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U.S., allies preparing for probable strike on Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:04 PM PDT

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and William Maclean AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States and its allies were gearing up on Tuesday for a probable military strike against Syria that could happen within days as punishment for last week's chemical weapons attacks blamed on President Bashar al-Assad's government. Western powers have told the Syrian opposition to expect military action against Assad's forces soon, according to sources who attended a meeting between envoys and the Syrian National Coalition in Istanbul. Amid a quickening drumbeat of preparations, U.S. ...

U.S. lawmaker says 'compelling' evidence of Syrian chemical attack

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 02:38 PM PDT

An activist wearing a gas mask is seen in Zamalka area, where activists say chemical weapons have been used by forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad in the eastern suburbs of DamascusBy Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House intelligence committee said on Tuesday that the evidence is "convincing, if not compelling" that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was behind the chemical weapons attack near Damascus this month. Representative Mike Rogers, a Republican, said he has looked into the August 21 attack and spoken to U.S. government intelligence analysts and operators, but his committee did not receive a formal consultation from President Barack Obama's administration, despite the seriousness of the issue. ...


U.S. envoy to visit North Korea over jailed American

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:40 PM PDT

People gather during a vigil for Kenneth Bae in SeattleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will send its North Korean human rights envoy to Pyongyang this week to seek the release of an imprisoned U.S. Christian missionary, the State Department said on Tuesday. Robert King, special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, will travel to Pyongyang on Friday at the invitation of the government on a "humanitarian mission focused on securing the release of U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae," the department said in a statement. King will ask North Korea to "pardon Mr. ...


Son of Chinese general faces rape trial; raises anger over top families

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 02:03 PM PDT

Li Tianyi and his father Li Shuangjiang, a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who gained fame singing revolutional songs decades agoBy Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - The teenage son of a prominent Chinese general goes on trial on Wednesday suspected of involvement in a gang rape in a case that has inflamed public anger at the offspring of the political elite who are widely seen as spoilt and reckless. Li Tianyi, 17, is among five men accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Beijing hotel in February, according to state media. His father is General Li Shuangjiang of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), who is a singer known for performing patriotic songs on television shows and at official events. ...


Divided Damascus apprehensive, hopeful over Western strike

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 10:39 AM PDT

A view of buildings damaged by what activists say is shelling by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, in DamascusDAMASCUS (Reuters) - Shops in Damascus are open, and traffic chokes the main thoroughfares, but the mood in the capital, exhausted by more than two years of civil war, is growing restive as Syria faces the prospect of a military strike by Western powers. Despite the bustle of daily life in those areas of the city not directly caught up in conflict, there is apprehension at what foreign intervention would look like but also hope. ...


U.N. official urges Iran to sway Syria government on peace talks

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:31 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters stand among piled sandbags at their guard post in al-Jdeideh neighbourhood in the old city of AleppoUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A top U.N. official visiting Iran has urged it to use its influence to persuade the Syrian government to attend planned peace talks with opposition groups in Geneva, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has spent the past two days in Tehran meeting officials, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, to discuss trying to reach a political solution in Syria. "Mr Feltman shared the U.N. ...


Hagel: US forces ready to strike Syria if ordered

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:17 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, leans to listen to Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro prior to the start of their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)BANDER SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — U.S. forces are now ready to act on any order by President Barack Obama to strike Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday.


Momentum grows for military action against Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:16 PM PDT

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday, August 27, 2013. Syria's foreign minister said Tuesday his country would defend itself using "all means available" in case of a U.S. strike, denying his government was behind an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus and challenging Washington to present proof backing up its accusations.(AP Photo)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Momentum appeared to build Tuesday for Western military action against Syria, with the U.S. and France saying they are in position for a strike, while the government in Damascus vowed to use all possible measures to repel it.


US, allies going beyond UN to justify Syria action

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:05 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies are looking beyond the painfully divided U.N. Security Council to legitimize military action against Syria, trying to build a cohesive rationale for a strike and win broad international backing.

'Twerking' bounces into Oxford dictionary

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:03 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Twerking, the rump-busting up-and-down dance move long beloved on America's hip-hop scene, has officially gone mainstream. It's got the English dictionary entry to prove it.

