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- With assets frozen, noose tightening in Egypt for Muslim Brothers
Arrests, threats of prosecution and now an effort to cut off the Muslim Brotherhood's funding in military-ruled Egypt.
- Show time? Snowden to hold meeting in Moscow Airport
The former NSA contractor has invited human rights groups and lawyers to his first public appearance since arriving in Russia last month.
- The US, apparently, supports everyone in Egypt (and no one likes it)
The Muslim Brotherhood, revolutionary activists, Coptic Christians, and the Army all make the cut.
- China hints Japan is courting 'strategic hostility' over islands
A territorial dispute over a group of islands in the East China Sea has touched off an escalating war of words.
- With F-16s, Obama signals no US challenge to Egypt coup
If Washington deemed Morsi's removal a coup, the US would be legally required to cut its estimated $1.3 billion in military aid.
- Russian report says sarin used in Syria – by rebels
The Russian report alleges that the rebels fired a rocket laced with homemade sarin into Aleppo in March.
- Japan to China: Stop trying to change the region by force
China blasted Japan's 'white paper' defense report about its maritime activities as 'untruthful.'
- Egypt's split personality and battle over identity
An Egyptian on this time of turmoil
- Curtains for democracy in Egypt?
The odds of Egypt becoming a democracy anytime soon went from 'maybe' to 'almost certainly not' today.
- Bloodshed in Egypt saps support for military-led transition
At least 40 people were killed Monday at a street demonstration, prompting one of the main religious parties to withdraw support for the military-led transitional government.
- Can Egypt's popular coup reset a faltering transition?
With three killed by the Egyptian military in Cairo this morning, Egypt's transition 2.0 is off to a rocky start.
- Faulty lead linked Snowden to Bolivian jet, European officials say
On Friday Spain became the first European government to admit it believed Edward Snowden was aboard a flight carrying Bolivia's president that was grounded in Austria Tuesday.
- Egypt's generals depose Morsi, Egypt remains divided
The military takes charge in Egypt again. At least temporarily.
- In mineral-rich Guinea, can reform leader keep it together?
In the oft-ignored West African nation, President Conde is pushing civil society norms as investors eye potential. But it is an uphill effort.
- US State Department response to Egypt uprisings, then and now
Spot the difference.
- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi have their backs to the wall
Warnings of a coup and the death of democracy come from senior Muslim Brotherhood members and advisers of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
- Timeline: the awkward dance of Obama and Morsi
The Obama administration fell into familiar patterns with Hosni Mubarak's successor.
- China, neighbors set up hotlines over island disputes
However, Beijing has rejected US advice to sign a code of conduct for the South China Sea.
- Canadians ask what 'inspired by Al Qaeda ideology' means
The Mounties say they foiled a pressure cooker bomb plot that was 'inspired by Al Qaeda ideology.' Others find the tie to be tenuous at best.
- White House backing away from Morsi in record time
It's hard to see a way for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to salvage his position from the current situation. Obama's folks seem to agree.