Friday, August 16, 2013

World News Briefs -- August 16, 2013 (Evening Edition)



Violent Clashes Leave 91 Dead And Scores Injured Across Egypt As Muslim Brotherhood's 'March Of Anger' Meets Police And Armed Vigilantes Firing Live Ammunition -- Daily Mail

* Over 90 people dead across Egypt after Friday's protests
* Morsi supporters and vigilante residents exchanged fire in Cairo
* Thousands of Brotherhood supporters converged on Ramses Square
* Attack on Cairo police station saw armed police fire at Morsi men
* Gunfire heard over main Cairo overpass and police also fire tear gas
* Egyptian army soldiers pictured around capital on armored vehicles
* Official death toll from Wednesday's massacre in Cairo come to 638

At least 91 protesters and police were eared dead in Cairo last night as a ‘day of rage’ ended in inevitable bloodshed.

Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi called for fresh demonstrations after more than 600 people were killed when attempts to clear protest camps earlier in the week turned into a massacre.

The fresh violence erupted when tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets after Friday prayers.

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MIDDLE EAST

Reprisals threatened for Beirut bombing in resurgently violent Lebanon. Hezbollah blames Sunnis for bomb.

Dempsey: US mission in Jordan could last years as Syria war rages.

Syrian refugees pour into Iraq at new crossing, U.N. says.

Group claims responsibility for Beirut blast. Death toll in Lebanon bombing rises to 22.

Saudi king backs Egypt's military.

Syrian war fueling attacks by Al Qaeda in Iraq, officials say.

Other crises overshadow growing violence in Iraq.

Insight: Iran's Arab minority drawn into Middle East unrest.

ASIA

Kyrgyz-Kazakh 'alcohol smuggling pipeline' discovered.

Indian submarine blasts: three bodies recovered.

Philippines, US start military talks.

Filipino NPA guerrillas attack Japanese business site.

UN appeals for £63 million to meet North Korea humanitarian needs.

ASEAN vows unity on South China Sea: Thai official.

China to probe IBM, Oracle, EMC for security concerns - paper.

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Wellington, New Zealand.

AFRICA

Scores dead in Egypt's 'day of rage' clashes.

Egypt police vow to use live ammunition to defend state buildings.

Egypt crisis: Muslim Brotherhood protests begin.

Egypt's Christians face unprecedented attacks.

US State Department closes Cairo embassy, urges Americans to leave Egypt.

Polio in Somalia: UN warns of 'explosive' outbreak.

Zimbabwe's MDC drops Robert Mugabe election challenge.

Military crackdown worsens pollution in Nigeria’s oil region.

Libya threatens action against oil protesters.

Darfur tribal hostilities, violence intensify.

Marikana shooting: South Africa's ANC snubs ceremonies.

EUROPE

Russia hints at visa obstacles for western pop acts after gay row.

Gibraltar: David Cameron urges Europe to send monitors to border.

Germany extends travel alert to Red Sea resorts.

Czech president sees early election in late October.

France fears extremists will benefit from Egypt violence.

Italy sees summer surge in migrant boat landings.

Poland to cut number of troops in Afghanistan in October.

Jacques Vergès, defender of war criminals and terrorists, dies at 88.

AMERICAS

Bradley Manning's leaks 'wanton and reckless', judge says.

Obama leads muted international condemnation as Egyptian death toll soars.

NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year: report.

Nicaragua to drill for oil off Caribbean coast.

All US nuclear reactors vulnerable to terrorism, probe finds.

Ecuador approves Yasuni park oil drilling in Amazon rainforest.

Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes sworn in.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Brooklyn is not Baghdad: What is the CIA teaching the NYPD?

Jihadists issue a call to arms in wake of political crisis in Egypt.

US warns of rising threat from al-Qaida in Iraq.

Facing rising violence, Iraq seeks aid from a White House focused on other crises.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

The future of advertising: 'Pay-Per-Gaze' is just the beginning.

Global shares buckle as U.S. bond yields rise on Fed fears.

Amazon’s secret plan to sell you everything!

China stocks rocked by mysterious 6% spike.

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