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U.S. presses case against Russia on downed jet as horror deepens

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 01:19 PM PDT

By Anton Zverev and Matt Spetalnick HRABOVE Ukraine/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laid out what he called overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as international horror deepened over the fate of the victims' remains. Kerry demanded that Moscow take responsibility for actions of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine whom Washington suspects of downing the jet with a missile, and expressed disgust at their "grotesque" mishandling of the bodies.

Hamas says Israeli soldier captured; Gaza death toll jumps

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:30 PM PDT

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Allyn Fisher-Ilan GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hamas's armed wing said on Sunday it had captured an Israeli soldier, as fighting in Gaza led to the bloodiest losses in a nearly two-week military offensive, with some 100 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers killed. The Israeli military said it was checking on the reported capture, which was announced in a Hamas television broadcast. Israeli television stations ignored the report in their extended evening programing about the offensive. "Qassam Brigades captured a Zionist soldier," said Abu Ubaida, the masked spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, who identified the soldier as Shaul Aron and recited what he said was Aron's identity tag number.

Iran eliminates sensitive stockpile under interim nuclear deal: IAEA

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 01:17 PM PDT

EU foreign policy chief Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif attend a news conference in ViennaBy Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has moved to eliminate its most sensitive stockpile of enriched uranium gas under an interim nuclear deal reached with six world powers last year, according to a monthly update by the U.N. nuclear watchdog obtained by Reuters on Sunday. The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) showed that Iran had met the terms of the six-month agreement, under which it limited its atomic activities in exchange for some easing of sanctions that are crippling its economy. The preliminary accord had been due to expire on Sunday but will be extended with some adjustments, after Iran and the six powers failed during negotiations in Vienna to meet a self-imposed July 20 deadline for a long-term deal to end the decade-old nuclear standoff and agreed to continue talking. The four-month extension underlines the difficulties negotiators face in settling the dispute permanently even if Iran has met its commitments under the initial agreement, as Sunday's IAEA report suggests.


UK's new foreign secretary reiterates earlier stance on EU membership

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:15 PM PDT

Britain's new Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond leaves 10 Downing Street in central London(Reuters) - Britain's new Foreign Secretary Philip Hammonds reiterated his position from two years ago that if Britain does not get good renegotiation, it should leave the European Union. In an interview with Andrew Marr of the BBC, Hammonds reiterated his earlier stance that if the European Union failed to change and to agree to new terms for Britain's membership, he would rather leave the bloc.


Mortar fire south of Baghdad kills nine, police, hospital sources say

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 12:39 PM PDT

Nine people were killed in a mainly Shi'ite town south of Baghdad late on Sunday by mortar fire that hit near a Shi'ite religious site, police and hospital sources said. The sources in the town of Mahmoudiya said eight mortar rounds landed near a "husseiniya," a religious site devoted to Hussein, a martyr in Shi'ite tradition. Two roadside bombs also exploded in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad, killing five Shi'ite volunteer fighters, police and hospital sources said. At least 27 people were killed in a wave of bombings in mostly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Baghdad.

Colombia's Santos opens 'Congress of peace,' urges deal with rebels

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:32 PM PDT

Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos gives a thumbs up during the 2014 World Cup quarter-finals between Brazil and Colombia at the Castelao arenaBy Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos opened a new session of Congress on Sunday, calling on lawmakers to back government efforts to strike a peace deal with Marxist rebels to end 50 years of war. "This will be - there's no doubt - the Congress of peace," said Santos, who will be inaugurated for a second four-year term on Aug. 7. "We have a great challenge - an achievable challenge - to end an armed conflict which has bled us for half a century, and build peace." Santos won re-election last month with support for his bid to bring an end to five decades of war with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, that has killed more than 200,000 people and displaced millions. Santos will face fierce opposition in Congress, not least from ex-President Alvaro Uribe, a newly minted senator and leader of the right-wing Democratic Center party.


Paper to correct story on Arizona's London Bridge

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:48 PM PDT

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Arizona (AP) — A British tabloid will issue a correction Monday for a story stating Arizona's own London Bridge could be bulldozed to make way for drug tourism, Lake Havasu City officials said.

