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• Israel dismisses reports Iran halting higher-grade enrichment
• United States tracked Merkel's phone since 2002: report
• Czech agro tycoon emerges as king-maker after election
• Italy's right could split after Berlusconi move: lawmakers
• Czech center-left ekes out slim poll victory, tough coalition talks loom
• Mozambique says Renamo ambush kills one, injures 10
• Blatter wants 'racism' teams kicked out
• Army retakes C.Africa town after vigilantes attack; four dead
• Lipnitskaia win a giant step toward Sochi
• Factbox: Main candidates in Georgia's presidential election
• Factbox: Key facts about former Soviet Georgia
• Ex-Soviet Georgia enters new era with presidential poll
• Welsh star Phillips sacked by Bayonne
• Govt, rebel forces clash in Sudan's Darfur
• Algeria announces major oil discovery
• Kenya's leader warns against 'vilifying' security forces
• Scores arrested in violent Brazil transportation demo
• High court test of surveillance law could be ahead
• Video: Ex-soldier suicide-bombed Egypt official
• Thousands march in Taiwan for same-sex marriage
• African leaders unite to combat Gulf of Guinea piracy
• Serbia buries Tito's widow, the last symbol of Yugoslavia
• Panama grants asylum to Ecuadoran opposition politician
• Social Democrats win Czech vote but coalition talks loom
• Golden Dawn supporters protest in Greek capital
• Lambie, McLeod point way as Sharks stun Province
• Prisoner: Foreigners fight in Nigeria's uprising
• Mozambique government blames fresh attack on former rebels
• Saudi women drive in protest with little problem
• Abyei people to vote on Sudan-South Sudan choice
• UAE to give $3.9 bn to Egypt's military-installed govt
• Thousands march against austerity in Portugal
• Fighting rages in eastern DR Congo
• No party wins majority in Czech election
• Sudan ruling party reformers to set up 'new party'
• United fight back, Suarez slays West Brom

Israel dismisses reports Iran halting higher-grade enrichment Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:41 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Saturday dismissed as "irrelevant" reports that Iran had halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment activity, and said Tehran's nuclear program must be dismantled. A senior member of Iran's parliamentary national security commission was quoted as saying Iran had stopped refining uranium above the 5 percent required for civilian power stations, as it already had all the 20-percent enriched fuel it needed for a medical research reactor in Tehran. But diplomats accredited to the U.N. ...

United States tracked Merkel's phone since 2002: report Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:04 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States may have bugged Angela Merkel's phone for more than 10 years, according to a news report on Saturday that also said President Barack Obama told the German leader he would have stopped it happening had he known about it. Germany's outrage over reports of bugging of Merkel's phone by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) prompted it to summon the U.S. ambassador this week for the first time in living memory, an unprecedented post-war diplomatic rift. ...

Czech agro tycoon emerges as king-maker after election Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:07 PM PDT By Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovak-born billionaire and political novice Andrej Babis became the king-maker of Czech politics on Saturday, after voters angry at graft among the country's political establishment made his new party the second biggest in parliament. The mercurial 59-year-old overcame being a non-native Czech speaker and a hazy political program to win 18.7 percent of the vote in the election, just behind the Social Democrats, who garnered a disappointing 20.5 percent. ...

Italy's right could split after Berlusconi move: lawmakers Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:17 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Italy's political center-right could split, lawmakers said on Saturday, after Silvio Berlusconi resurrected his old Forza Italia party and suspended the People of Freedom (PDL), part of the wobbly left-right coalition government. Several parliamentarians allied to the former prime minister were critical of Berlusconi's move, and five senior PDL members boycotted Friday's meeting where the decision was made. ...

Czech center-left ekes out slim poll victory, tough coalition talks loom Posted: 26 Oct 2013 10:39 AM PDT By Jana Mlcochova and Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Social Democrats won a slim victory in a parliamentary election on Saturday but faced a tough task forming a government after a wave of voter anger over sleaze and budget cuts propelled new protest parties into parliament. With most results in, Bohuslav Sobotka's center-left, pro-European Social Democrats had 21 percent of the vote, well short of the 30 percent they had targeted and in need of more than one coalition partner to build a stable government. ...

