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• Iran rejects U.S. action in Iraq, ISIL tightens Syria border grip
• Equipped with Humvees, ISIL clashes with rivals in Syria
• Fighting strains Ukraine ceasefire, Putin urges dialogue
• Attack from Syria kills Israeli teen on Golan, Israel says
• U.S. wants inclusive Iraq but won't choose its rulers: Kerry
• Egypt to set rules next month for parliamentary vote
• Judge: Bad science led to murder-by-arson sentence
• Belgium World Cup hero an unknown just last month
• Halilhodzic hails 'heroic' Algeria
• Israeli military carries out airstrikes in Syria
• US student dies after falling off cliff in India
• World Cup stickers sweep soccer-agnostic Venezuela
• Ghana federation calls in police on fixing sting
• Kosovo police disperse protesters in tense north
• Denmark's Cappelen wins Web.com Tour event
• Runaway S. Korean soldier who killed 5 surrounded
• Algeria beats South Korea 4-2 in Group H
• Ghana FA calls police over match-fixing reports
• Israeli military confirms airstrikes on 9 targets in Syria, including military headquarters
• Israel air raids target Syrian positions in Golan
• BRAZIL BEAT: Tripping to World Cup in orange van
• Nani give Portugal 1-0 lead over US at halftime
• Eto'o won't start for Cameroon against Brazil
• Militants blitz through Iraq's western desert
• Hazard at World Cup: 2 decisive assists in 2 games
• WCup sticker fad sweeps soccer-agnostic Venezuela
• Texas lawmakers call for mass graves probe
• Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz easily re-elected in boycotted vote
• Jamaica to encourage bamboo industry for island
• BRAZIL BEAT: Argentinian announcer stokes rivalry
• Polish foreign minister called ties to U.S. 'worthless': report
• Croatia confident it can crack Mexico defense
• Jordan beefs up Iraq border defenses as frontier post falls
• Greek authorities uncover second big heroin stash
• Power fails in southern part of Rio de Janeiro
• Injured Eto'o remains in doubt for Cameroon

Iran rejects U.S. action in Iraq, ISIL tightens Syria border grip Posted: 22 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT By Kamal Namaa ANBAR Iraq (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove towards Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's condemnation of U.S. action came three days after President Barack Obama offered to send 300 military advisers to help the Iraqi government.

Equipped with Humvees, ISIL clashes with rivals in Syria Posted: 22 Jun 2014 01:06 PM PDT The Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (ISIL) battled with rival opposition fighters in northern Syria on Sunday, using U.S.-made military vehicles captured from neighboring Iraq for the first time, a monitoring group said. ISIL, a splinter group of al Qaeda which wants to set up an Islamic caliphate encompassing both Iraq and Syria, has made rapid gains in Iraq in the past two weeks, taking control of the northern city of Mosul and major border crossings with Syria. Its advances in Iraq appear to have spurred on the Syrian branch, which is fighting both the army of President Bashar al-Assad and also rival opposition groups such as the Western-backed Free Syrian Army, a more moderate force.

Fighting strains Ukraine ceasefire, Putin urges dialogue Posted: 22 Jun 2014 08:49 AM PDT MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Fighting flared between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported on Sunday, further straining a unilateral ceasefire declared by Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Kiev to talk to the rebels. Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, at separate ceremonies marking the anniversary of Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, both stressed the need to bring peace to Ukraine's rebellious east.

Attack from Syria kills Israeli teen on Golan, Israel says Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:58 PM PDT An attack from inside Syria on Sunday killed a 13-year-old Israeli boy on the occupied Golan Heights, the first fatality on Israel's side of the frontier since the Syrian civil war began, relatives and the military said. Israeli tanks fired at Syrian army positions in response to what an Israeli military spokesman described as an intentional attack. Israel launched more strikes later from the air and land at nine Syrian army positions, including a military headquarters, the army said. The Defense Ministry said the teenager, an Arab citizen of Israel from a village in the Galilee, had accompanied his father, one of the ministry's civilian contractors, to the Golan, and that two other people were wounded in the incident.

U.S. wants inclusive Iraq but won't choose its rulers: Kerry Posted: 22 Jun 2014 10:09 AM PDT By Lesley Wroughton CAIRO (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the United States wanted Iraqis to find an inclusive leadership to contain a sweeping Islamist insurgency but Washington would not pick or choose who rules in Baghdad. Kerry was speaking at the start of a Middle East tour after talks in Cairo with Egypt's new President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi which covered Western concerns over Egypt's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and the fallout of the crisis in Iraq. Governments across the Middle East and beyond have been alarmed at the speed with which Sunni militants drove Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's troops out of large parts of north and west Iraq and pushed towards the capital.

