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• Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; bad weather halts search
• Obama, China's Xi pledge cooperation and joke about first lady
• Egyptian court sentences 529 Brotherhood members to death
• U.S. says glad 'noxious' U.N. rights envoy for Palestine leaving
• Paperless G7 summit not so smart for some
• Iran says one of five abducted border guards killed: Fars
• Polluted air linked to 7 million deaths in 2012 : WHO
• WHO: Pollution kills 7 million people every year
• West seeks to isolate Russia over Ukraine dispute
• Ukraine aid bill moves ahead in U.S. Senate, still faces hurdles
• Japanese architect Shigeru Ban wins Pritzker Prize
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• Death toll in Washington state mudslide rises to 14
• Man gets 40 years for slaying of romantic rival
• U.S. senator offers measure to sanction Russian arms exporter
• Judge: US contractor liable for Thai worker abuse
• Almeria earns wild 4-3 win over Sociedad
• US sends more troops, aircraft to search for Kony
• Possible Ebola case in Canada: health official
• Mexico detains oil executive for possible fraud
• As many as 108 people still missing after Washington mudslide
• Venezuela unveils new currency market for dollars
• UN chief says both sides block aid to Syrians
• West cancels Russia's G8 summit over Ukraine crisis
• UK satellite operator used 19th century physics to trace missing plane
• Bad weather halts hunt for downed Malaysia jet: Australia
• Brazil city faces crucial vote on WCup financing
• Porto Alegre faces crucial vote on WCup financing
• UN: Haiti has more cholera than any other nation
• Ousted lawmaker brands Venezuela's Maduro 'desperate'
• C.African religious leaders ask for UN peacekeepers
• Officials: Missing plane went down in Indian Ocean
• Ukraine crisis could affect global anti-atom bomb pact: U.N.'s Ban
• Nets owner looking to move company to Russia
• U.S. airlift support to bolster African hunt for violent warlord

Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; bad weather halts search Posted: 24 Mar 2014 05:03 PM PDT By Lincoln Feast and Niluksi Koswanage SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Bad weather and rough seas on Tuesday forced the suspension of the search for any wreckage of a missing Malaysian jetliner that officials are now sure crashed in the remote Indian Ocean with the loss of all 239 people on board. Citing groundbreaking satellite-data analysis by British firm Inmarsat, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished more than a fortnight ago while flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, had crashed thousands of miles away in the southern Indian Ocean. A massive international air and sea search in the area on Monday spotted several floating objects that might be parts of the plane and an Australian navy ship was close to finding possible debris, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. But the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said gale-force winds, heavy rain and low cloud meant planes could not fly safely to the zone on Tuesday, and heavy seas meant an Australian navy ship was leaving the area.

Obama, China's Xi pledge cooperation and joke about first lady Posted: 24 Mar 2014 06:59 AM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged cooperation between their countries and chatted about first lady Michelle Obama's recent trip to Beijing when they met prior to a nuclear summit on Monday. In remarks to reporters ahead of their meeting, Obama said he and Xi would discuss the situation in Ukraine, denuclearization of North Korea, and fighting climate change. Obama said the bilateral relationship between the two countries was as important as any in the world. Through various meetings and forums, Obama said, "We're also able to work through frictions that exist in our relations around issues like human rights, dealing with maritime issues in the South China Sea and the Pacific region in a way that is constructive and hopefully will lead to resolutions and … solutions for all parties." Xi made a point of thanking Obama for U.S. help in searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight which had a large number of Chinese passengers.

Egyptian court sentences 529 Brotherhood members to death Posted: 24 Mar 2014 02:54 PM PDT By Asma Alsharif CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for murder and other offenses on Monday in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement that is likely to fuel instability. Family members stood outside the courthouse screaming after the verdict, which defense lawyers called the biggest mass death sentence handed out in Egypt's modern history. Turmoil has deepened since the army overthrew Egypt's first freely elected president, Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, in July. Security forces have killed hundreds of Brotherhood members in the streets and arrested thousands.

U.S. says glad 'noxious' U.N. rights envoy for Palestine leaving Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:13 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Monday welcomed the imminent departure of a U.N. human rights investigator for the Palestinian territories whom Washington accused of being biased against Israel and spreading conspiracy theories about the September 11, 2001 attacks. Richard Falk, the outgoing United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, told a news conference as recently as last week that Israeli policies bore "unacceptable characteristics of colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing. In a statement to Reuters, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power condemned what she described as "Falk's relentless anti-Israeli bias, his noxious and outrageous perpetuation of 9/11 conspiracy theories." "His publication of bizarre and insulting material has tarnished the U.N.'s reputation and undermined the effectiveness of the Human Rights Council," she said.

