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• Pressure mounts on Pakistan leader to quit as protests continue
• Ukraine says Russian tanks flatten town; EU to threaten more sanctions
• Heavy fighting in Libya's Benghazi city; airport hit
• Philippine peacekeepers rescued from militants on Golan: U.N.
• EU names Tusk, Mogherini to top jobs, ready Russian sanctions
• China and Hong Kong poised for showdown over democracy
• Silva surges ahead in Brazil's presidential vote
• Isner loses to Kohlschreiber in US Open 3rd round
• Slovak PM slams sanctions on Russia, threatens to veto new ones
• Australia to fly guns and ammunition into Iraq
• Niger parliament chief, facing baby-trafficking probe, 'in Belgium'
• Cuba gives US swimmer Diana Nyad sporting medal
• With heavy heart, Kuchar hovers around the lead
• EU sets Russia ultimatum, threatens sanctions
• 8 foreigners among 10 killed in Bolivia bus crash
• Brazil poll favorite rows back on gay marriage
• Syrian rebels attack peacekeepers in Golan Heights
• Boko Haram kill scores in captured Nigeria town
• Rescued Nicaragua miners join hunt for missing comrades
• Atletico hangs on to beat promoted Eibar 2-1
• Chelsea wins big to capitalize on City slip-up
• Trapped miners rescued in Nicaragua; 5 remain
• Leaders Forest ride their luck to maintain unbeaten run
• Balotelli left out of Conte's 1st Italy squad
• US dominates Finland 114-55 in basketball worlds
• Pakistan protesters march on PM's residence
• Germany's Merkel: EU gives Russia 1 week to scale back Ukraine intervention or face sanctions
• Huck defeats Larghetti to keep cruiserweight belt
• AP PHOTOS: Fairy-tale night for girls in Rio slum
• Poland's Tusk, Italy's Mogherini get EU top jobs
• Missing British boy with tumor found in Spain
• Islamic State militants behead captive Lebanese soldier: video
• 230 injured as police clash with protesters in Islamabad

Pressure mounts on Pakistan leader to quit as protests continue Posted: 30 Aug 2014 01:10 PM PDT By Maria Golovnina and Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters massed outside the residence of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday to demand he step down, after efforts to find a negotiated solution to the country's political crisis failed. Pakistan has been gripped by unrest for more than two weeks, with protest leaders Imran Khan and Tahir ul-Qadri saying they will not back down unless Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns. Pakistan's military stepped in this week to try to defuse the unrest. Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation of 180 million, has been ruled by the military for half of its entire history and has repeatedly oscillated between civilian and military rule.

Ukraine says Russian tanks flatten town; EU to threaten more sanctions Posted: 30 Aug 2014 01:45 PM PDT By Richard Balmforth and Adrian Croft KIEV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ukraine said Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signaled on Saturday they would threaten more sanctions against Moscow over the crisis. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, attending an EU summit in Brussels, said he was hoping for a political solution, but warned that his country was on the brink of full-scale war. Russia has repeatedly dismissed accusations from Kiev and Western powers that it has sent soldiers into its neighbor, or supported pro-Russian rebels fighting a five-month-old separatist war in Ukraine's east.

Heavy fighting in Libya's Benghazi city; airport hit Posted: 30 Aug 2014 01:41 PM PDT Heavy clashes broke out between the forces of a renegade general and Islamist fighters in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and showering the airport with rockets, medical and military sources said. Libya is being racked by factional violence as the armed groups which helped topple Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 turn their guns on each other in a struggle to dominate politics and the country's vast oil resources. In Benghazi, forces of retired general Khalifa Haftar have been fighting Islamist brigades including Ansar al-Sharia, blamed by Washington for an attack on the U.S.

Philippine peacekeepers rescued from militants on Golan: U.N. Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:51 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau and Avi Ohayon UNITED NATIONS/EIN ZIVAN Golan Heights (Reuters) - Thirty-two Philippine U.N. peacekeepers were rescued on Saturday from Islamists who fired at their post on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights and trapped them for two days, U.N. officials said, while militants reinforced their siege of another group of 40. "The situation at Position 68 is calm but tense, as more than 200 militants have assembled around it in the last few hours," a U.N. official said, referring to the place where the 40 Philippine peacekeepers were trapped. A U.N. diplomatic source said earlier: "As we speak more rebels in more than 20 vehicles are approaching and reinforcing the siege around Position 68." The rebels began to arrive at 11 p.m. local time (4 p.m. ET), added the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The peacekeeping troops are part of UNDOF, a U.N. force that has monitored the disengagement zone between Israel and Syria since 1974, following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

EU names Tusk, Mogherini to top jobs, ready Russian sanctions Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:38 PM PDT By Adrian Croft and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders on Saturday chose Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk to chair their Council and named Italian Federica Mogherini to run the bloc's foreign relations, as the EU prepared to threaten Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine. A summit in Brussels shared the two coveted EU posts between a Kremlin critic from ex-communist Eastern Europe and the foreign minister of one of Moscow's biggest customers for gas. EU officials gave Ukraine's embattled President Petro Poroshenko a warm welcome and assurances of further support.