Mozambique says Renamo ambush kills one, injures 10 Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:29 PM PDT By Manuel Mucari MAPUTO (Reuters) - Suspected Renamo guerrillas ambushed a passenger minibus in central Mozambique on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 10 more in an attack condemned by President Armando Guebuza, state media said. Fears of hit-and-run attacks by armed partisans of Renamo opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama have increased after the army overran Dhlakama's base in central Sofala province on Monday, forcing him to flee into the bush. ...

Blatter wants 'racism' teams kicked out Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:45 PM PDT London (AFP) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants tougher sanctions over racism in football with teams kicked out of tournaments and points deducted.

Army retakes C.Africa town after vigilantes attack; four dead Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:38 PM PDT Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - Central African troops seized back control of the western town of Bouar Saturday from hundreds of vigilantes who in recent months have been targeting Muslims, officials said, adding that four people had died in the violence.

Lipnitskaia win a giant step toward Sochi Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:38 PM PDT Saint John (Canada) (AFP) - Russian teenager Julia Lipnitskaia claimed her first ISU Grand Prix victory at Skate Canada on Saturday with a magnificent, seemingly flawless and technically superb performance that earned a standing ovation.

Factbox: Main candidates in Georgia's presidential election Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:39 PM PDT (Reuters) - Georgia elects a new president on Sunday that will bring the curtain down on Mikheil Saakashvili's decade in power. Twenty-three candidates will run in the election, the largest number since the former Soviet republic held its first presidential election in 1991. Saakashvili is barred from running after serving two terms. Here are some facts on the main candidates and the rules. GEORGY MARGVELASHVILI, 44, Georgian Dream's presidential candidate, is the front runner, according to opinion polls. ...

Factbox: Key facts about former Soviet Georgia Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:37 PM PDT (Reuters) - Georgia elects a new president on Sunday in a vote that will end Mikheil Saakashvili's decade-long rule. Here are some facts about the country. GEOGRAPHY: Georgia, a former Soviet republic, is flanked by Russia to the north, Azerbaijan and Armenia to the east and south, and Turkey to the southwest. Its capital is Tbilisi. POPULATION: 4.5 million. There are 3.5 million eligible voters. RELIGION: Most of the population is Orthodox Christian. SEPARATIST REGIONS: Two regions of Georgia - Abkhazia and South Ossetia - broke away from central control during wars in the 1990s. ...

Ex-Soviet Georgia enters new era with presidential poll Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:35 PM PDT By Margarita Antidze and Timothy Heritage TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia elects a new president on Sunday in a vote that will end Mikheil Saakashvili's decade-long rule and test confidence in the ruling Georgian Dream coalition led by billionaire Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. The front-runner to replace Saakashvili, a pro-U.S. leader who fought a war with Russia and has served the maximum two terms, is Georgy Margvelashvili, a member of the coalition which ousted the president's cabinet in an election a year ago. ...

Welsh star Phillips sacked by Bayonne Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:32 PM PDT Paris (AFP) - Welsh international scrum-half Mike Phillips has been sacked by French club Bayonne after being accused of turning up drunk at a training session, a source at the club told AFP.

Govt, rebel forces clash in Sudan's Darfur Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:19 PM PDT Khartoum (AFP) - Sudanese government forces and rebels have clashed around a key town in North Darfur state, both sides said on Saturday.

Algeria announces major oil discovery Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:52 PM PDT ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's energy minister says a new oil field containing an estimated 1.3 billion barrels has been discovered.

Kenya's leader warns against 'vilifying' security forces Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:49 PM PDT Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's president on Saturday warned against attempts to smear the security forces, who have been accused of looting during an Islamist attack on a Nairobi mall last month.

Scores arrested in violent Brazil transportation demo Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:44 PM PDT Sao Paulo (AFP) - Protesters went on a rampage in Brazil's largest city, smashing windows and teller machines and battling riot police in a fresh bout of violence blamed on the "Black Bloc" anarchist group.

High court test of surveillance law could be ahead Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says for the first time that it intends to use information gained from one of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance programs against an accused terrorist, setting the stage for a likely Supreme Court test of the Obama administration's approach to national security.

Video: Ex-soldier suicide-bombed Egypt official Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:33 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An ex-Egyptian army officer carried out the suicide bombing last month that unsuccessfully targeted the country's interior minister, a video posted online Saturday by al-Qaida-inspired militants claims.

