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• High-profile Venezuelan prisoner ends hunger strike
• Snubs, harsh words at Asia security meet as U.S. and Japan rile China
• Nigeria bomb kills at least 14 at northeast football TV showing
• UK official denies that Cameron threatened to advance EU vote
• Opposition parties make inroads in Turkish local election rerun
• Setback for former Portland man in torture lawsuit
• Sao Paulo stadium hosts final World Cup test
• Philly Inquirer co-owner among 7 dead in jet crash
• Charity: 500 allegations against Jimmy Savile
• Soccer-playing sheep in Colombia honor World Cup
• Ex-guerrilla sworn in as El Salvador's president
• Former BBC presenter Savile abused two-year-old: report
• Goalie Howard sets US wins record vs Turkey
• EU election results 'cannot be ignored': Blair
• Rooney feeling heat as England arrives in Miami
• Suspect in Jewish museum killings went to Syria
• Afghans say Taliban prisoners freed by U.S. will rejoin battle
• Freed U.S. soldier's recovery will be slow like a surfacing diver - father
• Colombian climber Nairo Quintana wins Giro
• Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT
• Churchill's last surviving child dies aged 91
• France held to 1-1 draw after Paraguay's late goal
• Belgium beats Sweden 2-0 in World Cup warm-up
• Brazil opens Rio bus system planned for World Cup
• Chudinov defends interim WBA middleweight belt
• Top Asian News at 9:30 p.m. GMT
• Bombing at northeast Nigeria football match kills at least 40
• What to look for Monday at the French Open
• Germany draws 2-2 with Cameroon
• Cameroon fight back to draw with Germany
• Top Asian News at 9:00 p.m. GMT
• Panathinaikos beats Olympiakos 67-65, ties finals
• Sharapova runs off 9 games to beat Stosur in Paris
• Boyd, Plumtree appointed Hurricanes coaches

High-profile Venezuelan prisoner ends hunger strike Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:50 PM PDT An imprisoned former Caracas police commissioner at the center of stalled political talks between Venezuela's government and opposition ended a hunger strike on Sunday after demands for his release due to frail health were rejected. Ivan Simonovis, 54, was sentenced to 30 years behind bars after being convicted of participating in the assassination of four protesters during a march that triggered a brief coup against the late President Hugo Chavez in 2002. His hunger strike, launched on Tuesday, failed to legally advance the cause of his liberation and went against the will of his family. "I don't want a dead hero, I want a living husband," his wife Bony Pertinez told local media.

Snubs, harsh words at Asia security meet as U.S. and Japan rile China Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:20 AM PDT By Rachel Armstrong and Raju Gopalakrishnan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When Japan's defense minister greeted the deputy chief of staff of China's army at a regional security forum this weekend, he was undiplomatically snubbed. Lieutenant General Wang Guanzhong said he was incensed by comments from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe implicitly holding China responsible for territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas and later by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's accusations that Beijing was destabilizing the region. "When Mr Abe spoke just now, there was veiled criticism targeted at China," Wang told Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera, according to the semi-official China News Service. It was the first such major conference since tensions have surged in the South China Sea, one of Asia's most intractable disputes and a possible flashpoint for conflict.

Nigeria bomb kills at least 14 at northeast football TV showing Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:20 PM PDT By Lanre Ola and Imma Ande MAIDUGURI/YOLA Nigeria (Reuters) - A bomb blast targeting a television viewing center for football in northeast Nigeria killed at least 14 people and wounded 12 on Sunday, police and the military said. Islamist militant group Boko Haram, whose struggle for an Islamic state is concentrated in the Northeast, would be the prime suspect. "So far we have 14 dead while 12 are injured, some of them critically," police spokesman for Adamawa state Usman Abubakar said by telephone. The group has set off several bombs across north and central Nigeria over the past two months, repeatedly causing carnage.

UK official denies that Cameron threatened to advance EU vote Posted: 01 Jun 2014 01:19 PM PDT By Andreas Rinke and Andrew Osborn BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - A British official on Sunday dismissed a report that Prime Minister David Cameron had threatened at an EU summit last week to bring forward a referendum on British membership of the EU if Jean-Claude Juncker became European Commission president. The German magazine Der Spiegel reported that Cameron had said he would not be able to ensure that Britain stayed in the European Union if Juncker got the job. It said participants understood this to mean that a vote for Juncker could destabilize Cameron's government to the extent that the referendum would have to be brought forward from its planned date of 2017, and that this would make it likely that the British people would vote to leave the EU. Cameron must anyway go to the polls in less than a year.

Opposition parties make inroads in Turkish local election rerun Posted: 01 Jun 2014 01:22 PM PDT Opposition parties in Turkey were expected to win most of the 13 municipal election reruns held on Sunday after irregularities had forced authorities to cancel some of the March 30 results, slightly denting the ruling party's victory in the contentious poll. According to preliminary results, opposition parties had won or were ahead in nine races, many of them in small communities, and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party appeared to have won four of the races that the High Election Board (YSK) ordered be held again. The AK Party dominates the Turkish political landscape, controlling most municipalities and a large majority of the seats in parliament. Erdogan has said his party's success in the March poll had renewed his mandate after 11 years in power when AK Party candidates netted 45 percent of the overall vote, despite a year of anti-government protests and a corruption scandal that implicated the three-time premier's inner circle.

