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• At least four killed in Egypt as Islamists mount bold protests
• Italian Senate panel recommends Berlusconi's expulsion
• Merkel, SPD welcome further talks on German government
• Netanyahu struggles to set the terms in Iranian dispute
• Syria submits further details of its chemical arms program
• Bus plunges down hillside outside Mexico City, killing 14
• UN urges Tuareg rebels to resume Mali peace talks
• Brazil environment icon to decide on presidential bid
• Four killed as clashes rock Cairo
• Washington still deadlocked on shutdown and debt ceiling
• Prospect for quick end to shutdown is remote
• Ireland votes on scrapping upper house of parliament
• Hundreds of Sudanese protest, but numbers down after crackdown
• Chile group wants Pinochet 'dictatorship' in textbooks
• Obama's no-show in Asia a boost for China
• Fisherman: migrants too weak to grab lifesaver
• Rwanda president slams US sanctions over child soldiers
• Madagascar orders curfew after mob lynchings
• White House warns shutdown hits Iran sanctions
• Sharks use boot to edge Bulls
• Guinea opposition calls for election to be annulled
• Unpaid US government workers struggle to get by
• Mexico captures man wanted in killing of Guatemalan police
• Family identifies woman who died after Washington car chase
• Morocco arrests teenagers for kissing on Facebook
• Tunisian pilgrims with fake Gambian passports grounded
• Despite Lampedusa, Europe still split on migration
• Syrian rebel groups battle each other in north
• Inspectors report progress on Syria chemical weapons
• At least 4 killed in Egypt as Islamists mount bold protests
• Bokova set to win new term as UNESCO chief
• Beckham backs England to reach Brazil
• Pope says Church should rid itself of 'worldliness'
• Matisse cut-outs going on show in London
• Egyptian riot police fire tear gas at protesters
• Moyes relaxed over 2022 'winter' World Cup

At least four killed in Egypt as Islamists mount bold protests Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:36 PM PDT By Maggie Fick and Hadeel Al Shalchi CAIRO (Reuters) - At least four people died in clashes on Friday as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi mounted their boldest marches since troops crushed their protest camps demanding his reinstatement on August 14. An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters who had been pushed back by security forces when they tried to enter Cairo's Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Egypt's 2011 uprising. ...

Italian Senate panel recommends Berlusconi's expulsion Posted: 04 Oct 2013 09:10 AM PDT By Roberto Landucci ROME (Reuters) - An Italian Senate committee on Friday recommended that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi be expelled from parliament after his conviction for tax fraud, paving the way for a final decision this month that could seal his political fate. The recommendation to kick out the man who has dominated Italian politics for the past two decades was taken by a cross-party committee of 23 Senators dominated by the center-right leader's political opponents. ...

Merkel, SPD welcome further talks on German government Posted: 04 Oct 2013 08:57 AM PDT By Erik Kirschbaum and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's conservatives and the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to meet again in 10 days to explore forming a "grand coalition" government after an initial three-hour meeting on Friday was called constructive by both sides. The German chancellor's Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) emerged as the dominant party from the September 22 election but need a coalition partner and Friday's meeting marked the start of complex horse-trading that could last two months or more. ...

Netanyahu struggles to set the terms in Iranian dispute Posted: 04 Oct 2013 06:56 AM PDT By Dan Williams NEW YORK (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week that Iran's new president was a "wolf in sheep's clothing", but he himself looked increasingly like a lone wolf as his allies seek to bring Tehran into the fold. After years of worrying about Iran's disputed nuclear ambitions, Netanyahu took to the stage at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and made his most explicit threat yet to attack the Islamic republic unless it ends its atomic program. ...

Syria submits further details of its chemical arms program Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:42 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has given international experts additional details about its chemical weapons program that go beyond a September 21 declaration of its poison gas arsenal, the United Nations said on Friday. The team consists of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, Netherlands, with help from U.N. personnel. Last week, the U.N. Security Council demanded the elimination of Syria's chemical arsenal. U.N. ...

Bus plunges down hillside outside Mexico City, killing 14 Posted: 04 Oct 2013 02:09 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 14 people died on Friday when a bus hurtled down a hillside on the outskirts of Mexico City, ejecting six victims through the windows and leaving 25 injured, police said. Before it careened off the highway, the bus was en route to the city of Toluca in the hills of the State of Mexico, which surrounds much of the capital. "There wasn't a collision with another vehicle, but instead the bus veered off the asphalt and plunged down the mountainside about 100 or 120 meters," Miguel Angel Contreras, the attorney general of the State of Mexico, told reporters. ...

