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• Hamas rockets land deep in Israel as it bombards Gaza Strip
• Somali presidential compound attacked, president safe
• Iraq tells U.N. 'terrorist groups' seized former chemical weapons depot
• Iran's supreme leader calls for more nuclear enrichment capacity
• U.S. warns Afghans not to form 'parallel government'
• India's onion crisis: shortages after the best-ever harvest
• Obama tells Afghan candidates fraud charges merit review
• Brazil's defense falls apart without Thiago Silva
• Israel, Hamas face off in new Gaza conflict
• Scoring spree of severe margins stuns even Germany
• Obama urges calm in Afghan presidential election
• Colombia's capital weighs easing drinking curfew
• Klose scores vs. Brazil to set World Cup record
• Telecom giant America Movil to sell some assets
• ON THIS DAY: Zidane headbutts Materazzi in 2006
• North Korea again fires projectiles into sea
• Iraq says 'terrorists' seize chemical weapons site
• North Korea again fires projectiles into water
• NY jury acquits ex-hedge fund founder's brother
• Van Persie has stomach complaint ahead of semi
• Seoul says North Korea launches projectiles into its eastern waters in apparent test-fire
• Germany routs Brazil 7-1, reaches World Cup final
• Charges: Russian stole data from restaurants, zoo
• AP PHOTOS: Argentine WCup fans follow team on bus
• AIDS research team in US loses $1.38M grant
• Fortress Europe puts migrant lives at risk, says Amnesty
• Brazil's World Cup dream shattered against Germany
• Polls open in Indonesian presidential election
• Factbox: Indonesians elect a president
• Moscow accuses US of 'abducting' Russian MP's son
• Land dispute erupts among ultra-wealthy in Bahamas
• Brazil fans crushed by 7-1 loss to Germany
• Girl raped, killed on overnight train in Thailand
• Nigeria: 'Good news' soon on kidnapped girls
• Rockets hit Israeli heartland as offensive begins
• Holder: Threat from Syria endangers Europe, US
• Obama taps donor to be ambassador to Costa Rica

Hamas rockets land deep in Israel as it bombards Gaza Strip Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:51 PM PDT Israel launched an aerial offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, calling it part of a campaign named "Operation Protective Edge" targeting Hamas Islamist militants firing rockets at the Jewish state. The military urged Israelis within a 40-km (24-mile) radius of the southern coastal territory to stay within reach of protected areas and ordered summer camps shut as a precaution against rocket fire. Palestinian officials said two air strikes were launched before dawn against homes in southern Gaza, one of which was identified by a neighbour as belonging to a Hamas member. The Palestinian Health Ministry said nine neighbours were wounded by debris from that strike.

Somali presidential compound attacked, president safe Posted: 08 Jul 2014 12:13 PM PDT By Feisal Omar and Abdirahman Hussein MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants attacked Somalia's presidential compound on Tuesday with a car bomb and gunmen broke through a perimeter wall but were repulsed by security forces, and the president was not there at the time, the interior ministry said. Up to five members of the al Shabaab Islamist group, which claimed responsibility, were killed, Interior Minister Abdullahi Godah Barre told Reuters. The assault was the most dramatic in a string of attacks in the capital Mogadishu by al Shabaab since it launched a campaign during the current Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. It was the second time since February that al Shabaab had attacked the sprawling compound, which includes the presidential buildings and other government offices.

Iraq tells U.N. 'terrorist groups' seized former chemical weapons depot Posted: 08 Jul 2014 02:38 PM PDT Iraq's government has lost control of a former chemical weapons facility to "armed terrorist groups" and is unable to fulfill its international obligations to destroy toxins kept there, the country's U.N. envoy told the United Nations. In a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, made public on Tuesday, Ambassador Mohamed Ali Alhakim said the Muthanna facility north of Baghdad was seized on June 11. He said remnants of a former chemical weapons program are kept in two bunkers there. "The project management spotted at dawn on Thursday, 12 June 2014, through the camera surveillance system, the looting of some of the project equipment and appliances, before the terrorists disabled the surveillance system," Alhakim wrote in the letter dated June 30.

Iran's supreme leader calls for more nuclear enrichment capacity Posted: 08 Jul 2014 09:36 AM PDT By Michelle Moghtader and Fredrik Dahl DUBAI/VIENNA (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran would need to significantly increase its uranium enrichment capacity, highlighting a gap in positions between Tehran and world powers as they hold talks aimed at clinching a nuclear accord. Iran and six major powers - the United States, Russia, France, Germany, China and Britain - have less than two weeks to bridge wide differences on the future scope of Iran's enrichment program and other issues if they are to meet a self-imposed July 20 deadline for a deal. Iran's capacity to refine uranium lies at the center of the nuclear stalemate and is seen as the hardest issue to resolve. Iran insists it needs to expand its capacity to refine uranium to fuel a planned network of atomic energy plants.

