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http://news.yahoo.com/ The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedTue, 02 Jul 2013 08:49:00 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-waits-moscow-asylum-rejections-pile-124900816.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0KKzPaBj64bU2ocqV0ePTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c1b4bb6018c16a16360f6a70670039e6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A view of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Leaker Edward Snowden has been caught in legal limbo in the transit zone of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. U.S. President Obama said Monday during his trip to Africa that every intelligence service in Europe, Asia and elsewhere does its best to understand the world better, and that goes beyond what they read in newspapers or watch on TV. It was an attempt to blunt European reaction to new revelations from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden that the U.S. spies on European governments.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" align="left" title="A view of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Leaker Edward Snowden has been caught in legal limbo in the transit zone of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. U.S. President Obama said Monday during his trip to Africa that every intelligence service in Europe, Asia and elsewhere does its best to understand the world better, and that goes beyond what they read in newspapers or watch on TV. It was an attempt to blunt European reaction to new revelations from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden that the U.S. spies on European governments.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" border="0" /></a>Rejections of the NSA leaker&#039;s asylum requests are piling up.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-waits-moscow-asylum-rejections-pile-124900816.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 08:49:00 -0400Christian Science Monitorsnowden-waits-moscow-asylum-rejections-pile-124900816<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-waits-moscow-asylum-rejections-pile-124900816.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0KKzPaBj64bU2ocqV0ePTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c1b4bb6018c16a16360f6a70670039e6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A view of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Leaker Edward Snowden has been caught in legal limbo in the transit zone of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. U.S. President Obama said Monday during his trip to Africa that every intelligence service in Europe, Asia and elsewhere does its best to understand the world better, and that goes beyond what they read in newspapers or watch on TV. It was an attempt to blunt European reaction to new revelations from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden that the U.S. spies on European governments.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" align="left" title="A view of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Leaker Edward Snowden has been caught in legal limbo in the transit zone of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. U.S. President Obama said Monday during his trip to Africa that every intelligence service in Europe, Asia and elsewhere does its best to understand the world better, and that goes beyond what they read in newspapers or watch on TV. It was an attempt to blunt European reaction to new revelations from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden that the U.S. spies on European governments.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" border="0" /></a>Rejections of the NSA leaker&#039;s asylum requests are piling up.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dallas-teacher-wears-same-yearbook-outfit-40-years-141806753.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ro0HZdYX6x2qKFL5A6NA5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-02/f181c59c-11cc-44ff-b050-501ff0195e0c_teacher.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="teacher" align="left" title="teacher" border="0" /></a>Dale Irby is retiring after 40 years. And so is his yearbook outfit. For his entire career at Prestonwood Elementary in the Richardson school district in Texas, the physical education teacher wore the same disco-era shirt and dirt-colored sweater each year for his yearbook picture. At first, Irby told the Dallas News, it was an [...]</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dallas-teacher-wears-same-yearbook-outfit-40-years-141806753.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 10:18:06 -0400blogs/sideshow/dallas-teacher-wears-same-yearbook-outfit-40-years-141806753<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dallas-teacher-wears-same-yearbook-outfit-40-years-141806753.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ro0HZdYX6x2qKFL5A6NA5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-02/f181c59c-11cc-44ff-b050-501ff0195e0c_teacher.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="teacher" align="left" title="teacher" border="0" /></a>Dale Irby is retiring after 40 years. And so is his yearbook outfit. For his entire career at Prestonwood Elementary in the Richardson school district in Texas, the physical education teacher wore the same disco-era shirt and dirt-colored sweater each year for his yearbook picture. At first, Irby told the Dallas News, it was an [...]</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-protesters-mass-military-deadline-130117983.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wZcpAGwC0GDtJGu6gmauCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/eed838f918e86b16360f6a7067007475.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold sticks and wear protective gear during training outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a &#039;last-chance&#039; ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo&#039;s Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, gearing up for a third day of anti-Morsi rallies. Across town, Morsi&#039;s Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)" align="left" title="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold sticks and wear protective gear during training outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a &#039;last-chance&#039; ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo&#039;s Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, gearing up for a third day of anti-Morsi rallies. Across town, Morsi&#039;s Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? With a military deadline for intervention ticking down, protesters seeking the ouster of Egypt&#039;s Islamist president sought Tuesday to push the embattled leader further toward the edge with another massive display of people power.