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• Canada's parliament attacked near where prime minister was speaking, Harper safe
• Iraqi Kurds approve sending fighters to aid Syrian town
• NATO, Swedish fighters scrambled to intercept Russian plane
• Brazil candidates battle for key prize: Their hometown
• Nigeria talks with Boko Haram but no sign of girls' release
• Al-Qaeda kills 30 Shi'ite rebels in central Yemen: tribal sources
• Wanderers' Mullen gets 2nd chance at ACL title
• Slide in energy sector drags US stock market lower
• Albania PM seeks to ease tensions with Serbia
• Ferrer beats Seppi to advance at Valencia Open
• Appeal sought in Puerto Rico gay marriage case
• Tourists watch solar alignment in Egypt temple
• Canada parliament attacks: Live Report
• Iraqis return to school after delay from unrest
• Canada PM in parliament at time of shooting: lawmaker
• Canada soldier, gunman dead in Ottawa parliament attack
• Israel says no plan to allow Jews to pray at Al-Aqsa
• Dozens released Ebola-free from Sierra Leone site
• 2 dead in shooting attack at Canada's Parliament
• Blackwater guards found guilty in Iraq shootings
• Lagos 'Ebola hospital' faces battle to recover
• Ottawa police say male suspect in attack and soldier are dead
• Canada soldier, gunman dead in Ottawa: police
• North Korean detainee reunites with family in US
• Australian finishes marathon swim in Bahamas
• President's party leads in final polls before Ukraine vote
• IOC gives provisional recognition to Kosovo
• British government wants an NFL team in London
• U.S. offers assistance to Canada in wake of Ottawa shootings
• Canada PM talking to lawmakers when attack happened 'outside door'
• Lebanon: Cypriot training plane missing
• Sweden pulls back ships as 'foreign sub' hunt draws blank
• Palestinian kills baby at Jerusalem station
• Driver in Jerusalem attack a Hamas member: Israel
• WHO: Ebola responsible for 4,877 deaths
• London Olympic Stadium cost soars ahead of Hammers move
• Ottawa hospital says it treated 3 shooting victims
• Platini mulls allowing only women, kids at games

Canada's parliament attacked near where prime minister was speaking, Harper safe Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:49 AM PDT By Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - At least one gunman entered Canada's parliament buildings on Wednesday and many shots were fired just outside the room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was addressing a meeting of legislators. Harper was safely removed from the building but parliament was locked down. Eyewitnesses said at least 30 shots were fired in dramatic scenes in the heart of the Canadian capital. "PM (Harper) was addressing caucus, then a huge boom, followed by rat-a-tat shots. We all scattered. ...

Iraqi Kurds approve sending fighters to aid Syrian town Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:35 AM PDT By Isabel Coles and Dasha Afanasieva ARBIL Iraq/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers approved a plan on Wednesday to send fighters to the Syrian town of Kobani to relieve fellow Kurds under attack by Islamic State militants, marking the semi-autonomous region's first military foray into Syria's war. Kobani lies on the border with Turkey and Islamic State fighters keen to consolidate territorial gains in northern Syria have pressed an offensive against the town even as U.S.-led forces started bombing their positions. ...

NATO, Swedish fighters scrambled to intercept Russian plane Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:42 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and Swedish fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian intelligence-gathering plane that briefly entered Estonian airspace on Tuesday, the alliance said on Wednesday. The Estonian Foreign Ministry called the Russian ambassador to the ministry and gave him a protest note over the incursion, the Estonian defense forces said. Fighters from Denmark as well as Portuguese F-16s from NATO's air policing mission in the Baltics took off after radar detected an unidentified aircraft flying close to NATO airspace in the Baltic Sea, NATO said. ...

Brazil candidates battle for key prize: Their hometown Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:20 AM PDT By Brian Winter BELO HORIZONTE Brazil (Reuters) - The two candidates in Brazil's presidential election runoff on Sunday grew up just seven blocks apart, attending the same elite tennis club, watching movies at the same theater and strolling through the same leafy plazas during the 1960s. They cheered for rival soccer teams, though, and eventually went down very different political paths. Dilma Rousseff joined a Marxist group that opposed that era's military dictatorship, while Aecio Neves embraced the more conservative ethos of his grandfather, a legend in Brazilian politics. ...

