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If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/EB8122/MJMDLZ/ICVIZD/6VRT5E/   World news briefing: Friday July 26 2013 World News   Senate letter backs Yellen for Fed role Yellen, vice-chair of the Fed board, and Summers, a former Treasury secretary, are the two leading candidates to replace chairman Bernanke http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/YGYVEY/18E32X/1O808O/YGSP93/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=26   Probe into Spanish train crash begins Prime minister Mariano Rajoy declares three days of national mourning after visiting the scene of the country's worst railway accident in 40 years http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/YGYVEY/18E32X/1O808O/OF4I5D/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=26   Call for Egypt protests sparks concern Leftists, Islamists and some liberals worry that the military's call for protests is an attempt to return to the repressive reign of Hosni Mubarak http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/YGYVEY/18E32X/1O808O/VTEFEU/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=26   Tunisian opposition leader shot dead Mohamed Brahmi, a former lawmaker and founder of the Popular Current party, was shot 11 times by gunmen as he left his home in Tunis http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/YGYVEY/18E32X/1O808O/HIV5CW/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=26   Details of Detroit's woes come to light Detroit's dire financial problems were made worse when the city tried to fix shortfalls in its pension funds with more and more complex financing deals http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/YGYVEY/18E32X/1O808O/DX6A8Z/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=26   Spain's jobless data boost recovery hopes Figures back-up administration's assertion that two-year recession is ending, but economists say improvement due to seasonal factors http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/YGYVEY/18E32X/1O808O/T1YJDQ/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=26   Russia approves stimulus programme Package includes infrastructure spending and tax breaks for small and medium-sized businesses amid concerns over slow pace of Russian growth http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/YGYVEY/18E32X/1O808O/PNWE4K/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=26   Hizbollah shrugs off EU blacklist Members doubt the EU's action will curtail its complex finances, highlighting the difficulty of effectively sanctioning the Lebanese Shia group http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/YGYVEY/18E32X/1O808O/XB939T/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=26   Court rules Khodorkovsky trial unfair Europe's rights court rules Russia unfairly charged the tycoon tax arrears and unfairly sent him and his business partner to distant penal colonies http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/YGYVEY/18E32X/1O808O/DX6A8O/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=26   In depth - FT.com Libor scandal Austerity Europe Great tax race US states of emergency Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds Subscribe to FT.com     © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help This email was sent by or on behalf of a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723..