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Thai army chief summons ousted PM for talks a day after coup

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:13 PM PDT

Soldiers take up a position at a checkpoint on a main road near a pro-government "red shirt" supporters' encampment in Nakhon Pathom provinceBy Robert Birsel BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's army chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, will begin to govern a polarized country on Friday, a day after he seized power in a bloodless coup in a bid to end six months of turmoil. Prayuth launched his coup after factions refused to give ground in a struggle for power between the royalist establishment and a populist politician that has raised fears of serious violence and damage to Thailand's economy, southeast Asia's second biggest. Later, the military summoned ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and 22 associates including powerful relatives and ministers in her government, to a meeting at an army facility at 10 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Friday. Yingluck is the sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, a billionaire telecommunications tycoon turned prime minister who won huge support among the poor but the loathing of the royalist establishment, largely over accusations of corruption and nepotism.


Biggest attack in years kills 31 in China's troubled Xinjiang

Posted: 22 May 2014 02:23 PM PDT

Vendors undersell fruits at an open market near the site of a blast in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous RegionBy Michael Martina URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Explosives hurled from two vehicles which ploughed into an open market in China's troubled Xinjiang region killed 31 people on Thursday, state media reported, the deadliest act of violence in the region in years. China called the attack in the regional capital of Urumqi a "serious violent terrorist incident" and domestic security chief Meng Jianzhu vowed to strengthen a crackdown on the "arrogance of terrorists". China has blamed a series of knife and bomb attacks in recent months on separatist militants from Xinjiang, the traditional home of the ethnic Muslim Uighurs. The cross-country vehicles rammed into shoppers in an open market, Xinhua news agency reported, citing witness reports.


U.N. Security Council committee blacklists Nigeria's Boko Haram

Posted: 22 May 2014 02:32 PM PDT

The Abuja wing of the "Bring Back Our Girls" protest group prepare to march to the presidential villa in AbujaBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council committee on al Qaeda sanctions blacklisted Nigeria's Islamist militant group Boko Haram on Thursday after the insurgents kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls, diplomats said. Nigeria, which until recently had been reluctant to seek international help to combat Boko Haram, requested earlier this week the group be sanctioned. Hard to say but it's an essential step we had to take," said Australian U.N. Ambassador Gary Quinlan, al Qaeda sanctions committee chair, adding that the aim was to "dry up support" for the group. "We will work to try and make sure that anybody supplying any material assistance to Boko Haram - whether funding or arms - will in fact be stopped, will be deterred by the fact they too will be eligible for listing on the sanctions list," he said.


Anti-World Cup protest puts Sao Paulo business district on edge

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:46 PM PDT

Members of Brazil's Homeless Workers' Movement walk during a protest against the World Cup in Sao PauloSeveral thousand demonstrators marched through an expensive business district of Brazil's largest city on Thursday to protest against urban developments for the soccer World Cup that they say have left many homeless. "I don't want a World Cup in Brazil, I want a roof," they chanted as they passed the luxurious Iguatemi shopping center, demanding government housing for those who have been pushed out of their homes by soaring real estate prices. Other recent protests have seen clashes with police and rioting, raising fears that violence could disrupt the World Cup that kicks off in three weeks at Sao Paulo's new Arena Corinthians stadium. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has promised the squatters low-cost government housing to resolve the dispute.


U.S. criticizes Cuba over blocking of dissident website

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:16 PM PDT

Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, speaks to reporters outside Havana's Jose Marti International AirportThe United States criticized Cuban censorship on Thursday after Cubans were blocked from an independent website that is challenging the state monopoly on news on the island. Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez started publishing 14ymedio.com on Wednesday, but would-be readers were redirected to another site that is highly critical of her, reflecting the official line. Sanchez's site remained blocked to the small minority of Cubans with internet access on Thursday, though it was accessible outside Cuba. The U.S. State Department stopped short of directly blaming Cuba, referring instead to media reports that the government blocked the site, but it took advantage of the incident to denounce Cuban censorship.


