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• U.S. sanctions Putin allies as Ukraine violence goes on
• 50 killed in bomb attack on rally, police and troops voting in Iraq
• Egyptian court sentences top Muslim Brotherhood leader to death
• Assad seeks re-election as Syrian civil war rages
• Libya says Jordan to handover jailed Islamist to get kidnapped ambassador
• Colombian rebels torch convoy repairing Ecopetrol pipeline
• Ohio to increase lethal injection drug dosages
• Montana man charged with homicide in teen shooting
• Toyota moving US base from California to Texas
• Youth death sparks Brazil bus burnings
• Wifi in the woods? Canada says yes (and oui)
• White House casts Russia sanctions strategy as battle of attrition
• Closing arguments delayed in Apple-Samsung trial
• Oscar-winning director questions Mexican president
• Canary Wharf was Al-Qaeda target after 9/11, US trial hears
• Celta set to avoid drop after 4-1 Valladolid win
• 48-hour strike begins on London Underground
• Venezuelan students protest new bid to limit demonstrations
• At least 100 died in DR Congo train crash
• Egypt sentences 683 to death in another mass trial
• Carreno Busta ousts Kukushkin at Portugal Open
• Mourinho to contest charge of misconduct
• Arsenal beats Newcastle 3-0 to cement fourth spot
• U.S. storm system that killed 16 causes tornado in Mississippi
• Ukraine mayor shot, U.S. announces new sanctions on Russia
• New U.S. sanctions on Putin allies cause few ripples
• Delbonis beats Davydenko at BMW Open
• Pentagon says Hagel told that Russia won't invade
• Copenhagen's Noma again world's No. 1 restaurant
• Smoke coiling from Jamaica dump concerns residents
• Canada slaps fresh sanctions on Russia
• Canada puts sanctions on two small Russian banks

U.S. sanctions Putin allies as Ukraine violence goes on Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:49 PM PDT By Maria Tsvetkova and Thomas Grove DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The United States imposed new sanctions on allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, prompting Moscow to denounce "Cold War" tactics amid more violence in eastern Ukraine. The move to ban visas and freeze assets of the likes of Putin's friend Igor Sechin, head of oil giant Rosneft, also drew fire from President Barack Obama's domestic critics, who called it a "slap on the wrist." EU states added 15 more Russians and Ukrainians to their blacklist and will reveal them on Tuesday. The new round of U.S. sanctions, following those imposed last month when Russia annexed Crimea, barely registered in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow rebels were holding a group of German and other OSCE military observers for a fourth day.

50 killed in bomb attack on rally, police and troops voting in Iraq Posted: 28 Apr 2014 12:02 PM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed and Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Fifty people were killed on Monday as suicide bombers attacked a political rally and Iraqi police and soldiers cast their votes early for a national election in two days' time, authorities and witnesses said. A suicide attacker killed at least 30 people and wounded 50 others at a Kurdish political gathering in the town of Khanaqin, 140 km (100 miles) northeast of Baghdad, security sources said. The Kurds were celebrating the television appearance of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd incapacitated since late 2012, who cast his vote in Germany where he was undergoing medical treatment. "The attacker snuck among the crowds near the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's headquarters and blew himself up, causing a tragic massacre," one police officer said, sobbing after he discovered his brother was among those killed.

Egyptian court sentences top Muslim Brotherhood leader to death Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:45 PM PDT By Yasmine Saleh MINYA, Egypt (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters to death on Monday, intensifying a crackdown on the movement that could trigger protests and political violence ahead of an election next month. The Brotherhood, in a statement issued in London, described the ruling as chilling and said it would "continue to use all peaceful means to end military rule". An Islamist alliance that includes the Brotherhood called on Egyptians to demonstrate against the death sentences in the streets of Cairo on Wednesday. In another case signaling growing intolerance of dissent by military-backed authorities, a pro-democracy movement that helped ignite the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011 was banned by court order, judicial sources said.

