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To: longnshort who wrote (731107)	8/5/2013 5:58:55 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1575047

Egypt: US official visits senior Islamist in jail Yahoo News ^ \| AUG 5,2013 \| HAMZA HENDAWI Posted on Monday, August 05, 2013 5:20:59 PM by Hojczyk Egyptian government officials say a top U.S. diplomat has visited in prison a Muslim Brotherhood leader awaiting trial on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters. The officials say U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met in prison early Monday with Khairat el-Shater, the deputy head of the Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which ousted President Mohammed Morsi hails. He was accompanied by the foreign ministers of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as well as an EU envoy. The three are in Egypt as part of international efforts to end a standoff between Morsi's supporters and the government installed by the military after ousting Morsi in a July 3 coup. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. (Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...

To: longnshort who wrote (731107)	8/5/2013 7:15:42 PM
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Bentway's Daily Beast will Merge with NEWSWEAK. LOL ............................................................................................... The Last Temptation Of Tina Brown New York Times ^ \| August 5, 2013 \| Leslie Kaufman,Christine Haughney On Nov. 12, 2010, Tina Brown gathered the staff of her Web site The Daily Beast in the third-floor conference room at its Chelsea offices with its commanding views of the Hudson. Brimming with the fervor she has brought to all her endeavors, she delivered some surprising news: the Web site would merge with Newsweek, a once-proud but struggling magazine brand. (Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...

To: longnshort who wrote (731107)	8/5/2013 7:24:47 PM
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Holder travel tab: $4.2m total, $697,525 personal, including $95,184 to Martha´s Vineyard .................................................................................................................... Washington Examiner ^ \| 8/5/13 \| Paul Bedard Attorney General Eric Holder has racked up more than $4.2 million in travel expenses over four years, including $697,525 in taxpayer-provided personal trips to resort areas like Martha´s Vineyard and Atlantic City, according to documents provided to the watchdog group Judicial Watch. The records from Justice and provided to Secrets show that Holder, who is required to travel on government aircraft because of security, submitted bills of $16,452.50 to speak at Al Sharpton´s National Action Network on New York in April 2011, $38,108.18 in expenses to address the pro-immigration reform group LULAC (Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...