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• U.S. presses case against Russia on downed jet as horror deepens
• Hamas says Israeli soldier captured; Gaza death toll jumps
• Iran eliminates sensitive stockpile under interim nuclear deal: IAEA
• UK's new foreign secretary reiterates earlier stance on EU membership
• Mortar fire south of Baghdad kills nine, police, hospital sources say
• Colombia's Santos opens 'Congress of peace,' urges deal with rebels
• Paper to correct story on Arizona's London Bridge
• Bodies from downed jet piled in boxcars in Ukraine
• Kerry heads to Mideast in bid for cease-fire
• Wild card Tomic wins Bogota final
• AP Interview: US teen beaten in Mideast speaks
• Owner of raided Mexico shelter freed, no charges
• Ex-Libyan rebel commander appeals ruling on British torture case
• Lydia Ko wins Marathon Classic with closing birdie
• Kerry strengthens U.S. case against Russia over Malaysia jet downing
• Factbox: U.S. intelligence assessment on Malaysia jet downing
• Scores dead in first major ground battle in Gaza
• Wozniacki defeats Vinci to win Istanbul Cup title
• UN Security Council holds urgent meeting on Gaza
• Attacks on ruling party backers kill 5, wound 24
• Kerry heads to Cairo; sharpens criticism of Hamas
• Exclusive: U.N. Security Council to vote Monday on Ukraine resolution
• U.N., Qatar condemn Gaza killings, call for immediate ceasefire
• Looting in Paris as Europeans protest against Gaza conflict
• UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Gaza
• Armed men on a motorbike kill at least four in Mombasa
• Tour de France at a glance
• The 2 secret words for McIlroy: Process and spot
• Porter beats Pearson in Commonwealth Games warning
• French youth, police clash at anti-Israeli protest
• McIlroys have double success at British Open
• Emirates calls for airlines summit on 'outrageous' MH17 attack

U.S. presses case against Russia on downed jet as horror deepens Posted: 20 Jul 2014 01:19 PM PDT By Anton Zverev and Matt Spetalnick HRABOVE Ukraine/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laid out what he called overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as international horror deepened over the fate of the victims' remains. Kerry demanded that Moscow take responsibility for actions of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine whom Washington suspects of downing the jet with a missile, and expressed disgust at their "grotesque" mishandling of the bodies.

Hamas says Israeli soldier captured; Gaza death toll jumps Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:30 PM PDT By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Allyn Fisher-Ilan GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hamas's armed wing said on Sunday it had captured an Israeli soldier, as fighting in Gaza led to the bloodiest losses in a nearly two-week military offensive, with some 100 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers killed. The Israeli military said it was checking on the reported capture, which was announced in a Hamas television broadcast. Israeli television stations ignored the report in their extended evening programing about the offensive. "Qassam Brigades captured a Zionist soldier," said Abu Ubaida, the masked spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, who identified the soldier as Shaul Aron and recited what he said was Aron's identity tag number.

Iran eliminates sensitive stockpile under interim nuclear deal: IAEA Posted: 20 Jul 2014 01:17 PM PDT By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has moved to eliminate its most sensitive stockpile of enriched uranium gas under an interim nuclear deal reached with six world powers last year, according to a monthly update by the U.N. nuclear watchdog obtained by Reuters on Sunday. The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) showed that Iran had met the terms of the six-month agreement, under which it limited its atomic activities in exchange for some easing of sanctions that are crippling its economy. The preliminary accord had been due to expire on Sunday but will be extended with some adjustments, after Iran and the six powers failed during negotiations in Vienna to meet a self-imposed July 20 deadline for a long-term deal to end the decade-old nuclear standoff and agreed to continue talking. The four-month extension underlines the difficulties negotiators face in settling the dispute permanently even if Iran has met its commitments under the initial agreement, as Sunday's IAEA report suggests.

UK's new foreign secretary reiterates earlier stance on EU membership Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:15 PM PDT (Reuters) - Britain's new Foreign Secretary Philip Hammonds reiterated his position from two years ago that if Britain does not get good renegotiation, it should leave the European Union. In an interview with Andrew Marr of the BBC, Hammonds reiterated his earlier stance that if the European Union failed to change and to agree to new terms for Britain's membership, he would rather leave the bloc.

Mortar fire south of Baghdad kills nine, police, hospital sources say Posted: 20 Jul 2014 12:39 PM PDT Nine people were killed in a mainly Shi'ite town south of Baghdad late on Sunday by mortar fire that hit near a Shi'ite religious site, police and hospital sources said. The sources in the town of Mahmoudiya said eight mortar rounds landed near a "husseiniya," a religious site devoted to Hussein, a martyr in Shi'ite tradition. Two roadside bombs also exploded in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad, killing five Shi'ite volunteer fighters, police and hospital sources said. At least 27 people were killed in a wave of bombings in mostly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Baghdad.

