during a news bulletin at a cafe at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" align="left" title="A television screen shows former U.S. spy agency contractor Snowden during a news bulletin at a cafe at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" border="0" /></a>By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel voted unanimously on Thursday to seek trade or other sanctions against Russia or any other country that offers asylum to former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who has been holed up for weeks at a Moscow airport. The 30-member Senate Appropriations Committee adopted by consensus an amendment to a spending bill that would direct Secretary of State John Kerry to meet with congressional committees to come up with sanctions against any country that takes Snowden in. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-lawmakers-want-sanctions-country-taking-snowden-182929560.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 15:18:05 -0400Reutersu-lawmakers-want-sanctions-country-taking-snowden-182929560<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-lawmakers-want-sanctions-country-taking-snowden-182929560.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JeDl_XYNXoYfhs0fBarliA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T191805Z_1_CBRE96O1FDF00_RTROPTP_2_US-RUSSIA-SNOWDEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A television screen shows former U.S. spy agency contractor Snowden during a news bulletin at a cafe at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" align="left" title="A television screen shows former U.S. spy agency contractor Snowden during a news bulletin at a cafe at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" border="0" /></a>By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel voted unanimously on Thursday to seek trade or other sanctions against Russia or any other country that offers asylum to former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who has been holed up for weeks at a Moscow airport. The 30-member Senate Appropriations Committee adopted by consensus an amendment to a spending bill that would direct Secretary of State John Kerry to meet with congressional committees to come up with sanctions against any country that takes Snowden in. ...</p><br clear="all"/>The Egyptian military has called for mass protests Friday to show support for its decision to depose President Mohamed Morsi, turning up the heat on what is already a boiling and dangerous social and political situation.http://news.yahoo.com/another-dangerous-friday-looms-egypt-183600701.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 14:36:00 -0400Christian Science Monitoranother-dangerous-friday-looms-egypt-183600701WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday expanded the list of medical devices that can be exported to Iran without special permission, as it seeks to show support for humanitarian needs in a country that has been hit hard by Western sanctions. The United States and its European allies have tightened their economic sanctions on Iran to pressure the government to rein in its nuclear program, which the West suspects aims to produce a bomb. Iran says the program is for peaceful purposes such as generating electricity and making medical isotopes. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-makes-easier-sell-medical-supplies-iran-181342523.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 14:13:42 -0400Reutersu-makes-easier-sell-medical-supplies-iran-181342523<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somali-pirates-now-protecting-illegal-fishing-biz-152835584.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J7bWUYxb9UIiBbzsa5yqRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b88fa0c8e0ad9818380f6a7067002e8e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia. Frustrated by a string of failed hijacking attempts, Somali pirates have turned to a new business model: transporting weapons and providing &quot;security&quot; for ships illegally plundering Somalia&#039;s fish stocks - the same scourge that launched the Horn of Africa&#039;s piracy era eight years ago. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia. Frustrated by a string of failed hijacking attempts, Somali pirates have turned to a new business model: transporting weapons and providing &quot;security&quot; for ships illegally plundering Somalia&#039;s fish stocks - the same scourge that launched the Horn of Africa&#039;s piracy era eight years ago. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)" border="0" /></a>NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ? Frustrated by a string of failed hijacking attempts, Somali pirates have turned to a new business model: providing &quot;security&quot; for ships illegally plundering Somalia&#039;s fish stocks ? the same scourge that launched the Horn of Africa&#039;s piracy era eight years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/somali-pirates-now-protecting-illegal-fishing-biz-152835584.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 13:23:38 -0400Associated Presssomali-pirates-now-protecting-illegal-fishing-biz-152835584<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somali-pirates-now-protecting-illegal-fishing-biz-152835584.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J7bWUYxb9UIiBbzsa5yqRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b88fa0c8e0ad9818380f6a7067002e8e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia. Frustrated by a string of failed hijacking attempts, Somali pirates have turned to a new business model: transporting weapons and providing &quot;security&quot; for ships illegally plundering Somalia&#039;s fish stocks - the same scourge that launched the Horn of Africa&#039;s piracy era eight years ago. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia. Frustrated by a string of failed hijacking attempts, Somali pirates have turned to a new business model: transporting weapons and providing &quot;security&quot; for ships illegally plundering Somalia&#039;s fish stocks - the same scourge that launched the Horn of Africa&#039;s piracy era eight years ago. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)" border="0" /></a>NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ? Frustrated by a string of failed hijacking attempts, Somali pirates have turned to a new business model: providing &quot;security&quot; for ships illegally plundering Somalia&#039;s fish stocks ? the same scourge that launched the Horn of Africa&#039;s piracy era eight years ago.