“PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Forestry spokesman says 19 firefighters die battling fast-moving wildfire.”

There’s a lot of fascinating material in this Times article about the gargantuan protests this weekend in Egypt. But I think the most riveting may be the way the reporters capture how caught off guard President Morsi and his advisors were by the scale of the demonstrations. They are neither clearly accommodating or fully defiant. But at least from his spokesman seem almost literally at a loss for words …. Read More

From CNN’s Ben Wedeman …

Photo: The anti-Morsi demonstrations are THE biggest I've ever seen in #Egypt. #30June pic.twitter.com/BTA0N18RVq

— benwedeman (@bencnn) June 30, 2013

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It’s looking less likely that Edward Snowden will end up in Ecuador.