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• Syria's Assad denies chemical weapons use
• Putin foe manages strong showing in Moscow vote
• Italian and Belgian freed after being kidnapped in Syria
• UK's Osborne hails growing economy, slams 'disastrous' Labour plans
• Qatar raps Israel as Kerry seeks Arab support for talks
• Gunmen kill at least 11 people in Guatemala
• US: Proven link of Assad to gas attack lacking
• Strong showing for Navalny in Moscow mayoral race
• 'Mandela' filmmakers shoulder heavy burden
• Gandolfini hilarious in one of last film roles
• Putin ally wins tight Moscow polls, Navalny cries foul
• Conservative Solberg expected to win Norway election
• 11 killed, 15 wounded at Guatemala liquor store
• Israel, Palestinians 'remain steadfast' on peace talks
• Thousands protest Romania gold mine plans
• Uruguayan found alive after four months lost in the Andes: Argentine media
• Merkel criticises out-of-sync EU Syria statements
• Italian journalist held in Syria released
• Bartering heats up for Afghan vote
• As elections approach, a move to reaffirm a shaky Afghan alliance
• Moscow mayoral candidate says he is certain of victory
• Doubts linger over Syria gas attack responsibility
• Quebec debates civil servant ban on religious garb
• Romanians rally for and against planned gold mine
• Sinai Islamists claim responsibility for attack on Egypt minister
• Sinai militants killed in Egypt army offensive
• Nigeria attacks kill 13 vigilantes, 5 sect members
• 'Riddick' steals top slot at N. America box office
• Sudan to lift oil subsidies in troubled economy
• Syrian President Assad says no evidence of chemical attack: CBS
• New Mali Cabinet includes reconciliation post
• Kerry, asked about Assad denial, says evidence speaks for itself
• South Sudanese airline starts flying to Khartoum
• Israel deploys Iron Dome system near Jerusalem

Syria's Assad denies chemical weapons use Posted: 08 Sep 2013 12:36 PM PDT Syrian 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 By 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 By 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 By 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 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 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 Nelson 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 Co-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 Moscow'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 By 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 At 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 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 More 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 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 Italian 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 A 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 By 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 MOSCOW (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 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 Quebec'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 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 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 Warrior 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 Sudan 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 WASHINGTON (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 LONDON (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 Israel 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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