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dubai-rape-dispute-points-wider-islamic-rules-164602808.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gHPFwjnIvz2t0y8O2b6mOw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6dddeac1e0c89818380f6a706700b50a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Saturday, July 20, 2013 file photo shows sun setting behind minarets of a mosque a few minutes before Iftar, the meal served at dusk when Muslims break their day-long fast during the month of Ramadan, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai&#039;s Islamic-influenced laws on sex, morality and how they are applied are now center stage in a global debate following the legal battle of a 24-year-old Norwegian woman, Marte Deborah Dalelv. She was sentenced to 16 months in prison on unwed sex and alcohol charges last week after claiming she was raped by a co-worker in March.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Saturday, July 20, 2013 file photo shows sun setting behind minarets of a mosque a few minutes before Iftar, the meal served at dusk when Muslims break their day-long fast during the month of Ramadan, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai&#039;s Islamic-influenced laws on sex, morality and how they are applied are now center stage in a global debate following the legal battle of a 24-year-old Norwegian woman, Marte Deborah Dalelv. She was sentenced to 16 months in prison on unwed sex and alcohol charges last week after claiming she was raped by a co-worker in March.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)" border="0" /></a>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? The couple stood before a Dubai judge. The charge was sex outside marriage ? illegal in the United Arab Emirates and across nearly all the Muslim world ? and the magistrate offered an option: Suspended sentences to the Pakistani man and Filipino woman if they agreed to wed. The man consented, but the woman refused. They are awaiting sentencing, which could bring jail terms of several months or longer.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dubai-rape-dispute-points-wider-islamic-rules-164602808.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 12:55:46 -0400Associated Pressdubai-rape-dispute-points-wider-islamic-rules-164602808<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dubai-rape-dispute-points-wider-islamic-rules-164602808.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gHPFwjnIvz2t0y8O2b6mOw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6dddeac1e0c89818380f6a706700b50a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Saturday, July 20, 2013 file photo shows sun setting behind minarets of a mosque a few minutes before Iftar, the meal served at dusk when Muslims break their day-long fast during the month of Ramadan, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai&#039;s Islamic-influenced laws on sex, morality and how they are applied are now center stage in a global debate following the legal battle of a 24-year-old Norwegian woman, Marte Deborah Dalelv. She was sentenced to 16 months in prison on unwed sex and alcohol charges last week after claiming she was raped by a co-worker in March.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Saturday, July 20, 2013 file photo shows sun setting behind minarets of a mosque a few minutes before Iftar, the meal served at dusk when Muslims break their day-long fast during the month of Ramadan, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai&#039;s Islamic-influenced laws on sex, morality and how they are applied are now center stage in a global debate following the legal battle of a 24-year-old Norwegian woman, Marte Deborah Dalelv. She was sentenced to 16 months in prison on unwed sex and alcohol charges last week after claiming she was raped by a co-worker in March.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)" border="0" /></a>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? The couple stood before a Dubai judge. The charge was sex outside marriage ? illegal in the United Arab Emirates and across nearly all the Muslim world ? and the magistrate offered an option: Suspended sentences to the Pakistani man and Filipino woman if they agreed to wed. The man consented, but the woman refused. They are awaiting sentencing, which could bring jail terms of several months or longer.</p><br clear="all"/>CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has been detaining Syrian refugees without charge and threatening to deport them in a climate of growing hostility since the army seized power this month, the rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. Many of the 90,000 or more Syrians who have come to Egypt to escape their civil war have complained of harassment since Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was toppled on July 3, and fear they are being made scapegoats for Egypt's domestic troubles. ...http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-arrests-threatens-deport-syrian-refugees-hrw-145609558.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 10:56:09 -0400Reutersegypt-arrests-threatens-deport-syrian-refugees-hrw-145609558<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/car-bomb-kills-10-wounds-62-syrian-capital-144051547.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/d0Gwa2jatjuPw7BbA3NQQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b75c5f87e04a9618380f6a706700d198.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather near damaged cars that were burned after a car bomb exploded in the suburb of Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, Thursday , July 25, 2013. Syria&#039;s state-run news agency says many people have been killed and scores wounded in a powerful car bomb explosion near Damascus. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather near damaged cars that were burned after a car bomb exploded in the suburb of Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, Thursday , July 25, 2013. Syria&#039;s state-run news agency says many people have been killed and scores wounded in a powerful car bomb explosion near Damascus. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? A powerful car bomb exploded in a suburb of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding dozens of others, Syria&#039;s state-run news agency said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/car-bomb-kills-10-wounds-62-syrian-capital-144051547.