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Netanyahu warns Gaza civilians after Israel destroys apartment block

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 11:43 AM PDT

General view of the rubble of a residential tower, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, is seen in Gaza CityBy Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinian civilians on Sunday to leave immediately any site where militants are operating, one day after Israel flattened a 13-story apartment block in Gaza. Seventeen people were wounded in the strike on the structure, which Israel said had housed a Hamas command center. "I call on the inhabitants of Gaza to evacuate immediately from every site from which Hamas is carrying out terrorist activity. Every one of these places is a target for us," Netanyahu said in public remarks at a cabinet meeting.


Ukraine defiant on national day, rebels parade captives

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 09:18 AM PDT

Border guards march during Ukraine's Independence Day military parade, in the centre of KievBy Richard Balmforth and Thomas Grove KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine marked its independence day on Sunday with a military march-past in Kiev intended to send a message of defiance to Russia, but pro-Moscow rebels countered by parading captured Ukrainian troops through the streets of their main stronghold. The rival events highlighted the divide that will have to be bridged if a compromise on Ukraine is to be reached on Tuesday when Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko for the first time in months. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who visited Kiev on Saturday to try to lay the ground-work for a peace deal, said Tuesday's talks were unlikely to produce a breakthrough. Kiev's forces are trying to crush a pro-Moscow separatist revolt in the east of Ukraine, and on Sunday intense artillery fire could be heard around the main rebel bastion of Donetsk.


Hundreds dead as Islamic State seizes Syrian air base: monitor

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 12:49 PM PDT

Resident of Tabqa city touring the streets on a motorcycle waves Islamist flag in celebration after Islamic State militants took over Tabqa air base, in nearby Raqqa cityBy Sylvia Westall BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that cost more than 500 lives, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 346 Islamic State fighters were killed and more than 170 members of government forces had died since Tuesday in the fight over Tabqa base, making it one of the deadliest confrontations between the two groups since the start of Syria's war. The Observatory, which monitors violence in Syria through sources on the ground, said fighting raged inside the air base on Sunday.


War planes attack Libyan capital again as airport terminal is destroyed

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 12:42 PM PDT

A damaged aircraft is pictured after shelling at Tripoli International AirportBy Heba al-Shibani and Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Fire destroyed the terminal at Tripoli's main airport on Sunday, one day after it was seized by militia fighters from the Libyan city of Misrata, witnesses said. Unidentified war planes also attacked targets in the capital, residents said, the latest stage of the worst fighting in Libya since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. All planes in front of it were damaged, as well as many houses and office buildings on airport road. A militia called Operation Dawn, consisting mainly of fighters from Misrata, said on Saturday that it had captured the airport from a rival faction from Zintan in western Libya.


Britain says it close to identifying beheading suspect

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 09:38 AM PDT

Still image from undated video of a masked Islamic State militant holding a knife speaking next to man purported to be James Foley at an unknown locationBy Babak Dehghanpisheh and Eric Beech BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain is close to identifying a suspected British national shown beheading American journalist James Foley in a video released by Islamic State militants last week, the British ambassador to the United States said on Sunday. With Islamic State fighters now in control of vast areas of northern Iraq, the country's president-designate, Haider al-Abadi, used a meeting with the visiting Iranian foreign minister to call for greater international efforts to destroy the Islamist group. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, a Shi'ite Muslim power likely to wield influence over the formation of Abadi's new cabinet, reaffirmed Tehran's support for Iraq's territorial unity and its fight against militants.


Kidnappers free American missing in Syria since 2012

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:29 PM PDT

Still frame taken from video shows U.S. journalist Peter Theo Curtis, who has been freed by kidnappers in SyriaDUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants in Syria on Sunday freed an American writer missing since 2012 following what officials said were efforts by the Gulf Arab state of Qatar to win his release. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement Peter Theo Curtis had been held by Nusra Front, al Qaeda's official wing in Syria whose rivalry with Islamic State has fueled war among the insurgents themselves. President Barack Obama, who was briefed on Curtis' release, "shares in the joy and relief that we all feel now that Theo is out of Syria and safe," the White House said. "But we continue to hold in our thoughts and prayers the Americans who remain in captivity in Syria - and we will continue to use all of the tools at our disposal to see that the remaining American hostages are freed," the statement added.


