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Russia announces war games; UK worried by 'extremely aggressive' probing of air space

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 11:49 AM PST

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg gestures as he speaks during a news conference in RigaBy Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused NATO on Monday of destabilizing northern Europe and the Baltics by carrying out drills there and announced new military exercises of its own, increasing tension over the Ukraine crisis. NATO responded by blaming Moscow for instability in the region, while British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he was concerned by "extremely aggressive" probing of Britain's air space by Russian planes. ...


Hong Kong warns protesters not to return after clashes close government HQ

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 07:44 AM PST

By Clare Baldwin and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists forced the temporary closure of government headquarters on Monday after clashing with police, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of sustained protests in the Chinese-controlled city. Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying said police had been tolerant but would now take "resolute action", suggesting that patience may have finally run out. ...

More U.S.-led strikes hit Islamic State in Syria, Iraq, U.S. says

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 10:29 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States led 55 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since Friday, according to U.S. Central Command. In a statement on Monday, Centcom said there were 27 air strikes against the Islamic State militant group in Syria and 28 strikes in Iraq, hitting a wide variety of targets including Islamic State buildings, vehicles, tanks and fighting units. One of the strikes in Syria hit the al Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group, it said. (Reporting by Washington Newsroom; Editing by Bill Trott)

French parliament to call for recognition of Palestinian state

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:03 PM PST

Head of the Palestinian Mission in France, Hael Al Fahoum attends a debate on Palestine status at the National Assembly in ParisBy John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - French lawmakers are set to vote on Tuesday to call on the government to recognize Palestine, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France's diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled peace process. While most developing countries recognize Palestine as a state, most Western European countries do not, supporting the Israeli and U.S. position that an independent Palestinian state should emerge from negotiations with Israel. ...


Iran to turn uranium into reactor fuel under extended deal: source

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 09:29 AM PST

Iranian workers stand in front of Bushehr nuclear power plant, 1,200 km south of TehranBy Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran will convert more of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel under an extended nuclear deal with world powers, making the material less suitable for building atomic bombs, a diplomatic source and a U.S. think-tank said on Monday. Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China, and Russia failed to meet a Nov. 24 deadline for resolving their dispute over Tehran's nuclear program. They gave themselves until the end of June for further negotiations. ...


MH17 wreckage to be reassembled in Netherlands for investigation

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:57 AM PST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities said on Monday. The wreckage, collected by local emergency services under Dutch supervision in an area fought over by Russian-backed rebels and troops loyal to the Kiev government, will be trucked to the air base next week. ...

Colombian general captured by rebels resigns

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 05:11 PM PST

Army Gen. Ruben Alzate arrives with his wife, Claudia Farfan to read a statement for the press at the military hospital in Bogota, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Alzate, who was freed by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on Sunday, two weeks after he and two companions were kidnapped by guerrillas, tendered his resignation and said he dishonored the uniform he's worn for 30 years by not following military protocol and venturing up a rebel-dominated river without a bodyguard and dressed as a civilian. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An army general whose surprise capture by leftist rebels nearly derailed two years of peace talks has resigned after coming under pressure for venturing into guerrilla territory dressed as a civilian and without bodyguards.


Man beaten to death with hammers in St. Louis

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 05:10 PM PST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say a 17-year-old has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the bludgeoning death of a Bosnian immigrant.

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

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 05:02 PM PST

KANCI KULON, Indonesia (AP) — About $1 billion in loans under a U.N. initiative for poor countries to tackle global warming is going toward the construction of power plants fired by coal, the biggest human source of carbon pollution. Japan gave the money to help its companies build three such plants in Indonesia and listed it with the United Nations as climate finance, The Associated Press has found. Japan says these plants burn coal more efficiently and are therefore cleaner than old coal plants.

Dark and epic 'The Hobbit' finale premieres in London

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:48 PM PST

English actor Martin Freeman, who plays main character Bilbo Baggins, poses for pictures upon arrival for the world premier of "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" in London on December 1, 2014London (AFP) - Rich with special effects, the final installment of director Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" trilogy debuted in a much-anticipated premiere in London on Monday.


Nazi hunter says Adolf Eichmann's top aide presumed dead in Syria

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:40 PM PST

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - One of the world's most wanted war criminals, the reputed top lieutenant of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, is presumed to have died at least four years ago in Syria, where he lived under government protection, a leading Nazi hunter said on Monday. Alois Brunner, an Austrian SS officer found responsible for the World War Two deportation of 125,500 European Jews to Nazi death camps, escaped at the war's end from Germany to Egypt and arrived in Syria in 1954, said Efraim Zuroff, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Israel office. ...

EU moves eastward with Tusk taking presidency

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:38 PM PST

Outgoing European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, prepares to give incoming European Council President Donald Tusk a bell during a handover ceremony for the European Council Presidency at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Poland's former prime minister Donald Tusk is pushing the EU's center of political gravity eastward by taking over the EU Presidency from Belgium's Herman Van Rompuy. Monday's transition ceremony highlighted the increasing power of Poland within the 28-nation EU and further shift from a west European economic association to a strong political body uniting some 500 million people from Britain to the borders of Russia in the east. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk is pushing the European Union's center of political gravity eastward by taking over the EU presidency from Belgium's Herman Van Rompuy.


