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U.S., EU override Australia to put climate change on G20 agenda

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 04:51 PM PST

G20 handout photo shows participants posing for the G20 Leaders' Summit family photo in BrisbaneBy Lincoln Feast and Jane Wardell BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) - The G20 communique will include a significant passage on climate change, EU officials said on Sunday, as the United States and other heavyweight nations override host Australia's attempts to keep the issue off the formal agenda. Much of the meeting of world leaders in Australia has been overshadowed by the crisis in Ukraine, with Western leaders warning Russian President Vladimir Putin that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels. ...


U.S. military chief says battle with IS starting to turn

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 01:41 PM PST

Iraq's Defence Minister Obeidi meets with U.S. Army General Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the defence ministry in BaghdadBy Phil Stewart BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States' top military officer told American troops on a surprise visit to Baghdad on Saturday that the momentum in the battle with Islamic State was "starting to turn", but predicted a drawn-out campaign lasting several years.     General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was visiting Iraq for the first time since President Barack Obama responded to Islamic State advances this summer by ordering troops back into a country they left in 2011. ...


UK looking into reports IS beheading suspect wounded

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:28 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Saturday it was investigating reports that a man believed to be a British national suspected of carrying out beheadings in videos released by Islamic State (IS) had been wounded in a U.S.-led air strike last week. The man, dubbed "Jihadi John" by the British media, was believed to have been injured in an air attack on a summit of IS leaders in an Iraqi town close to the Syrian border last Saturday, Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper reported. The group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was also said to have been wounded in the attack, the paper added. ...

Comet lander shuts down after sending data

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 10:07 AM PST

By Irene Klotz (Reuters) - A pioneering robotic spacecraft shut down on Saturday after radioing results of its first and probably last batch of scientific experiments from the surface of a comet, scientists said. Batteries aboard the European Space Agency's Philae comet lander drained, shutting down the washing machine-sized probe after an adventurous and largely unscripted 57-hour mission. Carried aboard the orbiting Rosetta mothership, Philae floated to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Thursday, but failed to deploy anchoring harpoons. ...

Chinese team arrives in Liberia to staff Ebola clinic

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 02:12 PM PST

A man reads a board extolling China's contribution to the fight against Ebola, in MonroviaMONROVIA (Reuters) - About 160 Chinese health workers arrived on Saturday in Liberia, where they are due to staff a new $41 million Ebola clinic that, unlike most other foreign interventions, is being built and fully run by Chinese personnel. China, Africa's biggest trade partner, had come under fire for the level of its response to the Ebola crisis. But it said this week it would send 1,000 personnel to help fight an outbreak that has killed over 5,000 people in West Africa. ...


Ukraine to close state offices, bank services in rebel-held east

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 07:57 AM PST

Ukrainian President Poroshenko attends a ceremony to hand over armoured vehicles to OSCE in KievBy Alessandra Prentice and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued several decrees on Saturday to shut state institutions and banking services in pro-Russian eastern regions, pressing a move to cut links with the rebel-held territory. Ukraine has cut all state funding to separatist parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions after separatists held elections in late October which Poroshenko condemned as illegal and in violation of a ceasefire agreement made in September. ...


US, Japan, Australia agree to deepen security ties

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 05:03 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, center, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shake hands at the start of their meeting at the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Eyeing Chinese aggression, President Barack Obama and the prime ministers of Japan and Australia committed Sunday to deepen their military cooperation and work together on strengthening maritime security in the Asia Pacific.


Top Asian News at 1:00 a.m. GMT

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 05:02 PM PST

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — World leaders on Sunday prepared to release details of a plan aimed at injecting life into the world's listless economy, with infrastructure investment and the lowering of trade barriers flagged as key components of the initiative. Leaders of the world's 20 largest economies, wrapping up a two-day gathering in the Australian city of Brisbane, were hammering out the final components of a plan to boost global GDP by more than 2 percent above expected levels over the next five years, which amounts to around $2 trillion.

Stars record new charity Band Aid single to fight Ebola

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 04:54 PM PST

Irish musician Bob Geldof arrives at a west London studio to record the new Band Aid 30 single on November 15, 2014Bob Geldof, One Direction, Bono and some 30 other stars gathered in a studio in London on Saturday to record a 30th anniversary version of the Band Aid charity single to raise money to fight Ebola. The Ebola outbreak has claimed more than 5,000 lives since last December, according to the World Health Organization -- almost all in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone -- while the number of infected cases registered worldwide has soared to more than 14,000.