UN urges Tuareg rebels to resume Mali peace talks Posted: 04 Oct 2013 04:41 PM PDT Ouagadougou (AFP) - The UN's envoy to Mali, Bert Koenders, on Friday urged Tuareg and Arab rebels to return to peace talks with the Bamako government, amid a resurgence of violence in the north of the country.

Brazil environment icon to decide on presidential bid Posted: 04 Oct 2013 04:33 PM PDT Brasília (AFP) - The political future of former former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva was unclear Friday after she failed to gather enough signatures to register her new party for next year's elections.

Four killed as clashes rock Cairo Posted: 04 Oct 2013 04:08 PM PDT Cairo (AFP) - Four people died in fierce clashes that erupted in Cairo Friday when Islamist supporters of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi protested against the military that ousted him.

Washington still deadlocked on shutdown and debt ceiling Posted: 04 Oct 2013 04:07 PM PDT By Thomas Ferraro and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington headed into the fifth day of a partial government shutdown with no end in sight even as another, more serious conflict over raising the nation's borrowing authority started heating up. The U.S. House of Representatives prepared for a Saturday session but with no expectations of progress on either the shutdown or a measure to raise the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling. Congress must act by October 17 in order to avoid a government debt default. ...

Prospect for quick end to shutdown is remote Posted: 04 Oct 2013 03:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Prospects for a swift end to the 4-day-old partial government shutdown all but vanished Friday as lawmakers squabbled into the weekend and increasingly shifted their focus to a midmonth deadline for averting a threatened first-ever default.

Ireland votes on scrapping upper house of parliament Posted: 04 Oct 2013 03:26 PM PDT Dublin (AFP) - Cash-strapped Ireland voted in a referendum on Friday on whether to back Prime Minister Enda Kenny's controversial proposals to abolish the upper house of parliament.

Hundreds of Sudanese protest, but numbers down after crackdown Posted: 04 Oct 2013 03:22 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Several hundred Sudanese protested in Khartoum on Friday to demand the resignation of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, but crowds were much smaller than last week, when protests provoked a bloody security crackdown. Amnesty International said on Wednesday that 210 protesters were killed in clashes with security forces last week, quoting figures from a Sudanese doctors' union. This was well above the 34 reported dead by the government, which has denied shooting any protesters it calls "vandals". ...

Chile group wants Pinochet 'dictatorship' in textbooks Posted: 04 Oct 2013 02:37 PM PDT Santiago (AFP) - A Chilean education advisory group recommended Friday that schools use "dictatorship" rather than "military regime" in textbooks to describe General Augusto Pinochet's rule marred by rights abuses.

Obama's no-show in Asia a boost for China Posted: 04 Oct 2013 02:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to scrap his Asia trip is a setback for his much-advertised pledge to shift the focus of foreign policy to the Pacific and a boost for China's attempt to gain influence in the region.

Fisherman: migrants too weak to grab lifesaver Posted: 04 Oct 2013 02:20 PM PDT LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — The friends were heading out on a fishing trip, when one heard voices from the sea.

Rwanda president slams US sanctions over child soldiers Posted: 04 Oct 2013 02:16 PM PDT Kigali (AFP) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Friday angrily condemned a US decision to impose sanctions against his country for allegedly backing rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo who recruit child soldiers.

Madagascar orders curfew after mob lynchings Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:45 PM PDT Nosy Be (Madagascar) (AFP) - Madagascar's government ordered a curfew Friday on the island where an angry mob lynched and burned three men they suspected to have killed a local boy who an official said could have drowned.

White House warns shutdown hits Iran sanctions Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:44 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The White House warned Friday that the office which enforces US sanctions on Iran could not function as most of its staff was furloughed by the government shutdown.

Sharks use boot to edge Bulls Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:36 PM PDT Pretoria (AFP) - Sharks booted their way to a four-point lead at the top of the South African Currie Cup table Friday by edging Bulls 18-16 in Pretoria.

