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U.S. believes Iran launched air raids on Islamic State in Iraq

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 11:11 AM PST

Iraqi PM al-Abadi speaks to U.S. Secretary of State Kerry prior to a round table meeting of the global coalition to counter the Islamic State militant group at NATO headquarters in BrusselsBy Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has indications that Iran has carried out air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq in recent days in what appeared to be the first such operations by Iran's air force, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. A senior Iranian official denied that Iran had launched any such strikes. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States had indications that Iran had used F-4 Phantoms to launch the raids in Diyala near the Iranian border in the last several days. ...


U.S. leads 25 more air strikes against Islamic State militants: CENTCOM

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 10:23 AM PST

An EA-18G Growler launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian GulfWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States military launched 14 more strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and led 11 strikes in Iraq since Monday, according to U.S. Central command. The strikes in Syria, centered near the border town of Kobani, hit a large group of militant fighters as well as various fighting positions, Central Command said in a statement on Wednesday. In Iraq, the U.S-led strikes in six cities - Mosul, Ramadi, Tal Afar, Sinjar, Qaim and Falluja - destroyed bunkers, buildings, vehicles and two weapon facilities for the militant group. ...


Lebanon says detained woman was Baghdadi wife for three months

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 01:36 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's interior minister said on Wednesday that a women detained by security forces was the wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for three months, the first Lebanese government official to speak publicly on the arrest. Security officials in Lebanon, speaking on condition of anonymity, had said on Tuesday that the Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria late last month. ...

U.S. military monitoring Islamic State training in Libya: general

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:27 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is closely monitoring a nascent effort by Islamic State, the militant group that has overrun parts of Syria and Iraq, to train a couple of hundred fighters in eastern Libya, the commander of U.S. forces in Africa said on Wednesday. Army General David Rodriguez, head of the U.S. Africa Command, said it was not yet clear how closely aligned the trainees were with Islamic State or whether the effort should be targeted by U.S. forces. He said he had not recommended U.S. ...

Obama says poor economic situation may change Putin ways

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 09:43 AM PST

Russia's President Putin takes part in talks with members of the Turkish delegation during his visit to AnkaraWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he doubted Russian President Vladimir Putin will change course until politics catch up with the rough economic situation in Russia. Obama said Putin has promoted a nationalist, backward-looking approach to Russian policy that scares neighbors and hurts Moscow's economy. (Reporting by Steve Holland; Editing by Bill Trott)


Ambitious and impatient, Afghan leader eyes aid, peace, reform

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:09 PM PST

Afghanistan's President Ghani holds a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg at the end of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in BrusselsBy Hamid Shalizi and Kay Johnson KABUL (Reuters) - New Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has set about overhauling a dysfunctional administration and containing a growing insurgency with plenty of energy, and some would say impatience, in marked contrast to his predecessor. Where Hamid Karzai tended to invite tribal officials and ministers for talks at the presidential palace, Ghani, inaugurated in September after months of wrangling with his rival, has been more hands-on. ...


Rain still falling in California after major storm breaks records

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:32 PM PST

Residents walk past sandbags as rain begins to fall in Glendora, CaliforniaBy Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A major Pacific storm that broke records across Southern California and delivered a small measure of relief to the drought-stricken state brought more rain on Wednesday but the danger of major mudslides in wildfire-scarred areas appeared to have passed, officials said. The sub-tropical storm, which originated in the Pacific Ocean south of Hawaii, was the strongest to hit Southern California since at least February and poured at least an inch (2. ...


Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:32 PM PST

HONG KONG (AP) — Three founders of a civil disobedience campaign that helped spark Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests surrendered to police Wednesday, saying they want to take responsibility for their actions and that time has come to end the increasingly violent street demonstrations. Professors Benny Tai Yiu-ting and Chan Kin-man and the Rev. Chu Yiu-ming haven't been charged and left the police station later Wednesday after being warned by authorities that protests that have blocked streets in the Asian financial center for more than two months are illegal.

India fields first in 2-day tour match in Adelaide

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:30 PM PST

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Cricket Australia Chairman's XI captain Ashton Turner won the toss and elected to bat first against India in their tour match Thursday.