Bond for pilot detained with cash in Puerto Rico

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:30 PM PST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A judge ordered the release on bond of a pilot and CEO who was arrested in Puerto Rico after authorities found more than $600,000 in undeclared cash inside his plane, his lawyer said Monday.

Cyber Monday shoppers give retailers sales bump

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:24 PM PST

Glenn Wright, dressed in a Santa Claus costume, moves items at the Amazon fulfillment center on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, in Lebanon, Tenn. Retailers rolled out discounts and free shipping deals on Cyber Monday, with millions of Americans expected to log on and shop on their work computers, laptops and tablets after the busy holiday shopping weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)NEW YORK (AP) — Cyber Monday is turning into Cyber Month.


Scheidt to defend Star Sailors League title

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:18 PM PST

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Robert Scheidt of Brazil returns to defend his title in the Star Sailors League Finals, which will be sailed this week at the Nassau Yacht Club.

US man fined in Saddam Hussein family gun plot

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:12 PM PST

NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to trying to sell firearms believed to have been owned by Saddam Hussein's family was fined $5,000 by a federal judge Monday.

At climate talks, UN calls fossil fuels 'high risk' investment

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:11 PM PST

Aerial view of a factory in CallaoBy Alister Doyle LIMA (Reuters) - Falling oil prices show the "high risk" of fossil fuel investments compared with renewable energies, the U.N.'s climate chief said on Monday at the start of 190-nation talks on a deal to slow global warming. The Dec. 1-12 meeting in Lima opened with hopes that a U.N. deal to slow climate change is in reach for 2015, helped by goals set by China, the United States and the European Union to cut greenhouse emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels. Christiana Figueres, head of the U.N. ...


Taiwan, Hong Kong a challenge for China's Xi

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:03 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014 file photo, supporters of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party watch TV for the election results in Taipei, Taiwan, as preliminary vote count shows Taiwan's pro-China ruling party has suffered stiff defeats in municipal elections. An electoral pummeling for Taiwan's pro-Beijing ruling party and a new spike in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have delivered a reality check to Chinese President Xi Jinping just when he was riding a wave of high-profile diplomacy. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An electoral pummeling for Taiwan's pro-Beijing ruling party and a new spike in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have delivered a reality check to Chinese President Xi Jinping just when he was riding a wave of high-profile diplomacy.


Delayed Australia-India series starts in Adelaide

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:54 PM PST

Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke wipes away a tear while making a statement at the Sydney Cricket Ground following the death of Australian cricket player Phil Hughes in Sydney, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. Hughes was 63 not out when he was struck by the ball on Tuesday, and that number has become symbolic in the tributes. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)SYDNEY (AP) — The delayed test series between Australia and India will start in Adelaide next Tuesday, with dates and venues shuffled around in the wake of Phillip Hughes' death.


Canadian woman says 'safe' after reports of IS capture

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:45 PM PST

Islamic State militants stand next to an IS flag atop a hill in the Syrian town of Kobane on October 6, 2014"Guys, I'm totally safe and secure," said the update on Gill Rosenberg's account. The Canadian-Israeli dual national who had served in the Israel Defense Forces had volunteered to fight with the Kurds. Islamic State jihadists claimed a woman described as a "female Zionist soldier" had been captured in the embattled Syrian border town of Kobane, and some jihadists said the woman might be Rosenberg, according to US-based monitoring group SITE.


Haiti police say 34 inmates flee in prison break

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:43 PM PST

National police officers check vehicles and passengers as they look for prisoners who broke out of Saint-Marc prison, Haiti, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Nearly three dozen prisoners awaiting trial in the crowded jail in the provincial city north of the Haitian capital escaped by sawing through steel bars, authorities said Monday. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)SAINT MARC, Haiti (AP) — Nearly three dozen prisoners awaiting trial in a crowded jail in a provincial city north of the Haitian escaped by sawing through steel bars, authorities said Monday.


Germans to help police in Tobago solve 2 murders

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:39 PM PST

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Two police officers and a forensic pathologist from Germany arrived in Trinidad & Tobago on Monday to help local authorities solve the slaying of an elderly German couple on a beach near their vacation home.

Mexico protests target state offices, oil refinery

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:34 PM PST

Police vehicles burn after teachers marching to demand justice for the 43 missing students, attacked the State Attorney General's offices in the state capital city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Dec. 1, 2014. According to Mexican officials, the students were detained by local police on Sept 26 in the city of Iguala, who apparently turned them over to a drug gang that reportedly killed them and incinerated their bodies but relatives remain skeptical of the government's version of the students fate. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Protesters marched in several cities in Mexico on Monday to mark the second anniversary of President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration and demand the government find 43 students who disappeared at the hands of police.


Ronaldo, Messi, Neuer up for Ballon d'Or

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:19 PM PST

FILE - In this July 13, 2014 file photo Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer celebrates after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Germany won the match 1-0. Forwards Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Lionel Messi of Argentina are finalists for the men's honor along with German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, FIFA said Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Ronaldo won in 2008 and 2013, while Messi won four in a row from 2009-12. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)LONDON (AP) — The goalkeeper who won the World Cup will be challenging Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the Ballon d'Or.