Guinea opposition calls for election to be annulled Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:31 PM PDT Conakry (AFP) - Guinea's opposition called on Friday for the annulment of parliamentary elections held on September 28, alleging that the vote had been tarnished by widespread fraud.

Unpaid US government workers struggle to get by Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The day after the US government ran out of money, Maria Njoku called her landlord to let him know she would be late with the rent.

Mexico captures man wanted in killing of Guatemalan police Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT By Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police arrested on Friday a suspected Guatemalan drug trafficker accused of leading the June slaughter of eight police officers in Guatemala's western highlands, authorities said. Eduardo Villatoro, alias "Guayo Cano," was arrested in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas, Mexico on Friday morning at 5 a.m. local time, some 230 km (143 miles) from Guatemala's border, the Guatemalan government said. "Villatoro is the mastermind (of the attack)," Guatemalan security minister Mauricio Lopez told reporters. ...

Family identifies woman who died after Washington car chase Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:15 PM PDT By Richard Weizel and Mark Hosenball STAMFORD, Conn./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Family members have identified the body of a woman who died after a tense car chase through the streets of Washington that prompted a lockdown of the U.S. Capitol, their lawyer said Friday. Miriam Carey's family members plan to discuss the incident later on Friday, when they return to their New York home, attorney Eric Sanders said in a posting on his law firm's Facebook page. They identified her body at the office of the medical examiner in Washington, Sanders said. ...

Morocco arrests teenagers for kissing on Facebook Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:08 PM PDT Rabat (AFP) - Moroccan police have arrested a teenage boy and girl for posting a photo on Facebook of them kissing, with the incident provoking a slew of copycats, a rights organisation said Friday.

Tunisian pilgrims with fake Gambian passports grounded Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:00 PM PDT Tunis (AFP) - Fifty-four Tunisian pilgrims are refusing to leave Tunis airport and are demanding to be allowed to travel to Mecca after they were stopped with fake Gambian passports, members of the group said Friday.

Despite Lampedusa, Europe still split on migration Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:00 PM PDT Brussels (AFP) - With far-right parties peddling xenophobia across Europe, the Lampedusa refugee tragedy seems unlikely to spawn a long hoped-for single EU migration policy to help avoid new drama.

Syrian rebel groups battle each other in north Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:55 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida militants battled fighters linked to the Western-backed opposition along with Kurdish gunmen in Syrian towns along the Turkish border on Friday, in clashes that killed at least 19 people, activists said.

Inspectors report progress on Syria chemical weapons Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:45 PM PDT Damascus (AFP) - International inspectors were on Friday gearing up to disable war-hit Syria's chemical weapons programme after reporting "encouraging" progress in a day of meetings with regime officials.

At least 4 killed in Egypt as Islamists mount bold protests Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:41 PM PDT By Maggie Fick and Hadeel Al Shalchi CAIRO (Reuters) - At least four people died in clashes on Friday as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi mounted their boldest marches since troops crushed their protest camps demanding his reinstatement on August 14. An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters who had been pushed back by security forces when they tried to enter Cairo's Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Egypt's 2011 uprising. ...

Bokova set to win new term as UNESCO chief Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:39 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Irina Bokova has been nominated by UNESCO's executive board as the agency's director-general — all but ensuring her another four-year term.

Beckham backs England to reach Brazil Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:35 PM PDT London (AFP) - David Beckham said Friday that England would make it through to next year's World Cup finals in Brazil as they prepared for their final two key qualifying matches.

Pope says Church should rid itself of 'worldliness' Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT ASSISI (Italy) (AFP) - Pope Francis on Friday called for the Catholic Church and its faithful to rid themselves of earthly concerns like St Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage to the saint's Italian hometown.

Matisse cut-outs going on show in London Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:17 PM PDT London (AFP) - The biggest exhibition of Matisse's paper cut-outs -- a technique the French artist invented in his final years -- is going on show in London, the Tate Modern gallery announced Friday.

Egyptian riot police fire tear gas at protesters Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:08 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian riot police fired volleys of tear gas and locked down Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday as clashes broke out in a rare push by Islamist supporters of the ousted president to take control of the iconic square, leaving at least four dead.

Moyes relaxed over 2022 'winter' World Cup Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:57 AM PDT London (AFP) - Manchester United manager David Moyes has insisted he has no problems with the idea of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar being played in the European winter, even though this would cut across the Premier League season.

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