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Edward Snowden accuses Obama of 'deception'

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 06:42 PM PDT

Edward Snowden, in a statement on WikiLeaks, says President Obama has pressured other nations to reject him, thus punishing him by leaving him 'stateless.'

MOSCOW — Edward Snowden plaintively appealed Monday from his diplomatic limbo in Moscow for relief from what he described as President Obama's use of "deception" and the "bad tools of political aggression" in pressuring other countries to deny him asylum.

Snowden accuses Obama of 'deception,' punishing him with exile

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 05:17 PM PDT

Fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden issued a plaintive appeal Monday from his diplomatic limbo at a Moscow airport, accusing the Obama administration of using the "bad tools of political aggression" to render him stateless.

Egypt's military gives Morsi 2 days to calm nation

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 04:54 PM PDT

General says the military is not seeking to return to political life in Egypt but to form a more inclusive civilian government.

CAIRO — In a step that could lead to the removal of Egypt's first freely elected president, the military announced Monday that it would intervene in two days if President Mohamed Morsi and the opposition failed to end the political unrest that threatens the nation's economy and security.

U.S. calls for restraint, compromise in Egypt

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 04:59 PM PDT

U.S. officials reach out to Egyptian counterparts but are wary of taking sides in the Arab nation's latest civil upheaval.

WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials reached out to Egyptian counterparts Monday, seeking to preserve a careful neutrality in Egypt's civil upheaval even as the unrest underscored America's waning influence over its most important Arab ally.

European leaders angered by U.S. spying reports

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:08 PM PDT

LONDON — Europe turned up the pressure on the Obama administration Monday to respond to new allegations that the U.S. bugged the embassies of some of its long-standing allies and eavesdropped on European Union diplomats around the world.

Putin: Edward Snowden can stay in Russia if he stops leaks

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:19 AM PDT

MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin suggested Monday that American fugitive Edward Snowden might be allowed to stay in Russia, and said the Russians would never turn Snowden over to the United States.

Egypt's military gives President Morsi 48 hours to resolve crisis

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 09:10 AM PDT

CAIRO -- In an ominous warning suggesting it may return to power, the Egyptian military said Monday that it would intervene in the next two days if President Mohamed Morsi and the opposition do not resolve the political crisis threatening the country's stability and economy.

Edward Snowden asking 15 countries for asylum, Russian official says

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 05:43 AM PDT

MOSCOW -- Edward Snowden, t he former National Security Agency contractor who leaked U.S. security secrets and is now a fugitive, met Monday morning with Russian diplomatic officials and handed them an appeal to 15 countries for political asylum, a Russian Foreign Ministry official told The Times.

Group calls for new Egypt protests if President Morsi won't step down

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 08:00 AM PDT

CAIRO -- A key voice in the Egyptian opposition movement threatened fresh nationwide protests and a campaign of civil disobedience Monday if embattled President Mohamed Morsi refuses to step down to make way for early elections.

Michelle Bachelet wins presidential primary in Chile

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 10:28 PM PDT

The former president, whose previous term ended in 2010, is favored to win Chile's general election in November.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Marking a triumphant return to politics, former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet won the right to run for another four-year presidential term in November.

In Pakistan, three bomb blasts kill at least 36

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:49 PM PDT

Militants target a security convoy in Peshawar, a Shiite mosque in Quetta and anti-Taliban militia members in South Waziristan. The dead include three children.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Separate bomb blasts across Pakistan killed at least 36 people Sunday, the latest in a series of extremist attacks to hit the South Asian nation since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif rose to power this spring.

John Kerry's Middle East peace effort tests his optimism

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 11:21 PM PDT

The U.S. secretary of State is trying to convince Israeli and Palestinian leaders that a positive attitude and persistence can lead to a breakthrough.

WASHINGTON — In December 2003, badly trailing Howard Dean in polls of the Democratic presidential field, Sen. John F. Kerry mortgaged his house to raise $6.4 million for his struggling campaign. The risky bet paid off the next month when he won the Iowa caucuses.

Obama honors Mandela during South Africa visit

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:42 PM PDT

President Obama speaks to university students and visits Robben Island to pay tribute to a hero he says inspired his first steps into politics.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Nelson Mandela will leave a legacy that demonstrates the success of "acting on our ideas," President Obama said Sunday as he tried to define his own imprint on a rapidly changing continent at a crossroads.

In Egypt, hundreds of thousands protest against President Morsi

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:38 PM PDT

The protests' size is a stunning rejection and raises questions about Morsi's survival and whether the military might take control if violence spreads.

CAIRO — Hundreds of thousands of protesters swelled through villages and cities Sunday, denouncing Egypt's Islamist president and raising fears of a new revolution that could divide the nation, threaten its young democracy and sink its troubled economy.