Bodies from downed jet piled in boxcars in Ukraine

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:38 PM PDT

People walk next to a refrigerated train loaded with the bodies of victims, in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Armed rebels forced emergency workers to hand over all 196 bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines crash site and had them loaded Sunday onto refrigerated train cars bound for a rebel-held city, Ukrainian officials and monitors said.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)TOREZ, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Moscow rebels piled nearly 200 bodies from the downed Malaysian jetliner into four refrigerated boxcars Sunday in eastern Ukraine, and cranes at the crash scene moved big chunks of the Boeing 777, drawing condemnation from Western leaders that the rebels were tampering with the site.


Kerry heads to Mideast in bid for cease-fire

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, April 24, 2014, file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in Washington. Kerry said Sunday, July 20, 2014, on NBC'S "Meet the Press" that Israel "has every right in the world to defend itself" from attacks by Hamas militants in Gaza, but the U.S. is working diligently to get an immediate cease-fire in place. He said Israel must protect its citizens, and that no nation "would sit there while rockets are bombarding it.'' Kerry also says he believes that President Barack Obama will want him to return to the Mideast shortly to see if a cease-fire can be put in place. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East as the Obama administration attempts to bolster regional efforts to reach a ceasefire and sharpens its criticism of Hamas in its conflict with Israel.


Wild card Tomic wins Bogota final

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:24 PM PDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Wild card Bernard Tomic denied Ivo Karlovic's attempt to retain his Claro Open Colombia title, beating the second-seeded Croat 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (4) in the final Sunday.

AP Interview: US teen beaten in Mideast speaks

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:22 PM PDT

Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, speaks during interview at his home, Sunday, July 20, 2014, in Tampa, Fla. Khdeir flew home to Tampa last week and said in an interview Sunday that he hopes one day to visit loved ones anew and TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A Palestinian-American teen left with stitches and bruises from his detention by Israeli security forces said Sunday he was beaten, kicked and blindfolded on a family trip to the Middle East after a cousin there was abducted and killed.


Owner of raided Mexico shelter freed, no charges

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:07 PM PDT

Boys watch television in their room at The Great Family group home, in Zamora, Mexico, Thursday, July 17, 2014. After a police raid on the refuse-strewn group home Tuesday, residents of the shelter told authorities that some employees beat residents, fed them rotting food or locked them in a tiny "punishment" room. Shelter residents were still being kept at the home while officials look for places to transfer them. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)MEXICO CITY (AP) — The owner of a group home raided last week amid charges of abuse and other mistreatment of children living there has been released from custody without charge, an official in the federal Attorney General's Office said Sunday.


Ex-Libyan rebel commander appeals ruling on British torture case

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:06 PM PDT

Abdel Hakim Belhadj, leader of Al-Watan party and former head of the Tripoli military counsel casts his vote at a polling station in TripoliBy Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A former Libyan Islamist commander who says he suffered years of torture by Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen after British and U.S. spies handed him over to Libya will try this week to overturn a ruling blocking legal action against the British government. Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a rebel leader who helped topple Gaddafi in 2011 and is now leader of the Libyan al-Watan Party, says he and his pregnant wife Fatima were abducted by U.S. CIA agents in Thailand in 2004 and then illegally transferred to Tripoli with the help of British spies. Two years ago, he began legal action against former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Britain's MI5 and MI6 spy agencies, a former intelligence chief, and relevant government departments. This week, Belhadj launches an appeal against that decision.


Lydia Ko wins Marathon Classic with closing birdie

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:55 PM PDT

Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, kisses her trophy after winning the Marathon Classic LPGA golf tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio, Sunday, July 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Now that she's officially a millionaire, Lydia Ko joked she'll have to keep a closer watch on where her paychecks go.


Kerry strengthens U.S. case against Russia over Malaysia jet downing

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:47 PM PDT

By Matt Spetalnick and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday laid out what he said was overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine as he made the U.S. case against Moscow in the most emphatic and explicit terms yet. Delivering his points in a blitz of U.S. morning news shows, Kerry demanded that Russia take responsibility for actions of allied separatists suspected of shooting down the passenger plane and he expressed disgust over the rebels' "grotesque" mishandling of victims' bodies at the crash site. Kerry threatened further sanctions against Moscow and called on European partners, who have lagged behind Washington in imposing penalties over the Ukraine crisis, to take Thursday's plane downing as a "wake-up call" to get tougher with Russia.

