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• U.N. says thousands likely to be massacred if jihadists take Kobani
• Thousands of Hong Kong protesters regroup after government rejects talks
• Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Sanaa suicide bombings
• Kobani's fall would be symbolic setback for Obama Syria strategy
• Brazil's Neves would improve ties with United States: adviser
• Exclusive: Illegal Somali charcoal exports fuel Islamist rebels, warlords
• US: Will Turks train Syrian opposition in Turkey?
• US officials: Liberty Reserve founder extradited
• Greek governing coalition wins confidence vote
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• NHC says 20 percent chance of cyclone east of Lesser Antilles
• UN condemns 3 attacks in Yemen that killed over 70
• Donovan: 'I still know I should have been there'
• Puerto Rico court rules for bank in $230M tax case
• Morocco want Africa Cup postponed over Ebola
• Brazil quarantines Guinean feared to have Ebola
• Iraqi forces in 'tenuous' position in west: US official
• Dominican army chief OK after helicopter crash
• Passenger indicted in dispute over reclined seat
• Kate set to welcome Singapore president to Britain
• Tales from the Clinton White House
• Ebola toll passes 4,000 as fears grow worldwide
• Ebola News Guide: Deaths keep rising; world reacts
• Subtropical Storm Fay forms south of Bermuda
• Party funeral for British tourist murdered in Thailand
• Mexicans fume over missing students case
• Hong Kong democracy protesters digging in for long haul
• Killings force change in focus for Mexico leader
• Nobel winner Yousafzai to get Canada citizenship
• Malala dedicates Nobel award to 'voiceless' children
• Italy stays perfect without Balotelli; Czechs win
• White House says need to accelerate Turkish help in Iraq, Syria
• Ebola aid pledges far short of $1 bn needed: UN
• Sao Paulo water supply at risk in extreme drought
• No sex abuse charges against BBC broadcaster Gambaccini
• Obama moves to protect part of California's San Gabriel Mountains
• Nine killed in suspected Ugandan rebel attack in DR Congo: UN
• Ebola screening measures rest on federal law
• Subtropical storm Fay forms south of Bermuda: NHC
• Venezuela blocks Argentine website showing politician's corpse

U.N. says thousands likely to be massacred if jihadists take Kobani Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:03 PM PDT By Tom Miles and Ayla Jean Yackley GENEVA/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a U.N. envoy said on Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian Kurdish town in full view of Turkish tanks that have done nothing to intervene. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said Kobani could suffer the same fate as the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, where 8,000 Muslims were murdered by Serbs in 1995, Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two, while U.N. peacekeepers failed to protect them. ...

Thousands of Hong Kong protesters regroup after government rejects talks Posted: 10 Oct 2014 09:24 AM PDT By Donny Kwok and Diana Chan HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters regrouped in central Hong Kong on Friday to push their demand for democracy, a day after the government called off talks with students amid a two-week standoff that has shaken communist China's capitalist hub. The political crisis has seen tens of thousands take to the city streets to push for free elections and seek the resignation of Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying. ...

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Sanaa suicide bombings Posted: 10 Oct 2014 11:48 AM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's wing in Yemen on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Yemen's powerful Shi'ite Houthi group that killed at least 47 people. On Thursday, a suicide bomber detonated a belt packed with explosives at a Houthi checkpoint in the center of the capital Sanaa where Houthi supporters were preparing to hold a rally. Body parts were scattered across Tahrir Square and pools of blood formed on the asphalt after the blast, which also wounded at least 75 people. ...

Kobani's fall would be symbolic setback for Obama Syria strategy Posted: 10 Oct 2014 01:27 PM PDT By Phil Stewart and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's not a particularly strategic location, the United States and its allies never pledged to defend it, and few people outside the region had even heard of it before this month.     But the symbolism of U.S.-led airstrikes failing to stop Islamic State militants from overrunning the Syrian city of Kobani could provide an early setback to U.S. President Barack Obama's three-week old Syria air campaign - far beyond its battlefield importance.     If Islamic State seizes full control of the city - which U.S. ...

Brazil's Neves would improve ties with United States: adviser Posted: 10 Oct 2014 12:09 PM PDT By Marina Lopes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brazilian presidential challenger Aecio Neves would seek to repair ties with the United States and finalize a long-delayed free-trade agreement with the European Union if he is elected in an Oct. 26 runoff, his top economic adviser said on Friday. Neves, a centrist favored by the business community who has vowed to reinvigorate Brazil's struggling economy, is running neck-and-neck with leftist President Dilma Rousseff ahead of the vote, recent polls showed. ...