Nigeria talks with Boko Haram but no sign of girls' release Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:57 AM PDT By Emma Farge and Lanre Ola N'DJAMENA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nearly a week after Nigeria announced a ceasefire deal with Boko Haram, which it said would include the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist group, there is still no sign of the girls being freed. Talks took place this week between the government and the Islamist militant group in the Chadian capital, but they are shrouded in secrecy. A series of attacks blamed on Boko Haram fighters since the announcement, meanwhile, has raised doubts over government claims of a truce. ...

Al-Qaeda kills 30 Shi'ite rebels in central Yemen: tribal sources Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:05 AM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Sunni Al Qaeda militants and Shi'ite Muslim rebels have fought a bloody battle in central Yemen, tribal sources said on Wednesday, amid fears of worsening sectarian tension in the impoverished Arabian country. Thirty Shi'ite rebels and 18 Sunni fighters and their tribal allies were killed in the clashes, the tribal sources told Reuters. Shi'ite Houthi rebels seized control of the capital Sanaa on Sept. 21 and their forces have fanned out to Yemen's west and center since then. ...

Wanderers' Mullen gets 2nd chance at ACL title Posted: 22 Oct 2014 04:58 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — Western Sydney Wanderers defender Daniel Mullen is getting a second chance to play in an Asian Champions League final, six years after his first.

Slide in energy sector drags US stock market lower Posted: 22 Oct 2014 02:21 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell broadly on Wednesday, snapping a four-day winning streak for the Standard & Poor's 500 index, as investors shaken by recent swings in the market sold some of their holdings.

Albania PM seeks to ease tensions with Serbia Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:48 AM PDT TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's prime minister said Wednesday that his nation and Serbia must try to end decades of hostility toward one another by focusing on major issues such as their mutual desire to join the European Union, not last week's dispute over a soccer match.

Ferrer beats Seppi to advance at Valencia Open Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:47 AM PDT VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Top-seeded David Ferrer powered his way past Andreas Seppi 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Valencia Open on Wednesday.

Appeal sought in Puerto Rico gay marriage case Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:45 AM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal court judge has rejected an attempt to end a ban on same-sex marriages in Puerto Rico, saying political order itself depends on traditional marriage and deriding the logic of courts that have overturned such bans. The five gay couples who filed the suit will appeal, their attorney said Wednesday.

Tourists watch solar alignment in Egypt temple Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:44 AM PDT ABU SIMBEL, Egypt (AP) — Hundreds of visitors have gathered at the Great Temple of Ramses II in Egypt to watch the sun illuminate colossal statues, a rare 3,200-year-old astronomical ceremony that happens twice a year.

Canada parliament attacks: Live Report Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:44 AM PDT Ottawa (AFP) - 18:43 GMT - Pictures? - Authories ask the public to send in any pictures of videos of the suspect via email to NatDiv_Media_DivNat@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Iraqis return to school after delay from unrest Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:34 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi students returned to school on Wednesday amid tightened security as the academic year began a month late because thousands of people displaced by last summer's onslaught by the Islamic State group had taken shelter in school buildings.

Canada PM in parliament at time of shooting: lawmaker Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:33 AM PDT Ottawa (AFP) - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper was meeting with lawmakers in Parliament at the moment when a gunman opened fire in the building Wednesday, a senator who attended the meeting said.

Canada soldier, gunman dead in Ottawa parliament attack Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:32 AM PDT Ottawa (AFP) - Gunfire echoed through the Gothic halls of the Canadian parliament Wednesday as police shot dead a gunman who had killed a soldier guarding a nearby war memorial before storming the building.

Israel says no plan to allow Jews to pray at Al-Aqsa Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:32 AM PDT Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel on Wednesday reassured Jordan that it would not allow Jewish prayer at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, after reports of a possible change raised concerns in the Arab world.

Dozens released Ebola-free from Sierra Leone site Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:31 AM PDT FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Dozens of Ebola survivors have been discharged from a treatment center near Sierra Leone's capital and told they were virus-free, as police and residents clashed in other areas of the West African country.

2 dead in shooting attack at Canada's Parliament Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:26 AM PDT OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian soldier standing guard at a war memorial in the country's capital was shot to death Wednesday, and gunfire then erupted inside Parliament, authorities said. One gunman was killed, and police said they were searching for as many as two others.

Blackwater guards found guilty in Iraq shootings Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:25 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former Blackwater security guards were convicted Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, an incident that inflamed anti-American sentiment around the globe and was denounced by critics as an illustration of a war gone horribly wrong.