China and Hong Kong poised for showdown over democracy Posted: 30 Aug 2014 09:30 AM PDT By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is poised for a showdown with China when the Chinese parliament meets later on Sunday, with the largely rubber-stamp body likely to snuff out hopes for a democratic breakthrough in the regional financial hub at elections due in 2017. Political reform has been a constant source of friction between Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and the mainland since the former British colony was handed back to Communist Party rulers in 1997. ...

Silva surges ahead in Brazil's presidential vote Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:52 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's once humdrum presidential race now resembles one of the country's famed soap operas, with a newcomer thrust into the spotlight by a plane crash and the longtime favorite reeling from a one-two punch of bad news.

Isner loses to Kohlschreiber in US Open 3rd round Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:37 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Once again, John Isner's trip to Flushing Meadows ended in the third round. Once again, it happened with a loss to Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber at that stage.

Slovak PM slams sanctions on Russia, threatens to veto new ones Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:37 PM PDT Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico slammed European Union sanctions on Russia as "meaningless and counterproductive" and threatened to veto additional measures, highlighting the internal divide within the EU over its tough stance on Russia. "I consider sanctions meaningless and counterproductive," Fico told reporters early on Sunday after meeting fellow EU leaders in Brussels. "Until we know the impact of the already imposed sanctions, it makes no sense to impose new ones." EU leaders asked the European Commission, the EU executive, to draw up proposals for new sanctions on Russia over its action in Ukraine within a week, though they did not say when they could be implemented.

Australia to fly guns and ammunition into Iraq Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:37 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian military aircraft will fly guns and ammunition into Iraq to help fight Islamic State militants, Australia's prime minister said on Sunday.

Niger parliament chief, facing baby-trafficking probe, 'in Belgium' Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:35 PM PDT Niger's head of parliament, who faces questioning in a probe into international baby-trafficking, has turned up in Belgium, an opposition official said Saturday, confirming a media report. Hama Amadou, who had already quietly left Niger for neighbouring Burkina Faso, "is now in Brussels," the official said, confirming the report by Radio France Internationale (RFI). Amadou's lawyer Souley Oumarou told AFP that he had "not received "this information". On Thursday he confirmed that his client, leading challenger to President Mahamadou Issoufou ahead of elections in 2016, had fled Niger for Burkina Faso because he felt threatened by the state, and not because of the baby trafficking accusations.

Cuba gives US swimmer Diana Nyad sporting medal Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:34 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — One year after becoming the first person confirmed to have swum from Havana to Key West, Florida without a shark cage, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad was back in Cuba to receive that country's Order of Sporting Merit award.

With heavy heart, Kuchar hovers around the lead Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:32 PM PDT NORTON, Massachusetts (AP) — Jason Day thought he might be able to pull away from the field Saturday at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Nine holes later, the second FedEx Cup playoff event was wide open.

EU sets Russia ultimatum, threatens sanctions Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:29 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia's increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right away.

8 foreigners among 10 killed in Bolivia bus crash Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:26 PM PDT LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian police say eight foreign tourists are among the 10 people killed when a bus returning to La Paz from the Salar de Uyuni salt flats ran off the highway and crashed.

Brazil poll favorite rows back on gay marriage Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:17 PM PDT Brazilian surprise package Marina Silva, whom polls suggest could oust incumbent Dilma Rousseff in October presidential elections, rowed back on liberal social policy Saturday after dropping a program reference to gay marriage. Silva, an ecologist and evangelical Christian who once served for the ruling Workers Party as environment minister, holds conservative opinions on abortion as well as gay marriage but says she backs civil unions for same-sex couples. The new version reads that Silva will "defend rights relating to civil unions between same-sex couples." The wording was amended as Silva, the daughter of rubber tappers who only learned to write in her teens and wants to become in her words Brazil's first "poor, black" president, visited Rio's Rocinha slum accompanied by former soccer star and would-be Rio senator Romario.

Syrian rebels attack peacekeepers in Golan Heights Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:16 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes erupted between al-Qaida-linked Syrian rebels and U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights on Saturday after the militants surrounded their encampment, activists and officials said, as the international organization risked being sucked further into the conflict.

Boko Haram kill scores in captured Nigeria town Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:13 PM PDT Boko Haram gunmen have killed scores of residents in a Nigerian town on the border with Cameroon that they captured in recent raids, witnesses told AFP on Saturday. The militants seized Gamboru Ngala earlier this week after taking over military and police facilities in a fierce gun battle which forced thousands of residents across the border into Cameroon. The residents fled to Fotokol for fear of attack by the Islamists, despite being told they were only after security personnel and local vigilantes. "They are now killing people like chickens," said Sidi Kyarimi, a Gamboru resident who fled to Fotokol on Friday.

Rescued Nicaragua miners join hunt for missing comrades Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:08 PM PDT Twenty workers dramatically rescued from a collapsed Nicaraguan gold mine joined frantic efforts to find eight comrades still missing after the cave-in, officials said Saturday. They later determined that three more miners -- who did not have relatives in the area to report their disappearance to officials -- had failed to return from the mine after the mishap. "The boys spent the night under observation in the hospital, where they were treated for dehydration," said Gregorio Rocha, a spokesman for the mining company HEMCO which is involved in rescue efforts. Rocha described the rescue of the 20 workers on Friday as a "great achievement," although he lamented that they have failed so far to rescue the others.

