EYGPT ( Security forces kill dozens " The point of no return " )

CAIRO (Reuters) - The United States urged Arab ally Egypt to pull "back from the brink" after security forces killed dozens of supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and opened a dangerous new phase in the army's confrontation with his Muslim Brotherhood.



Thousands of Brotherhood supporters were hunkered down in a vigil at a Cairo mosque on Sunday, vowing to stand their ground despite a threat by the authorities to disperse them "soon".
Saturday's bloodshed, following huge rival rallies, plunged the Arab world's most populous country deeper into turmoil following two turbulent years of transition to democracy with the fall of veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

Egypt's Health Ministry said 65 people had died. The Brotherhood said another 61 were on life support after what it described as a ferocious dawn assault by men in helmets and black police fatigues. The ambulance service put the death toll at 72.

TUCSON Az ( Missing man - Mt Lemmon - The search is on for a hiker who has been missing for more than a day )

Search for missing hiker on Mt. Lemmon

Posted: Jul 26, 2013 9:19 PM by Robby Messer
Updated: Jul 27, 2013 12:22 PM

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MT. LEMMON - The search is on Friday night for a hiker who has been missing for more than a day.
Rincon District deputies received information of an overdue 54-year-old hiker. His wife had contact with him around 11:00 a.m. Thursday but had not heard from him since. The wife could not provide a specific location as to where her husband was hiking, but said he was prepared for the hike.
She said they were visiting from out of town and unfamiliar with the area. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, blue shorts, and carrying a yellow back pack.
Given that the information was very vague and no particular area was described for the deputies to search, an attempt to locate bulletin was aired.
Deputies then searched some of the more popular tourist hiking locations, but the man and his vehicle were not located at that time.
Early Friday morning, the Sheriff's Search and Rescue Unit was activated and started their search for the lost hiker. They received information from the man's cell phone provider as to his possible location and had several GPS coordinates to work with.
The man's vehicle was located a few hours later and the search has been underway all day. The Sothern Arizona Rescue Association has been assisting the Sheriff's Search and Rescue deputies and the Sheriff's Department air unit has been used as well.
Search and Rescue personnel are gearing up to work into the night and through tomorrow morning.

Drone NEWS ( Colombia’s air force has announced their armed forces will be using drones )

Colombia’s air force has announced that it will implement the use of drones in the armed forces’ fight against rebel groups and drug traffickers, local media reported Wednesday.


While drones have acquired an international notoriety, the most controversial aspect of their use in Colombia is the air force’s willingness to use them in big, heavily populated, cities. It is not yet known if the “urban drones” will be used solely as a detection tool or whether they will also have combat capabilities.
General Tinto Pinilla, commander of the Colombian air force, declared that the drones will not solely be used in war “but also natural disaster response, information recovery and border monitoring.”
Up to fifty drones have already been acquired from the UK, with more powerful drones to be supplied by the Israeli government.
In the future, the Colombian government expects to lower drone costs by producing its own unmanned aircraft, that will also be more suited to the specific needs of the country.

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SCOTTSDALE Az ( MMA Fighter dies at Arizona gym - welterweight mixed martial arts fighter )

Posted: Jul 27, 2013 12:15 PM by Associated Press  

 

 

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A Louisiana-born welterweight mixed martial arts fighter has died while training at an Arizona gym for an upcoming match.

KPHO-TV reports that 33-year-old Sam Young died this week after he collapsed at Keep Punching gym in Scottsdale. Authorities say the father of two was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The Maricopa County Medical Examiner has not yet determined the cause of his death and could not say if his training or fighting were a contributing factor in his death.

Young, whose nickname was "the Sandman," was also a personal trainer at Maximum Fitness and the Keep Punching gyms, both in Scottsdale.

Michael King is a manager at the newly-opened, Keep Punching and one of Young's close friends, called the death shocking.

Iran woman ( 99-year-old woman from Iran becomes US citizen )

 Saturday, 27 July 2013   

In nearly a century since her Iranian birth, Khatoun Khoykani has lived through revolutions and world wars.

Mohabat News - Now, 15 years after moving to the United States, the 99-year-old can add to the list the unlikely experience of becoming a U.S. citizen.

Khoykani joined about 3,700 other people on Friday for a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

"I'm so excited, I can't even think," Khoykani said in Farsi.

The moment marked a rare achievement as Khoykani became the oldest person this year to join the small group of naturalized citizens in the Los Angeles area who are over 95, said Claire Nicholson, who represents the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Los Angeles.

Only 27 people older than 100 have become citizens in the past 50 years in the U.S., the agency said.

"You have to commend this woman. It's pretty remarkable," Nicholson said "We don't get too many people her age."

The oldest person to become a citizen was Manik Bokchalian, a Turkish immigrant who lived in Los Angeles. She was 117 when she took the oath in 1997, Nicholson said.

During the Pledge of Allegiance, Khoykani's daughter helped her mother from a wheelchair and watched intently as she placed her hand over her heart.

"When I was little, my mom always talked about coming to America," Clara Khachadurian said. "We're so happy for her."

Khoykani had dreamed of moving to the U.S. since her grandfather boasted about the country when she was a child.

She came to this country in 1998 to be with her three children, who had left Iran nearly 30 years ago. Four years ago, she almost missed a chance at citizenship.

When she was 93, Khoykani's husband was diagnosed with brain cancer, and she went back to Iran to take care of him. When he died in 2009, she wanted to return to the U.S., but the government attempted to revoke her green card because she had been gone longer than six months.

Khachadurian traveled to Iran and was able to bring her mother back to Los Angeles after a lengthy legal process.

Despite the tumultuous experience, there was no sign of stress during Friday's festivities.

"I'm shaking because I'm so happy," Khoykani said as she wiped away tears of joy. "There's no place like this in the entire world." / Source:  The Associated Press