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Thursday July 04 2013

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Ignominious end for revolutionary standard-bearer
Mohamed Morsi came to office amid high expectations but left under a cloud with observers dubbing him the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/K9A336/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 
Morsi accuses deep state of insurrection
Historic distrust between state institutions and Islamists exacerbates opposition to a president who failed to instil confidence in his leadership
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/EK69Q5/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 
Morsi's fall is blow to Qatari leadership
Doha's support for post-Mubarak Egypt has run to the heart of Qatar's backing of Islamist groups since the revolutions swept across north Africa
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/Q3WHHO/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 
Obama tries to calm European anger at US spying
In a phone call with Chancellor Merkel, the President said he 'takes seriously the concerns of our European allies and partners', said White House
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/20F77Q/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 
Portugal's woes threaten bailout exit
A deep rift in the ruling coalition over how much austerity Portugal can bear threatens to undermine Lisbon's efforts to exit its bailout programme
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/20F77R/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 
Boston cases give fresh hope for HIV cure
Two HIV patients at a Boston hospital in the US have shown no sign of the infection's resurgence several weeks after stopping antiretroviral medicine
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/RPXBB6/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 
Father of the computer mouse dies at 88
Besides the mouse and graphical user interface now standard on PCs, Doug Englebart carried out influential work on computer networking and hypertext
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/VTIOO6/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 
China challenged by double trouble in west
A troubling anniversary has fixed the national focus on Xinjiang and Tibet – home to increasingly restive ethnic groups resenting Beijing's rule
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/20F772/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 
Russian jihadist threatens to attack Olympics
Caucasus Emirate leader calls for attack on Winter Olympics in Sochi next year, indicating a ban on striking civilian targets would be lifted
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/YG9VVI/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 
Albert II, King of Belgium, to abdicate
Monarch executed constitutional responsibility to facilitate 541 days of talks to form a government which followed an electoral stalemate
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/OF5LLS/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4
 

The World Blog with Gideon Rachman
 
How Egypt's military pulled the plug on Morsi's regime

For all the more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger protestations, this coup d'état was about as retro as they come. Troops surrounded state broadcasting headquarters early on, and once the army commander had ...
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/87LKXF/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4

 
US bugging: a fillip to Britain's Eurosceptics

The calls in Europe to suspend the EU-US trade talks, in response to
http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/20ER8J/V1W98Z/6ACAX4/ULY689/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4

 
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