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http://news.yahoo.com/topstories/ en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:35:34 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/topstories/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/house-gop-seek-delay-health-care-provisions-072436181.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SLCIWk9o6WopFQz1b7b8lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27510769e84bd217370f6a7067001fb3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 11, 2013 file photo. Boehner stood on the House floor Tuesday July 16, 2013 and ridiculed Democratic comments that the law has been &quot;wonderful&quot; for the country saying &quot;The law isn&#039;t wonderful, it&#039;s a train wreck. You know it. I know it. And the American people know it. Even the president knows it. That&#039;s why he proposed delaying his mandate on employers.&quot; The House has scheduled votes Wednesday to delay the health care law&#039;s individual and employer mandates, the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 11, 2013 file photo. Boehner stood on the House floor Tuesday July 16, 2013 and ridiculed Democratic comments that the law has been &quot;wonderful&quot; for the country saying &quot;The law isn&#039;t wonderful, it&#039;s a train wreck. You know it. I know it. And the American people know it. Even the president knows it. That&#039;s why he proposed delaying his mandate on employers.&quot; The House has scheduled votes Wednesday to delay the health care law&#039;s individual and employer mandates, the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Republicans, politically emboldened by President Barack Obama&#039;s delay of a key requirement of his health care law, are taking another run at scrapping his signature domestic policy.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/house-gop-seek-delay-health-care-provisions-072436181.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:35:34 -0400Associated Presshouse-gop-seek-delay-health-care-provisions-072436181<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/house-gop-seek-delay-health-care-provisions-072436181.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SLCIWk9o6WopFQz1b7b8lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27510769e84bd217370f6a7067001fb3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 11, 2013 file photo. Boehner stood on the House floor Tuesday July 16, 2013 and ridiculed Democratic comments that the law has been &quot;wonderful&quot; for the country saying &quot;The law isn&#039;t wonderful, it&#039;s a train wreck. You know it. I know it. And the American people know it. Even the president knows it. That&#039;s why he proposed delaying his mandate on employers.&quot; The House has scheduled votes Wednesday to delay the health care law&#039;s individual and employer mandates, the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 11, 2013 file photo. Boehner stood on the House floor Tuesday July 16, 2013 and ridiculed Democratic comments that the law has been &quot;wonderful&quot; for the country saying &quot;The law isn&#039;t wonderful, it&#039;s a train wreck. You know it. I know it. And the American people know it. Even the president knows it. That&#039;s why he proposed delaying his mandate on employers.&quot; The House has scheduled votes Wednesday to delay the health care law&#039;s individual and employer mandates, the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Republicans, politically emboldened by President Barack Obama&#039;s delay of a key requirement of his health care law, are taking another run at scrapping his signature domestic policy.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bank-americas-earnings-soar-70-percent-111728878.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zsFkm5Ln2SH8beAVGfPP2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5f69389be809d117370f6a706700bcdf.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A customer uses a Bank of America ATM in downtown Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Bank of America Corp. reports quarterly financial results before the market open on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)" align="left" title="A customer uses a Bank of America ATM in downtown Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Bank of America Corp. reports quarterly financial results before the market open on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Bank of America says its second-quarter profits soared, helped largely by cost-cutting.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bank-americas-earnings-soar-70-percent-111728878.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:34:04 -0400Associated Pressbank-americas-earnings-soar-70-percent-111728878<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bank-americas-earnings-soar-70-percent-111728878.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zsFkm5Ln2SH8beAVGfPP2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5f69389be809d117370f6a706700bcdf.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A customer uses a Bank of America ATM in downtown Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Bank of America Corp. reports quarterly financial results before the market open on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)" align="left" title="A customer uses a Bank of America ATM in downtown Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Bank of America Corp. reports quarterly financial results before the market open on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Bank of America says its second-quarter profits soared, helped largely by cost-cutting.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/official-iran-open-nuke-talks-once-team-named-113236208.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7aso2YxDI1.fbQpwfC1oUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/50b53f20aaa2a317370f6a706700c15b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, June 17, 2013 file photo, Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, places his hand on his heart as a sign of respect, after speaking at a news conference, in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani on Monday leveled his first criticism of the outgoing administration since June&#039;s election, saying it has mismanaged the country&#039;s economy. