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• Car bombs kill nearly 80 in Iraq, target Eid festivities
• Assad sends air force to prevent rebel advances in home province
• Clock ticks as Colombian peace talks drag on
• Brazilian president's approval up slightly after protest slump
• Sinai militants say target of Israeli drone, four killed
• Israeli troops kill unarmed Palestinian on Gaza border
• Hundreds gather to remember Miami Beach graffiti artist
• Lawyer: Other suspect in DEA killing may go free
• Detained migrants in Greece attack guards
• Israel's Netanyahu to undergo surgery, peace talks on track
• Bahrain deports US teacher over 'radical' writings
• Militants killed in Egypt by Israeli drone mourned
• Suspected US drone strike kills 2 in Yemen
• Drone strike kills two in southern Yemen: officials and residents
• Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 69
• U.S. presses Sri Lanka to investigate army's killing of protesters
• Iraqi Kurdish leader vows to defend Kurds in Syria
• New English-language bookstore a 1st in Havana
• Deposed Central African Republic president eyes return to power
• Lawyer: Another suspect in DEA killing to go free
• Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 64
• US angry over release of Mexican drug lord
• Surveillance debate intrudes into Obama's agenda
• Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 52
• Doctors pronounce Brazil's former President Lula healthy, no cancer
• Nigeria: 12 troops, 7 police killed in uprising
• 6 migrants drown off popular Sicilian beach
• Bahrain deports US teacher over 'radical' links
• Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 40
• Merkel challenger tries to calm storm over east German jibe
• Officials: Wave of bombings in Iraq kills 33
• UK's Cameron rules out Sochi boycott
• 6 killed by hot lava as Indonesia volcano erupts
• Syria's Muslim Brotherhood faces uphill battle
• Spanish, French police bust Chinese illegal immigration ring

Car bombs kill nearly 80 in Iraq, target Eid festivities Posted: 10 Aug 2013 11:41 AM PDT By Kareem Raheem and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of car bombs in mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad killed 57 people and wounded more than 150 on Saturday, in what appeared to be coordinated attacks on people celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The 12 separate blasts targeting markets, busy shopping streets and parks where families like to mark Eid were part of a surge in sectarian violence in Iraq since the start of the year. ...

Assad sends air force to prevent rebel advances in home province Posted: 10 Aug 2013 04:30 PM PDT By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Warplanes bombed a village in Syria's north overnight in an apparent effort by President Bashar al-Assad to prevent rebels fighting him from advancing on communities in the stronghold region of his Alawite sect. Assad's forces are on the defensive in his family's home province of Latakia, and recent rebel gains across northern Syria, including a military air base captured last week in Aleppo province, have further loosened his grip on the country. ...

Clock ticks as Colombian peace talks drag on Posted: 10 Aug 2013 01:51 PM PDT By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - The Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels wound up a 12th round of peace talks on Saturday but apparently made little progress despite pressure from the country's president who has staked his legacy on a successful outcome before a looming national election. The talks with the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, recess every few weeks, then resume, with the next round set to begin on August 19. They are being facilitated by Cuba and Norway and hosted in Havana. ...

Brazilian president's approval up slightly after protest slump Posted: 10 Aug 2013 02:14 PM PDT By Caroline Stauffer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating gained six percentage points since hitting an all-time low in late June after massive nationwide protests, a poll published on Saturday showed. The number of respondents who said they intended to vote for her in next year's election also rose by five percentage points, according to the Datafolha opinion poll published in local newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. Thirty-six percent of Brazilians considered Rousseff's administration "great" or "good," up from 30 percent in late June. ...

Sinai militants say target of Israeli drone, four killed Posted: 10 Aug 2013 12:32 PM PDT ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Four Islamist militants in Egypt's North Sinai were killed by an air strike that their comrades said on Saturday had been done by an Israeli drone but which state media said was the work of an Egyptian army helicopter. Israel dismissed as "rumors and speculation" the idea that it had struck on Egyptian territory. The neighboring countries have often cooperated in tackling the Islamist threat in Sinai and neither seemed interested in creating a fuss over this case. Egypt's armed forces officially denied Israel had launched the attack. ...

Israeli troops kill unarmed Palestinian on Gaza border Posted: 10 Aug 2013 04:09 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian who crossed in from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, fearing he was a security threat though he proved to be unarmed, military sources said. The man, who was not immediately identified, had first drawn soldiers' suspicions by digging into the ground on the Gazan side of the fortified border fence, where Palestinian gunmen have in the past mounted ambushes, an army spokeswoman said. He then clambered over the fence, carrying an item that the troops could not see clearly, she said. ...

