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Israel bombs Hezbollah-bound missiles in Syria: official

Posted: 04 May 2013 02:45 PM PDT

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad walks among his supporters during an inauguration of a memorial dedicated to university students who died during the country's ongoing civil war at Damascus University in Damascus(Reuters) - Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday. The Jewish state had long made clear it is prepared to use force to prevent advanced weapons reaching Lebanon's powerful Shi'ite Muslim guerrillas from Syria. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah are allied to Iran, Israel's arch-enemy. ...


Communal clashes in Nigeria kill at least 39: police

Posted: 04 May 2013 02:36 PM PDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Clashes between rival ethnic groups have killed at least 39 people in eastern Nigeria's Taraba state since they erupted on Friday, police said. Members of the Jukun were marching through the small commercial town of Wukari to a funeral when an argument broke out with local Hausa and Fulani youths, which quickly degenerated into pitched battles with guns and machetes. Attackers set fire to around 40 houses, police said. "At the end of the clash, 39 people were counted killed," said the police spokesman for Taraba state, Joseph Kwaji. ...

Karzai urges Taliban to fight Afghan enemies after Pakistan clash

Posted: 04 May 2013 04:20 AM PDT

Afghanistan's President Karzai speaks during opening ceremony of the Afghanistan parliament in KabulKABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban on Saturday to fight Afghanistan's enemies in what was widely seen as a swipe against Pakistan days after the neighbors' security forces clashed on their border. Karzai's remarks are likely to unsettle already shaky ties with Pakistan and come as the United States wants Pakistan to help Afghanistan persuade the Taliban to engage in peace talks ahead of the withdrawal of most foreign troops by the end of next year. ...


Ruling coalition faces fight of its life in Malaysian vote

Posted: 04 May 2013 02:34 PM PDT

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim waves to his supporters during an election campaign in Seberang JayaBy Stuart Grudgings KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysians vote on Sunday in an election that could weaken or even end the rule of one of the world's longest-lived coalitions, which faces a stiff challenge from an opposition pledging to clean up politics and end race-based policies. Led by former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition is aiming to build on startling electoral gains in 2008, when the Barisan Nasional (BN), or National Front, ruling coalition lost its customary two-thirds parliamentary majority. ...


Bangladesh urges no harsh EU measures over factory deaths

Posted: 04 May 2013 06:03 AM PDT

Rescue workers attempt to find survivors from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in SavarBy Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh urged the European Union on Saturday not to take tough measures against its economically crucial textile industry in response to the collapse of a garment factory that killed 550 people. Bodies were still being pulled from the ruins on Saturday as tearful families stood by waiting for news of victims of the country's worst ever industrial accident. ...


Tribal leader killed in Sudan's flashpoint Abyei region

Posted: 04 May 2013 04:39 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A top tribal leader allied to South Sudan was killed in clashes involving a rival Sudanese tribe in the Abyei region disputed by the African neighbors on Saturday, both sides said, an incident that risks fuelling new tensions in the flashpoint area. Abyei, straddling the border between Sudan and South Sudan, is claimed by both sides, which fought one of Africa's longest civil wars. In March, both countries agreed to resume cross-border oil flows and defuse tensions which have plagued them since South Sudan's secession in 2011 after an independence vote. ...

California wildfire: 1,900 on the lines as firefighters labor to limit damage

Posted: 04 May 2013 01:11 PM PDT

After the monstrous Springs Fire in California's Ventura County tripled in size Friday, firefighters battled the blaze to 30 percent containment on Saturday, helped by the approach of cooler, wetter conditions battening down the flames.

Republicans pursue probe of Benghazi attacks, name witnesses for hearing

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:41 PM PDT

The chairman of a House investigative committee has named three witnesses who will appear at a May 8 hearing on the US response to the terrorist threat that cost four Americans their lives in Benghazi, Libya.

As NRA members meet, Great Gun Debate intensifies America's culture war

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Outside and inside the NRA convention in Houston this weekend, Americans will witness a central clash over the future of the Second Amendment.

Why Israel bombed Syria, again

Posted: 04 May 2013 10:56 AM PDT

Just as President Obama is worried about Syrian chemical weapons getting into the hands of Al Qaeda, Israel is concerned that the conflict in Syria will give Hezbollah cover for the delivery of short-range missiles.

Israel enforces 'red line' with Syria airstrike

Posted: 04 May 2013 03:43 PM PDT

This photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian President Bashar Assad, shows Syrian president Bashar Assad, right, surrounded by bodyguards as young people, wave at him during the inauguration ceremony on Saturday of a statue dedicated to "martyrs" from Syrian universities who died in the country's two-year-old uprising and civil war, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May. 4, 2013. Assad's second public appearance in a week came as Israeli officials confirmed the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria, saying it targeted a shipment of advanced missiles bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. (AP Photo)BEIRUT (AP) — With a second airstrike against Syria in four months, Israel enforced its own red line of not allowing game-changing weapons to reach Lebanon's Hezbollah, a heavily armed foe of the Jewish state and an ally of President Bashar Assad's regime, Israeli officials said Saturday.


