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Obama and aides confront skeptical Congress on Syria strike

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 03:08 PM PDT

Handout of U.S. President Obama meeting with national security staff to discuss Syria in White HouseBy Matt Spetalnick and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his top aides launched a full-scale political offensive on Sunday to persuade a skeptical Congress to approve a military strike against Syria, but faced an uphill struggle to win over many lawmakers and a war-weary American public. ...


Exclusive: USS Nimitz carrier group rerouted for possible help with Syria

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 03:48 PM PDT

USS Nimitz aircraft carrier sails about 150 miles north of the island of Oahu during the RIMPAC Naval exercises off HawaiiBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help support a limited U.S. strike on Syria, if needed, defense officials said on Sunday. The Nimitz carrier strike group, which includes four destroyers and a cruiser, has no specific orders to move to the eastern Mediterranean at this point, but is moving west in the Arabian Sea so it can do so if asked. ...


Scornful Syria hails 'historic American retreat' as Obama hesitates

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:14 PM PDT

A view shows tanks and military vehicles that belonged to forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in DeraaBy Yara Bayoumy and Thomas Ferraro BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syria hailed a "historic American retreat" on Sunday, mockingly accusing President Barack Obama of hesitation and confusion after he delayed a military response to last month's chemical weapons attack near Damascus to consult Congress. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said tests had shown sarin nerve gas was fired on rebel-held areas on August 21, and expressed confidence that U.S. lawmakers would do "what is right" in response. Washington says more than 1,400 people, many of them children, were killed in the attack. ...


Egypt sends Mursi to trial as new constitution advances

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:52 PM PDT

Supporters of Mursi hold his picture and a poster during a protest against the military and the interior ministry in CairoBy Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army-backed authorities referred deposed President Mohamed Mursi to trial on Sunday on charges of inciting murder and violence, in an escalation of the crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood. The new government also named a constituent assembly almost devoid of Islamists and gave it 60 days to review amendments that would erase Islamic articles brought in last year by the Brotherhood and more hardline Islamic parties. ...


Japan government abandons hands-off approach to Fukushima clean-up

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:12 PM PDT

File photo of an aerial view showing TEPCO's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks in FukushimaBy Linda Sieg and Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is moving to take a more direct role in the clean-up of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, as concerns grow over the ability of embattled operator Tokyo Electric to handle the legacy of the worst atomic disaster in a quarter century. The concerns have also revived debate about the future of Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) itself, including early-stage proposals to put its toxic nuclear assets under government control and leave the rest of the company as a provider of power to the nation's biggest economic region. ...


Iranian dissidents killed in Iraq camp, U.N. demands inquiry

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:47 PM PDT

By Kareem Raheem and Sylvia Westall BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 47 people were reported killed at an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq on Sunday, the United Nations said, urging Baghdad to investigate the "tragic events" at a site north of the capital. The violence took place hours after a mortar bomb attack on the camp which the dissent group Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK) blamed on the Iraqi army. Two Iraqi security sources said that army and special forces had opened fire on residents who had stormed a post at the entrance to Camp Ashraf, a site that Iraq's government wants closed down. ...

Iran releases six Slovak paragliders held for spying

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 04:49 PM PDT

Slovak PM Robert Fico gives a joint press conference e in Madrid on April 23, 2013Iran has released six of eight Slovak paragliders held since May for alleged spying, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Sunday.


Egypt's Morsi to be tried for inciting violence

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 04:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi delivers a speech in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's state news agency said Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, the country's top prosecutor has referred ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to trial on charges of inciting the killing of opponents protesting outside his palace while he was in office. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's top prosecutor on Sunday referred ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to trial on charges of inciting the killing of opponents protesting outside his palace while he was in office, the state news agency said.


African Union wants Brotherhood in Egypt roadmap

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 04:20 PM PDT

An Egyptian protestor covers his face during clashes in Cairo, on August 30, 2013A top African Union official said Sunday the Muslim Brotherhood must join the political roadmap proposed by Egypt's new authorities, in a bid to end the violence rocking the country.


Special envoy Mary Robinson arrives in Kinshasa

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 03:43 PM PDT

UN special envoy Mary Robinson (L) on July 31, 2013 in NairobiMary Robinson, the UN special envoy to the African Great Lakes region, arrived in Kinshasa on Sunday, after warning against an escalation of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east.


Anti-reform protestors clash with police in Mexico

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 03:43 PM PDT

Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest on September 1, 2013, in Mexico CityPolice launched tear gas at protestors who threw rocks and firebombs in Mexico City on Sunday, leaving two officers injured during a demonstration against President Enrique Pena Nieto's reform agenda.


Citing sarin use, US seeks Congress' OK for action

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 03:40 PM PDT

In this image from video U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks from the State Department in Washington Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, making a case for U.S. intervention in Syria. Kerry appeared at State in a series of interviews on Sunday news shows to say that the case for intervention in Syria's 2 1/2-year civil war was strengthening each day and that he expected American lawmakers to recognize the need for action when the "credibility of the United States is on the line." He said President Barack Obama has the authority to launch retaliatory strikes with or without Congress' approval, but Kerry stopped short of saying the president would do so if the House or Senate withholds support. (AP Photo/APTN)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration geared up for the biggest foreign policy vote since the Iraq war by arguing Sunday that new physical evidence shows the Syrian government used sarin gas in a deadly August attack. With its credibility on the line, the United States must respond, the country's top diplomat said.


