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June 21, 2012 | | ROYAL BIRTHDAY Diana's inheritance, which William receives full control of today, is just one of the reasons why the Prince is opting for a meditative 30th, not a mad one. The Daily Beast’s Tom Sykes reports. Plus, see pictures of William through the years. ANTICIPATION Tahrir Square was alive again with demonstrators overnight, and Egyptian voters continued to wait Thursday for a result in the country’s presidential election as anxieties mounted in the country. As government officials counted votes after allegations of fraud in the Egypt’s run-off between a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and former intimate of ousted ruler Hosni Mubarak, one member of the election committee said not to expect results before Sunday, at the earliest. The delay has put Cairo and all of Egypt on edge, with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, a powerful Islamist group, saying that they were prepared to stage street protests against the country’s military rulers. WARNING Michele Bachmann became the first female GOP presidential candidate since 1964 to win a delegate during this year’s primary run, but now she’s fully behind Mitt Romney. She tells Meghan McCain whether she’d be his VP—and why Obama’s so dangerous. REBELS As Syrian shells rained down on the battered city of Homs Thursday, a handful of American black bag operatives were helping allies direct weapons to the men and women fighting back. According to the New York Times, the group of CIA officers stationed in Turkey near the Syrian border have been gathering intelligence and directing the flow of arms, in part to be sure they don’t fall into the hands of radical militants. “CIA officers are there and they are trying to make new sources and recruit people,” an Arab official told reporters. The officers have reportedly not crossed the border into Syria yet, sources said. Also on Tuesday, a Syrian fighter jet on a training mission may have defected by landing in Jordan, according to officials there. Syrian officials have not commented on the situation. MARKETS After reaching a five-week high, European stocks slipped Thursday. “The mood of market participants is still characterized by great uncertainty about future developments in Europe and the slowdown in China,” Stefan Angele, investment management head at Swiss & Global Asset Management, told reporters. Reports that came out this week predicted that China’s manufacturing industry would continue to shrink in the coming month, and the United States Federal Reserve said that the economy would only grow at a rate of 1.9 percent to 2.4 percent this year. A National Association of Realtors report due out Thursday morning will reportedly show that house sales dipped in May. | | 
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