Egypt to set rules next month for parliamentary vote Posted: 22 Jun 2014 11:29 AM PDT Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Sunday that procedures that would pave the way for a parliamentary election would start before July 18, state television reported. The procedures are expected to include the regulations and set the time frame and eligible candidates for the vote. Sisi orchestrated the ousting in July of the elected Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi after mass unrest against him. In the end, the presidential vote came first, won by Sisi last month.

Judge: Bad science led to murder-by-arson sentence Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:48 PM PDT A South Korean immigrant convicted nearly 25 years ago of setting a fire that killed his daughter has long maintained he didn't do it.

Belgium World Cup hero an unknown just last month Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:44 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Teenage striker Divock Origi is Belgium's World Cup hero of the moment. Just last month, many of his teammates didn't even know who he was.

Halilhodzic hails 'heroic' Algeria Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:42 PM PDT Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic told his players before Sunday's clash with South Korea that now was not the time to start crying with yet another first round knock-out a depressing possibility after an opening loss to Belgium. There were tears alright on an idyllic sunny afternoon in Porto Alegre, but of joy, after a pulsating "heroic" 4-2 win over the 2002 semi-finalists pushed the North Africans to the brink of an historic passage to the second round. The Desert Foxes were celebrating their first World Cup win since beating Chile in the 1982 finals shortly after a remarkable victory over football superpower, the former West Germany. "Now we play a third match, a play-off against Russia and anything is possible."

Israeli military carries out airstrikes in Syria Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:36 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes bombed the Syrian military headquarters and a number of other targets inside Syria, the Israeli military said Monday, in a blistering response to a cross-border attack that left an Israeli teenager dead the previous day.

US student dies after falling off cliff in India Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:32 PM PDT CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) — A graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who went missing more than a week ago in northern India has been found dead in a ravine after she reportedly slipped while jogging and fell several hundred feet off a cliff, MIT officials said Sunday.

World Cup stickers sweep soccer-agnostic Venezuela Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:26 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is again sitting out the World Cup, but many people in this soccer-agnostic nation have been swept up in the race to complete their World Cup sticker albums.

Ghana federation calls in police on fixing sting Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:26 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ghana's football association says it called in police after being linked to match-fixing in a British media undercover sting.

Kosovo police disperse protesters in tense north Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:21 PM PDT MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo police fired tear gas and used batons Sunday to disperse hundreds of ethnic Albanians upset because minority Serbs had reinforced a barricade in the center of the city of Mitrovica.

Denmark's Cappelen wins Web.com Tour event Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:17 PM PDT WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Monday qualifier Sebastian Cappelen of Denmark won the Air Capital Classic on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title, finishing with a 4-under 66 for a one-stroke victory over Matt Weibring.

Runaway S. Korean soldier who killed 5 surrounded Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:15 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A day after trading gunfire, troops on Monday tightened a cordon around a runaway South Korean soldier who killed five comrades at an outpost near the border with North Korea.

Algeria beats South Korea 4-2 in Group H Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:07 PM PDT PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Islam Slimani scored one goal and made two more as Algeria swept to a 4-2 victory over South Korea on Sunday to become the first African team to score four goals in a World Cup match.

Ghana FA calls police over match-fixing reports Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:07 PM PDT The Ghana Football Association (GFA) said on Sunday it had asked police to investigate reports in a British newspaper that the national team was set to play in a friendly organised by match fixers. The Daily Telegraph report claimed that GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi had agreed a $170,000 (125,000 euros) contract for the national team to play in a match in which the officials had been selected by a bogus investment firm, against FIFA rules. It named the two men as Christopher Forsythe, a registered FIFA agent, and Obed Nketiah, a senior figure in the GFA.

Israeli military confirms airstrikes on 9 targets in Syria, including military headquarters Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military confirms airstrikes on 9 targets in Syria, including military headquarters.

Israel air raids target Syrian positions in Golan Posted: 22 Jun 2014 03:53 PM PDT Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel carried out retaliatory air raids on Syrian army positions in the Golan Heights overnight, after a teenager on the Israeli side was killed by mortar fire, local media said early Monday.

BRAZIL BEAT: Tripping to World Cup in orange van Posted: 22 Jun 2014 03:49 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — A group of seven Dutch men have arrived in Sao Paulo after a 13-day journey from Bolivia in an orange hippie van that dates back at least 45 years.

Nani give Portugal 1-0 lead over US at halftime Posted: 22 Jun 2014 03:48 PM PDT MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Nani scored the only goal of the first half after a defensive error to give Portugal a 1-0 halftime lead over the United States on Sunday at the World Cup.

