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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Life as a Defector

Today: WikiLeaks: Snowden Seeks Asylum From 21 Nations , Inside the Yarnell, Arizona, Fire: How It Happened, and the Questions Still Unanswered , Morsi: Army Never Gave Me Ultimatum
Cheat Sheet: Morning

July 02, 2013
WHAT'S NEXT?

What kind of future does the NSA leaker face if he gets asylum in Russia or another country? If the experience of past defectors—alcoholism, suicide attempts, mental illness—is any guide, it looks grim, writes The Daily Beast's Malcolm Jones.

AROUND THE WORLD

Yes, things must be getting dull in Moscow's airport. Fugitive leaker Edward Snowden is seeking asylum from 21 nations after being rejected by Ecuador, according to a statement by WikiLeaks. On his list: China, France, Ireland, and Venezuela, and Russia and Norway confirm that they have received applications from Snowden. The president of Ecuador, Snowden's original choice for asylum, said on Tuesday that helping the leaker was a "mistake" and Snowden is Russia's problem. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and they are reportedly slated to discuss Snowden while at a conference in Brunei. If you're in the military overseas, don't plan on reading The Guardian: its website has reportedly been banned on computers used by troops abroad.

TRAGEDY

Investigators are only beginning to understand how 19 firefighters lost their lives in Arizona this weekend. The Daily Beast's Christine Pelisek and Terry Greene Sterling reconstruct what we know so far.

SHOWDOWN

This is confusing. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said on Tuesday that the Army never consulted him before giving a 48-hour ultimatum for him to give up power, and he said he would stick to his "national reconciliation" plan. Morsi said the Army's statement that it would intervene if the protests continued "may cause confusion in the complex national scene," and he denied that this statement amounted to a coup. But Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the defense minister, had described the protests as an "unprecedented" expression by the public. Meanwhile, Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr resigned on Tuesday, bringing the number to five of foreign ministers to quit due to the ongoing crisis.

DEVELOPING

Russian officials said Tuesday that 19 people perished when a helicopter crashed in a remote part of Siberia. The helicopter was carrying 28 people, including 11 children. It's unclear how many of the children survived. Officials did not immediately give a cause of the crash, which occurred in a remote mountainous region, dozens of miles from the nearest village.


RANDOM
Obama, Bush Meet in Tanzania
Visit memorial for embassy bombings.
GET WELL SOON
South Africa's de Klerk in Hospital
For heart procedure.
MANHUNT
Colo. Sen.'s Brother Missing
Randy Udall has not returned from solo hike.
I WANT IT NOW
Study: Refined Carbs Are Like Drugs
Triggers reaction in the brain that you need more.
REST IN PEACE
Pierce Brosnan's Daughter Dies
Charlotte Smith, 41, suffered from ovarian cancer.
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