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• Ten dead in strike on school in new Gaza fighting
• At least 367 dead after quake hits southwest China
• German magazine reports Israel spied on Kerry last year
• Islamic State grabs Iraqi dam and oilfield in victory over Kurds
• Ukrainian army steps up attacks on rebel-held Donetsk
• In Liberia's capital, fear of Ebola hampers official response
• AP Exclusive: Sikh victim's lessons sustain family
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• Decade on, separate lives for once-conjoined twins
• Son of prominent Mexican politician charged in drug cartel case
• McIlroy wins and goes back to No. 1
• Scott Dixon wins 5th Mid-Ohio IndyCar in 8 years
• Israel announces 7-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza: army 
• Veronica Felibert wins Symetra Tour event
• Israel withdraws most troops from Gaza
• Mexico charges ex-governor's son withheld evidence
• Israeli military will hold fire in parts of Gaza
• Turkey's Erdogan lashes out at Israel at election rally
• Portugal puts up $6.6 BN to save ailing bank
• 'D'oh!' Canada's PM stops following Homer Simpson
• Strong quake kills 367 in southern China
• American nurse with Ebola to leave Liberia Tuesday
• England wins gold medal race at Commonwealth Games
• Sunni insurgents seize small towns in Iraq's north
• Bertha drifting away from Turks & Caicos, Bahamas
• Israel declares humanitarian truce for Monday in most of Gaza
• Iran's elite Guards fighting in Iraq to push back Islamic State
• Mourinho blames referee and fitness for Bremen defeat
• Some 400,000 in Ohio without drinking water, tests show lower toxin levels
• 'Best ever' Commonwealth Games end in Glasgow
• At least 367 dead in southwest China quake
• US calls Israeli attack on UN school 'disgraceful'

Ten dead in strike on school in new Gaza fighting Posted: 03 Aug 2014 12:10 PM PDT By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike killed 10 people and wounded about 30 on Sunday in a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said, as dozens died in Israeli shelling of the enclave and Hamas fired rockets at Israel. The United States was "appalled by today's disgraceful shelling" and urged Israel to do more to prevent civilian casualties, according to a statement by State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki. The Israeli military said it had "targeted three Islamic Jihad terrorists on board a motorcycle in the vicinity of an UNRWA school in Rafah" and added it was "reviewing the consequences of this strike." Islamic Jihad did not report any of its militants killed or injured in the incident. Amid Hamas accusations that Israel had misled the world about the alleged capture of an Israeli soldier, the officer, Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, was buried on Sunday after the military said it recovered remains and he was killed in action.

At least 367 dead after quake hits southwest China Posted: 03 Aug 2014 12:43 PM PDT A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and leaving 1,881 injured in a remote area of Yunnan province, and causing thousands of buildings, including a school, to collapse. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile (1.6 km). Chinese state media said it was felt most strongly in Yunnan as well as in the neighboring provinces of Guizhou and Sichuan. The official Xinhua news agency said the epicenter was in Longtoushan town in Yunnan's mountainous Ludian county.

German magazine reports Israel spied on Kerry last year Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:30 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Sunday that Israel and at least one other intelligence agency were listening in on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's unsecured phone calls last year when he was holding nearly daily negotiations for peace with various leaders in the Middle East. The magazine cited "several sources from intelligence circles" as saying that although Kerry has a secure phone at his mansion in Georgetown, while he was traveling and needed to make a quick phone call, he sometimes used an ordinary telephone that the intelligence agencies listened in on. ...

Islamic State grabs Iraqi dam and oilfield in victory over Kurds Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:06 PM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed and Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters seized control of Iraq's biggest dam, an oilfield and three more towns on Sunday after inflicting their first major defeat on Kurdish forces since sweeping across much of northern Iraq in June. Capture of the electricity-generating Mosul Dam, after an offensive of barely 24 hours, could give the Sunni militants the ability to flood major Iraqi cities or withhold water from farms, raising the stakes in their bid to topple Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led government. "The terrorist gangs of the Islamic State have taken control of Mosul Dam after the withdrawal of Kurdish forces without a fight," said Iraqi state television. The swift withdrawal of the peshmerga troops was an apparent severe blow to one of the few forces in Iraq that until now had stood firm against the Sunni Islamist fighters who aim to redraw the borders of the Middle East.

Ukrainian army steps up attacks on rebel-held Donetsk Posted: 03 Aug 2014 10:23 AM PDT By Maria Tsvetkova DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists battled on Sunday to keep advancing Ukrainian government forces at bay in heavy fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, the rebels' main stronghold in eastern Ukraine. Shelling by Ukrainian troops, some of them in sunflower fields outside the large industrial city, killed six people over the weekend, city officials said, as well as setting buildings ablaze and leaving shell craters in roads. The army has all but encircled the other main rebel redoubt of Luhansk, where three civilians were killed in the latest fighting, and is trying to tighten the noose around Donetsk. Fighting has intensified since the downing of a Malaysian airliner in rebel-held territory on July 17 and, with each side blaming the other for the deaths of the 298 crew and passengers, relations between Russia and the West are deteriorating rapidly.

