Biden Contacted Ecuador on Snowden

Biden Contacted Ecuador on Snowden

Biden Contacted Ecuador on Snowden

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:06 PM PDT

Ecuador's president said the U.S. vice president called him and asked that the NSA leaker's asylum request be rejected.

Tensions Rise Amid Egypt Protests

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Protesters in Egypt touted the millions of signatures they say they have collected calling for President Morsi to quit, as a U.S. student was identified as among those killed in demonstrations Friday.

Support for Brazil's President Plummets

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:07 AM PDT

Backing for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's administration has dropped sharply in the past month.

US and Ecuador discuss Snowden

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:22 PM PDT

The US vice-president talks to Ecuador's president by phone about ex-CIA analyst Edward Snowden's asylum bid as a new bugging allegation emerges.

Biden asks Ecuador to refuse Snowden asylum

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT

US vice-president relates "cordial request" not to shelter NSA whistleblower, Ecuadorean president says.

Kittel wins opening Tour stage

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 10:40 AM PDT

Germany's Marcel Kittel wins crash-marred opening stage of the Tour de France as double champion Contador tumbles.

Bits Blog: After Fighting Mobile Trend, Intel Now Embraces It

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:40 AM PDT

Intel's new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, explains how the company initially fought the mobile revolution and is now trying to catch up.
    

News Analysis: Why Healthy Eaters Fall for Fries

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:36 AM PDT

American consumers, even otherwise healthy ones, keep choosing caloric indulgences rather than healthy foods at fast-food restaurants.
    

Museum Review: A Revamped Roosevelt Library and Museum

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 06:29 PM PDT

A revamped Roosevelt library and museum is opening on Sunday in Hyde Park, N.Y.
    

Thousands march in Istanbul in solidarity with Kurds

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:55 AM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched to Istanbul's Taksim Square on Saturday chanting slogans against the government and police after security forces killed a Kurdish demonstrator in southeastern Turkey.

Detained Somali Islamist commander flown to Mogadishu

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:58 AM PDT

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - One of Somalia's most prominent Islamist rebel commanders, arrested by a regional administration, was flown to the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, where he agreed to hold talks with the federal government about his fate, Somali officials said.

Dozens feared dead in fighting for control of Somali port city

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:33 AM PDT

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Dozens of people were feared killed in two days of fierce fighting for control of a strategic Somali port city, according to witness and militia accounts on Saturday, despite efforts to prevent the clashes escalating into broader clan warfare.

Syrian army launches Homs offensive

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:20 AM PDT

BEIRUT — Syrian fighter jets and heavy-artillery units pounded rebel-held areas of the central city of Homs on Saturday, in what activists described as the fiercest push to take full control of the city in more than a year.

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Gatland urges Lions to be 'smarter'

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 08:01 AM PDT

Coach Warren Gatland says the Lions must be 'smarter' to beat Australia in the third Test and win the series.

Egyptian rail workers jailed over train crash that killed 50

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:14 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Egyptian railway workers were sentenced to 10 years in prison on Saturday over a train crash last year that killed 50 people, mostly children, and inflamed public anger at the country's shoddy transport network.

Iran's Rouhani seeks international dialogue

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:41 AM PDT

President-elect says country needs a cautious foreign policy and a more conciliatory tone over its nuclear programme.

Bahrain student sentenced for insulting king

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:57 AM PDT

High school pupil Ali Al Shofa sent to prison for one year for insulting Gulf island's ruler via Twitter.

U.S. asked Ecuador not to give Snowden asylum: Correa

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:48 PM PDT

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday the United States had asked him not to grant asylum for former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden in a "cordial" telephone conversation he held with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.

Boy's murder shocks Sao Paulo

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 10:55 AM PDT

Police in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, arrest four men accused of killing a five-year-old boy who "cried too much" during a robbery at his family's home.

South Sudan's vice president to visit Khartoum on Sunday

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 10:47 AM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan's vice president will visit Sudan on Sunday, both sides said on Saturday, marking the highest-level talks between the long-time African foes since Khartoum threatened to stop cross-border oil flows.

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