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-protesters-mass-military-deadline-130117983.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 09:01:17 -0400Associated Pressegypt-protesters-mass-military-deadline-130117983<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-protesters-mass-military-deadline-130117983.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wZcpAGwC0GDtJGu6gmauCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/eed838f918e86b16360f6a7067007475.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold sticks and wear protective gear during training outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a &#039;last-chance&#039; ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo&#039;s Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, gearing up for a third day of anti-Morsi rallies. Across town, Morsi&#039;s Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)" align="left" title="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold sticks and wear protective gear during training outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a &#039;last-chance&#039; ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo&#039;s Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, gearing up for a third day of anti-Morsi rallies. Across town, Morsi&#039;s Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? With a military deadline for intervention ticking down, protesters seeking the ouster of Egypt&#039;s Islamist president sought Tuesday to push the embattled leader further toward the edge with another massive display of people power.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/town-mourns-ariz-hotshots-storms-threaten-fire-142533291.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8b7U64bS6dgjR.uEZ3fJKg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70b15ba616f36116360f6a70670011ab.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Firefighters Kayla Garst, left, and Darce Knight react during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" align="left" title="Firefighters Kayla Garst, left, and Darce Knight react during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /></a>PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) ? The firefighters walked down the bleachers in a silent gymnasium full of mourners, their heavy work boots drumming a march on the wooden steps.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/town-mourns-ariz-hotshots-storms-threaten-fire-142533291.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 10:25:54 -0400Associated Presstown-mourns-ariz-hotshots-storms-threaten-fire-142533291<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/town-mourns-ariz-hotshots-storms-threaten-fire-142533291.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8b7U64bS6dgjR.uEZ3fJKg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70b15ba616f36116360f6a70670011ab.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Firefighters Kayla Garst, left, and Darce Knight react during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" align="left" title="Firefighters Kayla Garst, left, and Darce Knight react during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /></a>PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) ? The firefighters walked down the bleachers in a silent gymnasium full of mourners, their heavy work boots drumming a march on the wooden steps.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-ends-africa-trip-joining-bush-memorial-052247389.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZRbo1foMFRx8Dtr9m.8p5Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d689d46318336716360f6a7067008ca5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and former U.S. president George W. Bush walk to meet with family members of the U.S. embassy victims during a wreath laying ceremony to honor the victims of the U.S. Embassy bombing on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The president is traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" align="left" title="U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and former U.S. president George W. Bush walk to meet with family members of the U.S. embassy victims during a wreath laying ceremony to honor the victims of the U.S. Embassy bombing on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The president is traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) ? Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican predecessor President George W. Bush found common ground in Africa on Tuesday, honoring the victims of a terrorist attack in an unprecedented encounter a world away from home.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-ends-africa-trip-joining-bush-memorial-052247389.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 08:34:30 -0400Associated Pressobama-ends-africa-trip-joining-bush-memorial-052247389<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-ends-africa-trip-joining-bush-memorial-052247389.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZRbo1foMFRx8Dtr9m.8p5Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d689d46318336716360f6a7067008ca5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and former U.S. president George W. Bush walk to meet with family members of the U.S. embassy victims during a wreath laying ceremony to honor the victims of the U.S. Embassy bombing on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The president is traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" align="left" title="U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and former U.S. president George W. Bush walk to meet with family members of the U.S. embassy victims during a wreath laying ceremony to honor the victims of the U.S. Embassy bombing on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The president is traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) ? Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican predecessor President George W. Bush found common ground in Africa on Tuesday, honoring the victims of a terrorist attack in an unprecedented encounter a world away from home.