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• Gaza death toll rises; Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv
• Iraq headed for chaos unless politicians unite, U.N. says
• Disputed Afghan election to be recounted in full
• Ukraine jets pound rebels after deadly missile attack
• Political novice bids to lead Slovenia recovery
• Iran sticks to 'unworkable, inadequate' stances in nuclear talks: U.S.
• Ukraine president to be at World Cup final in Rio
• LeBron: World Cup final 'bigger' than NBA finals
• Netherlands beats host Brazil 3-0 to finish 3rd
• UN warns Iraq of 'chaos' if no political progress
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Waratahs on top as finalists found in Super Rugby
• Saddam deputy praises jihadist 'heroes' in unverified message
• ON THIS DAY: Laurent scores 1st World Cup goal
• Swimming Olympian Ian Thorpe reveals he is gay: reports
• Top Asian News at 11:00 p.m. GMT
• Dejected Brazilians watch another World Cup loss
• Britain welcomes Afghanistan vote deal
• Reports: Ian Thorpe to reveal he is gay
• Top Asian News at 10:30 p.m. GMT
• Fugitive Saddam deputy calls for Baghdad liberation
• Mutko: 2018 World Cup unaffected by Ukraine
• Migrant boy buried in Guatemala hometown
• Iran sees 'no benefit' in nuclear weapon: FM
• Israel, Hamas defy truce calls on Gaza bloodiest day
• Gaza toll at 157 as Israel strikes intensify
• Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT
• Sabella: 'Perfect game' required against Germany
• Security Council urges Gaza truce; no sign of lull
• Halep to meet Vinci for inaugural Bucharest title
• Mother of rescued Syria baby appeals for help
• Afghan rivals clinch deal, easing political crisis
• Top Asian News at 9:30 p.m. GMT
• Main Iraqi Sunni bloc chooses Jabouri as nominee for parliament speaker: lawmaker
• Heads up! Supermoon is here
• Israel fires into Lebanon after rockets launched over border
• Colombia oil pipeline paralyzed by rebel attack
• Biden offers condolences over Ukraine deaths

Gaza death toll rises; Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:59 PM PDT By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike on the home of Gaza's police chief killed 18 people on Saturday, Gaza's health ministry said, and Hamas fired the largest salvo of rockets yet on Tel Aviv since the start of the Jewish state's offensive in the Palestinian enclave. The strike on the home of Tayseer Al-Batsh in Gaza City was the deadliest bombing since Israel launched its offensive on Tuesday to end Palestinian rocket fire into its territory. A source in the Islamist group Hamas, which has fired hundreds of rockets into Israel since Tuesday, said Al-Batsh, was in critical condition. Hamas earlier claimed responsibility for 10 rockets that were launched at Tel Aviv on Saturday but which caused no casualties or damage.

Iraq headed for chaos unless politicians unite, U.N. says Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:08 PM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed and Maggie Fick BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi soldiers backed by Shi'ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad on Saturday as a U.N. envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers did not make progress on Sunday towards naming a government. Forces loyal to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki launched an early morning push to repel Islamic State militants who fought their way on Thursday into a military base on the edge of Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of the capital.

Disputed Afghan election to be recounted in full Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:09 PM PDT By Lesley Wroughton and Maria Golovnina KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. State Secretary John Kerry convinced Afghanistan's feuding presidential candidates on Saturday to agree to a total recount of last month's presidential election, which has threatened to split the country along ethnic lines. After two days of intense talks between Kerry, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, all parties agreed that the best way out of the acrimonious and protracted deadlock was to delay the inauguration and recount all the ballots from scratch. Preliminary results from the run-off vote on June 14 put Ghani, a former World Bank official, well ahead but Abdullah rejected the result, claiming widespread fraud and calling the outcome a "coup" against the Afghan people. "Every single ballot that was cast will be audited... This is the strongest possible signal by both candidates of the desire to restore legitimacy to the process." The recount was scheduled to begin within 24 hours, but was likely to take several weeks, meaning that a presidential inauguration scheduled for Aug. 2 will have to be postponed.

Ukraine jets pound rebels after deadly missile attack Posted: 12 Jul 2014 07:32 AM PDT By Richard Balmforth and Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian war planes bombarded separatists along a broad front on Saturday, inflicting huge losses, Kiev said, after President Petro Poroshenko said "scores and hundreds" would be made to pay for a deadly missile attack on Ukrainian forces. In exchanges marking a sharp escalation in the three-month conflict, jets struck at the "epicenter" of the battle against rebels near the border with Russia, a military spokesman said. Warplanes also struck at targets near Donetsk, the east's main town where rebels have dug in, destroying a powerful fighter base near Dzerzhinsk, Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for the "anti-terrorist operation" said. In an earlier air attack on a base near Perevalsk, north of Donetsk, two tanks, 10 armored vehicles and "about 500" rebel fighters were destroyed, he said.

