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• Malaysian jet search resumes, U.S. sends second Poseidon plane
• Ukraine wins IMF lifeline as Russia faces growth slump
• Manila raises stakes with Beijing, seeks arbitration over South China Sea
• Most Germans unhappy with Merkel's new government: poll
• U.N. Security Council members condemn North Korea missile launch
• Turkey calls Syria security leak 'villainous,' blocks YouTube
• UN Security Council condemns NKorea missile launch
• Fabian in Mexico squad for US friendly
• Activists: Mexican women giving birth in street
• Sociedad, Villarreal win to stay in European hunt
• Turkey moves to block YouTube but attempt fails
• The great Indian election: it's about jobs
• Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked
• Egypt jihadists threaten Sinai security wall attacks
• Toyota recalling 119,000 Avalons for air bag issue
• Populist Argentine government begins painful cuts
• UN General Assembly votes 'yes' on Ukraine unity
• U.S. lists lesser prairie chicken as threatened, energy groups wary
• Venezuelan president accepts facilitator for talks
• 2 migrants die after being pushed off train
• Facebook launches lab to bring Internet everywhere
• Colorado River begins flooding Mexican delta
• Four Ebola cases confirmed in Guinea's capital
• Top Asian News at 10:30 p.m. GMT
• Obama, Francis find common ground _ and divisions
• Inter held 0-0 at home by Udinese in Serie A
• UN hopeful for way out of Iraq vote impasse
• Mali swears in court to hear treason case against ex-president
• US mudslide death toll expected to soar as survivors sought
• Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT
• BP raises estimate of Lake Michigan oil spill
• BP raises Lake Michigan oil spill estimate; Senators request meeting
• Colombia: Venez accepts terms for political talks
• Libyan protesters block oil pipeline to Mellitah port as strikes widen

Malaysian jet search resumes, U.S. sends second Poseidon plane Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:35 PM PDT The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines jet, which vanished from civilian radar screens less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on a routine flight to Beijing on March 8, has gripped the world and baffled investigators. The search zone centers on the latest sightings of possible wreckage that were captured by Thai and Japanese satellites in roughly the same frigid expanse of sea as earlier images reported by France, Australia and China.

Ukraine wins IMF lifeline as Russia faces growth slump Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:57 AM PDT By Natalia Zinets and Elizabeth Piper KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine won a $27-billion international financial lifeline on Thursday, rushed through in the wake of Russia's annexation of Crimea, while Moscow's economy minister acknowledged that his country's growth would slow dramatically as funds flee abroad. The International Monetary Fund announced a $14-18 billion standby credit for Kiev in return for tough economic reforms that will unlock further aid from the European Union, the United States and other lenders over two years, effectively pulling Kiev closer to Europe. ...

Manila raises stakes with Beijing, seeks arbitration over South China Sea Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:27 PM PDT By Greg Torode and Manuel Mogato HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will file a case against China over the disputed South China Sea at an arbitration tribunal in The Hague next week, subjecting Beijing to international legal scrutiny over the increasingly tense waters for the first time. Manila is seeking a ruling to confirm its right to exploit the waters in its 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as allowed under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), its team of U.S. and British lawyers said. A ruling against China by the five-member panel of the Permanent Court of Arbitration could prompt other claimants to challenge Beijing, experts said. China, which has refused to participate in the case, claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea, displaying its reach on official maps with a so-called nine-dash line that stretches deep into the maritime heart of Southeast Asia.

Most Germans unhappy with Merkel's new government: poll Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:01 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Most Germans are unhappy with Chancellor Angela Merkel's right-left coalition, a poll showed on Friday, even as support for the parties that make up her government has hardly changed since September's election. A Deutschlandtrend poll published on Friday showed 55 percent of those asked were "not very or not at all happy" with the first 100 days of the coalition between Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats. ...

