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• Aftershock kills 15 in quake-hit Pakistan province
• Nigerian Islamists kill 27 in northeast attacks: official
• Islamists, ruling party members chide Sudan's Bashir amid protests
• Italian government breaks up after Berlusconi pulls out ministers
• Jesse Jackson accepts role in Colombia hostage release
• Kenya says 'at war' with al Shabaab, faces security questions
• Netanyahu heads to US to challenge Iranian charm blitz
• Iraqi minister doubts new civil war on horizon
• Greek neo-Nazi MPs to face criminal charges: court source
• U.N. Security Council demands elimination of Syria chemical arms
• Rev. Jackson to mediate for US captive in Colombia
• Austrian coalition faces far-right challenge in vote
• Iraq says Iran's shift toward West is serious
• DR Congo seizes 375 kilos of coltan bound for Rwanda: minister
• Guinea's elections turn page on years of 'chaos'
• Iraq Kurd opposition party consolidates position in regional vote
• Nigeria official: many drown in ferry capsizing
• Sudan police fire on funeral march, protesters say
• Suicide bombers kill Malian civilians in upsurge in violence
• Greece sends message to doubters with arrest of neo-Nazi
• Gunmen kill 4 in Sudan protests
• SITE: Extremists post video of French hostage
• Iraq president's party falls to third in Kurdish polls
• Syria vows to abide by UN resolution
• Guinea votes in long-delayed legislative poll
• Egypt proposes Mideast free of destructive weapons
• Greek far-right leader, other legislators arrested
• Iran, Argentina confirm probe on Jewish center bombing
• New major earthquake rocks southwest Pakistan
• Protesters rally against Rwandan president's Canada visit
• Egypt's foreign minister says transitional government phase to end by spring
• Norwegian Air Shuttle grounds Boeing 787
• After historic call, the hard work begins for Iran, US
• Pressure mounts on government over Nairobi attack
• Shoe thrown as Rouhani home after historic Obama call
• Berlusconi ministers resign; Italy gov't in crisis
• Mexico floods will not affect proposed 2013, 2014 budget deficits -government
• Uihlein eyes title after eagle at Dunhill Links

Aftershock kills 15 in quake-hit Pakistan province Posted: 28 Sep 2013 09:40 AM PDT By Gul Yousufzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed on Saturday when an aftershock hit a Pakistani province where hundreds were killed in an major earthquake earlier this week. Saturday's 6.8 magnitude aftershock destroyed most of the town of Nokjo in the western province of Baluchistan, police said. The town is home to at least 15,000 people. At least 515 people were killed in Tuesday's earthquake in the same province, officials said on Friday. The death toll from Saturday's aftershock may rise, said Khan Wasey, the spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps. ...

Nigerian Islamists kill 27 in northeast attacks: official Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:08 PM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram killed 27 villagers in two attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast this week, a government official said, as violence continued to flare in the face of an army crackdown on the militants. Boko Haram wants to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria and has become the biggest security threat in Africa's second largest economy and top oil exporter. ...

Islamists, ruling party members chide Sudan's Bashir amid protests Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:49 PM PDT By Khalid Abdelaziz and Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Islamists and members of Sudan's ruling party called on President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Saturday to cancel deeply unpopular austerity measures, the first sign of dissent inside ruling circles after a week of unrest that has killed dozens. Police fired teargas to break up thousands of people in the capital during a sixth day of protests against cuts to subsidies on cooking oil and fuel that doubled pump prices overnight. Some in the crowd chanted "Freedom, Freedom" and "Bashir, you are a killer", said witnesses. ...

Italian government breaks up after Berlusconi pulls out ministers Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:22 PM PDT By Catherine Hornby and Antonella Cinelli ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi pulled his ministers out of the cabinet on Saturday, effectively bringing down the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta and leaving the euro-zone's third-largest economy in chaos. Talks will now start to find a parliamentary majority to back a new cabinet and avoid going back to an election just seven months after the last one. ...

Jesse Jackson accepts role in Colombia hostage release Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:23 PM PDT By Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) - U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson accepted a request on Saturday by Colombia's FARC rebels to oversee the release of a former U.S. Marine they kidnapped in June while he trekked through a known guerrilla zone despite warnings of the risks. Jackson, speaking in Havana where he met on Friday night with Colombian rebel commanders who are in Cuba for peace talks with the Bogota government, said he hoped to arrive in Colombia within a week to facilitate the release of Kevin Scott Sutay. ...

