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Syria's Assad denies chemical weapons use

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 12:36 PM PDT

A student holds a sign with a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a protest by a students' national union against possible U.S. military action in Syria, in BrasiliaSyrian president says he was behind a chemical weapons attack on his people and issues warning to the U.S.


Putin foe manages strong showing in Moscow vote

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 02:04 PM PDT

Opposition leader Navalny speaks to the media at his campaign headquarters after voting closed in a mayoral election in MoscowBy Gabriela Baczynska and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - An ally of President Vladimir Putin was heading for victory in a Moscow mayoral election on Sunday but opposition leader Alexei Navalny's unexpectedly strong showing could alarm the Kremlin and fuel Russia's flagging protest movement. Initial partial results allowed Sergei Sobyanin to say he was certain of victory though they showed him just topping the 50 percent barrier needed to win outright. ...


Italian and Belgian freed after being kidnapped in Syria

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:46 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian journalist Domenico Quirico and Belgian teacher and writer Pierre Piccinin da Prata have been freed after being kidnapped in Syria in early April, officials said on Sunday. Quirico, a veteran reporter for La Stampa daily with long experience reporting on conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, entered Syria on April 6 but disappeared four days later. He spoke briefly by phone to his wife in June confirming he had been kidnapped but said he was in good health. ...

UK's Osborne hails growing economy, slams 'disastrous' Labour plans

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 04:10 PM PDT

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne leaves number 11 Downing Street in LondonBy Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister George Osborne will declare on Monday that an accelerating economy vindicates his austerity program and accuse his political opponents of promising a "disastrous" change of course. Breaking his silence on the signs of a revival, Osborne will argue that a run of strong figures suggests the government has won the economic argument, having ignored opposition Labour calls to cut more slowly. ...


Qatar raps Israel as Kerry seeks Arab support for talks

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:43 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal and Palestinian Foreign Minister Malki following their meeting in ParisBy Arshad Mohammed PARIS (Reuters) - Qatar faulted Israel for building Jewish settlements on Sunday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry briefed Arab diplomats in an effort to garner support for nascent Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. The comment by Qatari Foreign Minister Qatari Khaled al-Attiya, while consistent with long-standing Arab positions, came as the United States seeks to build momentum for the talks which resumed on July 29 after a nearly three-year hiatus. ...


Gunmen kill at least 11 people in Guatemala

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 03:57 PM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead at least 11 people and injured 15 others in a series of attacks on bars in a village near Guatemala City on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said. The suspects opened fire in three bars owned by the same person in San Jose Nacahuil, about 23 km (14 miles) north of the capital, police said. Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla blamed the attacks on gunmen linked to local street gangs. Police believe the bar owner, who was killed, was the target of the attacks. He has not been named. The attackers fled in a stolen car and have not been found. ...

US: Proven link of Assad to gas attack lacking

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 04:51 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 19, 2013 White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough returns to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a trip with President Barack Obama. Asked on "Fox News Sunday", Sept. 8, 2013, whether a congressional rejection of authorization to Obama for military action against Syria might endanger his presidency, McDonough said, "Politics is somebody else's concern. The president is not interested in the politics of this." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House asserted Sunday that a "common-sense test" dictates the Syrian government is responsible for a chemical weapons attack that President Barack Obama says demands a U.S. military response. But Obama's top aide says the administration lacks "irrefutable, beyond-a-reasonable-doubt evidence" that skeptical Americans, including lawmakers who will start voting on military action this week, are seeking.


Strong showing for Navalny in Moscow mayoral race

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 04:41 PM PDT

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures as he speaks to the media at his headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. Two exit polls in Moscow's mayoral election are predicting a stronger showing than expected for opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Sunday's mayoral election is a potentially pivotal contest that has energized the small opposition in ways that could pose a risk to the Kremlin in the days and years ahead. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)MOSCOW (AP) — Opposition leader Alexei Navalny swept up far more votes than expected Sunday while finishing second in Moscow's mayoral election, a pivotal contest that has energized Russia's small opposition in ways that could pose a risk to the Kremlin in the days and years ahead.


'Mandela' filmmakers shoulder heavy burden

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 04:13 PM PDT

Idris Elba and Naomie Harris pose at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2013Nelson Mandela's is no easy act to follow, the cast and crew of a new biopic on the anti-apartheid icon said Sunday at the film's world premiere.


Gandolfini hilarious in one of last film roles

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 04:11 PM PDT

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Toni Collette of "Enough Said" at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2013Co-star Julia Louis-Dreyfus and director Nicole Holofcener on Sunday recalled a very funny James Gandolfini in one of his final roles in "Enough Said," which premiered in Toronto.


