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Obama sends U.S. military advisers to Iraq as battle rages over refinery

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:50 PM PDT

By Matt Spetalnick and Ghazwan Hassan WASHINGTON/TIKRIT Iraq (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was sending up to 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq but stressed the need for a political solution to the Iraqi crisis as government forces battled Sunni rebels for control of the country's biggest refinery. Speaking after a meeting with his national security team, Obama said he was prepared to take "targeted" military action later if deemed necessary, thus delaying but still keeping open the prospect of air strikes to fend off a militant insurgency. But he insisted that U.S. troops would not return to combat in Iraq. Obama also delivered a stern message to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the need to take urgent steps to heal Iraq's sectarian rift, something U.S. officials say the Shi'ite leader has failed to do and which an al Qaeda splinter group leading the Sunni revolt has exploited.

U.S. cuts aid to Uganda, cancels military exercise over anti-gay law

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:54 PM PDT

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signs an anti-homosexual bill into law at the state house in EntebbeThe United States on Thursday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan law that imposes harsh penalties on homosexuality. The White House said in a statement the measures were intended to "reinforce our support for human rights of all Ugandans regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity." Homosexuality is taboo in most African countries and illegal in 37, including in Uganda where it has been a crime since British rule. Uganda's new law, signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, imposes jail terms of up to life for "aggravated homosexuality" which includes homosexual sex with a minor or while HIV-positive.


Ukraine rebels speak of heavy losses in battle against government troops

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:44 PM PDT

By Aleksandar Vasovic SIVERSK (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday and a rebel commander acknowledged big losses among separatists heavily outgunned by government forces. Even as President Petro Poroshenko and his team prepared to unveil their blueprint for ending more than two months of rebellion, government forces, using artillery and heavy armor, said they were tightening the noose on separatists near Krasny Liman, north of the main regional hub of Donetsk. Government forces said the fighting erupted in the early hours after rebels refused to lay down their arms as part of Poroshenko's peace plan.

Gun battle flares as Israeli soldiers seek missing teens

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:18 PM PDT

A Palestinian boy crawls next to burning tyres during a military-style graduation ceremony at Fajer Al-Entesar summer camp, organized by the Hamas movement, in GazaBy Maayan Lubell HEBRON West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces traded gunfire with Palestinians on Thursday, the military said, in the fiercest street battles in the occupied West Bank since a search began for three Israeli teenagers missing for a week. Hospital officials said three Palestinians suffered bullet wounds in the overnight clashes in Jenin, a militant stronghold and the scene of deadly fighting during a Palestinian uprising a decade ago. A military statement said about 300 Palestinians, including some who "hurled explosives and opened fire", confronted soldiers who entered Jenin looking for the three seminary students. Israel says the Hamas Islamist group abducted them last Thursday as they were hitchhiking near a Jewish settlement.


Ecuador says talks with Britain over Julian Assange at an impasse

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 11:47 AM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media outside the High Court in LondonEcuador said on Thursday that talks with Britain on a standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange were at an impasse as the Australian prepared to spend a third year holed up at the country's London embassy. Assange, 42, fled to the South American country's embassy in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault and rape, which he denies. He says he fears Sweden could extradite him to the United States to try him for one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history if he agrees to go. Ecuador, which has granted Assange political asylum, wants London to assure him safe passage to Quito.


Heavy rains, floods hit Bulgaria; 10 people killed

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:16 PM PDT

Partially-submerged cars are pictured during heavy flooding in the city of VarnaTorrential rains and floods hit Bulgaria on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, cutting off electricity, blocking roads and sparking evacuations, officials said. Heavy rainfall in the Black Sea resort city of Varna triggered a flood wave late on Thursday in one of its low-laying suburbs that killed at least 10 people, the mayor of Varna told the national radio. The street is not here, the houses are not here, there are cars on top of each other," Varna mayor Ivan Portnih said. In central Bulgaria, firefighters evacuated 11 people from the top of their houses in the town of Kilifarevo, police said.


France faces Swiss test on strike anniversary

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:22 PM PDT

France's head coach Didier Deschamps attends a press conference, the day before the group E World Cup soccer match between France and Switzerland at the Arena Fonte Nova stadium in Salvador, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/David Vincent)SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — France faces Switzerland on the anniversary of its infamous World Cup training ground strike, and a victory in Friday's match will go a long way to closing the darkest chapter in France's football history.


