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Islamic State beheads British hostage Henning in new video

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:56 PM PDT

An undated family handout photo of British aid worker Alan Henning taken at a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syria borderBy Matt Spetalnick and Sylvia Westall WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Friday that purported to show the beheading of a man it identified as British citizen Alan Henning. The footage on YouTube, which was linked to on pro-Islamic State Twitter feeds, showed a man in an orange jumpsuit kneeling in a landscape who was identified as Henning. "Because of our parliament's decision to attack the Islamic State, I, as a member of the British public, will now pay the price for that decision," the kneeling man says. ...


Hong Kong protesters face backlash, threaten to abandon talks

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 12:14 PM PDT

By John Ruwitch and Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pro-democracy protesters faced off against supporters of Chinese rule in Hong Kong's teeming Mong Kok district early on Saturday, in a tense confrontation that has undermined hopes for talks aimed at ending a week of turmoil. Scuffles broke out late on Friday between people demanding full democracy in the former British colony, including a free voting system when they come to choose a new leader in 2017, and residents who want the demonstrations to end. ...

Kurds call to arms as Islamic State closes in on Syrian town

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 12:13 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of SurucBy Ayla Jean Yackley and Tom Perry SURUC Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The main Kurdish armed group in Syria called on its kinsmen across the region to help it stop a massacre in the Syrian town of Kobani as Islamic State militants armed with tanks edged closer on its outskirts and pummeled it with artillery fire. Islamic State's battlefield gains in recent months have come as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have focused on other rebel groups. On Friday the army advanced on the city of Aleppo further west, threatening rebel supply lines in a potentially major reversal. U.S. ...


Obama envoy sees long road ahead in war with Islamic State

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 12:10 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama meets with retired Marine Corps General Allen in the Oval Office of the White House in WashingtonBAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy charged by President Barack Obama with building a coalition to fight the militant group Islamic State warned on Friday that the war against the jihadists was in its early stages. "The fight will not be easy. There will be ebb and flow on the battlefield," retired General John Allen told reporters during a visit to Baghdad. "This will take time and requires patience. ...


U.S. says North Korea must take meaningful steps for talks to resume

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:06 PM PDT

North Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations So Se Pyong gestures during an interview with Reuters at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in GenevaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States responded on Friday to an offer by North Korea to resume talks on its nuclear program by reiterating that Pyongyang must first take meaningful steps toward denuclearization and refrain from provocative acts. So Se Pyong, North Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, told Reuters on Thursday that Pyongyang was ready to resume the so-called six-party talks and was not planning a nuclear or missile test. A U.S. ...


Brazil's Silva slips, Neves may make runoff, Sensus poll shows

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 11:52 AM PDT

Brazil's presidential candidate Rousseff of Workers Party (PT) takes part in a TV debate in Rio de JaneiroBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff continues to broaden her advantage ahead of Sunday's election, but it is not clear which of her rivals she will face in an expected second-round runoff, a new poll showed on Friday. Environmentalist Marina Silva, who was favored to defeat Rousseff after a surge in the polls one month ago, has steadily lost support and is now running neck-and-neck with market favorite Aecio Neves in a battle for second place, a survey by pollster Sensus said. The poll showed Rousseff gaining 2 percentage points to 37. ...


Journalist with Ebola has passion for Liberia

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:38 PM PDT

American Journalist in Liberia Diagnosed with EbolaPROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — A passion for Liberia and the plight of its people drove Ashoka Mukpo to work there, first to aid relief efforts and then as a photojournalist to tell its story. But Mukpo has an unusual story of his own: As an infant, he was identified as a reincarnated Tibetan lama, a role he chose not to pursue.


Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters called off planned talks with the government on political reforms Friday after mobs tried to drive them from the streets where they have held a weeklong, largely peaceful demonstration. The protesters urged residents to join their cause and demanded that the police protect their encampments. The Hong Kong Federation of Students, one of the groups leading the demonstrations that drew tens of thousands of people earlier this week, said they saw no choice but to cancel the dialogue.

