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Fighting in Gaza abates, but truce hopes look fragile

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:11 PM PDT

Smoke rises during an Israeli offensive in the east of Gaza CityBy Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ori Lewis GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Fighting subsided in Gaza on Sunday after Hamas Islamist militants said they backed a 24-hour humanitarian truce and U.S. President Barack Obama called for a ceasefire but there was no sign of any comprehensive deal to end fighting with Israel. Hamas said it had endorsed a call by the United Nations for a pause in the fighting in light of the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which begins on Monday. Some firing of rockets continued after the time that Hamas had announced it would put its guns aside and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu questioned the validity of the truce. Obama spoke by phone on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and stressed the need for an immediate, unconditional humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the White House said.


More than 50 killed in Benghazi, Tripoli clashes

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT

Black plumes of smoke is seen in the vicinity of Camp Thunderbolt, after clashes between militants, former rebel fighters and government forces in BenghaziBy Feras Bosalum and Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - At least 36 people were killed in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi where Libyan Special Forces and Islamist militants clashed on Saturday night and Sunday morning, medical and security sources said. The government said more than 150 people have died, many of them civilian, in the capital Tripoli and Benghazi in two weeks of fighting as clashes forced U.S. and foreign diplomats to pull out of the country. Since the clashes erupted a fortnight ago, 94 people have died in the capital, and more than 400 have been injured as militias exchanged rocket and artillery fire across southern Tripoli, the health ministry said. Another 55 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Benghazi since the clashes have intensified over the last week between regular forces and Islamist militants who are entrenched in the city.


As U.S. kicks off crude exports, Iran casts a shadow in Asia

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:28 PM PDT

Rouhani addresses the audience during a meeting in AnkaraBy Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States faces an awkward rival in its first attempts in 40 years to export crude oil - Iran. Iran, whose economy has been throttled by Western sanctions that have halved its crude shipments, is now selling higher quality and cheaper oil to China that leaves little room for the U.S. crude to enter the world's top energy consumer. While buyers in Japan and South Korea have been willing to trial a U.S. grade of the super-light crude known as condensate, China has already locked in annual contracts with Tehran and is not expected to take any U.S. oil in the short-term. With U.S. producers looking to open a trade route to sell surplus condensate from the U.S. shale boom, worries about quality and legal issues have added to doubts about how much of the oil the rest of Asia can take.


Satellites and seafood: China keeps fishing fleet connected in disputed waters

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:54 PM PDT

A dinghy ferries people to fishing boats at a port in the city of Dongfang on the western side of China's palm-fringed island province of HainanBy John Ruwitch TANMEN China (Reuters) - On China's southern Hainan island, a fishing boat captain shows a Reuters reporter around his aging vessel. He has one high-tech piece of kit, however: a satellite navigation system that gives him a direct link to the Chinese coastguard should he run into bad weather or a Philippine or Vietnamese patrol ship when he's fishing in the disputed South China Sea. By the end of last year, China's homegrown Beidou satellite system had been installed on more than 50,000 Chinese fishing boats, according to official media. On Hainan, China's gateway to the South China Sea, boat captains have paid no more than 10 percent of the cost.


Fighting complicates Ukraine crash probe, U.S., EU prepare Russia sanctions

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:42 PM PDT

A woman takes a photograph of wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo)By Aleksandar Vasovic DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed further complicated an investigation on Sunday as Europe and the United States prepared economic sanctions on Russia over the conflict. International monitors said they had abandoned plans to visit the crash site because of fears it was not safe, even though Malaysia said earlier that rebels had agreed to provide access. Ukraine said it was trying to dislodge the rebels, but denied it was fighting near the crash site, saying the separatists had put the monitors off by falsely claiming that the army was operating nearby.


Venezuela says ex-general sought by U.S. to be freed in Aruba

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:50 PM PDT

By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela said on Sunday that retired military General Hugo Carvajal, wanted by the United States over drug accusations and arrested four days ago on the Caribbean island of Aruba, would be freed and return home shortly. "A plane is taking off at this moment ... to go and pick up our comrade Hugo Carvajal," Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on state TV, hailing it as "a new victory" for Venezuela. Carvajal, head of military intelligence from 2004 to 2008 during the presidency of the late Hugo Chavez, was arrested on Wednesday after flying to the semi-autonomous island that is part of the kingdom of the Netherlands. Venezuela's socialist government called the detention of Carvajal at Washington's behest an illegal "kidnapping" and threatened reprisals if he was not released.