Obama called Britain's Cameron again about Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:46 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters take position after claiming to have liberated old Aleppo from forces loyal to President al-Assad in old AleppoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called British Prime Minister David Cameron about Syria again on Tuesday, the White House said, part of a flurry of international consultations he and his top officials have had with foreign leaders about how to respond to a chemical weapons attack by Syria on its citizens. Since the attack on Wednesday, Obama and his top officials have made a total of at least 88 phone calls to foreign leaders, the White House said, with Obama speaking twice to Cameron. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Eric Walsh)


U.S., allies preparing for probable strike on Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:29 PM PDT

A U.N. chemical weapons expert stands at one of the sites of an alleged poison gas attack in the southwestern Damascus suburb of Mouadamiya, August 26, 2013. REUTERS/Abo Alnour AlhajiBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis and William Maclean AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States and its allies were gearing up on Tuesday for a probable military strike against Syria that could happen within days as punishment for last week's chemical weapons attacks blamed on President Bashar al-Assad's government. Western powers have told the Syrian opposition to expect military action against Assad's forces soon, according to sources who attended a meeting between envoys and the Syrian National Coalition in Istanbul. Amid a quickening drumbeat of preparations, U.S. ...


Fighting flares in Sudan's Blue Nile

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:23 PM PDT

Aid workers load tents for refugees from Blue Nile at Yusuf Batil Refugee camp in South Sudan on June 23, 2012Fighting between government and rebel forces has flared in Sudan's Blue Nile state, both sides say.


Madagascar ex-1st lady fails in bid to get in substitute candidate

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:16 PM PDT

Wife of ex-president Marc Ravalomanana, Lalao, applauds during an electoral meeting on May 4, 2013 in AntananarivoA special electoral court in Madagascar on Tuesday rejected attempts by the former first lady to pick a replacement after she was disqualified from the presidential vote due in October.


Syria carnage reopens debate over 'responsibility to protect'

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:09 PM PDT

Syrian-Kurdish refugee families queue to get food at the Quru Gusik refugee camp on August 27, 2013France's President Francois Hollande on Tuesday became the first leader to raise the UN-backed "responsibility to protect" to justify possible military action against Syria.


US sends envoy to N. Korea to seek citizen's release

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:02 PM PDT

Passersby watch a local television broadcast in Seoul on May 2, 2013 showing a report and picture of Kenneth BaeThe United States is to send a senior envoy to North Korea to seek the release of an ailing American citizen imprisoned there since November, the State Department said Tuesday.


Attacks on young vigilantes kill 20 in Nigeria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 02:54 PM PDT

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Residents and officials say two attacks by suspected members of a Nigerian Islamic sect have killed at least 20 members of a vigilante group that fights the sect.

Scientists say existence of new element confirmed

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — Scientists in Sweden say they have confirmed the existence of a new chemical element, but its name may need some work.

Rebels free Canadian hostage in Colombia: Red Cross

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 02:22 PM PDT

Demobilized members of the ELN (National Liberation Army) arrive in Cali, Colombia on July 16, 2013Colombia's leftist ELN rebels have freed a Canadian engineer in what they called a humanitarian gesture after holding him for more than seven months, the Red Cross said Tuesday.


Violent protests close South African university

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 02:10 PM PDT

Workers on strike protest outside Ford's plant in Pretoria on August 20, 2013, one of several disputes in South AfricaStudents at a South African university were ordered home on Tuesday after police used rubber bullets to put down their protests against a five-week strike by lecturers.


3 peacekeepers shot and wounded in Sudan's Darfur: UNAMID

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:59 PM PDT

UN peacekeepers in Darfur stand guard on January 16, 2012 at the UNAMID headquarters in El-Fasher in North DarfurThree peacekeepers have been shot and wounded in Sudan's East Darfur region, the mission said on Tuesday, the second attack this month against Blue Helmets in the same area.


US, allies going around UN to justify Syria action

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:58 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. and its allies are looking beyond the painfully divided U.N. Security Council to legitimize military action against Syria.

Syria vows to defend itself as West edges to action

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:56 PM PDT

A video grab shows an opposition fighter on August 26, 2013 during clashes over the strategic area of KhanasserSyria vowed Tuesday to defend itself as the United States and its allies edged closer to launching strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, accused of deadly chemical weapons attacks.


