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• Hong Kong calls off talks with student activists as city leader investigated
• Brazil's Silva not yet ready to endorse Neves in runoff
• Nine killed including U.N. peacekeeper in Central African Republic
• U.S. Air Force probed for scrapping costly planes bought for Afghans
• Mexico finds more graves at site of suspected student massacre
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• Brazil President Rousseff trailing in latest poll
• Klinsmann: Donovan 'could have done a bit more'
• Wildfire burns five homes near Sacramento, threatens 1,000 more
• Chobani yogurt founder gives $2mn for Syria, Iraq refugees
• Venezuela ordered to pay $1.6 billion to Exxon
• Detentions of major Mexico drug chiefs
• Guilty plea in brutal sex trafficking ring
• Polls: Brazil's presidential runoff is tight race
• UEFA to discuss adding debt to financial limits
• Clashes break out in C. African Republic capital
• Europe, others weigh risks of West African flights
• Mexico captures Juarez Cartel boss: government source
• French ceremony honours slain war correspondents
• New mass graves found in missing Mexican students case
• Fire breaks out at Jamaica airport; no injuries
• Ukraine could sack up to million officials with ties to Russian past
• Record rains kill 5-year-old girl in Nicaragua
• Lawyer: Haiti won't hold 'Baby Doc' state funeral
• Cuban migration surges over land and by sea
• Mexico arrests Juarez drug cartel leader
• Dominica rejects Nigerian band, cites Ebola fear
• Briton with Ebola-like symptoms dies in Macedonia: official
• Gorbachev hospitalised, 'determined to fight for life'
• Mexico arrests alleged head of Juarez cartel
• Colsaerts shoots 60 in first round at Portugal
• UN says one peacekeeper killed in C. Africa ambush   
• In Mexico, parents hold vigil for 43 disappeared
• Spain loses first qualifier since 2006
• US military aircraft arriving in Liberia
• UN resolution: Refer North Korea to criminal court

Hong Kong calls off talks with student activists as city leader investigated Posted: 09 Oct 2014 09:46 AM PDT By James Pomfret and Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong called off talks with protesting students on Thursday, dealing a heavy blow to attempts to defuse a political crisis that has seen tens of thousands take to the streets to demand free elections and calling for leader Leung Chun-ying to resign. The government's decision came as democratic lawmakers demanded anti-graft officers investigate a $6.4 million business payout to Leung while in office, as the political fallout from mass protests in the Chinese-controlled city spreads. ...

Brazil's Silva not yet ready to endorse Neves in runoff Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:02 PM PDT By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Environmentalist Marina Silva said on Thursday she will wait for political pledges from pro-business opposition candidate Aecio Neves before backing him in the Oct. 26 runoff to Brazil's presidential election. An endorsement from Silva, who finished third in the election's first round on Sunday with 22 million votes, would increase Neves' chances of unseating leftist President Dilma Rousseff and ending 12 years of Workers' Party rule. ...

Nine killed including U.N. peacekeeper in Central African Republic Posted: 09 Oct 2014 03:17 PM PDT By Crispin Dembassa-Kette BANGUI (Reuters) - A U.N peacekeeper from Pakistan was killed in an ambush in the capital of Central African Republic on Thursday bringing the death toll in 48 hours of fighting to at least nine, according to the United Nations and the country's Red Cross. Human Rights Watch said the unrest is the most serious in months in a country where thousands have died and more than 1 million have fled in two years of conflict over power and resources. Gunfire and explosions rang out in Bangui on Thursday. ...

U.S. Air Force probed for scrapping costly planes bought for Afghans Posted: 09 Oct 2014 03:33 PM PDT By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government watchdog agency is asking the Air Force to explain why it decided to destroy 16 aircraft initially bought for the Afgan air force and turn them into $32,000 of scrap metal instead of finding other ways to salvage nearly $500 million in U.S. funds spent on the program. ...

