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U.S. says world cannot let Assad get away with chemical attack

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:04 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry speaks about the situation in Syria at the State Department in WashingtonBy Steve Holland and Catherine Bremer WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - The United States made clear on Friday that it would punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the "brutal and flagrant" chemical weapons attack that it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus last week. "We can not accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale," President Barack Obama told reporters at the White House. ...


U.N. experts prepare to leave Syria, chemical probe needs time

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:49 PM PDT

U.N. vehicles, carrying United Nations chemical weapons experts, arrive at Yousef al-Azma military hospital in DamascusBy Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A team of U.N. investigators has finished gathering evidence related to a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people in suburbs near Damascus last week, but will need time to complete its analysis, the world body said on Friday. The announcement the U.N. inspectors will not be releasing their findings immediately came as Washington suggested the U.N. investigation would have no bearing on its decision about whether to attack Syria in retaliation for the alleged poison gas attack on civilians. ...


Syria says U.S. accusations were 'lies and baseless'

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:14 PM PDT

File photo of Syria's President al-Assad attending a news conference with Romania's President Basescu at Cotroceni presidential palace in BucharestBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said on Friday that accusations by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that it has used chemical weapons were "lies and baseless." The Syrian foreign ministry said in a statement that Kerry's charges were a "desperate attempt" to justify a military strike against Syria. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; editing by Christopher Wilson)


UK asked N.Y. Times to destroy Snowden material

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 10:54 AM PDT

The sun peaks over the New York Times Building in New YorkBy Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The British government has asked the New York Times to destroy copies of documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden related to the operations of the U.S. spy agency and its British partner, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), people familiar with the matter said. The British request, made to Times executive editor Jill Abramson by a senior official at the British Embassy in Washington D.C., was greeted by Abramson with silence, according to the sources. ...


Six dead as thousands of Mursi supporters march in Egypt

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:58 PM PDT

A supporter of Mursi shouts slogans against the military and the interior ministry during a protest in CairoBy Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt on Friday to demand his reinstatement, in the movement's biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were killed two weeks ago. Although most marches passed without major incident, a security source said there had been at least six deaths, and police fired teargas at protesters in Cairo's Mohandiseen district. ...


Iraqi militia vowes to attack U.S. interests if Syria hit

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:53 PM PDT

Residents inspect buildings damaged by what activists said were warplanes belonging to forces loyal to Syria's president Al-Assad in IskatBAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite militia group said on Friday it would attack U.S. interests in Iraq and the region if Washington carries out a military strike on Syria. President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States was still in the planning process for a response to the chemical weapons use in Syria. "All their interests and facilities in Iraq and the region will be targeted by our militants if the United States insists on attacking Syria," a spokesman for the Iraqi militia group al-Nujaba'a told Reuters by telephone, without giving details. ...


Obama says world cannot stand by on Syria

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 04:53 PM PDT

Syrians gather near vehicles of UN arms experts as they inspect a site on August 28, 2013President Barack Obama insisted Friday that war weariness cannot excuse world powers from their duty to punish Syria after the gassing to death of hundreds of women and children.


Suriname leader's son arrested on US drug charge

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 04:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2003 file photo, Dino Bouterse, son of Suriname President Desi Bouterse, arrives to a court hearing in Paramaribo, Suriname. A Panamanian and another U.S. officials confirmed Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 the arrest of Dino Bouterse. A U.S. official said Bouterse was arrested Thursday while traveling on a diplomatic passport. The official said he has been indicted in the Southern District of New York on drug and weapons charges, including cocaine trafficking. (AP Photo/Edward Troon, File)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The son of the president of the South American country of Suriname has been arrested on U.S. drug and weapon charges, federal prosecutors said Friday.


