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• Consumed by Islamic State, Iraq's Anbar province a key battleground again
• Canada police say they were tracking man who killed a soldier
• No Russia-Ukraine gas deal at EU talks; Moscow queries finances
• Britain to tighten charities laws to tackle terrorism funding
• United States welcomes release of jailed Vietnam blogger
• U.S. involved in seven air strikes on Islamic State targets
• North Korea frees detained American, two still held
• Shakhtar's 5-goal striker Adriano alleges racism
• U.S. needs to invest in Arctic ships, technology to prepare for climate change: envoy
• Canada raises terrorism threat level, cites Islamist chatter
• UN: Assault on Yazidis may be genocide attempt
• US says head of Gulf Cartel in custody
• Iraq's Yazidis facing 'attempted genocide'
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Norwich player accuses Leeds rival of racial abuse
• Mexican rights agency says army executed 15 of 22
• West Indies seeks urgent crisis talks with India
• Terrorist ideology blamed in Canada car attack
• Costa Rica tops Martinique in World Cup qualifying
• Malaysia goes deep in FedEx Cup list to fill field
• Champions League resumes with a flurry of goals
• Personal woes plagued Canadian who killed soldier: records, lawyer
• Chilean president's landmark education reform passes first hurdle
• Canada fears new Islamist threat after soldier killed
• FBI: US girls may have tried to join jihadis
• Islamic State onslaught on Yazidis may be attempted genocide: U.N.
• Insurer considers Ebola exclusion in some policies
• Raonic & Karlovic through to Swiss Indoors 2nd rd
• Messi closes on Raul, Barca beats Ajax 3-1
• Federer, Dimitrov to play MSG exhibition in March
• Khamenei says Iraq can beat IS without foreigners
• Egypt military court sentences 7 to death
• Egypt sets appeal hearing for Al-Jazeera staff
• Mentally ill British suspect pleads not guilty in NY
• PSG beats APOEL 1-0 in Champs League Group F match
• Canada police met several times with militant who killed soldier
• Bayern beats Roma 7-1 for record away win in CL
• Fashion icon mourned in Dominican homeland
• Rwanda's story now growth, not genocide: president

Consumed by Islamic State, Iraq's Anbar province a key battleground again Posted: 21 Oct 2014 11:57 AM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed, Saif Hameed and Ned Parker BAGHDAD (Reuters) - In recent weeks, the world has watched the battle to save Syria's border town of Kobani from Islamic State. But the radical jihadists have for longer been engulfing another strategically more vital target - Iraq's western Anbar province and its road to Baghdad. The vast desert region - where Sunni tribes rose up in 2006 and 2007 to drive out al-Qaeda with the Americans - has throughout 2014 been parcelled up, city by military camp, before the Iraqi government and U.S. forces could act. ...

Canada police say they were tracking man who killed a soldier Posted: 21 Oct 2014 12:40 PM PDT By Allison Lampert SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU Quebec (Reuters) - A Canadian man who rammed two soldiers in Quebec with his car, killing one of them, converted to Islam last year and was among 90 people being tracked by Canadian police on suspicion of taking part in militant activities abroad or planning to do so. Monday's incident, the first fatal attack on Canadian soil tied to Islamic militants, occurred after Canada announced this month it was joining the battle against Islamic State fighters who have taken over parts of Iraq and Syria. ...

No Russia-Ukraine gas deal at EU talks; Moscow queries finances Posted: 21 Oct 2014 01:12 PM PDT By Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine failed to reach an accord on gas supplies for the coming winter in EU-brokered talks on Tuesday but agreed to meet again in Brussels in a week in the hope of ironing out problems over Kiev's ability to pay. After a day of talks widely expected to be the final word, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told a news conference the three parties agreed the price Ukraine would pay Russia's Gazprom - $385 per thousand cubic meters - as long as it paid in advance for the deliveries. ...

Britain to tighten charities laws to tackle terrorism funding Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will announce plans on Wednesday to tighten the law to help stop charities being used as a front to raise funds for terrorist groups. Several individuals convicted of terrorism offences in Britain had raised funds in public, purportedly for charitable purposes, the majority of which the charities never received, the government said. Three British Islamists jailed last year for planning mass suicide attacks had tried to fund their plot by posing as street collectors for the Muslim Aid charity organization, raising 12,000 pounds ($19,360). ...

United States welcomes release of jailed Vietnam blogger Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday welcomed Vietnam's decision to release jailed blogger Nguyen Van Hai, who staged a hunger strike to protest treatment of political prisoners, and said he was set to travel to the United States. Hai, better known by the pen name Dieu Cay, was set to arrive in the United States on Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told a daily briefing. "We welcome the decision by Vietnamese authorities to release this prisoner of conscience," Harf told reporters. ...