Airlines exiting Venezuela because of World Cup, Maduro says

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:09 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with mayors and governors at Miraflores Palace in CaracasBy Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - Airlines are halting flights to Venezuela not because of the country's economic problems but to take advantage of the World Cup in neighboring Brazil, the president said on Thursday. Air Canada recently cut flights to Venezuela because of security concerns, Alitalia suspended services due to delays in repatriating revenue under currency controls, and a clutch of other airlines have reduced the frequency of flights. Venezuela owes airlines some $4 billion, according to the International Air Transport Association, because the airlines have to sell tickets in the local bolivar currency but cannot get approval to repatriate the revenue. But Maduro, the socialist successor to the late Hugo Chavez, blasted those factors as smokescreens.


Argentine inspectors locked in refrigerated truck

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:49 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine truck driver upset that inspectors found irregularities with his refrigerated cargo shut two inspectors in the back and took them on a long, cold ride.

Catriona Matthew leads Airbus LPGA Classic

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:47 PM PDT

MOBILE, Alabama (AP) — Catriona Matthew took the first-round lead Thursday in the Airbus LPGA Classic, holing a bunker shot for an eagle and finishing with an 8-under 64.

Uruguay striker Suarez has surgery ahead of WCup

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:44 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 file photo of Uruguay's Luis Suarez, as he reacts after falling during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer game against Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador. Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has undergone keyhole surgery on his knee and is expected to recover in time for the World Cup. The mother of the 27-year-old Liverpool striker says he had surgery Thursday May 22, 2014 to repair damage to his meniscus. Sandra Diaz tells The Associated Press that the surgery was successful and that he is expected to recover in 2-3 weeks. Uruguay plays its first match at the World Cup against Costa Rica on June 14. The team will then face England on June 19 and Italy on June 24. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay striker Luis Suarez had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Thursday but was expected to recover in time for the World Cup.


Egypt officials: Militant leader killed in Sinai

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:37 PM PDT

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — The top leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group in Egypt's restive Sinai and three of his associates were killed in a drive-by shooting in the peninsula on Thursday, senior Egyptian security officials said.

Venezuela blames World Cup for airline cutbacks

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:35 PM PDT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Blame it on the World Cup. That's what Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is doing to explain why airlines are slashing flights to the crisis-plagued South American nation.

U.N. chief demands urgent action on inadequate Syria aid access

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:27 PM PDT

Residents queue as they wait to receive food aid distributed by the UNRWA at the Palestinian refugee camp of YarmoukBy Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday demanded that the Security Council take urgent action to ensure that millions of Syrians who have been denied emergency relief due to the country's bloody civil war get access to much-needed humanitarian aid. "Despite the clearly expressed will of the council and the best efforts of humanitarian actors, resolution 2139 has yet to make a meaningful difference to the lives of the millions of people in need in Syria," Ban said in a report to the Security Council. Three months after the council achieved rare unity in unanimously approving resolution 2139 which demanded rapid, safe and unhindered aid access, Ban said it was time for the 15-member body to "to urgently consider what steps it will now take to secure compliance with its demands." Ban's report reached the Security Council hours after Russia and China vetoed a French-drafted resolution calling for the International Criminal Court to look into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria's three-year-old civil war, which has killed over 150,000 people.


Australia 'gravely concerned' by Thailand coup

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:23 PM PDT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Friday Australia is reviewing its relationship with Thailand following a coup in the Southeast Asian country.

Skater Plushenko returns to training after surgery

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:18 PM PDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Evgeni Plushenko has returned to training after announcing his retirement earlier this year due to injury.

Ecuador issues permit to drill in Amazon reserve

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:15 PM PDT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's government has issued an environmental permit for oil drilling in the pristine Amazon reserve that President Rafael Correa initially offered to exempt from exploration if rich countries would pay his government.

Coast Guard: missing UK yacht search ends Friday

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:13 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard will suspend its search for a missing British yacht in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean by midnight on Friday if efforts by American, British and Canadian rescuers turn up no signs of the 40-foot Cheeki Rafiki or its four-member crew.

Ban report slams Syria aid access for third time

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:00 PM PDT

A Syrian-Kurdish refugee boy pushes a cart following aid distribution at the Darashakran refugee camp on May 11, 2014United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that humanitarian access in Syria was worsening, blaming the government in particular but also armed rebels in a third report on the matter. Ban said Damascus was still stopping aid convoys from crossing into Syria from Iraq, Jordan and Turkey in violation of Security Council Resolution 2139 adopted in February. The Council is due to debate the report on May 29. For now, the 15 members have failed to reach an agreement with Russia providing diplomatic cover to Damascus.


