A.M. Links: Egypt Proposes Gaza Ceasefire, Honduran President Blames Migrant Surge on Drug War, Church of England Allows Female Bishops

  • white male, nttawwtEgypt
    proposed
    a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza to be
    followed by political negotiations. Representatives of Hamas have
    rejected the proposal while the Israeli cabinet met today to
    discuss it. Israeli security officials say a rocket fired at a
    resort town in southern Israel today came from Islamist militants
    in the Egyptian Sinai. John
    Kerry
    is considering visiting the Middle East to help in
    talks.
  • Forty Hondurans, mostly mothers and their children, were
    returned on a U.S.-chartered flight and met by officials in

    San Pedro Sula
    . Honduran President
    Juan Hernandez
    blamed the surge in migrants on violence fueled
    by U.S. drug policy.
  • The social network sharing app
    Secret
    , which allows you to share updates anonymously with
    friends, friends of friends and the public has raised $25 million
    in venture capital.
  • A heavy metal band made up of three pre-teens from
    Brooklyn
    signed a $1.8 million record deal with Sony. The
    agreement will have to be approved by a judge in Manhattan because
    the group is comprised of minors.
  • The
    Church of England
    announced it had voted to approve women
    taking the position of bishop.
  • Traffic police in
    Somalia
    say they will be arming themselves after being the
    targets of threats from Al-Shabaab.
  • Sixty-seven two pound African snails were seized at the
    Los
    Angeles International Airport
    . They had been shipped from
    Nigeria and were headed to a recipient in California.

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