Mexico finds more graves at site of suspected student massacre Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:07 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities have found four more clandestine graves containing charred human remains at a site in the restive southwest of the country, where officials fear missing students were massacred by gang members and police. Attorney General Jesus Murillo said on Thursday the motive behind the apparent massacre of dozens of student teachers, who went missing after clashing with police in Iguala in the volatile, gang-ridden state of Guerrero on Sept. 26, was not yet clear. The new find brings the number of graves discovered on the outskirts of Iguala to 10. ...

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 09 Oct 2014 05:02 PM PDT HONG KONG (AP) — A pro-democracy protest that has blocked main roads in Hong Kong for almost two weeks could drag on for days yet, after talks aimed at resolving a bitter standoff between the city's government and student demonstrators collapsed Thursday. The government called off the talks hours ahead of the scheduled time Friday, saying the dialogue had been "seriously undermined" by student leaders' call earlier in the day for supporters to turn out in force to occupy the main protest zone.

Brazil President Rousseff trailing in latest poll Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:59 PM PDT Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil President Dilma Rousseff narrowly trailed challenger Aecio Neves in latest opinion polls ahead of their October 26 election showdown, a survey showed Thursday.

Klinsmann: Donovan 'could have done a bit more' Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:55 PM PDT EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Landon Donovan set U.S. national team and Major League Soccer records for goals and assists, scored in a signature stoppage-time moment that lifted America to a first-place finish in a World Cup group for the first time in 80 years and won five MLS titles — with a sixth still possible.

Wildfire burns five homes near Sacramento, threatens 1,000 more Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:55 PM PDT SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - A major wildfire burning northeast of Sacramento has charred more than 420 acres (170 hectares) and destroyed five homes, California fire officials said on Thursday. The blaze, which started as five separate fires along Interstate 80 near the community of Applegate on Wednesday, prompted evacuations and the closure of all but one lane of I-80 eastbound, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said on its website. ...

Chobani yogurt founder gives $2mn for Syria, Iraq refugees Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:54 PM PDT New York (AFP) - The founder of US yogurt brand Chobani said Thursday he has given $2 million for Iraqi and Syrian refugees massed along Turkey's borders.

Venezuela ordered to pay $1.6 billion to Exxon Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — An international arbitration panel ordered Venezuela's socialist government on Thursday to pay $1.6 billion to Exxon Mobil for the seizure of a major oil project in the South American country and other losses.

Detentions of major Mexico drug chiefs Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT Top drug cartel captures or killings in recent years in Mexico:

Guilty plea in brutal sex trafficking ring Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:45 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty for his role in a brutal sex trafficking ring where he coerced young victims into prostitution to pay off smuggling debts.

Polls: Brazil's presidential runoff is tight race Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:45 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — The first polls on Brazil's presidential runoff election say incumbent Dilma Rousseff and challenger Aetius Neves are in a tight race heading toward the Oct. 26 ballot.

UEFA to discuss adding debt to financial limits Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:41 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — UEFA could extend its Financial Fair Play regulations to punish heavily-indebted clubs, with possible changes set to be discussed at a meeting with clubs next week.

Clashes break out in C. African Republic capital Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:38 PM PDT BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Clashes in Central African Republic's capital have resulted in "many casualties," the International Committee for the Red Cross said Thursday, marking the most significant violence in the city since a United Nations force took over peacekeeping last month.

Europe, others weigh risks of West African flights Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:38 PM PDT CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — After seven months in Ebola-stricken Liberia, Vijay Kumar was getting his temperature scanned Thursday at the airport by medical crews in blue gowns and masks — one of dozens who relied on Royal Air Maroc's continuing flights to West Africa.

Mexico captures Juarez Cartel boss: government source Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:34 PM PDT By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico captured the leader of the once-feared Juarez Cartel in the country's restive north on Thursday, the second drug kingpin to fall in just over a week, a government source said. Vicente Carrillo, 51, long-time head of the Juarez Cartel, was a fierce rival of Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and the world's most wanted drug boss until his capture in February. ...

French ceremony honours slain war correspondents Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:30 PM PDT Bayeux (France) (AFP) - Hundreds of colleagues, friends and family paid tribute Thursday to the numerous journalists killed over the past year, including US reporter James Foley, whose "vile" beheading at the hands of Islamic State militants sparked global outrage.

New mass graves found in missing Mexican students case Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:23 PM PDT Iguala de la Independencia (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexican authorities have found four new mass graves in the investigation into the disappearance of 43 students after suspects said some of the young men were buried there, officials said Thursday.

Fire breaks out at Jamaica airport; no injuries Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:21 PM PDT KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Officials say a Jamaican airport was briefly evacuated because of a fire that delayed departing flights. Nobody has been hurt.

Ukraine could sack up to million officials with ties to Russian past Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:19 PM PDT Kiev (AFP) - Ukraine's president approved a disputed anti-graft measure on Thursday that could see up to a million civil servants with alleged links to past Soviet or pro-Russian governments immediately sacked.

Record rains kill 5-year-old girl in Nicaragua Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:18 PM PDT MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan authorities say a 5-year-old girl is dead after record rains unleashed landslides and flooding that swamped hundreds of homes.

Lawyer: Haiti won't hold 'Baby Doc' state funeral Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:17 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier will not get a formal state funeral, his attorney said Thursday.

Cuban migration surges over land and by sea Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:12 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — The number of Cubans heading to the United States has increased dramatically since the island lifted travel restrictions last year, eliminating a costly exit visa and making it easier for emigrants to return to the island, new U.S. government figures show.

Mexico arrests Juarez drug cartel leader Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:06 PM PDT Mexico City (AFP) - Mexican police have captured suspected Juarez drug cartel leader Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, whose gang engaged in turf wars that have left thousands of people dead, authorities said Thursday.

Dominica rejects Nigerian band, cites Ebola fear Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:04 PM PDT ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — The Caribbean island of Dominica has canceled a contract with a Nigerian band scheduled to participate in a local music festival, citing worries about the Ebola virus.

Briton with Ebola-like symptoms dies in Macedonia: official Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:03 PM PDT Skopje (AFP) - A British national displaying Ebola-like symptoms died in Macedonia on Thursday, health officials said, cautioning that the diagnosis could not be confirmed until a German lab had completed its analysis.

Gorbachev hospitalised, 'determined to fight for life' Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:03 PM PDT Moscow (AFP) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, 83, has been hospitalised but is determined to fight for his life, Russian press agencies reported Thursday.

Mexico arrests alleged head of Juarez cartel Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — The alleged leader of the Juarez drug cartel, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, has been arrested in the northern city of Torreon, two Mexican officials said Thursday.

Colsaerts shoots 60 in first round at Portugal Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:00 PM PDT VILAMOURA, Portugal (AP) — Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium shot a brilliant 11-under 60 to take a three-shot lead of the Portugal Masters in the opening round on Thursday.

UN says one peacekeeper killed in C. Africa ambush    Posted: 09 Oct 2014 03:56 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A UN peacekeeper from Pakistan was killed on Thursday in the Central African Republic during a flareup of violence engulfing the capital of Bangui after months of relative calm.

In Mexico, parents hold vigil for 43 disappeared Posted: 09 Oct 2014 03:55 PM PDT TIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — TIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Two weeks after 43 students disappeared in a clash with police in rural southern Mexico, dozens of anxious parents have gathered at a teachers college that was supposed to be their sons' escape from life as subsistence farmers.

Spain loses first qualifier since 2006 Posted: 09 Oct 2014 03:52 PM PDT Spain's eight-year unbeaten run in qualifying matches ended in a stunning 2-1 defeat at Slovakia in qualifying for the European Championship on Thursday.

US military aircraft arriving in Liberia Posted: 09 Oct 2014 03:38 PM PDT MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The U.S. military was ramping up its aid efforts in Ebola-wracked Liberia on Thursday, even as yet another doctor working in the country died after becoming infected.

UN resolution: Refer North Korea to criminal court Posted: 09 Oct 2014 03:38 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The European Union and Japan are encouraging the U.N. Security Council to follow the recommendations of a groundbreaking inquiry into North Korea's human rights and refer the country's situation to the International Criminal Court.

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