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• Iraq's Shi'ite militia, Kurds use U.S. air strikes to further own agendas
• Exclusive: Japan, U.S. discussing offensive military capability for Tokyo - Japan officials
• Ukraine death toll edges up despite ceasefire, more POWs freed
• Blast kills leader of Syrian Islamist group, other top figures
• Al Qaeda's shadowy new 'emir' in South Asia handed tough job
• Cuba estimates total damage of U.S. embargo at $116.8 billion
• Blast rocks chemical waste plant in Germany
• 'Miracle On Ice' member Bob Suter dies
• British Columbia warns Imperial Metals a month after tailing spill
• Massive blast hits northern Germany chemicals plant: AFP
• Obama to seek arms, training for Syrian opposition
• NHC says 20 percent chance of cyclone west of Cape Verde Islands
• Fiji says Syria insurgents to release peacekeepers
• AP NewsAlert
• ONU aprueba propuesta reestructuraciones de deuda
• Fiji says Syrian insurgents agree to release 45 UN peacekeepers this week without conditions
• Massive blast hits northern Germany chemicals plant
• Nigeria says 20 police still missing after Boko Haram attack
• Police meet widows of slain indigenous leaders
• Brazil upbeat against weakened Spain in Davis Cup
• Shark kills man in Australia despite rescue try
• Honduras nabs ex-official over $330 mn stash
• Turing movie among biopics galore at Toronto film festival
• US, Mexico, CentAm to look at child migration
• US, Lithuania win to set up World Cup semifinal
• US beats Slovenia 119-76 to reach semis at worlds
• Chile steps up security after bomb hurts 14
• Puerto Rican island to reduce untreated sewage
• Puerto Rico partners on US HIV vaccine project
• Canada finds 1 of 2 explorer ships lost in Arctic
• U.S. cellulosic fuel makers press Obama to alter biofuel plan
• Dutch, Bosnia lose opening Euro qualifiers
• Obama says he has authority for militant campaign
• San Francisco looks to car-share to reduce city vehicle fleet
• Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT

Iraq's Shi'ite militia, Kurds use U.S. air strikes to further own agendas Posted: 09 Sep 2014 12:25 AM PDT By Isabel Coles SULEIMAN BEG Iraq (Reuters) - A small group of people pick through putrefying human remains laid out on plastic sheets by the side of a road in northern Iraq, searching for any trace of missing friends and relatives. Some had brought spades to help dig up the mass grave near Suleiman Beg after the town was retaken from Sunni Islamic State militants who held the area until last week. "They (Islamic State) slaughtered him simply because he was Shi'ite," said Jomaa Jabratollah, hauling the remnants of his friend, a truck driver, into a coffin, having identified him from the lighter in his breast pocket. Helped by the United States and Iran, Kurdish forces and Shi'ite militia are finally beating back Islamic State militants who overran most Sunni Arab areas in northern and central Iraq nearly three months ago.

Exclusive: Japan, U.S. discussing offensive military capability for Tokyo - Japan officials Posted: 09 Sep 2014 05:07 PM PDT By Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States are exploring the possibility of Tokyo acquiring offensive weapons that would allow Japan to project power far beyond its borders, Japanese officials said, a move that would likely infuriate China. While Japan's intensifying rivalry with China dominates the headlines, Tokyo's focus would be the ability to take out North Korean missile bases, said three Japanese officials involved in the process. They said Tokyo was holding the informal, previously undisclosed talks with Washington about capabilities that would mark an enhancement of military might for a country that has not fired a shot in anger since its defeat in World War Two.