Major 7.0-magnitude quake strikes central Peru: USGS

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:55 PM PDT

A technician of the French National Seism Survey Institute (RENASS) presents a graph of an earthquake on March 11, 2011 in Strasbourg, Eastern FranceWashington (AFP) - A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck central Peru Sunday, US experts said.


Director and actor Richard Attenborough dies aged 90

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:54 PM PDT

Sir Richard Attenborough looks out before Chelsea's premiership match against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge football stadium in London on October 5, 2008British director and actor Richard Attenborough has died aged 90 after a sparkling career spanning six decades, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) said on Sunday. "We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of esteemed filmmaker and former BAFTA President, Lord Attenborough," the organisation said in a statement. British film would do well to live up to the example of industry, skill and compassion set by Richard, Lord Attenborough," the organisation said. Attenborough, who appeared in movies such as "Brighton Rock", "The Great Escape" and "Jurassic Park", in a career spanning six decades, died on Sunday lunchtime, his son told broadcaster BBC.


Jihadis capture major Syrian air base in northeast

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:54 PM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State fighters captured a major military air base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province otherwise dominated by the jihadi group, activists and state media said.

Large earthquake reported in central Peru

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:50 PM PDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a large 7-magnitude earthquake has struck central Peru.

US Geological Survey reports magnitude 7 earthquake in central Peru

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:43 PM PDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — US Geological Survey reports magnitude 7 earthquake in central Peru .

Two inmates beheaded in Brazil prison riot: authorities

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:41 PM PDT

Paint peels off the bars of a cell at Alcatraz Island on March 21, 2013 in San Francisco, CaliforniaBrasília (AFP) - Inmates rioting to press for better facilities in an overcrowded Brazilian jail have beheaded two fellow prisoners and taken two guards hostage, officials said Sunday. Miguel Llanela, a civilian police officer at the Cascavel state correctional center in the southern city of Parana, also said 80 percent of the facility, which houses 1,400 inmates, has been taken over by prisoners. State prison officials told G1 news the prisoners launched a violent push for better food and cleaner facilities. Brazil currently has more than half a million prisoners and faces severe overcrowding.


Iraq pleads for global help in fight against jihadists

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:41 PM PDT

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter takes a position to monitor security and movements around Kirkuk on August 24, 2014Iraq called Sunday for global support for its fight against jihadists, as Shiite neighbour Iran said it was helping Baghdad resist the militants but not with soldiers on the ground. Iraq is struggling to regain significant parts of the country after a lightning militant offensive led by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group seized second city Mosul in June and swept through the country's Sunni heartland, as security forces fled. The jihadist fighters have been bombarded since August 8 by US air strikes in northern Iraq, allowing Kurdish peshmerga security forces to claw back a limited amount of lost territory, including the Qaraj area, which they retook on Sunday.


Benfica wins 1-0 at Boavista, coach sent off

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:39 PM PDT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Left back Eliseu Pereira scored the lone goal in the first half as Benfica beat newly-promoted Boavista 1-0 on Sunday despite coach Jorge Jesus being sent off at the end of the first half.

Hurricane Marie grows stronger in Pacific

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:21 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Marie has grown in strength as it moves out into the Pacific, reaching Category 5 status and provoking dangerous waves along Mexico's western coast.

British deputy PM to meet India's Modi in trade trip

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:19 PM PDT

Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat party leader Nick Clegg arrives at Saint Andrews Youth Club in Westminster, central London, on May 27, 2014Britain's deputy prime minister Nick Clegg begins a trade mission to India on Monday, where he will meet the country's prime minister Narendra Modi in a bid to strengthen economic ties. The three-day visit by a 40-strong delegation is the latest in a series of similar trips by David Cameron's government, which is keen to foster closer links with the world's largest democracy. Clegg's office said the trip will "take advantage of the opportunities presented by the new Indian government's focus on economic growth" since Modi swept to a landslide victory on a platform of economic reform in May. Clegg will meet with Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday, while energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey will look for opportunities for companies and ways to collaborate on energy.


