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Adly Mansour vows to stop violence at pro-Morsi rallies

Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour stated that “no one is above law,” as he pledged to confront violence at pro-Morsi demonstrations. In an interview to Al-Hayat, the new leader said that Mohamed Morsi will not be pardoned until he is tried. Mansour also promised that all those involved in crimes following the ousting of President Morsi will be held responsible. Over 200 people have been killed in clashes between the opposing political camps since the army overthrew the Morsi government on 3 July.

Syrian conflict could be over in months – Assad

 The armed conflict in Syria could be over in a few months if the local population actively helps government troops to restore peace and prevent violence, President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast throughout the Arab world. According to Assad, the anti-terror campaigns are most successful in those regions with strong public support for the army. He also said that some of the rebels are continuing to surrender to government forces to try and return to peaceful life or join the fight on the government’s side. Since the armed conflict began in Syria in March 2011 over 100,000 people have been killed according to UN estimates. Besides the internal opposition the government forces are fighting a large number of radical Islamist groups such as al-Nusra Front and increasing numbers of foreign mercenaries

 

US military helicopter crashes in Okinawa 

 A US military helicopter crashed on the Japanese island of Okinawa on Monday, NHK television and police said. The crash occurred in a mountainous area near a US Marine base in central Okinawa, NHK said, showing video footage of smoke rising from a fire. It remains unknown if there were any causalities, and a spokesperson for the US military in Japan could not immediately comment on the report, Reuters said. Police officials were also unable to comment.

 Bomb detonates near Buddhist temple in Indonesia

Police and government officials on Monday condemned an attack on a Buddhist temple in Indonesia’s capital. A small bomb detonated as devotees inside the Ekayana Grha Buddhist temple in West Jakarta prayed, injuring one person Sunday night. Two other devices failed to go off. The blast went off near the front door of the building, slightly damaging the structure. Another bomb placed near the back door emitted smoke, but did not go off and a third device placed inside the temple also failed to detonate. Muslim militants in Indonesia angered over sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar have threatened to attack Buddhist temples in Indonesia.

Quake Magnitude 6.4 quake hits near Russia’s Kuril Islands

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck in the vicinity of Russia’s South Kuril Islands on Monday. The epicenter was 48km south of the Malokurilskoye village on Shikotan Island in the Pacific Ocean. The tremors occurred at a depth of 41km, Russian seismologists say. The quake was not felt on the islands. No damage was reported, and a tsunami warning was not issued

 

GCHQ unlimited access to networks to develope own spyware – Snowden leaks

Major telecom companies have been assisting the UK intelligence agency GCHQ by granting access to all the traffic passing through their fiber-optic cables – and by developing Trojan software, leaked papers obtained by German media reveal.

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