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• Syria vows to give up chemical weapons, no deal yet at U.N.
• Italian lawmakers delay showdown over Berlusconi
• Senior British politician charged with sexual offences
• Tropical storms Gabrielle, Humberto swirl in Atlantic
• U.S. providing some lethal aid to Syrian rebels: opposition spokesman
• Tunisia's assembly to restart work on constitution
• Two Koreas agree to open Kaesong zone next week
• Two Koreas to re-open factory park in trial run
• Bach elected IOC president, gets call from Putin
• Bissau parliament blocks amnesty bill for coup leaders
• Question of enforcement casts cloud on Syria plan
• Study: 1 in 4 men in parts of Asia have raped
• 100-cap Abou Trika stars for Egypt
• UK politician charged with sex offenses
• Russians elected to board of Cyprus' biggest bank
• Boy's death sparks debate on Bucharest stray dogs
• Obama tells senators he wants diplomatic solution to Syria
• Egypt's former chief-of-staff to be released after detention
• Russia cancels emergency U.N. meeting on Syria chemical weapons
• Mali's new government to review mining contracts: minister
• Syria vows to dump chem arms, US strike threat recedes
• Romania: parliament Oks mass killing of stray dogs
• Insight: With Japan's help, an ex-soldier leads Yangon from backwater to megacity
• Impromptu or scripted, Syria plan lets Russia play the peacemaker
• France 'ready to amend' bid for Syria resolution
• Kerry calls on Assad to seize chance for peace
• Putin says he, Obama discussed control over Syrian chemical arms
• What Pakistan’s Release of the Afghan Taliban’s No. 2 Means for Peace
• Philippine rebels use 'human shields' in stand-off with troops
• Israel closes probe into Palestinian activist killing
• Kerry to meet Russian FM in Geneva Thursday
• Egyptian army kills 9 suspects in Sinai offensive
• Indian court convicts 4 in fatal gang rape case
• Poles admit destroying WWII Jewish hideout
• Rowhani talks tough on Iran nuclear rights

Syria vows to give up chemical weapons, no deal yet at U.N. Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:10 PM PDT By Phil Stewart and Khaled Yacoub Oweis WASHINGTON/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria accepted a Russian proposal on Tuesday to give up chemical weapons and win a reprieve from U.S. military strikes but serious differences emerged between Russia and the United States that could obstruct a U.N. resolution to seal a deal. Even as the White House said it was determined to push ahead with a congressional resolution authorizing force, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the weapons plan would only succeed if Washington and its allies rule out military action. ...

Italian lawmakers delay showdown over Berlusconi Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:45 PM PDT By Roberto Landucci ROME (Reuters) - Italian lawmakers on Tuesday pulled back from a showdown over the political future of Silvio Berlusconi after allies of the billionaire media tycoon threatened to bring down Prime Minister Enrico Letta's unstable ruling coalition. A meeting of a cross-party Senate committee charged with deciding whether Berlusconi should be barred from the Senate following a conviction for tax fraud ended without holding a vote, easing political tensions at least for the time being. ...

Senior British politician charged with sexual offences Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:04 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - A deputy speaker of Britain's parliament has been charged with several counts of sexual assault as well as rape, authorities said on Tuesday. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said enough evidence had been gathered to prosecute Nigel Evans, a member of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party, for eight offences. Fifty-five year old Evans, who has been the MP for Ribble Valley in Lancashire in northern England since 1992 and was arrested twice earlier this year, has denied any wrongdoing. "Lancashire Constabulary has ... ...

Tropical storms Gabrielle, Humberto swirl in Atlantic Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:01 PM PDT By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gabrielle regenerated and bore down on Bermuda on Tuesday while Tropical Storm Humberto strengthened to the verge of becoming the season's first Atlantic hurricane, forecasters said. The burst of activity came right on schedule as the Atlantic-Caribbean storm season hit its traditional peak. Gabrielle was about 55 miles south Bermuda on Tuesday afternoon and forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center said it was expected to pass over the mid-Atlantic island by nightfall. ...

U.S. providing some lethal aid to Syrian rebels: opposition spokesman Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:55 PM PDT By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has begun distributing some weapons to the Syrian rebels, a spokesman for the Syrian Coalition of groups opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday, after months of reported delays. White House officials suggested in June that President Barack Obama had decided to provide military aid to the Syrian rebels, but in the months since, rebel leaders and U.S. lawmakers have said no lethal assistance has arrived. "The U.S. is distributing non-lethal aid and ... ...