Green groups urge climate fund to exclude fossils

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:26 PM PST

In this Oct. 17, 2014 photo, a worker walks at power plant area in Cirebon. The sprawling power station that hums and coughs along this coast in Indonesia is labeled as a Japanese contribution to the global fight against climate change. The plants promote new coal technology from Japanese companies, which is cleaner than old coal technology but still pollutes far more than solar, wind or natural gas. Villagers nearby also complain that the coal plant is damaging the local environment, and that stocks of fish, shrimp and green mussels have dwindled. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)LIMA, Peru (AP) — Environmental groups are demanding tighter rules on climate finance for poor nations after an Associated Press investigation showed Japan bankrolled coal-fired power plants with money earmarked for fighting global warming.


AP Interview: Coe's vision to revamp athletics

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:16 PM PST

Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe gestures as he unveils his IAAF presidential campaign manifesto, at the British Olympic Association in London, England, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Outlining his vision for the future of track and field, Sebastian Coe called Wednesday for an overhaul of the sport's "disjointed" competition calendar and for the creation of a global street race circuit. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)LONDON (AP) — Pitching his vision to overhaul the sport that has shaped his life, Sebastian Coe is apprehensive. Although track and field is not facing an imminent crisis, according to the IAAF presidential hopeful, it is "precariously placed."


City losses cut to $36 million after breaching FFP

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:14 PM PST

Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta celebrates his goal during their English Premier League soccer match against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)LONDON (AP) — Manchester City halved its financial losses during its run to the Premier League title last season, and hopes to avoid breaching UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations again.


Van Dijk goal gives Celtic sixth successive win

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:08 PM PST

Celtic's player Virgil Van Dijk (R) takes part in a training session near Glasgow, Scotland, on October 21, 2013Glasgow (AFP) - Virgil van Dijk came to Celtic's aid once again as he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Partick Thistle on Wednesday that sent the champions three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.


Judge detains alleged US terror recruit

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:06 PM PST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has reversed an order that temporarily freed a man accused of trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

UN sets modest hopes for climate pledges at 2015 Paris summit

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:58 PM PST

By Alister Doyle LIMA (Reuters) - Government pledges due in 2015 to cut rising world greenhouse gases will be too weak to avert the worst of global warming and merely be part of a long haul to agree far tougher curbs, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Christiana Figueres, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, told Reuters TV at 190-nation talks in Lima on limiting warming that it was unrealistic to expect a miracle solution at a U.N. summit in Paris in a year's time. Governments agreed in 2010 to a long-term goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3. ...

US state coalition sues over immigration order

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:52 PM PST

Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott announces that Texas is leading a 17-state coalition filing suit against President Obama's immigration executive action, charging that the president is abdicating his responsibility to faithfully enforce laws enacted by Congress, during a news conference in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. The states' case was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Deborah Cannon)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is leading a 17-state coalition suing over President Barack Obama's recently announced executive actions on immigration, arguing in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the move "tramples" key portions of the U.S. Constitution.


Britain's Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan dies

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:50 PM PST

Ian McLagan performs onstage during the 27th Annual Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland, OhioLondon (AFP) - British Rolling Stones collaborator and Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan died on Wednesday aged 69, his manager said.


Mexico national coach signs up for 4 more years

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:44 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico national team coach Miguel Herrera says Wednesday that he has renewed his contract to stay in charge of the team until 2018.

Western sanctions, ruble crash hit Russians hard

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:21 PM PST

Olga Kupriyanova, a 35-year-old law professor at Moscow State University speaks to the Associated Press, next to her one year old doughtier Tartyana, at home in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Russia's economy has been battered this year by uncertainty over the conflict in Ukraine, the falling price of oil, Western sanctions and retaliatory Russian import bans which have poor and middle-class Russians feeling the pinch. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)MOSCOW (AP) — Oyster Bar built a thriving business serving mollusks to well-heeled Muscovites. Then came Western sanctions, and the restaurant was forced to rechristen itself this fall. Today, it serves up burgers and pizza under a new name: No Oyster Bar.


