07/15/13 The Raw Worldwide News Feed

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• Greenwald: Snowden docs contain NSA 'blueprint' _{2013-07-14, 11:45 pm}
  Edward Snowden has very sensitive "blueprints" detailing how the National Security Agency operates that would allow someone who read them to evade or even duplicate NSA surveillance, a journalist close to the intelligence leaker said Sunday.
• 18 killed in stampede at boxing match in Indonesia _{2013-07-14, 10:45 pm}
  At least 18 people were killed in a stadium stampede after spectators rioted to protest a local boxer's loss in a championship match in eastern Indonesia, police said Monday.
• Thabo Mbeki: Mandela will pull through _{2013-07-14, 06:41 pm}
  Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as South Africa's president 14 years ago, says the ailing revered statesmen will pull through.
• Germany's Merkel urges stronger rules on data protection _{2013-07-14, 05:41 pm}
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Sunday for tougher European and global rules on data protection amid fallout from recent revelations about U.S. surveillance programs.
• Survivors of Asiana crash may face compensation disparity _{2013-07-14, 01:41 pm}
  When the courts have to figure compensation for people aboard Flight 214, the potential payouts will probably be vastly different for Americans and passengers from other countries, even if they were seated side by side as the Asiana jetliner crash-landed.
• Italian senator likens black minister to orangutan _{2013-07-14, 12:36 pm}
  A leading Italian senator has been chastised by Premier Enrico Letta for likening the country's first black Cabinet minister to an orangutan, the latest high-profile racist episode in a nation grappling with immigration.
• Israeli leader vows to keep weapons from Hezbollah _{2013-07-14, 12:36 pm}
  The airstrike in Latakia reportedly targeted Russian Yakhont anti-ship missiles, one of the types of advanced weapons that Israeli officials have previously said they would not allow to reach Syria.
• Iraq officials say attacks kill 6 in country's north as outgoing Iranian leader plans visit _{2013-07-14, 11:31 am}
  Shootings and a bombing in northern Iraq killed six people on Sunday, including a local government official in the latest outburst of violence roiling the country.
• Unknown attackers kill 6 in northern Iraq _{2013-07-14, 08:22 am}
  Demonstrators protested in three California cities against the acquittal of George Zimmerman and officials say they broke windows and vandalized cars in Oakland.
• Officials: 5 Taliban killed in NATO airstrike _{2013-07-14, 08:22 am}
  Officials say NATO-led coalition forces attacked a group of Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least five militants.
• Manila sets U.N. conditions for Golan force to stay _{2013-07-14, 06:22 am}
  United Nations peacekeepers from the Philippines cross the Israeli army crossing of Quneitra between Syria to the Israeli annexed Golan Heights on June 12, 2013, on their way for a vacation after serving in Syria.
• 200 civilians trapped in mosque: Syrian opposition _{2013-07-14, 06:22 am}
  Free Syrian Army fighters hold their weapons as they walk along a damaged street near the frontline where clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are taking place in Beit Hajira near Damascus, July 7, 2013.
• Photographer Imagines Kate Middleton's Life Using Royal Impersonators _{2013-07-14, 04:22 am}
  Kate Middleton and Prince William are staying out of the public eye as they prepare to welcome their first child, and one photographer is taking a guess as to what they might be up to.
• Cleanup begins after deadly train crash near Paris _{2013-07-14, 12:17 am}
  A powerful crane on Saturday lifted the carcass of the most damaged of four train cars that derailed, killing six people and injuring nearly 200 south of Paris in what investigators believe may have been a case of equipment failure on a line some claim is neglected.
• Suspected U.S. drone kills 2 militants in Pakistan _{2013-07-13, 07:58 pm}
  The incident happened in the village of Musaki outside of Mir Ali, one of the main towns in North Waziristan province.
• Gunmen kill 2 Yemeni soldiers in province where army battling al-Qaida _{2013-07-13, 07:58 pm}
  A Yemeni security official says gunmen have killed two soldiers and wounded three in an ambush in a province where the military is battling al-Qaida.
• Mandela's long hospitalization sparks end-of-life discussions in South Africa _{2013-07-13, 03:53 pm}
  Sean Davison's mother, a doctor, knew she faced an impending, painful death from cancer.
• NYC case casts light on West African mining fight _{2013-07-13, 01:44 pm}
  While the FBI eavesdropped on Frederic Cilins this year, prosecutors say the Frenchman sometimes dropped his voice to an urgent whisper.
• Weeklong storms in China traps tourists, kill 86 _{2013-07-13, 01:44 pm}
  At least 100 tourists, including 38 Vietnamese nationals, were trapped in northwest China after a landslide cut off a road amid weeklong storms that have flooded rivers and triggered mudslides, killing at least 86 people, state media said Saturday.
• Turkey redefines armed forces' duties _{2013-07-13, 09:39 am}
  Turkey's parliament has amended an armed forces regulation which once-powerful military leaders have held up in the past as justification for intervening in politics.