Ukraine death toll edges up despite ceasefire, more POWs freed Posted: 09 Sep 2014 12:03 PM PDT By Gareth Jones and Aleksandar Vasovic KIEV/MARIUPOL Ukraine (Reuters) - Five Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the past four days, the military said on Tuesday, underscoring the strains in a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists that officials insist is still broadly holding. The ceasefire, agreed on Friday, is part of a peace plan meant to end a five-month conflict that has killed more than 3,000 people and caused the sharpest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Russia, accused by Kiev and the West of sending troops into eastern Ukraine and arming the rebels, urged the two sides in the conflict to begin talks soon on the region's final political status. The ceasefire largely held overnight into Tuesday despite sporadic violations, including in rebel-held Donetsk, the region's largest city, where government forces hold the airport.

Blast kills leader of Syrian Islamist group, other top figures Posted: 09 Sep 2014 01:39 PM PDT An explosion killed the leader of one of Syria's most powerful Islamist insurgent groups Ahrar al-Sham on Tuesday, the group said, and an organization that monitors violence in the civil war said at least 28 of its commanders had died. Ahrar al-Sham is a hardline Islamist group and part of the Islamic Front alliance that has been in armed conflict with the Islamic State group which has seized swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. A statement posted on Ahrar al-Sham's official Twitter feed said the blast had hit a meeting in Idlib province in northwest Syria and confirmed Hassan Aboud, the group's leader, among at least 12 dead. "We don't know the cause of the explosion yet," Abu Mustafa al-Absi, a member of Ahrar al-Sham's politburo told Al-Jazeera TV in an interview.

Al Qaeda's shadowy new 'emir' in South Asia handed tough job Posted: 09 Sep 2014 02:21 PM PDT By Asim Tanveer and Maria Golovnina MULTAN Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani militant Asim Umar has been handed a very tough job. Thrust into the limelight after being named leader of al Qaeda's newly created South Asian wing, he has been entrusted with reviving the network's fortunes at a time when Islamic State is generating grisly headlines and luring recruits. Little is known about the man whose thinking was shaped in radicalized seminaries and madrassas of Pakistan and who will now spearhead al Qaeda's activities from Afghanistan to Myanmar. In a video address aired last week, the group's chief, Ayman al-Zawahri, named him as the "emir" of a new branch of the network that masterminded the 2001 attacks on the United States.

Cuba estimates total damage of U.S. embargo at $116.8 billion Posted: 09 Sep 2014 02:09 PM PDT The figures were published in a report that Cuba prepares for the United Nations each year in requesting a resolution urging an end to the comprehensive U.S. The United Nations has passed the resolution for 22 straight years with overwhelming support. Last year the vote was 188 to 2, with only the United States and Israel voting against the resolution.

Blast rocks chemical waste plant in Germany Posted: 09 Sep 2014 05:08 PM PDT RITTERHUDE, Germany (AP) — Police say an explosion has rocked a chemical waste facility near Bremen in northwestern Germany.

'Miracle On Ice' member Bob Suter dies Posted: 09 Sep 2014 05:05 PM PDT Bob Suter, a member of the "Miracle On Ice" team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1980 and the father of Minnesota Wild star Ryan Suter, died Tuesday at the age of 57.

British Columbia warns Imperial Metals a month after tailing spill Posted: 09 Sep 2014 05:02 PM PDT VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Canadian province of British Columbia on Tuesday issued a formal warning against the owners of the Mount Polley mine after an inspection found that mine waste was still leaking from its breached tailing dam facility a month after it burst. The province's Ministry of Environment said an inspection at the site on Sept. 4 had found the mine, owned by Imperial Metals Corp, to be "out of compliance" with provincial laws, as effluent, or liquid waste, was still leaking into local waterways. ...

Massive blast hits northern Germany chemicals plant: AFP Posted: 09 Sep 2014 05:01 PM PDT (Reuters) - A massive blast hit a northern Germany chemical plant on Tuesday, the AFP reported citing a spokesman for the fire service. The news service reported an explosion, which was heard many kilometers away, and several buildings of the factory were on fire. No details of casualties were reported as of now, the report said. (Reporting by Aashika Jain in Bangalore; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

Obama to seek arms, training for Syrian opposition Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:53 PM PDT The White House says President Barack Obama has told congressional leaders he has the authority he needs to take the action against the Islamic State militants that he will outline Wednesday night.