US images: Russia has fired rockets into Ukraine

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:52 PM PDT

This second page of a four page document released by the U.S. State Department in Washington, July 27, 2014 shows a satellite image that purports to shows self propelled artillery only found in Russian military units, on the Russian side of the border, oriented in the direction of a Ukrainian military unit within Ukraine. The United States says the images back up its claims that rockets have been fired from Russia into eastern Ukraine and heavy artillery for separatists has also crossed the border. (AP Photo/U.S. State Department)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. stepped up pressure on Moscow on Sunday by releasing satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for pro-Russian separatists has crossed the border.


Fracking in UK national parks allowed in 'exceptional circumstances'

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:47 PM PDT

Demonstrators carry placards as they gather for an anti-fracking protest in London on March 19, 2014Fracking will be allowed in British national parks in "exceptional circumstances", according to government guidelines announced on Monday as new bidding for exploration licenses opens. The extraction of shale gas through the controversial technique in national parks, world heritage sites and areas of outstanding natural beauty would only be granted in "exceptional circumstances", ministers said. "The new guidance published today will protect Britain's great National Parks and outstanding landscapes, building on the existing rules that ensure operational best practices are implemented and robustly enforced," business and energy minister Matthew Hancock said.


US: Russia has fired rockets into Ukraine

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:43 PM PDT

This second page of a four page document released by the U.S. State Department in Washington, July 27, 2014 shows a satellite image that purports to shows self propelled artillery only found in Russian military units, on the Russian side of the border, oriented in the direction of a Ukrainian military unit within Ukraine. The United States says the images back up its claims that rockets have been fired from Russia into eastern Ukraine and heavy artillery for separatists has also crossed the border. (AP Photo/U.S. State Department)WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping up pressure on Moscow, the U.S. on Sunday released satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for separatists has crossed the border.


Russia says Lavrov, Kerry agree on need for swift ceasefire in Ukraine

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:42 PM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry agreed in a phone conversation on Sunday on the importance of ensuring a swift ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, a Foreign Ministry statement in Moscow said. Moscow denies involvement.

Ebola kills Liberian doctor, 2 Americans infected

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:39 PM PDT

In this 2014 photo provided by the Samaritan's Purse aid organization, Dr. Kent Brantly, left, treats an Ebola patient at the Samaritan's Purse Ebola Case Management Center in Monrovia, Liberia. On Saturday, July 26, 2014, the North Carolina-based aid organization said Brantly tested positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital in Monrovia. (AP Photo/Samaritan's Purse)MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — One of Liberia's most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, officials said Sunday, and an American physician was being treated for the deadly virus, highlighting the risks facing health workers trying to combat an outbreak that has killed more than 670 people in West Africa — the largest ever recorded.


Aruba to release Venezuelan diplomat sought by US

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:37 PM PDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A former Venezuelan general detained in Aruba on U.S. drug charges will be released by the Dutch Caribbean island and sent home, authorities said Sunday.

Israel acknowledges mortar shell hit UN school

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, July 24, 2014, file photo, blood and and discarded belongings are left behind at a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli tank shells hit the compound, killing more than a dozen people and wounding dozens more who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside, Palestinian officials said, as Israel pressed forward with its 17-day war against the territory's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel acknowledged Sunday that troops fired a mortar shell that hit the courtyard of a U.N. school in Gaza last week, but said aerial footage shows the yard was empty at the time and that the shell could not have killed anyone.


Humble, ambitious Nibali had early cycling dream

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:16 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — As a teenager, Vincenzo Nibali uprooted himself from his home in Sicily to head for Tuscany — and a career on a bike.

US meat supplier in China withdraws products

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:12 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S.-based company at the center of a food scandal in China says it is pulling all of the products produced by its Shanghai Husi unit from the marketplace.

Netanyahu: Israel can lose on PR but not security

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Every Palestinian civilian's death costs Israel in its fight for world opinion, but the Jewish state must not cede its security for the sake of public relations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said as he pressed his nation's case on America's Sunday TV news programs.