Paperless G7 summit not so smart for some Posted: 24 Mar 2014 02:13 PM PDT The Netherlands launched the first "paperless" summit on Monday with a smartphone app at a nuclear security meeting in The Hague replacing the traditional imitation leather conference bag stuffed with handouts. The app, which is available for Android and Apple smartphones as well as on the web, was developed by summit sponsor ImgZine and boasts live schedule updates, pictures of The Hague, and a GPS-linked map to guide visitors through the ultra-secure maze of buildings where the summit was being held. Government spokesman Frank Wassenaar said that when the Dutch prime minister had to send someone else at the last minute to attend the Seoul nuclear security summit two years ago, the Koreans had to pulp and reprint 15,000 program booklets. So, why were not all delegates at the summit in The Hague happy with the onward march of technology?

Iran says one of five abducted border guards killed: Fars Posted: 24 Mar 2014 12:06 PM PDT Sunni Muslim militants have killed one of the five Iranian border guards they have been holding hostage for the past six weeks, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Monday. It identified the victim as Jamshid Danaeefar, shown sitting against a mud wall in an unidentified location with the other four captives in a grainy photo apparently taken by their captors. The guards were seized while patrolling the lawless frontier with Pakistan in early February. Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice), an Iranian Sunni Muslim rebel group in Sistan-Baluchistan province later claimed responsibility.

Polluted air linked to 7 million deaths in 2012 : WHO Posted: 24 Mar 2014 05:06 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Air pollution killed about 7 million people in 2012, making it the world's single biggest environmental health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The toll, a doubling of previous estimates, means one in eight of all global deaths in 2012 was linked to polluted air and shows how reducing pollution inside and outside of people's homes could save millions of lives in future, the United Nations health agency said. Air pollution deaths are most commonly from heart disease, strokes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. "The evidence signals the need for concerted action to clean up the air we all breathe," said Maria Neira, head of the WHO's environmental and social public health department.

WHO: Pollution kills 7 million people every year Posted: 24 Mar 2014 05:05 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a new report from the World Health Organization published Tuesday.

West seeks to isolate Russia over Ukraine dispute Posted: 24 Mar 2014 05:05 PM PDT THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Seeking to isolate Russia, the U.S. and Western allies declared Monday they are indefinitely cutting Moscow out of a major international coalition and warned they stand ready to order tougher economic penalties if Vladimir Putin presses further into Ukraine.

Ukraine aid bill moves ahead in U.S. Senate, still faces hurdles Posted: 24 Mar 2014 05:03 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill providing economic assistance to Ukraine and imposing sanctions over Russia's seizure of Crimea cleared a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Monday, as backers attempted to win passage of the legislation later this week. By a vote of 78-17, the Senate laid the groundwork for debating a bill that would back a $1 billion loan guarantee for the government in Kiev, provide $150 million in aid for Ukraine and neighboring countries and require sanctions on Russians and Ukrainians responsible for corruption, human rights abuses or undermining stability in Ukraine. Supporters of the law said Congress should act quickly and forcefully to discourage Russian President Vladimir Putin from moving further into Ukraine or any neighboring countries. The measure, however, also includes long-delayed reforms to the International Monetary Fund that are opposed by most Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives, and this has complicated efforts to pass a Ukraine aid bill.

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban wins Pritzker Prize Posted: 24 Mar 2014 05:02 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, who has combined a talent for innovative design and experimental use of everyday materials with extensive humanitarian efforts around the globe, has won the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 24 Mar 2014 05:02 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the country's officials said an analysis of satellite data points to a "heartbreaking" conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those aboard survived. The somber announcement late Monday by Prime Minister Najib Razak left unresolved many more troubling questions about what went wrong aboard the Boeing 777 to take it so far off-course.

Death toll in Washington state mudslide rises to 14 Posted: 24 Mar 2014 05:01 PM PDT (Reuters) - The death toll in a massive Washington state mudslide that left up to 108 people missing at the weekend has risen to 14 people as six more bodies were found amid the debris, the Snohomish County sheriff said in a Twitter message on Monday. Emergency management officials have expressed doubt that anyone else would be plucked alive from the muck that engulfed dozens of homes when a rain-soaked hillside along State Route 530 near Oso, Washington, gave way on Saturday morning. (Reporting by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Dina Kyriakidou)

Man gets 40 years for slaying of romantic rival Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:50 PM PDT ANGOLA, Indiana (AP) — A Bangladesh native who fled Indiana for his home country nearly 25 years ago after being charged in connection with a romantic rival's death was sentenced Monday to 40 years in prison.

