News Headlines - 04 July 2013

▽BBC News - Egypt army arrests key Muslim Brotherhood figures

Egypt's military has moved against the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood, a day after deposing President Mohammed Morsi.

▽Police have 38 possible suspects in Madeleine McCann case | The Irish Times

British police said today they had begun their own investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who vanished in Portugal six years ago at age three, saying they had new leads and had identified 38 potential suspects.

▽Electoral reform in Japan: Where it counts | The Economist

Tottori will have two councillors in the house to represent its 500,000-odd voters. Hyogo will have just four, despite having the big city of Kobe and over nine times as many voters. Against their will, the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have had to deal with the matter. In 2011 the Supreme Court said the electoral map for the lower house of the Diet was in a “state of unconstitutionality” because it, in effect, disenfranchised so many.

▽Robot Ape Created By German Researchers At DFKI (video) | Geeky Gadgets

As part of a project called iStruct, German researchers at the DFKI (the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) have created an awesome looking robot ape.

▽South Georgia enters the rat race to exterminate its very unwelcome invaders - The Independent

They call themselves “Team Rat” and yesterday they announced the successful completion of the second phase of the world’s biggest rodent-eradication project to protect the unique sea birds living on the remote island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic.