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• Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling
• Vietnam building deterrent against China in disputed seas with submarines
• Petrobras scandal shakes up Brazil's presidential race
• U.S. air strikes target insurgents near Iraq's Haditha Dam
• Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem
• Arabs vow to confront Islamic State, cooperate with international efforts
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• Obama to give speech on Islamic State group
• Jasika, Bouzkova win US Open junior titles
• Cruzeiro's lead cut to 7 points in Brazil
• France draws 1-1 with Serbia in Euro 2016 friendly
• Fugitive Niger parliament head alleges assassination plot
• Libya accuses Sudan of arming 'terror' groups
• British unions attack austerity, threaten pre-election strikes
• Germany wins, Portugal loses in Euro qualifiers
• Far-right at 'gates of power' in France, says PM Valls  
• Veteran defender Maicon dropped from Brazil squad
• Tropical storm Norbert weaker, but still lashing Mexico coast
• Film 'Black & White' explores American race relations
• Serena Williams wins 3rd US Open in row, 18th Slam
• Euro 2016: Germany beats Scotland 2-1 in qualifier
• Small meteorite strikes Nicaragua, government says
• World falls behind in efforts to tackle climate change: PwC
• 10-man Romania beats host Greece 1-0
• Turkey's late surge stuns Australia at WCup
• 1st test: West Indies dismisses Bangladesh for 182
• Albania stun Portugal, Germany down Scotland
• Israel's Lieberman doubts Gaza truce can last
• Gibraltar loses to Poland in 1st competitive match
• One dead as renewed fighting rattles Ukraine truce
• West Indies vs. Bangladesh Scores
• Damaging Norbert weakens off Mexico's Baja coast
• London offers Scots new powers after independence poll shock

Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling Posted: 07 Sep 2014 02:31 PM PDT By Gabriela Baczynska and Aleksandar Vasovic DONETSK/MARIUPOL Ukraine (Reuters) - A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine overnight into Sunday, jeopardizing a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. The accord, brokered by envoys from Ukraine, the separatist leadership, Russia and Europe's OSCE security watchdog, is part of a peace plan intended to end a five-month conflict that has killed nearly 3,000 people and caused the sharpest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Shelling resumed near the port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov late on Saturday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko had agreed in a phone call that the truce was holding. Fighting also broke out early on Sunday on the northern outskirts of rebel-held Donetsk, the region's industrial hub.

Vietnam building deterrent against China in disputed seas with submarines Posted: 07 Sep 2014 02:12 PM PDT By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Vietnam will soon have a credible naval deterrent to China in the South China Sea in the form of Kilo-class submarines from Russia, which experts say could make Beijing think twice before pushing its much smaller neighbor around in disputed waters. A master of guerrilla warfare, Vietnam has taken possession of two of the state-of-the-art submarines and will get a third in November under a $2.6 billion deal agreed with Moscow in 2009. While communist parties rule both Vietnam and China and annual trade has risen to $50 billion, Hanoi has long been wary of China, especially over Beijing's claims to most of the potentially energy-rich South China Sea.

Petrobras scandal shakes up Brazil's presidential race Posted: 07 Sep 2014 02:26 PM PDT By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's October presidential race has been shaken up by a corruption scandal allegedly involving state-run oil firm Petrobras and dozens of lawmakers, with both leading candidates forced onto the defensive after colleagues were implicated. Media reported on Friday night that a jailed former Petrobras director had named dozens of politicians who allegedly received kickbacks off the company's contracts. The revelations are a headache for President Dilma Rousseff, undermining her reputation for zero tolerance on corruption just as she is slipping in the polls ahead of the Oct. 5 election. It could also hamper opposition candidate Marina Silva.

U.S. air strikes target insurgents near Iraq's Haditha Dam Posted: 07 Sep 2014 09:40 AM PDT Obama has branded Islamic State an acute threat to the West as well as Middle East and said that key NATO allies stand ready to back Washington in action against the well-armed sectarian force, which has seized expanses of northern Iraq and eastern Syria and declared a border-blurring religious caliphate. The leader of a pro-Iraqi government paramilitary force in western Iraq said the air strikes wiped out an Islamic State patrol trying to attack the dam - Iraq's second biggest hydroelectric facility that also provides millions with water. "They (the air strikes) were very accurate.

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:39 PM PDT By Ammar Awad JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Scores of Palestinians rioted in East Jerusalem on Sunday after hearing that a youth from their neighborhood had died of wounds suffered in a clash with Israeli police last week. Protesters in the neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz close to the walled Old City threw rocks, petrol bombs and flares at passing cars, and riot officers responded with rubber bullets during an afternoon of clashes that lasted for several hours. Mohammed Sinokrot, 16, succumbed to a head wound suffered during a protest a week ago but the circumstances of how he sustained the wound were in dispute. His father, Abdel-Majid, said his son had been hit in the head by a rubber bullet but Israeli police said Sinokrot had been hit in the leg with a foam projectile and had fallen and hit his head while running away from officers.

Arabs vow to confront Islamic State, cooperate with international efforts Posted: 07 Sep 2014 10:34 AM PDT By Lin Noueihed and Omar Fahmy CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League foreign ministers agreed on Sunday to take all necessary measures to confront Islamic State and cooperate with international, regional and national efforts to combat militants who have overrun swathes of Iraq and Syria. The Arab League also endorsed in the closing statement of its meeting in Cairo a UN Security Council resolution passed last month calling on member states to "act to suppress the flow of foreign fighters, financing and other support to Islamist extremist groups in Iraq and Syria". Baghdad had earlier submitted a draft resolution endorsing its own efforts to confront militants who have seized large areas for a cross-border caliphate and to condemn Islamic State's actions as war crimes and crimes against humanity. Diplomatic sources said before the meeting that Arab foreign ministers were set to endorse a U.S.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 07 Sep 2014 05:03 PM PDT SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed nearly 300 people in large swaths of northern India and Pakistan, officials said Sunday. Five days of incessant rains in Indian-controlled Kashmir have left at least 120 people dead in the region's worst flooding in more than five decades, submerging hundreds of villages and triggering landslides, officials said. In neighboring Pakistan, more than 160 people have died and thousands of homes have collapsed, with an official saying the situation was becoming a "national emergency."

Obama to give speech on Islamic State group Posted: 07 Sep 2014 05:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will begin laying out a strategy this week to defeat Islamic State militants in the Middle East, meeting with congressional leaders Tuesday and giving a speech to the American people on Wednesday, the eve of the 13th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Jasika, Bouzkova win US Open junior titles Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:49 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Two unseeded players, Australia's Omar Jasika and Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova, won U.S. Open junior titles Sunday.

Cruzeiro's lead cut to 7 points in Brazil Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:46 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Cruzeiro conceded a late equalizer in a 3-3 draw at Fluminense on Sunday to see its Brazilian league lead reduced to seven points at the competition's halfway point.

France draws 1-1 with Serbia in Euro 2016 friendly Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:30 PM PDT BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Dick Advocaat's first match in charge of Serbia ended with a 1-1 draw against Euro 2016 host France in a friendly on Sunday.

Fugitive Niger parliament head alleges assassination plot Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:28 PM PDT Niger's parliamentary leader, who fled to France after being accused of involvement in baby trafficking, said Sunday he was the victim of an assassination plot. Hama Amadou, who is seen as the leading challenger to President Mahamadou Issoufou ahead of elections in 2016, also claimed the country's incumbent leader was behind the move to finish him off. "It's a pretext to arrest me," Amadou told Jeune Afrique magazine. Amadou said he was "convinced" of President Issofou's involvement, saying the authorities wanted to use "a poison made in Libya whose effects only surface a few months after it is taken."

Libya accuses Sudan of arming 'terror' groups Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:27 PM PDT Libya has accused Sudan of flying weapons to "terrorist" groups on its territory and declared Khartoum's military attache persona non grata, a government statement said. The government said the plane had violated its airspace and made an unauthorised landing, describing this as "an attack on (Libya's) national sovereignty". It accused Sudan of interfering in Libyan affairs and "backing terrorist armed groups". The Libyan government declared the Sudanese military attache in Tripoli persona non grata and said he must leave the country and return home.

British unions attack austerity, threaten pre-election strikes Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:26 PM PDT Liverpool (AFP) - British trade unions lashed out Sunday at government austerity, threatened disruptive public sector strikes in the run-up to the May general election and blasted lawmakers' "hypocrisy" over pay.

Germany wins, Portugal loses in Euro qualifiers Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:23 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Two months after winning the World Cup, Germany opened its 2016 European Championship campaign with a 2-1 victory over Scotland on Sunday, while Portugal and Greece both slumped to defeats in their qualifying matches.

Far-right at 'gates of power' in France, says PM Valls   Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:20 PM PDT The far-right National Front is at the "gates of power" in France, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Sunday in a stark assessment of the crisis embroiling the country's centre-left government. Valls's warning follows weeks of turmoil for the ruling Socialists which culminated in an opinion poll Friday showing that FN leader Marine Le Pen would beat President Francois Hollande in presidential elections in 2017. The French premier, whose reformist agenda caused a split in the Socialist Party which triggered the current crisis, made his comments in a speech to fellow social democrats from across Europe at the Festa dell'Unita in Bologna, an annual talk-fest in the one-time stronghold of Italy's now defunct Communist Party.

Veteran defender Maicon dropped from Brazil squad Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:10 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian football confederation says veteran right back Maicon has been dropped from the national squad ahead of Tuesday's friendly against Ecuador in the United States.

Tropical storm Norbert weaker, but still lashing Mexico coast Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:05 PM PDT Tropical storm Norbert weakened quickly over cool waters in the Pacific Ocean, forecasters said Sunday, after the storm left some 2,500 people homeless in Mexico. The storm had surged to a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale but by Sunday had lost much of its punch and was downgraded to a tropical storm, packing top sustained winds of 60 miles (95 kilometers) per hour, said the US National Hurricane Center. Norbert was expected to mostly dissipate by Monday morning, the Miami-based center said. Nevertheless, "very heavy winds were expected on the west coast of Baja California Sur," in northwestern Mexico, "and there was potential of heavy rains in (neighboring states) Baja California and Sonora," Mexico's national weather service said.

Film 'Black & White' explores American race relations Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:56 PM PDT The film, which premiered at the Toronto film festival, is loosely based on ("Reign Over Me," "The Upside of Anger") screenwriter-director Mike Binder's own life. Zimmerman claimed he acted in self-defense and went on to be acquitted of murder.

Serena Williams wins 3rd US Open in row, 18th Slam Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:56 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams ended a difficult-for-her Grand Slam season in the best way possible, winning her third consecutive U.S. Open championship and 18th major title overall.

Euro 2016: Germany beats Scotland 2-1 in qualifier Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:40 PM PDT DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Thomas Mueller scored twice as world champion Germany got its 2016 European Championship qualifying campaign off to a winning start with a 2-1 victory over Scotland on Sunday.

Small meteorite strikes Nicaragua, government says Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:34 PM PDT MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua's government said Sunday that a loud boom heard overnight by residents of the capital was made by a small meteorite that left a crater in a wooded area near the city's airport.

World falls behind in efforts to tackle climate change: PwC Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:24 PM PDT The world's major economies are falling further behind every year in terms of meeting the rate of carbon emission reductions needed to stop global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees this century, a report published on Monday showed. The sixth annual Low Carbon Economy Index report from professional services firm PwC looked at the progress of major developed and emerging economies toward reducing their carbon intensity, or emissions per unit of gross domestic product. "The gap between what we are achieving and what we need to do is growing wider every year," PwC's Jonathan Grant said. This is a long way from what governments are talking about." Almost 200 countries agreed at United Nations climate talks to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times to limit heat waves, floods, storms and rising seas from climate change.