Atletico hangs on to beat promoted Eibar 2-1 Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:58 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Atletico Madrid held on to beat Eibar 2-1 on Saturday to record an unconvincing first win of the Spanish league season as the defending champions continue to struggle without suspended coach Diego Simeone.

Chelsea wins big to capitalize on City slip-up Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:55 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Chelsea secured a third straight win in the English Premier League by beating Everton 6-3 to go top of the early standings while Juventus began its title defense in Italy with a victory over Chievo Verona.

Trapped miners rescued in Nicaragua; 5 remain Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:51 PM PDT BONANZA, Nicaragua (AP) — Rescue workers and trapped miners alike frantically dug away at opposite sides of rock and mud that blocked a Nicaragua gold mine, finally succeeding in freeing at least 20 men. Efforts to reach five miners still missing continued Saturday.

Leaders Forest ride their luck to maintain unbeaten run Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:50 PM PDT Championship leaders Nottingham Forest survived a stern examination from Sheffield Wednesday to maintain their unbeaten start with a 1-0 win at Hillsborough on Saturday. Stuart Pearce's side made it four wins from five league games and ended Wednesday's own undefeated record through former Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury's 37th-minute header. Forest are one point ahead of second-placed Watford, who survived the dismissal of Gabriel Tamas to beat Huddersfield Town 4-2 at Vicarage Road.

Balotelli left out of Conte's 1st Italy squad Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:49 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — New Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been left out of Antonio Conte's first Italy squad.

US dominates Finland 114-55 in basketball worlds Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:49 PM PDT BILBAO, Spain (AP) — As the U.S. lead got bigger and the crowd quieter, Finland's players were forced to have a most uncomfortable conversation.

Pakistan protesters march on PM's residence Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:47 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police charged with batons and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of protesters marching toward the prime minister's official residence and the adjacent parliament building in Islamabad on Saturday, blanketing the route with clouds of white smoke and scattering demonstrators. Nearly 125 people were injured in the clashes between police and demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Germany's Merkel: EU gives Russia 1 week to scale back Ukraine intervention or face sanctions Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:42 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Germany's Merkel: EU gives Russia 1 week to scale back Ukraine intervention or face sanctions.

Huck defeats Larghetti to keep cruiserweight belt Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:30 PM PDT HALLE, Germany (AP) — German cruiserweight Marko Huck defeated Mirko Larghetti of Italy by unanimous decision to retain his WBO belt on Saturday for the record-equaling 13th time.

AP PHOTOS: Fairy-tale night for girls in Rio slum Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:24 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dressed in long evening gowns, girls from Rio de Janeiro's Santa Marta "favela" slum have celebrated a fairy-tale evening in a debutante ball sponsored by local police.

Poland's Tusk, Italy's Mogherini get EU top jobs Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:18 PM PDT European leaders Saturday named Polish Premier Donald Tusk the next EU president and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini to head its diplomatic service as the bloc faces a series of challenges topped by Ukraine. Tusk, who speaks only halting English and no French, is the first eastern European to hold such a senior post in the EU and is known as a tough critic of the Kremlin, especially over the Ukraine crisis. "The suspense is up, the new EU leadership team is complete," said current EU President Herman Van Rompuy moments after the announcement was made. Van Rompuy said the new team faced three major challenges: the stagnating European economy, the crisis in Ukraine which he called "the gravest threat to continental security since the Cold War," and Britain's place in the EU.

Missing British boy with tumor found in Spain Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:16 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — A critically ill 5-year-old boy who was taken out of a British hospital against doctors' advice has been found in Spain, police said Saturday.

Islamic State militants behead captive Lebanese soldier: video Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:09 PM PDT Islamic State militants beheaded a Lebanese soldier who was one of 19 captured by hardline Syrian Islamists when they seized a Lebanese border town for a few days this month, a video posted on social media showed on Saturday. The soldier, recognizable as Ali al-Sayyed, a Sunni Muslim from north Lebanon, was shown blindfolded with his hands tied behind his back, writhing and kicking the dusty ground while a militant announces he will be killed. Islamic State, which declared a "caliphate" in June in parts of Iraq and Syria under its control, has been cited as a major security threat by Western governments since posting a video in August of the beheading of U.S journalist James Foley. The Lebanese army declined to comment, but security and Islamic State sources confirmed the latest beheading.

230 injured as police clash with protesters in Islamabad Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:00 PM PDT At least 230 people were wounded in clashes between police and protesters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, hospital officials said Sunday, as a fortnight-long political impasse took a violent turn. Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. The protesters, led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and Canadian cleric Tahir ul Qadri, had been camped outside parliament house since August 15 demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quit amid allegations of vote rigging. They have 200 women who are trained in the use of firearms and they have come with the intention of occupying state buildings," defence minister Khawaja Asif told AFP as the fighting broke out late Saturday.

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