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• Netanyahu to Obama: Tighten sanctions if Iran defies West
• At U.N., Syria compares rebel violence to 9/11 attacks
• Berlusconi faces obstacles in bid to topple government
• Venezuela expels top U.S. diplomat for fomenting 'sabotage'
• Turkey presents reforms aimed at pressing Kurdish peace process
• Mali fights rebels in north as army officers protest in south
• Mali president cuts short France visit
• Venezuela expels top US diplomat, 2 other envoys
• UN Security Council demanding aid access in Syria
• Syria at U.N. compares militant onslaught to 9/11 attacks
• Venezuela expels top US diplomat, two others
• Greek PM pledges to eradicate neo-Nazi 'shame'
• Global study: World not ready for aging population
• Sudan arrests 700 people in week of deadly anti-government unrest
• Canada PM urges Egypt to free Canadian hunger strikers
• Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian civilian in Gaza
• Sudan defends crackdown as protests continue
• Guineans await election results
• UN reports refugees from Congo war swelling
• Nepali official denies labor abuses in Qatar
• Al-Qaida gunmen overrun major Yemen military base
• Wave of bombs across Baghdad kills 55
• Gaza official: Israeli army kills 1 on border
• Obama: Repubs appeasing 'extremists' on shutdown
• Venezuela expels top US diplomat, 2 other envoy
• Berlusconi in new storm as relations sour with president
• Baghdad area bombings kill at least 50
• Fighting flares between Mali army, rebels in Kidal
• Myanmar: Nationwide cease-fire to be signed soon
• Sudan security fires gas at university protest
• Second round runoff likely in Madagascar: Rajoelina
• EU plays down deadline for Iran talks
• Greek PM vows to eradicate far-right Golden Dawn
• Prosecutors seek dismissal of case against guard
• Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian along Gaza border
• Sudan leader digs in against protests
• Syria says it fighting rebels who eat human hearts
• Obama tells Netanyahu he has clear eyes on Iran

Netanyahu to Obama: Tighten sanctions if Iran defies West Posted: 30 Sep 2013 04:20 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick and Dan Williams WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to step up sanctions on Iran if it pursues its nuclear drive even as it exchanges overtures with Washington and restarts negotiations with the West. Seeking to reassure Israel about the emerging U.S. diplomatic engagement with Iran, Obama said Tehran must prove its sincerity with actions, insisted that Washington would not ease sanctions prematurely and reaffirmed U.S. readiness to resort to military action if all else fails. ...

At U.N., Syria compares rebel violence to 9/11 attacks Posted: 30 Sep 2013 04:09 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister on Monday compared what he described as an invasion of foreign terrorists across his country to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, remarks that Washington dismissed as offensive and disingenuous. In a speech to the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem also said that "terrorists from more than 83 countries are engaged in the killing of our people and our army" under the appeal of global jihad. ...

Berlusconi faces obstacles in bid to topple government Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:16 PM PDT By Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi on Monday faced dissent within his People of Freedom Party, complicating his plans to bring down Prime Minister Enrico Letta's coalition government. But even if Letta survives a confidence vote on Wednesday the prospects for stability and reform in Italy look more fragile than ever as he will face a larger and stronger opposition backed by Berlusconi's media empire. ...

Venezuela expels top U.S. diplomat for fomenting 'sabotage' Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:51 PM PDT By Brian Ellsworth and Eyanir Chinea CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday he was expelling the top U.S. diplomat in the South American nation and two others, accusing them of meeting with opposition leaders and encouraging "acts of sabotage" against his country. It was the latest of several public disputes between the socialist leader and the United States since Maduro won an April election following the death of his mentor and predecessor Hugo Chavez. Maduro said Venezuelan authorities had for months followed the three U.S. ...

Turkey presents reforms aimed at pressing Kurdish peace process Posted: 30 Sep 2013 08:34 AM PDT By Jonathon Burch and Gulsen Solaker ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey on Monday announced reforms seen as designed to salvage a peace process with Kurdish insurgents, including changes to the electoral system, broadening of language rights and permission for villages to use their original Kurdish names. The pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) said the proposals, presented by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, were not enough to satisfy Kurdish militants who this month halted their withdrawal from Turkish territory. ...