Islamic militants destroy historic mosque in Mosul

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:52 PM PDT

People inspect the destroyed old Mosque of The Prophet Jirjis in central Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 27, 2014. The revered Muslim shrine was destroyed on Sunday by militants who overran the city in June and imposed their harsh interpretation of Islamic law. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants from the Islamic State group blew up a mosque and shrine dating back to the 14th century in Mosul on Sunday, local residents said, the latest casualty in a week that has seen a half dozen of the Iraqi city's most revered holy places destroyed.


Venezuela says Aruba to free diplomat sought by US

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:51 PM PDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuela's government said Sunday that a former general wanted by the United States on drug charges would be released by authorities in Aruba and brought home shortly.

AP NewsAlert

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:42 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities: 8 struck by lightning on Los Angeles boardwalk, another on island off California.

South Africa stun New Zealand for sevens gold

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:33 PM PDT

The South African rugby sevens team pose with their gold medals after winning gold in rugby sevens at the at Ibrox Stadium during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 27, 2014South Africa stunned four-time champions New Zealand with a nail-biting 17-12 final victory to seal Commonwealth rugby sevens gold at Ibrox Stadium on Sunday. Tries from Seabelo Senatla (2) and Cecil Afrika, one converted by Branco du Preez, were enough for the Springboks to inflict a first-ever Commonwealth defeat on the previously all-conquering All Blacks. New Zealand, who were on a winning streak of 30 Commonwealth matches that stretched back to a Jonah Lomu-inspired side that won gold in the inaugural tournament in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, scored two tries through Sherwin Stowers and Joe Webber, Gillies Kaka nailing one conversion.


Obama tells Israel Gaza truce needed as conflict rages

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:31 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama on Sunday spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and stressed the need for an immediate and sustainable ceasefire in the raging Gaza conflict. Both the Israelis and Hamas exchanged strike and counter-strike on day 20 of the war, as world leaders pushed for an elusive ceasefire. Obama "reaffirmed Israel's right to defend itself" and stressed the need to "ensure the disarmament of terrorist groups and the demilitarization of Gaza," while reiterating "serious and growing concern about the rising number of Palestinian civilian deaths and the loss of Israeli lives," the statement read. Israeli media meanwhile said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet was holding a meeting extending from Sunday evening into the early hours of Monday to discuss the next steps in Gaza.

Cuevas wins Croatia Open final

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:21 PM PDT

UMAG, Croatia (AP) — Uruguayan qualifier Pablo Cuevas beat defending champion Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win the Croatia Open final after ousting top-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy earlier the same day.

S. Africa end All Blacks sevens reign, Kenyans on gold run

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:19 PM PDT

The South African rugby sevens team pose with their gold medals after winning gold in rugby sevens at the at Ibrox Stadium during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 27, 2014South Africa ended four-time Commonwealth Games rugby sevens champions New Zealand's unbeaten 30-match run to take gold Sunday while Kenya grabbed two titles on the opening day of the athletics programme. The Springboks clinched a nail-biting 17-12 final victory over the All Blacks at a packed Ibrox Stadium thanks to tries from Seabelo Senatla (2) and Cecil Afrika and a conversion by Branco du Preez. New Zealand, whose winning streak stretched back to a Jonah Lomu-inspired side that won gold in the inaugural tournament in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, scored two tries through Sherwin Stowers and Joe Webber, Gillies Kaka nailing one conversion.


Gaza war rages despite Hamas, Israel truce pledges

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:15 PM PDT

A Palestinian shows his pet bird which he managed to catch amid the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 27, 2014. Hamas on Sunday agreed to observe a 24-hour humanitarian truce ahead of a major Muslim holiday after initially rejecting such an offer by Israel, as the two sides wrangled over setting the terms of a lull the international community hopes can be expanded into a more sustainable truce. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Hamas launched new attacks Sunday in the raging Gaza war, despite going back and forth over proposals for a temporary halt to nearly three weeks of fighting ahead of a major Muslim holiday.


Clark powers past Furyk for Canadian Open win

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:11 PM PDT

Tim Clark of South Africa tees off on the 13th tee during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open at the Royal Montreal Golf Club on July 27, 2014 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaSouth Africa's Tim Clark birdied five of his last eight holes on Sunday to power past Jim Furyk and win the US PGA Tour's Canadian Open. Clark, who won the prestigious Players Championship in 2010 for his only prior PGA Tour title, posted a final round five-under par 65 on Royal Montreal's Blue Course for a 17-under total of 263 and a one-stroke victory over Furyk. Furyk, 44, took a three-stroke lead into the final round and seemed poised to claim a third career Canadian Open title, and end his own victory drought stretching back to his 2010 Tour Championship triumph.