U.S. warns Afghans not to form 'parallel government' Posted: 08 Jul 2014 08:40 AM PDT By Mohammad Aziz and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - The United States warned on Tuesday that it would withdraw financial and security support from Afghanistan if anyone tried to take power illegally, as supporters of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah rallied in Kabul for a parallel government. Preliminary results announced on Monday gave Ashraf Ghani, a former World Bank official, 56.44 percent in the run-off on June 14, but Abdullah immediately rejected the outcome, saying the vote had been marred by widespread fraud. Thousands of Abdullah's supporters gathered in the capital Kabul, demanding that he form a parallel government, a move likely to plunge a country already beset by deep ethnic divisions into even greater disorder. Underscoring the magnitude of the crisis, Abdullah said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is currently in Beijing, would visit Kabul on Friday.

India's onion crisis: shortages after the best-ever harvest Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:04 PM PDT By Rajendra Jadhav PACHORE WANI India (Reuters) - Indian farmer Ranganath Watpade made a killing last year by putting off selling his onions until four months after he harvested them. The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of India's western state of Maharashtra have lost a large share of their crop damaged in storage, adding to the country's inflation woes. Unseasonal weather, hoarding and price manipulation have in the past led to dramatic price rises, and the new administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is anxious to avoid the political fallout that has hit other governments over the cost of the food. It also underlines the irony of high food costs in India, which after China is the world's biggest fruit and vegetable producer.

Obama tells Afghan candidates fraud charges merit review Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:52 PM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah on Monday night and rival Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday to urge calm and to call for a review of fraud charges in that country's election, the White House said. "With both, the president stressed that the United States expects a thorough review of all reasonable allegations of fraud to ensure a credible electoral process," the White House said in a statement on Tuesday. "He reiterated that all parties should avoid steps that undermine Afghan national unity and should come together to work toward a resolution that represents the will of the Afghan people and produces a government that can bring Afghanistan together," it said. The White House said Obama made clear there was "no justification" for resorting to violence and said such a move would lead to the end of U.S. support for the country.

Brazil's defense falls apart without Thiago Silva Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:50 PM PDT BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Forget Neymar for a second and consider just how badly Brazil missed Thiago Silva in defense.

Israel, Hamas face off in new Gaza conflict Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:50 PM PDT Israeli warplanes pounded targets in the Gaza Strip Wednesday as a major campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire entered its second day. A strike on a home in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, claimed the lives of a commander of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, his parents, a woman and two children, emergences services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. The deaths brought to 28 the toll of dead since the launch of Israel's Operation Protective Edge early on Tuesday. Air strikes took the lives of 24 and Israeli forces killed four Hamas militants who staged a beachfront assault Tuesday on an army base just north of the besieged Strip.

Scoring spree of severe margins stuns even Germany Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:45 PM PDT BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Chance after chance was offered, and the Germany players just kept on taking them with clinical efficiency to the degree that even they could scarcely believe the 7-1 World Cup semifinal win over Brazil.

Obama urges calm in Afghan presidential election Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:44 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has taken the unusual step of intervening in a foreign election, asking both candidates in Afghanistan's disputed presidential race to allow the process for investigating fraud claims to go forward and threatening a cutoff in U.S. aid if "extra-constitutional measures" are taken.

Colombia's capital weighs easing drinking curfew Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:38 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Partiers in Colombia's capital may soon be able to extend their late-night revelry thanks to the easing of a drinking curfew widely credited with reducing violence.

Klose scores vs. Brazil to set World Cup record Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:31 PM PDT BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Miroslav Klose found perhaps the only way to make matters worse for Brazil.

Telecom giant America Movil to sell some assets Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:23 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — The telecom company America Movil says it will divest some assets to reduce its market share in the face of Mexico's telecommunications reform designed to break up monopolies.

ON THIS DAY: Zidane headbutts Materazzi in 2006 Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:22 PM PDT On July 9 in World Cup history: Zinedine Zidane loses his cool as Italy beats France to win 2006 final in Berlin.

North Korea again fires projectiles into sea Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:20 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched two projectiles Wednesday morning into the sea off its east coast, in an apparent continuation of a recent series of missile and artillery test launches, a South Korean defense official said.

Iraq says 'terrorists' seize chemical weapons site Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:11 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq said the Islamic State extremist group has taken control of a vast former chemical weapons facility northwest of Baghdad, where 2,500 chemical rockets filled with the deadly nerve agent sarin or their remnants were stored along with other chemical warfare agents.

North Korea again fires projectiles into water Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:08 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean military official says North Korea has launched two projectiles into its eastern waters in an apparent continuation of a recent series of missile and artillery test launches.

NY jury acquits ex-hedge fund founder's brother Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:08 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of an imprisoned ex-billionaire hedge fund founder has been acquitted of conspiracy.