At least two killed in southern Egypt clash

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:55 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - At least two supporters of Egypt's deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi were killed in clashes with residents and security forces in the southern city of Beni Suef late on Tuesday, a security source said. Dozens were wounded when locals started fighting with hundreds of Islamist protesters marching through the city, and then government forces intervened to try and stop the violence, the source told Reuters. State newspaper al-Ahram cited a medical source as saying the two people were killed by live ammunition. ...

Thin veneer of normalcy in Syria's wartime capital

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 file photo, Syrians swim in a pool in Damascus. Even in the capital of a country torn by civil war, Syrians have to find some way to enjoy themselves on a hot summer weekend. So the pool at a Damascus luxury pool was packed. The children splaying in the water paid no attention to the frequent thump of artillery and shells from fighting on the city outskirts. The veneer of normalcy is thin in Damascus, the stronghold of President Bashar Assad's rule, after more than 2 1/2 years of bloodshed.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Even in the capital of a country torn apart by civil war, Syrians have to find some way to enjoy themselves on a hot summer weekend.


Rousseff slams transfer of Bolivian exile to Brazil

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:40 PM PDT

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff participates in the formal session of the senate in Brasilia on August 27, 2013Brazil's president fumed at her diplomats Tuesday for helping a Bolivian dissident escape across the border without guaranteed safe passage -- an incident that prompted her foreign minister's resignation.


Romania says Canadian gold mine of national interest

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:38 PM PDT

Romanians protest against the Rosia Montana Gold Corporation in Cluj-Napoca city, on November 7, 2011Romania's government on Tuesday approved a draft law granting national interest status to a Canadian gold mine project in Transylvania despite protests from historians and environmentalists.


Wildfires rage in Spain, Portugal as fourth firefighter killed

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:28 PM PDT

A firefighter walks in a forest after a wildfire in Paredes near Oliveira de Frades, central Portugal, August 27, 2013Firefighters and local residents struggled Tuesday to tackle raging wildfires that have consumed large swathes of forest in Portugal and Spain, claiming the lives of four emergency workers.


Lack of ads forces Canadian paper to cut holiday issue

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:24 PM PDT

The Globe and Mail announced Tuesday that it will not publish on Labour Day due to a lack of advertising revenuesCanada's national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, announced to subscribers Tuesday that it will not publish on this upcoming Labour Day due to a lack of advertising revenues.


France says 'ready to punish' Syria regime

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:18 PM PDT

Members of Islamist Syrian opposition group Ahrar al-Sham in the countryside of northern Raqqa province, August 25, 2013French President Francois Hollande upped the ante on Syria Tuesday, pledging to "punish" the regime over suspected chemical attacks and boost military support for the opposition.


US blaze grows to seventh biggest ever in California

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 05:01 PM PDT

A firefighter uses a hose to douse the flames of the Rim Fire on August 24, 2013 near GrovelandThe wildfire threatening Yosemite National Park grew Tuesday to become the seventh biggest ever in California, as firefighters battled to keep ash from contaminating San Francisco's main water supply.


Canadian woman steals back stolen bicycle

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:10 PM PDT

A cyclist bikes through Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, on August 25, 2013A Vancouver woman earned widespread notoriety Tuesday for stealing back her bicycle from a thief after seeing it advertised online.


Punitive US strike on Syria not enough: experts

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:02 PM PDT

Soldiers loyal to the regime on a tank in a devastated street of the district of al-Khalidiyah, in Homs on July 30, 2013A punitive salvo of US cruise missiles of the kind being contemplated in Washington will do little to bring Bashar al-Assad's chemical-armed Syrian regime to heel, experts warn.


Oil climbs above $109 a barrel on Syrian crisis

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:39 PM PDT

The price of oil closed above $109 a barrel, its highest level in a year and a half, as the U.S. edged closer to intervening in Syria's civil war.

Syria's diminished security forces

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Syrian army soldiers take control of the village of Western Dumayna on May 13, 2013Following is a breakdown of estimated security forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to the The Military Balance 2013, published in March by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.


Iran names envoy to UN nuclear watchdog

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:27 PM PDT

A view of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna on November 14, 2007Iran appointed career diplomat Reza Najafi as its new ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported.


U.S.: Not trying to take out Assad with Syria response

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:20 PM PDT

Any strikes wouldn't be for "regime change," White House insists.

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