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Egypt's Morsi offers nothing to defuse crisisIn a speech following a night of violent protests, Egyptian President Morsi invited opposition leaders to begin a dialogue on Saturday. However, he did not give any indication that he is prepared to make concessions to his opponents.
Detained wife of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo speaks outAs China celebrates Mo Yan's Nobel Prize in literature this year, 2010 Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo remains in prison and his wife under house arrest. She spoke to AP reporters today.
Syria calls chemical weapon reports 'pretext for intervention'Bashar al-Assad's deputy foreign minister said that even if Syria had chemical weapons, it would not use them on its own people. 'We would not commit suicide,' he said.
Egypt's army moves to clear demonstrators from presidential palaceThe military deployed tanks around the palace this morning, and ordered both supporters of President Morsi and protesters to leave the area, in an effort to prevent further violence.
Greece seen as most corrupt European nation, survey saysTransparency International ranks Greece, along with other European countries racked by the financial crisis, poorly in its 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index.
US, Russia set for surprise meeting on Syria. Is compromise in works?Secretary Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will discuss Syria with UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi today, amid reports that Syria is deploying its chemical weapons.
Cargo ship sinks in North Sea, search continues for survivorsSearch planes, helicopters and ships were heading to the area to resume the search Thursday morning, but the icy conditions made survival virtually impossible.
Typhoon kills nearly 350 in PhilippinesOfficials in the southeast Asian nation announced Thursday that even emergency shelters were no match for the large storm.
Four Olympians lose medals for steroid use at AthensFour Olympians lose medals: Four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to return their medals won in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The retroactive tests bring the number of Athens Olympians to lose medals to 31, including 11 medal winners and three gold medalists.
Guatemalan police arrest John McAfeeJohn MacAfee, the software guru who went on the run last month after Belize police tried questioning him about the shooting of a neighbor, was arrested in Guatemala Wednesday.
NATO urges North Korea to cancel rocket launchNATO joins the chorus of those like Russia and China who are calling on North Korea to abandon its planned rocket launch, saying it would violate UN Security Council restrictions.
Born to rule? Royal pregnancy highlights succession issuesThe first child of Prince William and his wife, Kate, will be born a king or a queen in waiting, according to new succession rules designed to give royal daughters the same rights as sons.
Philippine typhoon: International aid agencies appeal for $4.8 millionA day after a powerful typhoon killed nearly 300 people in the southern Philippines, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued an urgent appeal for money to aid survivors.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for pro-Morsi rallyThe largest Islamist political group in the Middle Eastern nation is calling on supporters of Egypt's president to gather at the presidential palace in Cairo.
Iran lawmaker affirms Tehran has US drone – from the CIA, perhaps?The US Navy has denied it's missing any ScanEagle drones. But Iran claims to have evidence of the drone. An Iranian lawmaker suggests that maybe the CIA, instead of the Pentagon, is missing a spy drone.
- Swiss spy warning sent to CIA, MI6 after secret data theft
Swiss spy warning: A disgruntled IT technician at the Swiss intelligence service stole terabytes of secret data from computers. The Swiss spy agency sent a warning to the CIA, MI6 and other intelligence services about the breach of security.
The Philippines: Typhoon brings fierce winds, rainOfficials estimate 280 people have died as a result of Typhoon Bopha, which made landfall Tuesday. Flooding and mudslides have affected most of the countryside in the Compostela Valley. The typhoon caused power outages and ruined roads and bridges.
Can Egypt's constitution withstand turmoil?Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace on Tuesday. Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, faces fierce opposition to his policies.
John McAfee surfaces, planning to seek asylum in GuatemalaMcAfee is now at a hotel in Guatemala City after sneaking out of neighboring Belize, where police have called him a person of interest in a November murder.
Protesters and police clash outside Egyptian presidential palaceEgyptian police fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against Morsi's call for a referendum on a new constitution.
