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Brazil's Rousseff to face pro-business Neves in election runoff: results

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:29 PM PDT

An election official checks the voter card of a woman waiting to vote in general elections on Ilha GrandeBy Brian Winter SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff placed first in Sunday's election but did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff and will face pro-business rival Aecio Neves after he made a dramatic late surge into second place, partial results showed. After Brazil's most volatile campaign in decades, Neves' emphasis on "safe change" and his record as a popular two-term governor convinced enough opposition voters that he was the surest bet to try to unseat Rousseff, who has presided over a long economic slump but remains popular among the poor. ...


UAE says Biden apologizes for any implication it supported militants

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:33 PM PDT

Biden addresses a high-level summit during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New YorkDUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had apologized to the Abu Dhabi crown prince for "any implications" in a speech he made last week that the UAE had supported Islamist militants in Syria. The call, confirmed by the White House, came after a day after Biden offered a similar apology to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Biden, who is known for his occasional verbal gaffes, angered U.S. ...


Sierra Leone records 121 Ebola deaths in a single day

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:54 PM PDT

A health worker takes the temperature of people at a news conference outside MonroviaFREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease appeared in the West African country more than four months ago, government health statistics showed on Sunday. The figures, which covered the period through Saturday, put the total number of deaths at 678, up from 557 the day before. The daily statistics compiled by Sierra Leone's Emergency Operations Centre also showed 81 new cases of the hemorrhagic fever. ...


NATO can put troops wherever it wants, new secretary-general says

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 02:18 PM PDT

New NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg arrives to chair his first meeting at the Alliance headquarters in BrusselsWARSAW (Reuters) - New NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the Western alliance could deploy its forces wherever it wants, apparently calling into question post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken by Russia's actions in Crimea and Ukraine. Stoltenberg was visiting NATO member Poland to reassure it that NATO would provide the protection it sought against its former communist master, Russia, which in recent months has annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, and been accused by the West of sending troops and equipment to back pro-Russian rebels in eastern ...


Kurds battle Islamist militants closing in on Syrian town

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 09:36 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in SurucBy Daren Butler MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Islamist militants attacking a Syrian border town fought some of their heaviest battles so far with Kurdish forces on Sunday, a local official said, and five people were wounded inside Turkey by a projectile fired across the frontier. Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot, is trying to seize the predominantly Kurdish border town of Kobani and has ramped up its offensive in recent days despite being targeted by U.S.-led coalition air strikes aimed at halting its progress. ...


Rightist party set to win Bulgaria's 'last chance' election

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 02:36 PM PDT

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in SofiaBy Tsvetelia Tsolova and Matthias Williams SOFIA (Reuters) - The center-right GERB party looked set to win Bulgaria's "last-chance" snap general election on Sunday but will fall short of a majority, a result that could mean another shaky coalition struggling to solve a bank crisis and revive growth. GERB's leader, a former bodyguard and karate expert, warned it would be difficult to form a government in light of the exit poll results, but added his party would hold internal discussions on Monday on how to proceed. ...


Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global response

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:54 PM PDT

(Reuters) - International agencies and governments are fighting to contain the world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976. The virus, which causes fever and bleeding, has killed at least 3,439 people. Here is a timeline of the outbreak: March 22: Guinea confirms a previously unidentified hemorrhagic fever, which killed over 50 people in its southeastern Forest Region, is Ebola. Cases are also reported in the capital. March 30: Liberia reports two Ebola cases; suspected cases reported in Sierra Leone. ...

Lawyer: No fast ID for bodies in Mexico mass grave

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:53 PM PDT

Students and relatives of missing students surround and deny access to a convoy of military vehicles as they block a main highway in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Oct. 5, 2014. Students and relatives are demanding answers a day after security forces investigating the role of municipal police in clashes in this southern city a week ago found a mass grave, raising fears the pits might hold 43 students missing since last week in violence that also resulted in six shooting deaths. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — Authorities examining a clandestine mass grave have found the bodies too badly burned to determine quickly whether they are among 43 students unaccounted for following a deadly clash between police and protesters a week ago in this southern city, a lawyer for families of the missing said Sunday.


Comey: Chinese hackers like a 'drunk burglar'

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:51 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey compared Chinese hackers to a "drunk burglar" who steals with reckless abandon, even as they cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars every year.

Brazil's Rousseff to face Neves in runoff vote

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:51 PM PDT

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, who is running for re-election with the Workers Party, PT, waves from a car after voting in general elections in Porto Alegre, Brazil, early Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. Official results showed Sunday that President Dilma Rousseff will face challenger Aecio Neves in a second-round vote in Brazil's most unpredictable presidential election since the nation's return to democracy nearly three decades ago. (AP Photo/Nabor Goulart)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's unpredictable election took another twist Sunday, with leftist President Dilma Rousseff being forced into a runoff race as expected, but against a center-right challenger who only surged in the final week of the campaign.