Tunisia's assembly to restart work on constitution Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:05 PM PDT By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's transitional parliament will resume work on a new constitution after a month-long suspension, its president said on Tuesday, a step that may ease the deadlock between the country's Islamist-led government and secular opposition. The opposition, riled by the assassinations of two of its leaders and emboldened by Egypt's army-backed ousting of an Islamist president, held mass protests in a bid to topple the government and dissolve the Assembly. ...

Two Koreas agree to open Kaesong zone next week Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:40 PM PDT North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to reopen their Kaesong joint industrial park next week, five months after it was shut during soaring military tensions.

Two Koreas to re-open factory park in trial run Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:28 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea have agreed to re-open a shuttered industrial park on a trial basis starting on Monday, the South's Unification Ministry said in a statement. The industrial zone is located a few kilometers inside North Korea and was closed when Pyongyang pulled its 53,000 workers out amid rising tensions between the two Koreas earlier this year. The two Koreas will aim to attract foreign investors into the zone, a key foreign currency earner for the North, said the ministry, which is responsible for handling South Korea's stance on inter-Korean relations. ...

Bach elected IOC president, gets call from Putin Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:42 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Within minutes of being elected to the top job in the Olympics, Thomas Bach got a phone call from a powerful leader he'll work with closely in the next few months: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Bissau parliament blocks amnesty bill for coup leaders Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:13 PM PDT BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea Bissau's parliament blocked a bill on Tuesday that would give immunity to the leaders of a military coup last year, rejecting a measure being pushed by an interim government ahead of elections in November. Soldiers under the command of General Antonio Injai, head of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces, toppled President Raimundo Pereira and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior last year, days before a runoff election Gomes Junior was favored to win. Injai, who evaded U.S. ...

Question of enforcement casts cloud on Syria plan Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:08 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A Russian plan for Syria to turn over its chemical weapons to avert Western missile strikes bogged down Tuesday when Moscow rejected U.S. and French demands for a binding U.N. resolution with "very severe consequences" for non-compliance.

Study: 1 in 4 men in parts of Asia have raped Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:06 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — About one in four men in some parts of Asia admitted raping a woman, according to the first large studies of rape and sexual violence. About one in 10 admitted raping a woman who was not their partner.

100-cap Abou Trika stars for Egypt Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:04 PM PDT Egypt midfielder Mohamed Abou Trika celebrated his 100th cap by scoring one goal and creating three in a 4-2 World Cup qualifying win over 10-man Guinea on Tuesday.

UK politician charged with sex offenses Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:55 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors say they are charging a senior British Conservative Party politician with sex offenses.

Russians elected to board of Cyprus' biggest bank Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:53 PM PDT NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Shareholders of Cyprus' largest bank on Tuesday elected six Russians to sit on its new, 16-member board of directors, a consequence of the country's bailout agreement with international creditors.

Boy's death sparks debate on Bucharest stray dogs Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:52 PM PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — They roam the streets of Bucharest, sad-eyed, scraggly mongrels that shelter in demolition sites, rifle through garbage — and increasingly attack humans. The capital's massive stray dog population, a legacy of communism and its aftermath, can have lethal consequences: In recent years, a Bucharest woman was killed by a pack of strays, and a Japanese tourist died after a stray severed an artery in his leg.

Obama tells senators he wants diplomatic solution to Syria Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:48 PM PDT President Barack Obama urged US senators Tuesday to help him seek a diplomatic response to Syria's use of chemical weapons but said he wants Congress to maintain the threat of force.

Egypt's former chief-of-staff to be released after detention Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:42 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutor general approved the release of ousted President Mohamed Mursi's former chief of staff, who was detained last month over accusations of inciting the detention, torture and interrogation of protesters in 2012, judicial sources said. The release of Rifaa El-Tahtawy comes as Egypt's interim government cracks down on Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood group, which is blamed for inciting violence after the army, prompted by mass protests, ousted Mursi on July 3. ...

Russia cancels emergency U.N. meeting on Syria chemical weapons Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:36 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An emergency closed-door meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Syria was canceled on Tuesday after Russia withdrew its request for the session, Australia's U.N. envoy said, as Western powers and Russia disagreed over a plan for Syria's chemical arsenal. "Following withdrawal of the request for consultations, Security Council meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. (2000 GMT) will not proceed," Australian Ambassador Gary Quinlan, president of the 15-nation council this month, announced on his Twitter feed @AustraliaUN. ...