Hundreds gather to remember Miami Beach graffiti artist Posted: 10 Aug 2013 04:07 PM PDT By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Hundreds of friends and supporters of an 18-year-old graffiti artist who died after being shocked by a stun gun during a police chase in Miami Beach gathered on Saturday in a tearful rally at the site where he had been spray-painting. Colombian-born Israel Hernandez-Llach died on Tuesday after police shocked him with a Taser as he ran away from officers who caught him spray-painting the wall of a shuttered McDonald's. "He was a genius," said Lucy Rynka, 18, who graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School with Hernandez-Llach last spring. ...

Lawyer: Other suspect in DEA killing may go free Posted: 10 Aug 2013 02:47 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Defense attorneys believe freedom is imminent for a second member of the trio of Mexican drug kingpins responsible for the 1985 slaying of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, one of the capo's attorneys said Saturday. In the U.S., outrage grew over this week's surprise decision to overturn Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero's conviction in the notorious killing.

Detained migrants in Greece attack guards Posted: 10 Aug 2013 02:42 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say migrants detained at a facility northeast of Athens because they entered the country illegally have set fires to their bedding and containers they live in and have attacked prison guards, injuring at least 10 of them.

Israel's Netanyahu to undergo surgery, peace talks on track Posted: 10 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a hernia operation, his office said late on Saturday, a procedure that appeared unlikely to disrupt plans to advance peace talks with the Palestinians next week. A statement said Netanyahu, 63, would be hospitalized overnight for the surgery after he complained of abdominal pain. The procedure was expected to take an hour and could require general anesthetic, but Netanyahu could be discharged on Sunday afternoon, the statement said. ...

Bahrain deports US teacher over 'radical' writings Posted: 10 Aug 2013 02:33 PM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain deported a U.S. citizen working as a teacher in the gulf kingdom over what it described Saturday as her "radical" writings on Twitter and websites as the government cracks down on dissent the country.

Militants killed in Egypt by Israeli drone mourned Posted: 10 Aug 2013 01:59 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of suspected militants openly joined a mass funeral procession Saturday for four slain Egyptian insurgents killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Sinai Peninsula, as Egyptian security forces watched them pass by.

Suspected US drone strike kills 2 in Yemen Posted: 10 Aug 2013 01:28 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed two alleged al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, military officials said, making it the ninth such strike in just two weeks.

Drone strike kills two in southern Yemen: officials and residents Posted: 10 Aug 2013 01:27 PM PDT ADEN (Reuters) - Local officials and residents in Yemen's southern Lahj Province said a drone destroyed a vehicle travelling on a mountain road late on Saturday evening killing its two occupants and bringing to 15 the death toll from four strikes in three days. The local officials and residents said the vehicle, which was travelling between Yafe and Radfan, was believed to be carrying arms and its occupants were suspected members of al Qaeda. ...

Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 69 Posted: 10 Aug 2013 01:12 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings targeting those celebrating the end of Ramadan across Iraq killed 69 people Saturday, a bloody reminder of the inability of Iraqi authorities to stop violence threatening to spiral out of control.

U.S. presses Sri Lanka to investigate army's killing of protesters Posted: 10 Aug 2013 01:09 PM PDT COLOMBO (Reuters) - The United States urged Sri Lanka on Saturday to investigate the recent killing by soldiers of unarmed protesters who were demanding clean drinking water. Three youths were shot dead and at least 33 people wounded on August 1, when the military fired at demonstrators in Weliweriya, a village some 30 km (20 miles) north of Colombo, who were protesting against factory waste contaminating ground water. ...

Iraqi Kurdish leader vows to defend Kurds in Syria Posted: 10 Aug 2013 12:43 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The president of Iraqi Kurdistan vowed Saturday to defend the large Kurdish population in neighboring Syria from al-Qaida-linked rebel fighters, highlighting the potential for Syria's civil war to morph into a full-blown regional, ethnic and sectarian conflict.

New English-language bookstore a 1st in Havana Posted: 10 Aug 2013 12:28 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's first English-language bookstore offers a selection that would just about stock the lobby of an average Vermont bed and breakfast. Next to what's available in English elsewhere in Havana, it might as well be the Library of Congress.