Exclusive: Illegal Somali charcoal exports fuel Islamist rebels, warlords Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:51 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Illegal exports of Somali charcoal earned al Shabaab militants tens of millions of dollars in the past year and also financed violations of an arms embargo by clan-based militia that could fuel warlord tensions, U.N. investigators said in a new report. The Somalia-Eritrea Monitoring Group, which oversees compliance with U.N. sanctions on the two countries, said it had counted 161 vessels exporting charcoal from Somalia's southern ports of Kismayu and Barawe between June 2013 and May 2014. The U.N. ...

US: Will Turks train Syrian opposition in Turkey? Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:41 PM PDT TOLEMAIDA MILITARY BASE, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday that the U.S. wants to know how far Turkey is willing to go in helping train and equip moderate opposition fighters trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.

US officials: Liberty Reserve founder extradited Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:38 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a Costa Rican man accused of being behind one of the world's biggest money-laundering businesses has been extradited from Spain to the U.S. to face charges.

Greek governing coalition wins confidence vote Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:33 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's coalition government early Saturday won a confidence vote it called for in a bid to build support among its backbenchers and ease fears of political instability ahead of a crucial presidential vote early next year.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Malala Yousafzai celebrated her Nobel Peace Prize where she always wished to be: in school. The 17-year-old Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for daring to want an education learned she had become the youngest Nobel laureate ever Friday while attending classes at Edgbaston High School for girls in Birmingham, the city in central England that she now calls home.

NHC says 20 percent chance of cyclone east of Lesser Antilles Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:29 PM PDT (Reuters) - A tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean located about 600 miles (966 km) east of the Lesser Antilles has a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Friday. Further development is possible over the weekend, with environmental conditions becoming more conducive for tropical cyclone formation by early next week, the NHC said. This system is expected to move west-northwestward at about 10 miles per hour (16 km per hour) for the next couple of days, the Miami-based weather forecaster ...

UN condemns 3 attacks in Yemen that killed over 70 Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:17 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned three recent attacks in Yemen that killed over 70 people, saying they were aimed at undermining the country's stability.

Donovan: 'I still know I should have been there' Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:11 PM PDT BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Hours before his final game for the red, white and blue, Landon Donovan made no effort to hide his anger at Jurgen Klinsmann.

Puerto Rico court rules for bank in $230M tax case Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:06 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A court in Puerto Rico has ruled that a deal calling for the U.S. territory's government to repay $230 million to one of the island's biggest banks is valid.

Morocco want Africa Cup postponed over Ebola Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:55 PM PDT Johannesburg (AFP) - Hosts Morocco called Friday for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals to be postponed over the Ebola crisis.

Brazil quarantines Guinean feared to have Ebola Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:55 PM PDT Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian health officials Friday quarantined a Guinean man feared to have Ebola, but stressed it was a precautionary measure and the man no longer had a fever or other symptoms.

Iraqi forces in 'tenuous' position in west: US official Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:52 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - Iraqi government forces are in a "tenuous" position in the west of the country but are holding out for the moment against Islamic State jihadists, US defense officials said Friday.

Dominican army chief OK after helicopter crash Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:49 PM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities say a helicopter carrying the Dominican Republic's army chief and three others crashed but no one was seriously injured.

Passenger indicted in dispute over reclined seat Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:49 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — An airline passenger who became upset after a woman reclined the seat in front of him, causing the pilot to divert the plane, has been indicted on a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew.

Kate set to welcome Singapore president to Britain Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:44 PM PDT London (AFP) - Prince William's wife Kate is scheduled to welcome Singaporean President Tony Tan to Britain later this month, Buckingham Palace said Friday, in her first engagement since falling victim to severe morning sickness.

Tales from the Clinton White House Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:39 PM PDT Behind the scenes in Bill Clinton's White House, drawn from long-restricted papers released Friday from his presidency:

Ebola toll passes 4,000 as fears grow worldwide Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:23 PM PDT Madrid (AFP) - The death toll from Ebola has passed 4,000, the World Health Organization said Friday, while a Madrid nurse was fighting for her life and authorities worldwide tried to prevent panic over the deadly disease.

Ebola News Guide: Deaths keep rising; world reacts Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:15 PM PDT American Marines scrambled to add Ebola treatment beds in Liberia on Friday, while the U.S. and Britain readied new disease screenings for passengers arriving at their airports from West Africa. Doctors tried out experimental drugs in a global battle against the deadly sickness.

Subtropical Storm Fay forms south of Bermuda Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:14 PM PDT HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Subtropical Storm Fay formed in the Atlantic on Friday as forecasters issued a tropical storm watch for Bermuda.

