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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) ? Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican predecessor President George W. Bush found common ground in Africa on Tuesday, honoring the victims of a terrorist attack in an unprecedented encounter a world away from home.
The U.S. presidents observed a moment of silence together at a monument to victims of the 1998 embassy bombing here in the east African city where Bush coincidentally happened to be as Obama wrapped up a weeklong tour of the continent. While the two leaders didn't say anything publicly, their wives engaged in a warm and chatty joint appearance at a summit on African women.
Initially the two presidents weren't even planning to meet while in town, but first lady Michelle Obama joked as she sat next to her predecessor: "They're learning from us."
The Obamas departed Africa for home shortly after crossing paths with the Bushes, who were hosting the summit promoting the role of African first ladies in bringing change to their countries. Bush ended up joining the current president for the wreath-laying ceremony honoring the Tanzanian victims of the simultaneous attacks at the U.S. embassies here and in Kenya masterminded by Osama bin Laden.
Both presidents have bin Laden in common. Bush's two terms were tinged by the 9/11 terrorist attacks carried out in New York and Washington by bin Laden's al-Qaida network; Obama ordered the U.S. military raid that ended with bin Laden' death two years ago in Pakistan.
Obama and Bush bowed their heads as a Marine placed the wreath of red, white and blue flowers in front of the large stone memorial on the grounds of the new U.S. Embassy. After a few moments, they shook hands with survivors of the attack and relatives of those killed before returning to the embassy together in private discussion.
At that very moment, their wives were putting on a public display of mutual affection in a discussion moderated by American journalist Cokie Roberts. Mrs. Obama said she wanted to appear with Laura Bush because "I like this woman" and it's therapeutic to share the challenges of their roles.
"It's sort of a club, a sorority, I guess," Mrs. Bush responded.
Their goal was to encourage African first ladies to raise their voices for causes they are passionate about, even if the public is sometimes focused on more trivial matters, the said.
"While people are sort of sorting through our shoes and our hair, whether we cut it or not ..." Mrs. Obama started.
"Whether we have bangs," Mrs. Bush interjected to laughter. Mrs. Obama expressed surprise that her change in hair style this year would prompt so much media coverage. "Who would have thought? I didn't call that."
"But," Mrs. Obama said, "we take our bangs and we stand in front of important things that the world needs to see. And eventually people stop looking at the bangs and they start looking at what we're standing in front of."
"We hope," Mrs. Bush joked. Mrs. Obama replied, "They do, and that's the power of our roles."
When it comes to the power of their husbands' roles, Obama has said he wants to usher in a new era of U.S.-Africa relations. Obama has praised Bush for helping save millions of lives by funding AIDS treatment. But, he said Monday, "We are looking at a new model that's based not just on aid and assistance, but on trade and partnership."
"Ultimately, the goal here is for Africa to build Africa for Africans," Obama said. "And our job is to be a partner in that process."
In that spirit, Obama announced a program to bring more power to Africans without access to electricity. During a visit to a local power plant built with a U.S. grant, Obama demonstrated a soccer ball designed to bring power to communities off the power grid.
One invention that could help on the electricity front is the SOCCKET ball, developed by two Harvard graduates. The ball has a pendulum-like mechanism inside that creates kinetic energy during play and stores it. Its maker says 30 minutes of play can power a simple LED lamp for three hours.
Obama kicked the ball off his foot and did a low header. "We're going to start getting these all around Africa," Obama said. "Pretty impressive stuff."
In remarks afterward, he touted his "Power Africa" electricity program as a win-win for Africans and U.S. companies. He also reflected on the trip, recalling some of the folks he met along the way, including a female farmer in Senegal and young people in the Soweto area of South Africa's capital city, Johannesburg.
"I'm inspired because I'm absolutely convinced that with the right approach, Africa and its people can unleash a new era of prosperity," Obama said.
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AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace contributed to this report.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-ends-africa-trip-joining-bush-memorial-052247389.html
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Cyclists who want ANT+ sensors frequently have to either buy multiple devices or resign themselves to relatively limited tracking. Not so with Factor Bikes' new Vis Vires. The high-end road bike comes with a specially mounted Garmin Edge 510 or 810 bike computer, giving it speed and other basic ride data from the start; more advanced models bring ANT+ aware cranks that register leg power at the pedals. You'll want to save up if you're interested, however. The entry Vis Vires Ultegra Di2 and its companion Edge 510 will ship in January for $7,830. An Ultegra Di2 variant with ANT+ cranks will arrive at the same time for $10,441, while the lighter, Edge 810-equipped Dura-Ace Di2 launches this August for a hefty $13,051.