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, June 17, 2013 file photo, Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, places his hand on his heart as a sign of respect, after speaking at a news conference, in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani on Monday leveled his first criticism of the outgoing administration since June&#039;s election, saying it has mismanaged the country&#039;s economy. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)" border="0" /></a>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Iran&#039;s foreign minister says Tehran will be ready to resume nuclear talks with world powers as soon as the country&#039;s president-elect puts together his negotiating team.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/official-iran-open-nuke-talks-once-team-named-113236208.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:32:36 -0400Associated Pressofficial-iran-open-nuke-talks-once-team-named-113236208<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/official-iran-open-nuke-talks-once-team-named-113236208.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7aso2YxDI1.fbQpwfC1oUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/50b53f20aaa2a317370f6a706700c15b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, June 17, 2013 file photo, Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, places his hand on his heart as a sign of respect, after speaking at a news conference, in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani on Monday leveled his first criticism of the outgoing administration since June&#039;s election, saying it has mismanaged the country&#039;s economy. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, June 17, 2013 file photo, Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, places his hand on his heart as a sign of respect, after speaking at a news conference, in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani on Monday leveled his first criticism of the outgoing administration since June&#039;s election, saying it has mismanaged the country&#039;s economy. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)" border="0" /></a>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Iran&#039;s foreign minister says Tehran will be ready to resume nuclear talks with world powers as soon as the country&#039;s president-elect puts together his negotiating team.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/special-report-smugglers-security-forces-prey-asias-boat-011011301.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8JDPfZ2NPYwrZvHvTzytcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T113132Z_2_CBRE96G039N00_RTROPTP_2_MYANMAR-EXODUS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Narunisa is reunited with her children after returning to a shelter for Rohingya women and children in Phang Nga" align="left" title="Narunisa is reunited with her children after returning to a shelter for Rohingya women and children in Phang Nga" border="0" /></a>By Jason Szep and Stuart Grudgings PADANG BESAR, Thailand (Reuters) - The beatings were accompanied by threats: If his family didn&#039;t produce the money, Myanmar refugee Abdul Sabur would be sold into slavery on a fishing boat, his captors shouted, lashing him with bamboo sticks. It had been more than two months since Sabur and his wife set sail from Myanmar with 118 other Rohingya Muslims to escape violence and persecution. Twelve died on the disastrous voyage. The survivors were imprisoned in India and then handed over to people smugglers in southern Thailand. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/special-report-smugglers-security-forces-prey-asias-boat-011011301.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:31:32 -0400Reutersspecial-report-smugglers-security-forces-prey-asias-boat-011011301<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/special-report-smugglers-security-forces-prey-asias-boat-011011301.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8JDPfZ2NPYwrZvHvTzytcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T113132Z_2_CBRE96G039N00_RTROPTP_2_MYANMAR-EXODUS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Narunisa is reunited with her children after returning to a shelter for Rohingya women and children in Phang Nga" align="left" title="Narunisa is reunited with her children after returning to a shelter for Rohingya women and children in Phang Nga" border="0" /></a>By Jason Szep and Stuart Grudgings PADANG BESAR, Thailand (Reuters) - The beatings were accompanied by threats: If his family didn&#039;t produce the money, Myanmar refugee Abdul Sabur would be sold into slavery on a fishing boat, his captors shouted, lashing him with bamboo sticks. It had been more than two months since Sabur and his wife set sail from Myanmar with 118 other Rohingya Muslims to escape violence and persecution. Twelve died on the disastrous voyage. The survivors were imprisoned in India and then handed over to people smugglers in southern Thailand. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/coroner-glee-actor-monteith-died-overdose-210710946.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r1A3aQJU1d.V1dlHW4NFMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0a7ab9ecacecad17370f6a706700b98d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A pedestrian walks past photographs and flowers placed at a memorial for Canadian actor Cory Monteith outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, July 15, 2013. Monteith, 31, was found dead in his room at the hotel on Saturday, according to police, who have ruled out foul play. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)" align="left" title="A pedestrian walks past photographs and flowers placed at a memorial for Canadian actor Cory Monteith outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, July 15, 2013. Monteith, 31, was found dead in his room at the hotel on Saturday, according to police, who have ruled out foul play. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)" border="0" /></a>VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ? &quot;Glee&quot; actor Cory Monteith, who had struggled for years with substance abuse and once said he was lucky to be alive, died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia coroner&#039;s office said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/coroner-glee-actor-monteith-died-overdose-210710946.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:24:03 -0400Associated Presscoroner-glee-actor-monteith-died-overdose-210710946<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/coroner-glee-actor-monteith-died-overdose-210710946.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r1A3aQJU1d.V1dlHW4NFMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0a7ab9ecacecad17370f6a706700b98d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A pedestrian walks past photographs and flowers placed at a memorial for Canadian actor Cory Monteith outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, July 15, 2013. Monteith, 31, was found dead in his room at the hotel on Saturday, according to police, who have ruled out foul play. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)" align="left" title="A pedestrian walks past photographs and flowers placed at a memorial for Canadian actor Cory Monteith outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, July 15, 2013. Monteith, 31, was found dead in his room at the hotel on Saturday, according to police, who have ruled out foul play. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)" border="0" /></a>VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ? &quot;Glee&quot; actor Cory Monteith, who had struggled for years with substance abuse and once said he was lucky to be alive, died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia coroner&#039;s office said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/putin-snowden-must-not-damage-relations-us-061407982.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JaVFQmrRjM5CI1KM1zUZiA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1caa48efc9a6bb17370f6a706700d4a4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Friday, July 12, 2013 file photo originally made available by Human Rights Watch, SA leaker Edward Snowden attends a meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow. Russia&#039;s state RIA Novosti news agency is quoting a Russian lawyer as saying that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has asked for a temporary asylum in Russia. The agency quotes Anatoly Kucherena as saying that Snowden submitted the asylum request Tuesday, July 16, 2013 to Russia&#039;s Federal Migration Service. (AP Photo/Tatyana Lokshina, Human Rights Watch, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Friday, July 12, 2013 file photo originally made available by Human Rights Watch, SA leaker Edward Snowden attends a meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow. Russia&#039;s state RIA Novosti news agency is quoting a Russian lawyer as saying that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has asked for a temporary asylum in Russia. The agency quotes Anatoly Kucherena as saying that Snowden submitted the asylum request Tuesday, July 16, 2013 to Russia&#039;s Federal Migration Service. (AP Photo/Tatyana Lokshina, Human Rights Watch, file)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden could leave the transit zone of a Moscow airport after Russian authorities review his asylum request, his lawyer said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/putin-snowden-must-not-damage-relations-us-061407982.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:21:47 -0400Associated Pressputin-snowden-must-not-damage-relations-us-061407982<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/putin-snowden-must-not-damage-relations-us-061407982.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JaVFQmrRjM5CI1KM1zUZiA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1caa48efc9a6bb17370f6a706700d4a4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Friday, July 12, 2013 file photo originally made available by Human Rights Watch, SA leaker Edward Snowden attends a meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow. Russia&#039;s state RIA Novosti news agency is quoting a Russian lawyer as saying that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has asked for a temporary asylum in Russia. The agency quotes Anatoly Kucherena as saying that Snowden submitted the asylum request Tuesday, July 16, 2013 to Russia&#039;s Federal Migration Service. (AP Photo/Tatyana Lokshina, Human Rights Watch, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Friday, July 12, 2013 file photo originally made available by Human Rights Watch, SA leaker Edward Snowden attends a meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow. Russia&#039;s state RIA Novosti news agency is quoting a Russian lawyer as saying that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has asked for a temporary asylum in Russia. The agency quotes Anatoly Kucherena as saying that Snowden submitted the asylum request Tuesday, July 16, 2013 to Russia&#039;s Federal Migration Service. (AP Photo/Tatyana Lokshina, Human Rights Watch, file)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden could leave the transit zone of a Moscow airport after Russian authorities review his asylum request, his lawyer said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africans-prepare-mandelas-birthday-092544433.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FU.50q8Kt9uABlnu5QgAcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/76a5db20ca8abf17370f6a706700cf36.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A portrait of former South African President, Nelson Mandela, outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Nelson Mandela may be discharged from hospital soon to recuperate at home, said Thabo Mbeki, a former president of South Africa Sunday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" align="left" title="A portrait of former South African President, Nelson Mandela, outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Nelson Mandela may be discharged from hospital soon to recuperate at home, said Thabo Mbeki, a former president of South Africa Sunday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? As Nelson Mandela lies critically ill in a Pretoria hospital, the world is preparing to celebrate his 95th birthday on Thursday, a day declared by the United Nations as a way to recognize the Nobel Prize winner&#039;s contribution to reconciliation.