Thousands march in Taiwan for same-sex marriage Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:26 PM PDT Taipei (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people rallied in Taiwan on Saturday in Asia's largest gay parade, organisers said, as the island's parliament was set to review a bill on same-sex marriages.

African leaders unite to combat Gulf of Guinea piracy Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:23 PM PDT Dakar (AFP) - West and central African leaders on Saturday said they were determined to cooperate on combatting piracy in the Gulf of Guinea as they met in Senegal to discuss maritime security in one of the world's most dangerous seas.

Serbia buries Tito's widow, the last symbol of Yugoslavia Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT Belgrade (AFP) - The widow of former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito was buried in Belgrade Saturday with full state honours as the last symbol of the communist federation that broke up in the 1990s.

Panama grants asylum to Ecuadoran opposition politician Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:11 PM PDT Panama City (AFP) - Panama granted asylum Saturday to an Ecuadoran opposition politician sentenced to prison last month for his role in a multiple homicide case, finding that he was subjected to political persecution.

Social Democrats win Czech vote but coalition talks loom Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:11 PM PDT Prague (AFP) - Social Democrats edged out a new populist party to win Czech elections on Saturday as voters angered by years of right-wing graft and austerity veered left, full results showed.

Golden Dawn supporters protest in Greek capital Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:06 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 1,000 Golden Dawn supporters have demonstrated in central Athens against the prosecution of the leader of their Nazi-inspired party and its legislators.

Lambie, McLeod point way as Sharks stun Province Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:57 AM PDT Cape Town (AFP) - Half-backs Patrick Lambie and Charl McLeod scored all Sharks' points as they shocked Western Province 33-19 Saturday to lift the South African Currie Cup.

Prisoner: Foreigners fight in Nigeria's uprising Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:50 AM PDT LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Extremists from three neighboring countries are fighting in Nigeria's northeastern Islamic uprising, according to an alleged captured extremist whose account reinforces fears that one of Africa's most powerful Islamic militant groups is growing closer to al-Qaida affiliates and that radical movements are spilling across national boundaries.

Mozambique government blames fresh attack on former rebels Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:49 AM PDT Maputo (AFP) - Mozambique's presidency on Saturday blamed former rebel movement Renamo for an attack on a minibus that killed the driver and injured 10 passengers, after a week of tit-for-tat violence.

Saudi women drive in protest with little problem Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:48 AM PDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — More than 60 women across Saudi Arabia claimed they drove cars Saturday in defiance of a ban keeping them from getting behind the wheel, facing little protest by police in their push for easing restrictions on women in the kingdom.

Abyei people to vote on Sudan-South Sudan choice Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:46 AM PDT JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Residents in the disputed border region of Abyei jubilated on the eve of the upcoming referendum in which they will choose between Sudan and South Sudan, a local leader said Saturday, despite concern the exercise could spark violence.

UAE to give $3.9 bn to Egypt's military-installed govt Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:42 AM PDT Dubai (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates agreed Saturday to give Egypt's military-installed government another $3.9 billion in aid after transferring $1 billion in July, the official WAM news agency said.

Thousands march against austerity in Portugal Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:41 AM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in Lisbon to protest the austerity measures the government has been compelled to adopt in return for a 78 billion euro ($105.6 billion) bailout reached in 2011.

Fighting rages in eastern DR Congo Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:40 AM PDT Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) - A new front opened up Saturday as fighting raged between Congolese troops and rebels on the second day of a fresh flare-up that has prompted international calls for restraint.

No party wins majority in Czech election Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:38 AM PDT PRAGUE (AP) — A special parliamentary election held in the Czech Republic left no party with a majority on Saturday, which could lead to protracted negotiations aimed at forming a coalition government.

Sudan ruling party reformers to set up 'new party' Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:31 AM PDT Khartoum (AFP) - Three leading reformers faced with expulsion from Sudan's ruling party are forming a new one following a deadly crackdown on protests last month, one of them said Saturday.

United fight back, Suarez slays West Brom Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:31 AM PDT London (AFP) - Manchester United belatedly rediscovered their famous fighting spirit by roaring back from behind to beat Stoke City 3-2 on Saturday and re-energise their Premier League title defence.

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