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• Syria agreed to ceasefire, says U.N. envoy
• Ship heralds arrival of tsunami debris
• Al Jazeera won't air shooter's footage
• Annan says Syria accepts peace plan, U.S. skeptical
• Pope honors patron saint, heads to meeting with Castro
• Analysis: French shooting case shows counterterrorism limits
• Dubai says Islamists trying to weaken UAE via Twitter
• Russian "cannibal" serial killer confesses to police
• Militia clashes in southern Libya kill nearly 50
• South Sudan oil field "bombed", Sudan says hopes to avert war
• Peru president's kin causes headaches for leader
• Venezuela's Chavez leads rival in latest poll
• Briton held in Somalia on suspected links to rebels
• Mofaz beats Livni to head of Israel's Kadima party
• Bloc puts peacekeepers on standby after Mali coup
• Syria accepts peace plan but clashes continue
• Pope prays for freedom, 'renewal' in Cuba
• Mexican candidate accuses rivals of wiretapping
• Egypt Brotherhood conflicted over presidential run
• Boy beaten near Paris Jewish school amid tensions
• Jamaica protesters call for end to police killings
• Cuba dissidents concerned for mystery protester
• At least 50 killed in south Libyan tribal clashes

Syria agreed to ceasefire, says U.N. envoy Posted: Annan's remarks came as Syrian troops reportedly clashed with Syrian rebels in northern Lebanon.

Ship heralds arrival of tsunami debris Posted: An empty Japanese fishing boat drifting off the coast of western Canada could be the first wave of 1.5 million tons of debris heading toward North America from Japan's tsunami last March. The wreckage from flattened Japanese coastal towns - including refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, roofs and fishing nets - is heading inexorably east across the Pacific and could arrive sooner than expected, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ...

Al Jazeera won't air shooter's footage Posted: Al Jazeera confirmed on Tuesday that its Paris office received from an anonymous source video footage that appears to show last week's shooting spree in Toulouse, France--and said the network would not televise it.

Annan says Syria accepts peace plan, U.S. skeptical Posted: BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has accepted a U.N.-sponsored peace plan, international envoy Kofi Annan said on Tuesday, as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad raided rebel forces who have taken refuge across the border in Lebanon. The United States reacted skeptically to Annan's announcement, saying it would judge Assad's sincerity in agreeing to the peace plan by what he did and not by what he said, given his record of "over-promising and under-delivering. ...

Pope honors patron saint, heads to meeting with Castro Posted: HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged Cubans to "work for justice" as their country changes and prayed for "those deprived of freedom" in a visit to the shrine for Cuba's patron saint on Tuesday and then flew across the country for talks with President Raul Castro. Upon arrival at the Havana airport, he was greeted by Roman Catholic Church Cardinal Jaime Ortega and Communist Party officials ahead of a late afternoon meeting with Raul Castro and possibly his older brother, former leader Fidel Castro. Benedict, the leader of the world's 1. ...

Analysis: French shooting case shows counterterrorism limits Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mohamed Merah, the French gunman who killed Jewish children and French soldiers and then died in a firefight with police this month, was hardly an unknown quantity to intelligence and law enforcement officials on both sides of the Atlantic. Merah made two trips to Afghanistan between 2010 and 2012, and was detained by U.S. forces during the first. He had a record of moderately serious criminal activities in France. ...

Dubai says Islamists trying to weaken UAE via Twitter Posted: DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's top security official accused supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday of using social media to stir up opposition to the Gulf's ruling elite. Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan said sympathizers of the organization, which has moved to the heart of public life in Egypt since President Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year, sought to weaken the UAE by defaming its institutions. ...

Russian "cannibal" serial killer confesses to police Posted: MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have arrested a man who admitted killing at least six people before eating their hearts and livers, media said. Dubbed the "cannibal serial killer", Alexander Bychkov wrote in a diary of his crimes that he turned to murder after his girlfriend left him for being "a wimp". Bychkov, 23, was arrested for shoplifting but then told police that he had buried bodies in his backyard in Belinsky, a town some 630 km (390 miles) southeast of Moscow, a spokeswoman for the investigative committee charged with the case told Reuters on Tuesday. ...