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-africans-prepare-mandelas-birthday-092544433.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:21:23 -0400Associated Presssouth-africans-prepare-mandelas-birthday-092544433<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africans-prepare-mandelas-birthday-092544433.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FU.50q8Kt9uABlnu5QgAcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/76a5db20ca8abf17370f6a706700cf36.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A portrait of former South African President, Nelson Mandela, outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Nelson Mandela may be discharged from hospital soon to recuperate at home, said Thabo Mbeki, a former president of South Africa Sunday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" align="left" title="A portrait of former South African President, Nelson Mandela, outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Nelson Mandela may be discharged from hospital soon to recuperate at home, said Thabo Mbeki, a former president of South Africa Sunday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? As Nelson Mandela lies critically ill in a Pretoria hospital, the world is preparing to celebrate his 95th birthday on Thursday, a day declared by the United Nations as a way to recognize the Nobel Prize winner&#039;s contribution to reconciliation.</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (AP) ? Barclays has vowed to fight a fine by U.S. regulators, who allege the bank manipulated the electricity prices in California and other western states to make money off of trades.http://news.yahoo.com/barclays-pledges-fight-us-energy-fine-082926148.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:20:07 -0400Associated Pressbarclays-pledges-fight-us-energy-fine-082926148<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/barclays-fight-453-million-power-fine-u-court-101353256.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KRvKoxm_6Dg739iWYD.JpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T111904Z_6_CBRE96F1OU500_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-FERC-BARCLAYS-POWERSCHEME.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman uses a cash point at a Barclays Bank in Leicester" align="left" title="A woman uses a cash point at a Barclays Bank in Leicester" border="0" /></a>By David Sheppard NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barclays will contest a record $453 million fine imposed by a U.S. energy regulator against the British bank and four of its power traders, setting up a likely federal court battle. The fines, which were upheld by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday, confirm the top U.S. energy cop will pursue its most ambitious market manipulation case to date. For Barclays, the sanction is the latest of a series of scandals that include a $450 million fine by U.S. and UK regulators for rigging global benchmark interest rates last year. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/barclays-fight-453-million-power-fine-u-court-101353256.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:19:04 -0400Reutersbarclays-fight-453-million-power-fine-u-court-101353256<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/barclays-fight-453-million-power-fine-u-court-101353256.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KRvKoxm_6Dg739iWYD.JpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T111904Z_6_CBRE96F1OU500_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-FERC-BARCLAYS-POWERSCHEME.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman uses a cash point at a Barclays Bank in Leicester" align="left" title="A woman uses a cash point at a Barclays Bank in Leicester" border="0" /></a>By David Sheppard NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barclays will contest a record $453 million fine imposed by a U.S. energy regulator against the British bank and four of its power traders, setting up a likely federal court battle. The fines, which were upheld by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday, confirm the top U.S. energy cop will pursue its most ambitious market manipulation case to date. For Barclays, the sanction is the latest of a series of scandals that include a $450 million fine by U.S. and UK regulators for rigging global benchmark interest rates last year. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prominent-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-111526359.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SDfk1YFEkvt1_plHvpgnVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4f52eaae846d217370f6a706700ccae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" align="left" title="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Gunmen assassinated a prominent Syrian pro-government figure at his home in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in the latest sign of Syria&#039;s civil war spilling over into its smaller neighbor, security officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/prominent-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-111526359.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:15:26 -0400Associated Pressprominent-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-111526359<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prominent-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-111526359.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SDfk1YFEkvt1_plHvpgnVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4f52eaae846d217370f6a706700ccae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" align="left" title="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Gunmen assassinated a prominent Syrian pro-government figure at his home in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in the latest sign of Syria&#039;s civil war spilling over into its smaller neighbor, security officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>Andretti Autosport announced Wednesday it has signed on as the third team to compete in the environmentally friendly FIA Formula E championship, which will feature electric cars racing in 10 cities around the world beginning in 2014.http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-andretti-run-electric-car-series-111029972.