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Some of South Florida?s finest high school football players were shining bright ? at least until the rain drowned them out.
The Nike 7-on-7 Football Challenge took place Saturday, featuring 24 South Florida high schools and more than 200 players. But the event was cut short when rain and lightning hit Amelia Earhart Park in the afternoon. The tournament was suspended and will resume at 9 a.m. Sunday.
Several athletes used the event as a primer to The Opening, one of the nation?s premier events for Class of 2014 recruits on Monday through Wednesday at the Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore.
The third-year event provides an opportunity for the nation?s best players to compete in 7-on-7 games and skill events, to nurture relationships with one another and provides a chance to sway certain players when it comes to picking a college.
Miami Central running back and University of Miami commit Joseph Yearby said he?s so excited about the opportunity that he probably won?t sleep Sunday night before flying to Oregon on Monday morning. Along with cherishing the opportunity, he has one goal in mind.
?I?m really excited to get close to Ermon Lane,? Yearby said of the 6-3, 193-pound wide receiver from Homestead who has offers to play at Miami, Alabama and Florida. ?That?s really the only person that stands out.?
Yearby?s backfield teammate, UF commit Dalvin Cook, said he isn?t going to let Yearby get the best of Lane during the festivities.
?I?m definitely not going to let that happen,? Cook said. ?We?re going to fight.?
Yearby and Cook will be joined by teammate Trevor Darling, a UM offensive tackle commit. Central and Fort Lauderdale University School, which is sending defensive lineman Richard Yeargin, safety Quincy Wilson and quarterback Sean White, are two of just five schools in the country to be sending three players. Florida and California each have 27 players participating ? the most from any state.
Other invitees from Miami-Dade and Broward counties include: Booker T. Washington quarterback Treon Harris and defensive tackle Chad Thomas; UF defensive lineman commit Anthony Moten and wide receiver Corey Holmes from Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas; Miami Northwestern wide receiver and FSU commit Jojo Robinson; Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna defensive tackle Khairi Clark; and Plantation defensive back Chris Lammons.
As for the event close to home, Yearby still took value in the exhibitions.
?The tournament is very good; these will get more competitive as it gets closer to the season,? Yearby said. ?The tournament will definitely help us a lot. Seeing the quarterbacks and receivers [and what they do], then they can go and practice what they need to.?
The teams played 7-on-7, two-hand-touch football, with the action spread over six fields. Families, friends and fans took in all the sights, with loud music and food creating a picnic-like atmosphere around the football.
By the end of play Saturday, many schools had already qualified for the playoff portion of the tournament. Booker T. Washington, Central, Northwestern, Miami Columbus, Miramar, Coral Reef, Champagnat and Northeast made it to the elimination stage, with four spots still up for grabs when play resumes Sunday morning.
Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/30/3477764/rain-doesnt-dampen-spirits-of.html
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CAIRO (AP) ? Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in 2? years of turmoil.
In a sign of the explosive volatility of the country's divisions, a hard core of young opponents broke away from the rallies and attacked the main headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, pelting it with stones and firebombs until a raging fire erupted in the walled villa. During clashes, Brotherhood supporters opened fire with birdshot on the attackers, who swelled to a crowd of hundreds.
Fears were widespread that the two sides could be heading to a violent collision in coming days. Morsi made clear through a spokesman that he would not step down and his Islamist supporters vowed not to allow protesters to remove one of their own, brought to office in a legitimate vote. Thousands of Islamists massed not far from the presidential palace in support of Morsi, some of them prepared for a fight with makeshift armor and sticks.
At least four people were killed Sunday in shootings at anti-Morsi protesters in southern Egypt.
The protesters aimed to show by sheer numbers that the country has irrevocably turned against Morsi, a year to the day after he was inaugurated as Egypt's first freely elected president. But throughout the day and even up to midnight at the main rallying sites, fears of rampant violence did not materialize.
Instead the mood was largely festive as protesters at giant anti-Morsi rallies in Cairo's central Tahrir Square and outside the Ittihadiya palace spilled into side streets and across boulevards, waving flags, blowing whistles and chanting.
Fireworks went off overhead. Men and women, some with small children on their shoulders, beat drums, danced and sang, "By hook or by crook, we will bring Morsi down." Residents in nearby homes showered water on marchers below ? some carrying tents in preparation to camp outside the palace ? to cool them in the summer heat, and blew whistles and waved flags in support.
"Mubarak took only 18 days although he had behind him the security, intelligence and a large sector of Egyptians," said Amr Tawfeeq, an oil company employee marching toward Ittihadiya with a Christian friend. Morsi "won't take long. We want him out and we are ready to pay the price."