10-man Romania beats host Greece 1-0 Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:24 PM PDT PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) — Ciprian Marica scored a 10th-minute penalty before being sent off in the second half as Romania beat Greece 1-0 away in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier on Sunday.

Turkey's late surge stuns Australia at WCup Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:21 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Turkey forward Emir Preldzic made his second of two last-minute 3-pointers only 5 seconds from the finish to stun Australia 65-64 at the Basketball World Cup on Sunday, sending the reigning silver medalists into the quarterfinals.

1st test: West Indies dismisses Bangladesh for 182 Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:11 PM PDT KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — Left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn claimed 5-39 Sunday as the West Indies bowled out Bangladesh for 182 to take a first innings lead of 302 after three days of the first test.

Albania stun Portugal, Germany down Scotland Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:08 PM PDT Albania pulled off a major shock by downing Portugal as world champions Germany denied battling Scotland and minnows Gibraltar were demolished by Poland in the opening salvoes of Euro 2016 qualifying on Sunday. Portugal, first round casualties at the World Cup, were sorely missing their skipper Cristiano Ronaldo but despite the Real Madrid star's absence the 1-0 loss to a team ranked 71st in the world was a major embarrassment for Paulo Bento's side.

Israel's Lieberman doubts Gaza truce can last Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:00 PM PDT Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday he doubted the current Gaza ceasefire would hold over the long term and that disarming Gaza militants was not feasible anytime soon. After briefing Israeli journalists he was quoted across the local media as saying that he thought the chances of Egypt-mediated talks achieving their goal of a durable Gaza truce were slim. "Any ceasefire, in my opinion, will be limited in time," Lieberman said. At the start of a meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Boerge Brende, Lieberman said that the immediate challenge was how to allow reconstruction of war-shattered Gaza without allowing money and materials reaching the militant Islamist Hamas, the de facto power in the territory.

Gibraltar loses to Poland in 1st competitive match Posted: 07 Sep 2014 02:58 PM PDT FARO, Portugal (AP) — Gibraltar's competitive football debut ended in a predictably one-sided 7-0 loss to Poland on Sunday when the team predominantly made up of amateurs started 2016 European Championship qualifying.

One dead as renewed fighting rattles Ukraine truce Posted: 07 Sep 2014 02:47 PM PDT Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) - Fighting around two flashpoint cities in eastern Ukraine on Sunday rattled a tenuous truce between government troops and pro-Russian rebels less than 48 hours after it came into force.

West Indies vs. Bangladesh Scores Posted: 07 Sep 2014 02:46 PM PDT KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — Scores at stumps Sunday on the third day of the first test between the West Indies and Bangladesh at the Arnos Vale Ground:

Damaging Norbert weakens off Mexico's Baja coast Posted: 07 Sep 2014 02:38 PM PDT LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Norbert slumped to tropical storm force off of Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday after pounding fishing villages and damaging more than 1,000 homes while kicking up dangerous surf farther north along the California coast.

London offers Scots new powers after independence poll shock Posted: 07 Sep 2014 02:33 PM PDT The British government on Sunday pledged greater fiscal autonomy for Scotland, after a poll put the pro-independence camp ahead for the first time ahead of the September 18 referendum on separation. British finance minister George Osborne said greater tax and spending powers would be announced in the coming days, to be legislated for immediately if Scotland votes to retain the 300-year-old union with England. The offer came after a YouGov poll in The Sunday Times newspaper gave the pro-independence "Yes" camp 51 percent support compared to the "No" camp's 49 percent, excluding undecided voters. Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, of the separatist Scottish National Party (SNP), dismissed Osborne's move as a "panic measure".

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