Eto'o won't start for Cameroon against Brazil Posted: 22 Jun 2014 03:35 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o will not start against Brazil, further hampering the African team's chances of upsetting the hosts in their World Cup match on Monday.

Militants blitz through Iraq's western desert Posted: 22 Jun 2014 03:21 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni militants have blitzed through the vast desert of western Iraq, capturing four towns and three border crossings and deepening the predicament of the Shiite-led government in Baghdad led by Nouri al-Maliki.

Hazard at World Cup: 2 decisive assists in 2 games Posted: 22 Jun 2014 03:19 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It has been tough at times to spot Eden Hazard at the World Cup so far. When he has been highly visible, it has led to goals that have moved Belgium into the second round.

WCup sticker fad sweeps soccer-agnostic Venezuela Posted: 22 Jun 2014 03:10 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is again sitting out the World Cup, but many people in this soccer-agnostic nation have been swept up in the race to complete their World Cup sticker albums.

Texas lawmakers call for mass graves probe Posted: 22 Jun 2014 03:08 PM PDT McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The mass graves of suspected unidentified immigrants buried haphazardly in a South Texas cemetery and uncovered this month by anthropologists should be secured by state police until a criminal investigation can be carried out, a Texas lawmaker said Sunday.

Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz easily re-elected in boycotted vote Posted: 22 Jun 2014 02:58 PM PDT Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has won another five-year term with 82 percent of the vote, officials said on Sunday, after an election boycotted by most of the opposition. Abdel Aziz, an ally of Western powers in the fight against al Qaeda-linked Islamists in West Africa, faced no major challenger to his rule in Saturday's election in his vast desert nation, which straddles black and Arab Africa. Abdel Aziz's closest rival, anti-slavery campaigner Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, came in a distant second with nine percent of the vote, the head of the national election commission, Abdellahi Ould Soueid Ahmed, told a news conference. Abdel Aziz came to power in an army coup in 2008 and won a contested election the following year.

Jamaica to encourage bamboo industry for island Posted: 22 Jun 2014 02:58 PM PDT KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica hopes to kick-start a local bamboo industry as the tropical plant becomes more common in flooring, furniture and household accessories.

BRAZIL BEAT: Argentinian announcer stokes rivalry Posted: 22 Jun 2014 02:56 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One man appears to have taken it upon himself to stoke a rivalry that needs little additional heat.

Polish foreign minister called ties to U.S. 'worthless': report Posted: 22 Jun 2014 02:56 PM PDT A Polish news magazine said on Sunday it had obtained a secret recording of Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, in contention for a senior European Union job, saying that Poland's relationship with the United States was worthless. The Wprost news magazine said the recording was of a private conversation earlier this year between Sikorski and Jacek Rostowski, a member of parliament with the ruling Civic Platform who until last year was finance minister. The magazine did not say who recorded the conversation or how it obtained the recording. Aides to Sikorski and Rostowski said they had no immediate comment.

Croatia confident it can crack Mexico defense Posted: 22 Jun 2014 02:51 PM PDT RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Croatia coach Niko Kovac says his attackers are too good to be intimidated by a Mexico defense that has shut out its first two World Cup opponents, including host country Brazil.

Jordan beefs up Iraq border defenses as frontier post falls Posted: 22 Jun 2014 02:41 PM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan beefed up its border defenses with Iraq on Sunday after Sunni gunmen seized territory close to its border in Anbar province and appeared to have also taken control of the only land crossing with its large eastern neighbor, officials and witnesses said.

Greek authorities uncover second big heroin stash Posted: 22 Jun 2014 02:39 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Coast Guard officials say they have uncovered a nearly 1-ton stash of heroin at a warehouse in an eastern Athens suburb.

Power fails in southern part of Rio de Janeiro Posted: 22 Jun 2014 02:37 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Power failed late Sunday afternoon in a densely populated area in the southern part of Rio de Janeiro that is popular with tourists visiting for the World Cup.

Injured Eto'o remains in doubt for Cameroon Posted: 22 Jun 2014 02:36 PM PDT Brasília (AFP) - Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o remains a serious doubt for Monday's World Cup Group A clash with Brazil in Brasilia as he continues to struggle with a knee injury. The 33-year-old played no part in training with the rest of the Cameroon squad at the impressive National Stadium, preferring instead to chat with members of the Cameroonian police who are accompanying the squad and watch the session from the dugout. The striker injured his right knee in the Indomitable Lions' 1-0 defeat to Mexico in Natal on June 13 and has not trained since, playing no part in the 4-0 loss to Croatia in Manaus last Wednesday. When asked about Eto'o's chances of playing against Brazil, coach Volker Finke said: "It's the same situation as before the Croatia game.

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