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:10:29 -0400Associated Pressapnewsbreak-andretti-run-electric-car-series-111029972<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-interim-government-gets-amid-protests-deadlock-055336306.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NGjuSCVmrH92K9NkhEGpfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T163558Z_4_CBRE96F0RYR00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-EGYPT-PROTESTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi throws stones at riot police during clashes in the Ramsis square area in central Cairo" align="left" title="A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi throws stones at riot police during clashes in the Ramsis square area in central Cairo" border="0" /></a>By Noah Browning and Peter Graff CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi called on Wednesday for more mass demonstrations, declaring a &quot;day of steadfastness&quot; to protest against the formation of a new interim cabinet, which began its first day on the job. The army, which removed Egypt&#039;s first freely elected president from power two weeks ago, accused Mursi&#039;s supporters of inciting armed demonstrations near military bases and trying to turn a political dispute into a religious quarrel. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-interim-government-gets-amid-protests-deadlock-055336306.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:09:35 -0400Reutersegypts-interim-government-gets-amid-protests-deadlock-055336306<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-interim-government-gets-amid-protests-deadlock-055336306.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NGjuSCVmrH92K9NkhEGpfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T163558Z_4_CBRE96F0RYR00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-EGYPT-PROTESTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi throws stones at riot police during clashes in the Ramsis square area in central Cairo" align="left" title="A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi throws stones at riot police during clashes in the Ramsis square area in central Cairo" border="0" /></a>By Noah Browning and Peter Graff CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi called on Wednesday for more mass demonstrations, declaring a &quot;day of steadfastness&quot; to protest against the formation of a new interim cabinet, which began its first day on the job. The army, which removed Egypt&#039;s first freely elected president from power two weeks ago, accused Mursi&#039;s supporters of inciting armed demonstrations near military bases and trying to turn a political dispute into a religious quarrel. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-briefs-arabs-peace-bid-egypt-syria-084547775.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4jVIko2GrJLpMqS2ePqS0A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/170d885ce7eed017370f6a706700ac9f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, Jordan&#039;s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, right, and Egypt&#039;s Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, left, arrive for a meeting with the Arab League Peace Initiative at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Kerry is briefing senior Arab officials on his efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and on American views of the crises and Syria and Egypt. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, Jordan&#039;s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, right, and Egypt&#039;s Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, left, arrive for a meeting with the Arab League Peace Initiative at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Kerry is briefing senior Arab officials on his efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and on American views of the crises and Syria and Egypt. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AMMAN, Jordan (AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry briefed senior Arab officials Wednesday on his efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and on American views of the crises and Syria and Egypt.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-briefs-arabs-peace-bid-egypt-syria-084547775.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:08:40 -0400Associated Presskerry-briefs-arabs-peace-bid-egypt-syria-084547775<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-briefs-arabs-peace-bid-egypt-syria-084547775.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4jVIko2GrJLpMqS2ePqS0A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/170d885ce7eed017370f6a706700ac9f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, Jordan&#039;s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, right, and Egypt&#039;s Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, left, arrive for a meeting with the Arab League Peace Initiative at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Kerry is briefing senior Arab officials on his efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and on American views of the crises and Syria and Egypt. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, Jordan&#039;s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, right, and Egypt&#039;s Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, left, arrive for a meeting with the Arab League Peace Initiative at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Kerry is briefing senior Arab officials on his efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and on American views of the crises and Syria and Egypt. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AMMAN, Jordan (AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry briefed senior Arab officials Wednesday on his efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and on American views of the crises and Syria and Egypt.