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• Islamic State beheads British hostage Henning in new video
• Hong Kong protesters face backlash, threaten to abandon talks
• Kurds call to arms as Islamic State closes in on Syrian town
• Obama envoy sees long road ahead in war with Islamic State
• U.S. says North Korea must take meaningful steps for talks to resume
• Brazil's Silva slips, Neves may make runoff, Sensus poll shows
• Journalist with Ebola has passion for Liberia
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• US Border Patrol targets cartel look-outs
• UN urges Mexico government to find 43 missing students
• Indiana aid worker threatened in Syria is Army vet
• Texas tracks 50 exposed to Ebola, 10 'high risk'
• Judge orders release of Guantanamo videotapes
• Video: Islamic State group beheads British hostage
• U.S. strikes on al Qaeda group in Syria did not inflict decisive blow: sources
• Panama winds down program for eased immigration
• British hostage Alan Henning aimed to help Syrians
• Medical first: Baby born to woman who got new womb
• Obama 'strongly condemns' killing of British citizen Islamic State
• Wilkinson keen to help England's World Cup bid
• Nigeria military rejects Boko Haram jet, execution claims
• 'Top Gear' crew flees Argentina after cars stoned
• British PM confirms 'brutal murder' of Alan Henning by IS group
• UN calls for surrender of Rwandan Hutu rebels in DR Congo
• Syria troops threaten rebel supply route to Aleppo: monitor
• Dow jumps 208 on job gains; Gold, bonds fall
• Canada to launch airstrikes in Iraq
• IS claims murder of British hostage in latest video
• Alan Henning, ex-taxi driver anxious to help in Syria, killed by IS
• Rwanda ex-officer jailed for life after 'attack plot' trial
• Ban 'outraged' by attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali
• Italy marks year after deadly Lampedusa migrant disaster
• Reims beats Bordeaux 1-0 in French league
• Tamika Catching plans to retire after 2016 Games
• US: Beheading video shows Islamic State brutality
• Mormon church's international mark on display
• Britain says beheading of Henning is a disgusting murder
• Auction of ancient Egyptian relics averted
• White House evaluating video of purported Henning beheading

Islamic State beheads British hostage Henning in new video Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:56 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick and Sylvia Westall WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Friday that purported to show the beheading of a man it identified as British citizen Alan Henning. The footage on YouTube, which was linked to on pro-Islamic State Twitter feeds, showed a man in an orange jumpsuit kneeling in a landscape who was identified as Henning. "Because of our parliament's decision to attack the Islamic State, I, as a member of the British public, will now pay the price for that decision," the kneeling man says. ...

Hong Kong protesters face backlash, threaten to abandon talks Posted: 03 Oct 2014 12:14 PM PDT By John Ruwitch and Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pro-democracy protesters faced off against supporters of Chinese rule in Hong Kong's teeming Mong Kok district early on Saturday, in a tense confrontation that has undermined hopes for talks aimed at ending a week of turmoil. Scuffles broke out late on Friday between people demanding full democracy in the former British colony, including a free voting system when they come to choose a new leader in 2017, and residents who want the demonstrations to end. ...

Kurds call to arms as Islamic State closes in on Syrian town Posted: 03 Oct 2014 12:13 PM PDT By Ayla Jean Yackley and Tom Perry SURUC Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The main Kurdish armed group in Syria called on its kinsmen across the region to help it stop a massacre in the Syrian town of Kobani as Islamic State militants armed with tanks edged closer on its outskirts and pummeled it with artillery fire. Islamic State's battlefield gains in recent months have come as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have focused on other rebel groups. On Friday the army advanced on the city of Aleppo further west, threatening rebel supply lines in a potentially major reversal. U.S. ...

Obama envoy sees long road ahead in war with Islamic State Posted: 03 Oct 2014 12:10 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy charged by President Barack Obama with building a coalition to fight the militant group Islamic State warned on Friday that the war against the jihadists was in its early stages. "The fight will not be easy. There will be ebb and flow on the battlefield," retired General John Allen told reporters during a visit to Baghdad. "This will take time and requires patience. ...