Bodies of 2 US crew found at Kyrgyzstan crash site

Posted: 04 May 2013 05:13 AM PDT

A Kyrgyz policeman investigates a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft wreckage as a local citizen speaks to The Associated Press photographer on a field near the village of Chaldovar, about 100 miles (160 kms) west of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, Friday, May 3, 2013. The emergencies ministry in Kyrgyzstan says a US military plane has crashed in the country. Kyrgyzstan hosts a US base that is used for troops transiting into and out of Afghanistan and for C-135 tanker planes that refuel warplanes in flight. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Search teams on Saturday found the bodies of two American crew members near where their military refueling plane crashed in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, while the third crew member was still missing, the emergencies minister of the Central Asian nation said.


Bangladesh toll 547; search becomes more gruesome

Posted: 04 May 2013 06:38 AM PDT

A young lady wails over the phone as she tells her family that she had identified one of the many bodies at a morgue to be her relative, Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 530 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to recover bodies at the site. The death toll rose to 547 on Saturday and the stench of decaying flesh was sickening evidence that the work is not yet done.


7 American service members killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 04 May 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Karzai says the director of the CIA assured him that regular funding his government receives from the agency will not be cut off. He says Afghanistan has been receiving such funding for more than 10 years and expressed hope at a Saturday news conference that it will not stop.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks as part of their spring offensive.


Issues back home trail Obama on Latin America trip

Posted: 04 May 2013 01:07 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question during a forum on Inclusive Economic Growth and Development at the Old Custom House in San Jose, Costa Rica, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Concluding his three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, Obama cheered Mexican economic advances and pressed for other Central American leaders to deal with poverty and security, while reaching out to a politically powerful Latino audience back home. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama's trip to Latin America had a decidedly domestic feel, with issues such as immigration, energy and education that are in the forefront of U.S. political debate also dominating his talks with regional leaders.


Obama says he won't comment on Israeli airstrike

Posted: 04 May 2013 03:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama listens a question as he participates in an economic forum in San Jose, Costa Rica, Saturday, May 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama says he won't comment on an Israeli airstrike against Syria that targeted a shipment of advanced missiles believed to be headed for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.


Egypt's Christians celebrate Coptic Easter

Posted: 04 May 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, leads the Easter Mass at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, late Saturday May 4, 2013. Egypt's Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the country's 85 million people, have long complained of discrimination by the state. They are the largest Christian community in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Pope Tawadros II led his first Easter Mass as head of the ancient Coptic Church in Egypt praying for security and prosperity on Saturday at the same cathedral that was the site of sectarian clashes weeks earlier.


Idea that American held by Venezuela is a spy 'ridiculous': Obama

Posted: 04 May 2013 04:10 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks as he and Costa Rica's President Chinchilla hold news conference after their meeting at Casa Amarilla in San JoseBy Steve Holland SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The Venezuelan government's suggestion that an American citizen it has detained is a spy is "ridiculous," U.S. President Barack Obama said in a television interview recorded on Saturday during a visit to Costa Rica. Venezuela said late last month it had detained an American called Timothy Hallet Tracy, accusing him of financing opposition student demonstrations after April's disputed presidential election and saying he had clearly been trained as an intelligence agent. ...


Iraq PM's coalition emerges as strongest force in local vote

Posted: 04 May 2013 03:02 PM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a joint news conference with Iraqi parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi in BaghdadBy Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition came top in provincial elections two weeks ago, results released on Saturday showed, but failed to win a majority in any district, meaning it will need alliances to hold onto senior provincial posts. Maliki's State of Law won the most seats in seven out of 12 provinces, in a vote that was the biggest test of Iraqi democracy since U.S. troops pulled out in December 2011. ...


Police: 39 killed in Nigerian ethnic clash

Posted: 04 May 2013 02:26 PM PDT

YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Police say at least 39 people have been killed in ethnic violence in a rural town in Nigeria.

Israeli strike in Syria targeted missiles from Iran - report

Posted: 04 May 2013 02:15 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The air strike Israel carried out in Syria targeted a shipment of missiles from Iran bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The newspaper, citing a U.S. official, said the Israeli air force hit a warehouse on Friday at Damascus International Airport that it believed contained Fateh-110 surface-to-surface missiles made in Iran. The Jewish state has long said it is prepared to use force to prevent advanced Syrian weapons from reaching Lebanon's militant Shi'ite Muslim guerrillas. ...

Obama: US not interfering in Venezuelan election

Posted: 04 May 2013 01:40 PM PDT

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama says the idea that an American filmmaker detained by Venezuela's government is a spy is, in his words, "ridiculous."