The massive outpouring against Morsi, culminating a year of growing polarization, raises the question of what is next. Protesters have vowed to stay on the streets until he steps down, and organizers called for widespread labor strikes starting Monday. The president, in turn, appears to be hoping protests wane.
For weeks, Morsi's supporters have depicted the planned protest as a plot by Mubarak loyalists. But their claims were undermined by the extent of Sunday's rallies. In Cairo and a string of cities in the Nile Delta and on the Mediterranean coast, the protests topped even the biggest protests of the 2011's 18-day uprising, including the day Mubarak quit, Feb. 11, when giant crowds marched on Ittihadiya.
It is unclear now whether the opposition, which for months has demanded Morsi form a national unity government, would now accept any concessions short of his removal. The anticipated deadlock raises the question of whether the army, already deployed on the outskirts of cities, will intervene. Protesters believe the military would throw its significant weight behind them, tipping the balance against Morsi. The country's police, meanwhile, were hardly to be seen Sunday.
"If the Brothers think that we will give up and leave, they are mistaken," said lawyer Hossam Muhareb as he sat with a friend on a sidewalk near the presidential palace. "They will give up and leave after seeing our numbers."
Violence could send the situation spinning into explosive directions.
In a potentially volatile confrontation after nightfall, several dozen youths attacked the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters on a plateau overlooking the capital. They threw rocks and firebombs at the walled villa, and people inside fired at the attackers with birdshot, according to an Associated Press Television News cameraman at the scene.
Southern Egypt saw deadly attacks on anti-Morsi protests, and four people were killed. A protester was shot to death in Beni Suef outside the offices of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. In the city of Assiut, gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a protest, killing one person and wounding four others.
The enraged protesters then marched on the nearby Freedom and Justice offices, where gunmen inside opened fire, killing two more, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to talk to the press. Clashes erupted, with protesters and security forces fighting side by side against Morsi's supporters.
At least 400 people were injured nationwide, the Health Ministry said.
Morsi, who has three years left in his term, said street protests cannot be used to overturn the results of a free election.
"There is no room for any talk against this constitutional legitimacy," he told Britain's The Guardian newspaper in an interview published Sunday, rejecting early elections.
If an elected president is forced out, "there will (be) people or opponents opposing the new president too, and a week or a month later, they will ask him to step down," he said.
Morsi was not at Ittihadiya as Sunday's rally took place ? he had moved to another nearby palace.
As the crowds massed, Morsi's spokesman Ihab Fahmi repeated the president's longstanding offer of dialogue with the opposition to resolve the nation's political crisis, calling it "the only framework through which we can reach understandings."
The opposition has repeatedly turned down his offers for dialogue, arguing that they were for show.
Near Ittihadiya palace, thousands of Islamists gathered in a show of support for Morsi outside the Rabia al-Adawiya mosque. Some Morsi backers wore homemade body armor and construction helmets and carried shields and clubs ? precautions, they said, against possible violence.
The demonstrations are the culmination of polarization and instability that have been building since Morsi's June 30, 2012, inauguration. The past year has seen multiple political crises, bouts of bloody clashes and a steadily worsening economy, with power outages, fuel shortages, rising prices and persistent lawlessness and crime.
In one camp are the president and his Islamist allies, including the Muslim Brotherhood and more hard-line groups. Morsi supporters accuse Mubarak loyalists of being behind the protests, aiming to overturn last year's election results, just as they argue that remnants of the old regime have sabotaged Morsi's attempts to deal with the nation's woes and bring reforms.
Hard-liners among them have also given the confrontation a sharply religious tone, denouncing Morsi's opponents as "enemies of God" and infidels.
On the other side is an array of secular and liberal Egyptians, moderate Muslims, Christians ? and what the opposition says is a broad sector of the general public that has turned against the Islamists. They say the Islamists have negated their election mandate by trying to monopolize power, infusing government with their supporters, forcing through a constitution they largely wrote and giving religious extremists a free hand, all while failing to manage the country.
"The country is only going backward. He's embarrassing us and making people hate Islam," said Donia Rashad, a 24-year-old unemployed woman who wears the conservative Islamic headscarf. "We need someone who can feel the people and is agreeable to the majority."
As they marched toward the presidential palace, some chanted, "You lied to us in the name of religion," and others raised a banner proclaiming, "Morsi=Mubarak. Early presidential elections." The crowds, including women, children and elderly people, hoisted long banners in the colors of the Egyptian flag and raised red cards ? a sign of expulsion in soccer.