U.S. says North Korea must take meaningful steps for talks to resume Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States responded on Friday to an offer by North Korea to resume talks on its nuclear program by reiterating that Pyongyang must first take meaningful steps toward denuclearization and refrain from provocative acts. So Se Pyong, North Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, told Reuters on Thursday that Pyongyang was ready to resume the so-called six-party talks and was not planning a nuclear or missile test. A U.S. ...

Brazil's Silva slips, Neves may make runoff, Sensus poll shows Posted: 03 Oct 2014 11:52 AM PDT BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff continues to broaden her advantage ahead of Sunday's election, but it is not clear which of her rivals she will face in an expected second-round runoff, a new poll showed on Friday. Environmentalist Marina Silva, who was favored to defeat Rousseff after a surge in the polls one month ago, has steadily lost support and is now running neck-and-neck with market favorite Aecio Neves in a battle for second place, a survey by pollster Sensus said. The poll showed Rousseff gaining 2 percentage points to 37. ...

Journalist with Ebola has passion for Liberia Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:38 PM PDT PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — A passion for Liberia and the plight of its people drove Ashoka Mukpo to work there, first to aid relief efforts and then as a photojournalist to tell its story. But Mukpo has an unusual story of his own: As an infant, he was identified as a reincarnated Tibetan lama, a role he chose not to pursue.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT HONG KONG (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters called off planned talks with the government on political reforms Friday after mobs tried to drive them from the streets where they have held a weeklong, largely peaceful demonstration. The protesters urged residents to join their cause and demanded that the police protect their encampments. The Hong Kong Federation of Students, one of the groups leading the demonstrations that drew tens of thousands of people earlier this week, said they saw no choice but to cancel the dialogue.

US Border Patrol targets cartel look-outs Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:30 PM PDT TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol is targeting Mexican cartel scouts who get paid to live in the desert for days and help smugglers stay clear of law enforcement with the use of sophisticated technology.

UN urges Mexico government to find 43 missing students Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:25 PM PDT Mexico City (AFP) - The United Nations in Mexico urged authorities Friday to conduct an "effective" search for 43 students who vanished after a deadly police shooting last week as fears mounted about their fate.

Indiana aid worker threatened in Syria is Army vet Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:24 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a former Army Ranger from Indiana who in an online video has been threatened with beheading by militants in Syria says the man moved to the Middle East to provide humanitarian aid to refugees.

Texas tracks 50 exposed to Ebola, 10 'high risk' Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:21 PM PDT Dallas (AFP) - Texas health officials were monitoring 50 people for Ebola exposure Friday, 10 of whom are at high risk of the disease after close contact with the first diagnosed US patient.

Judge orders release of Guantanamo videotapes Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the public release of 28 videotapes of a hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay prisoner strike being forcibly removed from his cell and force-fed.

Video: Islamic State group beheads British hostage Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:09 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes.

U.S. strikes on al Qaeda group in Syria did not inflict decisive blow: sources Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:08 PM PDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airstrikes in Syria in September that were aimed at a faction of al Qaeda militants said to be plotting attacks against the West failed to deliver a decisive blow against them, U.S. officials familiar with the operation said late this week. While U.S. intelligence agencies are still assessing the results of the Tomahawk cruise missile strikes, three U.S. ...

Panama winds down program for eased immigration Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:03 PM PDT PANAMA CITY (AP) — A program that helped tens of thousands of foreigners get permission to live and work in Panama entered its final days on Friday with the opening of the last of the immigration fairs that have roused nationalist sentiment in the small Central American nation.

British hostage Alan Henning aimed to help Syrians Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:55 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Alan Henning, a British volunteer aid worker purportedly slain by the Islamic State militant group, was described by friends as a hard-working family man who felt compelled to help people suffering from the civil war in Syria.

Medical first: Baby born to woman who got new womb Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:53 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — In a medical first, a woman in Sweden has given birth after receiving a womb transplant, the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure said Friday.

Obama 'strongly condemns' killing of British citizen Islamic State Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama strongly condemned on Friday the killing of British citizen Alan Henning by Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria and said the United States would seek to bring his killers to justice. "The United States strongly condemns the brutal murder of United Kingdom citizen Alan Henning" by the Islamic State group, Obama said in a statement. ...

Wilkinson keen to help England's World Cup bid Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:45 PM PDT London (AFP) - Jonny Wilkinson admits he is willing to lend his expertise to England's World Cup challenge as he moves into coaching.

