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• In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated"
• Libyan government puts army in charge of Benghazi militias
• Venezuela's Capriles edges toward Chavez as vote nears: poll
• Kuwaitis protest ahead of electoral law ruling
• Americas court tells Peru to scrap rule that could help Fujimori
• Christian Copt to face trial in Egypt for blasphemy
• Mali asks U.N. for "immediate" action on force to recapture north
• Sudan, South Sudan leaders make another push for border deal
• Nigeria military says kills 35 Boko Haram Islamists
• Victim of Guatemalan civil war massacre wins asylum in U.S.
• UN envoy: Syria war is threatening the region
• Winter onset latest challenge for Syrian civilians
• UK to extradite radical Muslim cleric to US
• UK politician under fire for alleged 'pleb' remark
• Libya appoints military officers to head militias
• Hamas head Mashaal says he will resign
• Iran says new drone can cover much of region
• Yemen: Intelligence officer killed in shooting
• US helps investigation of Honduran lawyer's death
• Israeli defense chief proposes West Bank pullout

In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated" Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:51 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated," ignoring a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric ahead of the annual General Assembly session. Ahmadinejad also said he did not take seriously the threat that Israel could launch a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, denied sending arms to Syria, and alluded to Iran's threats to the life of British author Salman Rushdie. The United States quickly dismissed the Iranian president's comments as "disgusting, offensive and outrageous. ...

Libyan government puts army in charge of Benghazi militias Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's government, seeking to assert its authority over private militias following the killing of U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, placed two powerful freelance units in the city under the command of full-time army officers on Monday. Commanders of two units which have, with official sanction, been providing security since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi were ordered removed and the men of the February 17 Brigade and Rafallah al-Sahati militia put under army orders. A third unit, Libya's Shield, would also change leadership, an official said. ...

Venezuela's Capriles edges toward Chavez as vote nears: poll Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:59 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles edged closer to President Hugo Chavez in an opinion poll but remained 10 percentage points behind the socialist leader in the run-up to the October 7 election, according to two sources who have seen the poll. Recent Datanalisis' polls show support for Capriles, a 40-year-old state governor, growing in the waning days of the campaign as he continues campaigning across the country. Capriles' has vowed to create a Brazilian-style "modern left" that balances free enterprise with social welfare programs. ...

Kuwaitis protest ahead of electoral law ruling Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT KUWAIT (Reuters) - Thousands of Kuwaitis held a protest rally late on Monday ahead of a court decision on an electoral law they fear could weaken the chances of opposition candidates in the next parliamentary vote in the major oil-producing state. The Gulf Arab country has not witnessed the kind of mass popular uprisings that have buffeted the Arab world. But tension has escalated between the government, which is dominated by the ruling family, and the elected parliament. ...

Americas court tells Peru to scrap rule that could help Fujimori Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:16 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights told Peru on Monday to annul a ruling by its Supreme Court that could have paved the way for an early release of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori. President Ollanta Humala's administration harshly criticized the Supreme Court in July for cutting the prison terms being served by members of an infamous death squad that Fujimori ran during his crackdown on leftist insurgents in the 1990s. ...

Christian Copt to face trial in Egypt for blasphemy Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:09 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting an anti-Islam video online that ignited Muslim protests around the world will stand trial next Wednesday on charges of insulting religions, the state news agency MENA said on Monday. Computer science graduate Alber Saber, 27, was arrested at his Cairo home on September 13 after neighbors accused him of uploading sections of the film "Innocence of Muslims" and making another movie mocking all religions. ...

Mali asks U.N. for "immediate" action on force to recapture north Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:50 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Mali has asked the United Nations to approve an "immediate" mandate for an international force to help it recover northern parts of the country controlled by Islamist militants and drug traffickers, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday. The West African country descended into chaos in March when soldiers toppled the president, leaving a power vacuum that enabled Tuareg rebels to seize nearly two-thirds of the country. But Islamist groups, some allied with al Qaeda, then hijacked the rebellion in the north to impose strict Islamic law. ...

Sudan, South Sudan leaders make another push for border deal Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:47 PM PDT ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan leaders will try again on Tuesday to seal a border security deal after failing to achieve a breakthrough in the previous two days, officials said on Monday as both sides disagreed over whether progress had been made. Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and southern counterpart Salva Kiir have been meeting in Ethiopia since Sunday in hopes of wrapping up peace talks after coming close to all-out war in April. ...

Nigeria military says kills 35 Boko Haram Islamists Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:16 PM PDT ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Monday it killed 35 members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram and arrested several during an overnight gunbattle in Damaturu, capital of northeastern Yobe state. Boko Haram, which wants to carve out an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has been blamed for more than 1,000 deaths since its insurgency intensified in 2010. The United States has designated three of Boko Haram's senior members as terrorists. ...

Victim of Guatemalan civil war massacre wins asylum in U.S. Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:27 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of two known survivors of a notorious Guatemalan civil war massacre of 250 men, women and children in his small farming village has been granted political asylum to stay in the United States, his lawyer said on Monday. Oscar Ramirez Casteneda, 33, who learned only last year that he had been kidnapped as a young boy by a Guatemalan army lieutenant during the 1982 bloodshed and raised by the man's family, was notified in a letter on Saturday that he had won asylum, attorney Scott Greathead said. ...

UN envoy: Syria war is threatening the region Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:23 PM PDT Syria's civil war is worsening and there is no prospect of a quick end to the violence, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday in a gloomy assessment to the U.N. Security Council.

Winter onset latest challenge for Syrian civilians Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT The days are still warm across the fertile plains of northern Syria around Aleppo, but night brings a chill — an ominous harbinger of winter's approach and the deepening of the already severe humanitarian crisis gripping a country wracked by civil war.

UK to extradite radical Muslim cleric to US Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:36 PM PDT A European court ruled Monday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon.

UK politician under fire for alleged 'pleb' remark Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:57 AM PDT In class-conscious Britain, a Cabinet minister is in trouble over a four-letter word: "pleb."

Libya appoints military officers to head militias Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:53 PM PDT Libya's military command appointed Monday a pair of army officers to head two powerful Islamist militias in the country's east, part of the government's push to rein in armed factions.

Hamas head Mashaal says he will resign Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:12 PM PDT The supreme leader of the Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas has decided to step down, clearing the way for the movement to choose a new head for the first time in more than 15 years, two senior officials said Monday.

Iran says new drone can cover much of region Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:33 PM PDT A senior Iranian commander says the country's newly-produced missile-carrying drone has a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), which puts much of the Middle East within operating distance of Iranian territory.

Yemen: Intelligence officer killed in shooting Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:54 PM PDT Yemeni security officials say gunmen have killed a senior intelligence officer in a drive-by shooting as he emerged from his office in the capital.

US helps investigation of Honduran lawyer's death Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:46 PM PDT The U.S. embassy is helping Honduran authorities investigate the murder of a prominent human rights lawyer who had represented agrarian groups against a multi-national palm-oil company and other landowners, a U.S. official said Monday.

Israeli defense chief proposes West Bank pullout Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT Israel's defense minister on Monday called for a broad unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank if talks with the Palestinians remain stalled, saying in published comments that "practical steps" are needed to breathe life into the stalemated peace process.

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