Boston Marathon bombing suspect asks to move trial

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:18 PM PST

BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday made a second bid to move his trial outside Massachusetts, arguing that "emotionally charged" media coverage and the widespread impact of the attacks have made it impossible for him to get a fair trial in the state.

Bach: 2022 World Cup and Olympics must not clash

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:16 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach says he's convinced FIFA will keep its pledge to prevent the 2022 World Cup from clashing with that year's Winter Olympics, as soccer's governing body considers whether to move the tournament to January-February to avoid Qatar's summer heat.

Rights group puts Venezuela jail deaths at 41, doubts official cause

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:11 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan rights group says at least 41 inmates died in suspicious conditions last week, more than three times the official death toll authorities have blamed on overdoses. The government said last week 13 inmates died after breaking into the infirmary ward of the David Viloria penitentiary center in the western state of Lara and gorging on medical products including alcohol and antibiotics. But local rights group Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons questions that official version. ...

US adds to list of items from child, forced labor

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:10 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has expanded its list of products it says were produced by child or forced labor to include 136 goods from 74 countries.

Texas OKs extra $86M for border security surge

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:08 PM PST

A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols on the Texas border near the Rio Grande, Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Mission, Texas. Texas is spending $1.3 million a week for a bigger DPS presence along the border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A panel of state lawmakers on Monday unanimously authorized spending another $86 million on the state's law enforcement surge at the Mexico border, a move that will allow National Guard units to be gradually replaced by state troopers and surveillance technology.


US jury selection begins in German student's death

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 03:04 PM PST

MISSOULA, Montana (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a U.S. man charged with fatally shooting a German exchange student who broke into his garage.

Netanyahu says Israel could be headed to early election

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:59 PM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting in JerusalemBy Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, enmeshed in a cabinet crisis, said on Monday he would call an early national election unless rebellious ministers stopped attacking government policies. His coalition, dominated by the right-wing, is split on a range of issues, including the 2015 budget, high living costs, policy towards the Palestinians and a Jewish nation-state bill that critics say discriminates against Israel's Arab minority. The divisions have prompted speculation that Netanyahu will bring forward an election that is not scheduled until ...


UN: Children lag sharply in antiretroviral effort

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:45 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Global efforts to provide antiretroviral therapy to children with HIV is lagging sharply compared to adults, according to a U.N. report released Monday.

10-man Napoli salvages a 1-1 draw at Sampdoria

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:41 PM PST

Sampdoria forward Citadin Martins Eder, forward, dribbles past Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly during a Serie A soccer match between Sampdoria and Napoli in Genoa, Italy, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlo Baroncini)ROME (AP) — Ten-man Napoli salvaged a 1-1 draw at Sampdoria with an injury-time equalizer Monday in a key contest for third place and Serie A's final Champions League berth.


British men held over 'Expendables' leak

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:38 PM PST

US authorities detained a 36-year-old man from Upton and a 33-year-old man from Dewsbury in northern England for pirating the Hollywood film "The Expendables 3"Los Angeles (AFP) - A US-launched probe into the high-quality pirating of blockbuster movie "The Expendables 3" has led to the arrest of two men in Britain, US investigators said Monday.


Extremists kill at least 7 in Nigeria attacks

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:31 PM PST

Vigilante barricade the road following an explosion at a market in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, with twin blasts exploding at a crowded market in Maiduguri city and explosions and gunshots erupting in Damaturu. Trader Bala Dauda said victims were missing limbs and dripping blood at the Maiduguri market, the same one where two female suicide bombers killed scores of people a week ago. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists struck in two state capitals in northeastern Nigeria on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens with a double bombing at a crowded market and an attack on a police base. Around 30 extremists were also killed in clashes with security forces, police said.


Police say Texas shooter harbored extremist views

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:25 PM PST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who shot up downtown Austin buildings and tried to the burn the Mexican Consulate before he was gunned down by police harbored extremist right-wing views and appeared to be planning a broader attack against churches and government facilities, law enforcement officials said Monday.

Stocks slip after retail sales weaken, China slows

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:22 PM PST

FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. The stock market is opening lower Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, following more signs of weakness in China's economy and disappointing U.S. retail sales over Thanksgiving weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Mounting signs of weakness in the global economy and a poor start to the holiday shopping season knocked the stock market lower on Monday.


Irish-born artist Duncan Campbell wins Turner Prize

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:18 PM PST

A woman observes a video installation by Irish artist Duncan Campbell titled "Sigmar 20082" during a press preview for the 2014 Turner Prize at the Tate Britain in London on September 29, 2014London (AFP) - Dublin-born video artist Duncan Campbell won the prestigious Turner Prize on Monday for a complex film spanning African art, dance choreography and images of Irish Republican Army fighters.


Jamaica panel starts examining bloody 2010 raid

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:16 PM PST

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A fact-finding panel appointed to examine a bloody 2010 security operation in Jamaica has started its work in the island's capital.

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