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/golden-age-surveillance-us-big-edge-143110940.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Bvslc4M7BOT8VXz93sm2iw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ede42e12197d6d16360f6a70670027de.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States&#039; central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game . Other countries, from dictatorships to democracies, are also avid snoopers, tapping into the high-capacity fiber optic cables to intercept Internet traffic, scooping their citizens&#039; data off domestic servers, and even launching cyberattacks to win access to foreign networks. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States&#039; central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game . Other countries, from dictatorships to democracies, are also avid snoopers, tapping into the high-capacity fiber optic cables to intercept Internet traffic, scooping their citizens&#039; data off domestic servers, and even launching cyberattacks to win access to foreign networks. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States&#039; central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/golden-age-surveillance-us-big-edge-143110940.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 10:31:10 -0400Associated Pressgolden-age-surveillance-us-big-edge-143110940<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/golden-age-surveillance-us-big-edge-143110940.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Bvslc4M7BOT8VXz93sm2iw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ede42e12197d6d16360f6a70670027de.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States&#039; central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game . Other countries, from dictatorships to democracies, are also avid snoopers, tapping into the high-capacity fiber optic cables to intercept Internet traffic, scooping their citizens&#039; data off domestic servers, and even launching cyberattacks to win access to foreign networks. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States&#039; central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game . Other countries, from dictatorships to democracies, are also avid snoopers, tapping into the high-capacity fiber optic cables to intercept Internet traffic, scooping their citizens&#039; data off domestic servers, and even launching cyberattacks to win access to foreign networks. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States&#039; central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-hit-nato-supply-compound-kabul-kill-7-122612314.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/agyTUHKvSH3IJr19YA4pHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f6ee176817576316360f6a706700b000.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Smoke rises from a NATO compound following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to the NATO compound in Kabul early Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)" align="left" title="Smoke rises from a NATO compound following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to the NATO compound in Kabul early Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)" border="0" /></a>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Taliban suicide attackers blew up a truck bomb early Tuesday at the gates of a NATO supplier&#039;s compound in Kabul and sprayed gunfire at security personnel, killing five guards and two civilians, Afghan officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-hit-nato-supply-compound-kabul-kill-7-122612314.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 09:11:52 -0400Associated Presstaliban-hit-nato-supply-compound-kabul-kill-7-122612314<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-hit-nato-supply-compound-kabul-kill-7-122612314.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/agyTUHKvSH3IJr19YA4pHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f6ee176817576316360f6a706700b000.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Smoke rises from a NATO compound following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to the NATO compound in Kabul early Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)" align="left" title="Smoke rises from a NATO compound following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to the NATO compound in Kabul early Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)" border="0" /></a>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Taliban suicide attackers blew up a truck bomb early Tuesday at the gates of a NATO supplier&#039;s compound in Kabul and sprayed gunfire at security personnel, killing five guards and two civilians, Afghan officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-apartheid-era-leader-falls-ill-085941678.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fxgZDPcUHfWu9hw_5OSsHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f42abae918826916360f6a706700a1f0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday May 8, 1996 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, left, and Deputy President F.W. de Klerk chat outside Parliament after the approval of South Africa&#039;s new constitution. de Klerk, the last leader of the apartheid era and a co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, has suffered dizziness and will be fitted with a pacemaker, Tuesday June 2, 2013, to help his heart function. (AP Photo/POOL)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday May 8, 1996 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, left, and Deputy President F.W. de Klerk chat outside Parliament after the approval of South Africa&#039;s new constitution. de Klerk, the last leader of the apartheid era and a co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, has suffered dizziness and will be fitted with a pacemaker, Tuesday June 2, 2013, to help his heart function. (AP Photo/POOL)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? F.W. de Klerk, the last leader of South Africa&#039;s apartheid era and a co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, has suffered dizziness and will be fitted with a pacemaker to help his heart function, a foundation said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-apartheid-era-leader-falls-ill-085941678.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 08:34:16 -0400Associated Presssouth-africa-apartheid-era-leader-falls-ill-085941678<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-apartheid-era-leader-falls-ill-085941678.