U.N. Security Council members condemn North Korea missile launch Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:28 PM PDT Members of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday condemned North Korea's recent ballistic missile launch as a violation of U.N. resolutions and will continue discussions on an "appropriate response", the council president said. The remarks to reporters were made by Luxembourg's U.N. Ambassador Sylvie Lucas, president of the 15-nation Security Council for the month of March, after a closed-door meeting on North Korea requested by the United States. North Korea fired two medium-range Rodong ballistic missiles into the sea at 2:35 a.m. Japan and Korea time on Wednesday (1735 GMT Tuesday), Tokyo and Seoul said.

Turkey calls Syria security leak 'villainous,' blocks YouTube Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:53 PM PDT By Nick Tattersall ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday denounced as "villainous" the leaking of a recording of top security officials discussing possible military action in Syria to the video-sharing site YouTube. Erdogan's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu called the posting a "declaration of war," an apparent reference to an escalating power struggle between Erdogan and rivals. The posting took the campaign to a higher level, impinging on a highly sensitive top-level meeting of security officials. "They even leaked a national security meeting," Erdogan said at a campaign rally.

UN Security Council condemns NKorea missile launch Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:52 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has condemned North Korea's test-firing of two medium-range ballistic missiles as violations of council resolutions.

Fabian in Mexico squad for US friendly Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:32 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cruz Azul midfielder Marco Fabian was among 18 players summoned by Mexico on Thursday for a friendly against the United States next week.

Activists: Mexican women giving birth in street Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:28 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Women's rights advocates sought international help Thursday in ending what they call a pattern of poor indigenous Mexican women being turned away from hospitals while in labor, forcing them to give birth on lawns, patios or parking lots.

Sociedad, Villarreal win to stay in European hunt Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:22 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Sociedad beat Valladolid 1-0 while Villarreal held on for a 1-0 win at Getafe in the Spanish league, both victors staying in the hunt on Thursday for a place in European competition next season.

Turkey moves to block YouTube but attempt fails Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:22 PM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities pressed Thursday to block access to YouTube following similar action against Twitter, a move sure to provoke further outrage in a country where social media is widely used.

The great Indian election: it's about jobs Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:06 PM PDT By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh PATNA, India (Reuters) - Old enough to vote for the first time, student Sheeba Shamim, the daughter of a middle class family, and young construction workers sweating on a nearby building site are impatient for a government in India that delivers jobs and hope for the future. The election comes as India struggles through its longest period of sub-5 percent economic growth since the 1980s. Shamim, a 20-year-old undergraduate in media studies at university in Patna, the capital of Bihar, one of the states that make up India's Hindi speaking heartland, is hungry for change. "I want India to become the world's biggest economy.

Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:05 PM PDT Turkey banned YouTube on Thursday after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from a state security meeting debating possible military action in Syria. The recording purports to be of senior Turkish government, military and spy officials discussing plans to stage an armed clash in Syria or a missile attack that would serve as a pretext for a military response. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- already ensnared in a corruption scandal and hit by recent mass protests ahead of crucial local elections on Sunday -- angrily lashed out at his political opponents for leaking the recording. "They have leaked something on YouTube today," he told a campaign rally in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir.

Egypt jihadists threaten Sinai security wall attacks Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PDT An Al-Qaeda-inspired group based in the Egyptian Sinai threatened Thursday to attack contractors and workers involved in the construction of a security wall at a town in the restive peninsula. The Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Partisans of Jerusalem) group has claimed most of the deadliest attacks in Egypt since the military ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July, saying they were in revenge for a crackdown on his supporters that left hundreds dead. In a statement published on jihadist forums, the group accused authorities of building a wall around the town of Al-Arish, in north Sinai, to "isolate it from other villages and towns of the province", threatening to carry out attacks against those involved in the project. The army has poured troops into the mountainous and underdeveloped Sinai peninsula, which borders the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Israel, to combat the growing militancy.

Toyota recalling 119,000 Avalons for air bag issue Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:59 PM PDT TORRANCE, California (AP) — Toyota is recalling 119,000 Avalon sedans from the 2003 and 2004 model years because their air bags could deploy inadvertently.