Party funeral for British tourist murdered in Thailand Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:14 PM PDT London (AFP) - Family and friends staged a party funeral on Friday to bid farewell to Hannah Witheridge, one of two British tourists murdered on a Thai holiday island.

Mexicans fume over missing students case Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:13 PM PDT Mexico City (AFP) - The disappearance of 43 students after an attack by gang-affiliated police has triggered a wave of outrage in Mexico over a shocking example of collusion between authorities and organised crime.

Hong Kong democracy protesters digging in for long haul Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:10 PM PDT Hong Kong (AFP) - Thousands of pro-democracy supporters took to Hong Kong's streets Friday night after protest leaders implored them to dig in for the long haul following the collapse of talks with the government.

Killings force change in focus for Mexico leader Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:08 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Since taking office nearly two years ago, President Enrique Pena Nieto has sought to project an image of Mexico on the move, beating back chronic drug violence and pressing ahead with historic constitutional and economic reforms, even offering to contribute soldiers to UN peacekeeping missions in other parts of the globe.

Nobel winner Yousafzai to get Canada citizenship Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:06 PM PDT OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada will formally bestow honorary citizenship to Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani education activist who won this year's Nobel Peace prize.

Malala dedicates Nobel award to 'voiceless' children Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:06 PM PDT Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai dedicated her Nobel peace prize on Friday to "voiceless" children around the world, and called on the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers to attend the award ceremony for the sake of peace.

Italy stays perfect without Balotelli; Czechs win Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:03 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Italy remained perfect without Mario Balotelli. The Netherlands, meanwhile, still appears to be in a post-World Cup slump.

White House says need to accelerate Turkish help in Iraq, Syria Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday emphasized the importance of quickly getting Turkish military help in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, an issue that came to the forefront this week in the Syrian border town of Kobani. Lisa Monaco, a top national security aide to President Barack Obama, met with Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan on Friday, part of a series of U.S-Turkish meetings on Turkey's support for training moderate Syrian fighters. Monaco "expressed appreciation for Turkey's support to ongoing U.S. ...

Ebola aid pledges far short of $1 bn needed: UN Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:50 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Pledges of financial aid to fight Ebola have fallen far short of the $1 billion needed by the United Nations, with only one quarter of the amount raised, a UN official said Friday.

Sao Paulo water supply at risk in extreme drought Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:49 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — The governor of Sao Paulo says he's asking Brazilian federal officials for permission to again engage in emergency pumping of water into a main reservoir that supplies water to the country's biggest city.

No sex abuse charges against BBC broadcaster Gambaccini Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:47 PM PDT London (AFP) - Veteran BBC broadcaster Paul Gambaccini said he had been through "12 months of trauma" after learning Friday he will not be charged over allegations of historic sexual offences.

Obama moves to protect part of California's San Gabriel Mountains Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:39 PM PDT By Steve Holland SAN DIMAS Calif. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday declared large parts of the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles as a national monument and vowed to protect more federal lands for future generations. With the mountains providing a scenic backdrop for Obama's announcement, the president cast his decision as one of social justice, saying the area is the only close outdoor space for urban families in the outer suburbs of Los Angeles. "It reminds us that America belongs to all of us, not some of us," Obama said. ...

Nine killed in suspected Ugandan rebel attack in DR Congo: UN Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:35 PM PDT Kinshasa (AFP) - Nine civilians were killed when suspected members of a notorious Ugandan Islamist group stormed a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this week, UN peacekeepers said on Friday.

Ebola screening measures rest on federal law Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's authority to screen airline passengers for potential Ebola exposure and order them quarantined if necessary is far-reaching and rooted in the Constitution and federal law, public health experts say.

Subtropical storm Fay forms south of Bermuda: NHC Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:33 PM PDT (Reuters) - A subtropical depression to the south of Bermuda has strengthened into subtropical storm Fay, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Friday. The subtropical storm was located about 525 miles (845 km) south of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km/h), the NHC said. Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, the Miami-based weather forecaster said. (Reporting by Kevin Jose and Vijaykumar Vedala in Bangalore; Editing by Chris Reese)

Venezuela blocks Argentine website showing politician's corpse Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:31 PM PDT By Andrew Cawthorne and Diego Ore CARACAS (Reuters) - An outraged Venezuelan government sought on Friday to block an Argentine website that published photos of the corpse of a young Socialist Party legislator stabbed to death last week in a mystery that has convulsed the nation. In a gruesome and murky case, Robert Serra, 27, a rising star in the ruling party, and his companion Maria Herrera, died of multiple knife wounds late at night in his Caracas home. ...

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