07/15/13 The Raw Worldwide News Feed

World News continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

• 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.

07/05/13 The Raw Worldwide Newsfeed

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• Great green blob covers Chinese waters _{2013-07-05, 06:53 am}
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• 2 killed in suicide attack at Afghan border _{2013-07-05, 05:53 am}
  Authorities say a suicide bomber blew himself up at a border checkpoint entering Afghanistan from Pakistan, killing at least two people and wounding eight others.
• Tropical Storm Erick forms in eastern Pacific _{2013-07-05, 01:43 am}
  The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said a tropical storm warning was in effect on the southwestern Mexican coast Thursday night from Lazaro Cardenas to Manzanillo.
• Crews rescue 23,600 from crashes _{2013-07-04, 09:38 pm}
  Firefighters in England rescued six times more people from road crashes than house fires over the last three years, figures have revealed.
• Mexican volcano spews ash, steam _{2013-07-04, 05:39 pm}
  Mexico City: Airport officials say at least six US airlines have canceled more than 40 flights into and out of Mexico City and Toluca airports after the Popocatepetl volcano spewed out ash, steam and glowing rocks.
• Israelis strip-search Arab journalist at US party _{2013-07-04, 04:35 pm}
  The U.S.-funded Alhurra network said Thursday that one of its cameramen was interrogated and strip-searched by Israeli security men while covering a July 4 party at the U.S. ambassador's residence near Tel Aviv.
• Pakistan, International Monetary Fund reach initial agreement on $5.3 billion bailout_{2013-07-04, 12:15 pm}
  Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund have reached an initial agreement on a bailout of at least $5.3 billion to stave off an economic crisis as the country's foreign reserves dip perilously low, officials said Thursday.
• Mandela's Condition Unchanged Government Says _{2013-07-04, 11:16 am}
  A man takes a moment to read some of the get well wishes and messages outside Nelson Mandela's house in Johannesburg, South Africa, July, 4, 2013.
• Lucky British babies to receive royal silver penny _{2013-07-04, 11:16 am}
  The Royal Mint announced Thursday that it has minted 2,013 silver coins bearing a shield of the Royal Arms, to be given to newborns who share their birthday with the third in line to the British throne.
• Arizona Senator McCain visits US troops in Kabul _{2013-07-04, 09:05 am}
  McCain, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and unsuccessful presidential candidate, was accompanied on the visit by Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
• Syrian president: Opposition failed to oust regime _{2013-07-04, 07:05 am}
  It's a dogfight, a roast, a frank encounter, a contest to win in the wurst way. In short, it's an event that devours puns.
• 'Unexplained' house deaths probed _{2013-07-04, 06:01 am}
  The deaths of two people found in a house in a valley community are being treated as "unexplained", police said.
• Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi is under arrest after being thrown out of office in a coup _{2013-07-04, 06:01 am}
  The UK will work with Egypt's new rulers despite condemning the military intervention that ousted democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi, William Hague said.
• Bolivia's Morales arrives home after plane flap _{2013-07-04, 03:51 am}
  Bolivian President Evo Morales called the rerouting of his plane over suspicions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was aboard a provocation to Latin America and urged European countries to "free themselves" from the United States.
• SKorea proposes talks with NKorea on factory park _{2013-07-04, 12:46 am}
  The industrial complex in the North Korean city of Kaesong, just north of the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, has been shut since a political showdown in April.
• Ecuador says hidden microphone found in its London embassy, where Wikileaks founder staying _{2013-07-03, 11:41 pm}
  If you think Point Grey and West Van have a monopoly on opulent residences offering ocean views, then take a look at these current real estate listings south of Vancouver for spacious homes where builders spared no expense.
• US official: Taliban ignoring talks overtures _{2013-07-03, 07:27 pm}
  The Taliban won't join talks with the United States and Afghanistan because of a dispute over the name of its representative office in Qatar, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.
• Attacks on candidates seem to be rampant in Mexico local elections _{2013-07-03, 07:27 pm}
  As Sunday's elections grow near in 14 states, at least eight local politicians or their family members have been killed.
• Vast war letter collection shows sacrifice _{2013-07-03, 03:22 pm}
  Historian Andrew Carroll poses for a photograph June 18 in Washington with one of his war letters that has a bullet hole in it.
• NY gay resort community gains historic recognition _{2013-07-03, 03:22 pm}
  In this June 23, 2013 photo, men and women wander through the streets in the Fire Island community of Cherry Grove, N.Y. Virtually obliterated in a 1938 hurricane, the community now has about 250 houses that can sell for $400,000 or more, and two miles of white, sandy beaches facing the Atlantic accessible via a network of narrow boardwalks.

