• Sweden’s prime minister said an outsourcing deal exposed the country to risks from potential leaks of sensitive material. [Reuters]

• In Rome, residents face the possibility of water rationing amid a severe heat wave. [The Guardian]

• Jordanian video of a gunfight that left three American soldiers dead in November shows a deliberate attack. [The New York Times]

• A South African girl with H.I.V. has been found free of the virus for a long period after a high dose of treatment early in life. [The New York Times]

• The Swiss police were searching for a man who injured five people with a chain saw in Schaffhausen. [The New York Times]

• Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist and noted atheist, criticized a public radio station in Berkeley, Calif., for canceling a discussion with him because of his past comments on Islam. [The New York Times]

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