Setback for former Portland man in torture lawsuit Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:30 PM PDT PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — A federal judge dismissed several claims from a former Portland resident who said he was tortured in the United Arab Emirates at the behest of the FBI and put on the U.S. government's no-fly list.

Sao Paulo stadium hosts final World Cup test Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:26 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — A smaller-than-capacity crowd and a few setbacks marked the final test event at the unfinished stadium set to host the World Cup opener in less than two weeks.

Philly Inquirer co-owner among 7 dead in jet crash Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:18 PM PDT BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz was killed along with six other people in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, just days after reaching a deal that many hoped would end months of infighting at the newspaper and help restore it to its former glory.

Charity: 500 allegations against Jimmy Savile Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:13 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — A British children's charity says at least 500 people have reported abuse by the late entertainer Jimmy Savile, with the youngest alleged victim just 2 years old.

Soccer-playing sheep in Colombia honor World Cup Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:13 PM PDT NOBSA, Colombia (AP) — It was a not so baaad performance for Colombia's wooly warriors.

Ex-guerrilla sworn in as El Salvador's president Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:11 PM PDT SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A onetime rural schoolteacher who became a rebel commander during El Salvador's long civil war was sworn in as president Sunday, the first former guerrilla to lead the Central American nation.

Former BBC presenter Savile abused two-year-old: report Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:11 PM PDT More than 500 reports of abuse on victims aged as young as two have been made against late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, according to a new investigation by the NSPCC charity published Monday. The probe found that Savile, one of the biggest TV stars in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, exploited high-level contacts to gain access to vulnerable victims at a high-security psychiatric hospital. "There's no doubt that Savile is one of the most, if not the most, prolific sex offender that we at the NSPCC have ever come across," said Peter Watt, director of child protection at the children's charity. "What you have is somebody who at his most prolific lost no opportunity to identify vulnerable victims and abuse them."

Goalie Howard sets US wins record vs Turkey Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:10 PM PDT HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Tim Howard didn't need to do much in his record-breaking 54th win for the United States.

EU election results 'cannot be ignored': Blair Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:09 PM PDT Former British prime minister Tony Blair was on Monday to call for a shake-up of the European Union following the dramatic gains made by eurosceptic parties in last week's EU-wide elections. In a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Blair was to call the victories of the UK Independence Party and the National Front in France a "wake-up call", according to extracts published in The Times. The results reveal that voters feel "deep anxiety, distrust and alienation from the institutions and key philosophy of Europe", he was to say in the keynote London speech. "The election of parties across the continent on explicitly 'anti-the-status-quo in Europe' platforms signify something.

Rooney feeling heat as England arrives in Miami Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:04 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — Few England players will be feeling the heat as much as Wayne Rooney on the team's pre-World Cup stop in Miami.

Suspect in Jewish museum killings went to Syria Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:46 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — A suspected French jihadist who spent time in Syria has been arrested over the shooting deaths of three people at a Belgian Jewish museum, prosecutors said Sunday, crystalizing fears that European radicals will parlay their experiences in Syria into terrorism back home.

Afghans say Taliban prisoners freed by U.S. will rejoin battle Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:22 PM PDT By Jessica Donati and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - The release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a U.S. soldier has drawn criticism from some Afghans, who say the detainees are dangerous and will rekindle ties with terrorist networks to resume fighting, just as most foreign troops leave. The men had been held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002 and were classed by the Pentagon as "high-risk" and "likely to pose a threat". Two are also implicated in the murder of thousands of minority Shi'ite Muslims in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. military. They were released in a swap with U.S. army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the sole American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan who was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday.

Freed U.S. soldier's recovery will be slow like a surfacing diver - father Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:22 PM PDT (Reuters) - Freed U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl needs time to decompress, his father said on Sunday, predicting that recovering from nearly five years of captivity in Afghanistan will be like a diver who has to return to the surface slowly. Army Sergeant Bergdahl was released on Saturday in an exchange deal in which five Taliban prisoners were freed from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and flown to Qatar. Bergdahl's parents, Bob and Jani Bergdahl told a news conference in Boise, Idaho that they cannot wait to welcome him home, adding they have not yet spoken to their son. If he comes up too fast, it could kill him." Bergdahl's release, following years of on-off negotiations, suddenly became possible after harder-line factions of the Afghan Taliban shifted course and agreed to back it, U.S. officials said.

Colombian climber Nairo Quintana wins Giro Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:13 PM PDT TRIESTE, Italy (AP) — Nairo Quintana showed why he's considered as cycling's next star by winning the Giro d'Italia on Sunday to follow his runner-up finish in last year's Tour de France.

Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:02 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's ruling junta deployed thousands of security forces on the streets of Bangkok on Sunday to thwart another round of small-scale protests denouncing last month's military coup. Hundreds of demonstrators came out and several were detained, but there was no violence. Fears over possible unrest, however, prompted a major downtown shopping mall to close and authorities temporarily shut down several subway and elevated train stations near where protests could have materialized.

Churchill's last surviving child dies aged 91 Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:57 PM PDT Lady Mary Soames, the last surviving child of Britain's World War II prime minister Winston Churchill, has died at the age of 91, her family announced Sunday. The baroness died peacefully at her home on Saturday surrounded by family members, following a short illness. She married the Conservative politician Baron Christopher Soames, and they had three sons and two daughters. Her late husband served as Britain's war secretary and ambassador to France, was a European commissioner and the last British governor of Southern Rhodesia before its transition to Zimbabwe.

France held to 1-1 draw after Paraguay's late goal Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:55 PM PDT NICE, France (AP) — Real Sociedad winger Antoine Griezmann staked his claim for a World Cup starting spot with his first international goal for France, only for midfielder Victor Caceres to do likewise and earn Paraguay a 1-1 draw with an 89th-minute header Sunday in Les Bleus' penultimate warm-up game before heading to Brazil.

Belgium beats Sweden 2-0 in World Cup warm-up Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:51 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — Goals by Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard gave Belgium a 2-0 win over Sweden in a World Cup warm-up game Sunday.

Brazil opens Rio bus system planned for World Cup Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:36 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has delivered parts of one of the costliest infrastructure projects built ahead of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.

Chudinov defends interim WBA middleweight belt Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:32 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Dmitry Chudinov of Russia maintained his unbeaten record by outpointing Denmark's Patrick Nielsen on Sunday to retain his interim WBA world middleweight title.

Top Asian News at 9:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:32 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's ruling junta deployed thousands of security forces on the streets of Bangkok on Sunday to thwart another round of small-scale protests denouncing last month's military coup. Hundreds of demonstrators came out and several were detained, but there was no violence. Fears over possible unrest, however, prompted a major downtown shopping mall to close and authorities temporarily shut down several subway and elevated train stations near where protests could have materialized.

Bombing at northeast Nigeria football match kills at least 40 Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:20 PM PDT Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - A bombing at a football pitch in Nigeria's restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday in an area previously attacked by Boko Haram Islamists, a police officer and a nurse said. The blast hit the town of Mubi in Adamawa state, one of three in the northeast which has been under a state of emergency for more than a year as Nigeria's military has tried to crush Boko Haram's five-year extremist uprising. "There has been a bomb explosion at a football field this evening and so far more than 40 people have been killed," said the officer in Mubi who requested anonymity. Adamawa has been hit by far fewer Boko Haram attacks than other parts of the northeast, but the town was the site of a gruesome October 2012 massacre at a post-secondary technical college.

What to look for Monday at the French Open Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:11 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Five things to look for Monday at the French Open:

Germany draws 2-2 with Cameroon Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:11 PM PDT MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Germany had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Cameroon on Sunday in its last match before coach Joachim Loew names his final squad for the World Cup in Brazil.

Cameroon fight back to draw with Germany Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:10 PM PDT Monchengladbach (Germany) (AFP) - Cameroon came from behind to claim a 2-2 draw with Germany on Sunday to give the Indomitable Lions a pre-World Cup boost in their penultimate Brazil 2014 warm-up match. All four goals came in an entertaining second-half as Cameroon, coached by German Volker Finke, came within a whisker of a historic first win over Germany. The Africans took a shock lead through Chelsea's Samuel Eto'o on 62 minutes only for Germany to equalise four minutes later through Thomas Mueller.

Top Asian News at 9:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:03 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's ruling junta deployed thousands of security forces on the streets of Bangkok on Sunday to thwart another round of small-scale protests denouncing last month's military coup. Hundreds of demonstrators came out and several were detained, but there was no violence. Fears over possible unrest, however, prompted a major downtown shopping mall to close and authorities temporarily shut down several subway and elevated train stations near where protests could have materialized.

Panathinaikos beats Olympiakos 67-65, ties finals Posted: 01 Jun 2014 01:52 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Panathinaikos withstood a furious rally by host Olympiakos to win the fourth game in the best-of-five Greek league playoff finals 67-65 Sunday.

Sharapova runs off 9 games to beat Stosur in Paris Posted: 01 Jun 2014 01:37 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — It might seem unlikely for a player to go from merely mediocre to nearly perfect right smack-dab in the middle of a match, yet that's what Maria Sharapova did in the French Open's fourth round.

Boyd, Plumtree appointed Hurricanes coaches Posted: 01 Jun 2014 01:33 PM PDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Former Sharks coaches Chris Boyd and John Plumtree will coach the Hurricanes in Super Rugby for the next two years, replacing Mark Hammett who is leaving after four years to take charge of the Cardiff Blues.

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