U.S. senator offers measure to sanction Russian arms exporter Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:50 PM PDT Lawmakers will consider legislation this week to cut off all U.S. business with Russia's state-owned arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, in response to Moscow's intervention in Ukraine. Indiana Republican Senator Dan Coats offered an amendment on Monday to a broad Ukraine aid bill that would bar the U.S. government from doing any business with Rosoboronexport and terminate any existing agreements. The amendment would also authorize President Barack Obama to deduct from foreign assistance programs any funds spent on Russian weapons through Rosoboronexport. "(Afghanistan President Hamid) Karzai will have to buy his Russian helicopters with his own money, not ours," said Coats, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, after noting Karzai has backed Russia's annexation of Crimea.

Judge: US contractor liable for Thai worker abuse Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:49 PM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge has found a U.S. labor contractor liable for discrimination and abuse of hundreds of Thai workers at Hawaii farms.

Almeria earns wild 4-3 win over Sociedad Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:46 PM PDT ALMERIA, Spain (AP) — Almeria's stoppage-time winner secured a wild 4-3 victory against Real Sociedad on Monday to dampen the visitors' hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

US sends more troops, aircraft to search for Kony Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending military aircraft and more forces to assist in the hunt for fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony, more than doubling the number of American troops and airmen on the ground to 250.

Possible Ebola case in Canada: health official Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:41 PM PDT A traveller returning to Canada from west Africa has been hospitalized after displaying symptoms consistent with those of the Ebola virus that has killed dozens in Guinea, a health official said Monday. "All we know at this point is that we have a person who is critically ill who travelled from a country where these diseases occur," Denise Werker, joint director of health in Saskatchewan province in western Canada, told reporters. She said the casualty had been in Liberia and had developed the symptoms after landing in Canada.

Mexico detains oil executive for possible fraud Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:40 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have detained the owner of a Mexican oil services company who allegedly defrauded Citigroup of up to $400 million and may have used his professional soccer team to launder money, a top official said Monday.

As many as 108 people still missing after Washington mudslide Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:39 PM PDT By Jonathan Kaminsky ARLINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - As many as 108 people remained listed as missing two days after a mudslide hit dozens of homes and killed at least eight people in Washington state, heightening fears that the casualty toll would grow well beyond the confirmed deaths. Emergency management officials expressed doubt that anyone else would be plucked alive from the muck that engulfed dozens of homes when a rain-soaked hillside along State Route 530 near Oso, Washington, gave way on Saturday morning. "The situation is very grim," said Travis Hots, Snohomish County District 21 Fire Chief. But keep in mind we haven't found anybody alive on this pile since Saturday in the initial stages of our operation." Several dozen homes in all were believed to have sustained some damage from the slide, John Pennington, director of the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management, told reporters at a command post in the nearby town of Arlington.

Venezuela unveils new currency market for dollars Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:27 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro's cash-strapped government unveiled a new currency market Monday that allows Venezuelans to buy and sell dollars legally for the first time since 2010.

UN chief says both sides block aid to Syrians Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:16 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is blaming the Syrian government and opposition for escalating violence and blocking aid to millions in desperate need of help.

West cancels Russia's G8 summit over Ukraine crisis Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:14 PM PDT President Barack Obama and top economic powers on Monday cancelled an upcoming G8 summit in Russia, seeking to deepen Moscow's isolation over its intervention in the Ukraine crisis. After emergency talks called by Obama, it was announced that the G8 summit in Sochi in June would be replaced by a G7 meeting in Brussels, without Russian involvement. The G7 also threatened tougher sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea, which has plunged relations between the West and Moscow to their lowest point since the Cold War. The meeting in The Hague came as Ukraine ordered its outnumbered troops to withdraw from Crimea as yet another of its bases was stormed.

UK satellite operator used 19th century physics to trace missing plane Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:10 PM PDT By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the 19th century to analyze the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to determine its final destination. The new findings led Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to conclude on Monday that the Boeing 777, which disappeared more than two weeks ago, crashed thousands of miles away in the southern Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board. The pings, automatically transmitted every hour from the aircraft after the rest of its communications systems had stopped, indicated it continued flying for hours after it disappeared from its flight path from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. From the time the signals took to reach the satellite and the angle of elevation, Inmarsat was able to provide two arcs, one north and one south that the aircraft could have taken.