Nigeria military rejects Boko Haram jet, execution claims Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:11 PM PDT Lagos (AFP) - Nigeria's military on Friday dismissed claims that a man beheaded by Boko Haram fighters in the group's latest video was an air force pilot in a fighter jet that went missing three weeks ago.

'Top Gear' crew flees Argentina after cars stoned Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:11 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The host of the popular BBC television program "Top Gear" and other members of the crew have fled Argentina after being pelted with rocks by people who believed one of their cars had a license plate alluding to the Falklands War.

British PM confirms 'brutal murder' of Alan Henning by IS group Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:08 PM PDT London (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the "brutal murder" of aid worker Alan Henning by the Islamic State group Friday and vowed to bring his killers to justice.

UN calls for surrender of Rwandan Hutu rebels in DR Congo Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:58 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United Nations Security Council on Friday issued a fresh warning to Rwandan ethnic Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo to surrender or face possible military action.

Syria troops threaten rebel supply route to Aleppo: monitor Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:55 PM PDT Beirut (AFP) - Syrian troops have seized a village just north of Aleppo that could allow them to cut off a supply line to rebel-held districts of the country's second city, a monitoring group said Friday.

Dow jumps 208 on job gains; Gold, bonds fall Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:51 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Investors think the U.S. economy is at a perfect temperature for stocks: not too hot, not too cold.

Canada to launch airstrikes in Iraq Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:51 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Canada plans to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq following a U.S. request and may extend airstrikes into Syria if invited by President Bashar Assad's government, the prime minister announced Friday.

IS claims murder of British hostage in latest video Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:47 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The Islamic State jihadist group on Friday claimed responsibility for the murder of British aid worker Alan Henning in a video showing his apparent execution.

Alan Henning, ex-taxi driver anxious to help in Syria, killed by IS Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:47 PM PDT London (AFP) - British aid worker Alan Henning travelled to Syria to help victims of a vicious civil war but became himself a casualty of the conflict's brutality at the hands of Islamic State fighters.

Rwanda ex-officer jailed for life after 'attack plot' trial Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:41 PM PDT Kigali (AFP) - A Rwandan court on Friday convicted ex-army officer Joel Mutabazi on charges of plotting attacks against the central African nation and ordered he spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Ban 'outraged' by attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:40 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he was "shocked and outraged" by a deadly ambush on UN peacekeepers in Mali and emphasized such attacks were a "serious violation of international law."

Italy marks year after deadly Lampedusa migrant disaster Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:36 PM PDT Rome (AFP) - Italy marked the first anniversary Friday of its "Mare Nostrum" operation with no let-up in its rescue of migrants making the perilous Mediterranean crossing, saying its navy had scooped 2,000 more from the sea in just two days.

Reims beats Bordeaux 1-0 in French league Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:33 PM PDT REIMS, France (AP) — Striker Odair Fortes scored his first goal of the season to give Reims a 1-0 win over Bordeaux that lifted the club out of the relegation zone on Friday in the French league.

Tamika Catching plans to retire after 2016 Games Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:30 PM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings plans to retire after the 2016 Rio Games.

US: Beheading video shows Islamic State brutality Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a new video purporting to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading a British hostage is another demonstration of the extremist group's brutality.

Mormon church's international mark on display Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:23 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The expanding international footprint of the Mormon church will be on display this weekend during a biannual conference that brings 100,000 church members to Salt Lake City to listen to words of guidance and inspiration from the faith's leaders.

Britain says beheading of Henning is a disgusting murder Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:22 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday that if a video showing the beheading of British citizen Alan Henning by Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria was genuine, then it was a disgusting murder. "We are aware of the video and are working urgently to verify the contents," a spokesman for the British Foreign Office said.  "If true, this is a further disgusting murder.  We are offering the family every support possible; they ask to be left alone at this time. ...

Auction of ancient Egyptian relics averted Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:21 PM PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) — The renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York purchased a collection of 4,000-year-old Egyptian artifacts found a century ago by a British explorer, averting a plan to auction the antiquities that had drawn criticism from historians.

White House evaluating video of purported Henning beheading Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is aware of a video purporting to show the beheading of British hostage Alan Henning by Islamic State militants and is evaluating it, a U.S. official said. If proved real, it is "another demonstration of the brutality" of Islamic State militants, Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, told a White House news briefing. (Reporting by Eric Beech and Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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