U.S. involved in seven air strikes on Islamic State targets Posted: 21 Oct 2014 01:23 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military forces carried out four air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria on Monday and Tuesday and were joined by partner nations in three attacks in Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said. Fighter, bomber and attack aircraft were used in the raids and all returned safely, the Central Command statement said. The strikes near Kobani, Syria, destroyed Islamic State fighting positions, a building and an Islamic State unit. ...

North Korea frees detained American, two still held Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:51 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - North Korea has freed one of three Americans detained in the isolated country, and in a surprise move allowed a Pentagon plane to land in Pyongyang on Tuesday to fly him home.

Shakhtar's 5-goal striker Adriano alleges racism Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:46 PM PDT BORISOV, Belarus (AP) — Shakhtar Donetsk striker Luiz Adriano accused fans at BATE Borisov of racially abusing him while he scored five goals in a 7-0 victory over the Belarusian club in the Champions League on Tuesday.

U.S. needs to invest in Arctic ships, technology to prepare for climate change: envoy Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:41 PM PDT By Andrea Shalal and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs billions of dollars of new equipment including ice-breaking ships, better satellite service and fiber-optic networks as it prepares for climate change and melting ice in the Arctic, a top U.S. official said on Tuesday. The total cost will not be clear until the U.S. government inventories its investment needs, former Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp, who became the first U.S. special representative for the Arctic Region in July, told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. ...

Canada raises terrorism threat level, cites Islamist chatter Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:36 PM PDT By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has raised its terrorism threat level to medium from low because of a rise in "general chatter" from radical groups such as Islamic State and al Qaeda, a government official said on Tuesday. "This increase is not the result of a specific threat," said Jean-Christophe de Le Rue, a spokesman for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney. A suspected Canadian militant ran over two soldiers in Quebec on Monday, killing one of them. ...

UN: Assault on Yazidis may be genocide attempt Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:36 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A United Nations official says evidence strongly indicates that the Islamic State group's assault on Iraq's Yazidi religious minority is "an attempt to commit genocide."

US says head of Gulf Cartel in custody Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:34 PM PDT HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. authorities announced Tuesday they have arrested the head of the Gulf Cartel, one of Mexico's most violent drug trafficking rings.

Iraq's Yazidis facing 'attempted genocide' Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:33 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Iraq's Yazidi minority is facing what may amount to an "attempted genocide" at the hands of Islamist fighters, a senior UN rights official said Tuesday after visiting northern Iraq.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:33 PM PDT HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong student leaders and government officials talked but agreed on little Tuesday as the city's Beijing-backed leader reaffirmed his unwillingness to compromise on the key demand of activists camped in the streets now for a fourth week. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying told reporters that the government won't let the public nominate candidates to run in inaugural direct elections to succeed him in 2017, as demanded by thousands of protesters occupying thoroughfares across the city. But he added that there's room to discuss how to form the key 1,200-member nominating committee.

Norwich player accuses Leeds rival of racial abuse Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:26 PM PDT NORWICH, England (AP) — Norwich manager Neil Adams says striker Cameron Jerome accused a Leeds rival of racially abusing him during an English second-tier match.

Mexican rights agency says army executed 15 of 22 Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:24 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 12 and probably 15 of the 22 people killed by soldiers at a rural warehouse last summer were executed, the president of the governmental Human Rights Commission said Tuesday, contradicting both the army's and prosecutors' versions of the mass killing in southern Mexico.

West Indies seeks urgent crisis talks with India Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:11 PM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — Caribbean cricket authorities are seeking urgent crisis talks with their counterparts from India who have vowed to take legal action and suspend bilateral ties in the wake of a player-driven tour cancellation.

Terrorist ideology blamed in Canada car attack Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:07 PM PDT SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Quebec (AP) — A young convert to Islam who killed a Canadian soldier in a hit-and-run had been on the radar of federal investigators, who feared he had jihadist ambitions and seized his passport when he tried to travel to Turkey, authorities said Tuesday.

Costa Rica tops Martinique in World Cup qualifying Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Costa Rica, on track to qualify for the Women's World Cup for the first time, wrapped up group play Tuesday with a 6-1 win over Martinique in the CONCACAF championship.

Malaysia goes deep in FedEx Cup list to fill field Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT Nicholas Thompson missed qualifying for the FedEx Cup playoffs by one point last year. He finished at No. 125 on the PGA Tour money list by $725 and only kept his full card for this season because the tour used the top 125 from the money list for the last time.

Champions League resumes with a flurry of goals Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:57 PM PDT FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Champions League returned on Tuesday with a 40-goal bonanza as Bayern Munich thrashed Roma 7-1 for its biggest victory on the road and Luiz Adriano scored five as Shakhtar put seven goals past BATE Borisov.