Syria dismisses Obama as confused, moves troops

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden as he makes a statement about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Delaying what had appeared to be an imminent strike, Obama abruptly announced Saturday he will seek congressional approval before launching any military action meant to punish Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons in an attack that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria on Sunday derided President Barack Obama's decision to hold off on punitive military strikes, but also took precautions by reportedly moving some troops and military equipment to civilian areas.


Presidential Merkel points at record in campaign debate

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 03:21 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to take part in a television debate in Berlin on September 1, 2013Three weeks before German elections, Chancellor Angela Merkel calmly pointed at her record Sunday in steering Europe's top economy safely through the eurozone crisis, in the only TV debate with her centre-left rival.


German candidates clash on euro and taxes in tight TV duel

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:55 PM PDT

People watch a TV duel of German Chancellor Merkel of the CDU with her challenger, the top candidate of the SPD in the upcoming German general elections Steinbrueck, in a culture centre in BerlinBy Noah Barkin and Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democrat challenger in this month's German election clashed over the euro, tax policy and U.S. spying in a television debate on Sunday that produced no clear winner. The only TV duel of the campaign, watched by an estimated 15 million viewers, was one of SPD candidate Peer Steinbrueck's last chances to change the momentum in a race in which he has trailed the popular Merkel from the very start. ...


Kerry says Syria used sarin gas in deadly attack

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:52 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama with his national security advisors to discuss strategy in Syria on August 31, 2013US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday Washington has proof the Syrian regime used sarin gas in a deadly attack, as he sought to overcome deep skepticism in Congress over military strikes.


Merkel, German election rival debate euro crisis

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:44 PM PDT

Photo provided by German broadcaster WDR shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel, background left, of the Christian Democrats and her Social Democratic challenger Peer Steinbrueck, background right, with journalists, from left, Stefan Raab, Anne Will, Maybrit Illner und Peter Kloeppel during the only live televised debate ahead of the national elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. Germany is facing general elections on Sept. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/WDR)BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel and her center-left rival sparred over Europe's debt crisis and how best to keep Germany's economy strong as they faced off Sunday in a televised debate ahead of Sept. 22 elections, with Merkel's challenger insisting that it makes no sense to apply a "deadly dose" of austerity to eurozone strugglers.


Protests in Romania against shale gas, Canadian gold mine

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:36 PM PDT

People protest against a Canadian gold mine project on September 1, 2013, in Bucharest, RomaniaThousands of people took to the streets of Romania on Sunday to protest against shale gas exploration and a controversial Canadian gold mine project using cyanide.


Bekele sets sights on half clash, Rio marathon

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:34 PM PDT

Ethiopian running greats Kenenisa Bekele (left) and his brother Tariku train outside Addis Ababa, September 1, 2013Ethiopian track legend Kenenisa Bekele said Sunday he was still a long way off from thinking of retirement and is instead eyeing a step up to the marathon in time for the Rio Olympics.


TV confessions in China an unsettling new trend for executives

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:22 PM PDT

Chinese-American venture capitalist Xue attends a meeting at the 2012 Global Mobile Internet Conference in BeijingBy Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING (Reuters) - A series of confessions by foreign and local executives on China's state-controlled television has spurred anxiety among the business community about a trend that some lawyers say makes a mockery of due process. Confessions have long been part of China's legal landscape, with petty criminals routinely admitting their guilt on television. But rarely have senior business figures been put on television in orange prison jumpsuits to confess. ...


New fracking touted as Quebec eyes energy boom

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 02:02 PM PDT

Port-Menier, the only village on Anticosti Island is pictured on August 12, 2013Fresh moose tracks dot the ground where plans are afoot to dig for oil.


Arabs urge UN, world to take 'deterrent' steps on Syria

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:56 PM PDT

Various foreign ministers attend a meeting of the Arab League on September 1, 2013 at the body's Cairo headquartersArab League foreign ministers on Sunday urged the United Nations and the international community to take "deterrent" action against the Syrian regime over alleged chemical attacks near Damascus.


Egypt destroys homes for possible Gaza buffer zone

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:55 PM PDT

A bulldozer looks over smuggling tunnels along the border with Egypt as seen from Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. Egypt's military bulldozed 13 homes along the Gaza Strip border and caved in tunnels beneath them as a prelude to the possible creation of a buffer zone to reduce weapon smuggling and illegal militant crossings, angering residents who said they were evicted with no compensation, security officials and residents said Sunday. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military has bulldozed 13 homes along the Gaza Strip border and caved in tunnels beneath them as a prelude to the possible creation of a buffer zone to reduce weapon smuggling and illegal militant crossings, angering residents who said they were evicted with no compensation, security officials and residents said Sunday.