Political novice bids to lead Slovenia recovery Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:06 PM PDT If his party wins the election, Miro Cerar will form Slovenia's fourth government since the 2008 onset of a crisis that has torn up the country's reputation as the best-performing new European Union members. The former communist state narrowly avoided having to seek an international bailout for its banks late last year, but investors are nervous over the fate of a package of measures agreed by the outgoing government and Brussels, particularly the sale of big state enterprises. Cerar created his Party of Miro Cerar (SMC) barely six weeks ago and has shot to the top of opinion polls among voters looking for someone new and untarnished by the corruption scandals that have dogged the mainstream parties. If the polls are correct, Cerar will defeat the main opposition party, the center-right Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), whose leader, Janez Jansa, was jailed last month for two years for graft.

Iran sticks to 'unworkable, inadequate' stances in nuclear talks: U.S. Posted: 12 Jul 2014 12:50 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau and Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has stuck to "unworkable and inadequate" positions in nuclear talks with six world powers despite a looming deadline for a deal to end sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its atomic program, a U.S. official said on Saturday. "We are still very far apart on some issues and obviously on enrichment capacity," the senior U.S. administration official told reporters hours before Secretary of State John Kerry was due to arrive in Vienna to join the talks with Iran. The major powers want Iran to scale back its nuclear program to deny it any capability to quickly produce atomic bombs. Iran says its activities are entirely peaceful and want crippling sanctions lifted as soon as possible.

Ukraine president to be at World Cup final in Rio Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:59 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will attend the World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro — along with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian authorities said Saturday.

LeBron: World Cup final 'bigger' than NBA finals Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:56 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just a few hours after arriving in Brazil, LeBron James sized up the World Cup final and said it trumps the NBA finals.

Netherlands beats host Brazil 3-0 to finish 3rd Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:48 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — When it was all over, it was the Netherlands receiving a standing ovation from the Brazilian crowd. Brazil walked off the field to boos, after another demoralizing loss to end its home World Cup.

UN warns Iraq of 'chaos' if no political progress Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:38 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.N. urged Iraq's leaders Saturday to overcome their deep divisions and move quickly to form a new government that can unite the country and confront a surging militant threat, warning that failure to do so "risks plunging the country into chaos."

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:32 PM PDT SINGAPORE (AP) — A children's book inspired by a real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New York's zoo has been deemed inappropriate by state-run Singapore libraries, and the conservative city-state's information minister said he supports the decision to destroy all copies alongside two other titles. The National Library Board, which runs 26 public libraries in Singapore, pulled from the shelves and said it would "pulp" the copies of three titles, citing complaints their content goes against Singapore's family values.

Waratahs on top as finalists found in Super Rugby Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:26 PM PDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Defending champions the Chiefs will play the ACT Brumbies and the Durban-based Sharks will host the Highlanders in next weekend's first-round finals in Super Rugby after the last regular-season round shuffled standings and dumped three teams from the playoffs race.

Saddam deputy praises jihadist 'heroes' in unverified message Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:17 PM PDT The wanted deputy of executed dictator Saddam Hussein praised the Islamic State jihadists who took over large swathes of the country last month as heroes in an unauthenticated audio message released on Saturday. The recording features a 15-minute speech in a raspy, quavering voice purported to be that of 72-year-old Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, who was Iraq's vice-president when US-led coalition forces invaded in 2003. The voice in the recording, which AFP could not immediately confirm to be that of Duri, praised "some groups of (insurgents) Ansar al-Sunna and, in addition to these, the heroes and knights of Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State." The Islamic State (IS) has been fighting in Syria and Iraq and on June 29 proclaimed a "caliphate" straddling both countries and headed by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who now calls himself Caliph Ibrahim.

ON THIS DAY: Laurent scores 1st World Cup goal Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:07 PM PDT On July 13 in World Cup history: First ever tournament starts in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1930.