In shadow of Iraq, U.S. has 'high confidence' Syria carried out chemical attack

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 04:08 PM PDT

Men walk past damaged buildings at a site hit by what activists say was a car bomb in Raqqa provinceBy Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence agencies publicly disclosed on Friday some of the information that led to a "high-confidence" assessment that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out a chemical weapons attack on neighborhoods outside Damascus. But the declassified intelligence report also showed what the U.S. government does not have: clear evidence that Assad personally ordered the attack, and physiological evidence confirming what caused the deaths of an estimated 1,429 Syrians on August 21. U.S. ...


U.S. says world cannot let Assad get away with chemical attack

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 04:02 PM PDT

By Steve Holland and Catherine Bremer WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - The United States made clear on Friday that it would punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the "brutal and flagrant" chemical weapons attack that it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus last week. "We cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale," President Barack Obama told reporters at the White House. ...

Troops deploy to restore order in protest-hit Colombia

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:56 PM PDT

Demonstrators start a fire in Bogota on August 29, 2013 during clashes between farmers and riot policeColombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered troops on to the streets of Bogota as well as highways on Friday, after violent protests in support of striking farmworkers left two dead.


Britain fears end of US 'special relationship' over Syria

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:53 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on August 29, 2013Britain and the United States insisted Friday that that their "special relationship" was not under threat after the British parliament blocked Prime Minister David Cameron from joining US-led military action against Syria.


Syrians bracing for possible US strike

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:42 PM PDT

In this image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in the Situation Room of the White House, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, in Washington, including from left national security adviser Susan Rice; Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)WASHINGTON (AP) — Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing "limited and narrow" action as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,429 people — far more than previous estimates — including more than 400 children.


UNASUR summit in Suriname welcomes back Paraguay

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:36 PM PDT

Suriname's President Desi Bouterse, sitting left, Peru's President Ollanta Humala, sitting center, and Venezuela's Ali Rodriguez, outgoing Secretary General of UNASUR, sitting right, attend the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit in Paramaribo, Suriname, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Attendees included Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Leaders of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia sent delegations to represent them. (AP Photo/Ertugrul Kilic)PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Paraguay was welcomed back Friday into a group of South American nations known as UNASUR.


U.N. investigators to exit Syria, chemical probe may take weeks

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:31 PM PDT

Sellstrom, head of U.N. chemical weapons investigation team, stands outside Yousef al-Azma military hospital in DamascusBy Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A team of U.N. experts finished gathering evidence of a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people in suburbs near Damascus last week, the United Nations announced on Friday, though envoys said analyzing the samples may take weeks. The announcement the U.N. inspectors will not be releasing their findings immediately came as Washington suggested the U.N. investigation would have no bearing on its decision about whether to attack Syria in retaliation for the alleged poison gas attack on civilians. ...


Ghana president says democracy deepened with vote dispute

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:27 PM PDT

Ghana president John Mahama attends the ECOWAS Summit in the Nigerian capital Abuja on July 18, 2013Ghana President John Dramani Mahama told AFP in an interview Friday after the supreme court upheld his 2012 election victory that the emerging nation had passed a major democratic test through its handling of the disputed vote.


Syria says US evidence of chemical attack fabricated

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:13 PM PDT

A picture released by SANA on August 26, 2013 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in DamascusDamascus said Friday that a US intelligence report concluding that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in an onslaught that killed close to 1,500 people was "entirely fabricated".


Syrians steel themselves for US strike

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:59 PM PDT

In this image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in the Situation Room of the White House, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, in Washington, including from left national security adviser Susan Rice; Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)WASHINGTON (AP) — Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing "limited and narrow" action as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,429 people — far more than previous estimates — including more than 400 children.


France and US want to send 'strong message': Hollande

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:59 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) and French President Francois Hollande attend a G8 session on May 19, 2012 in MarylandFrench and US presidents Francois Hollande and Barack Obama want to send the Syrian regime a "strong message" to condemn the alleged use of chemical weapons, the presidency said Friday.


