Morning Digest: Syria can meet June 30 chemical weapons deadline: U.N. chief

	Click to View in Browser 02/6/2014 Syria can meet June 30 chemical weapons deadline: U.N. chief SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he was confident Syria would meet a June 30 deadline to eliminate its entire chemical weapons program under a US-Russian plan.. Egypt army chief Sisi says he will run for president: report CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who deposed the country's first freely elected leader, has said he will run for president, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Thursday.. Global stocks edge higher; euro ticks down before ECB LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks edged up from this week's four-month lows in cautious trade ahead of a euro zone monetary policy decision later on Thursday, supported by relative calm in vulnerable emerging markets.. Friends, fans mourn Philip Seymour Hoffman at candlelight vigil NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of friends and fans of Philip Seymour Hoffman gathered for a candlelight vigil on Wednesday evening outside his New York theater company, paying homage to the acclaimed actor who died of a suspected drug overdose.. Parrot perched on top after slopestyle heats ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) - Canada's Maxence Parrot scorched the competition in the second heat of the men's snowboard slopestyle on Thursday to book his place in the Sochi Olympic final.. Turkey tightens Internet controls as government battles graft scandal ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament has approved internet controls enabling web pages to be blocked within hours in what the opposition decried as part of a government bid to stifle a corruption scandal with methods more suitable to "times of coups".. Disappearance of wildflowers may have doomed Ice Age giants WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flower power may have meant the difference between life and death for some of the extinct giants of the Ice Age, including the mighty woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.. 'Don't whiz on the Alamo,' Texas tells man facing jail SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - An El Paso man faces up to 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to urinating on the Alamo, the iconic structure seen by many as the symbol of the Texas spirit.. Related Video Rouhani defends nuclear deal on state TV Texas to execute woman accused of killing man for insurance money Great Debate Putin's Occupation Olympics Transforming Post Offices into banks A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend