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• Kenya mall siege 'over' but death toll unclear
• Iran's Rouhani calls for 'consistent voice' from U.S. on nuclear issue
• Obama pledges diplomacy with Iran; no Rouhani meeting
• Renewed push at U.N. for Syria resolution followed by peace talks
• In talks with Obama, Abbas pledges Palestinian support for peace process
• Israel accuses Iran's Rouhani of playing 'game of deception'
• U.S. upbeat on Syria U.N. resolution, but sees more to do
• Officials: US, Russia still at odds over Syria
• Reunited Obama, Bill Clinton tout health care law
• Toronto's Kessel banned for three pre-season games
• Israel PM accuses Iran president of hypocrisy
• No meeting, but Obama and Rowhani offer hope for peace
• One person killed in Sudanese protests over fuel subsidies
• Key Syria Islamist rebels say do not recognise National Coalition
• Russia to file piracy charges against Greenpeace
• Netanyahu says Rouhani speech 'cynical', Iran buying time
• Morton stun Celtic in Scottish League Cup
• Greece: Far right party members convicted
• Displaced Syrians give life to ghost industrial park
• Iran president ready for nuclear negotiations
• American in Bahrain sentenced to 10 years in jail: lawyer
• Lambert irked by Helenius's bum deal
• Peru overtakes Colombia as world's top coca grower: UN
• Obama: Syrian chemical weapon ban must be enforced
• Benedict defends abuse record in letter to atheist
• Iran poses 'absolutely no threat': Rowhani
• League Cup strolls for Chelsea, City, Spurs
• Shale oil poses threat to Gulf exports
• Kenya attack unfolded in up and down Twitter feeds
• Rouhani blasts sanctions against Iran in U.N. speech
• Kenyan president: Terrorists defeated
• Report: 2 dead in Sudan riots over subsidy cut
• One person killed during Sudan fuel subsidies protest
• AP PHOTOS: Party for Nicaraguan teens with cancer
• Former Czech PM marries his mistress
• French leader meets Iran's Rouhani, demands 'concrete' nuclear steps

Kenya mall siege 'over' but death toll unclear Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:30 PM PDT By James Macharia and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - As Kenya began three days of mourning on Wednesday for at least 67 people killed in the siege of a Nairobi mall, it was unclear how many more hostages may have died with the Somali Islamist attackers buried in the rubble. Declaring final victory over the al Qaeda-linked gunmen from al Shabaab who stormed the Westgate shopping center on Saturday, President Uhuru Kenyatta said that three floors in a part of the mall had collapsed near the end of the operation, leaving an unknown number of bodies under steel and concrete. ...

Iran's Rouhani calls for 'consistent voice' from U.S. on nuclear issue Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:58 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, expressed hope on Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama would not be swayed by "warmongering pressure groups" at home in dealing with the Iranian nuclear dispute and called for a consistent voice from Washington on the issue. Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly hours after Obama addressed the annual gathering of world leaders, Rouhani said he was prepared to engage in "time-bound and results-oriented" nuclear talks and did not seek to increase tensions with the United States. ...

Obama pledges diplomacy with Iran; no Rouhani meeting Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:16 PM PDT By Jeff Mason and Yeganeh Torbati UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday cautiously embraced overtures from Iran's new president as the basis for a possible nuclear deal, but a failed effort to arrange a simple handshake between the two leaders underscored entrenched distrust that will be hard to overcome. In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Obama said he was determined to test President Hassan Rouhani's recent diplomatic gestures and challenged him to take concrete steps toward resolving Iran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West. ...

Renewed push at U.N. for Syria resolution followed by peace talks Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT By Steve Holland and Asma Alsharif UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama appealed to the United Nations on Tuesday to back tough consequences for Syria if it refuses to give up chemical weapons and urged Russia and Iran to end their support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. At the same time, Obama said agreement on Syria's chemical weapons should energize a larger diplomatic effort to end 2-1/2 years of civil war - a sentiment that was echoed by the leaders of Turkey, Jordan and France, among others. ...

In talks with Obama, Abbas pledges Palestinian support for peace process Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:59 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged to U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday that the Palestinians will exert every effort possible to try to ensure peace talks with Israel are a success. Obama and Abbas met on the fringes of the U.N. General Assembly days after a second Israeli serviceman was killed by suspected Palestinian gunmen as tensions rise in the West Bank despite a resumption of stalled U.S.-brokered peace talks in July. ...