Colombia's Santos opens 'Congress of peace,' urges deal with rebels Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:32 PM PDT By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos opened a new session of Congress on Sunday, calling on lawmakers to back government efforts to strike a peace deal with Marxist rebels to end 50 years of war. "This will be - there's no doubt - the Congress of peace," said Santos, who will be inaugurated for a second four-year term on Aug. 7. "We have a great challenge - an achievable challenge - to end an armed conflict which has bled us for half a century, and build peace." Santos won re-election last month with support for his bid to bring an end to five decades of war with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, that has killed more than 200,000 people and displaced millions. Santos will face fierce opposition in Congress, not least from ex-President Alvaro Uribe, a newly minted senator and leader of the right-wing Democratic Center party.

Paper to correct story on Arizona's London Bridge Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:48 PM PDT LAKE HAVASU CITY, Arizona (AP) — A British tabloid will issue a correction Monday for a story stating Arizona's own London Bridge could be bulldozed to make way for drug tourism, Lake Havasu City officials said.

Bodies from downed jet piled in boxcars in Ukraine Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:38 PM PDT TOREZ, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Moscow rebels piled nearly 200 bodies from the downed Malaysian jetliner into four refrigerated boxcars Sunday in eastern Ukraine, and cranes at the crash scene moved big chunks of the Boeing 777, drawing condemnation from Western leaders that the rebels were tampering with the site.

Kerry heads to Mideast in bid for cease-fire Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East as the Obama administration attempts to bolster regional efforts to reach a ceasefire and sharpens its criticism of Hamas in its conflict with Israel.

Wild card Tomic wins Bogota final Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:24 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Wild card Bernard Tomic denied Ivo Karlovic's attempt to retain his Claro Open Colombia title, beating the second-seeded Croat 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (4) in the final Sunday.

AP Interview: US teen beaten in Mideast speaks Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:22 PM PDT TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A Palestinian-American teen left with stitches and bruises from his detention by Israeli security forces said Sunday he was beaten, kicked and blindfolded on a family trip to the Middle East after a cousin there was abducted and killed.

Owner of raided Mexico shelter freed, no charges Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:07 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — The owner of a group home raided last week amid charges of abuse and other mistreatment of children living there has been released from custody without charge, an official in the federal Attorney General's Office said Sunday.

Ex-Libyan rebel commander appeals ruling on British torture case Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:06 PM PDT By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A former Libyan Islamist commander who says he suffered years of torture by Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen after British and U.S. spies handed him over to Libya will try this week to overturn a ruling blocking legal action against the British government. Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a rebel leader who helped topple Gaddafi in 2011 and is now leader of the Libyan al-Watan Party, says he and his pregnant wife Fatima were abducted by U.S. CIA agents in Thailand in 2004 and then illegally transferred to Tripoli with the help of British spies. Two years ago, he began legal action against former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Britain's MI5 and MI6 spy agencies, a former intelligence chief, and relevant government departments. This week, Belhadj launches an appeal against that decision.

Lydia Ko wins Marathon Classic with closing birdie Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:55 PM PDT SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Now that she's officially a millionaire, Lydia Ko joked she'll have to keep a closer watch on where her paychecks go.

Kerry strengthens U.S. case against Russia over Malaysia jet downing Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:47 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday laid out what he said was overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine as he made the U.S. case against Moscow in the most emphatic and explicit terms yet. Delivering his points in a blitz of U.S. morning news shows, Kerry demanded that Russia take responsibility for actions of allied separatists suspected of shooting down the passenger plane and he expressed disgust over the rebels' "grotesque" mishandling of victims' bodies at the crash site. Kerry threatened further sanctions against Moscow and called on European partners, who have lagged behind Washington in imposing penalties over the Ukraine crisis, to take Thursday's plane downing as a "wake-up call" to get tougher with Russia.

Factbox: U.S. intelligence assessment on Malaysia jet downing Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:47 PM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spelled out on Sunday what he called overwhelming evidence of Russia's complicity in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. While stopping short of placing direct blame on Moscow, Kerry put forth the most detailed U.S. accusations so far, based on the latest U.S. intelligence assessments, that Russia provided pro-Moscow insurgents with the sophisticated anti-aircraft systems used to down the plane. Following are the main points in the U.S. intelligence assessment, which was posted on the weekend on the U.S. Embassy website in Kiev: - "Over the past month, we have detected an increasing amount of heavy weaponry to separatist fighters crossing the border from Russia into Ukraine. Last weekend, Russia sent a convoy of military equipment with up to 150 vehicles including tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery, and multiple rocket launchers to the separatists.

Scores dead in first major ground battle in Gaza Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:36 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price Sunday: It killed 65 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers and forced thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their neighborhood, reportedly used to launch rockets at Israel and now devastated by the fighting.

Wozniacki defeats Vinci to win Istanbul Cup title Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:31 PM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki overpowered second-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-1 Sunday to win the Istanbul Cup final and clinch her first WTA title of the year and 22nd overall.

UN Security Council holds urgent meeting on Gaza Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:28 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is holding an emergency meeting tonight on the situation in Gaza.