Colombia, Marxist FARC rebels to restart peace talks this month

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:17 PM PST

By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - The Colombian government and leftist rebels will renew peace talks this month, reviving efforts to end five decades of war, officials said on Wednesday. Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos had suspended the two-year-old peace talks until the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels released five hostages, including an army general, captured last month. The guerrillas freed all the captives last week, including General Ruben Dario Alzate, who subsequently resigned. ...

Treasurer warns Australians on living standards

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:17 PM PST

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's treasurer warned on Thursday that Australians' living standards could fall as the economy slows and a hostile Senate keeps blocking key budget legislation.

Avian flu outbreak hits 2 British Columbia farms

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:14 PM PST

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Four poultry farms where an outbreak of avian influenza was discovered in British Columbia are now under quarantine and thousands of their turkeys and chickens will be euthanized, officials said Wednesday.

Badillo, first Puerto Rico-born congressman, dies

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:04 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Herman Badillo, a New York City politician who became the first person born in Puerto Rico to become a U.S. congressman, died Wednesday morning. He was 85.

$100 billion climate finance goal 'a very small sum': UN climate chief

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:57 PM PST

LIMA, Peru (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An international goal of providing $100 billion each year by 2020 to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change impacts and pursue green growth is far off what is needed to achieve a global clean revolution, the U.N.'s top climate change official said on Wednesday. Christiana Figueres told journalists at U.N. climate talks in Lima that in terms of paying for the efforts needed to shift economies worldwide onto a low-carbon track "$100 billion is frankly a very, very small sum". ...

Britain launches new 'Google tax' on multinationals

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:56 PM PST

Britain's Finance Minister George Osborne leaves the Treasury for the House of Commons to deliver the Autumn statement in central London on December 3, 2014London (AFP) - The British government on Wednesday slapped a new tax rate on multinational companies that seek to avoid paying their fair share to Treasury coffers.


U.S. couple leaves Qatar after convictions overturned in child death

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:54 PM PST

Matthew and Grace Huang, a U.S. couple who were accused of murdering their adopted daughter Gloria, stand outside the entrance of the Court of First Instance after their trial in DohaBy Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. couple who were convicted and later cleared of wrongdoing in the death of their adopted African-born daughter in Qatar left the Gulf Arab state on Wednesday after a travel ban was lifted, ending a nearly two-year ordeal, their supporters and a U.S. diplomat said. Matthew and Grace Huang left Doha, headed for Los Angeles to reunite with their two other children, also adopted, following a flurry of diplomacy on behalf of the family after an appeals court threw out their conviction. "Matt and Grace Huang are wheels up from Qatar," U.S. ...


Chelsea, Man City show Premier League might

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:52 PM PST

Chelsea's Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard shoots to score the opening goal of the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge in London on December 3, 2014London (AFP) - The Premier League is already threatening to turn into a two-horse race after leaders Chelsea and closest rivals Manchester City both cruised to one-sided victories on Wednesday.


UN weather agency: 2014 on track for hottest year

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:51 PM PST

People gather near the Chinamacocha lake in the Huascaran National Park in Huaraz, Peru, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Glaciers have lost more one-fifth of their mass in just three decades, and the 70 percent Peru's 30 million people who inhabit the country's Pacific coastal desert, depend on glacial runoff for hydropower and to irrigate crops, meaning their electricity and long-term food security could also be in peril. Higher alpine temperatures are killing off plant and animal species in cloud forests and scientists predict Pacific fisheries will suffer. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)LIMA, Peru (AP) — With temperature data showing 2014 currently tied for the hottest year on record, the U.N. weather agency on Wednesday rejected claims that global warming has paused.


Mexico federal police, troops to patrol Acapulco

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:45 PM PST

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during a signing ceremony for a new law that further protects children at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal police and soldiers will take over policing duties in the resort of Acapulco to ensure the safety of tourists amid a wave of violence and protests that has scared away visitors, Mexican authorities said Wednesday.


US couple cleared in daughter's death leaves Qatar

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:43 PM PST

American couple Grace, right, and Matthew Huang walk to their departure gate with U.S. Ambassador to Qatar, Dana Shell Smith, left, at the Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. A Qatari appeals court on Sunday overturned a ruling against an American couple over the death of their adopted daughter and said they are free to leave, ending a closely watched legal saga that may have stemmed from cultural misunderstandings in the conservative Gulf nation. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An American couple left the Gulf nation of Qatar on Wednesday after being cleared of charges in their adopted 8-year-old daughter's death, ending a nearly two-year legal saga they contend was rooted in confusion over cross-cultural adoption.