NHC says 20 percent chance of cyclone west of Cape Verde Islands Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:50 PM PDT (Reuters) - A broad area of low pressure located a few hundred miles west of the Cape Verde Islands has a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. "Environmental conditions could become a little more favorable for development by later in the week while the low moves toward the west-northwest and northwest at about 15 miles (24.14 km) per hour over the open Atlantic," the NHC said.

Fiji says Syria insurgents to release peacekeepers Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:41 PM PDT Fiji's military chief says Syrian insurgents have agreed to release 45 United Nations peacekeepers this week without conditions.

AP NewsAlert Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:36 PM PDT LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Sheriff: Father of 5 children found dead in Alabama faces child neglect charges; more pending.

ONU aprueba propuesta reestructuraciones de deuda Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:23 PM PDT NUEVA YORK (AP) — La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas votó el martes a favor de negociar un nuevo marco jurídico multilateral que proteja las reestructuraciones de deuda de ataques especulativos, algo que Argentina calificó como "histórico".

Fiji says Syrian insurgents agree to release 45 UN peacekeepers this week without conditions Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:11 PM PDT SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Fiji says Syrian insurgents agree to release 45 UN peacekeepers this week without conditions.

Massive blast hits northern Germany chemicals plant Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:10 PM PDT A massive blast rocked a chemicals plant in northern Germany on Tuesday, a spokesman for the fire service told AFP, with no details yet on casualties. "The houses nearby are certain to have been seriously damaged," Marcus Neumann, a police spokesman told Bild. Inhabitants in the immediate surrounding have been told to close their doors and windows, Radio Bremen said, as witnesses reported thick fumes billowing at the site.

Nigeria says 20 police still missing after Boko Haram attack Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:06 PM PDT Twenty Nigerian police officers are still missing three weeks after Boko Haram fighters attacked a training academy outside the remote northeastern town of Gwoza, the country's police chief said on Tuesday. Inspector General Suleiman Abba told reporters that police would "not relent in the efforts of tracing them". Boko Haram Islamists attacked the police academy near Gwoza in Borno state two weeks after they seized the town and declared it part of an Islamic caliphate they are seeking to establish in northern Nigeria. Boko Haram is blamed for more than 10,000 deaths since 2009 and has repeatedly targeted the police and military.

Police meet widows of slain indigenous leaders Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:00 PM PDT LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian police investigators and a deputy minister met Tuesday with widows of four slain indigenous leaders who had resisted a steady onslaught by illegal loggers in their remote Amazon jungle homeland.

Brazil upbeat against weakened Spain in Davis Cup Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:55 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — The absence of Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer gives Brazil extra confidence heading into the World Group playoff against Spain in the Davis Cup.

Shark kills man in Australia despite rescue try Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:50 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — A shark killed a 50-year-old swimmer Tuesday at eastern Australia's popular Byron Bay despite a beachgoer's brave rescue attempt, police said.

Honduras nabs ex-official over $330 mn stash Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:50 PM PDT Honduran police arrested the fugitive former director of the national social security institute Tuesday on charges of stealing more than $330 million in public money from 2010 until January this year. Mario Zelaya, who headed national health and pension fund IHSS under former president Porfirio Lobo, was arrested at dawn in Honduras's El Paraiso department after eight months on the run, President Juan Orlando Hernandez told a press conference. Defense attorney Marcelino Vargas said Zelaya had been captured in neighboring Nicaragua. Zelaya went on the run in January after a court ordered his arrest on charges of diverting hundreds of millions of dollars in IHSS funds into personal accounts and property.