Christina Kim leads Lorena Ochoa Invitational

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 04:27 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Christina Kim shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to increase her lead to five strokes in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

NHL Capsules

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 04:22 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jarret Stoll scored his first goal of the season 2:19 into overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday in the Freeway Faceoff.

Refugees fleeing Boko Haram flood Cameroon camp

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 04:05 PM PST

Wopmen prepare food on November 13, 2014 in a camp for Nigerian refugees in Minawao, in the extreme north-west of CameroonEveryday they cross the border from Nigeria on motorbikes, donkeys or even on foot, and all are looking for safe haven from the Islamist militants of Boko Haram. They arrive at the already teeming refugee camp in Minawao in northern Cameroon, where they join the thousands of Nigerians who have fled the insurgency in their home country that's killed some 10,000 people. "Sometimes 70 of us sleep here, sometimes 80," refugee Apollos Luka said, pointing at the tent that he has lived in with family for the past three months. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that 4,000-5,000 more arrive each week in the far north of Cameroon, which butts up against Boko Haram's fiefdom of Borno state.


Palone sets world harness racing win record

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 04:01 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Dave Palone is the winningest harness racing driver in the world — for now.

IS executioner 'Jihadi John' injured in air strike: reports

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 04:01 PM PST

An image grab taken from a video released by the Islamic State and identified by SITE Intelligence Group on September 13, 2014 purportedly shows a masked militant before beheading British aid worker David HainesThe British government on Saturday said it had received reports that "Jihadi John", the British-accented Islamic State militant apparently responsible for the beheading of western hostages, had been injured in a US air strike. The Mail claimed that a nurse who treated some of those wounded in the attack said there was a man named Jalman on her list, referring to him as "the one who slaughtered the journalists".


France gains revenge, beats Wallabies 29-26

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:56 PM PST

France rugby player Teddy Thomas, center, is tackled by Australia Christian Leali'Ifano, left and James Horville, right on his way to score a try during their rugby union international match at the Stade De France in Saint Denis, north of Paris, Saturday Nov. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)PARIS (AP) — France beat Australia 29-26 in a thriller at Stade de France on Saturday to avenge three losses against the Wallabies in June and earn a big fillip less than a year out from the Rugby World Cup.


ATP Finals: Djokovic vs Federer for title

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:55 PM PST

Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka plays a return to Switzerland's Roger Federer during their singles ATP World Tour Finals semifinal tennis match at the O2 Arena in London, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer saved four match points on Saturday to ensure the most successful player at the ATP Finals will take on the best player of the season in a mouthwatering final.


Obama, EU leaders to meet on Ukraine crisis

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:45 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott chat prior to the start of the Welcome to Country ceremony by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people at the G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Baker,Pool)BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning to huddle with European leaders to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, where officials say the security situation is worsening.


Jason Bohn takes lead into final round in Mexico

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:44 PM PST

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) — Jason Bohn looked out toward the ocean Saturday and knew it was going to be tough day at the OHL Classic. He kept it together long enough to take the lead.

Sarkozy says France's gay marriage law should be scrapped

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:38 PM PST

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks at a debate organised by Common Sense, a conservative movement within the main opposition UMP, on November 15, 2014 in ParisFormer French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has embarked on a political comeback, on Saturday said France's gay marriage law should be scrapped, in his strongest comment yet on the controversial issue. Sarkozy was pushed to take a firm stand when he spoke at an event in Paris for the three candidates vying to lead the centre-right UMP party into the 2017 presidential election. The same-sex marriage law, which came into force in May 2013 and also legalises gay adoption, "should be rewritten from the ground up," Sarkozy told audience members at the debate organised by Common Sense, a conservative movement within the main opposition UMP. He has in the past called for the contentious gay marriage law, which sparked huge street protests in France, to be "rewritten" but he has never before stated outright that he would want to cancel it.


Venezuela cooks world's largest Christmas hallaca

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:22 PM PST

Women cheer after preparing the world's largest hallaca, which features pork, beef, chicken, olives and raisins folded into corn dough and wrapped in a banana leaf, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. With some help from the Ministry of Nutrition, the South American country set a record for the world's biggest hallaca, a local take on the tamale traditionally eaten in December. The Guinness book of world records certified the nearly 400-foot creation as the world's largest. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans may be struggling with shortages of basic food items, but Christmas treats were in abundant supply Saturday.