Mali fights rebels in north as army officers protest in south Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:59 PM PDT By Tiemoko Diallo and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) - Tuareg rebels battled soldiers in northern Mali for a second day and disgruntled army officers staged an unruly protest at a southern military base on Monday, underscoring the dual challenge facing the new government. In the center of the remote northern town of Kidal, MNLA Tuareg separatists traded fire with soldiers early on Monday before an uneasy calm returned. The fighting began on Sunday night, with both sides accusing the other of firing first. ...

Mali president cuts short France visit Posted: 30 Sep 2013 04:40 PM PDT Bamako (AFP) - Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will on Tuesday cut short a visit to France amid renewed fighting between insurgents and the military in the African nation, a source in his entourage said.

Venezuela expels top US diplomat, 2 other envoys Posted: 30 Sep 2013 04:25 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday the expulsion of the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela and two other embassy employees for allegedly conspiring with "the extreme right" to sabotage the economy and power grid.

UN Security Council demanding aid access in Syria Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:59 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The president of the U.N. Security Council said Monday that many members are pressing to follow up on last week's resolution to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons with a demand that the government allow immediate access for desperately needed humanitarian aid.

Syria at U.N. compares militant onslaught to 9/11 attacks Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:51 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister on Monday compared what he described as an invasion of foreign terrorists across his country to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, remarks that Washington dismissed as offensive and disingenuous. In a speech to the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem also said that "terrorists from more than 83 countries are engaged in the killing of our people and our army under the appeal of global Takfiri jihad. ...

Venezuela expels top US diplomat, two others Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:49 PM PDT Caracas (AFP) - President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of the top US diplomat in Venezuela and two other embassy officials Monday, accusing them of plotting acts of sabotage with the opposition.

Greek PM pledges to eradicate neo-Nazi 'shame' Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:37 PM PDT Athens (AFP) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday pledged to eradicate the "shame" of neo-Nazism as judicial authorities prepared sweeping criminal charges against members of the far-right Golden Dawn party.

Global study: World not ready for aging population Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:12 PM PDT The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study going out Tuesday by the United Nations and an elder rights group.

Sudan arrests 700 people in week of deadly anti-government unrest Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:05 PM PDT By Ulf Laessing and Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Seven hundred people have been arrested during a week of the worst unrest in central Sudan in years, the government said on Monday, as protests continued against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. One week after the start of demonstrations against subsidy cuts, police once again used teargas on protesters, this time women students at the Ahfad university in Khartoum's twin-city of Omdurman who chanted "We don't want Bashir", witnesses said. ...

Canada PM urges Egypt to free Canadian hunger strikers Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:00 PM PDT Ottawa (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday called for the immediate release of two Canadians now on hunger strike after being held in Egypt without charges for six weeks.

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian civilian in Gaza Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:59 PM PDT Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday evening, Palestinian medical sources said.

Sudan defends crackdown as protests continue Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:50 PM PDT Khartoum (AFP) - Sudan pointed to "fake" victim photos and foreign interference Monday in defence of a deadly crackdown on protesters, which drew fresh criticism from inside the ruling party as rallies continued.

Guineans await election results Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:49 PM PDT Conakry (AFP) - The first of tens of thousands of polling stations across Guinea began to declare their results on Sunday after an election meant to turn the page on years of political chaos in the restive west African nation.

UN reports refugees from Congo war swelling Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:48 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new U.N. report says the number of refugees fleeing the war in Congo swelled by more than 350,000 in just the past few months as fighting escalated, pushing the number of people uprooted in the long-running conflict to 3 million.

Nepali official denies labor abuses in Qatar Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:46 PM PDT DOHA (Reuters) - Officials from Nepal and Qatar sought on Monday to play down a news report that Nepali laborers face deadly conditions on the Gulf state's building sites, holding a joint news conference to say the migrant workers were "safe and fully respected." Britain's Guardian newspaper reported that dozens of Nepali workers had died on Qatari building sites over the summer. Nepal recalled its ambassador from Qatar on Thursday after it emerged that she had called the country an "open jail" for Nepalis who suffer labor abuses. ...