Large earthquake hits remote Alaska waters, no tsunami seen

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:58 PM PDT

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - A large 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck early on Friday in waters 57 miles off the remote Alaska island of Adak, a former U.S. Navy station that is now a commercial fishing and maritime-service center, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no initial reports of damage, and the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami watch, warning or advisory in effect. "At this point, we've seen no ocean-surface disturbance," said Bill Knight, a scientist at the tsunami warning center in Palmer, Alaska. ...

Suriname president's son arrested on U.S. drug smuggling charges

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:57 PM PDT

By Lomi Kriel PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A son of Suriname's president has been arrested in Panama and sent to New York to face charges of smuggling cocaine into the United States, U.S. authorities said on Friday. An indictment against Dino Bouterse filed in a federal court in the Southern District of New York, alleges the 40-year-old imported more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States between December 2011 and August 2013. Bouterse was arrested at Panama's Tocumen International Airport on Thursday, authorities said. ...

U.N. analysis of Syria samples could take up to two weeks: envoy

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:54 PM PDT

Sellstrom, head of U.N. chemical weapons investigation team, stands outside Yousef al-Azma military hospital in DamascusUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the five permanent Security Council members that it may be two weeks before for final results are ready of an analysis of samples experts collected at the site of a chemical weapons attack last week in Syria are ready, diplomats said on Friday. Ban said this to delegates from Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States during a meeting in New York, the diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity. (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; editing by Christopher Wilson)


Mexico leftist vows to block reforms, warns oil firms

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:44 PM PDT

Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard gestures during an interview in Mexico CityBy Simon Gardner CATEMACO, Mexico (Reuters) - Fiery Mexican leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has vowed to stop the government's energy and tax reforms and hopes to lead even bigger protests than when he brought central Mexico City to a standstill after narrowly losing the 2006 presidential election. A colorful renegade and a former Mexico City mayor, Lopez Obrador accuses President Enrique Pena Nieto of trying to sell off Mexico's assets by seeking to lure foreign capital into the state-controlled energy sector. ...


Inconsistent allies: France, US mull Syria action

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama, right, meets with French President Francois Hollande, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. After Britain on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, opted out of a possible military strike against Syria, France and the United States were left standing as the two countries most vocally contemplating armed action against Bashar Assad's regime over a suspected chemical weapons attack on his own people. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)PARIS (AP) — If France and the United States are ever going to move beyond French opposition to the Iraq War, this could be the time.


Amid crackdown, Egypt's protesters shift tactics

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:26 PM PDT

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, holds a national flag as he stands next to burning tires during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Thousands of protesters and Muslim Brotherhood supporters rallied Friday throughout Egypt against a military coup and a bloody security crackdown, though tanks and armored police vehicles barred them from converging in major squares. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Reeling from a fierce security crackdown, the Muslim Brotherhood brought out only scattered, small crowds Friday in its latest protests of Egypt's military coup.


Venezuela sentences man who shot U.S. attaches at strip club

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:26 PM PDT

By Daniel Wallis CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for shooting and wounding two U.S. military attaches at a strip club in the capital, the attorney general's office said on Friday. Carlos Mejias, 32, admitted he shot the U.S. Embassy employees in the early hours of May 28, the office said. It said Mejias got into an argument with them at the Antonella 2012 club, better known as "Angelus," in the city's upscale Chacao district. ...

US says has 'duty' to act after Syria nerve gas attack

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:20 PM PDT

UN arms experts arrive to inspect a site suspected of being hit by a deadly chemical weapons attack on August 28, 2013The United States released intelligence Friday to show why it is certain that Syrian forces have killed civilians with chemical weapons and said Washington has a historic duty to act.


Frenetic day for Spurs as Eriksen joins new arrivals

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:53 PM PDT

Christian Eriksen reacts after scoring for Ajax during a match in Amsterdam on April 7, 2013Big-spending Tottenham continued to plan for life without Gareth Bale by signing Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen on a frenetic Friday at White Hart Lane.