Israel accuses Iran's Rouhani of playing 'game of deception' Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:31 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz accused Iranian President Hassan Rouhani of playing a "game of deception" in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. "We heard a lot of new rhetoric but zero new steps or even zero new commitments to meet the U.N. Security Council resolutions," Steinitz, representing Israel at the U.N. forum in New York, told reporters shortly after Rouhani spoke. (Reporting By Matt Spetalnick)

U.S. upbeat on Syria U.N. resolution, but sees more to do Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:42 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov worked in a "constructive spirit" on Tuesday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria's chemical arms but more work is needed by U.N. envoys, a U.S. official said. Kerry and Lavrov met for about 90 minutes on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. ...

Officials: US, Russia still at odds over Syria Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:25 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. and Russian negotiators remain at odds on a U.N. Security Council resolution that would hold Syria accountable if it fails to live up to pledges to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles, American officials said Tuesday, as President Barack Obama warned the world body that it risks its credibility and reputation if it does not act.

Reunited Obama, Bill Clinton tout health care law Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:21 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton took to the same stage Tuesday to promote the new health care law that Obama championed after Clinton's own efforts to reform health care years earlier fell flat.

Toronto's Kessel banned for three pre-season games Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:11 PM PDT NEW YORK (AFP) - The National Hockey League slapped Toronto star Phil Kessel with a three-game suspension Tuesday in the aftermath of the Toronto-Buffalo line brawl two days earlier.

Israel PM accuses Iran president of hypocrisy Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:11 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Tuesday voiced deep skepticism about the new Iranian president's outreach to the West, saying the world "should not be fooled" and must keep up the pressure on Tehran's suspect nuclear program.

No meeting, but Obama and Rowhani offer hope for peace Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:07 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - President Barack Obama and Iran's new leader Tuesday made very tentative moves to end decades of hostility between their countries but could not break the deadlock enough to organize a meeting.

One person killed in Sudanese protests over fuel subsidies Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:04 PM PDT By Khalid Abdelaziz OMDURMAN, Sudan (Reuters) - One person was killed when anti-government protests and clashes with police erupted in five Sudanese cities on Tuesday, witnesses and police said, as public discontent grew over the lifting of fuel subsidies. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in power since 1989, has avoided the sort of Arab Spring uprising that has ousted autocrats in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, but dissent is rising over corruption and a worsening economic crisis. ...

Key Syria Islamist rebels say do not recognise National Coalition Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:03 PM PDT BEIRUT (AFP) - Key Syrian Islamist rebel groups said late Tuesday that they do not recognise any foreign-based opposition group including the National Coalition.

Russia to file piracy charges against Greenpeace Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:59 PM PDT MURMANSK, Russia (AP) — Russia's top investigative agency said Tuesday it will prosecute Greenpeace activists on piracy charges for trying to climb onto an Arctic offshore drilling platform owned by the state-controlled gas company Gazprom.

Netanyahu says Rouhani speech 'cynical', Iran buying time Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:58 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's U.N. address was "cynical" and Tehran was stalling for time in order to develop nuclear arms. "It was a cynical speech full of hypocrisy," Netanyahu said in a statement after Rouhani addressed the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. "It had no practical suggestion to stop Iran's military nuclear program and no commitment to fulfill U.N. Security Council decisions. ...

Morton stun Celtic in Scottish League Cup Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:48 PM PDT LONDON (AFP) - Celtic's dreams of a domestic treble were dashed on Tuesday when they were stunned 1-0 by second-tier strugglers Morton in the third round of the Scottish League Cup.

Greece: Far right party members convicted Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:40 PM PDT THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A court in northern Greece convicted four men identified as members of the far-right Golden Dawn party late Tuesday after being arrested carrying knives, pepper spray, and collapsible metal batons, as a probe into the political party's allegedly illegal activities widened.

Displaced Syrians give life to ghost industrial park Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:37 PM PDT ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) - War had reduced Syria's largest industrial complex to a ghost town, but displaced residents of nearby Aleppo are now creating a bustling lifestyle amid the abandoned factories and warehouses.

Iran president ready for nuclear negotiations Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:36 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran's new president held open the possibility of negotiations on his country's disputed nuclear program and talks with the United States in his first speech on the world stage Tuesday. But he was also highly critical of how the U.S. projects its power.