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fxgZDPcUHfWu9hw_5OSsHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f42abae918826916360f6a706700a1f0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday May 8, 1996 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, left, and Deputy President F.W. de Klerk chat outside Parliament after the approval of South Africa&#039;s new constitution. de Klerk, the last leader of the apartheid era and a co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, has suffered dizziness and will be fitted with a pacemaker, Tuesday June 2, 2013, to help his heart function. (AP Photo/POOL)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday May 8, 1996 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, left, and Deputy President F.W. de Klerk chat outside Parliament after the approval of South Africa&#039;s new constitution. de Klerk, the last leader of the apartheid era and a co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, has suffered dizziness and will be fitted with a pacemaker, Tuesday June 2, 2013, to help his heart function. (AP Photo/POOL)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? F.W. de Klerk, the last leader of South Africa&#039;s apartheid era and a co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, has suffered dizziness and will be fitted with a pacemaker to help his heart function, a foundation said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-strikes-detective-statements-zimmerman-133901090.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6EMU_MkUTm7Mqpuf6GE6wA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/52a9f63a19566d16360f6a706700ce26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sanford, Fla., police officer Chris Serino identifies George Zimmerman in the courtroom during the 16th day of Zimmerman&#039;s trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, July 1, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)" align="left" title="Sanford, Fla., police officer Chris Serino identifies George Zimmerman in the courtroom during the 16th day of Zimmerman&#039;s trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, July 1, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)" border="0" /></a>SANFORD, Fla. (AP) ? A prosecutor in George Zimmerman&#039;s murder trial on Tuesday tried to pick apart the statements of a Sanford Police detective who had been called as a prosecution witness a day before but gave testimony that seemed to benefit the defense.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/judge-strikes-detective-statements-zimmerman-133901090.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 10:41:38 -0400Associated Pressjudge-strikes-detective-statements-zimmerman-133901090<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-strikes-detective-statements-zimmerman-133901090.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6EMU_MkUTm7Mqpuf6GE6wA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/52a9f63a19566d16360f6a706700ce26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sanford, Fla., police officer Chris Serino identifies George Zimmerman in the courtroom during the 16th day of Zimmerman&#039;s trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, July 1, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)" align="left" title="Sanford, Fla., police officer Chris Serino identifies George Zimmerman in the courtroom during the 16th day of Zimmerman&#039;s trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, July 1, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)" border="0" /></a>SANFORD, Fla. (AP) ? A prosecutor in George Zimmerman&#039;s murder trial on Tuesday tried to pick apart the statements of a Sanford Police detective who had been called as a prosecution witness a day before but gave testimony that seemed to benefit the defense.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-panel-clears-john-paul-ii-sainthood-144145719.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QfgMJbuSIZdSqkslxE7qTA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a228eb4219a46e16360f6a7067004fcb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 22, 1978 file photo Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful in St. Peter&#039;s Square from a Vatican City balcony right after he was named Pontiff. A Vatican official says Pope John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint. A commission of cardinals and bishops reportedly met Tuesday, July 2, 2013 to consider the case and signed off on it, leaving only Pope Francis to approve it. A Vatican official confirmed that the decision had been taken some time back and that Tuesday&#039;s meeting was essentially a formality. (AP Photo )" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 22, 1978 file photo Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful in St. Peter&#039;s Square from a Vatican City balcony right after he was named Pontiff. A Vatican official says Pope John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint. A commission of cardinals and bishops reportedly met Tuesday, July 2, 2013 to consider the case and signed off on it, leaving only Pope Francis to approve it. A Vatican official confirmed that the decision had been taken some time back and that Tuesday&#039;s meeting was essentially a formality. (AP Photo )" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint, awaiting just the final approval from Pope Francis and a date for the ceremony that could come as soon as Dec. 8, a Vatican official and news reports said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-panel-clears-john-paul-ii-sainthood-144145719.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 10:41:45 -0400Associated Pressvatican-panel-clears-john-paul-ii-sainthood-144145719<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-panel-clears-john-paul-ii-sainthood-144145719.