G20 communique to include climate change, anti-corruption plan: EU sources

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:17 PM PST

BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) - The G20 communique will include a significant passage on climate change and an endorsement of an anti-corruption plan, European Union officials said on Sunday. "The most difficult discussion was on climate change," an EU official said on condition of anonymity. "This was really trench warfare, this was really step by step by step. In the end we have references to most of the things we wanted. ...

Klitschko floors Pulev in 5th round

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:17 PM PST

Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev, right, and IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko from Ukraine, punch during their IBF heavy-weight world championships title bout in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Wladimir Klitschko knocked out the previously unbeaten Kubrat Pulev in the fifth round to retain his four heavyweight belts on Saturday.


Spain beats Belarus 3-0, Slovakia keeps group lead

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:08 PM PST

Spain's Francisco Juanfran, left and Belarus' Pavel Nekhaychik , right, vie for the ball during the Euro 2016 qualifying match between Spain and Belarus at the Nuevo Colombino stadium, in Huelva, Spain, Saturday Nov. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Miguel Angel Morenatti)HUELVA, Spain (AP) — Francisco "Isco" Alarcon scored early to spark Spain's placid 3-0 win over Belarus in a European Championship qualifier on Saturday.


Surgeon with Ebola arrives in US for treatment

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:02 PM PST

In this April 2014 photo provided by the United Methodist News Service, Dr. Martin Salia poses for a photo at the United Methodist Church's Kissy Hospital outside Freetown, Sierra Leone. Salia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown, on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, to the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, Neb., for treatment. (AP Photo/United Methodist News Service, Mike DuBose) MANDATORY CREDITOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone arrived in Nebraska Saturday for treatment at a biocontainment unit where two other people with the disease have been successfully treated.


All Blacks hold off Scotland 24-16 at Murrayfield

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:00 PM PST

New Zealand's Victor Vito, left, and Ben Smith, right, are tackled by Scotland's Duncan Weir , center, during the international rugby match at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland, Saturday Nov. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — New Zealand barely upheld its unbeaten record against Scotland as it overcame errors and the stubborn hosts to prevail 24-16 at Murrayfield on Saturday.


Centurion Rooney scores as England beats Slovenia

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 02:49 PM PST

England's Wayne Rooney takes the ball downfield during his team's Euro 2016 Group E qualifying soccer match against Slovenia at Wembley Stadium, London, England, Saturday Nov. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)LONDON (AP) — Wayne Rooney scored for England on his 100th appearance before Danny Welbeck's double secured a 3-1 victory over Slovenia in European Championship qualifying on Saturday.


Rooney's 100 for England, Ibra scores in return

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 02:48 PM PST

England's Wayne Rooney celebrates after scoring against Slovenia, during their Euro 2016 Group E qualifying soccer match at Wembley Stadium, London, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 (AP Photo/Bogdan Maran)Wayne Rooney celebrated his 100th appearance for England by scoring in a 3-1 win over Slovenia, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted in his return for Sweden in a 1-1 draw at Montenegro in European Championship qualifiers on Saturday.


Countries wrestle with how to de-radicalise returning jihadists

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 02:28 PM PST

An image grab uploaded on June 19, 2014 by Al-Hayat Media Centre shows Abu Muthanna al-Yemeni (C), believed to be Nasser Muthana, a 20-year-old man from Cardiff, Wales, speaking from an undisclosed locationCountries around the globe are experimenting with de-radicalisation programmes to deal with the threat of jihadists returning from the wars of the Middle East, but experts remain sceptical about their prospects. With thousands of mostly young Muslim men flooding into Syria and Iraq to take part in the jihad, governments across the world are struggling with how best to deal with those who come home battle-hardened and indoctrinated. Other countries – from Indonesia to India to Britain – have set up similar de-radicalisation programmes in recent years, hoping a soft approach will yield better long-term results in tackling violent extremism. "Let's be clear, for the moment de-radicalisation does not work," a senior French counterterrorism official told AFP on condition of anonymity.


Spirited France hold on to beat Australia

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 02:16 PM PST

France's centre Wesley Fofana passes the ball during the international rugby union Test match France vs Australia at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis on November 15, 2014France held off a spirited Australia fightback to win their one-off international test match 29-26 at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday. Having dominated the first half with tries from scrum-half Sebastien Tillous-Borde and wing Teddy Thomas's fourth score in two appearances for Les Bleus, France were relieved to hear the final hooter when down to 14 men as Adam Ashley-Cooper and Rob Simmons crossed the whitewash in reply. It was sweet revenge for the hosts who lost all three matches on their tour to Australia in June. Australia almost caught the hosts napping from the kick-off but they were denied a try on 30 seconds when Simmons knocked on.