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 10:40:51 -0400Associated Presscar-bomb-kills-10-wounds-62-syrian-capital-144051547<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/car-bomb-kills-10-wounds-62-syrian-capital-144051547.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/d0Gwa2jatjuPw7BbA3NQQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b75c5f87e04a9618380f6a706700d198.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather near damaged cars that were burned after a car bomb exploded in the suburb of Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, Thursday , July 25, 2013. Syria&#039;s state-run news agency says many people have been killed and scores wounded in a powerful car bomb explosion near Damascus. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather near damaged cars that were burned after a car bomb exploded in the suburb of Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, Thursday , July 25, 2013. Syria&#039;s state-run news agency says many people have been killed and scores wounded in a powerful car bomb explosion near Damascus. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? A powerful car bomb exploded in a suburb of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding dozens of others, Syria&#039;s state-run news agency said.</p><br clear="all"/>"Waters is an open hater of Jews."http://news.yahoo.com/former-pink-floyd-member-offensive-move-concert-calling-132826168.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 09:28:26 -0400The Blazeformer-pink-floyd-member-offensive-move-concert-calling-132826168? A daily summary of global reports on security issues.http://news.yahoo.com/road-ahead-darkens-iraq-highway-executions-130456307.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 09:04:56 -0400Christian Science Monitorroad-ahead-darkens-iraq-highway-executions-130456307<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-lashes-us-move-arm-rebels-124230684.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g3oWONQS.7oH4ZJ1UWT6Ug--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d2254427c1b77f18380f6a706700be06.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of the Syria National Coalition, from left, Farouk Tayfour, Michel Kilo, Salem Idriss, Suheir Atassi, and Burhan Ghalioun wait for the meeting of France&#039;s president Francois Hollande and Syria National Coallition president Ahmed al-Jarba at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" align="left" title="Members of the Syria National Coalition, from left, Farouk Tayfour, Michel Kilo, Salem Idriss, Suheir Atassi, and Burhan Ghalioun wait for the meeting of France&#039;s president Francois Hollande and Syria National Coallition president Ahmed al-Jarba at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syria lashed out Thursday at the U.S. decision to send arms to rebels fighting President Bashar Assad&#039;s troops, saying Washington is unsuitable to act as a broker at any peace negotiations in Geneva.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-lashes-us-move-arm-rebels-124230684.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 08:42:30 -0400Associated Presssyria-lashes-us-move-arm-rebels-124230684<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-lashes-us-move-arm-rebels-124230684.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g3oWONQS.7oH4ZJ1UWT6Ug--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d2254427c1b77f18380f6a706700be06.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of the Syria National Coalition, from left, Farouk Tayfour, Michel Kilo, Salem Idriss, Suheir Atassi, and Burhan Ghalioun wait for the meeting of France&#039;s president Francois Hollande and Syria National Coallition president Ahmed al-Jarba at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" align="left" title="Members of the Syria National Coalition, from left, Farouk Tayfour, Michel Kilo, Salem Idriss, Suheir Atassi, and Burhan Ghalioun wait for the meeting of France&#039;s president Francois Hollande and Syria National Coallition president Ahmed al-Jarba at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syria lashed out Thursday at the U.S. decision to send arms to rebels fighting President Bashar Assad&#039;s troops, saying Washington is unsuitable to act as a broker at any peace negotiations in Geneva.</p><br clear="all"/>CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has been detaining Syrian refugees without charge and threatening to deport them in a climate of growing hostility since the army seized power last month, the rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. Many of the 90,000 or more Syrians who have come to Egypt to escape their civil war have complained of harassment since Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was toppled on July 3, and fear they are being made scapegoats for Egypt's domestic troubles. ...http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-arresting-threatening-deport-syrian-refugees-hrw-123544913.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 08:35:44 -0400Reutersegypt-arresting-threatening-deport-syrian-refugees-hrw-123544913<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kuwaits-ruling-emir-puts-diplomacy-first-111345374.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/51CMKK7pVCTR39oc08MkTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T120556Z_2_CBRE96O0V7300_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-KUWAIT-ELECTION-RULER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kuwait&#039;s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah talks during UNFCCC in Doha" align="left" title="Kuwait&#039;s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah talks during UNFCCC in Doha" border="0" /></a>By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT (Reuters) - Hours after Qatar&#039;s emir abdicated in favor of his son, Kuwait&#039;s ruler jumped on a plane to Doha to embrace the new young emir in person rather than sending a congratulatory cable as other Gulf Arab leaders did. The direct diplomatic gesture was a classic move for Kuwait&#039;s 84-year-old hereditary emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Sheikh Sabah has been dubbed the &quot;dean of Arab diplomacy&quot; for his efforts to strengthen Kuwait&#039;s relations in the Middle East after Iraq&#039;s 1990 invasion of his country. