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Is it a military coup or the continuation of the Egyptian Revolution of two years ago?  These are among the questions Egypt must resolve after the Military ousted Mohammed Morsi from the presidency.

Bolivia has filed a complaint at the United Nations over what it says was the “kidnapping” of its president Evo Morales when his airplane was forced to land in Vienna on a false suspicion that he was ferrying NSA leaker Edward Snowden out of Moscow.

A Turkish Court has ruled against the development of Istanbul’s Taksim Square and Gezi Park, the issue that ignited weeks of nationwide unrest and government violence.

Japan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Koji Tsuruoka is accusing Australia of trying to impose its “western” mores and values on Japan by opposing so-called “scientific whaling”.

French ultra-right leader Marine Le Pen is expected to face charges of incitement to racial hatred back home, now that the European Parliament has stripped her of immunity.

Ireland moves closer to legalizing some abortions, Bionic Eyes for patients with a degenerative eye disease are coming on the market in America, and good dogs make short work of a rapist.  These are YOUR World News Briefs:

A judge in South Africa is ordering the grandson of ailing former President Nelson Mandela to return three bodies he removed from a family plot.  It comes at the request of Mandela’s family and signals a terrible rift in the clan of the father of modern South Africa.

The architect of Portugal’s austerity drive under the joint European Union – International Monetary Fund bailout has turned in his resignation amid swelling public discontent over the pain austerity causes.

The plane carrying Bolivia’s President Evo Morales home from a meeting in Moscow has been diverted to Austria because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden might be on board.

The United States is wading into the strife in Egypt, apparently trying to find a path in the middle of President Muhammed Morsi, the millions of Egyptians who oppose him, and the military, which appears to be backing the people.

The Internet has moved from research labs to your desktop and into your pocket.  Now it’s coming to your wrist.  Apple isn’t commenting, but patent officials in Japan have confirmed that Apple has applied for a trademark for “iWatch”.

Anti-Shi’a violence claims more lives in Iraq, FIFA appears to be scaling World Cup ticket prices to the locale, and don’t you just hate it when you go in the drive-through and they mess up your order by giving you bags of cash instead of your Tacos?  I can’t stand that.

Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet has apparently emerged victorious in a key party primary over the weekend, allowing her to run in this November’s Presidential Election.

The clock is now running after Egyptian Military reportedly gave President Mohammed Morsi 48 hours to come to some accommodation with millions of protesters who’ve taken to the streets, demanding he step down.

President Barack Obama is in damage-control mode amid growing international anger over revelations that the United States has been snooping on its allies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is dialing back his initial offer of asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, now saying that Snowden will have to stop revealing American secrets first.

19 Firefighters were killed when they were overtaken by a fast-moving wildfire in the US state of Arizona.  It’s America’s worst loss of life of firefighters in a wildfire since 1933.

European Union officials are demanding explanations from the United States, following revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on EU offices and targeted workers for surveillance.

Protesters in Brazil tell FIFA that the beautiful game is not enough, a Cirque du Soleil performer is mortally wounded in mid-performance, and a senior Japanese official says his country didn’t crash in 2008 because “Wakarimasen”.

At least seven people are dead in Egypt, as hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets to demand the resignation of President Mohammad Morsi on the weekend marking his first year in office.