Leaders in Iran and Iraq, two of the countries targeted by Mr. Trump?s order, issued furious denunciations on Sunday and vowed to take retaliatory measures. Pakistan, another country whose citizens have carried out attacks in the United States, also ducked Mr. Trump?s list. In a Facebook post on Sunday evening, Mr. Trump insisted that his policy was not a ?Muslim ban? and accused the news media of inaccurate reporting. In his order on Friday, whose stated aim is to keep extremists out of the United States, Mr. Trump invoked the Sept. 11 attacks three times. Yet in much of the Middle East, Mr. Trump is less likely to get such a scolding.

Batista checked in on an American Airlines flight scheduled to land at 10:30 a.m. Rio time. RIO DE JANEIRO Former billionaire Eike Batista, once Brazil`s richest man, is scheduled to arrive in Rio de Janeiro early on Monday, where he is wanted by police in connection with charges including an alleged bribe of about $16 million to a former governor. Police said last week that Batista had paid roughly $16 million to former Rio Governor Sergio Cabral in exchange for support of the businessman`s many Rio-based endeavors. "Batista, a brash entrepreneur who became the face of Brazil`s fizzled commodities boom, had been sought since last week by Brazilian police, who raided his Rio mansion and confiscated his luxury cars as part of their bribery investigation. In the Globo interview, Batista said he never intended to flee and had been in New York on business.