Iranian exiles report deaths in Iraq camp

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photograph taken on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, Iraqi security forces enter through the main gate of Camp Ashraf in Khalis, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Members of an Iranian dissident group have been killed inside a contested camp in Iraq, according to the opposition organization and the Iraqi government, though their accounts of the circumstances differ. The deaths occurred at Camp Ashraf, a Saddam Hussein-era community that is home to about 100 members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Deadly violence erupted at a contentious Iranian exile camp inside Iraq early Sunday, leaving international observers scrambling to determine the cause of the bloodshed and the number of casualties.


Arab states urge action against Syrian government

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:53 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab states on Sunday urged the international community to take action against the Syrian government over a chemical gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians. The final resolution passed by an Arab League meeting in Cairo urged the United Nations and international community to "take the deterrent and necessary measures against the culprits of this crime that the Syrian regime bears responsibility for". The League foreign ministers also said those responsible for the attack should face trial, as other "war criminals" have. ...

Islamist conference cancelled in Montreal

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:49 PM PDT

The colored windows at the Palais des Congres de Montreal (Montreal Convention Center) are shown on March 8, 2005A Muslim youth conference criticized by the Quebec government was cancelled Saturday by the Montreal convention center where it had been set to take place.


Jordan to diminish tasks of military court

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:42 PM PDT

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan said Sunday it will sharply diminish the duties of its powerful military court in line with promised state reforms to allow for wider freedom of expression.

Egypt's Morsi to stand trial for 'inciting murder': TV

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:41 PM PDT

Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's toppled president Mohamed Morsi demonstrate in Cairo on August 30, 2013Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is to stand trial in a criminal court for "incitement to murder", state television reported on Sunday without giving a date for the trial.


Relief in Damascus, as Syrians mock Obama the 'coward'

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:31 PM PDT

Syrians with sign reading, "Just do it" during a demonstration for international action on August 30, 2013 in Kfar Nubul"He who talks a lot doesn't act," said Souad, a Damascus resident, mocking US President Barack Obama as a "coward" for delaying a decision to attack the Syrian regime.


Fires break out again in Portugal after respite

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:27 PM PDT

A firefighter helps combat a wildfire around Caramulo, central Portugal, on August 30, 2013Forest fires in Portugal, which had appeared to be coming under some sort of control, resumed on Sunday as authorities mobilised some 700 firefighters in the north and central parts of the country.


Egypt names new constituton panel

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:27 PM PDT

A handout picture from the Egyptian presidency on August 1, 2013 shows Interim president Adly Mansour (R) in CairoEgypt's interim president Adly Mansour announced a 50-member panel Sunday to draw up a revised constitution but without the inclusion of ousted president Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood which declined to take part.


David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies at 74

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:25 PM PDT

File - Former US President Richard M. Nixon, right, with broadcaster David Frost in California in this 1977 file photo. Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 his family said in a statement Sunday Sept. 1 2013. (AP Photo, file)LONDON (AP) — David Frost had sparred with Richard Nixon for hours, recording a series of interviews with the former president three years after he stepped down in disgrace over Watergate. But as the sessions drew to a close, Frost realized he still lacked something: an acknowledgement by Nixon that he had been wrong.


Highlights: Merkel and challenger face off on TV before vote

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:13 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Following are highlights of the only live TV clash between Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and main challenger Peer Steinbrueck ahead of a federal election on September 22. Steinbrueck, chancellor candidate of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), is trailing badly in opinion polls but analysts say many voters will make up their decision based on the TV debate. GERMANY'S FINANCES Merkel: "What we have managed to achieve in these past four years is relatively sensational. We have gone from the worst economic crisis Germany has had in 2009... ...

India's Gandhi expected in U.S. for medical check-up: media

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi addresses media at her residence in New DelhiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sonia Gandhi, president of the ruling Congress party, is expected to fly to the United States for a scheduled medical check-up, a news agency report said, just days after she took ill during a marathon parliament debate. "Her going to the U.S. for a medical check-up is due," the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency quoted an unnamed senior party leader as saying. Gandhi, who underwent surgery in the United States for an undisclosed ailment in August 2011 flew there on September 2 last year for a check-up. She went again in February this year, the PTI report said. ...


Syria forces launch deadly raids after rebel attack

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 12:54 PM PDT

A soldier loyal to the regime inspects a tank in the Eastern Ghouta area outside of Damascus on August 30, 2013Syrian government forces on Sunday launched air raids on rebel targets near Damascus after its positions came under attack, a watchdog said, reporting dozens of people killed in unrest across the country.


Syria opposition says Assad deploying human shields for air strikes

Posted: 01 Sep 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Syria's President Assad meets with Boroujerdi, head of the Iranian parliamentary committee for national security and foreign policy, in DamascusISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has moved military equipment and personnel to civilian areas and put prisoners in military sites as human shields against any Western air strikes, the opposition said on Sunday. The Istanbul-based opposition coalition said rockets, Scud missiles and launchers as well as soldiers had been moved to locations including schools, university dormitories and government buildings inside cities. ...


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