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U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed
In largely symbolic move, U.S. sanctions Hezbollah's Nasrallah
Pope visits Lebanon amid Syria war, Libya protest
U.S. hostage urges Jewish groups to work for his release
China patrol ships enter Japan waters: Japan Coast Guard
Syria envoy in capital as Assad forces pound rebels
FARC rebels say expectations high for Colombia peace talks
Hepatitis outbreak kills 16 in South Sudan refugee camps
Actress says was duped, as anti-Islam film details emerge
U.N. nuclear governors censure Iran over atom bomb concerns
Mexico: Purported Gulf drug cartel leader caught
US consulate attack in Libya said twin operation
Arab protests puts foreign policy at the fore
Guatemala volcano erupts outside tourist center
Farmers angry at counterterror tactic in Pakistan
Snark flies in US Embassy-Brotherhood Twitter spat
Syria rebel: Sunni jihadists after Shiite hostages
North Mali robber describes Shariah amputation
Azerbaijani ax killer's pardon raises war fears
Europe's minority youth face steeper job hurdles

U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:48 PM PDT

SANAA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and American warships headed towards Libya after the U.S. ambassador there was killed in related violence this week. In Libya, authorities said they had made four arrests in the investigation into the attack that killed ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americas in Benghazi on Tuesday. President Barack Obama has vowed to bring to justice those responsible for the Benghazi attack, which U.S. ...

In largely symbolic move, U.S. sanctions Hezbollah's Nasrallah

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the leader of the Lebanese militant group and political movement Hezbollah on Thursday for helping Syria crush anti-government protests, as well as two other members for the group's "terrorist activities" in general. Sanctions experts described the move against Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as largely symbolic because the penalties - freezing any assets he holds in U.S. banks - had been imposed under earlier U.S. sanctions. The Treasury said it had "designated" Nasrallah under U.S. ...

Pope visits Lebanon amid Syria war, Libya protest

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:44 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pope Benedict arrives in Lebanon on Friday to bring a message of peace to a region torn by civil war in neighboring Syria and strained by violent Islamist protests against the United States in Libya and Egypt. While those tensions overshadowed preparations for the religiously sensitive visit, security was low-profile in Beirut and the only protests expected against his presence were due to take place far from the capital. ...

U.S. hostage urges Jewish groups to work for his release

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:21 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Jewish U.S. aid worker held by al Qaeda in Pakistan for more than a year appealed to Jewish groups in the United States to pressure President Barack Obama to help secure his release, a group that monitors Islamist websites said on Thursday. In the second video of him to be released within two days, Warren Weinstein said he was being treated well and taking all his medications, the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group said. Weinstein asked his wife to contact Jewish communities in the United States to pressure the Obama administration. ...

China patrol ships enter Japan waters: Japan Coast Guard

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:16 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two Chinese patrol ships entered Japanese territorial waters near disputed islets claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo on Friday, Japan's Coast Guard said, marking the latest incident in a long-running dispute between China and Japan. The Chinese ships have not followed the coast guard's order to go out of the territorial waters, a Japan coast guard official said. Tension flared last month when Japan detained a group of Chinese activists who had landed on the islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. ...

Syria envoy in capital as Assad forces pound rebels

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:15 AM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Syria's capital on Thursday as state forces pounded its eastern outskirts to flush out rebels trying to retain a foothold in Damascus. Brahimi's mission is a challenging one as neither side in the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad seems ready to put down arms. Nor does Brahimi enjoy the necessary support from divided world and Middle East powers. ...

FARC rebels say expectations high for Colombia peace talks

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:25 PM PDT

Havana (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels believe the chances of achieving peace in upcoming talks with the government are high, but failure could bring many years more of war, a senior FARC leader said on Thursday. Jesus Carvajalino, known by his war alias Andres Paris, said there are significant obstacles to reaching an accord, but after five decades of conflict Colombians so yearn for peace he thinks they can be overcome. The FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, and the Colombian government will start talks in Oslo, then move to Havana. ...

Hepatitis outbreak kills 16 in South Sudan refugee camps

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:36 PM PDT

JUBA (Reuters) - An outbreak of the Hepatitis E virus has killed 16 people in three South Sudanese refugee camps near the volatile border with Sudan, authorities and the United Nations said on Thursday. South Sudan's border region has been flooded with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan's South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. South Sudan's Ministry of Health has reported almost 400 cases of the virus since the outbreak was identified in July. "Cases are rising day by day, thus placing immense pressure on the available heath services and resources. ...

Actress says was duped, as anti-Islam film details emerge

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:53 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The origins of a crudely made anti-Muslim movie that sparked violent protests in Egypt and Libya began to slowly emerge on Wednesday, with an actress in the California production saying she was duped and was unaware it was about the Prophet Mohammad. Cindy Lee Garcia of Bakersfield, California, who appears briefly in clips of the film posted online, said she answered a casting call last year to appear in a movie titled "Desert Warrior." "It looks so unreal to me, it's like nothing that we even filmed was there. ...

U.N. nuclear governors censure Iran over atom bomb concerns

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - The 35-nation board of the U.N. nuclear watchdog censured Iran on Thursday for defying international demands to curb uranium enrichment and failing to address mounting disquiet about its suspected research into atomic bombs. Two days after Israel ramped up threats to attack its arch-enemy Iran, the board overwhelmingly passed a resolution voicing "serious concern" about Tehran's nuclear advances but also making clear its desire for a peaceful resolution of the row. Russia and China joined four U.S. ...

Mexico: Purported Gulf drug cartel leader caught

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:35 PM PDT

A man believed to be the leader of the Gulf drug cartel, which controls some of the most valuable and violently contested smuggling routes along the U.S. border, was arrested by Mexican marines and presented to the public Thursday morning.

US consulate attack in Libya said twin operation

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:12 PM PDT

Heavily armed militants used a protest of an anti-Islam film as a cover and may have had help from inside Libyan security in their deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate, a senior Libyan official said Thursday.

Arab protests puts foreign policy at the fore

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:10 PM PDT

His sights fixed firmly on securing a second term, President Barack Obama had hoped that the rest of the world would wait until after the election if it had to grow restless and demand his attention.

Guatemala volcano erupts outside tourist center

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:54 PM PDT

A long-simmering volcano exploded into a series of powerful eruptions outside one of Guatemala's most famous tourist attractions on Thursday, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles (three kilometers) high, spewing rivers of lava down its flanks and prompting evacuation orders for more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities.

Farmers angry at counterterror tactic in Pakistan

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:27 AM PDT

Pakistan's effort to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in this key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged local farmers, who complain the policy has cut their crop yields in half.

Snark flies in US Embassy-Brotherhood Twitter spat

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT

The snark is flying between the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the Muslim Brotherhood in a Twitter spat that erupted in the wake of an assault on the mission by protesters in the Egyptian capital.

Syria rebel: Sunni jihadists after Shiite hostages

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:35 PM PDT

A Syrian rebel commander holding 10 Lebanese Shiites hostage said Thursday he is willing to release the men but fears doing so could set off a wave of reprisal attacks by Sunni extremists.

North Mali robber describes Shariah amputation

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:39 PM PDT

Speaking from his hospital bed, a young man whose hand and foot were amputated this week by the radical Islamic group controlling northern Mali described an agony unlike any other — "a pain that made me forget everything."

Azerbaijani ax killer's pardon raises war fears

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Shortly before dawn, an Azerbaijani on an English course in Hungary crept into the room of a fellow student from arch-enemy Armenia. In a frenzy of ethnic hatred, Ramil Safarov hacked the sleeping Armenian to death with 26 ax blows — nearly decapitating him.