US says UN approves sanctions on Boko Haram

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:53 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council officially declared Boko Haram a terrorist group linked to al-Qaida on Thursday and imposed sanctions against the Islamist militants who have carried out a wave of deadly attacks and the recent abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria.

England beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs in rainy 1st ODI

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:46 PM PDT

England bowler Chris Jordan celebrates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan, left, who was caught out by Harry Gurney during the One Day cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at the Oval cricket ground in London, Thursday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)LONDON (AP) — A new-look England unexpectedly gave Sri Lanka its first defeat in a one-day international this year, an impressive 81-run thrashing in a rain-interrupted match at The Oval on Thursday.


AP INTERVIEW: Rogue Libya general vows to fight on

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 file photo, then Libyan senior Rebel commander Khalifa Hifter leaves a press conference in the court house in the center of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Gen. Khalifa Hifter has been waiting for his moment for decades. A top general under Moammar Gadhafi, he was tainted by a disastrous defeat in a war in Chad. Exiled in the United States, he joined the opposition but even since Gadhafi's 2011 ouster he has struggled for a role, distrusted by other generals. Now supporters are flocking to his self-professed campaign to crush Islamists and bring stability. But there are fears his ultimate goal is to become a new strongman. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)CAIRO (AP) — A renegade general leading a week-long military campaign in Libya against Islamists dominating the country's political scene urged Thursday for a "war against terrorism," vowing to keep up his offensive until he purges his nation of militants.


Forty-five U.S. senators seek extra time for input on EPA carbon rule

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:45 PM PDT

The Environmental Protection Agency should double the amount of time the public will have to give input on its forthcoming proposal that will aim to cut carbon pollution from power plants nationwide, 45 U.S. senators urged on Thursday. The senators, Republicans and Democrats from energy-intensive states, sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asking for an extended comment period for the proposal that it will unveil on June 2, which will contain the first mandatory limits on carbon emissions from the sector. "While we all agree that clean air is vitally important, EPA has an obligation to understand the impacts that regulations have on all segments of society," the senators, led by Republican Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Heidi Heitkamp, a North Dakota Democrat, wrote in the letter. The EPA extended the deadline comments on a proposal placing carbon curbs on new power plants to May from March this year.

Jamaican man convicted of killing Trinidad woman

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:43 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A taxi driver in Jamaica has been found guilty of killing the daughter of a Trinidad & Tobago Cabinet minister.

Thai coup draws swift condemnation; U.S. says reviewing aid

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:42 PM PDT

Thai soldiers take position behind a military vehicle in the compound of the Army Club after the military staged the coup Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's army chief announced a military takeover of the government Thursday, saying the coup was necessary to restore stability and order after six months of political deadlock and turmoil. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)By David Brunnstrom and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The military takeover in Thailand drew swift international condemnation on Thursday, with the United States saying it was reviewing its military aid and other dealings with its closest ally in Southeast Asia. Thailand's army chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, seized control of the government two days after he declared martial law, saying the military had to restore order and push through reforms after six months of turmoil. "There is no justification for this military coup," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a blunt statement. "This act will have negative implications for the U.S.-Thai relationship, especially for our relationship with the Thai military.


WTO ruling upholds EU seal products ban

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:37 PM PDT

TORONTO (AP) — The World Trade Organization upheld Thursday the European Union's ban on the import of seal pelts, oil and meat on moral grounds. Canada and Norway had challenged the ban.

Mother convinced kidnapped woman to go to police

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:28 PM PDT

Neighbor Maria Sanchez holds a Jan. 29, 2012 photo of her neighbor Isidro Garcia at his daughter's third birthday at Bell Gardens church, while talking to the media on Wednesday, May, 21, 2014 in Bell Gardens, Calif. Garcia allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl in Santa Ana in 2004 then repeatedly physically and sexually assaulted her over the course of 10 years. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)SANTA ANA, California (AP) — A woman who says she was kidnapped a decade ago by her mother's boyfriend lived a seemingly ordinary life with her alleged captor year after year, but was too scared to go to authorities until she recently reunited with her mother, police said Thursday.