Kenya says 'at war' with al Shabaab, faces security questions Posted: 28 Sep 2013 10:15 AM PDT By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and James Macharia NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya is "at war" with Islamist militants who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, the government said on Saturday as it faced questions about whether it had received advance intelligence warnings of the deadly strike. A week after the raid on the Westgate shopping centre that killed 67 civilians and police and was claimed by the Somali militant group al Shabaab, the government has been trying to reassure Kenyans that it can protect them from further attacks. ...

Netanyahu heads to US to challenge Iranian charm blitz Posted: 28 Sep 2013 04:14 PM PDT Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu left for New York early Sunday in a bid to challenge perceptions that Iran under its new president poses less of a nuclear threat than before.

Iraqi minister doubts new civil war on horizon Posted: 28 Sep 2013 04:09 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq's foreign minister says he doubts the escalating violence in the country will lead to "an all-out sectarian or civil war."

Greek neo-Nazi MPs to face criminal charges: court source Posted: 28 Sep 2013 04:08 PM PDT Athens (AFP) - Five lawmakers of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn including its founder Nikos Michaloliakos will face charges of belonging to a criminal organisation, a court source said Saturday.

U.N. Security Council demands elimination of Syria chemical arms Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:34 PM PDT By John Irish and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that demands the eradication of Syria's chemical weapons but does not threaten automatic punitive action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government if it does not comply. The unanimous vote by the 15-member Security Council capped weeks of intense diplomacy between Russia and the United States. It was based on a deal between the two countries reached in Geneva earlier this month following an August 21 sarin nerve gas attack on a Damascus suburb that killed hundreds. ...

Rev. Jackson to mediate for US captive in Colombia Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:22 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson accepted an invitation Saturday from Colombia's largest guerrilla army to mediate the release of a U.S. man the rebels have held since June.

Austrian coalition faces far-right challenge in vote Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:09 PM PDT By Michael Shields VIENNA (Reuters) - A resurgent right-wing party keen to end taxpayer-funded bailouts of euro zone laggards takes on Austria's political establishment in parliamentary elections on Sunday. The ruling Social Democrats (SPO) and their People's Party (OVP) conservative partners are counting on their record in piloting the Alpine republic through the global financial crisis relatively unscathed to win another five-year term. ...

Iraq says Iran's shift toward West is serious Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:02 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq's foreign minister said Saturday that the new Iranian government led by President Hassan Rouhani offers "the best chance after 34 years of animosity" to improve relations with the United States and should be taken seriously.

DR Congo seizes 375 kilos of coltan bound for Rwanda: minister Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:18 PM PDT Kinshasa (AFP) - Customs officers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have seized 375 kilogrammes of coltan, a precious mineral used in electronics, en route to Rwanda, an official said Saturday.

Guinea's elections turn page on years of 'chaos' Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:12 PM PDT Conakry (AFP) - Guineans voted Saturday in the first parliamentary elections for more than a decade in the troubled west African nation, after numerous delays and a campaign marred by deadly unrest.

Iraq Kurd opposition party consolidates position in regional vote Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:03 PM PDT ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan's main opposition party has come in second in the autonomous region's parliamentary election, according to preliminary results on Saturday that left the shape of the government still unclear a week after the vote. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) share power in the previous cabinet with a combined 59 out of 111 parliamentary seats, having fought out their rivalries in a civil war during the 1990s. ...

Nigeria official: many drown in ferry capsizing Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:03 PM PDT LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A ferry carrying traders and their goods broke up in stormy weather on the Niger River, drowning as many as 42 people as rescuers search for 200 missing victims, a Nigerian emergency official said Saturday.

Sudan police fire on funeral march, protesters say Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:57 PM PDT KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese security forces in pickup trucks opened fire on Saturday on hundreds of mourners marching after the funeral of a protester killed a day earlier, the latest violence in a week of demonstrations calling for the ouster of longtime President Omar al-Bashir.

Suicide bombers kill Malian civilians in upsurge in violence Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:53 PM PDT Bamako (AFP) - Four suicide bombers blew themselves up at an army barracks in northern Mali on Saturday, killing two civilians in an upsurge in violence against the military since the failure of peace talks with rebel groups.

Greece sends message to doubters with arrest of neo-Nazi Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:46 PM PDT Athens (AFP) - With the arrest of a neo-Nazi leader on Saturday, the Greek government is sending a message of strength despite longstanding financial turmoil to many at home and abroad, analysts claim.

