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Pro-Russians storm Odessa police station, PM slams local police

Posted: 04 May 2014 01:23 PM PDT

A pro-Ukrainian supporter takes part in a rally in central Black Sea port of OdessaBy Oleksander Miliukov ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian militants stormed a Ukrainian police station in Odessa on Sunday and freed nearly 70 fellow activists as the country's leaders lamented a police force they said was widely undermined by graft or collaboration with separatists. Militants chanted "We will not forgive!" and "Russia!" as they smashed windows and broke down the gate at the compound two days after over 40 pro-Russian activists died in a blaze at a building they had occupied after clashes with pro-Kiev groups. Odessa police said 67 activists were allowed to walk free. Some officers were offered the black and orange St. George's ribbon, a Russian military insignia that has become a symbol of the revolt, and were cheered by the crowd of several hundred.


Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams urges calm after release

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:36 PM PDT

Sinn Fein President Adams arrives at a news conference after he was released from police detention, in BelfastBy Conor Humphries BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland police released Gerry Adams from custody on Sunday and the Sinn Fein leader sought to calm fears that his four-day detention could destabilize the British province by pledging his support to the peace process. Police arrested Adams on Wednesday over the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, a killing he repeated that he was "innocent of any part" in. His detention had raised tensions among Northern Ireland's power-sharing government and its fragile peace. After Sinn Fein pointed the finger at "dark forces" in the police service and their Protestant partners in government accused it of a "thuggish attempt" at blackmail, a calm Adams toned down the rhetoric and said he supported the police.


Afghan boy relives terror of 'bomb-like' landslide

Posted: 04 May 2014 01:37 PM PDT

Displaced Afghans walks near the site of a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan provinceBy Mirwais Harooni AAB BAREEK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Six-year-old Abdul Maqsood stood outside his neighbor's simple mud-brick home, staring aghast at the damage caused by a landslide which had slammed into his village in remote northeast Afghanistan. Maqsood had no idea that the entire side of the bare mountain above him, drenched by a week of heavy rain, had fractured and was about to cave in. The second, even bigger landslide happened so quickly that Maqsood had no time to run. He was swamped by a wall of mud that swallowed up his home and some 300 others around him, taking hundreds, possibly thousands of lives in Afghanistan's worst natural disaster in a decade.


Panama president's deputy-turned-rival takes early election lead

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:37 PM PDT

Residents prepare their ballots in voting booths during the presidential election at a polling station in Panama CityBy Christine Murray and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's vice-president, running as an opposition candidate, took an early lead in Sunday's presidential election after a campaign in which he took credit for outgoing President Ricardo Martinelli's policies but vowed cleaner government. Juan Carlos Varela of the center-right Panamenista Party (PP) helped Martinelli get elected in 2009 but later fell out with him and has vowed to cut the cost of living and reduce poverty. Varela had 38.87 percent support with votes counted from around 25.7 percent of polling booths, Panama's election authority said. Ruling party contender Jose Domingo Arias had 31.86 percent, while left-leaning former Panama City mayor Juan Carlos Navarro of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) had 27.97 percent.


Maiteeq installed as Libya's new PM but dismissed by speaker

Posted: 04 May 2014 02:55 PM PDT

Ali Tarhouni, head of the committee drafting a new constitution for Libya, speaks during a news conference in BenghaziBy Feras Bosalum and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Businessman Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn in as Libya's new prime minister on Sunday after chaotic voting but parliament's deputy speaker hours later declared the election invalid as a power struggle erupted in the assembly. The divisions in the assembly showcase growing turmoil in the North African country where government and parliament are unable to assert authority in a country awash with arms and militias from the 2011 ouster of Muammar Gaddafi. Officials gave contradicting versions of the parliamentary election outcome, with First Deputy Speaker Ezzedin al-Awami initially saying Maiteeq had failed to obtain the necessary quorum even through he emerged as front runner in prior votes. But a power struggle over who controls the assembly broke out when second deputy speaker Saleh Makhzoum rejected Awami's claims and said Maiteeq had won the necessary support.