Chilean arrested in Mexico protest returns home

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:39 PM PST

Laurence Maxwell, center, a Chilean literature student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), embraces Chile's Ambassador to Mexico Ricardo Nunez as the General Consul of Chile in Mexico Jose Jaliliye, right, looks on at the Chilean embassy in Mexico City, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Maxwell was arrested along with 10 other students on Nov. 20 during a march demanding justice for the 43 students who went missing on Sept. 26 after being detained by police in Mexico's Guerrero state. He was charged with alleged delinquency, rioting and attempted murder of police, but released on Saturday, Nov. 29 after a judge ruled there wasn't enough evidence for a trial. Maxwell has since returned to Chile. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Chilean man who was in Mexico studying for a doctorate and ended up jailed for participating in a protest march has returned home.


Rare dinosaur skeleton goes on display in London

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:39 PM PST

A staff member poses next to the world's most complete Stegosaurus skeleton at the Natural History Museum in London on December 3, 2014London (AFP) - A rare dinosaur skeleton goes on display at London's Natural History museum on Thursday -- the first to be exhibited there in a century.


Syria chemical weapons bases' destruction to begin

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:34 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The destruction of 12 chemical weapons facilities in Syria is expected to start later this month, and the work should be complete by the end of June 2015, U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.

Turner painting of Rome sells for record £30.3 mln in London

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:32 PM PST

A gallery assistant studies a painting by artist Joseph Mallord William (JMW) Turner entitled "Rome, from Mount Aventine" at Sotheby's auction house in London, on November 28, 2014London (AFP) - A large oil painting of Rome by JMW Turner fetched the highest price ever paid for a work by the British artist at an auction in London on Wednesday.


Brazil targets Petrobras contractors as corruption probe expands

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:10 PM PST

The headquarters of Brazilian oil company Petrobras is seen in Rio de JaneiroBy Brad Haynes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's comptroller general opened cases on Wednesday against eight engineering conglomerates suspected of bribery and fraud in deals with Petrobras, holding them accountable for their role in a widening corruption scandal at the state-run oil company. If found responsible for the alleged graft scheme, some of Brazil's biggest infrastructure and construction firms could be blocked for years from taking government contracts, complicating President Dilma Rousseff's push to expand investments in roads, bridges, rail lines and energy projects. ...


Japan to visit Vancouver for Davis Cup opener

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 01:58 PM PST

Canadian fans celebrate their team winning during a Davis Cup World match on April 6, 2013 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, in Vancouver, CanadaJapan will face Canada at Vancouver in the first round of next year's Davis Cup tournament, Tennis Canada announced Wednesday. Canada enjoyed success at the venue during their run to the 2013 Davis Cup semi-finals, but lost 4-1 to Japan in Tokyo last February in thie yhear's opening round. "The team is extremely excited to be returning to Vancouver for this tie," Canadian Davis Cup captain Martin Laurendeau said.


Canada scientists bargain for right to speak out

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 01:57 PM PST

Protestors accused Canadian government of cutting scientific programs and closing labs in order to reduce the volume of research running counter to its policiesA union representing 15,000 Canadian government scientists said Wednesday their right to speak publicly about their work regardless of what they discover should be addressed in contract negotiations.


Air bag maker refuses to expand recall coast to coast

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 01:55 PM PST

Hiroshi Shimizu, senior vice president of global quality assurance at Takata, center left, joined by Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America, second right, and Craig Westbrook. vice president for aftersales for BMW of North America, right, testifies before the House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Takata Corp. defied the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's demand for a nationwide recall of driver's side air bags, setting the stage for possible legal action by the government and leaving some drivers to wonder about the safety of their cars. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Japan's Takata Corp. rejected federal regulators' demand Wednesday for an expanded, nationwide recall of millions of air bags, setting up a possible legal showdown and leaving some drivers to wonder about the safety of their cars.


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