In Liberia's capital, fear of Ebola hampers official response Posted: 03 Aug 2014 01:40 PM PDT By Derick Snyder MONROVIA (Reuters) - Health workers turned up in Monrovia's Clara Town district on Sunday to remove two bodies of possible victims of the Ebola virus, four days after they dropped dead there when nobody would take them to hospital. At a swampy field elsewhere in the Liberian capital, the health ministry ordered 100 graves to be dug for victims of the deadly tropical virus, but only five shallow holes partly filled with water had been prepared by Saturday evening. Monrovia's overcrowded and understaffed Elwa Hospital has had to turn away Ebola cases this week, a scenario exacerbated by the withdrawal of some international staff following the infection of two U.S. health workers here. Strong resistance like this from workers too afraid to handle infected corpses or communities opposed to burying them nearby has slowed down stretched West African governments as they seek to control the worst Ebola outbreak in history.

AP Exclusive: Sikh victim's lessons sustain family Posted: 03 Aug 2014 05:04 PM PDT OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — Punjab Singh spent a lifetime preaching the Sikh principles of optimism and hope — the very principles that his family now rely upon to sustain them during his slow recovery from being shot in the head two years ago by a white supremacist.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 03 Aug 2014 05:03 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and injuring more than 1,800. About 12,000 homes collapsed in Ludian, a densely populated county located around 366 kilometers (277 miles) northeast of Yunnan's capital, Kunming, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Decade on, separate lives for once-conjoined twins Posted: 03 Aug 2014 05:01 PM PDT SCARSDALE, New York (AP) — One twin uses an iPad, plays video games and dances to Michael Jackson tunes. The other has significant, possibly permanent, problems walking and talking.

Son of prominent Mexican politician charged in drug cartel case Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:48 PM PDT The son of a prominent ruling party politician in Mexico was charged on Sunday with withholding evidence as authorities investigate his potential ties to organized crime after a video surfaced showing him meeting with one of the country's top drug lords. Rodrigo Vallejo is accused of being part of a cover-up and failing to answer questions by investigators with the federal attorney general's office, the government said in a statement. The case threatens to damage the crime-fighting image of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has sought to deemphasize drug violence in favor of economic reforms. Vallejo, the son of the former PRI governor of western Michoacan state, has claimed publicly that he was threatened and forced to meet with Servando "La Tuta" Gomez, leader of the violent Knights Templar cartel.

McIlroy wins and goes back to No. 1 Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:44 PM PDT AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Rory McIlroy rallied from a three-shot deficit to win the Bridgestone Invitational and return to No. 1 in the world.

Scott Dixon wins 5th Mid-Ohio IndyCar in 8 years Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:29 PM PDT LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Scott Dixon went from last in qualifying to capture his fifth win at Mid-Ohio in the last eight years, coasting in on low fuel to end Target Chip Ganassi Racing's victory drought in 2014.

Israel announces 7-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza: army  Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:25 PM PDT Israel will hold its fire in most of the Gaza Strip for a seven-hour "humanitarian window" on Monday, the military said, four weeks into its bloody conflict with Hamas. Head of the Israeli military activities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, General Yoav Mordechai, warned in the statement that "if the truce will be violated, the army will respond with fire toward the source of the (Palestinian) fire during the declared hudna," or truce. Mordechai also called on residents of Abasan al Kabira and Abasan al Saghira, two villages east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza whose inhabitants had been told to leave their homes, to return beginning 0500 GMT on Monday. "The unilateral ceasefire announced by Israel is an attempt to divert the attention from Israeli massacres," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement.

Veronica Felibert wins Symetra Tour event Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:23 PM PDT SYRACUSE, New York (AP) — Veronica Felibert of Venezuela won the Credit Union Classic on Sunday for first Symetra Tour title, birdieing three of the last four holes for a three-stroke victory.

Israel withdraws most troops from Gaza Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:23 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel withdrew most of its ground troops from the Gaza Strip on Sunday in an apparent winding down of the nearly monthlong operation against Hamas that has left more than 1,800 Palestinians and more than 60 Israelis dead.

Mexico charges ex-governor's son withheld evidence Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:16 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Mexico have charged the son of a former governor in a crime-wracked western state with withholding evidence about a video that purportedly shows the son meeting with a leader of a drug cartel.

Israeli military will hold fire in parts of Gaza Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:14 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it will hold fire for seven hours in parts of the Gaza Strip beginning at 10 a.m. (0700 GMT).

Turkey's Erdogan lashes out at Israel at election rally Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:12 PM PDT By Dasha Afanasieva and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Sunday of deliberately killing Palestinian mothers and warned it would "drown in the blood it sheds", pulling foreign policy to centre stage as a presidential race enters its final week. Addressing hundreds of thousands of supporters at his biggest rally so far ahead of the Aug. 10 election, Erdogan again likened Israel's actions to those of Hitler, comments that have already led Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accuse him of anti-Semitism and drawn rebuke from Washington. "Just like Hitler, who sought to establish a race free of all faults, Israel is chasing after the same target," Erdogan told the sea of cheering supporters at an Istanbul arena.