US Border Patrol targets cartel look-outs

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:30 PM PDT

TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol is targeting Mexican cartel scouts who get paid to live in the desert for days and help smugglers stay clear of law enforcement with the use of sophisticated technology.

UN urges Mexico government to find 43 missing students

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:25 PM PDT

Parents and relatives of the 43 missing students missing since last weekend leave the Interior Ministry building after a meeting to press the authorities to find them, in Mexico City, on October 3, 2014Mexico City (AFP) - The United Nations in Mexico urged authorities Friday to conduct an "effective" search for 43 students who vanished after a deadly police shooting last week as fears mounted about their fate.


Indiana aid worker threatened in Syria is Army vet

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:24 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Kassig Family shows Peter Kassig standing in front of a truck filled with supplies for Syrian refugees. A video purportedly produced by militants in Syria released Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, shows Kassig, of Indianapolis, kneeling on the ground as a masked militant says he will be killed next. (AP Photo/Courtesy Kassig Family)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a former Army Ranger from Indiana who in an online video has been threatened with beheading by militants in Syria says the man moved to the Middle East to provide humanitarian aid to refugees.


Texas tracks 50 exposed to Ebola, 10 'high risk'

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:21 PM PDT

A view of the house in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 3, 2014, where Thomas Eric Duncan, infected with the Ebola virus, was living prior to traveling to the USADallas (AFP) - Texas health officials were monitoring 50 people for Ebola exposure Friday, 10 of whom are at high risk of the disease after close contact with the first diagnosed US patient.


Judge orders release of Guantanamo videotapes

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2014 file photo, the entrance to Camp 5 and Camp 6 at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay detention center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler on Friday ordered the public release of 28 videotapes of a hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay prisoner strike being forcibly removed from his cell and force-fed. (AP Photo/Ben Fox, File )WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the public release of 28 videotapes of a hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay prisoner strike being forcibly removed from his cell and force-fed.


Video: Islamic State group beheads British hostage

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:09 PM PDT

This undated family handout photo shows British man Alan Henning, who was held hostage by the Islamic State group. An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning and threatening yet another American captive, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes. The video mirrored other beheading videos shot by the Islamic State group, which now holds territory along the border of Syria and Iraq. It ended with an Islamic State fighter threatening a man they identified as an American. (AP Photo/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVESCAIRO (AP) — An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes.


U.S. strikes on al Qaeda group in Syria did not inflict decisive blow: sources

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:08 PM PDT

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airstrikes in Syria in September that were aimed at a faction of al Qaeda militants said to be plotting attacks against the West failed to deliver a decisive blow against them, U.S. officials familiar with the operation said late this week. While U.S. intelligence agencies are still assessing the results of the Tomahawk cruise missile strikes, three U.S. ...

Panama winds down program for eased immigration

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:03 PM PDT

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A program that helped tens of thousands of foreigners get permission to live and work in Panama entered its final days on Friday with the opening of the last of the immigration fairs that have roused nationalist sentiment in the small Central American nation.

British hostage Alan Henning aimed to help Syrians

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:55 PM PDT

This undated family handout photo shows British man Alan Henning, who was held hostage by the Islamic State group. An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning and threatening yet another American captive, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes. The video mirrored other beheading videos shot by the Islamic State group, which now holds territory along the border of Syria and Iraq. It ended with an Islamic State fighter threatening a man they identified as an American. (AP Photo/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVESLONDON (AP) — Alan Henning, a British volunteer aid worker purportedly slain by the Islamic State militant group, was described by friends as a hard-working family man who felt compelled to help people suffering from the civil war in Syria.


Medical first: Baby born to woman who got new womb

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:53 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 file photo, from left specialist surgeons Andreas G Tzakis, Pernilla Dahm-Kähler, Mats Brannstrom, Michael Olausson and Liza Johannesson attend a news conference, at Sahlgrenska hospital in Goteborg, Sweden. In a world first, a baby has been born to a Swedish woman who received a transplanted womb last year, according to the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure. Earlier this year, Dr. Mats Brannstrom, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Goteburg and Stockholm IVF, began transferring embryos into seven women in Sweden who successfully received new wombs. Brannstrom told The Associated Press the baby was born in September, 2014 to a 36-year-old woman who received her womb from a close family friend. Neither the woman nor her male partner was identified. (AP Photo/Adam Ihse, File) SWEDEN OUTLONDON (AP) — In a medical first, a woman in Sweden has given birth after receiving a womb transplant, the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure said Friday.