After embarrassment, Magnussen wins at Comm Games

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:09 PM PDT

Australia's James Magnussen celebrates with the gold medal after winning the Men's 100m Freestyle swimming competition at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday July 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Renowned for his bravado, world 100-meter freestyle champion James Magnussen didn't try to conceal his glee at reasserting his supremacy against a great rival in the pool on Sunday.


Olympics get ready, rugby sevens is on the way

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 03:04 PM PDT

Greg Jeloudev, right of Australia is brought down by Ben Lam of New Zealand during their rugby sevens semifinal match at Ibrox stadium at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday, July, 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The road to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic debut of rugby sevens took a lively detour on the weekend to the home of Scottish football's Rangers.


Obama: US worried about worsening Gaza conditions

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:59 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States is growing more concerned about the rising number of civilian deaths in the Gaza war that is entering its third week.

5 Things to know about the Tour de France Stage 21

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:52 PM PDT

Germany's Marcel Kittel, second left, races to the finish line to win the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 137.5 kilometers (85.4 miles) with start in Evry and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)PARIS (AP) — Marcel Kittel outsprinted Alexander Kristoff on the avenue of the Champs-Elysees in the last stage, a 137.5-kilometer (85.4-mile) ceremonial procession from Evry to Paris, to tie overall leader Vincenzo Nibali for the most stage wins at this Tour de France with four.


Fighting intensifies near MH17 disaster site

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:46 PM PDT

Ukrainian Ministry Emergency officer, left, Donetsk People's Republic fighter, 2nd left, and members of the OSCE mission in Ukraine examine a map as they discuss the situation around the site of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 27, 2014. A team of international police officers that had been due to visit the site of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine cancelled the trip Sunday after receiving reports of fighting in the area. Alexander Hug, the deputy head of a monitoring team from the OSCE in Europe, said it would be too dangerous for the unarmed mission to travel to the site from its current location in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month.


Two Americans infected with Ebola in Liberia outbreak

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:44 PM PDT

Protective gear drying on July 24, 2014 after being used in a treatment room in the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital MonroviaTwo Americans involved in the treatment of Ebola victims in Liberia have become infected with the West African epidemic, an aid agency said Sunday. Samaritan's Purse, a Christian charity, said that its physician Kent Brantly was in stable condition and had been isolated at the group's Ebola treatment center at the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia. His symptoms included intermittent fever and body aches. Nancy Writebol, a missionary with the SIM Christian charity that runs the hospital, was also in stable condition as of Sunday morning, according to Samaritan's Purse.


Liverpool raids Southampton again to sign Lovren

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:34 PM PDT

Liverpool completed a hat trick of summer signings from Southampton by signing defender Dejan Lovren on Sunday.

Italy's Vincenzo Nibali wins Tour de France

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:25 PM PDT

2014 Tour de France cycling race winner Italy's Vincenzo Nibali, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium in Paris, France, Sunday, July 27, 2014. Left is Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)PARIS (AP) — Vincenzo Nibali put his lungs and legs to work one last time, marching up to the winner's podium of the Tour de France and sighing deeply before the Italian anthem echoed over the Champs-Elysees.


Spending scandal besetting Aquino could hurt Philippines' economy

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:21 PM PDT

Philippine President Aquino claps as he attends the conference "Daylight Dialogue: The Good Governance Challenge" at the presidential Malacanang Palace in ManilaBy Manuel Mogato and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - The biggest political crisis that Philippine President Benigno Aquino has faced in four years in power could damage his image as a crusader against corruption and undermine his ability to deliver on reforms to sustain strong economic growth. The Supreme Court this month declared partly illegal a 145 billion pesos ($3.34 billion) economic stimulus fund that Aquino created in 2011 from budget savings, sparking a storm of controversy that has distracted the government from its work. "If this leads to a slowdown in spending, the risk to growth is on the downside," Shanaka Jayanath Peiris, International Monetary Fund resident representative in the Philippines, said on Friday. Henry Schumacher, vice president at the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, said any more delays to much-needed infrastructure would be a "disaster".


Suspect detained in slayings of 2 Jamaica children

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:17 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A suspect has been detained in the slayings of two children whose bodies were found in a remote wooded area of western Jamaica earlier this month, police said Sunday.

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