Assad seeks re-election as Syrian civil war rages Posted: 28 Apr 2014 09:39 AM PDT By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Monday he would seek re-election in June, defying calls from his opponents to step aside and allow a political solution to the country's devastating civil war. Assad formally submitted his nomination to Syria's constitutional court to stand in an election which his Western and Arab foes have dismissed as a parody of democracy. He is the seventh person to put himself forward for Syria's first multi-candidate presidential vote in decades, but none of his rivals are expected to mount a serious challenge to 44 years of Assad family rule. "I ... Dr Bashar Hafez al Assad ... wish to nominate myself for the post of president of the republic, hoping that parliament will endorse it," it said.

Libya says Jordan to handover jailed Islamist to get kidnapped ambassador Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:28 PM PDT By Feras Bosalum TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Jordan has agreed to handover a Libyan Islamist to Tripoli to secure the release of its ambassador kidnapped in the North African country two weeks ago, Libya's state news agency LANA said on Monday. Jordan's ambassador to Libya, Fawaz al-Itan, was snatched by gunmen who demanded the release of Mohamed Dersi, a Libyan Islamist militant jailed for life in 2007 for plotting to blow up the main airport in Jordan. Sohar Banun, an undersecretary in Libya's justice ministry, said both countries had agreed that the ambassador would be released in exchange for Jordan reducing Dersi's sentence and allowing him to complete his jail term in Libya, LANA said.

Colombian rebels torch convoy repairing Ecopetrol pipeline Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:13 PM PDT By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian rebel group stopped and set fire to 12 vehicles transporting contractors and equipment to repair a pipeline on behalf of state-owned oil company Ecopetrol, police officials said on Monday. No one was killed or injured in Sunday's attack by the National Liberation Army, or ELN, in a rural area in Norte de Santander province, near the border with Venezuela. The convoy was intercepted and torched as it headed to carry out repairs on the Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline that has been halted for the last month after several bomb attacks by the ELN and the FARC, another rebel group. Flow along the 780-km pipeline, with capacity to transport 210,000 barrels of crude from oil fields in northern Arauca province, has also been halted by a local indigenous community, which has refused to allow workers onto its land to do repairs.

Ohio to increase lethal injection drug dosages Posted: 28 Apr 2014 05:03 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio said Monday it's boosting the dosages of its lethal injection drugs even as it stands by the January execution of an inmate who made snorting and gasping sounds that led to a civil rights lawsuit by his family and calls for a moratorium.

Montana man charged with homicide in teen shooting Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:53 PM PDT A man has been charged in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy after prosecutors said he set a trap in his garage to catch any would-be burglars because he was frustrated over recent thefts.

Toyota moving US base from California to Texas Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:49 PM PDT TORRANCE, California (AP) — Toyota delivered a surprise pink slip to California on Monday, announcing the company would move its U.S. headquarters and about 3,000 jobs from the Los Angeles suburbs to the outskirts of Dallas.

Youth death sparks Brazil bus burnings Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:44 PM PDT Residents of a northern suburb of Rio torched five buses Monday shortly after a 17-year-old youth died in a shootout between criminals and police, Brazilian media reported. It again put a harsh spotlight on security in the country, just six weeks before Brazil hosts the football World Cup, with Rio staging seven matches including the July 13 final. The victim was in a stolen car and a firearm was found by his side, military police said after the shooting, which the G1 web portal reported came during a police crackdown on drug dealing and car thefts in the Morro de Chapadao slum.

Wifi in the woods? Canada says yes (and oui) Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:42 PM PDT For those who cannot face social media exile when they head to the cottage, lake or woods, Parks Canada says it will offer wi-fi in some of its spectacular outposts. The federal agency that runs 44 national parks and 160 historic sites -- from the Bay of Fundy on the Atlantic to the Rockies to Baffin island in the Arctic -- wants to appeal to those who may not be able to embrace old-school quiet solace without posting about their trip in real time. For now, Parks Canada will outfit 15-20 of its sites, in a sort of trial phase, to see how it goes, said Francois Duclos. "Canada is a very big country, and it has become very urban.