India's Modi rails against illegal immigrants after Muslim killings

Posted: 04 May 2014 12:48 PM PDT

Hindu nationalist Modi holds a lotus cut-out after casting his vote at a polling station in AhmedabadBy Sujoy Dhar and Frank Jack Daniel KOLKATA/NARAYANGURI, India (Reuters) - Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial front-runner in India's mammoth general election, on Sunday reiterated his strong stance against illegal immigrants, just days after a wave of sectarian killings in the north-eastern state of Assam. India is in the home stretch of a five-week election, which has heightened ethnic and religious tensions in many parts of the country and in which Modi's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks set to emerge as the biggest group. India deployed troops in Assam on Saturday after more than 30 Muslims were gunned down in three days of what police said were attacks by Bodo tribal militants, who resent the presence of settlers they claim are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.


Ex-tennis player Baltacha dies after cancer fight

Posted: 04 May 2014 05:08 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Thursday June 28, 2012 file photo of Elena Baltacha of Britain as she returns a shot to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during a second round women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England. The former top-50 professional tennis player who had been fighting liver cancer since retiring from the game, died Sunday, May 4, 2014. She was 30.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)LONDON (AP) — Elena Baltacha, a former top-50 professional tennis player who had been fighting liver cancer since retiring from the game, died Sunday. She was 30.


Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT

Posted: 04 May 2014 05:02 PM PDT

ABI BARIK, Afghanistan (AP) — As Afghans observed a day of mourning Sunday for the hundreds of people killed in a horrific landslide, authorities tried to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village. The families left their homes due to the threat of more landslides in the village of Abi Barik in Badakhshan province, Minister for Rural Rehabilitation Wais Ahmad Barmak said.

Internacional beats Sport 2-1 in Brazilian league

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:48 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Argentine playmaker Andres D'Alessandro and Chilean midfielder Charles Aranguiz scored a goal each to give Internacional a 2-1 win over Sport in the third round of the Brazilian league on Sunday.

Marine veteran says he missed exit, hit Mexico

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:35 PM PDT

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A Marine veteran jailed in Mexico on weapons charges for allegedly bringing guns across the border said he never intended to leave the country but missed an exit when heading to meet friends in a border town.

Britain's Baltacha dies aged 30

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:27 PM PDT

Portrait of Elena Baltacha of Great Britain during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 14, 2010 in Indian Wells, CaliforniaFormer British number one Elena Baltacha has died of liver cancer at the age of 30, it was announced on Sunday. Born in Ukraine and brought up in Scotland, Baltacha revealed she had the illness in March. Baltacha, who was British number one for nearly three years, only retired from professional tennis in 2013. "We are heartbroken beyond words at the loss of our beautiful, talented and determined Bally," said her husband Nino Severino in a statement published by the BBC.


Venezuela extradites drug trafficker to Italy

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:14 PM PDT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government has extradited to Italy a convicted drug trafficker on the run from his native country for almost two decades.

Strong earthquake jolts Tokyo region; no injuries

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:04 PM PDT

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake jolted Tokyo early Monday, rattling windows and nerves, though there were no initial reports of injuries or major damage.

Death toll climbs to 12 in Colombia mine accident

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:58 PM PDT

Rescue teams arrive to search for survivors at a collapsed illegal gold mine in Santander de Quilichao, southern Colombia, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Colombian rescuers hunted for more than a dozen people feared trapped beneath debris left by in the collapse of an illegal gold mine that killed at least three people, officials said. (AP Photo/El Pais, Oswaldo Paez)BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — More bodies have been pulled from a collapsed gold mine in southwestern Colombia, bringing the number of confirmed fatalities to 12. Four miners are still unaccounted for but presumed dead.


US health officials: No other MERS cases reported

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:54 PM PDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Health officials in the U.S. say no other cases of a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East and has hospitalized a man in Indiana have been reported.

