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The security forces in Egypt say they’ve cleared the al-Fath mosque in Cairo where supportersof the Muslim Brotherhood had barricaded themselves in. The standoff at the mosque lastedmany hours with eyewitnesses reporting use of heavy gunfire and teargas. Television picturesshowed shots being exchanged between a gunman at the top of the mosque’s main minaretand security forces on the ground. The BBC’s James Reynolds was there.
Inside the mosque, there were several hundreds of the Muslim Brotherhood, but outside themosque there were effectively their civilian opponents, they are ordinary people who chosento identify with the military and with the security forces who were given a very hard time toanyone who choose to come out that mosque. And even when we were there. It was made veryclear to ask that we should leave the area, the crowd become very hostile towards the foreignmedia. And that course seem to danger for Egypt in the coming days, if there anyconfrontation between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood or we called neighborhoodgroups which support the armed forces.
Demonstrators have been out on the streets of several Egyptian cities in defiance of anovernight curfew imposed by the military-backed government since Wednesday. Televisionpictures show protesters in the cities Helwan and Minya to the south of Cairo. The interimgovernment said 250 Brotherhood supporters were been investigated for series chargesincluding attempted murder and terrorism. A spokesman said that the Islamist group returnedto power was as he put it impossible and the government was considering its dissolution.
A court in Pakistan has dismissed the case against the Muslim cleric who’d been arrested onsuspicion of framing a Christian girl accused of blasphemy. The girl Rimsha Masih was held injail for several weeks after Khalid Jadoon accused her of burning pages of the Muslim holybook the Koran. Anbarasan Ethirajan our South Asia desk has more details.
The cleric has said to people around the area that she was burning the page of the Koranallegedly was put inside her bag. But it has caused international concern because very fewpeople were survived after being accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. Dozens of people werelinked to dead by mob and vigilantes. Later on, it went to the court and the case was dropped,in turn, the Muslim cleric who'd accused her blasphemy, he was arrested on charges of tryingto fabricate evidence against this young girl. And now, the lawyers today say that the caseagainst this cleric has been dropped because of the lack of evidence.
Poor weather has disrupted a search in the Philippines where dozens of people still missingafter a ferry sank off the city of Cebu. More than 30 bodies have been found and over 600survivors rescued since the crowded ship sank after a collision with a cargo ship on Fridaynight. The Philippines has a poor record for maritime safety.
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Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani said that one of the reasons he was elected was tochange his country’s foreign policy.
“An important message of the election on the June 14th was a need to revise a foreign policy.This revision does not mean that there should be a change in the principles and foundationsas principles and foundations are constant. It means that at least there should be a change inthe methods, practice and performance.”
Mr. Rouhani has already tried to ease a promise to try to ease tensions with the Westparticularly over Iran’s nuclear programme. His predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad followed aconfrontational foreign policy which brought international isolation.
The United States coastguard has detained more than 50 illegal migrants found stranded on atiny island off the western coast of Puerto Rico. The migrants thought to have come from Haitiand the Dominican Republic were reportedly spotted on Friday evening. Illegal migrants arefrequently abandoned by people traffickers.
At the World Athletic Championships in Moscow, the Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has won theMan’s 200 meters final. Bolt finished ahead of his Jamaican teammate Warren Weir. AllenCapstick in Moscow.
It’s been another gold harvest that Usain Bolt at a major Championships. The result in the 200meters his favorite event was never in doubt. The trademark casual pre-race antics werefollowed by a ruthless display from the fastest man in history. Injury and doping controversieshad moved his closest rival out of the picture. There was nobody left to mount a crediblechallenge, to complete the sense of deja vu, the world impromptu dance routine on the lapof honor. This time he was joined by his Jamaican teammate the silver medalist Warren Weir.The only thing missing from the race itself was a dramatic element testimony to thedominance of Usain Bolt.
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