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QfgMJbuSIZdSqkslxE7qTA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a228eb4219a46e16360f6a7067004fcb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 22, 1978 file photo Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful in St. Peter&#039;s Square from a Vatican City balcony right after he was named Pontiff. A Vatican official says Pope John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint. A commission of cardinals and bishops reportedly met Tuesday, July 2, 2013 to consider the case and signed off on it, leaving only Pope Francis to approve it. A Vatican official confirmed that the decision had been taken some time back and that Tuesday&#039;s meeting was essentially a formality. (AP Photo )" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 22, 1978 file photo Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful in St. Peter&#039;s Square from a Vatican City balcony right after he was named Pontiff. A Vatican official says Pope John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint. A commission of cardinals and bishops reportedly met Tuesday, July 2, 2013 to consider the case and signed off on it, leaving only Pope Francis to approve it. A Vatican official confirmed that the decision had been taken some time back and that Tuesday&#039;s meeting was essentially a formality. (AP Photo )" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint, awaiting just the final approval from Pope Francis and a date for the ceremony that could come as soon as Dec. 8, a Vatican official and news reports said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/records-archbishop-paid-problem-priests-leave-111257214.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_Ze07igQ.t1rzzL0iUJS9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bd6d94ca180d6716360f6a706700b6bc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This photo provided by The Archdiocese of Milwaukee shows former priests John Wagner, left, and Daniel Budzynski, right. Wagner was accused of making advances to students at the University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan when he was in campus ministry in the 1980s. In 2003, the archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove Budzynski, who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child?s mother and her female friend. (AP Photo/The Archdiocese of Milwaukee)" align="left" title="This photo provided by The Archdiocese of Milwaukee shows former priests John Wagner, left, and Daniel Budzynski, right. Wagner was accused of making advances to students at the University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan when he was in campus ministry in the 1980s. In 2003, the archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove Budzynski, who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child?s mother and her female friend. (AP Photo/The Archdiocese of Milwaukee)" border="0" /></a>MILWAUKEE (AP) ? The archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter in 2003 to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove a priest who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child&#039;s mother and her female friend.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/records-archbishop-paid-problem-priests-leave-111257214.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 07:12:57 -0400Associated Pressrecords-archbishop-paid-problem-priests-leave-111257214<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/records-archbishop-paid-problem-priests-leave-111257214.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_Ze07igQ.t1rzzL0iUJS9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bd6d94ca180d6716360f6a706700b6bc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This photo provided by The Archdiocese of Milwaukee shows former priests John Wagner, left, and Daniel Budzynski, right. Wagner was accused of making advances to students at the University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan when he was in campus ministry in the 1980s. In 2003, the archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove Budzynski, who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child?s mother and her female friend. (AP Photo/The Archdiocese of Milwaukee)" align="left" title="This photo provided by The Archdiocese of Milwaukee shows former priests John Wagner, left, and Daniel Budzynski, right. Wagner was accused of making advances to students at the University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan when he was in campus ministry in the 1980s. In 2003, the archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove Budzynski, who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child?s mother and her female friend. (AP Photo/The Archdiocese of Milwaukee)" border="0" /></a>MILWAUKEE (AP) ? The archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter in 2003 to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove a priest who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child&#039;s mother and her female friend.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-hotshots-lived-meaning-word-004751061.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eMyqoYgG8mQy39pb_UUB0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/285f08b116c86116360f6a706700a628.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" align="left" title="Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /></a>PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) ? They were fathers and expectant fathers. High school football players and former Marines. Smoke-eaters&#039; sons and first-generation firefighters.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-hotshots-lived-meaning-word-004751061.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 03:58:47 -0400Associated Pressarizona-hotshots-lived-meaning-word-004751061<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-hotshots-lived-meaning-word-004751061.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eMyqoYgG8mQy39pb_UUB0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/285f08b116c86116360f6a706700a628.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" align="left" title="Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /></a>PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) ? They were fathers and expectant fathers. High school football players and former Marines. Smoke-eaters&#039; sons and first-generation firefighters.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-hits-hurdles-search-asylum-094437208.