Mali's new government to review mining contracts: minister Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:26 PM PDT By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's new government will carry out a "complete inventory" of existing mining contracts and stands ready to renegotiate any which are not in the West African country's interests, the new mining minister told Reuters on Tuesday. A new government tasked with restoring economic growth and stamping out corruption took office this week in Mali, sub-Saharan Africa's third-largest gold producer, after President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita swept to victory in polls last month. ...

Syria vows to dump chem arms, US strike threat recedes Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:24 PM PDT Syria promised to renounce chemical weapons Tuesday as diplomatic wrangling between Russia and Western powers again pushed back the threat of US strikes against the regime.

Romania: parliament Oks mass killing of stray dogs Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:22 PM PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's Parliament has voted to allow Bucharest to capture and kill tens of thousands of stray dogs in the capital.

Insight: With Japan's help, an ex-soldier leads Yangon from backwater to megacity Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:20 PM PDT By Andrew R.C. Marshall YANGON (Reuters) - Every evening, long after Yangon's office workers have squeezed onto packed buses for grueling commutes to the suburbs, a single room remains lit up on the top floor of City Hall. Inside sits Toe Aung, a former army major who almost by accident bears one of the biggest responsibilities in reform-era Myanmar: planning Yangon's unstoppable transformation from a regional backwater into Southeast Asia's next megacity. As deputy head of urban planning, a department which didn't exist until he set it up in 2011, Toe Aung's task is unenviable. ...

Impromptu or scripted, Syria plan lets Russia play the peacemaker Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:10 PM PDT By Timothy Heritage and Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - If it really was just an offhand remark by the U.S. secretary of state that gave Russia the chance to play peacemaker in the Syrian conflict, Moscow is certainly not letting on. Instead it is presenting this week's proposal for Syria to put its chemical arms under international control as an approach worked out with the United States, a position that might help U.S. President Barack Obama endorse it. ...

France 'ready to amend' bid for Syria resolution Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:10 PM PDT France is ready to amend its UN Security Council resolution draft calling on Syria to give up its chemical weapons or face military action, a foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday, after Russia rejected the proposal.

Kerry calls on Assad to seize chance for peace Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:56 PM PDT US Secretary of State John Kerry made an impassioned plea to the Syrian regime to seize the moment Tuesday to try and make peace and help destroy its chemical weapons.

Putin says he, Obama discussed control over Syrian chemical arms Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:43 PM PDT By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that he and U.S. President Barack Obama had agreed at talks last week to step up efforts to safeguard Syria's chemical weapons and discussed placing the arsenal under international control. Putin's remarks may deepen speculation about the genesis of a Russian proposal for Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control in order to avert possible U.S. military strikes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the proposal on Monday, hours after U.S. ...

What Pakistan’s Release of the Afghan Taliban’s No. 2 Means for Peace Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:42 PM PDT Pakistan has said that it will release the Afghan Taliban's former deputy from its custody as the new government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tries to repair frayed ties with the Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai.

Philippine rebels use 'human shields' in stand-off with troops Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:30 PM PDT Muslim militants were using 180 residents as "human shields" Tuesday, Philippine officials said, as they traded gunfire with troops amid burning houses during a standoff after a deadly attack on a southern city.

Israel closes probe into Palestinian activist killing Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:20 PM PDT Israel's army has decided to close an investigation into the killing of a Palestinian activist during a West Bank demonstration in 2009, an Israeli rights group said Tuesday.

Kerry to meet Russian FM in Geneva Thursday Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:16 PM PDT US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Geneva on Thursday to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss the Syria crisis, a US official told AFP.

Egyptian army kills 9 suspects in Sinai offensive Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:14 PM PDT EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian army troops backed by helicopter gunships attacked suspected hideouts of Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, killing nine and arresting 10, a military official said. The latest raids raised the death toll from four days of operations to 29.

Indian court convicts 4 in fatal gang rape case Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:14 PM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday in the deadly gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a brutal crime that galvanized public anger over the widespread — yet widely tolerated — sexual violence faced by Indian women.

Poles admit destroying WWII Jewish hideout Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:13 PM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish couple who destroyed a World War II Jewish hideout located in an apartment they were renting from the city of Warsaw have pleaded guilty to ruining a historic site, an official said Tuesday.

Rowhani talks tough on Iran nuclear rights Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:12 PM PDT Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said Tuesday Tehran will not give up "one iota" of its nuclear rights, echoing his hardline predecessor, while warning world powers the timeframe for negotiation was not unlimited.

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