Van Persie has stomach complaint ahead of semi Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:08 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Dutch captain and all-time top scorer Robin van Persie is in doubt for the World Cup semifinal against Argentina after succumbing to a stomach problem.

Seoul says North Korea launches projectiles into its eastern waters in apparent test-fire Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:02 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul says North Korea launches projectiles into its eastern waters in apparent test-fire.

Germany routs Brazil 7-1, reaches World Cup final Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:52 PM PDT BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — With Neymar out injured, just about everyone in Brazil knew it would be tough against Germany.

Charges: Russian stole data from restaurants, zoo Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:52 PM PDT SEATTLE (AP) — A Russian man recently arrested on bank fraud and other charges hacked into computers at restaurants in Western Washington, hundreds of other retail businesses, and even the Phoenix Zoo, U.S. authorities allege.

AP PHOTOS: Argentine WCup fans follow team on bus Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:47 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Talk about commitment to your sports team.

AIDS research team in US loses $1.38M grant Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:40 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An AIDS research team at Iowa State University will not get the final $1.38 million payment of a National Institutes of Health five-year grant after a team member admitted last year to faking research results, the NIH said Tuesday.

Fortress Europe puts migrant lives at risk, says Amnesty Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:29 PM PDT EU efforts to seal off Europe's borders to illegal migrants have also shut off access to refugees from conflict, thus putting their lives at risk, Amnesty International said Wednesday. "The effectiveness of EU measures to stem the flow of irregular migrants and refugees is, at best, questionable," said Amnesty's John Dalhuisen. The report says the European Union spent nearly two billion euros protecting its external borders between 2007 and 2013, but only 700 million euros on improving the situation for asylum-seekers and refugees in the EU in the same period.

Brazil's World Cup dream shattered against Germany Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:26 PM PDT BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — It was a humiliating home defeat of record proportions that no Brazilian could have seen coming.

Polls open in Indonesian presidential election Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:25 PM PDT Jakarta (AFP) - Polls opened in Indonesia on Wednesday in the country's most divisive presidential election since the fall of a decades-long dictatorship.

Factbox: Indonesians elect a president Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:23 PM PDT (Reuters) - Indonesia's third direct presidential election kicked off on Wednesday. The race to lead Southeast Asia's biggest economy is closely contested by ex-general Prabowo Subianto and Jakarta governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo. Current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is in the last year of his second term and is barred by the constitution from running again. DATES July 9 - Presidential election. Vote counting starts after polls close at 0600 GMT (2 a.m. EDT). July 9 - Independent agencies provide a quick tally of votes counted across the country, by around 1200 GMT (8 a.m. ...

Moscow accuses US of 'abducting' Russian MP's son Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:21 PM PDT Moscow accused Washington on Tuesday of abducting the son of a Russian lawmaker who was arrested in the Maldives on suspicion of being one of the world's most prolific traffickers of stolen credit card details. A Russian legislator who admitted to being the suspect's father expressed fear that Roman Seleznev, who is now being held in the American territory of Guam, will be accused of all sorts of sins including "killing Kennedy." The US Justice Department said Monday that Seleznev, 30, was detained at the weekend and charged with hacking into US retail computer systems in a scheme that cost banks over $1.1 million (800,000 euros) in losses.

Land dispute erupts among ultra-wealthy in Bahamas Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:17 PM PDT NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A land development dispute between some of the world's wealthiest people in one of the world's most exclusive communities has escalated on a small island in the Bahamas.

Brazil fans crushed by 7-1 loss to Germany Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:16 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The tears started flowing before half time, and by the end of a 7-1 shellacking in the World Cup semifinal, millions across Brazil were in dazed, damp-eyed disbelief.

Girl raped, killed on overnight train in Thailand Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:15 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — The rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl, who was shoved off a moving train on an overnight trip from southern Thailand, has sparked public outrage and calls for capital punishment for rapists.

Nigeria: 'Good news' soon on kidnapped girls Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:13 PM PDT ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's National Council of State is promising to deliver "some good news" very soon about more than 200 schoolgirls held captive by Islamic extremists for nearly three months.

Rockets hit Israeli heartland as offensive begins Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:04 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Tuesday launched its largest offensive in the Gaza Strip in nearly two years, carrying out a blistering aerial assault on scores of targets and killing 25 people in what officials called an open-ended operation aimed at ending weeks of heavy rocket fire. As Gaza militants unleashed salvos on cities including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel mobilized forces along the border for a possible ground invasion.

Holder: Threat from Syria endangers Europe, US Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:03 PM PDT Attorney General Eric Holder called on European nations Tuesday to deal more aggressively with the threat posed by the thousands of Westerners who have traveled to Syria to join the fighting there.

Obama taps donor to be ambassador to Costa Rica Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is nominating one of his longtime donors to be the next U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica.

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