Dixon gets dramatic Sonoma IndyCar win; Power 9th

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:14 PM PDT

Sebastien Bourdais, (11), loses control and collides with Ryan Briscoe, (8), during the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma IndyCar series auto race, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Elijah Nouvelage)SONOMA, California (AP) — New Zealand driver Scott Dixon passed Mike Conway with three laps to go at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, earning a dramatic IndyCar victory and muddying the overall championship race.


Final TV showdown in Scotland's independence debate looms before vote

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:10 PM PDT

Union Jack and Saltire flags fly outside the Lloyds Banking Group Scottish Headquarters in Edinburgh, ScotlandBy Alistair Smout EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's future will be debated in a final TV showdown on Monday just weeks before a historic independence referendum with the pro-breakaway camp, behind in the polls, looking for a game-changing performance from its leader. As voting day, Sept. 18, draws nearer, polls show that the campaign to sever Scotland's 307-year union with England and leave the United Kingdom is trailing in the polls, as it generally has been from the start. Several recent polls have shown its support climbing a few points, but according to the most recent "poll of polls" on Aug. 15, based on an average of the last six polls and excluding undecided respondents, support for the pro-independence camp stands at 43 percent against 57 percent for opponents. "It's the last real public chance to reach a large audience," Patrick Brione, director of research at pollster Survation, said of Monday's TV debate.


Nigerian town seized by Boko Haram 'part of Islamic caliphate': leader

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:05 PM PDT

A screengrab taken on August 24, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram shows leader Abubakar Shekau (C) delivering a speech at an undisclosed locationBoko Haram's leader said a northeast town seized by the insurgents earlier this month has been placed under an Islamic caliphate, in a video obtained by AFP on Sunday. "Thanks be to Allah who gave victory to our brethren in (the town of) Gwoza and made it part of the Islamic caliphate," Abubakar Shekau said in the 52-minute video.


Teams all on knife-edge in Champions League

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Besiktas's Necip Uysal, left, and Jack Wilshere of Arsenal fight for the ball during their Champions League play-off first leg soccer match in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo)LONDON (AP) — With at least $12 million guaranteed for Champions League participants, it's little wonder the final playoffs for the group stage are so tight.


Hwang, Choi lift S. Korea past Chicago to win LLWS

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 04:00 PM PDT

South Korea's Hae Chan Choi celebrates after getting Chicago's Ed Howard to ground out for the final out of the Little League World Series championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. South Korea won 8-4. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — In the giddy moments after South Korea won the Little League World Series, outfielder Don Wan Sin realized how he wanted to celebrate.


Messi's back with 2 goals as Barca wins opener

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:59 PM PDT

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi from Argentina, second right, reacts after scoring against Elche during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi scored twice to help 10-man Barcelona start the Spanish league with a 3-0 win over Elche in the debut of coach Luis Enrique on Sunday, with the Argentina star looking eager to put last season's disappointments behind him.


Fred scores twice, Fluminense wins again in Brazil

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:56 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Disgruntled striker Fred scored a pair of goals as Fluminense beat Sport 4-0 in the Brazilian league on Sunday, helping the club end a four-match winless streak and silencing fans who had protested against his poor performances recently.

Actor-director Richard Attenborough dies at 90

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 9, 2008 file photo, British actor and director Richard Attenborough arrives at the Galaxy British Book Awards in London. Acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, whose film career on both sides of the camera spanned 60 years, died on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. He was 90. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)LONDON (AP) — Acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, whose film career on both sides of the camera spanned 60 years, has died. He was 90.


Messi scores twice to start campaign in Spain

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:49 PM PDT

El delantero argentino Lionel Messi celebra tras marcar un gol ante Elche en la liga española, el domingo 24 de agosto de 2014. (AP Foto/Manu Fernandez)LONDON (AP) — Lionel Messi and Barcelona are already up and running at full speed in the Spanish league. Louis Van Gaal's Manchester United is still stumbling out of the blocks in the Premier League.