Olhanense beats Porto to move out of last place

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:52 PM PDT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Olhanense beat FC Porto 2-1 at home Sunday to escape last place in the Portuguese league and keep alive its hopes of avoiding relegation with one round to play.

Chelsea title hopes appear over after Norwich draw

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:35 PM PDT

Chelsea's Demba Ba, center left, reacts as Norwich City's goalkeeper John Ruddy collects the ball after a header from Chelsea's John Terry during their English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge stadium in London Sunday May 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — Jose Mourinho accepted Chelsea's Premier League faint title hopes had been extinguished by a 0-0 draw against Norwich on Sunday, with the manager bemoaning the team's laziness and misfiring strikers as his first season back in charge ends with a whimper.


Spanish Leading Scorers

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:35 PM PDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Leading scorers in Spanish first-division football (penalties in parentheses):

Nigerian leader: New order to free abducted girls

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April. 29, 2014 file photo, An unidentified mother cries out during a demonstration with others who have daughters among the kidnapped school girls of government secondary school Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria. Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan met through the night with security, school and state officials and issued a new directive that "everything must be done" to free the 276 girls kidnapped by Islamic extremists, one of his advisers said Sunday, May 4, 2014. It was the first time the president met with all stakeholders, including the principal of the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School where the girls and young women were kidnapped in a pre-dawn raid April 15, presidential adviser Reuben Abati told reporters. (AP Photo/ Gbemiga Olamikan file)ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan met with security, school and state officials and ordered that "everything must be done" to free the 276 girls held captive by Islamic extremists, one of his advisers said Sunday amid growing national outrage at the government's response to the abduction.


Atletico loses, Madrid draws as race tightens

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:31 PM PDT

Atletico de Madrid's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from Belgium, left, and Diego Godin from Uruguay, center, stay on the ground after Levante scored a second goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain, on Sunday May 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid both slipped up in the Spanish league on Sunday to tighten a compelling title race even further.


Marine veteran says missed exit, hit Mexico

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:27 PM PDT

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A Marine veteran jailed in Mexico on weapons charges for allegedly bringing guns across the border says he never intended to leave the country but missed an exit when heading to meet friends in a border town.

Torrential rains kill four in Sierra Leone

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:21 PM PDT

Freetown, Sierra Leone on November 17, 2012Three men and a young girl died in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, after torrential rains on Sunday dislodged a huge boulder which then crashed into a house, doctors said. The young girl was identified as a primary school student who a day earlier had taken the national primary school examination to gain entrance into secondary school later in the year. One resident in the Gray Bush area of Freetown, where the incident took place, said city council officials had repeatedly warned occupants to leave the building but these warnings had been ignored.


Portugal PM: No need for new aid after bailout

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:20 PM PDT

Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, center, addresses a statement to the nation with Portugal's Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas, left, and Portugal's Defence Minister Jose Pedro Aguiar Branco, at the Sao Bento palace, the premier's official residence, in Lisbon, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Passos Coelho announced there will be a clean exit for the country after finishing its budget adjustment program on May 17 linked to a euro 78 billion (US$108.1 billion) bailout needed in 2011. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal will not seek a protective line of credit after its government fulfils requirements imposed by foreign bailout creditors as part of a 78 billion euro ($107 billion) rescue package, its prime minister said Sunday.


Levante's Diop responds to racist jeers with dance

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:12 PM PDT

Levante's coach Joaquin Caparros and his players celebrate their victory against Atletico de Madrid at theCiutat de Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain, on Sunday, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Spanish football was marred by another incident of racist abuse on Sunday when Levante midfielder Papakouly Diop was targeted with jeers by a group of Atletico Madrid supporters.


Magnitude-6.0 quake near Tokyo; trains pause

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:08 PM PDT

TOKYO (AP) — A magnitude-6.0 earthquake has struck near Tokyo, but no tsunami warning was issued.