AP Exclusive: Thai dissident: keep junta honest

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:19 PM PDT

In this picture take Thursday June 12, 2014 Sombat Boonngam-anong, centre, arrives at the military court in Bangkok, Thailand. The jailed activist who helped organize protests against last month's military takeover in Thailand has some advice for his followers: The coup is done, so concentrate on keeping the junta honest.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)BANGKOK (AP) — The jailed activist who helped organize protests against last month's military takeover in Thailand has some advice for his followers: The coup is an accomplished fact, so concentrate on keeping the junta honest.


England replace injured Parling with Launchbury

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:18 PM PDT

New Zealand All Blacks player Conrad Smith (R) is tackled by England's Geoff Parling during their second rugby union Test match, in Dunedin, on June 14, 2014Hamilton (New Zealand) (AFP) - England were on Friday forced into a forward reshuffle on the eve of the third Test against the All Blacks in Hamilton with Joe Launchbury replacing injured lock Geoff Parling.


Scientists find 6,200-year-old parasite egg

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:17 PM PDT

In this image made available from Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, on Thursday June 19, 2014 shows a skeleton in a grave in northern Syria in 2010. In a skeleton more than 6,200 years old, scientists have found the earliest known evidence of infection with a parasitic worm that now afflicts more than 200 million people worldwide. Archaeologists discovered a parasite egg near the pelvis of a child skeleton in northern Syria and say it dates back to a time when ancient societies first used irrigation systems to grow crops. (AP Photo/Gil Stein, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago)LONDON (AP) — In a skeleton more than 6,200 years old, scientists have found the earliest known evidence of infection with a parasitic worm that now afflicts more than 200 million people worldwide.


Back to Iraq: Obama sending military advisers

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:15 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. In the strongest sign yet of U.S. doubts about Iraq's stability, the Obama administration is weighing whether to press the Shiite prime minister in Baghdad to step down in a last-ditch effort to prevent disgruntled Sunnis from igniting a full-scale civil war. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is dispatching 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq to help quell its rising insurgency, inching back into a fight he tried to leave behind. He also challenged Iraq's embattled leader to create a more inclusive government or risk his country descending into sectarian civil war.


Hackers take down website of Brazilian federation

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:15 PM PDT

TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian football federation says hackers momentarily took down its website on Thursday.

Scoreless draw keeps Japan and Greece alive

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:15 PM PDT

Referee Joel Aguilar from El Salvador shows a red card to Greece's Kostas Katsouranis, left, during the group C World Cup soccer match between Japan and Greece at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)NATAL, Brazil (AP) — Reduced to 10 men after captain Costas Katsouranis was sent off in the 38th minute with his second booking, Greece held on for a 0-0 draw with Japan on Thursday that kept both alive in Group C and sent rival Colombia through to the knockout round of the World Cup.


Suarez gives Uruguay 2-1 win over England

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:11 PM PDT

Uruguay's Luis Suarez celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the group D World Cup soccer match between Uruguay and England at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Francois Xavier Marit, pool)SAO PAULO (AP) — Dropping to the turf on the left knee that was surgically repaired less than a month ago, Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was euphoric. Scoring a second goal against England sealed a 2-1 win on Thursday to revive Uruguay's World Cup campaign and cap a remarkable recovery.


Bird conversancy group sues U.S. over 30-year permits to legally kill eagles

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:11 PM PDT

A bird advocacy group sued the U.S. government on Thursday over rules it says loosen protections for eagles killed by wind turbines, arguing they threaten decades of protection that saved the bald eagle, America's national emblem, from extinction. The American Bird Conservancy filed suit in federal court in California to challenge the authorization of 30-year permits to renewable energy developers to accidentally kill protected bald and golden eagles, which may die as a result of collisions with towering wind turbines. They do not have to be sacrificed for the next 30 years for the sake of unconstrained wind energy," Michael Hutchins, coordinator of a wind energy panel with the American Bird Conservancy, said in a statement.

New Zealand challenges England to open game

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:09 PM PDT

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has challenged England to take on New Zealand at its own, fast-paced game in the third rugby test in Hamilton on Saturday.

Colombia beats Ivory Coast, secures 2nd-round spot

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:08 PM PDT

Colombia's James Rodriguez (10) celebrates with teammate Colombia's Juan Cuadrado after scoring his side's first goal during the group C World Cup soccer match between Colombia and Ivory Coast at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Starved of the World Cup action for 16 years, Colombia — and its fanatical traveling supporters — are certainly making the most of being back on football's biggest stage.