Attacks on ruling party backers kill 5, wound 24 Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:26 PM PDT MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Unidentified gunmen staged separate attacks on two buses carrying supporters of Nicaragua's governing party home after a celebration of the Central American country's 1979 revolution, killing five people and wounding 24, local authorities said Sunday.

Kerry heads to Cairo; sharpens criticism of Hamas Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is stepping up efforts to forge a truce between Israel and the militant Hamas movement by sending Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East to bolster regional efforts to reach a cease-fire.

Exclusive: U.N. Security Council to vote Monday on Ukraine resolution Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:22 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is due to vote Monday on a resolution that would condemn the downing of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine and demands that those responsible be held accountable and that armed groups don't compromise the crash site integrity. While Russia engaged in negotiations with the 15-member council on the resolution - drafted by Australia which lost 28 citizens - it was unclear if it would support the final version, said diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity. In an apparent bid to compromise with Moscow, the wording of the condemnation was change to characterize the incident as the "downing" of the Malaysia Airlines flight - with 298 people on board - instead of "shooting down," according to the final draft obtained by Reuters. Ukraine and its Western allies accuse Moscow of fueling a pro-Russian uprising that threatens to break up the former Soviet republic of 46 million people.

U.N., Qatar condemn Gaza killings, call for immediate ceasefire Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:15 PM PDT By Amena Bakr DOHA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned as an "atrocious action" the killing of dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israeli shelling on Sunday and called for an immediate end to almost two weeks of fighting. Ban, in Doha on the first leg of a Middle East tour to try to end the bloodshed that has cost more than 400 lives, met Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiya before heading for Egypt. "While I was on route to Doha, dozens more civilians have been killed in the Israeli military strikes . "Israel must exercise maximum restraint.

Looting in Paris as Europeans protest against Gaza conflict Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:05 PM PDT A French rally against the deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza once again descended into chaos Sunday as protesters looted shops and riot police lobbed tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. The demonstration in the northern Paris suburb of Sarcelles is the third to have deteriorated in the space of eight days in a country that counts the largest Muslim population in western Europe and a huge Jewish community.

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Gaza Posted: 20 Jul 2014 03:03 PM PDT The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting late Sunday on the situation in Gaza, where the Palestinian death toll passed 100 in a single day. Diplomats said the meeting, open to the public and set for 9:30 pm (0130 GMT Monday), was requested by council member Jordan, following a call by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. As regional leaders met in Doha for urgent talks on a ceasefire, Abbas said that "what the occupation forces did today in Shejaiya is a crime against humanity," referring to a blistering hours-long Israeli assault near Gaza City that has claimed 62 Palestinian lives and wounded another 250. As the Palestinian death toll soared to 438 in the bloodiest single day in Gaza in five years, a spokesman for the enclave's emergency services said more than a third of the victims were women and children.

Armed men on a motorbike kill at least four in Mombasa Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:48 PM PDT At least four people were killed in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday in an attack by armed men on a motorbike, according to medical sources. "At 8:30 pm (1730 GMT) people on a motorbike shot and killed two people and injured two others in the area of Soweto," Mombasa's chief of police Robert Kitur told AFP. Mombasa has been the scene of worsening unrest in recent months with a string of shootings and bombings blamed on Somalia's Shebab rebels or local supporters. The Al-Qaeda-linked group say the attacks on Kenyan soil are in retaliation for Kenya's military intervention in Somalia.

Tour de France at a glance Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:43 PM PDT NIMES, France (AP) — A brief look at the 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday:

The 2 secret words for McIlroy: Process and spot Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:40 PM PDT HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy looked out at a room packed with reporters and knew he was going to disappoint them.

Porter beats Pearson in Commonwealth Games warning Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:39 PM PDT Britain's Tiffany Porter stunned Australia's Olympic 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson at the Anniversary Games on Sunday in a timely warning ahead of their Commonwealth Games duel. The US-born Porter won the race, which was staged at London's Horse Guards Parade, in 12.71sec despite Pearson enjoying the better start. American Brianna Rollins, the world champion, was second, with Pearson clocking 12.79 back in third.

French youth, police clash at anti-Israeli protest Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:35 PM PDT SARCELLES, France (AP) — Pro-Palestinian French youth defying a ban on a protest against Israel's Gaza offensive clashed with police Sunday, setting fire to cars, pillaging stores and attacking two synagogues in Paris suburbs.

McIlroys have double success at British Open Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:34 PM PDT HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy was not the only winner at the British Open on Sunday.

Emirates calls for airlines summit on 'outrageous' MH17 attack Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:28 PM PDT By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - The head of one of the world's largest airlines has called for an international meeting of carriers to agree a response to the downing of a Malaysian airliner, including a potential rethink of the threats posed by regional conflicts. Tim Clark, president of Dubai's Emirates, the world's largest international airline by number of passengers, also said domestic regulators worldwide may decide to be more involved in giving their carriers guidance on where it is safe to fly. He said the International Air Transport Association could call an international conference to see what changes need to made in the way the industry tackles regional instability.

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