American in Bahrain sentenced to 10 years in jail: lawyer Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:33 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen was jailed for 10 years in Bahrain on Tuesday on charges of attempted murder during a disturbance related to Shi'ite Muslim demands for greater rights, his lawyer said. The State Department confirmed the jailing of American-born Tagi al-Maidan for 10 years and said his lawyer would appeal the sentence. Bahrain has seen almost daily protests by members of the Shi'ite majority since February 2011, when it quelled a Shi'ite-led uprising demanding that the Sunni al-Khalifa dynasty give up power. ...

Lambert irked by Helenius's bum deal Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:31 PM PDT LONDON (AFP) - Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert expressed disbelief after Nicklas Helenius had his shorts pulled down but was denied a penalty in Tuesday's loss to Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup.

Peru overtakes Colombia as world's top coca grower: UN Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT LIMA (AFP) - Peru was the world's top coca grower in 2012, even though the area under cultivation shrank for the first time in seven years, a UN report said Tuesday.

Obama: Syrian chemical weapon ban must be enforced Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:12 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged the U.N. Security Council to hold Syria accountable if it fails to live up to pledges to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles. He said the United Nations' credibility and reputation is at stake.

Benedict defends abuse record in letter to atheist Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:10 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Seven months after leaving the papacy, emeritus Pope Benedict XVI broke his self-imposed silence Tuesday by releasing a letter to one of Italy's best-known atheists in which he denied covering up for sexually abusive priests and defended Christianity to non-believers.

Iran poses 'absolutely no threat': Rowhani Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (AFP) - Iran's President Hassan Rowhani called Tuesday on US counterpart Barack Obama to ignore "warmongering pressure groups" and seek better relations.

League Cup strolls for Chelsea, City, Spurs Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:58 PM PDT LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur breezed into the League Cup fourth round on Tuesday, while Sunderland began life without Paolo Di Canio by beating Peterborough United.

Shale oil poses threat to Gulf exports Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:58 PM PDT DUBAI (AFP) - Shale oil production could pose a threat to exports from the Gulf region, whose energy wealth has given it pivotal role in the global market and a geopolitical importance, experts say.

Kenya attack unfolded in up and down Twitter feeds Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:53 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — As the deadly attack unfolded inside Kenya's Westgate mall, the militants who claimed responsibility for the spreading mayhem sent out tweet after tweet, taunting the Kenyan military, defending the mass killings and threatening more bloodshed.

Rouhani blasts sanctions against Iran in U.N. speech Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:40 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, blasted international sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, comparing them to the widely criticized punitive measures against Iraq while the late Saddam Hussein was in power. "These sanctions are violent, pure and simple," he told the U.N. General Assembly, adding that normal people, not political elites, ended up suffering because of them. "The negative impact is not nearly limited to the intended victims of sanctions." (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Kenyan president: Terrorists defeated Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:36 PM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president proclaimed victory Tuesday over the terrorists who stormed a Nairobi mall, saying security forces had "ashamed and defeated our attackers" following a bloody four-day siege in which dozens of civilians were killed.

Report: 2 dead in Sudan riots over subsidy cut Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:28 PM PDT KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Riots broke out in a central Sudanese city amid a wave of unrest over the lifting of fuel subsidies that has left at least two people dead, the Sudanese media said Tuesday.

One person killed during Sudan fuel subsidies protest Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:27 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - One protester was killed on Tuesday during riots in Sudan after the government lifted fuel subsidies and triggered demonstrations in several cities, police and activists said. (Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz and Ulf Laessing; Editing by Sandra Maler)

AP PHOTOS: Party for Nicaraguan teens with cancer Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:25 PM PDT MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — For many a teenage girl in Latin America, a "quinceanera" party is a cherished rite of passage, a traditional coming-out celebration for 15-year-olds.

Former Czech PM marries his mistress Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:20 PM PDT PRAGUE (AP) — Former Czech Prime Minister Pertr Necas and his one-time chief of staff — both of whom have been ensnared by a major anti-corruption sting operation — have gotten married in a secret ceremony, according to the media and a lawyer.

French leader meets Iran's Rouhani, demands 'concrete' nuclear steps Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:14 PM PDT By John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande became the first Western leader to meet new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday after warning that Paris expects "concrete gestures" by Iran to show it will give up a military nuclear program. France has been a strong advocate of sanctions to pressure Iran over its nuclear program but has been cautious in its statements since Rouhani, a relative moderate, was elected in June. ...

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