Obama 'strongly condemns' killing of British citizen Islamic State

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:47 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama strongly condemned on Friday the killing of British citizen Alan Henning by Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria and said the United States would seek to bring his killers to justice. "The United States strongly condemns the brutal murder of United Kingdom citizen Alan Henning" by the Islamic State group, Obama said in a statement. ...

Wilkinson keen to help England's World Cup bid

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:45 PM PDT

Former rugby player Jonny Wilkinson speaks during an interview in Toulon, southern France, on September 19, 2014London (AFP) - Jonny Wilkinson admits he is willing to lend his expertise to England's World Cup challenge as he moves into coaching.


Nigeria military rejects Boko Haram jet, execution claims

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:11 PM PDT

A screengrab taken on October 2, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram shows the leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau, delivering a speechLagos (AFP) - Nigeria's military on Friday dismissed claims that a man beheaded by Boko Haram fighters in the group's latest video was an air force pilot in a fighter jet that went missing three weeks ago.


'Top Gear' crew flees Argentina after cars stoned

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:11 PM PDT

In this screenshot from a Sept. 2014 video provided by Autoblog.com.ar, a Porsche with license plate H982 FKL, which was used by the BBC television program "Top Gear," drives along a road near Bariloche, Argentina. The host of the program and other members of the crew fled Argentina on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 after being pelted with rocks by people who believed one of their cars had a license plate alluding to the Falklands War. (AP Photo/Autoblog.com.ar)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The host of the popular BBC television program "Top Gear" and other members of the crew have fled Argentina after being pelted with rocks by people who believed one of their cars had a license plate alluding to the Falklands War.


British PM confirms 'brutal murder' of Alan Henning by IS group

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:08 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference from the Presidential Palace in Kabul on October 3, 2014London (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the "brutal murder" of aid worker Alan Henning by the Islamic State group Friday and vowed to bring his killers to justice.


UN calls for surrender of Rwandan Hutu rebels in DR Congo

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:58 PM PDT

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) soldiers patrol on November 27, 2008 in Lushebere, eastern Democratic Republic of CongoUnited Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United Nations Security Council on Friday issued a fresh warning to Rwandan ethnic Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo to surrender or face possible military action.


Syria troops threaten rebel supply route to Aleppo: monitor

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:55 PM PDT

Rebel fighters fire towards Syrian government soldiers in the area of Handarat, north of the northern city Aleppo, on October 3, 2014Beirut (AFP) - Syrian troops have seized a village just north of Aleppo that could allow them to cut off a supply line to rebel-held districts of the country's second city, a monitoring group said Friday.


Dow jumps 208 on job gains; Gold, bonds fall

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:51 PM PDT

CORRECTS TITLE FROM CHAIRMAN TO FOUNDER AND LAST NAME FROM FOWLERT TO FOWLER Fairmount Santrol founder William Conway, CEO and President Jenniffer Deckard, and company director Charles Fowler, second left to right, celebrate as their IPO begins trading, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Specialist John Alatzas is at left. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Investors think the U.S. economy is at a perfect temperature for stocks: not too hot, not too cold.


Canada to launch airstrikes in Iraq

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:51 PM PDT

TORONTO (AP) — Canada plans to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq following a U.S. request and may extend airstrikes into Syria if invited by President Bashar Assad's government, the prime minister announced Friday.

IS claims murder of British hostage in latest video

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:47 PM PDT

This image received from Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office on September 15, 2014 shows British aid worker Alan Henning holding a child in a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian borderWashington (AFP) - The Islamic State jihadist group on Friday claimed responsibility for the murder of British aid worker Alan Henning in a video showing his apparent execution.