Putin ally wins tight Moscow polls, Navalny cries foul

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 04:07 PM PDT

Vladimir Putin votes at a polling station during a mayoral election in Moscow, on September 8, 2013Moscow's pro-Kremlin mayor was set to win tight elections Sunday in the Russian capital, just escaping a second-round run-off after a strong challenge from protest leader Alexei Navalny, who denounced the results as falsified.


Conservative Solberg expected to win Norway election

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 04:07 PM PDT

Norway's main opposition leader Erna Solberg of Hoyre smiles as she greets the media in front of the Parliament building in OsloBy Balazs Koranyi OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's center-right opposition, promising tax cuts, privatisation and a smaller government, is set for a sweeping election win on Monday, ousting a Labour-led government accused of wasting a once-in-a-lifetime economic boom. The only electoral risk facing the likely next prime minister, Conservative Erna Solberg, is an anti-immigration party whose participation in her coalition could repulse other potential allies and deprive her of a full majority. ...


11 killed, 15 wounded at Guatemala liquor store

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 03:30 PM PDT

A child looks at a soldier standing guard at a crime scene in San Jose Nacauil municipality on September 8, 2013At least 11 people were killed and another 15 injured in an armed standoff at a liquor store in Guatemala, rescue officials said.


Israel, Palestinians 'remain steadfast' on peace talks

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 02:57 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in London on September 8, 2013US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in London on Sunday, having earlier insisted that Israelis and Palestinians were determined to pursue direct peace talks.


Thousands protest Romania gold mine plans

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 02:51 PM PDT

Protesters march during the eighth day of demonstrations in Bucharest on September 8, 2013More than 15,000 Romanians took to the streets for the eighth straight day Sunday to protest a Canadian company's plans to open Europe's largest gold mine in a picturesque Transylvanian village.


Uruguayan found alive after four months lost in the Andes: Argentine media

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 02:40 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A 58-year-old Uruguayan man who disappeared four months ago in the remote Andes Mountains was found alive on Sunday, after he spent a brutal winter eating rats and raisins to survive, local media reported. Raul Fernando Gomez Circunegui reportedly got lost in May. He was trying to cross the mountains from Chile to Argentina on foot because his motorcycle broke down. Argentine officials from the northwestern province of San Juan stumbled upon Gomez in a shelter 2,840 metres (9,318 feet) above sea level when they traveled there to record snow levels. ...

Merkel criticises out-of-sync EU Syria statements

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 02:39 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on September 7, 2013 in OranienburgGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday criticised the timing of European Union members' out-of-sync statements calling for a "strong" response to an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime.


Italian journalist held in Syria released

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 02:27 PM PDT

Picture released by La Stampa on June 1, 2013 shows an undated portrait of journalist Domenico QuiricoItalian journalist Domenico Quirico and Belgian national Pierre Piccinin, both kidnapped in Syria in early April, have been released and are on a plane flying to Italy, the Italian government said Sunday


Bartering heats up for Afghan vote

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 02:24 PM PDT

Photo taken on September 7, 2013 shows Afghan women waiting in line to receive voter identification cards in JalalabadA week before candidates can register for Afghanistan's presidential election, there is still no favourite to succeed Hamid Karzai, but deal making is going on in earnest behind the scenes.


As elections approach, a move to reaffirm a shaky Afghan alliance

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 02:08 PM PDT

Afghan men attend a gathering launched by a political party ahead of an election campaign in KabulBy Dylan Welch and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - On a warm, late August evening in Kabul, a long line of black, armoured four-wheel-drives rolled into a palatial compound owned by Abdul Rashid Dostum, an infamous Afghan warlord turned political powerbroker. Some of the country's most powerful men alighted and slipped through Dostum's front door for a meeting that marked the first tentative step to maintain stability as the conflict-torn nation faces a turning-point next year, when Western troops withdraw after over a decade of war against Taliban insurgents. ...


Moscow mayoral candidate says he is certain of victory

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:46 PM PDT

Current Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin casts his vote at a polling station in MoscowMOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin ally Sergei Sobyanin told supporters he is certain he will end up the winner of the mayoral election that was held in the Russian capital on Sunday, the Interfax news agency reported. "The results of the election are still being counted, but I am certain we will win in the end all the same," Sobyanin said at a large rally in central Moscow around midnight, according to Interfax. With less than half the ballots counted, Sobyanin had 52.4 percent while opposition leader Alexei Navalny had 26.4 percent, electoral officials said. ...


Doubts linger over Syria gas attack responsibility

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:44 PM PDT

In this Aug. 29, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by the Local Comity of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a member of a UN investigation team takes samples from the ground in the Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria. The U.S. government insists it has the intelligence to prove a connection between the government of President Bashar Assad to the alleged chemical weapons attack last month that killed hundreds of people in Syria_but in the absence of such evidence, Damascus and its ally Russia have aggressively pushed another scenario: that rebels carried out the Aug. 21 chemical attack. (AP Photo/Local Comity of Arbeen)BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. government insists it has the intelligence to prove it, but the public has yet to see a single piece of concrete evidence produced by U.S. intelligence — no satellite imagery, no transcripts of Syrian military communications — connecting the government of President Bashar Assad to the alleged chemical weapons attack last month that killed hundreds of people.