Factbox: U.S. intelligence assessment on Malaysia jet downing

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:47 PM PDT

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spelled out on Sunday what he called overwhelming evidence of Russia's complicity in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. While stopping short of placing direct blame on Moscow, Kerry put forth the most detailed U.S. accusations so far, based on the latest U.S. intelligence assessments, that Russia provided pro-Moscow insurgents with the sophisticated anti-aircraft systems used to down the plane. Following are the main points in the U.S. intelligence assessment, which was posted on the weekend on the U.S. Embassy website in Kiev: - "Over the past month, we have detected an increasing amount of heavy weaponry to separatist fighters crossing the border from Russia into Ukraine. Last weekend, Russia sent a convoy of military equipment with up to 150 vehicles including tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery, and multiple rocket launchers to the separatists.

Scores dead in first major ground battle in Gaza

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:36 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade mourn over the grave of Sgt. Bnaya Rubel during his funeral at the military cemetery in Holon, Israel, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Rubel was killed while fighting Palestinian militants in Gaza on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price Sunday: It killed 65 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers and forced thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their neighborhood, reportedly used to launch rockets at Israel and now devastated by the fighting.


Wozniacki defeats Vinci to win Istanbul Cup title

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:31 PM PDT

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark holds up her trophy after her victory against Roberta Vinci of Italy in their tennis final match at the Istanbul Cup in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Wozniacki overpowered second-seeded Vinci 6-1, 6-1 Sunday to win the Istanbul Cup final and clinch her first WTA title of the year.(AP Photo)ISTANBUL (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki overpowered second-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-1 Sunday to win the Istanbul Cup final and clinch her first WTA title of the year and 22nd overall.


UN Security Council holds urgent meeting on Gaza

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:28 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is holding an emergency meeting tonight on the situation in Gaza.

Attacks on ruling party backers kill 5, wound 24

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:26 PM PDT

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Unidentified gunmen staged separate attacks on two buses carrying supporters of Nicaragua's governing party home after a celebration of the Central American country's 1979 revolution, killing five people and wounding 24, local authorities said Sunday.

Kerry heads to Cairo; sharpens criticism of Hamas

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, April 24, 2014, file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in Washington. Kerry said Sunday, July 20, 2014, on NBC'S "Meet the Press" that Israel "has every right in the world to defend itself" from attacks by Hamas militants in Gaza, but the U.S. is working diligently to get an immediate cease-fire in place. He said Israel must protect its citizens, and that no nation "would sit there while rockets are bombarding it.'' Kerry also says he believes that President Barack Obama will want him to return to the Mideast shortly to see if a cease-fire can be put in place. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is stepping up efforts to forge a truce between Israel and the militant Hamas movement by sending Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East to bolster regional efforts to reach a cease-fire.


Exclusive: U.N. Security Council to vote Monday on Ukraine resolution

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:22 PM PDT

Member of the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry walks past wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove, in the Donetsk regionBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is due to vote Monday on a resolution that would condemn the downing of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine and demands that those responsible be held accountable and that armed groups don't compromise the crash site integrity. While Russia engaged in negotiations with the 15-member council on the resolution - drafted by Australia which lost 28 citizens - it was unclear if it would support the final version, said diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity. In an apparent bid to compromise with Moscow, the wording of the condemnation was change to characterize the incident as the "downing" of the Malaysia Airlines flight - with 298 people on board - instead of "shooting down," according to the final draft obtained by Reuters. Ukraine and its Western allies accuse Moscow of fueling a pro-Russian uprising that threatens to break up the former Soviet republic of 46 million people.


U.N., Qatar condemn Gaza killings, call for immediate ceasefire

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:15 PM PDT

By Amena Bakr DOHA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned as an "atrocious action" the killing of dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israeli shelling on Sunday and called for an immediate end to almost two weeks of fighting. Ban, in Doha on the first leg of a Middle East tour to try to end the bloodshed that has cost more than 400 lives, met Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiya before heading for Egypt. "While I was on route to Doha, dozens more civilians have been killed in the Israeli military strikes . "Israel must exercise maximum restraint.

Looting in Paris as Europeans protest against Gaza conflict

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:05 PM PDT

Pro-Palestinian protesters during a demonstration against Israel's military action in the Gaza strip, in Vienna July 20, 2014A French rally against the deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza once again descended into chaos Sunday as protesters looted shops and riot police lobbed tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. The demonstration in the northern Paris suburb of Sarcelles is the third to have deteriorated in the space of eight days in a country that counts the largest Muslim population in western Europe and a huge Jewish community.


UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Gaza

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:03 PM PDT

Smoke billows from buildings following an Israeli air strike on Gaza City, July 20, 2014The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting late Sunday on the situation in Gaza, where the Palestinian death toll passed 100 in a single day. Diplomats said the meeting, open to the public and set for 9:30 pm (0130 GMT Monday), was requested by council member Jordan, following a call by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. As regional leaders met in Doha for urgent talks on a ceasefire, Abbas said that "what the occupation forces did today in Shejaiya is a crime against humanity," referring to a blistering hours-long Israeli assault near Gaza City that has claimed 62 Palestinian lives and wounded another 250. As the Palestinian death toll soared to 438 in the bloodiest single day in Gaza in five years, a spokesman for the enclave's emergency services said more than a third of the victims were women and children.


Armed men on a motorbike kill at least four in Mombasa

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:48 PM PDT

Police officers stand at the scene where a bus and a police vehicle were attacked by gunmen near the town of Witu, on Kenya's restive southeastern coast, on July 19, 2014At least four people were killed in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday in an attack by armed men on a motorbike, according to medical sources. "At 8:30 pm (1730 GMT) people on a motorbike shot and killed two people and injured two others in the area of Soweto," Mombasa's chief of police Robert Kitur told AFP. Mombasa has been the scene of worsening unrest in recent months with a string of shootings and bombings blamed on Somalia's Shebab rebels or local supporters. The Al-Qaeda-linked group say the attacks on Kenyan soil are in retaliation for Kenya's military intervention in Somalia.


Tour de France at a glance

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:43 PM PDT

Spain's Alberto Contador gestures when talking to Italy's Vincenzo Nibali, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, prior to the start of the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 155 kilometers (96.3 miles) with start in Cambridge and finish in London, England, Monday, July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)NIMES, France (AP) — A brief look at the 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday:


The 2 secret words for McIlroy: Process and spot

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:40 PM PDT

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland attends a press conference after winning the British Open Golf championship at the Royal Liverpool golf club, Hoylake, England, Sunday July 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy looked out at a room packed with reporters and knew he was going to disappoint them.


Porter beats Pearson in Commonwealth Games warning

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:39 PM PDT

Great Britain's Tiffany Porter competes in the Women 60 m hurdles heat 4 event at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in the Ergo Arena in the Polish coastal town of Sopot, on March 7, 2014Britain's Tiffany Porter stunned Australia's Olympic 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson at the Anniversary Games on Sunday in a timely warning ahead of their Commonwealth Games duel. The US-born Porter won the race, which was staged at London's Horse Guards Parade, in 12.71sec despite Pearson enjoying the better start. American Brianna Rollins, the world champion, was second, with Pearson clocking 12.79 back in third.


French youth, police clash at anti-Israeli protest

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:35 PM PDT

Rioters face riot police, following a pro-Palestinian demonstration, in Sarcelles, north of Paris, Sunday, July 20, 2014. French youth defying a ban on a protest against Israel's Gaza offensive went on a rampage in a Paris suburb, setting fire to cars and garbage cans after a peaceful demonstration. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)SARCELLES, France (AP) — Pro-Palestinian French youth defying a ban on a protest against Israel's Gaza offensive clashed with police Sunday, setting fire to cars, pillaging stores and attacking two synagogues in Paris suburbs.


McIlroys have double success at British Open

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:34 PM PDT

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland attends a press conference after winning the British Open Golf championship at the Royal Liverpool golf club, Hoylake, England, Sunday July 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy was not the only winner at the British Open on Sunday.


Emirates calls for airlines summit on 'outrageous' MH17 attack

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:28 PM PDT

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - The head of one of the world's largest airlines has called for an international meeting of carriers to agree a response to the downing of a Malaysian airliner, including a potential rethink of the threats posed by regional conflicts. Tim Clark, president of Dubai's Emirates, the world's largest international airline by number of passengers, also said domestic regulators worldwide may decide to be more involved in giving their carriers guidance on where it is safe to fly. He said the International Air Transport Association could call an international conference to see what changes need to made in the way the industry tackles regional instability.

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