White House casts Russia sanctions strategy as battle of attrition Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:21 PM PDT By Steve Holland and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama calls his sanctions policy against Russia "calibrated", while his Republican rivals dismiss it a "slap on the wrist" and Russia condemns it as "illegitimate." As the White House embarks on what experts agree is a cautious approach to penalizing Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, the strategy behind the seemingly light penalties is being cast by Obama administration officials as a slow battle of attrition, chipping away at Russian President Vladimir Putin's credibility while keeping U.S. policy in lockstep with Europe. The deliberative policy is rooted in Obama's multilateral style of governing and a belief that the United States must not overreach in a way that could have costly consequences. A third round of sanctions issued on Monday targeted seven Russian government officials, including two from Putin's inner circle, and 17 companies linked to Putin allies. Some 38 people have now been targeted for penalties since Russia's military seizure of Crimea in March.

Closing arguments delayed in Apple-Samsung trial Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:20 PM PDT SAN JOSE, California (AP) — A federal court on Monday delayed closing arguments by one day in the patent infringement trial involving Apple and Samsung because of an appeals court ruling in another case on a related issue.

Oscar-winning director questions Mexican president Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:19 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron published a full-page ad Monday in Mexican newspapers questioning President Enrique Pena Nieto's energy reform.

Canary Wharf was Al-Qaeda target after 9/11, US trial hears Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:03 PM PDT Al-Qaeda saw London's Canary Wharf as a terror target after the 9/11 attacks on the United States, a British convict told a federal court in New York on Monday. Al-Qaeda recruit, Saajid Badat, 35, testified at the trial of British hate preacher Abu Hamza, who faces life behind bars if convicted on 11 kidnapping and terror charges after being extradited to the United States. Badat expanded on his testimony last month at the trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, in which he had said Al-Qaeda had an almanac of the world's tallest buildings. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-declared 9/11 mastermind, crossed out the two World Trade Centers in New York as he leafed through the book looking for fresh targets, Badat had said.

Celta set to avoid drop after 4-1 Valladolid win Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:58 PM PDT VIGO, Spain (AP) — Celta Vigo virtually secured its place in next season's Spanish league with a 4-1 win over relegation-threatened Valladolid, which remained in the drop zone.

48-hour strike begins on London Underground Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:34 PM PDT Workers on London's Underground train system began a 48-hour strike at 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Monday, threatening chaos for commuters and hitting football supporters attending Arsenal's match with Newcastle. The action was called by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) in protest at plans to close all ticket offices on the "Tube" system, which they say will jeopardise hundreds of jobs and safety standards. The strike, called after talks between union bosses and London Underground broke down earlier in the day, will cost the British capital millions of pounds. London mayor Boris Johnson called the action, the first since the death of firebrand RMT chief Bob Crow in March, "pointless and mad".

Venezuelan students protest new bid to limit demonstrations Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:33 PM PDT Caracas (AFP) - About 100 Venezuelan students chained themselves Monday to the front gate of a UN agency's Caracas office, calling for an end to a new high court ruling requiring government approval for protests.

At least 100 died in DR Congo train crash Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:29 PM PDT Lubumbashi (DR Congo) (AFP) - Between 100 and 200 victims of an April 22 train crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo were buried in mass graves after the disaster, the Congolese Red Cross said Monday, casting doubt on the official death toll of 74. Many people were trapped for days in the mangled wreckage of the goods train, which was bursting with illegal passengers when it flew off the rails in a swampy and inaccessible part of the country. "We had no choice but to bury them in mass graves. In each ditch there were between 15 and 30 people," local Red Cross head Bondo Mitonga told AFP by telephone.

Egypt sentences 683 to death in another mass trial Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:28 PM PDT MINYA, Egypt (AP) — The Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader and more than 680 other people were sentenced to death Monday stemming from last year's post-coup violence in the latest mass trial that was denounced in the West and by human rights groups as contrary to the rule of law.