Deposed Central African Republic president eyes return to power Posted: 10 Aug 2013 12:11 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Deposed former Central African Republic (CAR) President Francois Bozize still nurtures ambitions of returning to power, he told French media, ending months of silence since he was ousted by rebel forces in March. Bozize, who ruled the mineral-rich former French colony for a decade, fled to Cameroon after rebels overthrew his government and captured the riverside capital Bangui. ...

Lawyer: Another suspect in DEA killing to go free Posted: 10 Aug 2013 11:53 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — The lawyer for a jailed drug kingpin says he believes his client convicted in the killing of Drug Enforcement Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena will go free in coming weeks.

Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 64 Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:59 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings, mainly targeting cafes and markets around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killed 64 people Saturday out celebrating the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said.

US angry over release of Mexican drug lord Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:43 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. law enforcement officials expressed outrage over the release from prison of Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero and vowed to continue efforts to bring to justice the man who ordered the killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent.

Surveillance debate intrudes into Obama's agenda Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:35 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, August was supposed to be the time when a major immigration bill landed on his desk.

Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 52 Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:31 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings, mainly targeting cafes and markets around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killed 52 people Saturday out celebrating the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said.

Doctors pronounce Brazil's former President Lula healthy, no cancer Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:20 AM PDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's popular former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was pronounced healthy by a team of doctors at Sao Paulo's Sírio-Libanês hospital after routine exams on Saturday. The doctors said Lula had asked them to give a news conference after the exams to respond to rumors the former president had suffered a cancer recurrence. Lula was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2011 and said he was cured of the disease in March of 2012. His political protégé, President Dilma Rousseff, was elected in 2010 and is expected to run for re-election next year. ...

Nigeria: 12 troops, 7 police killed in uprising Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:05 AM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The commander of the military joint task force fighting northeastern Nigeria's Islamic uprising admits 12 soldiers and seven police officers were killed in recent attacks.

6 migrants drown off popular Sicilian beach Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:05 AM PDT ROME (AP) — Rescuers saved about 250 migrants who tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea from northern Africa to southern Europe in flimsy boats on Saturday, but six migrants drowned when their vessel got stuck off a popular Sicilian beach resort, authorities said.

Bahrain deports US teacher over 'radical' links Posted: 10 Aug 2013 09:52 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Bahrain says it has deported a U.S. citizen teaching there over her "radical" writings on Twitter and websites as the gulf kingdom cracks down on dissent.

Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 40 Posted: 10 Aug 2013 09:32 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings targeting cafes and markets around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad killed 40 people Saturday out celebrating the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said.

Merkel challenger tries to calm storm over east German jibe Posted: 10 Aug 2013 09:15 AM PDT By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck travelled to eastern Germany on Saturday to try to calm a storm over his recent comments suggesting opponent Angela Merkel lacked passion for Europe because she grew up in the former communist East. The Social Democrat (SPD) trails Merkel's conservatives by some 15 points in opinion polls with just six weeks left until a German election, and has been searching desperately for issues that might help him narrow the gap. ...

Officials: Wave of bombings in Iraq kills 33 Posted: 10 Aug 2013 09:10 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a wave of bombings around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad have killed 33 people celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

UK's Cameron rules out Sochi boycott Posted: 10 Aug 2013 09:07 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron ruled out a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, saying Saturday that attending the games is a better way of tackling prejudice against gays.

6 killed by hot lava as Indonesia volcano erupts Posted: 10 Aug 2013 09:00 AM PDT MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Hot lava from an erupting volcano killed six people sleeping in a beach village on a small island in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, after ash and smoke from the volcano shot about a mile into the air, officials said.

Syria's Muslim Brotherhood faces uphill battle Posted: 10 Aug 2013 08:51 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — For Syria's banned Muslim Brotherhood, the uprising against President Bashar Assad that erupted amid Arab Spring revolts in 2011 provided a long-sought opportunity to stage a comeback after decades spent in exile.

Spanish, French police bust Chinese illegal immigration ring Posted: 10 Aug 2013 08:47 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish and French police arrested 75 members of a gang suspected of smuggling Chinese citizens into Europe and the United States, Spain's interior ministry said on Saturday. Of the total, 51 were arrested in Spain - including two believed to be the heads of the Barcelona-based people smuggling organisation in Europe - and the other 24 in France. The gang is accused of offering false passports for between 40,000 and 50,000 euros ($53,000-$67,000). Some of the immigrants ended up in the sex trade, the ministry said. ($1 = 0. ...

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