In Tahrir, chants of "erhal!", or "leave!" thundered around the square. The crowd, which appeared to number some 300,000, waved Egyptian flags and posters of Morsi with a red X over his face. They whistled and waved when military helicopters swooped close overhead, reflecting their belief that the army favors them over Morsi.
A week ago, with the public sense of worry growing over the upcoming confrontation, Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi demanded the president and his opponents reach a compromise. He warned that the military would intervene to prevent the nation from entering a "dark tunnel."
Army troops backed by armored vehicles were deployed Sunday in some of Cairo's suburbs, with soldiers at traffic lights and major intersections. In the evening, they deployed near the international airport, state TV said.
Similarly sized crowds turned out in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria and the Nile Delta cities of Mansoura, Tanta and Damanhour, with sizeable rallies in cities nationwide.
"Today is the Brotherhood's last day in power," Suliman Mohammed, a manager of a seafood company, said in Tahrir.
The opposition protests emerge from a petition campaign by a youth activist group known as Tamarod, Arabic for "Rebel." For several months, the group has been collecting signatures on a call for Morsi to step down.
On Saturday, the group announced it had more than 22 million signatures ? proof, it claims, that a broad sector of the public no longer wants Morsi in office.
It was not possible to verify the claim. If true, it would be nearly twice the some 13 million people who voted for Morsi in last year's presidential run-off election, which he won with around 52 percent of the vote. Tamarod organizers said they discarded about 100,000 signed forms because they were duplicates.
Morsi's supporters have questioned the authenticity and validity of the signatures, but have produced no evidence of fraud.
At the pro-Morsi rally at the Rabia al-Adawiya mosque, the crowd chanted, "God is great," and some held up copies of Islam's holy book, the Quran.
"The people hold the legitimacy and we support Dr. Mohamed Morsi," said Ahmed Ramadan, one of the rally participants. "We would like to tell him not to be affected by the opponents' protests and not to give up his rights. We are here to support and protect him."
One of the world's most prominent Muslim clerics, Sheik Yousef El-Qaradawi, who is close to the Brotherhood, appealed to Egyptians to give Morsi a chance, saying if Morsi goes, "someone who's worse than Morsi" would replace him.
"It's not easy to change a president with another one, but it's better to correct him," el-Qaradawi, an Egyptian who has lived in Qatar for many years, said on Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr TV.
Ibrahim Ahmed, a 59-year-old retired civil servant who was at Tahrir with his 5-year-old grandson, Yassin, snorted at the idea.
"He wants us to be patient with Morsi? No, thank you. Look at what happened in one year. The Egyptian pound is going down and the country is being Brotherhood-ized," he said.
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AP reporters Tony G. Gabriel and Mariam Rizk contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-erupts-protests-demanding-morsi-ouster-215829657.html
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It?s time for kids to play cowboys and indians again.
For ?The Lone Ranger,? Disney Consumer Products has been able to line up a number of licensees to create merchandise tied to the film, that gallops into theaters July 3. Partners include Lego,?NECA, Theodora & Callum, Rotenier and Will Leather Goods who are creating everything from toys, action figures and playsets to high-end accessories and hand-crafted leather goods.?
Typically products tied to summer tentpoles rely heavily on superheroes and transforming robots. But with ?The Lone Ranger,? Disney?s been able to get partners to rally around the iconic image of the masked man as a new kind of superhero for kids, while also making products that tap into the nostalgic factor for adults who were fans of the character during his run on TV.
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?The product assortment for ?The Lone Ranger? is eclectic and dynamic, capturing the classic Western style,? said Jonathan Symington, VP of licensing for Disney Entertainment and Games at Disney Consumer Products. ?We have assembled a unique collection of products that allow fans to experience the film?s adventure and fun, through traditional role play and handsomely crafted one-of-a-kind pieces.?
?The Lone Ranger? collection of products is available now at Disney Store locations nationwide, as well as boutiques, national retailers and at DisneyStore.com.
Lego?s line of ?Lone Ranger? products include action figures featuring the masked man and Tonto, and playsets based on setpieces in the film, including the silver mine. Naturally, that also involves the trains seen in the film, which lend themselves well to play patterns. Prices range from $13 to $120.
Props include the Lone Ranger?s black mask, Texas Ranger pin and white Stetson hat (from $15 to $17), while Theodora & Callum is producing a limited edition scarf ($175), Robin Rotenier has a cufflink collection ($395) and Will Leather Goods is producing a line of horse hair, tooled leather and hand-beaded items ($75-$350). Disney?s publishing arm also has ?The Lone Ranger? book adaptation for $6.
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