Portugal puts up $6.6 BN to save ailing bank Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:06 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese authorities are providing 4.9 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in an emergency rescue to prevent the collapse of ailing bank Banco Espirito Santo, one of the eurozone country's oldest and biggest financial institutions

'D'oh!' Canada's PM stops following Homer Simpson Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:52 PM PDT Montreal (AFP) - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper publicly distanced himself Sunday from popular cartoon character Homer Simpson, whom he used to follow on Twitter.

Strong quake kills 367 in southern China Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:40 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and injuring more than 1,800.

American nurse with Ebola to leave Liberia Tuesday Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:38 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — A second American medical missionary stricken with the often deadly Ebola virus is expected to be flown Tuesday to the U.S. for treatment, following a colleague who was admitted over the weekend to Emory University Hospital's infectious disease unit.

England wins gold medal race at Commonwealth Games Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:33 PM PDT GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — After her country was usurped in the gold medal race by England, Australian pop star Kylie Minogue closed the Commonwealth Games on Sunday as Glasgow passed the baton to the Gold Coast.

Sunni insurgents seize small towns in Iraq's north Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:22 PM PDT IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Militants with the Islamic State extremist group on Sunday seized two small towns in northern Iraq after driving out Kurdish security forces, further expanding the territories under their control, officials and residents said.

Bertha drifting away from Turks & Caicos, Bahamas Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:15 PM PDT PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands (AP) — Tropical Storm Bertha drifted away from the Turks & Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas on Sunday afternoon, prompting officials to discontinue all storm warnings and coastal watches.

Israel declares humanitarian truce for Monday in most of Gaza Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:14 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said its military would hold fire in most of the Gaza Strip for seven hours on Monday to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and for displaced Palestinians to return to their homes, but would fight back if attacked. The humanitarian truce, beginning at 10 a.m. (0700 GMT), would not apply in areas of the southern Gaza town of Rafah where Israeli forces are still operating, a Defence Ministry official said in a statement. (Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Iran's elite Guards fighting in Iraq to push back Islamic State Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:09 PM PDT By Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT (Reuters) - In early July, hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Kamal Shirkhani in Lavasan, a small town northeast of the Iranian capital Tehran. The crowd carried the coffin past posters which showed Shirkhani in the green uniform of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and identified him as a colonel. Shirkhani did not die in a battle inside Iran. He was killed nearly a hundred miles away from the Iranian border in a mortar attack by the militants of the Islamic State "while carrying out his mission to defend" a revered Shiite shrine in the city of Samarra, according to a report on Basij Press, a news site affiliated with the Basij militia which is overseen by the Revolutionary Guards.

Mourinho blames referee and fitness for Bremen defeat Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:02 PM PDT Chelsea slumped to their first pre-season defeat on Sunday as they were beaten 3-0 by Werder Bremen in Germany to spoil the return of Didier Drogba and the debut of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. Ivory Coast legend Drogba made his first appearance for Chelsea since scoring the penalty that won the 2012 Champions League in Munich when he came on as a second-half substitute for summer signing Diego Costa.

Some 400,000 in Ohio without drinking water, tests show lower toxin levels Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:24 PM PDT By George Tanber TOLEDO Ohio (Reuters) - Health authorities tested water for toxins in Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday as some 400,000 people remained without safe drinking water for a second day following the discovery of high toxin levels from algae on Lake Erie. Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins said some sampling showed decreased toxin levels but results from further tests would not be known until later in the day. The city is waiting on water samples being analyzed at Environmental Protection Agency labs in Cincinnati. About 500,000 people get water from the contaminated source but about 100,000 residents of some communities have backup water supply systems, said city of Toledo spokeswoman Lisa Ward.

'Best ever' Commonwealth Games end in Glasgow Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:17 PM PDT The Glasgow Commonwealth Games were hailed as "the best ever" on Sunday as the 11-day showpiece came to an emotional conclusion inside a chilly Hampden Park. An event long written-off as a dusty anachronism in the modern, profit-driven era of international sport ended with England on top of the medals table for the first time since 1986 and with rich plaudits ringing in its ears. "The Games have made us all very proud and truly brought our family together," said Prince Imran, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), during a closing ceremony which fused the pop of Kylie Minogue and poetry of Rabbie Burns. "Scotland, and Glasgow, you really have delivered in every aspect the best Games ever."

At least 367 dead in southwest China quake Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:14 PM PDT More than 367 people died and nearly 2,000 were injured when a strong earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province Sunday, bringing homes crashing to the ground and sparking a massive relief operation. The quake in Zhaotong prefecture, in the province's northeast, toppled buildings and left rescue teams and residents to pull survivors from beneath the rubble, images on social media showed. "At least 367 people have been killed and 1,881 people were injured," the official news agency Xinhua reported early Monday, citing rescuers. The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported the quake at a magnitude of 6.1 and said it struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) at 4:30 pm (0830 GMT).

US calls Israeli attack on UN school 'disgraceful' Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States declared Sunday it is "appalled" by Israel's "disgraceful" attack on a United Nations school sheltering some 3,000 displaced people in southern Gaza.

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