Ex-Venezuela President Lusinchi dies at 89

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 1987 file photo, Venezuela's President Jaime Lusinchi, left, is greeted by United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez De Cuellar at the United Nations. The former president, who struggled to tame an economic crisis sparked by plunging oil prices in the late 1980s and then saw his reputation tarnished by allegations of corruption after leaving office, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014. He was 89. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former Venezuelan President Jaime Lusinchi, who struggled to tame an economic crisis sparked by plunging oil prices in the late 1980s and then saw his reputation tarnished by allegations of corruption after leaving office, has died at age 89.


Kiwi DNA link spurs rethink of flightless birds

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:26 PM PDT

In this undated photo released by Canterbury Museum, a skeleton of adult brown kiwi, or Apteryx australis, is displayed next to an egg of a huge elephant bird, or Aepyornis maximus. A report published Friday in the journal Science indicates the kiwi's closest relative is an enormous, long-extinct bird from Madagascar called the elephant bird. (AP Photo/Canterbury Museum, Kyle Davis and Paul Scofield) EDITORIAL USE ONLYWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Research linking New Zealand's diminutive kiwi with a giant extinct bird from Africa is prompting scientists to rethink how flightless birds evolved.


NY judge gives ex-Guatemala president prison

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, Guatemala's former President Alfonso Portillo listens to journalist's questions as he arrives to court in Guatemala City. Portillo was sentenced on Thursday, May 22, 2104 to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy in New York as part of a bribery scandal. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Guatemala's ex-president was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in prison for accepting bribes, as a U.S. judge rejected leniency and said government corruption must be stamped out worldwide.


Exit poll shows shock loss for Dutch euroskeptic

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:24 PM PDT

Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) poses as he arrives to vote for the European Parliament at a polling station in Cudham, England, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Farage's party could be on track to win the biggest share of British votes in elections for the European Parliament, a parliament Farage wants to abolish, along with the entire 28-nation EU bloc. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prominent Euroskeptic Geert Wilders expressed disappointment Thursday after a Dutch exit poll showed his party losing support on the first day of voting in European Parliament elections.


South Sudan oil production down about 50 percent

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:22 PM PDT

Soldiers celebrate alongside Internally Displaced People outside the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan base in Malakal on March 19, 2014Five months of fighting in South Sudan has cut the country's economically vital oil production by nearly 50 percent, the United States special envoy to the country said Thursday. "The conflict at this point has resulted in a reduction by almost half of oil output from South Sudan," Ambassador Donald Booth, special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, told African-based journalists in a conference call from Washington. Oil once generated hundreds of millions of dollars and provided 98 percent of revenue for the government of the impoverished South, which became independent from Sudan three years ago. South Sudan's oil is still exported through Sudanese pipelines.


British Virgin Islands setting up shark sanctuary

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 17, 2013 file photo, a flamingo walks along the beach on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. The British Virgin Islands is setting up a sanctuary for all shark species in its territorial waters to protect the imperiled marine predators whose global numbers have been rapidly dwindling. Necker Island is the home of Richard Branson, the British tycoon and adventurer who has been pushing Caribbean governments to better protect its marine environments. (AP Photo/Todd Vansickle, File)KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The British Virgin Islands declared its territorial waters a sanctuary for all shark species Thursday to help protect the marine predators whose global numbers have been dramatically dwindling.


Brazil poll shows drop in support for protests

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:18 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Support for protests in Brazil's biggest city is waning, a new poll published Thursday said.

Bjorn sets course record to lead at Wentworth by 2

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:18 PM PDT

Denmark's Thomas Bjorn smiles in the rain on the 18 green during day one of the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club, Virginia Water England Thursday May 22, 2014. Bjorn shot a 10-under-par 62 in the first round.(AP PhotoAdam Davy/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTVIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Thomas Bjorn set a course record at Wentworth with a 10-under-par 62 on the opening day of the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday.


News Guide: Military carries out coup in Thailand

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:18 PM PDT

Thai soldiers move in to pro-government demonstration site after the coup Thursday, May 22, 2014 on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's new military junta has announced that it has suspended the country's constitution. A military statement broadcast on national television Thursday confirmed the nation's caretaker government is no longer in power but said the Senate will remain in place. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's military seized power in a coup and scrapped the constitution Thursday after six months of political deadlock and protests. Here's a summary of events and a guide to understanding what is happening:


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