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Egypt’s military blames Mohammed Morsi’s supporters for violence
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Latin American complaints over U.S. spying ignore their own wiretap programs
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Correction: Mideast-Ramadan story
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Venezuela announces hard-currency auction
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Pope lets Catholics join Anglican converts
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'Dead' candidate elected in south Mexico village
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Lebanon Shiites ousted from Gulf as Hezbollah fans
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Pope visits Vatican lot after urging 'humble' cars
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Police: 24 bodies now found in Quebec train crash
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Ultra-Orthodox soldier attacked in Jerusalem
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Northern Ireland braces for Protestant marches
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Mali's government returns to key northern city
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About 150 inmates escape from Indonesian prison

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Israel | RON DERMER

Former Miami Beach resident Ron Dermer to be Israel’s ambassador to U.S.

Former Miami Beach resident Ron Dermer will become Israel’s top diplomat in the United States.
EGYPT

Mass shootings of Islamist protesters deepen Egypt crisis

At least 51 killed in clashes as military targets Morsi supporters.
Grim ritual of death unfolds in Cairo morgue filled to capacity

The grim accounting of death took on a ceremony of its own at the Cairo morgue where the victims of Monday’s clash between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood were taken for the official tally. 1373581377
New Egypt appointments so far going to advocates of military rule

Transitional Egyptian President Adly Mansour, named by the Egyptian military to lead the country after it ousted Mohammed Morsi from office, announced several key appointments Sunday, all of whom were members of the military or supporters of a nation guided by the armed forces. 1373581376
EGYPT

A misguided ouster in Egypt

Ultimately, the ultimate losers in last week's coup in Egypt will be those who cheered it on.
Text message renews hopes for Florida Keys family aboard a missing schooner

A family from Tavernier — along with four friends — are reported to be onboard a missing 85-year-old schooner last heard from near New Zealand.
Israel

Israel Foreign Ministry strike leaves some South Floridians stranded

A strike by Israel’s foreign ministry employees has left Delray Beach’s Shimon Cohen and others with expired passports stranded in Florida and elsewhere.
Egyptian military overthrows Morsi, targets Muslim Brotherhood

In a somber announcement on national television, the country’s defense minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, announced that the military had taken the action because President Mohammed Morsi had shown himself unwilling to meet the demands of a fractured opposition that had wanted him to step down.
- Protests, celebrations in Egypt