Al-Qaida gunmen overrun major Yemen military base Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:42 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Suspected al-Qaida gunmen dressed in fatigues and riding in military trucks overran a key army base in eastern Yemen on Monday, security officials said, holding captive high-ranking officers and soldiers inside in the latest bold attack by militants there.

Wave of bombs across Baghdad kills 55 Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:38 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A new wave of bombs tore through Baghdad on Monday, officials said, killing at least 55 people. Most of the blasts were car bombs detonated in Shiite neighborhoods, the latest of a series of well-coordinated attacks blamed on hard-line Sunni insurgents determined to rekindle large-scale sectarian conflict.

Gaza official: Israeli army kills 1 on border Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:34 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli soldiers opened fire on two Palestinians near the Israel-Gaza border on Monday, killing at least one of them, a Palestinian health official said.

Obama: Repubs appeasing 'extremists' on shutdown Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:33 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama Monday accused Republicans of pandering to the "extreme right wing" of their party and holding Americans hostage in a budget dispute threatening to shutter the US government.

Venezuela expels top US diplomat, 2 other envoy Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:32 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that his government was expelling the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela and two other embassy employees for allegedly conspiring with the political opposition.

Berlusconi in new storm as relations sour with president Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:32 PM PDT By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi was at the center of a new storm on Monday after a private phone call in which he made assertions about President Giorgio Napolitano was aired on television, prompting a furious reaction from the president. A current affairs program on private channel La 7 broadcast a phone tap in which Berlusconi said he had been informed that Napolitano had exerted influence on Italy's top appeals court in a case involving Berlusconi's media empire. ...

Baghdad area bombings kill at least 50 Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:24 PM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Twelve car bombs, mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas in and around Baghdad, killed at least 47 people Monday, while at least three died in a blast against Sunni worshippers, officials said.

Fighting flares between Mali army, rebels in Kidal Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:21 PM PDT BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian soldiers and ethnic Tuareg separatist rebels clashed again in the northern desert town of Kidal on Monday, a day after trading gunfire downtown in a battle that has raised fears about whether an unraveling peace accord could lead to protracted fighting in the region.

Myanmar: Nationwide cease-fire to be signed soon Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:19 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Myanmar says it expects to soon sign a nationwide cease-fire with ethnic armed groups that have been fighting for decades for greater autonomy.

Sudan security fires gas at university protest Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:16 PM PDT KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese security forces fired volleys of tear gas to disperse a demonstration held inside a women's university in the Sudanese capital Monday, witnesses said, the latest in a week-long wave of protests against the country's autocratic president.

Second round runoff likely in Madagascar: Rajoelina Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:13 PM PDT Antananarivo (AFP) - Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina, barred from running in upcoming elections, on Monday said the presidential race was likely to be decided by a second round of voting.

EU plays down deadline for Iran talks Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:02 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Monday played down Iran's calls for a nuclear accord within a year, saying that technical work will take time.

Greek PM vows to eradicate far-right Golden Dawn Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:58 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Greece's prime minister said Monday his government will do "whatever it takes" to completely eradicate the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, whose neo-Nazi leaders have just been arrested.

Prosecutors seek dismissal of case against guard Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking dismissal of charges against a former Blackwater Worldwide security contractor accused in a 2007 shooting of Iraqi civilians.

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian along Gaza border Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:56 PM PDT (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian near the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Monday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the soldiers fired at two people who had approached and tampered with the fence and that "a hit was confirmed". She gave no further information. Hospital officials in the Gaza Strip said a Palestinian had been shot dead, but it was not immediately clear whether the man was a militant or civilian. ...

Sudan leader digs in against protests Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:53 PM PDT KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — When Sudan's longtime president Omar al-Bashir introduced drastic austerity measures, he berated the public for being ungrateful over how his regime had improved their lives, boasting that before he came to power, Sudanese never ate hot dogs, talking as if they were a strange, luxury food.

Syria says it fighting rebels who eat human hearts Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:52 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's foreign minister claimed Monday that his government is fighting a war against al-Qaida-linked militants who eat human hearts and dismember people while they are still alive, then send their limbs to family members.

Obama tells Netanyahu he has clear eyes on Iran Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:49 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama promised Benjamin Netanyahu Monday he would enter talks with Iran with clear eyes and demand verifiable concessions, following the Israeli leader's warnings about "sweet talk" from the Islamic Republic.

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