Typhoon washes 3 US airmen out to sea in Japan

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:48 PM PDT

Pedestrians struggle to cross a street in Miyazaki, southern Japan, in heavy rain and strong winds caused by a powerful typhoon approaching to Japan Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Takanori Ichikawa) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITTOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan on Sunday, churning up high waves that washed three American airmen out to sea and killed at least one before taking aim at Tokyo.


Honduras detains leaders of Central American drug gang

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:45 PM PDT

Honduras police escort drug leaders Miguel Arnulfo Valle Valle and his brother Luis Alonso Valle Valle, as they arrive at the police headquarters in TegucigalpaTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras has arrested two leaders of a major Central American drug gang responsible for transporting cocaine into the United States, the national police said on Sunday. Brothers Miguel Arnulfo and Luis Alonso Valle Valle were detained in a police operation in the country's eastern Copan state, near the border with Guatemala, police chief Ramon Sabillon told reporters in the capital. The brothers are wanted on drug charges by the U.S. government, which may seek their extradition. In August, the U.S. ...


Typhoon hits the Mariana Islands

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:44 PM PDT

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — A typhoon carrying strong winds and heavy rains passed over the Mariana Islands, with the eye of the storm skirting the small island of Rota.

Hurricane Simon weakening off Mexico's coast

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:36 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — Simon is rapidly weakening but remains a hurricane in the Pacific that poses no direct threat to land.

Pietersen slams 'bullying' England culture

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:35 PM PDT

Surrey's Kevin Pietersen fields during the T20 cricket match against Essex at The Oval in London on June 6, 2014London (AFP) - Kevin Pietersen has hit out at the "horrendous" bullying by some of his former England team-mates and accused former coach Andy Flower of "ruling by fear".


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

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists agreed Sunday to remove some barriers blocking roads and sidewalks ahead of the government's deadline to scale back their protests. But the demonstrators appeared to be divided, and others refused to budge, with only hours to go. An alliance of students said it had tried but so far failed to reach agreement with officials on a plan to begin talks on their demands for wider political reforms. The group vowed to continue protests until details of the talks might be worked out.

HK protesters refuse to budge as deadline to clear streets arrives

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:30 PM PDT

Protesters gather at Admiralty district on October 5, 2014 in Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters remained stubbornly encamped on the streets as dawn broke on Monday, just hours before a government deadline to clear key thoroughfares they have blockaded for more than a week.


Site of Mexico mass grave is 'land of the wicked'

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:27 PM PDT

Forensic personnel unload bodies at the Iguala morgue that were found in a mass grave in Pueblo Viejo, Mexico, on October 4, 2014Iguala (Mexico) (AFP) - A resident of the rugged streets and hills of a southern Mexican hamlet where a mass grave was found this weekend describes the area as the "land of the wicked."


Baby Doc's victims vow to fight on despite his death

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:26 PM PDT

Haitian Policemen guard the closed gate of the Morgue Pax Villa where former Haitian Dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier body is kept, in Port-au-Prince, on October 4, 2014Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Victims of Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier's brutal former Haitian regime vowed on Sunday that his sudden death would not rob them of a chance to seek justice for his crimes.


Rousseff set to face Neves in Brazil run-off

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:25 PM PDT

A man searches where to vote at a polling station in Sao Paulo, Brazil on October 5, 2014, during general electionsRio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is set to face Social Democrat Aecio Neves in a run-off election, leaving popular environmentalist Marina Silva out of the race, according to partial results and an exit poll Sunday.


Brazil election goes to runoff between Rousseff and Neves

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:14 PM PDT

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's presidential election is going to a runoff between President Dilma Rousseff and challenger Aecio Neves, the country's electoral authority confirmed on Sunday. An official running tally with 93.54 percent of ballots counted showed that 41.08 percent of valid votes had gone to Rousseff, 34.20 percent to Neves and 21.14 percent to third-place candidate Marina Silva. (Reporting by Leonardo Goy; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Djokovic and Sharapova win China Open

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:08 PM PDT

Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses his trophy after beating Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the China Open men's singles final on October 5, 2014, in BeijingBeijing (AFP) - Novak Djokovic described his crushing 6-0, 6-2 win over Tomas Berdych at the China Open Sunday as his greatest ever final, as his remarkable 100 percent record in Beijing continues.


World's richest nations fail to meet aid pledges: report

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT

By Astrid Zweynert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- - The majority of the world's rich donor nations failed to meet their development aid pledges in 2013 and only one third of the money went to the poorest countries, a report said on Monday. Aid by members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rose 5.3 percent year-on-year to a record $131.2 billion in 2013 after two consecutive years of decline, The One Campaign said in its annual aid data report. ...

Official results: Brazil's presidential election forced into runoff; Rousseff faces Neves.

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Official results: Brazil's presidential election forced into runoff; Rousseff faces Neves.

River Plate draws 1-1 with Boca in Superclasico

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:57 PM PDT

Police search River Plate soccer fans before an Argentine league soccer match against Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Second-half substitute German Pezzella scored in the 79th minute to give River Plate a 1-1 draw against 10-man Boca Juniors in a downpour on Sunday in the Superclasico between bitter Buenos Aires rivals.