Alan Henning, ex-taxi driver anxious to help in Syria, killed by IS

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:47 PM PDT

An image grab taken from a video released by al-Furqan Media on September 13, 2014 allegedly shows British hostage Alan Henning in an undisclosed locationLondon (AFP) - British aid worker Alan Henning travelled to Syria to help victims of a vicious civil war but became himself a casualty of the conflict's brutality at the hands of Islamic State fighters.


Rwanda ex-officer jailed for life after 'attack plot' trial

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:41 PM PDT

Joel Mutabazi (L) sits with his co-accused during his trial on January 28, 2014 in Kigali, RwandaKigali (AFP) - A Rwandan court on Friday convicted ex-army officer Joel Mutabazi on charges of plotting attacks against the central African nation and ordered he spend the rest of his life behind bars.


Ban 'outraged' by attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:40 PM PDT

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a High-level Summit on Strengthening International Peace Operations during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2014United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he was "shocked and outraged" by a deadly ambush on UN peacekeepers in Mali and emphasized such attacks were a "serious violation of international law."


Italy marks year after deadly Lampedusa migrant disaster

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:36 PM PDT

Coffins of victims are seen in an hangar of Lampedusa airport on October 5, 2013 after a boat with migrants sank killing 360 peopleRome (AFP) - Italy marked the first anniversary Friday of its "Mare Nostrum" operation with no let-up in its rescue of migrants making the perilous Mediterranean crossing, saying its navy had scooped 2,000 more from the sea in just two days.


Reims beats Bordeaux 1-0 in French league

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:33 PM PDT

REIMS, France (AP) — Striker Odair Fortes scored his first goal of the season to give Reims a 1-0 win over Bordeaux that lifted the club out of the relegation zone on Friday in the French league.

Tamika Catching plans to retire after 2016 Games

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 19, 2014, file photo, East's Tamika Catchings, of the Indiana Fever, scores the game winning basket during the overtime period of the WNBA All-Star basketball game in Phoenix. Three-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings says she will retire after the 2016 Rio Games. The Indiana Fever star confirmed Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in an email to The Associated Press that she will call it quits after the 2016 Olympics, but plans to play two more WNBA seasons. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)ISTANBUL (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings plans to retire after the 2016 Rio Games.


US: Beheading video shows Islamic State brutality

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a new video purporting to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading a British hostage is another demonstration of the extremist group's brutality.

Mormon church's international mark on display

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 5, 2014, file photo, shows members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing during the opening session of the two-day Mormon church conference, in Salt Lake City. The expanding international footprint of the Mormon church will be on display this weekend starting Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, during a conference that brings 100,000 members to Salt Lake City to listen to guidance and inspiration from church leaders. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The expanding international footprint of the Mormon church will be on display this weekend during a biannual conference that brings 100,000 church members to Salt Lake City to listen to words of guidance and inspiration from the faith's leaders.


Britain says beheading of Henning is a disgusting murder

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:22 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday that if a video showing the beheading of British citizen Alan Henning by Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria was genuine, then it was a disgusting murder. "We are aware of the video and are working urgently to verify the contents," a spokesman for the British Foreign Office said.  "If true, this is a further disgusting murder.  We are offering the family every support possible; they ask to be left alone at this time. ...

Auction of ancient Egyptian relics averted

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:21 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Bonhams Auctioneers is jewelry inlaid with lapis lazuli, a rare mineral, all part of Treasure of Harageh collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has purchased the jewelry, part of collection of 37, 4,000-year-old Egyptian artifacts found a century ago by a British explorer, averting a plan to auction the antiquities that had drawn criticism from historians. (AP Photo/Bonhams Auctioneers)ST. LOUIS (AP) — The renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York purchased a collection of 4,000-year-old Egyptian artifacts found a century ago by a British explorer, averting a plan to auction the antiquities that had drawn criticism from historians.


White House evaluating video of purported Henning beheading

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is aware of a video purporting to show the beheading of British hostage Alan Henning by Islamic State militants and is evaluating it, a U.S. official said. If proved real, it is "another demonstration of the brutality" of Islamic State militants, Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, told a White House news briefing. (Reporting by Eric Beech and Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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