US government will declassify Yahoo documents and court decision by September

Earlier this month, the US government was put in the hot seat with regards to the Justice Department's 2008 battle with Yahoo over its request for user data. Yahoo fought the PRISM demand and ultimately lost; five years later, we're finally going to be able to see the court decision that's been kept under lock and key since then. The clock is ticking for the federal government, as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has set a September deadline for unveiling those classified documents. While this might be a victory for transparency, it's important to remember that declassification doesn't necessarily mean full disclosure. The government will still have the option to redact certain portions of text that it feels must remain classified. Considering its reticence to share the information in the first place, we can probably expect to see a liberal distribution of those pesky black rectangles.

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Chepo Fired As Coach of Mexico National Team, Says Report

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CBS renews Stephen King sci-fi series 'Under the Dome'

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Under the Dome," the television science-fiction series based on a Stephen King novel, has been renewed for a second season, U.S. broadcast network CBS said on Monday.

The series, which chronicles the life of a small town that is cut off from the outside world by a giant impenetrable dome, has attracted an average of about 12 million viewers per episode, making it the top scripted series of the summer in the United States.

King, whose novel of the same name was published in 2009, will write the first episode of the second season, which will premiere next summer, CBS said.

King serves as an executive producer of the series along with Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg.

(Reporting by Eric Kelsey; Editing by Mary Milliken and Mohammad Zargham)

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Egypt bitterly divided after 72 die in clashes

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A member of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi walks near a Poster of Mursi and bloodstains from protesters who were killed during late night clashes at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near Rabaa Adawiya Square, Saturday.

By Charlene Gubash and Alastair Jamieson, NBC News

CAIRO - Egyptians remained deeply divided over the future of their country Sunday, with no sign of an end to clashes between rivals groups that left at least 72 dead on Saturday.

Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood said they would not leave the streets despite what they called "massacres" by security forces that shot dozens of them dead.

The spiral of violence has become so bad that Secretary of State John Kerry said Egypt is at "a pivotal moment" more than two years since the uprising ousted the longtime President Hosni Mubarak.

In a statement released Saturday, Kerry said Egypt?s military and interim rulers "have a moral and legal obligation" to respect the right of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.

He added that the continued violence sets back efforts of "reconciliation and democratization," and affects regional stability.

Also on Saturday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel spoke by phone with Army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to express deep concern about the security situation and to encourage that restraint be exercised during this "difficult period."

"The United States believes that the current transition needs to be marked by inclusivity, that Egyptian authorities should avoid politicized arrests and detentions, and take steps to prevent further bloodshed and loss of life," Pentagon press secretary George Little said.

Egypt's ambulance service said 72 people were killed in Saturday's violence at a Cairo vigil by backers of deposed President Mohammed Morsi, Reuters reported.

"They will not be content until they bring back everything from the era of the corrupt, murderous security and intelligence state," senior Brotherhood official Essam el-Erian said on Facebook. "They've stepped up their efforts to do so by committing massacres never before seen in Egyptian history."

The Interior Ministry has rejected eyewitness accounts that police opened fire on the crowds and a public prosecutor has launched a probe into the violence, investigating 72 suspects for an array of crimes including murder and blocking streets, Reuters said.

Opinion remains bitterly divided about the violence, and who is to blame.

?What happened violates all religions, laws and common practices,? said Ahmed Farouk, 43, a scientific researcher. ?The police and military have all the tools at their disposal to prove their innocence.?

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Deadly protests continue weeks after the nation's military removed the president from office.

?Every action has a reaction,? he added. ?Who did the first action??

Omayma Idriss, a gynecologist in his 50s, described Morsi supporters as ?terrorists? and said the killings were carried out by their own side. ?Of course, of course, they did it themselves,? he said.

?I wasn't happy with the army,? said Sahar Mohamed, 35. ?We must settle things peacefully.? They should have used tear gas, but never live ammunition.?

Taxi driver Hossam Said, 28, said he did not believe the claims of Muslim Brotherhood supporters who brandished shells as evidence they had been attacked by the army.

"It doesn't make any sense,? he said. ?How can the person who is shooting at you be half a kilometer away and yet you have the shells? I was in the army and the maximum a shell would go is 20 meters.

"I don't know how some in the back would get shot while some in front were not. I don't know who killed them."

When asked if the army and police should clear Egypt?s squares of pro-Morsi protesters, or let them express their views, he said: "What freedom of expression, what do they have to say? They tried and failed."

Reuters contributed to this report.

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Ask Engadget: best outdoor TV?

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, then here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from John, who is so baller that he wants a TV for his pool and doesn't end his emails with thank you. If you're looking to ask one of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

"I'm getting ready to have a pool installed and I need a TV for the back porch. I'm looking for something in the 50-inch range that works outdoors, has good viewing angles and backlighting (for the sun) and can handle whatever the weather throws at it. Any suggestions?"

We can imagine it now, you, kicking back watching the Superbowl American Idol finals while submerged in a few feet of water as the sun goes down. So, what device should you go for? For starters, there's SunBrite's 46-inch outdoor TV, which'll set you back $2,795, or a 55-inch model, which costs $5,595. You could also paint a wall white and get set up with an outdoor projector, like Panasonic's PT-AE7000U, which we're informed will work outside perfectly well. But that's just our scratching the surface, what about you all chip in with a suggestion or two of your own?

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes surprise visit to troops at Tarin Kot base in Afghanistan

Updated July 28, 2013 07:39:44

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife Therese Rein have made a surprise visit to Australian troops in Afghanistan.

Mr Rudd visited the Australian base in Tarin Kot to thank troops for their service.

It was Mr Rudd's fifth visit to the base.

His first came a just a week after he was elected prime minister in 2007.

Mr Rudd told the troops that it had been a hard, protracted war and that it is time for them to come home.

"Your mums and dads, your brothers and sisters, your wives and husbands and partners, and your kids are all enormously proud of you," he said.

"It's time we brought you home.

"When the flag of Australia is brought down for the last time a few months from now, you will have been?a part of history."

Ms Rein said she was proud to have shaken hands with many of the soldiers.

By the end of the year, 1,000 of the remaining 1,300 Australian troops will have returned to Australia.

Some 300 will remain as advisers and trainers based in Kabul and Kandahar.

The Tarin Kot base will be gifted to the Afghan National Army.

Forty Australian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since 2002.

Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, federal-government, afghanistan, australia

First posted July 28, 2013 05:47:10

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