Police arrest former Pakistani ruler Musharraf

An election banner showing Pakistan's former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf, is used as a curtain on a makeshift home in a Christian slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, April 17, 2013.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/Police-arrest-former-Pakistani-ruler-Musharraf-4443590.php

Bombing victim says he saw man drop bag that exploded minutes later

Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who is suspected of trying to kill him.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/victim-in-iconic-photo-says-he-saw-bomber/2013/04/19/0de8b100-a8a3-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html

7.0 quake hits ocean off Japan, Russia; no damage

The Japan Meteorological Agency says a 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia.

http://www.rgj.com/usatoday/article/2095741

South Koreans hope to resume businesses at jointly run factory in North Korea shut by tensions

Visitors look at products made at Kaesong industrial complex in North Korea displayed at the complex's showroom at the unification observation post near the border village of Panmunjom, that has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 18, 2013.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/south-koreans-hope-to-resume-businesses-at-jointly-run-factory-in-north-korea-shut-by-tensions/2013/04/18/c6f8e560-a88b-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html

Pettersen leads Lotte Championship by one over Miyazato after second day

Suzann Pettersen rebounded from her lone bogey with three back-nine birdies Thursday at wind-swept Ko Olina to take the second-round lead in the LPGA Lotte Championship.

http://www.pga.com/news/lpga-tour/suzann-pettersen-leads-lotte-championship-one-over-ai-miyazato-after-second-day

Zoo's giraffe caught up in sea search

Nakuru is transported in a crate from Auckland Zoo through Mt Eden on its journey to the port on Monday.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10878542&ref=rss

Minister pledges green fields can be protected on visit to Addingham

At St Peter's Church, Addingham, village civic society chairman Jim Robinson, planning minister Nick Boles, Keighley MP Kris Hopkins and civic society secretary Peter Wilkinson The Government's planning minister Nick Boles offered reassurances about protecting "precious green spaces" during his visit to the Bradford district yesterday.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10366069.Minister_pledges_green_fields_can_be_protected_on_visit_to_Addingham/

Pakistani Ex-President Musharraf Arrested

Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been arrested and taken to court.

http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-musharraf/24962037.html

Dad's concern after teenage son approached on street

A dad has told how a shiver went down his spine when he realised his son might have been approached by a wanted man.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10365991.Dad_s_concern_after_teenage_son_approached_on_street/

Mohan Named MAC Player of the Week

Miami's Nimisha Mohan has been named Mid-American Conference Tennis Player of the Week, the league office announced on Wednesday.The award is the first for a RedHawk this season.

http://www.muredhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=207317760

Pervez Musharraf back in court a day after fleeing arrest

Pervez Musharraf after his arrival back in Pakistan. He has been placed under house arrest amid allegations of treason while he was in office.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/19/pervez-musharraf-back-court-arrest

Jay-Z, Kate Middleton, Aamir Khan on Time's most influential list

Rapper Jay-Z, Pakistan teenager Malala Yousufzai, Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and SpaceX founder Elon Musk were on Thursday named among Time magazine's most influential people in the world.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/jayz-kate-middleton-aamir-khan-on-times-most-influential-list/1104777

Knox memoir tells of pot use, time in Italian prison

While imprisoned in Italy for four years in the murder of her roommate, Amanda Knox fended off sexual harassment from guards and an overture from a cellmate.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020812159_knoxbooknytxml.html?syndication=rss

Election council to audit vote in Venezuela

Venezuela's electoral council said Thursday it would audit the 46 percent vote that was not scrutinized election night in a major concession to opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, who said he accepted the decision because he believed the votes stolen from him were to be found among those votes.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/7ac576ab564f4a32aa32d02dbce3906e/LT--Venezuela-Election

Night Watch: Is North Korea Looking for Dialogue?

In the past three days North Korea has issued three statements from different national institutions and directed at the US.

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/04/19/is-north-korea-looking-for-dialogue-n1572557

Nathan Slaughter: The Company With A Hold On The Biggest Shale Play In America

If you've been paying attention to the oil and gas sector for very long, then you've no doubt heard all about the famed Bakken and Eagle Ford shales.

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/nathanslaughter/2013/04/19/the-company-with-a-hold-on-the-biggest-shale-play-in-america-n1572501

WHERE will the Indian votes go this time?

In Johor, earmarked by the opposition pact as the frontline state, Indians make up only a small minority in the total electorate count.

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=88441:where-will-the-indian-votes-be-headed-to?&Itemid=2

U.S. Investigating Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria

U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating accounts from European allies that Syria may have used chemical weapons in its war against opposition forces, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/167287