Captain Wayne Rooney in 100th England appearance

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 02:16 PM PST

England's Wayne Rooney celebrates after scoring against Slovenia, during their Euro 2016 Group E qualifying soccer match at Wembley Stadium, London, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 (AP Photo/Bogdan Maran)LONDON (AP) — Wayne Rooney left Wembley Stadium on Saturday with a golden commemorative cap as England's youngest centurion, and now six goals from becoming the country's all-time top scorer.


Scion of Pakistan's dynasty struggles to shake off father's legacy

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 02:11 PM PST

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari speaks during an interview with Reuters in NauderoBy Mehreen Zahra-Malik NAUDERO Pakistan (Reuters) - He was a 19-year-old Oxford undergraduate when his family named him chairman of Pakistan's oldest dynastic party. In the years that followed, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, now 26, has been groomed to take over the dynasty and bring his family's political party back to power. The young Bhutto officially launched his political career last month, telling hundreds of thousands of supporters at a rally in the city of Karachi he would fight for the revival of the Pakistan People's Party. ...


Migrant surge across Med continues as Italy rescues 900

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 02:02 PM PST

A ship carries out a search and rescue operation on the Bosphorus Strait off Istanbul on November 3, 2014, after a boat carrying illegal migrants sankItalian authorities said Saturday that more than 900 people had been rescued at sea in 24 hours, in a blow to hopes that the approach of winter would stem the flow of migrants attempting perilous crossings of the Mediterranean. Most of the rescued were picked up from boats in the channel between Libya and Sicily, a narrow but treacherous strait in which thousands have drowned in recent years trying to reach Europe. A total of 477 migrants were delivered to Porto Empedocle on Sicily's southern coast by Panamanian tanker the Gaz Concord. The coastguard also intercepted a yacht with 80 would-be migrants on board off the port of Crotone on the southeastern "heel" of the Italian mainland.


Austria beats Russia 1-0 in Euro 2016 qualifier

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 01:48 PM PST

Austria's Christian Fuchs, right, reacts after winning against Russia during of the Euro 2016 soccer qualifying group G match between Austria and Russia in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. Russia's Roman Shirokov is on left. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)VIENNA (AP) — Substitute Rubin Okotie scored the winner for Austria in a 1-0 victory over Russia on Saturday, bringing his team a step closer to qualifying for a European Championship for the first time.


Nigerian town looks to militias for salvation from Boko Haram

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 01:32 PM PST

A screengrab taken on October 2, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram shows the group's leader, Abubakar ShekauResidents in the Nigerian town of Chibok were looking to local militias -- and not the army -- for rescue just days after the Islamist Boko Haram militants seized control there. The town in the northeast Borno state has been under a global media spotlight since Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls there in April, most of whom are still being held. It was again the focus of attention when militants seized the community on Thursday after firefights with militia members that sent the Nigerian army fleeing. "They (Boko Haram) had a very intense battle with the local vigilantes there, throughout the town," Ayuba Chibok, uncle to one of the kidnapped girls, told AFP.


FDA approves Lemtrada for multiple sclerosis

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 01:28 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Lemtrada, a treatment for relapsing multiple sclerosis made by the drugmaker Genzyme.

German league president says UEFA could leave FIFA

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 01:19 PM PST

BERLIN (AP) — UEFA would have to consider leaving FIFA if world football's governing body does not publish in full American attorney Michael Garcia's report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, says German Football League President Reinhard Rauball.

Palestinians wounded in Jerusalem clashes

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 01:18 PM PST

The Muslim holy site of the Dome of the Rock on the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem is seen through barbed wire on November 10, 2014At least one Palestinian was wounded on Saturday evening in clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces during a demonstration in occupied east Jerusalem, police said. "Demonstrators threw rocks and fireworks at police, who used anti-disturbance measures to disperse them," police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. The Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City, a site holy to Jews and Muslims, has been the focus of months of unrest that recently spread to the occupied West Bank and Arab communities across Israel and raised fears of a new Palestinian uprising. On Friday, as part of a deal reached at the meeting in Amman, Israel lifted restrictions on Muslims praying at the mosque.


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