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Obama, Rousseff turn page on spy spat, work on trade, travel
10:42:39 PM

Presidents Rousseff and Obama hold a joint news   conference in the East Room of the White House in WashingtonBy Roberta Rampton and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used a White House visit on Tuesday to turn the page on a spying scandal that had damaged bilateral relations and said they want to work to bolster economic ties. During an hour-long press conference, Rousseff said "things have changed" since October 2013, when she cancelled an official state visit after revelations from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that the United States had spied on her. "The change is particularly due to the fact that President Obama and the U.S. government have stated on several occasions that they would no longer engage in intrusive acts of spying on friendly countries.




KKK plans South Carolina rally as Confederate flag debate continues
9:52:46 PM

A Confederate flag is held up by a man at a rally   outside the State House to get the Confederate flag removed from the grounds in   ColumbiaThe Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at South Carolina's capitol, where a statue of a former state governor who championed white supremacy was vandalised on Tuesday amid scrutiny of symbols associated with slavery. The Civil War-era flag and related monuments have become flashpoints after nine black men and women were gunned down at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina. The suspected shooter, Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man, had posed with a Confederate battle flag in photos posted on a website that displayed a racist manifesto attributed to him.




Blatter decides not to attend women's World Cup final in Canada
8:29:25 PM

FIFA President Blatter speaks during an event for   workers building the planned FIFA museum in ZurichBy David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter, president of the world football governing body FIFA that is embroiled in corruption investigations, will not travel to Canada for Sunday's final of the women's World Cup for personal reasons, his U.S.-based lawyer said on Tuesday. Reuters was unable to determine the specific reasons why Blatter, a Swiss national, had decided not to attend the final in Vancouver. Some lawyers with experience in international criminal cases said that Blatter would be ill-advised to travel after an indictment announced on May 27 by U.S. prosecutors against nine current and former FIFA officials and five sports marketing businessmen.




Egypt's Sisi promises tougher legal system as prosecutor buried
7:39:18 PM

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a   statement at the Elysee Palace in ParisBy Stephen Kalin CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's president told mourners on Tuesday at the funeral of the country's top prosecutor, killed by a car bomb, that he would unveil tough new security policies in the coming days, vowing that death sentences would be carried out. Monday's killing of public prosecutor Hisham Barakat, the most senior Egyptian official to die in such an attack in years, cast doubt on Egypt's ability to contain an Islamist insurgency that is picking increasingly high-profile targets. In his address at the funeral, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said: "The hand of justice is tied by laws ... We will not wait for that.




Tunisia hotel gunman trained in Libya jihadist camp - government
7:20:23 PM

A broken glass window of the Imperiale Marhaba hotel   is seen after a gunman opened fire at the beachside hotel in Sousse, TunisiaBy Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - The Tunisian gunman who carried out a deadly attack on a hotel last Friday trained in a jihadist camp in Libya last year, Tunisia's government said on Tuesday. The death toll from the assault on the Imperial Marhaba beach hotel in the popular resort town of Sousse was revised down on Tuesday to 38 from a previously given 39. A spokesman for the prime minister said Saif Rezgui, who was killed by police following the rampage, was in Libya at the same time as two Tunisian gunmen who subsequently stormed the Tunis Bardo museum in March.




Around 1,200 escape from Yemen prison, including al Qaeda suspects
7:17:32 PM
Around 1,200 prisoners, including al Qaeda suspects, escaped during clashes at a jail in central Yemen on Tuesday, officials said. The incident is the biggest in a series of prison breaks that have freed Yemeni militants in recent years and signals the further erosion of the state amid a raging civil war. "Groups of al Qaeda supporters ... today attacked the central prison in the city of Taiz and more than 1,200 of the dangerous prisoners escaped," state news agency Saba quoted a security official as saying.


Spanish federation chief to face probe over finances
7:09:12 PM

Albert Costa looks at Jose Luis Escanuela during a   news conference in BarcelonaBy Tim Hanlon BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spanish tennis federation (RFET) president Jose Luis Escanuela is to be investigated for alleged financial mismanagement, the country's government sports council (CSD) said on Tuesday. A Spanish disciplinary committee for sports (TAD) last week suspended Escanuela for a month for failing to collaborate in a probe into the federation's finances and that is set to be extended for the duration of disciplinary proceedings. Olvido Aguilera, appointed as interim president after the decision by TAD will be suspended and is to be investigated similarly, CSD said.




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