Sinn Fein's Adams freed after 5 days in custody

Posted: 04 May 2014 03:04 PM PDT

Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams speaks to the media in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sunday May 4, 2014. Adams was released without charge Sunday after five days of police questioning over his alleged involvement in a decades-old Irish Republican Army killing, an event that has driven a dangerous wedge into Northern Ireland's unity government. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams was released without charge Sunday after five days of police questioning over his alleged involvement in a decades-old IRA killing of a Belfast mother of 10, an investigation that has driven a dangerous wedge into Northern Ireland's unity government.


Tonic tainted with cocaine kills 4 in Guyana

Posted: 04 May 2014 02:51 PM PDT

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Investigators in Guyana's capital say two children are among four people who have died after drinking liquid cocaine by mistake.

Libyan parliament picks new PM after disputed vote

Posted: 04 May 2014 02:49 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's parliament swore in an Islamist-backed businessman as the country's new interim prime minister Sunday after a disputed vote and a walkout by secular lawmakers, the latest political turmoil in a country where powerful militias hold sway years after its civil war.

Kerry hails Angola's regional peace role

Posted: 04 May 2014 02:47 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) speaks following a tour of the General Electric (GE) Sonils compound in Luanda, Angola, on May 4, 2014US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday praised oil-rich Angola's leadership role in efforts to solve long-drawn conflicts on the African continent. "President (Jose Eduardo) dos Santos and Angola have provided important leadership and I want to thank you Angola for the leadership and participation... to solve conflicts that have gone on for too long," Kerry said on arrival in Luanda on the final leg of his African tour.


Juventus secures title, Madrid clubs falter

Posted: 04 May 2014 02:44 PM PDT

Juventus' Paul Pogba, foreground, celebrate with teammates after winning the Serie A overall soccer title, in a Turin hotel, Italy, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Juventus clinched its third straight and 30th overall Serie A title Sunday without even playing. With second-place Roma losing 4-1 at Catania, Juventus' eight-point lead became insurmountable because Roma only has two matches remaining. Juventus, which has three games to play, can celebrate when it hosts Atalanta on Monday although the Turin squad's players and coach Antonio Conte were already celebrating outside their team hotel wearing championship T-shirts. (AP Photo/Daniele Badolato, Lapresse)Without evening playing, Juventus clinched its third consecutive Serie A title on Sunday as the team's lead in the Italian league became insurmountable.


China premier arrives in Africa eyeing better ties

Posted: 04 May 2014 02:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2014 file photo, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves as he arrives for a press conference after the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China. Li set off for a four-country tour of Africa on Sunday, May 4, 2014, acknowledging "growing pains" in China-Africa relations amid labor conflicts and other problems stemming from Chinese investment.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — China's prime minister arrived Sunday in Ethiopia for a four-country tour of Africa, calling for deeper ties with his country and seeking to recast a relationship that has admittedly faced difficulties.


17 die in Haiti crash after bus drives off cliff

Posted: 04 May 2014 02:33 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An overcrowded bus plunged over a cliff in a coastal city in southwestern Haiti and at least 17 people died, including two children, a Haitian official said Sunday.

Twin sisters reunite after 78 years apart

Posted: 04 May 2014 02:25 PM PDT

Twin sisters, Ann Hunt, left, of Aldershot, England and Liz Hamel, of Albany, Oregon, both 78, reunite May 1, 2014 at the Fullerton Marriott for the first time since 1936, when they were they were separated at five-months-old in Aldershot, England. Their meeting was arranged by Dr. Nancy Segal of California State University, Fullerton, who is conducting a long-term study of twins. Segal describes them as the world's longest-separated twins. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Leonard Ortiz) MANDATORY CREDIT, LEONARD ORTIZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER.FULLERTON, California (AP) — It's been 78 years since Ann Hunt and Elizabeth Hamel were last together — in their English mother's womb.


Saint-Etienne wins to strengthen grip on 4th place

Posted: 04 May 2014 02:17 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Saint-Etienne beat Montpellier 2-0 in the French league on Sunday to strengthen its grip on fourth place and keep alive its slim hopes of securing a Champions League spot, while Marseille stayed on track for a Europa League place after beating rival Lyon 4-2 at home.

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