APNewsBreak: Threats bring Afghan girl back to US

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:06 PM PDT

Shah Bibi Tarakhail, a six-year-old Afghan girl whose love of painting won the hearts of U.S. doctors who fitted her with a prosthetic, is tickled by her host mother, Ann Drummond, at Shriners Hospital for Children on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in Los Angeles. Shah Bibi Tarakhail, who lost her right arm and right eye when she picked up a grenade following a firefight between U.S. and Taliban forces in her village near the Pakistan border, returned to the United States on Thursday, after the group that sponsored her first visit said it learned her newfound celebrity made her a subject of death threats at home. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A little Afghan girl whose love of painting won the hearts of U.S. doctors who fitted her with a prosthetic arm returned to the United States on Thursday, after the group that sponsored her first visit said it learned her newfound celebrity made her a subject of death threats at home.


Ecuador coach: team recovered from Swiss setback

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:03 PM PDT

CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) — Ecuador coach Reinaldo Rueda has hinted that he's unlikely to make any changes for Friday's crucial Group E game against Honduras and that his team has recovered from the setback of its last-gasp defeat in its opening game.

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

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:02 PM PDT

BANGKOK (AP) — The jailed activist who helped organize protests against last month's military takeover in Thailand has some advice for his followers: The coup is an accomplished fact, so concentrate on keeping the junta honest. Sombat Boonngam-anong, speaking Thursday to an Associated Press reporter at a prison in Bangkok's northern outskirts, also had some words for the ruling military: don't expect to achieve reconciliation among the country's sharply polarized people by continuing to suppress free speech.

30 new arrests as Israel presses West Bank hunt for teens

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:01 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers walk amidst Hamas flags as they raid the student union at Bir Zeit University near Ramallah, on June 19, 2014Israeli troops have arrested some 30 Palestinians in the West Bank as they ramped up a search for three teenagers believed kidnapped by Hamas, the army said on Thursday. The teenagers, two of them minors, disappeared from a popular hitchhiking spot in the sprawling southern West Bank Gush Etzion settlement bloc late on June 12. Israel accuses Hamas of the abductions and has launched a wide-ranging military operation aimed at finding the teenagers and crushing the movement's infrastructure in the West Bank. "They were kidnapped by Hamas, we had no doubt of that.


APNewsBreak: Threats bring Afghan girl to US

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2014, file photo, Afghan war victim Shah Bibi Tarakhail, left, takes a selfie with Ilaha Omar, a Children of War Foundation member, during a painting session at Galerie Michael in Beverly Hills, Calif. Seven-year-old Tarakhail whose love of painting won the hearts of U.S. doctors who fitted her with a prosthetic arm is returning to the United States after her newfound celebrity made her a subject of death threats in her homeland. Amel Najjar, executive director of the Children of War Foundation says Shah Bibi has been granted a six-month visa but Children of War may seek permanent political refugee status for her. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A little Afghan girl whose love of painting won the hearts of U.S. doctors who fitted her with a prosthetic arm has returned to the United States after her newfound celebrity made her a subject of death threats in her homeland.


6-fingered family roots for Brazil's 6th World Cup

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:45 PM PDT

Silvia Santos, facing camera, embraces her daughter Ana Carolina at their home in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. All the members of the Silva family were born with an extra digit on each hand as a result of a genetic condition known as polydactyly. Rather than recoil in the face of constant stares by curious onlookers the 14 members of the family spanning four generations seem to embrace their physical differences with pride. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AGUAS CLARAS, Brazil (AP) — A family is counting on the fingers of a single hand its hopes for Brazil to win a sixth World Cup championship.


MLB, players' union team in Puerto Rico

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:45 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players' union said Thursday they are teaming to launch a new summer league in Puerto Rico to give island teenagers more chances to stay on the field during the school break.

Rooney's first career World Cup goal not enough

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:41 PM PDT

England's Wayne Rooney celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the group D World Cup soccer match between Uruguay and England at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)SAO PAULO (AP) — One moment, Wayne Rooney madly celebrated the triumph of ending years of criticism for his World Cup struggles. Then, the England striker left the field with his head down in disappointment.