Personal woes plagued Canadian who killed soldier: records, lawyer Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:56 PM PDT By Allison Lampert SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU Quebec (Reuters) - A Canadian convert to Islam shot dead by police in Quebec after running over and killing a soldier with his car had launched a custody case for his young son only three days earlier, court records show. In his final Facebook post that day the 25-year-old convert, Martin Rouleau-Couture, changed his profile picture to an image of two doors, one opening to a sunlit heaven and the other to a fiery hell. "Martin was petitioning the court to be able to visit his child," his lawyer Patricia Gauthier told Reuters on Tuesday. ...

Chilean president's landmark education reform passes first hurdle Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:54 PM PDT SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's landmark education reform passed its first major hurdle on Tuesday after the Lower House approved the bill and sent it on to the Senate, where a heated debate awaits. The multi-pronged reform initially seeks to put an end to profits at state-subsidized schools and to eliminate selective entrance policies at those establishments. It will be financed by a recently approved tax overhaul that will increase the state's coffers by $8.3 billion. ...

Canada fears new Islamist threat after soldier killed Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:52 PM PDT Ottawa (AFP) - Canada was faced with the spectre of Islamist violence Tuesday after a soldier run over by a suspected jihadist died in hospital, as its warplanes headed to bomb Islamic State militants in Iraq.

FBI: US girls may have tried to join jihadis Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:52 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — The FBI said Tuesday that it's investigating the possibility that three teenage girls from the Denver area tried to travel to Syria to join Islamic State extremists.

Islamic State onslaught on Yazidis may be attempted genocide: U.N. Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:49 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The campaign of Islamic State militants against Iraq's Yazidi minority may be attempted genocide, U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for human rights Ivan Simonovic said on Tuesday. "Facts are indicating that actions against Yazidis may amount to attempted genocide," he told a small group of reporters at the United Nations after returning from a recent visit to Iraq. ...

Insurer considers Ebola exclusion in some policies Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:49 PM PDT Global property and casualty insurer Ace Ltd. says it may exclude Ebola coverage from some of its general liability policies.

Raonic & Karlovic through to Swiss Indoors 2nd rd Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:46 PM PDT BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Fourth-seeded Milos Raonic hit 12 aces and saved all five break points he faced as he beat Steve Johnson of the United States 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Tuesday.

Messi closes on Raul, Barca beats Ajax 3-1 Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:41 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Neymar and Lionel Messi each scored for a fifth consecutive game to help Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday as the Spanish giant returned to winning ways in Europe.

Federer, Dimitrov to play MSG exhibition in March Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:39 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer will take on the guy known as "Baby Fed" in an exhibition match at Madison Square Gardeon on March 10.

Khamenei says Iraq can beat IS without foreigners Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:37 PM PDT Tehran (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday told Iraq's visiting premier that the Baghdad government is capable of defeating Islamic State jihadists without foreign troops being deployed.

Egypt military court sentences 7 to death Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:34 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian military tribunal sentenced Tuesday seven alleged militants to death and two to life in prison for their roles in consecutive attacks that killed nine soldiers this year, an official said.

Egypt sets appeal hearing for Al-Jazeera staff Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:34 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court has set an appeals hearing for three Al-Jazeera English journalists convicted of terrorism-related charges last June amid widespread international condemnation.

Mentally ill British suspect pleads not guilty in NY Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:32 PM PDT New York (AFP) - A mentally ill British man accused of supporting Al-Qaeda and conspiring to set up a terror training camp in the United States pleaded not guilty in a New York courtroom Tuesday.

PSG beats APOEL 1-0 in Champs League Group F match Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:32 PM PDT NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Edinson Cavani scored three minutes from time as Paris Saint-German edged APOEL 1-0 on Tuesday to keep top spot in Group F in the Champions League.

Canada police met several times with militant who killed soldier Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:18 PM PDT MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canadian police met several times with a suspected militant who ran over and killed a soldier a day earlier, most recently on Oct. 9, but did not have enough evidence to charge him at that time. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also said officers had stopped Martin Rouleau-Couture when he attempted to leave for Turkey and had interviewed him extensively in July after family members expressed concerns. "We can't arrest somebody for having radical thoughts," Martine Fontaine, who heads national security for the RCMP in Quebec, told reporters. ...

Bayern beats Roma 7-1 for record away win in CL Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:14 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich lineup is finally starting to resemble his Barcelona team that revolutionized football not too long ago.

Fashion icon mourned in Dominican homeland Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:11 PM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Designer Oscar de la Renta was mourned Tuesday in the Dominican Republic as a native son who brought glamour and prestige to a largely poor country better known for baseball and beaches than elegant evening wear.

Rwanda's story now growth, not genocide: president Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:09 PM PDT London (AFP) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Tuesday the central African nation was no longer "just a country of genocide" and now had a positive story to tell about reconciliation and economic growth.

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