World condemnation widens, including an angry response from President Barack Obama, for the bloody crackdown on Morsi's mostly Islamist supporters that left hundreds dead. President Obama scraps plans for joint American-Egyptian military exercises but stops well short of withholding $1.3 billion in annual military aid. Nearly two years after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq, al-Qaida is carrying out suicide and car bombings with greater frequency. A powerful car bomb tears through a bustling Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut, killing at least 18 and trapping dozens. Americans are being hampered by weak pay, higher taxes, tepid hiring while consumer spending remains lackluster.