Swimming Olympian Ian Thorpe reveals he is gay: reports Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:06 PM PDT Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe reveals he is gay in an interview set to be broadcast Sunday, according to media reports, after years of denying rumours about his sexuality. The five-time Olympic gold medallist makes the revelation in an interview with British presenter Michael Parkinson due to be aired Sunday night by Australia's Channel Ten, reports said. Australia's Sunday Telegraph newspaper said the 31-year-old also describes his years of depression in the emotional interview recorded last month. "Brilliant Ian Thorpe now confident enough to confirm he's gay," wrote Stephen Spencer on Twitter.

Top Asian News at 11:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:02 PM PDT SINGAPORE (AP) — A children's book inspired by a real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New York's zoo has been deemed inappropriate by state-run Singapore libraries, and the conservative city-state's information minister said he supports the decision to destroy all copies alongside two other titles. The National Library Board, which runs 26 public libraries in Singapore, pulled from the shelves and said it would "pulp" the copies of three titles, citing complaints their content goes against Singapore's family values.

Dejected Brazilians watch another World Cup loss Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:55 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians already downhearted at missing out on reaching the World Cup final watched in dismay Saturday as their national team lost to the Netherlands 3-0 in the third-place match.

Britain welcomes Afghanistan vote deal Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:52 PM PDT British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Saturday praised a deal made by Afghanistan's two presidential rivals to audit all votes cast in its disputed election and pledged Britain's support for the process. The agreement between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah came at the end of two days of frantic negotiations brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry. The deadlock over the run-off vote to choose a successor to outgoing President Hamid Karzai plunged Afghanistan into political crisis.

Reports: Ian Thorpe to reveal he is gay Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:50 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — Australian media report five-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Ian Thorpe will reveal he is gay in a television interview with English talk show host Michael Parkinson, to be broadcast in Australia on Sunday.

Top Asian News at 10:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:32 PM PDT SINGAPORE (AP) — A children's book inspired by a real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New York's zoo has been deemed inappropriate by state-run Singapore libraries, and the conservative city-state's information minister said he supports the decision to destroy all copies alongside two other titles. The National Library Board, which runs 26 public libraries in Singapore, pulled from the shelves and said it would "pulp" the copies of three titles, citing complaints their content goes against Singapore's family values.

Fugitive Saddam deputy calls for Baghdad liberation Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:21 PM PDT A purported audio message from a close aide to late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein called on all Iraqis to join efforts to "liberate" the country and praised Sunni militants who led last month's dramatic offensive through northern Iraq. The voice recording released on a website loyal to Saddam's ousted Baath Party was said to have been made by Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the most senior member of his entourage still at large following Saddam's 2003 overthrow by a U.S.-led invasion force. Although elderly and reported to have been in poor health, Douri is believed to lead the Baathist militant group the Naqshbandi Army, one of several groups which supported the al Qaeda offshoot the Islamic State in its lightning assault through Sunni provinces of north and west Iraq last month.

Mutko: 2018 World Cup unaffected by Ukraine Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:14 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The conflict in Ukraine will not affect the 2018 World Cup, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko said Saturday.

Migrant boy buried in Guatemala hometown Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:10 PM PDT SAN JOSE LAS FLORES, Guatemala (AP) — A 15-year-old Guatemalan boy whose death became a symbol of the perils facing children attempting to illegally cross into the United States was buried in his hometown Saturday, amid prayers and tears from his family.

Iran sees 'no benefit' in nuclear weapon: FM Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:09 PM PDT Iran's top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran has no interest in building an atomic bomb, despite Western powers' claims otherwise. Zarif's comments, in a television interview due to be broadcast Sunday, when Iran engages in talks with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany aimed at a grand bargain reducing in scope the Islamic republic's nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. "I will commit to everything and anything that would provide credible assurances for the international community that Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons, because we are not," Zarif told NBC's "Meet the Press" from Vienna, where the talks are taking place. "We don't see any benefit in Iran developing a nuclear weapon."

Israel, Hamas defy truce calls on Gaza bloodiest day Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:07 PM PDT The world implored Israel and Hamas to end hostilities Saturday, but the violence escalated with the toll in Israeli strikes rising to 157 and Gaza militants firing more rocket salvos. Both sides have dismissed calls for a truce, and Israel continued to build up troops along the Gaza border ahead of a possible ground invasion, warning Palestinians in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes. With the Palestinian death toll at 157, and with no Israelis killed, the UN Security Council unanimously urged Israel and Hamas to respect "international humanitarian laws" and stop the loss of life.