Real Madrid cruises, Chelsea beats Arsenal

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:54 PM PDT

Real's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, scores his second goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)LONDON (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo can't stop scoring in Spain. Paris Saint-Germain can't hold on to a lead in France. And Arsene Wenger still can't beat Jose Mourinho in England.


Egypt jihadist group releases video of beheadings

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:53 PM PDT

A camel stands on the Israeli side of the border with Egypt near an Egyptian military post in the Sinai Peninsula on March 25, 2009Cairo (AFP) - An Egyptian jihadist group released a video Sunday showing the execution of four men, including three being beheaded, accused of spying for the army and for Israel's Mossad intelligence service.


Army extends travel ban on embattled Nigerian state

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:51 PM PDT

Nigerian soldiers patrol in the north of Borno state close to a Islamist extremist group Boko Haram former camp on June 5, 2013 near MaiduguriMaiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - Nigeria's army on Sunday extended by 24 hours a travel ban imposed on Borno, the restive northeastern state worst hit by Boko Haram attacks.


Brazil's Rousseff leads vote with 86 percent of ballots tallied

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:43 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The latest partial count of votes in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday shows President Dilma Rousseff leading with 40.53 percent of valid votes, according to the country's electoral authority. An official tally of 86.55 percent of ballots showed Rousseff was followed by challenger Aecio Neves with 34.83 percent and Marina Silva with 21.01 percent. If Rousseff cannot win more than 50 percent of valid votes, she will face her closest rival in a second-round runoff on Oct. 26. (Reporting by Todd Benson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

British millionaire on trial for wife's murder in Cape Town

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:36 PM PDT

A male relative of Anni Dewani, a Swedish woman of Indian origin who was murdered while on honeymoon in South Africa, displays her photo on his jacket at Westminster Crown Court in London on July 24, 2013Johannesburg (AFP) - A British millionaire goes on trial Monday accused of masterminding the murder of his wife during their honeymoon in Cape Town four years ago.


Poll: Most Jamaicans want leadership change

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:30 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A new poll suggested Sunday that 73 percent of Jamaicans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction under Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.

Ronaldo scores 3, Madrid rolls 5-0 over Bilbao

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:24 PM PDT

Real's Cristiano Ronaldo, foreground celebrates his goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo netted another hat trick to extend his scoring streak to eight consecutive games and lead Real Madrid to a 5-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league on Sunday.


Partial tally shows Rousseff leading Brazil vote

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:20 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A partial count of votes in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday showed President Dilma Rousseff leading with 40.36 percent of valid votes, according to the country's electoral authority. An official tally of 74.66 percent of ballots showed Rousseff was followed by challengers Aecio Neves with 35.23 percent and Marina Silva with 20.79 percent. If Rousseff does not win more than 50 percent of valid votes, she will face her closest rival in a second-round runoff on Oct. 26. (Reporting by Todd Benson; Editing by Eric Walsh)

Brazil exit poll shows Rousseff facing Neves in runoff

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:10 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's presidential election is heading to a runoff between President Dilma Rousseff and challenger Aecio Neves, according to an exit poll conducted by public research firm Ibope during the first round of voting on Sunday. The poll of 64,200 voters, released by TV Globo, showed 44 percent of valid votes going to Rousseff, 30 percent to Neves and 22 percent to opposition candidate Marina Silva, with a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points. The runoff will be held on Oct. 26. (Reporting by Brad Haynes; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Monaco holds PSG to 1-1 draw in French league

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:05 PM PDT

Monaco's Andrea Raggi, reacts after his teammate Anthony Martial, scored, during their League One soccer match against Paris Saint Germain, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, France, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain once again failed to hold on to the lead as substitute Anthony Martial scored deep in stoppage time to secure a 1-1 draw for Monaco against the two-time defending champions in the French league Sunday.


Benfica beats Arouca 4-0, Porto edges Braga 2-1

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:00 PM PDT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Benfica scored four goals in the last 15 minutes to beat Arouca 4-0 at home on Sunday and keep its lead in the Portuguese league.

Stones set to miss England qualifiers

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 02:50 PM PDT

Everton English defender John Stones (C), seen here during a football match between Liverpool and Everton on September 27, 2014, has damaged his left ankleManchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) - John Stones was set to be ruled out of England's upcoming Euro 2016 qualifiers with San Marino and Estonia after suffering an ankle injury during Everton's 2-1 defeat by Manchester United on Sunday.


Mexico checks if 43 students in mass grave

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 02:49 PM PDT

Students block a road on the highway between Acapulco and Mexico DF on October 5, 2014 to demand the goverment of Guerrero state investigate the disappearance of their peers in ChilpancingoIguala (Mexico) (AFP) - At least 21 bodies were pulled from a mass grave in southern Mexico and authorities checked Sunday if they were among a group of 43 students missing since a police shooting last week.


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