UK's Cameron must fight back after tough setback

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:52 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, Aug. 30 2013. Cameron lost a vote endorsing military action against Syria by 13 votes Thursday, a stunning defeat that will almost guarantee that Britain plays no direct role in any U.S. attack on Bashar Assad's government. Cameron said that while he still believed in a "tough response" to the alleged use of chemical weapons by Assad's regime, he would respect the will of Parliament. Cameron was meeting with Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo in Downing Street Friday for talks on the border dispute with Spain. (AP Photo / Lewis Whyld, Pool)LONDON (AP) — David Cameron seemed the picture of a confident national leader when he cut short his vacation early this week to muster support for a military reprisal against Syria for its purported use of chemical weapons against civilians. He stood with President Barack Obama, facing down a dictator, demanding respect for international law.


Assad's forces try to capture gassed Damascus suburb: activists

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:48 PM PDT

U.N. chemical weapons experts prepare before collecting samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in ZamalkaAMMAN (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired rocket barrages on Friday at a Damascus suburb hit by nerve gas last week, in another attempt to capture the strategic town ahead of a possible U.S. strike, opposition activists said. Elite guard units backed by tanks advanced from two directions on the suburb of Mouadamiya, 8 km (5 miles) west of Damascus along the road to the nearby Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, but were met with heavy resistance from two rebel brigades dug in the town, they said. Four rebel fighters were killed, the opposition sources said. ...


For Turkey, Planned U.S. Missile Strikes on Syria Not Good Enough

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:39 PM PDT

For some American allies, such as the UK, whose parliament seemed to reject any armed involvement in Syria on Thursday, punitive airstrikes against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad might be too much to stomach. For others, it may be too little. As the U.S. readies to proceed with limited missile strikes against Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed over a thousand people last week, Turkey, a key regional ally and Syria's neighbor, seems to want more than Washington is willing to give.

Ghana will not extradite top Gbagbo ally to I. Coast

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:36 PM PDT

Former Ivory Coast budget minister Justin Kone Katinan, leaves court on June 11, 2013 in AccraA court in Ghana on Friday rejected a request from Ivory Coast to extradite a top ally of former president Laurent Gbagbo, ruling that charges against Justin Kone Katinan had "political motivation".


Congo rebels retreat, as Rwanda says not 'yet' fighting

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:34 PM PDT

M23 rebels leave their position in the village of Karuba, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 30, 2012Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo battling government and UN troops announced a withdrawal Friday, as neighbouring Rwanda dismissed accusations to say its soldiers are not "yet" fighting after days of escalating violence.


Exclusive - Syria army defectors say U.S. strikes could kill Assad opponents

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:33 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in WashingtonBy Oliver Holmes and Khaled Yacoub Oweis BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Military sites in Syria are packed with soldiers who have been effectively imprisoned by their superiors due to doubts about their loyalty, ex-soldiers say, making them possible casualties in any U.S.-led air strikes. Thousands of loyal security forces and militia, meanwhile, have moved into schools and residential buildings in Damascus, mixing with the civilian population in the hope of escaping a Western strike, according to residents and opposition activists. U.S. ...


France set to become Washington's main Syria ally

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:30 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) and French President Francois Hollande attend the G8 summit on May 19, 2012 in MarylandFrench President Francois Hollande made clear Friday his wish to take military action alongside the US against the Syrian regime, making Paris Washington's main ally in the Syria crisis after Britain backed out of any strikes.


Obama weighs 'limited and narrow' Syria action

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama pauses after speaking to members of the media during his meeting with Baltic leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Speking about Syria, the president said he hasn't made a final decision about a military strike against Syria. But he says he's considering a limited and narrow action in response to a chemical weapons attack that he says Syria's government carried out last week. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — Edging toward a retaliatory strike, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing "limited and narrow" action against Syria as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,429 people — far more than previous estimates — including more than 400 children.


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