Renamo rebels say ceasefire signed with Mozambique government

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:47 PM PDT

Fighters of former Mozambican rebel movement Renamo receive military training on November 8, 2012 in Gorongosa's mountains, MozambiqueMozambique's government and former rebel movement Renamo have signed a ceasefire ending two years of armed conflict, Renamo said on Sunday. Chief negotiators from the government and Renamo signed the declaration late Sunday night in the capital Maputo ending a nearly year-long negotiation process. "A ceasefire has been signed," Renamo's chief negotiator at the peace talks with the government, Saimon Macuiane, told AFP adding that the "definitive agreement" was effective as of 10:00 pm (2000 GMT) Sunday.


Luis Enrique puts stamp on new Barca with Munir

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:46 PM PDT

FC Barcelona's Munir reacts after scoring against Elche during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — New coach Luis Enrique put his stamp on Barcelona in his winning debut.


Mahan comes up with timely victory at The Barclays

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:42 PM PDT

Hunter Mahan hits a fairway shot on the third hole during the final round of play at The Barclays golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Paramus, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Hunter Mahan pulled away with three straight birdies late in the final round Sunday to win The Barclays, ending more than two years without a title on the PGA Tour.


3 beheaded in southern Brazil prison riot

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:39 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Three prisoners were beheaded and at least five other people were injured in a riot that erupted Sunday in a southern Brazilian prison, authorities said.

California wine country hit by strong 6.0-magnitude quake

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 03:27 PM PDT

Bricks from a damaged building sit on a car following a reported 6.0 earthquake on August 24, 2014 in Napa, CaliforniaA 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked California's scenic Napa Valley wine country Sunday, the strongest to hit the region in a quarter of a century, seriously injuring three and jolting thousands from their sleep. California's governor declared a state of emergency in the wake of the 3:20 am quake, which ignited fires, burst water mains, caused gas leaks and even cracked roads. The US Geological Service said the temblor was the most powerful to hit the San Francisco Bay area since the 1989 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake. Among them was David Gadlin, manager of Lucero Olive Oil shop in downtown Napa, who raced to the store to find the floor coated with olive oil, vinegar and shattered glass.


Falcao scores as Monaco beats Nantes 1-0

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 02:56 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Radamel Falcao scored in his first start of the season to give Monaco a 1-0 win over Nantes in the French league on Sunday, the team's first victory under new coach Leonardo Jardim.

U.S. says American held in Syria has been freed

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 02:45 PM PDT

Still frame taken from video shows U.S. journalist Peter Theo Curtis, who has been freed by kidnappers in SyriaWASHINGTON (AP) — An American journalist kidnapped and held hostage for nearly two years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria was released Sunday, less than a week after the horrific execution of American journalist James Foley by Islamic militants.


Ryu holds off Choi to win Canadian Women's Open

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 02:39 PM PDT

So Yeon Ryu of South Korea hits her tee shot on the 2nd hole during the fourth round of the LPGA Canadian Pacific Women's Open at the London Hunt and Country Club on August 24, 2014 in London, Ontario, CanadaSouth Korea's Ryu So-Yeon held off compatriot Choi Na-Yeon on Sunday to capture the Canadian Women's Open, snapping an LPGA win drought of more than two years. Ninth-ranked Ryu, the 2011 US Women's Open champion whose only other prior LPGA crown came at the 2012 Toledo Classic, matched the season-low LPGA 72-hole total of 23-under par, finishing on 265 to defeat Choi by two shots. Ryu fired a final-round 69, three-under par, to collect a wire-to-wire triumph but only after Choi closed within one stroke with three holes to play. A final six-foot birdie putt at 16 produced Ryu's final margin of victory.


Cristobal's pelting rains lash southeast Bahamas

Posted: 24 Aug 2014 02:38 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014 at 10:45 AM EDT shows Tropical Storm Cristobal moving northward across the Bahamas, as a dense area of clouds with heavy rain and gusty winds. A band 0f clouds present across Bermuda to the Southeast US is associated with a frontal boundary. More scattered clouds are present across Hispaniola and eastern Cuba into the eastern Caribbean Basin. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Slow-moving Tropical Storm Cristobal lashed parts of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands with heavy rainfall on Sunday, and one man died and two other people were earlier left missing when they were caught up by swollen rivers on the island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti.


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