Tanks Syrian Hama deployment after large protest - Reuters

AMMAN, July 3. Sun, July 3, 2011 6 pm EDT

(AMMAN, July 3 Reuters) - Syrian tanks were deployed at the entrance of the city of Hama, activists and residents, said Sunday, two days after he saw the largest protest against President Bashar al-Assad since an uprising began three months ago.

Dozens of people are being arrested in the neighbourhoods on the edges of Hama. ". The authorities seem to have opted for a military solution to subdue the city, "Rami Abdel Rahman, President of the Syrian human rights observatory, stated to Reuters."

Hama, 210 km north of Damascus, was the scene of the bloodiest in the modern history of the Syria episode, when troops killed up to 30,000 people in an assault in 1982 to end an uprising led by Islamists against President Hafez Al-Assad Assad, the late father iron rule. (Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis; editing by David Stamp)

Casey Anthony trial: trial resumes after the break, feud of lawyers - Palm Beach Post

By Anthony Colarossi

Orlando Sentinel

Last updated: 1: 28 pm, on Friday, July 1, 2011

Posted: 7 pm, Friday, July 1, 2011

Casey Anthony murder trial resumed at 1: 00.

Earlier, the Chief Judge Belvin Perry suspended debate indefinitely to give time to the defence of the Casey Anthony to rebuttal State witnesses.

"We will be in recess subject to the appeal," Perry said counsel for this morning. "Be prepared to be here late this evening."

Perry also said lawyers expect to work through holiday weekend. He noted that the jury is sequestered and "these people are ready to go home."

Jose Baez defence counsel complained that two prosecution experts are essentially offering the new notices have not been disclosed.

Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Ashton submitted expert testimony was shared with the defence and that the views are limited. The testimony involves examination of the skull of Caylee and if residue found inside was organic.

Baez said, "they may decide to ambush defence after the defence has justified his".

But Perry warned that he hoped that the question raised by the defence is a true. And it asked to review the reports of the experts.

"There are real problems and imaginary problems", said Perry.

Procedures should continue until the end of the week, including Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Thursday, Casey Anthony, 25, said that she would not testify and his defence rested its case.

Anthony is charged with first degree murder in the death of his daughter. Remains of the child were found in the woods near the House Antoine in the County of Orange is in December 2008. It was worn disappeared in July of this year.

The prosecution presented evidence that Casey Anthony conducted incriminating searches of computer home Anthony, including searches for "chloroform," a chemical substance believed to be involved in the death of Caylee.

High levels of chloroform were linked to the trunk of Casey Anthony Pontiac.

However, his mother, Cindy Anthony, testified at trial that she has researched chloroform on the computer at home in March 2008.

The prosecution wants to use work Gentiva and leaders of the company documents to show that Cindy Anthony was at work during the period of the research carried out from his home computer.

Check later for updates.

Harry Reid cancels the Senate July 4 recess after Obama assistance Conference - CBS News

Economy subjects, Congress (credit: AP Photo, j. Scott Applewhite)

Last updated at 10: 40 pm EST

A day after President Obama chided Congress for his lazy work schedule, Leader of the majority of the Senate Harry Reid announced that the Senate is the cancellation of its niche on July 4.

"The Senate will meet Tuesday the day after the fourth," Reid said on the Senate floor today, reports CBS Capitol Hill producer John Nolen. "We will do that because we have work to do."

At a press conference, Mr. Obama called Wednesday for the members of the Congress "cancel things and stay here," in Washington if it is not "substantial progress" at the end of the week on an agreement to increase the debt limit.

He complained that members are "[session] a week, they are on a week."

"You must be here", Mr. Obama said, directing his comments of the members. I "ve been here."

Look at the Obama President castigating Congress, left

The Senate had to be out of the session the week next and recesses a month from August 6. The House of representatives has been off the coast of eight weeks this year so far (including this week) and is expected to leave once more the week of July 18.

The White House negotiated with a group of legislators bipartisan to try out a deal to raise the ceiling of the debt of hash $ 14.3 billion.

The Government of the United States reached the debt limit on May 16, but the Treasury has put in place what he called "extraordinary" measures to keep the Government from defaulting on its loans.

The Obama administration and many economists have warned, however, that Congress should raise the limit of debt by 2 August to avoid economic disaster. The "Early Show CBS' Thursday, White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe has reiterated this point.

"If we do not pay our bills and go to the default, you know, that the situation could be catastrophic,"Plouffe said noting that interest rates would increase and social security payments could be delayed.""

House President John Bohener Tuesday called the period 2 August "artificial".

Several senators this week expressed their opposition to the suggestion of Reid to keep the Senate in session next week, reports Politico.

Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, for example, said that she had important constituent to attend meetings. In addition, it was not necessary to remain in the session, taking into account the debt limit negotiations involve only a handful of members of Congress.

She said "Tell Me what it is that we are going to do - that is what we are going to do?". "". If there is real work in progress, I'm here to do the job. If they are here to send a message, they can send many messages without me. »

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A mess more for Obama: clean-up after the dog (Los Angeles Times)

If you think the United States President is fantasy travel around the world and hobnobbing with the similar with the great and the famous, well, watch and see the poop. Really.

Speaking to a group of second-graders on the outskirts of Virginia, President Obama took time to explain that there are ups and downs, and that all are political. Some involve the first dog Bo.

"The truth is, I ran in the White House, but most of the time I am working." "So it's not like I am running all around fun," the President said children at elementary school of Long Branch in Arlington, Virginia it called the White House "a magnificent building, and there is a large construction site in the back, called the South Lawn."

"So many times, Bo I walk the night, and it's fun,"Obama said.""Sometimes I run with Bo, even if I - sometimes he must pick up his poop. »

"Eeww," the children reacted.

"Because I want to just in the lawn, leave" Obama continued. "" "" So if you have a dog, you have to walk your dog too and clean up after him. »

Obama went to school to read parts of book child of its new "Of Thee I Sing."

The book is in the form of a letter to her daughters and describes the life of great people 13. Published by Random House children's books illustrated volume was released in the fall. Product go to fund scholarships for children of fallen and disabled soldiers.

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Woman charged in torture 2 murdered children booked in prison in Alabama. After the extradition of Ky (Star Tribune).

MOBILE, Alabama. -the woman accused of having tortured two children who were most later killed and thrown in rural Mississippi and Alabama was booked in a prison in Alabama, after being extradited from Kentucky.

A sergeant in the mobile, said County jail Heather Leavell-Keaton was booked in prison on charges of child abuse Monday at the beginning and is being held without bond.

Mobile police major Kara Rose explains that Saturday, research teams of human remains were found that investigators believe belong to Natalie DeBlase, who would have turned 5 at the end of November. Found on Wednesday in Mississippi appear to belong to Chase 3-year old brother.

Father of the child, John DeBlase is charged with two counts of felony murder and two counts of abuses corpse.