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kuwaits-ruling-emir-puts-diplomacy-first-111345374.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 08:05:56 -0400Reuterskuwaits-ruling-emir-puts-diplomacy-first-111345374<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kuwaits-ruling-emir-puts-diplomacy-first-111345374.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/51CMKK7pVCTR39oc08MkTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T120556Z_2_CBRE96O0V7300_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-KUWAIT-ELECTION-RULER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kuwait&#039;s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah talks during UNFCCC in Doha" align="left" title="Kuwait&#039;s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah talks during UNFCCC in Doha" border="0" /></a>By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT (Reuters) - Hours after Qatar&#039;s emir abdicated in favor of his son, Kuwait&#039;s ruler jumped on a plane to Doha to embrace the new young emir in person rather than sending a congratulatory cable as other Gulf Arab leaders did. The direct diplomatic gesture was a classic move for Kuwait&#039;s 84-year-old hereditary emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Sheikh Sabah has been dubbed the &quot;dean of Arab diplomacy&quot; for his efforts to strengthen Kuwait&#039;s relations in the Middle East after Iraq&#039;s 1990 invasion of his country. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-syrias-war-halves-wheat-harvest-erodes-state-110644933.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CWAhUQBz3brQjrQ08_0zoA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T110644Z_1_CBRE96O0UVB00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Man inspects an area of a burned wheat field which activists said was caused by shelling by the Syrian regime in Aleppo&#039;s countryside" align="left" title="Man inspects an area of a burned wheat field which activists said was caused by shelling by the Syrian regime in Aleppo&#039;s countryside" border="0" /></a>By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Civil war in Syria has cut the wheat harvest to its worst level in nearly three decades and the government&#039;s share of the crop is being further eroded as it struggles to procure grain from rebel-held farming areas. Estimates collated by Reuters from more than a dozen grain officials and local traders suggest the harvest could be as low as 1.5 million tons, less than half the pre-conflict average and well below forecasts from a United Nations food agency. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-syrias-war-halves-wheat-harvest-erodes-state-110644933.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 07:06:44 -0400Reutersexclusive-syrias-war-halves-wheat-harvest-erodes-state-110644933<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-syrias-war-halves-wheat-harvest-erodes-state-110644933.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CWAhUQBz3brQjrQ08_0zoA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T110644Z_1_CBRE96O0UVB00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Man inspects an area of a burned wheat field which activists said was caused by shelling by the Syrian regime in Aleppo&#039;s countryside" align="left" title="Man inspects an area of a burned wheat field which activists said was caused by shelling by the Syrian regime in Aleppo&#039;s countryside" border="0" /></a>By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Civil war in Syria has cut the wheat harvest to its worst level in nearly three decades and the government&#039;s share of the crop is being further eroded as it struggles to procure grain from rebel-held farming areas. Estimates collated by Reuters from more than a dozen grain officials and local traders suggest the harvest could be as low as 1.5 million tons, less than half the pre-conflict average and well below forecasts from a United Nations food agency. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/189-survive-boat-sinking-indonesia-looks-lost-005105098.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8CGobCCnUV3v9ZaM0mcGpw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/28b315c6c0e27c18380f6a7067006aa9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A police officer carries a child who appears to be unconscious after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank off Java island, in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Rescuers were searching Wednesday for dozens of asylum seekers still believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. More than 150 survivors were brought to safety and three bodies were recovered. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="A police officer carries a child who appears to be unconscious after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank off Java island, in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Rescuers were searching Wednesday for dozens of asylum seekers still believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. More than 150 survivors were brought to safety and three bodies were recovered. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) ? Rescuers were searching for several asylum seekers believed to be missing from a boat that sank off Indonesia while heading to Australia. Nearly 190 survivors were brought to safety and nine bodies were recovered.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/189-survive-boat-sinking-indonesia-looks-lost-005105098.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 20:51:05 -0400Associated Press189-survive-boat-sinking-indonesia-looks-lost-005105098<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/189-survive-boat-sinking-indonesia-looks-lost-005105098.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8CGobCCnUV3v9ZaM0mcGpw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/28b315c6c0e27c18380f6a7067006aa9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A police officer carries a child who appears to be unconscious after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank off Java island, in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Rescuers were searching Wednesday for dozens of asylum seekers still believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. More than 150 survivors were brought to safety and three bodies were recovered. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="A police officer carries a child who appears to be unconscious after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank off Java island, in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Rescuers were searching Wednesday for dozens of asylum seekers still believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. More than 150 survivors were brought to safety and three bodies were recovered. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) ? Rescuers were searching for several asylum seekers believed to be missing from a boat that sank off Indonesia while heading to Australia. Nearly 190 survivors were brought to safety and nine bodies were recovered.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/most-passengers-rescued-asylum-seekers-boat-sinks-off-121535943.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VII2h0g_cqER1VfsU.ieSA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T160126Z_4_CBRE96N0ZFE00_RTROPTP_2_INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA-BOAT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A police officer carries an unconscious child who was on the boat that capsized late on Tuesday after hitting a reef off the coast of Sukapura, in Cianjur" align="left" title="A police officer carries an unconscious child who was on the boat that capsized late on Tuesday after hitting a reef off the coast of Sukapura, in Cianjur" border="0" /></a>JAKARTA (Reuters) - Three people died but another 157 suspected asylum seekers were rescued after their boat sank off the southern coast of Indonesia, officials said on Wednesday after earlier reports that as many as 60 may have perished. The latest case of a boat sinking while attempting the perilous journey came five days after Australia slammed the door on would-be refugees with a deal to send all boat arrivals to Papua New Guinea for assessment and eventual settlement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/most-passengers-rescued-asylum-seekers-boat-sinks-off-121535943.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 12:01:26 -0400Reutersmost-passengers-rescued-asylum-seekers-boat-sinks-off-121535943<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/most-passengers-rescued-asylum-seekers-boat-sinks-off-121535943.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VII2h0g_cqER1VfsU.ieSA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T160126Z_4_CBRE96N0ZFE00_RTROPTP_2_INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA-BOAT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A police officer carries an unconscious child who was on the boat that capsized late on Tuesday after hitting a reef off the coast of Sukapura, in Cianjur" align="left" title="A police officer carries an unconscious child who was on the boat that capsized late on Tuesday after hitting a reef off the coast of Sukapura, in Cianjur" border="0" /></a>JAKARTA (Reuters) - Three people died but another 157 suspected asylum seekers were rescued after their boat sank off the southern coast of Indonesia, officials said on Wednesday after earlier reports that as many as 60 may have perished. The latest case of a boat sinking while attempting the perilous journey came five days after Australia slammed the door on would-be refugees with a deal to send all boat arrivals to Papua New Guinea for assessment and eventual settlement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>? A daily roundup of global news reports.http://news.yahoo.com/fatal-shipwreck-calls-australias-refugee-policy-153631926.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 11:36:31 -0400Christian Science Monitorfatal-shipwreck-calls-australias-refugee-policy-153631926<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asylum-seeker-boat-sinks-off-indonesia-189-saved-121635462.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8CGobCCnUV3v9ZaM0mcGpw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/28b315c6c0e27c18380f6a7067006aa9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A police officer carries a child who appears to be unconscious after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank off Java island, in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Rescuers were searching Wednesday for dozens of asylum seekers still believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. More than 150 survivors were brought to safety and three bodies were recovered. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="A police officer carries a child who appears to be unconscious after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank off Java island, in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Rescuers were searching Wednesday for dozens of asylum seekers still believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. More than 150 survivors were brought to safety and three bodies were recovered. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) ? Rescuers were searching Wednesday for several asylum seekers still believed missing a day after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. Nearly 190 survivors were brought to safety and nine bodies were recovered.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/asylum-seeker-boat-sinks-off-indonesia-189-saved-121635462.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 08:16:35 -0400Associated Pressasylum-seeker-boat-sinks-off-indonesia-189-saved-121635462<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asylum-seeker-boat-sinks-off-indonesia-189-saved-121635462.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8CGobCCnUV3v9ZaM0mcGpw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/28b315c6c0e27c18380f6a7067006aa9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A police officer carries a child who appears to be unconscious after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank off Java island, in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Rescuers were searching Wednesday for dozens of asylum seekers still believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. More than 150 survivors were brought to safety and three bodies were recovered. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="A police officer carries a child who appears to be unconscious after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank off Java island, in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Rescuers were searching Wednesday for dozens of asylum seekers still believed m

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