Militia clashes in southern Libya kill nearly 50 Posted: TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Three days of clashes between rival militias in southern Libya spread to the centre of the country's fourth largest city Sabha on Tuesday despite the deployment of army troops trying to stop the violence which has so far killed nearly 50 people. The clashes highlight the problems the government faces in imposing its authority following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi last year. Fighting between gunmen from Sabha and those from the Tibu ethnic group had reached the centre of the city, said Ibrahim Misbah, a doctor at the main hospital. ...

South Sudan oil field "bombed", Sudan says hopes to avert war Posted: JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan accused each other of launching fresh attacks on oil-producing areas either side of their contested border on Tuesday but Sudan said it hoped the conflict would not escalate into war. South Sudan said its neighbor Sudan launched airstrikes on major oilfields in its Unity state on Tuesday, in one of the most serious reported confrontations since the South declared independence from Sudan in July. Asian oil group GNPOC - the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company, a consortium led by China's CNPC - confirmed its facilities had been hit. ...

Peru president's kin causes headaches for leader Posted: LIMA (Reuters) - Oh, brother! It's apparently not enough that Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has to solve mining protests and figure out how to keep the Latin American country's economy booming. Now his own highly eccentric family is adding more trouble with their antics. One of his brothers was recently shown on television smoking pot in prison. Another brother told the media that Humala's wife actually runs the country. And a third embarrassed him by negotiating gas deals with Russia without permission. ...

Venezuela's Chavez leads rival in latest poll Posted: CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez has a solid 13-percentage point lead over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles in a new survey ahead of October's election - but many Venezuelans remain undecided. The opinion poll by respected local firm Datanalisis found that 44 percent of voters favor Chavez compared to 31 percent for Democratic Unity coalition candidate Capriles, according to people who saw a private presentation. No further details were available for the poll, which was to be formally published later in the week. ...

Briton held in Somalia on suspected links to rebels Posted: MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A British man was arrested in the Somali capital on Tuesday for suspected links to the Islamist rebel group al Shabaab, the African Union's force and police said. The suspect was apprehended at the Mogadishu airport before heading to Kismayu, a southern port city held by al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-aligned group battling Somalia's transitional federal government and the AU's troops. "A British man linked to al Shabaab is in our hands," police spokesman Abdullahi Barise said. "He is under investigation. ...

Mofaz beats Livni to head of Israel's Kadima party Posted: Preliminary results show that Shaul Mofaz has soundly defeated Tzipi Livni to become the new leader of Israel's largest party.

Bloc puts peacekeepers on standby after Mali coup Posted: The body representing nations in western Africa has suspended Mali and has put a peacekeeping force on standby in the most direct threat yet to the junta that seized control in a military coup last week.

Syria accepts peace plan but clashes continue Posted: Syria accepted a cease-fire drawn up by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday, but the diplomatic breakthrough was swiftly overshadowed by intense clashes between government soldiers and rebels that sent bullets flying into Lebanon.

Pope prays for freedom, 'renewal' in Cuba Posted: Pope Benedict XVI prayed for freedom and renewal "for the greater good of all Cubans" before the nation's patron saint Tuesday, but the island's communist leaders quickly rejected the Roman Catholic leader's appeal for political change after five decades of one-party rule.

Mexican candidate accuses rivals of wiretapping Posted: The campaign of conservative presidential candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota charged Tuesday that the rival Institutional Revolutionary Party makes regular use of wiretaps, like the one in which she is purportedly heard accusing Mexico's top cop of spying on her.

Egypt Brotherhood conflicted over presidential run Posted: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has postponed an open confrontation with the country's military rulers and other political players Tuesday when it delayed a decision about whether to field a candidate for the first presidential elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.

Boy beaten near Paris Jewish school amid tensions Posted: A 12-year-old boy was beaten outside his Jewish school in Paris by youths reciting anti-Semitic slogans, school officials said, amid high security and tensions in France following killings of Jewish children and a rabbi last week.

Jamaica protesters call for end to police killings Posted: Elaine Wilson's voice rose in anger Tuesday as she described a police shooting in her impoverished community that she claims killed her 45-year-old sister almost two weeks ago.

Cuba dissidents concerned for mystery protester Posted: Leading Cuban dissidents say they don't know the man who shouted anti-government slogans before Pope Benedict XVI's Mass in the eastern city of Santiago. Nor do they know his whereabouts a day after security agents removed him from the ceremony.

At least 50 killed in south Libyan tribal clashes Posted: A Libyan health official said Tuesday that at least 50 people have been killed in two days of tribal clashes in southern Libya — on the same day that another official was reported kidnapped in the north.

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