Populist Argentine government begins painful cuts Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:58 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's cash-strapped government is cutting utility subsidies and trying to borrow for the first time in years as teachers, public health workers and other former allies take to the streets demanding pay raises to match some of the world's highest inflation.

UN General Assembly votes 'yes' on Ukraine unity Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:50 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a surprisingly strong rebuke of Moscow, the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday affirmed Ukraine's territorial integrity and deemed the referendum that led to Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula illegal.

U.S. lists lesser prairie chicken as threatened, energy groups wary Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:49 PM PDT By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday listed the lesser prairie chicken, a small grassland bird native to parts of the country's oil and gas belt, as "threatened," a move that could draw the ire of some Western lawmakers and energy producers. "The lesser prairie chicken is in dire straits," said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe, citing a "rapid and severe decline" in the species' population.

Venezuelan president accepts facilitator for talks Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:49 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has agreed to enter talks with his country's opposition with the help of an outside facilitator.

2 migrants die after being pushed off train Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:49 PM PDT VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Authorities in the Mexican state of Veracruz say that two Central American migrants died after being thrown off the train they were traveling on.

Facebook launches lab to bring Internet everywhere Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:48 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is giving more details about its effort to connect remote parts of the world to the Internet — and it involves drones, lasers and satellites.

Colorado River begins flooding Mexican delta Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:47 PM PDT LOS ALGODONES, Mexico (AP) — Colorado River water has begun pouring over a barren delta near the U.S.-Mexico border, the result of a landmark bi-national agreement being celebrated Thursday.

Four Ebola cases confirmed in Guinea's capital Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:33 PM PDT An Ebola epidemic which has killed dozens of people in Guinea's southern forests has spread to the capital Conakry, health sources said on Thursday, confirming four new cases. The patients were immediately put in isolation centres to avoid the highly contagious virus getting into the population, the sources told AFP. Conakry, a vast, sprawling port city on Guinea's Atlantic coast, is home to between 1.5 million and two million people. Ebola had never spread among humans in west Africa before February but five deaths being investigated in Liberia, one in Sierra Leone and others still being tested could bring the total in the epidemic to above 70.

Top Asian News at 10:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:32 PM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — The clues keep piling up: more and more mysterious objects spotted bobbing in the southern Indian Ocean, perhaps part of the missing Malaysian airliner, perhaps not. But just as the night sky depicts the universe as it once was, the satellite images that reveal these items are also a glance backward in time. Strong winds and fast currents make it difficult to pinpoint where they are right now, and stormy weather Thursday again halted the hunt by air and sea for evidence of debris fields. The search for the plane that disappeared March 8 has yet to produce a single piece of debris — not to mention the black boxes, which could solve the mystery of why the jet flew so far off-course.

Obama, Francis find common ground _ and divisions Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:32 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Face to face for the first time, President Barack Obama and Pope Francis focused publicly on their mutual respect and shared concern for the poor on Thursday. But their lengthy private discussion also highlighted the deep differences between the White House and the Catholic Church on abortion and birth control.

Inter held 0-0 at home by Udinese in Serie A Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:27 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan struggled at the San Siro again in a 0-0 draw with Udinese in Serie A on Thursday, as the visitors' 17-year-old goalkeeper Simone Scuffet blocked out the Nerazzurri.

UN hopeful for way out of Iraq vote impasse Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:27 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN envoy to Iraq said Thursday there was a "window of opportunity" for Baghdad to resolve a pre-election crisis sparked by the resignation en masse of its election commission. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned Wednesday that April 30 legislative elections may be delayed given Tuesday's resignations, and with violence at its worst in six years. But in New York, Nickolay Mladenov, the UN special representative to Iraq, gave a slightly more upbeat assessment. He said the resignations of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) had not yet been formally endorsed by the speaker of Iraq's parliament.