I won't resign, says Hodgson after England shocker

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:34 PM PDT

England's coach Roy Hodgson attends a press conference in the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo on June 18, 2014England boss Roy Hodgson Thursday said he had no intention of resigning despite steering his team to the brink of their worst World Cup performance in 56 years. But the "devastated" Hodgson conceded his employers the Football Association could rethink his position following his team's 2-1 loss to Uruguay. "I'm bitterly disappointed, of course, but I don't feel I need to resign, no," 66-year-old Hodgson told British broadcaster ITV. Hodgson said Luis Suarez's late winner, his second goal of the night, was an "unbelievable blow" after England worked their back into the game with a Wayne Rooney equaliser.


Sao Paulo protest turns violent as World Cup game ends

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:32 PM PDT

By Asher Levine SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A street demonstration in Brazil's biggest city ended in violence on Thursday as anti-government protesters vandalized cars and banks and police responded with tear gas. The protest turned violent just as a World Cup game between England and Uruguay was ending roughly 15 miles (25 km) away on the other side of Sao Paulo. There were no initial reports of injured protesters, a police spokeswoman said, or of foreign soccer fans getting caught up in the violence. While a number of anti-government protests have broken out in Brazil since the World Cup began, most have been on a much smaller scale.

US changes screening of migrant kid sponsors

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:18 PM PDT

SANTA ANA, California (AP) — The U.S. government has resumed checking the fingerprints of people other than parents who step forward to care for migrant children detained at the border amid concern by immigrant advocates that skipping the screening could put children at risk.

Uruguay player stays in game after head injury

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:16 PM PDT

Uruguay's Alvaro Pereira is put on a stretcher during the group D World Cup soccer match between Uruguay and England at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Francois Xavier Marit, pool)SAO PAULO (AP) — Even after taking a hard blow to the head, Uruguay midfielder Alvaro Pereira insisted on staying in the game for his team's crucial game against England.


WIMBLEDON 2014: Tournament at a glance

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:04 PM PDT

A look at Wimbledon, the year's third Grand Slam tennis tournament:

BRAZIL BEAT: Balotelli wants royal kiss for a win

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:04 PM PDT

Italy's Alberto Aquilani, left, and Mario Balotelli pose for photos with children at their training session in Mangaratiba, Brazil, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Italy plays in group D at the soccer World Cup. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — England now needs Italy's help to keep alive its slim chances of advancing at the World Cup.


VP Biden in Dominican Republic talks energy, crime

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:03 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a joint press conference with Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Biden met with Santos just three days after Colombia's president won re-election in what was widely seen as an endorsement of talks to end the Western Hemisphere's last sizable armed conflict.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met with the leader of the Dominican Republic on Thursday for talks touching on energy security, crime-fighting, trade and citizenship rights.


FIFA security head: Maracana lapse 'embarrassing'

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:03 PM PDT

Detained fans of Chile's national soccer team, are marched away by security forces toward a holding area, after they broke through a stadium security checkpoint, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday June 18, 2014. Nearly 100 rampaging Chilean fans busted through the checkpoint at the Maracana stadium Wednesday, sprinting through a large media room and breaking down walls trying to find a way into the sold-out Spain vs. Chile World Cup match. (AP Photo/Jorge Sainz)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — FIFA has acknowledged being embarrassed by a security lapse that let ticketless Chile fans rampage into the Maracana Stadium.


Salman Rushdie wins PEN/Pinter writing prize

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:02 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — The writers' group PEN is honoring Salman Rushdie for his "outstanding" literary output and support for freedom of expression.

WIMBLEDON 2014: 'Murresmo,' other things to watch

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:02 PM PDT

Last year's Wimbledon was the most unpredictable in memory.

WIMBLEDON 2014: Capsules on top men's players

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:02 PM PDT

Men to watch at Wimbledon, which begins Monday:

Protest draws 2,000 in Brazil on Cup match day

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Masked protesters carry a banner and roses while marching in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. The protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city that is hosting a World Cup match, was called by the Free Fare movement, the group that was behind the first protests last year that sparked roiling anti-government demonstrations across Brazil. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)SAO PAULO (AP) — Protesters smashed the windows of luxury cars inside a dealership, trashed banks and fired powerful fireworks at police during a demonstration that drew about 2,000 Thursday as Brazil's biggest city hosted a World Cup match.


WIMBLEDON 2014: Capsules on top women's players

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT

Women to watch at Wimbledon, which begins Monday:

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