Gunmen kill 4 in Sudan protests Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:36 PM PDT Khartoum (AFP) - Gunmen have killed four Sudanese during mostly peaceful protests, the police said on Saturday, as thousands prepared to bury one victim and more demonstrations were expected.

SITE: Extremists post video of French hostage Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:31 PM PDT LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists published the first video of a French engineer kidnapped in Nigeria in December, showing a white-bearded man backed by an armed militant appealing for negotiations for his "safe release," according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

Iraq president's party falls to third in Kurdish polls Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:29 PM PDT Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - An opposition movement bested Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's party in the autonomous Kurdish region's parliamentary polls, shaking a decades-long duopoly on power, according to election results announced Saturday.

Syria vows to abide by UN resolution Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:28 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syria will cooperate fully with U.N. inspectors charged with securing and destroying the country's chemical weapons stockpile, the nation's prime minister said Saturday.

Guinea votes in long-delayed legislative poll Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:19 PM PDT CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Special security forces patrolled the capital in all-terrain vehicles Saturday as Guineans voted in hotly contested legislative elections that have sparked fears of violence in the West African nation.

Egypt proposes Mideast free of destructive weapons Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:17 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Egypt proposed Saturday for the Middle East, including Israel, to rid itself of all weapons of mass destruction after the UN Security Council ordered Syria to destroy its chemical arsenal.

Greek far-right leader, other legislators arrested Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:15 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leader of Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party and four other of its parliamentarians were formally charged Saturday with membership in a criminal organization with intent to commit crimes, in an escalation of a government crackdown after a fatal stabbing blamed on a supporter.

Iran, Argentina confirm probe on Jewish center bombing Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:10 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Iran confirmed to Argentina on Saturday that it would cooperate to probe the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center after charges that Tehran ordered the attack, diplomats said.

New major earthquake rocks southwest Pakistan Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:09 PM PDT QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A major earthquake rocked Pakistan's southwest Saturday, killing at least 15 and sending panicked people running into the street just days after another quake in the same region killed hundreds, officials said.

Protesters rally against Rwandan president's Canada visit Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Demonstrators rallied in Toronto Saturday against a private visit to Canada by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, urging his arrest.

Egypt's foreign minister says transitional government phase to end by spring Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:57 PM PDT By Asma Alsharif UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday the transitional phase of government in Egypt should end "by next spring," replacing leaders appointed after the army ousted elected president Mohamed Mursi in July. The Egyptian army headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, ousted Mursi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader, on July 3 after mass protests against his one-year rule. An interim government was appointed and a roadmap for a transition to new elections was announced. "Work is under way, in line with the roadmap, on several tracks. ...

Norwegian Air Shuttle grounds Boeing 787 Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:50 PM PDT COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA on Saturday became the latest airline to ground a Boeing 787 so that officials from the American company can examine what appears to be a technical problem.

After historic call, the hard work begins for Iran, US Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:50 PM PDT Paris (AFP) - With a simple telephone call, Barack Obama and Hasan Rouhani achieved an initial thaw in relations but the two presidents face an uphill task in convincing their entourages to follow suit, analysts say.

Pressure mounts on government over Nairobi attack Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:49 PM PDT Nairobi (AFP) - Pressure mounted on the Kenyan authorities a week after the Nairobi mall carnage amid questions over the fate of the missing and accusations Saturday that top brass failed to heed security warnings.

Shoe thrown as Rouhani home after historic Obama call Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:32 PM PDT Tehran (AFP) - A shoe was thrown at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's motorcade Saturday as he arrived home to a mixed reception after his historic call with US President Barack Obama.

Berlusconi ministers resign; Italy gov't in crisis Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:23 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — Italy's fragile coalition government was pushed into a full-fledged crisis Saturday after five ministers from former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's political party announced their resignations.

Mexico floods will not affect proposed 2013, 2014 budget deficits -government Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:21 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's proposed budget deficit goals for this year and 2014 will not be affected by some of the worst storm damage in decades, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto had previously said Congress would revise its proposed 2014 budget in the wake of the storms this month, which killed at least 147 people and left large swaths of the country under water, buckling bridges and destroying highways. ...

Uihlein eyes title after eagle at Dunhill Links Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:18 PM PDT Glasgow (AFP) - Peter Uihlein has set his sights on winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship after the American's eagle gave him a two-shot lead after Saturday's third round.

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