Turing movie among biopics galore at Toronto film festival Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:42 PM PDT Actor Benedict Cumberbatch as British codebreaker and war hero Alan Turing on Tuesday led a colorful and moving array of biopics making their debut at the Toronto film festival this week. Turing was a brilliant Cambridge mathematician and pioneer of computer sciences who broke Nazi codes for the British military during the Second World War, helping to shorten the war. In December 2013, he was awarded a posthumous pardon by Queen Elizabeth II following a long campaign by supporters. Norwegian director Morten Tyldum's "The Immitation Game," about Turing's work at code and cypher centre Bletchley Park, was released alongside a flurry of film portrayals of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, The Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer and notorious Colombian cocaine trafficker Pablo Escobar that capped off the year of the biographical movie.

US, Mexico, CentAm to look at child migration Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:41 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — The attorney generals from the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras have agreed to form a high-level group to address the migration of unaccompanied children.

US, Lithuania win to set up World Cup semifinal Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:33 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lithuania will have another chance to upset the United States after the two teams set up a semifinal rematch at the Basketball World Cup.

US beats Slovenia 119-76 to reach semis at worlds Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:32 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — James Harden and Stephen Curry went into halftime with no points and no panic.

Chile steps up security after bomb hurts 14 Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:31 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's president increased security measures and expanded powers to investigate on Tuesday, a day after a bomb injured 14 people in the capital in the worst attack of its kind in the country since democracy returned in 1990.

Puerto Rican island to reduce untreated sewage Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:28 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with a tiny Puerto Rican island popular with tourists to reduce the amount of untreated sewage flowing into nearby waters.

Puerto Rico partners on US HIV vaccine project Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:24 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor says the island's largest public university is partnering with federal agencies to oversee a U.S.-funded project aimed at trying to develop a prophylactic vaccine for the HIV virus that causes AIDS.

Canada finds 1 of 2 explorer ships lost in Arctic Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:18 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — One of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic nearly 170 years ago during a search for the fabled Northwest Passage has been found, Canada's prime minister announced Tuesday in a discovery that could unlock one of history's biggest mysteries and swell Canadian pride.

U.S. cellulosic fuel makers press Obama to alter biofuel plan Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:14 PM PDT Federally set mandates for the use of fuels such as corn ethanol and cellulosic ethanol, made from plant waste like grasses and wood, must be based on the industry's ability to produce the fuel, not on infrastructure restraints, executives of several biofuel companies wrote. The Environmental Protection Agency rocked the biofuels industry last year with a draft plan slashing requirements for blending renewable fuels into U.S.

Dutch, Bosnia lose opening Euro qualifiers Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:11 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The Netherlands had a disappointing start to qualifying for the European Championship and fellow World Cup team Bosnia-Herzegovina was stunned by Cyprus in Tuesday's biggest upset.

Obama says he has authority for militant campaign Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama told congressional leaders Tuesday that he has the authority he needs to carry out a broader campaign to root out the violent extremists in Iraq and Syria, a day before outlining his plans to the American people in a prime-time address.

San Francisco looks to car-share to reduce city vehicle fleet Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:03 PM PDT By Aaron Mendelson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco city employees could soon be zipping around the city's famous hills in car-share vehicles, rather than city-owned cars, under a proposal introduced in the city's Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. If approved by the board, San Francisco would join a handful of U.S. "Anytime we can reduce our carbon footprint and potentially realize savings as a city, we should pursue those ideas aggressively," said Supervisor Mark Farrell, who introduced the ordinance along with Supervisor John Avalos. The ordinance, which could go into effect as soon as December, would require a 25 percent reduction in the city's roughly 1,500-vehicle fleet every three years, leading to the elimination of non-essential vehicles within 12 years. Fire trucks and police cars, among others deemed essential, would be exempted from the plan.

Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:02 PM PDT THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft," causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report into the deadly aviation disaster concluded Tuesday. The report by the Dutch Safety Board stopped short of saying the Boeing 777 was shot down by a missile but its findings point to that conclusion. It also did not say who might have been responsible.

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