Mali swears in court to hear treason case against ex-president Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:12 PM PDT Mali swore in a new high court on Thursday that will be charged with hearing a case of high treason against former President Amadou Toumani Toure, who was toppled in a coup in 2012, state radio and a member of parliament said. The government brought the case before the National Assembly in December, accusing Toure of failing in his duty as commander of Mali's armed forces to prevent foreign forces from seizing national territory. They were sworn in at the National Assembly this morning," parliament member Mamadou Diarrassouba told Reuters. The occupation of northern Mali by al Qaeda-linked groups ended in January 2013 when France sent more than 4,000 troops to halt a southern advance by the militants.

US mudslide death toll expected to soar as survivors sought Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:06 PM PDT By Jonathan Kaminsky DARRINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - Rescuers searching for 90 people still missing five days after a massive Washington state mudslide said they expect the death toll to climb sharply soon, even as they clung to hope on Thursday of finding a miracle survivor. At least 25 people are known to have died when a rain-soaked hillside collapsed without warning on Saturday, unleashing a wall of mud that engulfed dozens of homes in a river valley near the rural town of Oso, 55 miles northeast of Seattle. Only the first 16 victims recovered and examined by coroners have so far been officially counted as dead, although local fire district chief Travis Hots said that figure would soon spike upwards. Snohomish County officials said on Wednesday that about 90 people remained missing or unaccounted for, down from an earlier estimate that was nearly twice that number, and Hots said on Thursday the revised figure was holding.

Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:03 PM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — The clues keep piling up: more and more mysterious objects spotted bobbing in the southern Indian Ocean, perhaps part of the missing Malaysian airliner, perhaps not. But just as the night sky depicts the universe as it once was, the satellite images that reveal these items are also a glance backward in time. Strong winds and fast currents make it difficult to pinpoint where they are right now, and stormy weather Thursday again halted the hunt by air and sea for evidence of debris fields. The search for the plane that disappeared March 8 has yet to produce a single piece of debris — not to mention the black boxes, which could solve the mystery of why the jet flew so far off-course.

BP raises estimate of Lake Michigan oil spill Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:57 PM PDT WHITING, Indiana (AP) — Oil giant BP has raised its estimate of how much crude oil spilled into Lake Michigan during a malfunction at its northwestern Indiana refinery.

BP raises Lake Michigan oil spill estimate; Senators request meeting Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:50 PM PDT More oil than previously thought may have leaked into Lake Michigan this week from BP Plc's Indiana refinery, the company said on Thursday, after two U.S. Senators requested a meeting with the British oil major. The request from Senators Mark Kirk, a Republican and Dick Durbin, a Democrat, both from Illinois, came before BP issued its estimate that between 15 and 39 barrels of oil had spilled - more than an earlier assessment that nine to 18 barrels leaked on Monday. The Senators asked for details on the spill's cause, an analysis of the impact of the 405,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Whiting refinery's production increase, and information on what is being done to prevent future spills. "Given the Whiting refinery's recent expansion of its operations to double the amount of heavy oil sands being processed, this spill raises questions about the long-term safety and reliability of BP's new, expanded production," the senators wrote to John Minge, chief executive officer, BP America Inc. The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday that between nine and 18 barrels had spilled.

Colombia: Venez accepts terms for political talks Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:49 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The president of Colombia says Venezuela's socialist administration has accepted the opposition's conditions for dialogue.

Libyan protesters block oil pipeline to Mellitah port as strikes widen Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:48 PM PDT Libyan protesters have blocked a pipeline carrying oil condensates from the southwestern al-Wafa oilfield to the Mellitah export port, state-owned National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Thursday. The action, the latest in a wave of protests paralyzing oilfields and ports across the North African country, knocks out one of the last oil export lines for the cash-strapped government. NOC spokesman Mohammed El Harari said a gas pipeline from the Wafa field, which produces around 30,000 barrels a day of very light oil, to Mellitah was still working. But Libya's al-Aseema television station said the protesters, made up of oil security guards, were also threatening to stop gas exports from the Mellitah complex, operated by NOC and Italy's ENI, to Italy.

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