Bad weather halts hunt for downed Malaysia jet: Australia Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:06 PM PDT The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said gale force winds, heavy rain and low cloud meant planes could not fly safely, and heavy seas meant an Australian navy ship was leaving the area where possible debris had been sighted on Monday. "AMSA has consulted with the Bureau of Meteorology and weather conditions are expected to improve in the search area in the evening and over the next few days. Search operations are expected to resume tomorrow, if weather conditions permit," it said. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday new analysis of faint satellite pings confirmed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had crashed into the Indian Ocean with 239 people on board.

Brazil city faces crucial vote on WCup financing Posted: 24 Mar 2014 04:05 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — The mayor of a southern Brazilian city said Monday that it will not be able to host World Cup matches as planned if local lawmakers fail to approve a bill to help finance the installation of temporary structures needed for the tournament.

Porto Alegre faces crucial vote on WCup financing Posted: 24 Mar 2014 03:53 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — The mayor of Porto Alegre said Monday the southern Brazilian city will not be able to host World Cup matches if local lawmakers fail to approve a bill to help finance the installation of the temporary structures needed for the tournament.

UN: Haiti has more cholera than any other nation Posted: 24 Mar 2014 03:51 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti's cholera outbreak is still the worst in the world, the top U.N. envoy there said Monday.

Ousted lawmaker brands Venezuela's Maduro 'desperate' Posted: 24 Mar 2014 03:45 PM PDT An ousted Venezuelan lawmaker hit back at President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, accusing the government of desperation after she was effectively fired for raising the country's deadly political crisis. Maria Corina Machado has been placed under criminal investigation on the suspicion that she incited violence, terrorism and homicide by addressing a meeting of the Organization of American States. National Assembly president Diosdado Cabello said Machado forfeited her seat by speaking at the OAS meeting and that she now had lost her official privileges and could be arrested at any time. "She stopped being a deputy," said Cabello, who is considered the second-most powerful politician in Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro

C.African religious leaders ask for UN peacekeepers Posted: 24 Mar 2014 03:43 PM PDT Christian and Muslim leaders from conflict-torn Central African Republic said Monday they have appealed to UN chief Ban Ki-moon to rapidly deploy peacekeepers to stop the country's "descent into hell". "We need an operation, and for it to happen without delay," said Dieudonne Nzapalainga, the Catholic archbishop of the capital Bangui. The leaders estimated the country needs between 15,000 and 18,000 peacekeepers, but said they fear no new force will be deployed until September. "One of our goals in the US was to explain the humanitarian situation," said Imam Oumar Kobine Layama.

Officials: Missing plane went down in Indian Ocean Posted: 24 Mar 2014 03:33 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the country's officials said an analysis of satellite data points to a "heartbreaking" conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those aboard survived.

Ukraine crisis could affect global anti-atom bomb pact: U.N.'s Ban Posted: 24 Mar 2014 03:30 PM PDT By Fredrik Dahl THE HAGUE (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned international leaders on Monday that the Ukraine crisis could have profound implications for the integrity of a global treaty designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Ukraine gave up its Soviet-era nuclear arsenal under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which it signed together with Britain, United States and Russia. It provided guarantees of Ukraine's sovereignty in exchange for a commitment, since fulfilled, to give up the country's nuclear weapons. Russia, however, has seized and annexed Ukraine's Russian-majority region of Crimea following the fall in February of Ukraine's pro-Russian president after months of mass protests.

Nets owner looking to move company to Russia Posted: 24 Mar 2014 03:25 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian owner of the Brooklyn Nets says he is moving ahead with plans to transfer the NBA team's ownership company to Russia.

U.S. airlift support to bolster African hunt for violent warlord Posted: 24 Mar 2014 03:23 PM PDT By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is deploying four tilt-rotor transport planes to Uganda in response to African Union requests for airlift support in the hunt for the elusive leader of the violent Lord's Resistance Army extremist group, the Pentagon said on Monday. The U.S. Defense Department has deployed the four CV-22 Osprey, which can take off and land vertically, to Uganda from Djibouti along with tanker refueling airplanes and 150 air crew and support personnel, said Rear Admiral John Kirby, a top Pentagon spokesman. "Airlift has been one of the consistent requirements and requests of the African Union. "This is very much in keeping with the mission goals at large." A 5,000-strong African Union Regional Task Force, supported by 100 U.S. Special Operations troops, has been hunting LRA warlord Joseph Kony and his fighters, most of whom are thought to be hiding in jungles straddling the borders of the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo.

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