Obama on airstrikes: Israel has to guard against Hezbollah

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:56 PM PDT

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that Israel has the right to guard against the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah a day after Israel attacked a Hezbollah-bound missile shipment in Syria. Israel has long made clear it is prepared to resort to force to prevent advanced Syrian weapons from reaching Hezbollah or jihadi rebels. Israeli warplanes went after the shipment inside Syria, where a two-year civil war is raging. ...

Report: Train with chemicals derails in Belgium

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:54 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian media say that hundreds of people were evacuated after a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire in northern Belgium.

Bomb kills five U.S. soldiers in Afghan south

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:45 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Saturday, a U.S. authorities said, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks for international forces this year. The attack underscored the dangers faced by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), even as they hand over much of the fighting to the Afghans before a planned departure next year. Nineteen U.S. personnel have been killed in the last week in three air crashes and Saturday's bombing. ...

Saudis allow some girls' schools to offer sports

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2012 file photo, members of a Saudi female soccer team practice at a secret location in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's official press agency says the Education Ministry has allowed private female schools to hold sports activities within the Islamic Sharia laws. SPA said Saturday, May 4, 2013 that the ministry issued directives ordering private female schools to provide appropriate places and equipment for such activities, adhere to wearing decent dress and that Saudi women teachers should be given priority in supervising these activities.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to play sports in private schools for the first time, according to a decision announced on Saturday, the latest in a series of incremental changes aimed at slowly increasing women's rights in the ultraconservative kingdom.


Sunnis flee Syrian city after reports of killings

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:29 PM PDT

In this citizen journalism image released on Thursday, May 2, 2013 by a group that calls itself The Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man, center, identifies dead bodies, who were killed according to activists by Syrian forces loyal to Bashar Assad, in Bayda village, in the mountains outside the coastal city of Banias, Syria. Syria's main opposition group on Friday accused President Bashar Assad's regime of committing a "large-scale massacre" in a Sunni village near the Mediterranean coast, killing scores of people, according to activists. (AP Photo/The Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad)BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been killed by pro-government gunmen in the area, activists said.


Iraq PM's group wins largest bloc in several areas

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Sarbast Mustafa, left, chairman of the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq, and his colleagues, Katee al-Zobaie, center, Kolshan Kamal, right, attend a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Iraqi electoral officials say a coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has won the largest single bloc of seats in seven of 12 provinces participating in local elections, and tied in eighth, although it failed to achieve a majority in any of the districts. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)BAGHDAD (AP) — A coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has won the largest single bloc of seats in seven of 12 provinces participating in local elections, and tied in an eighth, although it failed to achieve a majority in any of the districts, electoral officials announced Saturday.


Obama emphasizes trade with Latin America

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:04 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question while participating in a forum on Inclusive Economic Growth and Development at the Old Custom House in San Jose, Costa Rica, Saturday, May 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Wrapping up a three-day trip to Latin America, President Barack Obama on Saturday emphasized the "enormous importance" he says the U.S. places on its trading relationships with countries in the region and said improving those ties will help them compete in a 21st century world.


Suicide attack kills two Malian soldiers in north

Posted: 04 May 2013 11:57 AM PDT

GAO, Mali (Reuters) - Two Malian soldiers and at least two Islamist militants were killed on Saturday in a suicide attack on an army unit in the north of the country, a senior Malian officer told Reuters. The attack comes as France, which launched an offensive to drive al Qaeda-linked Islamists from Mali, is looking to withdraw thousands of troops from its former colony and hand over security duties to a United Nations peacekeeping mission. ...

Peru deputy minister resigns as Humala rolls back indigenous law

Posted: 04 May 2013 11:49 AM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - A key Peruvian official tasked with implementing a law to give indigenous groups more rights has resigned to protest efforts by President Ollanta Humala's cabinet to roll back the law to protect mining investments. Deputy Culture Minister Ivan Lanegra, who confirmed his resignation on Saturday on Twitter, was upset the government decided to exclude Quechua-speaking communities in the mineral-rich Andes from being covered by Peru's "prior consultation law," a number of sources told Reuters. ...

Blasts in Pakistan port city kill 3 ahead of vote

Posted: 04 May 2013 11:43 AM PDT

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Two blasts in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi killed three people near the office of a political party critical of the Taliban, a police officer said, heightening tensions ahead of the country's historic May 11 election.

7 troops, including 5 US, killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 04 May 2013 11:19 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Karzai says the director of the CIA assured him that regular funding his government receives from the agency will not be cut off. He says Afghanistan has been receiving such funding for more than 10 years and expressed hope at a Saturday news conference that it will not stop.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven international service members, including at least five Americans, were killed on Saturday in Afghanistan in the latest deadly attacks against foreign troops since the Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive this week.


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