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stranded-fugitive-snowden-seeks-temporary-asylum-russia-042112253.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uLk6K73RzCQiiSwcNJwTYA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110600Z_2_CBRE96G0F2I00_RTROPTP_2_US-USA-SECURITY-SNOWDEN-RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin looks out of a helicopter window during his visit to Russia&#039;s far eastern Sakhalin region July 16, 2013. REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi" align="left" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin looks out of a helicopter window during his visit to Russia&#039;s far eastern Sakhalin region July 16, 2013. REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi" border="0" /></a>By Denis Dyomkin CHITA, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin gave his clearest signal yet that he will not let a dispute over the fate of former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden derail Russia&#039;s relations with the United States. Snowden, who is wanted by Washington for leaking details of U.S. intelligence programs, is seeking temporary asylum in Russia after spending more than three weeks at a Moscow airport trying to fly to a country that will shelter him. Allowing the American to stay in Russia even temporarily would upset Washington. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stranded-fugitive-snowden-seeks-temporary-asylum-russia-042112253.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:06:00 -0400Reutersstranded-fugitive-snowden-seeks-temporary-asylum-russia-042112253<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stranded-fugitive-snowden-seeks-temporary-asylum-russia-042112253.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uLk6K73RzCQiiSwcNJwTYA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110600Z_2_CBRE96G0F2I00_RTROPTP_2_US-USA-SECURITY-SNOWDEN-RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin looks out of a helicopter window during his visit to Russia&#039;s far eastern Sakhalin region July 16, 2013. REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi" align="left" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin looks out of a helicopter window during his visit to Russia&#039;s far eastern Sakhalin region July 16, 2013. REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi" border="0" /></a>By Denis Dyomkin CHITA, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin gave his clearest signal yet that he will not let a dispute over the fate of former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden derail Russia&#039;s relations with the United States. Snowden, who is wanted by Washington for leaking details of U.S. intelligence programs, is seeking temporary asylum in Russia after spending more than three weeks at a Moscow airport trying to fly to a country that will shelter him. Allowing the American to stay in Russia even temporarily would upset Washington. ...</p><br clear="all"/>BAGHDAD (AP) ? Iraqi officials say a bombing targeting a stream where youngsters had sought refuge from the summer heat has killed four people.http://news.yahoo.com/officials-bombing-kills-4-people-iraq-110543767.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:05:43 -0400Associated Pressofficials-bombing-kills-4-people-iraq-110543767<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gaddafis-old-tripoli-fortress-turned-park-110514342.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QyAeNBe6SHQyaxkkRYYmfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110514Z_1_AJOE96G0UST00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-LIBYA-GADDAFI-COMPOUND-20130717.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi&#039;s Tripoli compound, the city within a city from which he orchestrated eccentric defiance of Western powers and disdain for his own people for four decades, is to be turned into a public park, Tourism Minister Ikram Abdusalam Bash Imam said on Tuesday. The sprawling 6 sq km (2.5 sq mile) Bab al-Aziziya complex once housed a swimming pool, sports pitches, senior officials&#039; villas and gardens as well as an underground bunker, government offices and buildings belonging to the feared and pervasive security apparatus. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/gaddafis-old-tripoli-fortress-turned-park-110514342.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:05:14 -0400Reutersgaddafis-old-tripoli-fortress-turned-park-110514342<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gaddafis-old-tripoli-fortress-turned-park-110514342.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QyAeNBe6SHQyaxkkRYYmfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110514Z_1_AJOE96G0UST00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-LIBYA-GADDAFI-COMPOUND-20130717.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi&#039;s Tripoli compound, the city within a city from which he orchestrated eccentric defiance of Western powers and disdain for his own people for four decades, is to be turned into a public park, Tourism Minister Ikram Abdusalam Bash Imam said on Tuesday. The sprawling 6 sq km (2.5 sq mile) Bab al-Aziziya complex once housed a swimming pool, sports pitches, senior officials&#039; villas and gardens as well as an underground bunker, government offices and buildings belonging to the feared and pervasive security apparatus. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mother-2-sons-killed-crossing-philly-road-2-102559980.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dj54YfDESG92MEpyzsES4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/62a869e9e854d217370f6a70670076aa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Family members react as they watch investigators at the scene of a fatal accident on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Olney section of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening July 16, 2013. Philadelphia police are investigating whether cars may have been drag racing when a mother and two young sons were struck and killed attempting to cross a busy highway. The woman&#039;s two other sons ages 4 and 5 are in critical condition. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)" align="left" title="Family members react as they watch investigators at the scene of a fatal accident on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Olney section of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening July 16, 2013. Philadelphia police are investigating whether cars may have been drag racing when a mother and two young sons were struck and killed attempting to cross a busy highway. The woman&#039;s two other sons ages 4 and 5 are in critical condition. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)" border="0" /></a>PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Philadelphia police are investigating whether cars were drag racing when a mother and two young sons were struck and killed while attempting to cross a busy highway. The woman&#039;s two other sons were injured.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mother-2-sons-killed-crossing-philly-road-2-102559980.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:02:31 -0400Associated Pressmother-2-sons-killed-crossing-philly-road-2-102559980<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mother-2-sons-killed-crossing-philly-road-2-102559980.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dj54YfDESG92MEpyzsES4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/62a869e9e854d217370f6a70670076aa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Family members react as they watch investigators at the scene of a fatal accident on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Olney section of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening July 16, 2013. Philadelphia police are investigating whether cars may have been drag racing when a mother and two young sons were struck and killed attempting to cross a busy highway. The woman&#039;s two other sons ages 4 and 5 are in critical condition. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)" align="left" title="Family members react as they watch investigators at the scene of a fatal accident on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Olney section of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening July 16, 2013. Philadelphia police are investigating whether cars may have been drag racing when a mother and two young sons were struck and killed attempting to cross a busy highway. The woman&#039;s two other sons ages 4 and 5 are in critical condition. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)" border="0" /></a>PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Philadelphia police are investigating whether cars were drag racing when a mother and two young sons were struck and killed while attempting to cross a busy highway. The woman&#039;s two other sons were injured.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/major-economies-still-struggling-create-jobs-110137934.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7FJVpUvg_JtKxbpul8BnMg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4c802bc9cb7dc417370f6a706700d8ac.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Amaya Munoz Garcia, 31, cries as she receives support from a member of the Victims&#039; Mortgage Platform (PAH) while she waits to be evicted in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Munoz Garcia has accumulated 8,000 euros ($10,503) in debt including interest since she stopped paying rent after she lost her job ten months ago. She has been unable to find a new job. The eviction was finally postponed with the help of the Victims&#039; Mortgage Platform (PAH), who are trying to negotiate a social rent and a payment plan. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)" align="left" title="Amaya Munoz Garcia, 31, cries as she receives support from a member of the Victims&#039; Mortgage Platform (PAH) while she waits to be evicted in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Munoz Garcia has accumulated 8,000 euros ($10,503) in debt including interest since she stopped paying rent after she lost her job ten months ago. She has been unable to find a new job. The eviction was finally postponed with the help of the Victims&#039; Mortgage Platform (PAH), who are trying to negotiate a social rent and a payment plan. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (AP) ? Jobs growth remains weak among the world&#039;s 20 biggest economies, where almost a third of the 93 million unemployed have been out of work for more than a year, top labor and development officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/major-economies-still-struggling-create-jobs-110137934.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:01:37 -0400Associated Pressmajor-economies-still-struggling-create-jobs-110137934<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/major-economies-still-struggling-create-jobs-110137934.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7FJVpUvg_JtKxbpul8BnMg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4c802bc9cb7dc417370f6a706700d8ac.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Amaya Munoz Garcia, 31, cries as she receives support from a member of the Victims&#039; Mortgage Platform (PAH) while she waits to be evicted in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Munoz Garcia has accumulated 8,000 euros ($10,503) in debt including interest since she stopped paying rent after she lost her job ten months ago. She has been unable to find a new job. The eviction was finally postponed with the help of the Victims&#039; Mortgage Platform (PAH), who are trying to negotiate a social rent and a payment plan. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)" align="left" title="Amaya Munoz Garcia, 31, cries as she receives support from a member of the Victims&#039; Mortgage Platform (PAH) while she waits to be evicted in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Munoz Garcia has accumulated 8,000 euros ($10,503) in debt including interest since she stopped paying rent after she lost her job ten months ago. She has been unable to find a new job. The eviction was finally postponed with the help of the Victims&#039; Mortgage Platform (PAH), who are trying to negotiate a social rent and a payment plan. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (AP) ? Jobs growth remains weak among the world&#039;s 20 biggest economies, where almost a third of the 93 million unemployed have been out of work for more than a year, top labor and development officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaida-branch-confirms-no-2-killed-yemen-102604944.