Carreno Busta ousts Kukushkin at Portugal Open Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:20 PM PDT OEIRAS, Portugal (AP) — Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain ousted eighth-seeded Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 6-1, 7-6 (3) Monday to reach the second round of the Portugal Open.

Mourinho to contest charge of misconduct Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:12 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will contest a Football Association charge of misconduct related to his post-match comments following his team's loss to Sunderland this month.

Arsenal beats Newcastle 3-0 to cement fourth spot Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:11 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Arsenal remains on course for another season in the Champions League after beating Newcastle 3-0 at home on Monday.

U.S. storm system that killed 16 causes tornado in Mississippi Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:10 PM PDT By Colin Sims VILONIA, Arkansas (Reuters) - A ferocious storm system caused a twister in Mississippi and threatened tens of millions of people across the U.S. Southeast on Monday, a day after it spawned tornadoes that killed 16 people and tossed cars like toys in Arkansas and other states. A tornado went through Tupelo, Mississippi in the northern part of the state at about 3 p.m. (1800 GMT), damaging hundreds of homes, downing power lines and toppling trees, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant told CNN. Parts of Alabama, western Georgia and Tennessee also were at risk as the storm system that produced the series of tornadoes headed east toward the Mid-Atlantic states. Rescue workers, volunteers and victims have been sifting through the rubble in the hardest-hit state of Arkansas, looking for survivors in central Faulkner County where a tornado reduced homes to splinters, snapped power lines and mangled trees.

Ukraine mayor shot, U.S. announces new sanctions on Russia Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:08 PM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city was shot in the back and pro-Russia insurgents seized more government buildings Monday as the U.S. hit Russia with more sanctions for allegedly fomenting the unrest in eastern Ukraine.

New U.S. sanctions on Putin allies cause few ripples Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:06 PM PDT By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Russian firms and government officials on Monday, a move that financial markets largely shrugged off and U.S. Republican lawmakers dismissed as too little to deter Moscow from further action in Ukraine. The reaction underscored the dilemma facing President Barack Obama: how to use sanctions to punish Moscow for its intervention in Ukraine without hurting European countries and foreign companies with deep financial ties to Russia. Washington slapped sanctions on seven Russian government officials and 17 companies linked to President Vladimir Putin, in response to what the White House said was Moscow's failure to adhere to an April 17 agreement on ways to resolve the crisis.

Delbonis beats Davydenko at BMW Open Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:04 PM PDT MUNICH (AP) — Federico Delbonis of Argentina beat two-time champion Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 7-6 (4) Monday to reach the second round of the BMW Open.

Pentagon says Hagel told that Russia won't invade Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Russia's defense chief has assured Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that Russia will not invade Ukraine.

Copenhagen's Noma again world's No. 1 restaurant Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:56 PM PDT Rene Redzepi's daringly innovative Danish restaurant Noma has reclaimed the title of world's top restaurant.

Smoke coiling from Jamaica dump concerns residents Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:56 PM PDT KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — People living in communities around Jamaica's capital say they are exasperated with noxious smoke being released into the air from a blaze that has smoldered at a sprawling trash dump for nearly two weeks.

Canada slaps fresh sanctions on Russia Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:54 PM PDT Canada on Monday slapped fresh sanctions on two Russian banks and nine officials for Moscow's failing to stop soaring tensions in Ukraine. "The illegal occupation of Ukraine continues and Russia's military aggression persists. That is why we are imposing sanctions against an additional nine individuals and two entities today," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement. Canada, with the world's third-largest population of ethnic Ukrainians, was the first Western power to recognize Ukraine's independence in 1991.

Canada puts sanctions on two small Russian banks Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:50 PM PDT Canada imposed sanctions on Monday on two small Russian banks and nine individuals. The two banks are ExpoBank, listed last year as the 103rd biggest Russian bank by assets, and RosEnergoBank, which in 2012 had income of $4.24 million and assets of $1.01 billion, according to Moody's Investors Service last year. "The illegal occupation of Ukraine continues and Russia's military aggression persists. That is why we are imposing sanctions against an additional nine individuals and two entities today," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement announcing the measures.

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