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xIzAkDBcfRSkP3biQU_zrQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/56570d8e17346316360f6a706700afaa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This screenshot made of the Wikileaks website shows a letter identified as being from NSA leaker Edward Snowden on Monday, July 1, 2013. The letter could not be independently authenticated as being from Snowden himself. Wikileaks is the anti-secrecy group that has adopted Snowden and his cause. (AP Photo/Wikileaks)" align="left" title="This screenshot made of the Wikileaks website shows a letter identified as being from NSA leaker Edward Snowden on Monday, July 1, 2013. The letter could not be independently authenticated as being from Snowden himself. Wikileaks is the anti-secrecy group that has adopted Snowden and his cause. (AP Photo/Wikileaks)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? NSA leaker Edward Snowden&#039;s best chance of finding refuge outside the United States may hinge on the president of Venezuela, who was in Moscow on Tuesday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-hits-hurdles-search-asylum-094437208.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 10:52:36 -0400Associated Presssnowden-hits-hurdles-search-asylum-094437208<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-hits-hurdles-search-asylum-094437208.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xIzAkDBcfRSkP3biQU_zrQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/56570d8e17346316360f6a706700afaa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This screenshot made of the Wikileaks website shows a letter identified as being from NSA leaker Edward Snowden on Monday, July 1, 2013. The letter could not be independently authenticated as being from Snowden himself. Wikileaks is the anti-secrecy group that has adopted Snowden and his cause. (AP Photo/Wikileaks)" align="left" title="This screenshot made of the Wikileaks website shows a letter identified as being from NSA leaker Edward Snowden on Monday, July 1, 2013. The letter could not be independently authenticated as being from Snowden himself. Wikileaks is the anti-secrecy group that has adopted Snowden and his cause. (AP Photo/Wikileaks)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? NSA leaker Edward Snowden&#039;s best chance of finding refuge outside the United States may hinge on the president of Venezuela, who was in Moscow on Tuesday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/storm-cells-lightning-threat-ariz-fire-130536203.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eMyqoYgG8mQy39pb_UUB0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/285f08b116c86116360f6a706700a628.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" align="left" title="Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /></a>PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) ? The firefighters walked down the bleachers in a silent gymnasium full of mourners, their heavy work boots drumming a march on the wooden steps.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/storm-cells-lightning-threat-ariz-fire-130536203.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 09:05:36 -0400Associated Pressstorm-cells-lightning-threat-ariz-fire-130536203<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/storm-cells-lightning-threat-ariz-fire-130536203.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eMyqoYgG8mQy39pb_UUB0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/285f08b116c86116360f6a706700a628.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" align="left" title="Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /></a>PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) ? The firefighters walked down the bleachers in a silent gymnasium full of mourners, their heavy work boots drumming a march on the wooden steps.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-us-russia-want-syria-conference-soon-093858151.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mD_.1jWEj3LOBEzVZWWwXA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b0c03db917a66516360f6a706700a31f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, deflects a question from a reporter about whether he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, will discuss asylum for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, before Kerry and Lavrov&#039;s meeting during the ASEAN summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Kerry is expected to start the return to Washington Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, deflects a question from a reporter about whether he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, will discuss asylum for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, before Kerry and Lavrov&#039;s meeting during the ASEAN summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Kerry is expected to start the return to Washington Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)" border="0" /></a>BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that both the U.S. and Russia are seriously committed to having an international conference on Syria and setting up a transitional government to end the bloodshed and &quot;save the state of Syria.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-us-russia-want-syria-conference-soon-093858151.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 06:22:49 -0400Associated Presskerry-us-russia-want-syria-conference-soon-093858151<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-us-russia-want-syria-conference-soon-093858151.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mD_.1jWEj3LOBEzVZWWwXA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b0c03db917a66516360f6a706700a31f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, deflects a question from a reporter about whether he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, will discuss asylum for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, before Kerry and Lavrov&#039;s meeting during the ASEAN summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Kerry is expected to start the return to Washington Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, deflects a question from a reporter about whether he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, will discuss asylum for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, before Kerry and Lavrov&#039;s meeting during the ASEAN summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Kerry is expected to start the return to Washington Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)" border="0" /></a>BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that both the U.S. and Russia are seriously committed to having an international conference on Syria and setting up a transitional government to end the bloodshed and &quot;save the state of Syria.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>

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