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sdrQIHLaehXJC55ZNqIiBw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/daa20881e7d7d017370f6a706700041f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this undated frame grab from video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, shows Saeed al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida says a U.S. drone strike has killed a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who rose to become the group&#039;s No. 2 figure. The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave no date for the death of Saudi-born Al-Shihri. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this undated frame grab from video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, shows Saeed al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida says a U.S. drone strike has killed a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who rose to become the group&#039;s No. 2 figure. The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave no date for the death of Saudi-born Al-Shihri. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File)" border="0" /></a>SANAA, Yemen (AP) ? The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida confirmed on Wednesday that the group&#039;s No. 2 figure, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, was killed in a U.S. drone strike.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaida-branch-confirms-no-2-killed-yemen-102604944.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:01:33 -0400Associated Pressal-qaida-branch-confirms-no-2-killed-yemen-102604944<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaida-branch-confirms-no-2-killed-yemen-102604944.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sdrQIHLaehXJC55ZNqIiBw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/daa20881e7d7d017370f6a706700041f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this undated frame grab from video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, shows Saeed al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida says a U.S. drone strike has killed a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who rose to become the group&#039;s No. 2 figure. The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave no date for the death of Saudi-born Al-Shihri. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this undated frame grab from video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, shows Saeed al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida says a U.S. drone strike has killed a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who rose to become the group&#039;s No. 2 figure. The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave no date for the death of Saudi-born Al-Shihri. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File)" border="0" /></a>SANAA, Yemen (AP) ? The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida confirmed on Wednesday that the group&#039;s No. 2 figure, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, was killed in a U.S. drone strike.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-spy-agency-did-not-break-law-using-102247481.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZsRlPSx_KtgTF8KnEHJM3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T102247Z_1_CBRE96G0SU700_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-SECURITY-BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Satellite dishes are seen at GCHQ&#039;s outpost at Bude, close to where trans-Atlantic fibre-optic cables come ashore in Cornwall, southwest England" align="left" title="Satellite dishes are seen at GCHQ&#039;s outpost at Bude, close to where trans-Atlantic fibre-optic cables come ashore in Cornwall, southwest England" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s electronic surveillance agency did not circumvent the law by using data gathered by a clandestine U.S. spy program called PRISM, the British parliament said on Wednesday. Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden leaked details of PRISM last month, lifting the lid on what he said was a vast surveillance system that vacuumed up emails and phone data - which leaked documents showed were sometimes handed over to Britain&#039;s security services. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-spy-agency-did-not-break-law-using-102247481.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 06:59:04 -0400Reutersuk-spy-agency-did-not-break-law-using-102247481<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-spy-agency-did-not-break-law-using-102247481.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZsRlPSx_KtgTF8KnEHJM3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T102247Z_1_CBRE96G0SU700_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-SECURITY-BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Satellite dishes are seen at GCHQ&#039;s outpost at Bude, close to where trans-Atlantic fibre-optic cables come ashore in Cornwall, southwest England" align="left" title="Satellite dishes are seen at GCHQ&#039;s outpost at Bude, close to where trans-Atlantic fibre-optic cables come ashore in Cornwall, southwest England" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s electronic surveillance agency did not circumvent the law by using data gathered by a clandestine U.S. spy program called PRISM, the British parliament said on Wednesday. Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden leaked details of PRISM last month, lifting the lid on what he said was a vast surveillance system that vacuumed up emails and phone data - which leaked documents showed were sometimes handed over to Britain&#039;s security services. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/21-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-085018081.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qt1cy.rLnRwHqg6GrruCRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c8a4becbe752ce17370f6a706700147d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? At least 21 children died a

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