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July 11, 2013
Egypt welcomes U.S. remarks on Morsi; food stocks dwindle
Egypt\’s interim rulers welcomed on Thursday remarks from the U.S. State Department describing the rule of toppled leader Mohamed Morsi as undemocratic, read in Cairo as a signal that Washington will not cut off its $1.5 billion in annual aid.
Egypt requests Israeli permission for Sinai offensive
The Egyptian military has asked Israel to allow it to send troops into the Sinai Peninsula for an offensive against terrorists there.
Six more ex-students at Y.U. high school allege sexual abuse
Another six former students at the Yeshiva University High School for Boys have come forward alleging that they were sexually assaulted there.
Exiled dissidents claim Iran building new nuclear site
An exiled opposition group said on Thursday it had obtained information about a secret underground nuclear site under construction in Iran, without specifying what kind of atomic activity it believed would be carried out there.
Steve Grossman, ex-AIPAC chair, running for Mass. governor
Former AIPAC chairman Steve Grossman, now the treasurer in Massachusetts, said he will run for governor in the state.