Quebec debates civil servant ban on religious garb

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:43 PM PDT

Women in head scarves on April 10, 2004 in VancouverQuebec's public sector employees -- including at hospitals and schools -- may be forced to abandon head scarves, turbans, crucifixes and other religious apparel and symbols, if a controversial proposal passes.


Romanians rally for and against planned gold mine

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:24 PM PDT

Protesters march downtown Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. Thousands have protested for the seventh day running against Canadian gold mine supported by the government which would be the biggest gold mine in Europe, in the Transylvanian town of Rosia Montana, angry because it would use cyanide in the extraction process.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Thousands of Romanians demonstrated on Sunday both for and against a planned Canadian gold mine that would use cyanide in the extraction process. The project would create the biggest gold mine in Europe, razing four mountains to make way for an open pit mine.


Sinai Islamists claim responsibility for attack on Egypt minister

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:24 PM PDT

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - The Sinai-based Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attempt last week to kill the Egyptian interior minister in Cairo, and promised more attacks in revenge for a crackdown on Egypt's Islamists. Islamist militancy has risen sharply in the relatively lawless region adjoining Israel and the Gaza Strip and elsewhere in Egypt since the army deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi two months ago, following mass protests. ...

Sinai militants killed in Egypt army offensive

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:20 PM PDT

Egyptian army soldiers sit on top of an armored personnel carrier on a street in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Smoke billowed in the sky as Egyptian helicopter gunships rocketed suspected Islamic militant hideouts in the lawless northern Sinai Peninsula for a second day on Sunday, killing 11 suspected fighters as part of the largest military offensive in the region in years, military officials said.


Nigeria attacks kill 13 vigilantes, 5 sect members

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:07 PM PDT

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — An attack by suspected Islamic sect members on a town guarded by a vigilante group in northeast Nigeria on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured 17, residents and a government official said.

'Riddick' steals top slot at N. America box office

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:06 PM PDT

David Twohy, Katee Sackhoff, Vin Diesel and Jordi Molla attend the 'Riddick' premiere on August 28, 2013 in Westwood, CAWarrior anti-hero "Riddick" slammed into first place at the North American box office, estimates indicated Sunday, stealing the top spot held by "Lee Daniels' The Butler" for three weeks running.


Sudan to lift oil subsidies in troubled economy

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:01 PM PDT

Sudanese queue in a petrol station to fuel their vehicles in Khartoum on June 21, 2012Sudan will lift subsidies on petroleum products, a senior ruling party official said on Sunday, as the government tries to stabilise a troubled economy which last year sparked protests.


Syrian President Assad says no evidence of chemical attack: CBS

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Journalists and security personnel stand in front of Yousef al-Azma military hospital during visit by team of United Nations chemical weapons experts in DamascusWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that he was behind a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people and said evidence was not conclusive that there had been such an attack, CBS reported on Sunday on its news program "Face the Nation." "There has been no evidence that I used chemical weapons against my own people," CBS reported Assad said in an interview conducted in Damascus. The full interview will air on the CBS network and PBS's "Charlie Rose" show on Monday. Rose said he met with Assad in Damascus. ...


New Mali Cabinet includes reconciliation post

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 12:32 PM PDT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali's new prime minister has selected a 34-person Cabinet that includes a post focused on reconciliation and development of the country's north, which fell under rebel control following a coup last year.

Kerry, asked about Assad denial, says evidence speaks for itself

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 12:27 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry answers a question during a news conference at the U.S. embassy in ParisLONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed any claim by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's that there is no evidence he used chemical weapons against his own people, saying on Sunday "the evidence speaks for itself." Kerry made the remark in response to a question as he began a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on July 29, according to a U.S. reporter who attended a photo session on behalf of other journalists travelling with Kerry. (Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; editing by Patrick Graham)


South Sudanese airline starts flying to Khartoum

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 12:25 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A commercial airline in South Sudan on Sunday began to operate flights to long-time foe Sudan, state media said, in a new sign of a thaw between the African neighbors. Last week, at a summit of presidents, Sudan dropped its threat to stop oil exports from its landlocked neighbor, opening a new chapter in rocky bilateral ties. Oil is the lifeline for both. Both leaders also agreed to revive trade across the border, which mostly came to a halt last year when tensions over disputed territory and oil fees escalated. ...

Israel deploys Iron Dome system near Jerusalem

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 12:24 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers stand near an "Iron Dome" battery, near Jerusalem on September 8, 2013Israel deployed its Iron Dome missile defence system near Jerusalem Sunday, an AFP correspondent said, as the United States lobbied for domestic and international support for military strikes against Syria.


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