Lagos 'Ebola hospital' faces battle to recover Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:23 AM PDT Lagos (AFP) - Nigeria may have been declared officially Ebola-free but at the First Consultants Hospital in Lagos, doctors believe it'll take the facility that treated the first victim years to recover.

Ottawa police say male suspect in attack and soldier are dead Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:19 AM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - A man suspected of launching an armed attack in Ottawa has died, local police said on Wednesday and confirmed that a male soldier shot at the National War Memorial had also died. "One shooting victim succumbed to injuries ... one male suspect has also been confirmed deceased," the Ottawa Police Service said in a statement. It did not say where the suspect had died. A gunman shot and fatally wounded the soldier at the National War Memorial in central Ottawa, and then entered the country's parliament buildings, which remain in lockdown. ...

Canada soldier, gunman dead in Ottawa: police Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:19 AM PDT Ottawa (AFP) - A Canadian soldier was fatally shot Wednesday near parliament in the capital Ottawa, and his suspected attacker is also dead, police said.

North Korean detainee reunites with family in US Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:07 AM PDT WEST CARROLLTON, Ohio (AP) — An American arrested and held for nearly six months in North Korea for leaving a Bible at a nightclub returned home on Wednesday to tears of joy and hugs from his wife and surprised children.

Australian finishes marathon swim in Bahamas Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:07 AM PDT NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Dehydrated and exhausted, Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel successfully completed a 78-mile (126-kilometer) swim Wednesday between two islands in the Bahamas.

President's party leads in final polls before Ukraine vote Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:07 AM PDT Kiev (AFP) - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko's party on Wednesday led the final polls before Sunday's parliamentary vote held as the country faced an unresolved Russian gas dispute and raging hostilities in the east.

IOC gives provisional recognition to Kosovo Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:06 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The IOC has granted provisional recognition to Kosovo, clearing the way for the former Serbian province to send an independent team to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

British government wants an NFL team in London Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:02 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The British government wants an NFL team based in London.

U.S. offers assistance to Canada in wake of Ottawa shootings Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:01 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States offered assistance to Canada on Wednesday in the wake of shootings at the Canadian parliament building in Ottawa, the White House said. Spokesman Josh Earnest said President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke by phone to discuss the incident. He said Americans' thoughts and prayers are with the Canadian people and emphasized the strength of U.S.-Canadian relations. Earnest told reporters that U.S. officials, including from the White House, have been in touch with Canadian counterparts to offer U.S. assistance. He said U.S. ...

Canada PM talking to lawmakers when attack happened 'outside door' Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was addressing a meeting of legislators from his Conservative party in parliament on Wednesday when an armed man burst into the building and ran right by the door of the room, a cabinet minister told Reuters. "PM was addressing caucus, then a huge boom, followed by rat-a-tat shots. We all scattered. It was clearly right outside our caucus door," Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement said. Eyewitnesses say police chased the man in the building and say at least 30 shots were fired. ...

Lebanon: Cypriot training plane missing Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:58 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese airport officials say a single-engine Cessna training plane has gone missing en route to Beirut from Cyprus.

Sweden pulls back ships as 'foreign sub' hunt draws blank Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:57 AM PDT Stockholm (AFP) - Sweden said Wednesday it was pulling back part of its navy which has been searching for a suspected Russian submarine off the coast of Stockholm for nearly a week with no vessel found.

Palestinian kills baby at Jerusalem station Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:52 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian motorist with a history of anti-Israel violence slammed his car into a crowded train station in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a three-month-old baby girl and wounding eight people in what police called a terror attack.

Driver in Jerusalem attack a Hamas member: Israel Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:52 AM PDT Jerusalem (AFP) - A Palestinian who ran over a group of pedestrians in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a baby, was a member of Hamas, a spokesman for the Israeli prime minister's office said.

WHO: Ebola responsible for 4,877 deaths Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:50 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Ebola is now believed to have killed 4,877 people globally and that the spread of the lethal virus remains "persistent and widespread" in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

London Olympic Stadium cost soars ahead of Hammers move Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:48 AM PDT London (AFP) - The cost of fitting out the London Olympic Stadium ahead of Premier League football club West Ham's move to the venue will rise by £35.9 million ($57.7 million, 45.6 million euros), it was revealed Wednesday.

Ottawa hospital says it treated 3 shooting victims Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:48 AM PDT OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A hospital says it has received three victims from the shootings in Canada's capital.

Platini mulls allowing only women, kids at games Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:47 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — UEFA President Michel Platini is mulling whether to allow only women and children into matches rather than completely closing stadiums as punishment for supporters' racist abuse.

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