Saying that his country never intended to intentionally help NSA leaker Edward Snowden and is not even considering Snowden's asylum until he is in-country, President Rafael Correa said it is the responsibility of Russia to facilitate Snowden's travel to Ecuador. Correa said giving Snowden a document for travel was a mistake.
The Egyptian military has given Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi until Wednesday to lay down a political roadmap for his country and settle differences with opposition leaders.
Kimberly McCarthy drew her last breaths Wednesday evening in Huntsville, Texas and was pronounced dead at 6:37 pm. She died 20 minutes after she was administered a single lethal dose of pentobarbitol. She became the 500th person executed in Texas since the re-start of the state's death penalty in 1982.
As anti-abortion activists watched closely, Texas Senator Wendy Davis stood from 11:18 am until 10 pm on Tuesday, in a feat of stamina and conviction, and filibustered the Republican sponsored abortion bill in the Texas State Senate.