Gaza toll at 157 as Israel strikes intensify Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:03 PM PDT Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 52 people Saturday, including two severely handicapped women in a care facility, medics said. The deadliest strike came in the Tuffah district in eastern Gaza City, where 18 people were killed in strikes that hit a home and a mosque, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. Among at least 50 people injured in the strike was Hamas police chief Tayseer al-Batsh, who was reportedly in critical condition. The evening strikes came after Hamas launched a barrage of long-range rockets at Israeli cities including Tel Aviv, after issuing a warning that it would strike.

Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:02 PM PDT SINGAPORE (AP) — A children's book inspired by a real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New York's zoo has been deemed inappropriate by state-run Singapore libraries, and the conservative city-state's information minister said he supports the decision to destroy all copies alongside two other titles. The National Library Board, which runs 26 public libraries in Singapore, pulled from the shelves and said it would "pulp" the copies of three titles, citing complaints their content goes against Singapore's family values.

Sabella: 'Perfect game' required against Germany Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:02 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella is looking for perfection against Germany in Sunday's World Cup final.

Security Council urges Gaza truce; no sign of lull Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:46 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ignoring international appeals for a cease-fire, Israel on Saturday widened its range of Gaza bombing targets to civilian institutions with suspected Hamas ties and announced it would hit northern Gaza "with great force" to prevent rocket attacks from there on Israel. More than 156 Palestinians have been killed in five days of bombardment.

Halep to meet Vinci for inaugural Bucharest title Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:38 PM PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Simona Halep overcame fellow Romanian Monica Niculescu 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 to reach the final of the inaugural Bucharest Open against Roberta Vinci of Italy on Saturday.

Mother of rescued Syria baby appeals for help Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:36 PM PDT The mother of a two-month-old Syrian baby rescued from the rubble of a bombed Aleppo building appealed on Saturday for help to raise her son. The 30-second clip was posted by a group calling itself the "Aleppo civil defence", volunteers who operate in rebel-held areas of the city. Initially the team mistakenly identified the child as a girl but an AFP correspondent met the mother and child on Saturday. The mother, Umm Mahmud, said her husband and daughter had been killed in an air raid in the southern Aleppo district of Al-Ansari that trapped the baby.

Afghan rivals clinch deal, easing political crisis Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:32 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's two rival candidates reached a breakthrough agreement Saturday to a complete audit of their contested presidential election and, whoever the victor, a national unity government.

Top Asian News at 9:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:32 PM PDT SINGAPORE (AP) — A children's book inspired by a real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New York's zoo has been deemed inappropriate by state-run Singapore libraries, and the conservative city-state's information minister said he supports the decision to destroy all copies alongside two other titles. The National Library Board, which runs 26 public libraries in Singapore, pulled from the shelves and said it would "pulp" the copies of three titles, citing complaints their content goes against Singapore's family values.

Main Iraqi Sunni bloc chooses Jabouri as nominee for parliament speaker: lawmaker Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:31 PM PDT Iraq's main Sunni political coalition chose lawmaker Salim al-Jabouri on Saturday night as its nominee for parliament speaker, a senior Sunni politician said. "We have agreed on Salim Jabouri for the post of parliament speaker," said lamwaker Dhafer Al-Ani, a leading member of the new Sunni political coalition, called the Patriotic Alliance, which includes the major Sunni groups in parliament. Jabouri is a moderate Sunni Islamist. The appointment of the speaker in Sunday's parliament session would be the first step towards naming a government more than three months after national elections, as Baghdad tries to tackle a Sunni insurgency that has seized large sections of northern and western Iraq.

Heads up! Supermoon is here Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:26 PM PDT Look! Up in the sky! It's supermoon!

Israel fires into Lebanon after rockets launched over border Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:21 PM PDT Rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israeli territory on Saturday and Israel's army responded with artillery fire, Lebanese security sources and the Israeli military said, in the second such incident in two days. "Initial reports indicate that at least two rockets fired from Lebanon hit open areas north of Nahariya. No damage or injuries, thus far," an Israeli military statement said, adding that Israeli forces had fired artillery toward the source of the rocket fire.

Colombia oil pipeline paralyzed by rebel attack Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:14 PM PDT (Reuters) - - Pumping of oil from one of Colombia's ‎most important pipelines, the Bicentenario, was paralyzed after an attack by leftist rebels, its operator said on Saturday. The pipeline crosses areas where there is a strong presence of the two main rebel groups, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and the National Liberation Army, or ELN. Colombia is the fourth-largest producer of oil in Latin America, but its output has been reduced by heavy attacks in recent months by the insurgent ‎groups. There were 259 attacks on oil installations in 2013, the highest number in a decade.

Biden offers condolences over Ukraine deaths Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden has offered condolences to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko over killings in eastern Ukraine.

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