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• Canada Parliament gunman had planned to travel to Syria: police
• Syria's Kobani less at risk but could still fall: U.S. officials
• Iran will be seen as responsible if nuclear talks fail: U.S.
• Russian captured in Afghanistan to face terrorism charges in U.S.
• Governor of Mexican state where students disappeared stands down
• Brazil's president widens lead in polls ahead of Sunday vote
• PGA president refers to Poulter as 'lil girl'
• Student's mysterious death sparks Mexico protests
• Mexican governor steps aside over disappearances
• Islamic State among world's richest militant groups: US
• US negotiator: Some want talks with Iran to fail
• UN moves to enforce Somalia arms, charcoal embargoes
• Hurricane Gonzalo's damages in Bermuda estimated at least $200 mln
• Varlamov says groin healed, will start vs. Canucks
• Ottawa x-ray technologist sentenced to 12 years in terror plot
• EU agrees landmark climate change deal: Van Rompuy
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Obama taps major fundraiser for Sweden ambassador
• EU strikes compromise to set new climate target
• EU reaches deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions
• First case of Ebola confirmed in Mali: health ministry
• EU reaches deal to cut emissions by at least 40 percent versus 1990 levels
• Man who attacked Canada's parliament had troubled, transient past
• Prisoner in Afghanistan to be tried in US
• Britons had less gum disease in Roman times than today: study
• Canada gunman wanted a passport to go to Mideast
• Top Asian News at 11:00 p.m. GMT
• Gestapo impostor tricked Nazi sympathizers in WWII
• British police pay £425,000 to mother of spy's child
• AMC enters joint venture to operate BBC America
• US officials: Iraqi army regrouping slowly
• Cheers, tributes for Canadian guard credited with killing gunman
• Britain's Cameron in new row over EU demand for extra 2.1 bn euros
• EU leaders seek more Ebola funding at summit
• Lebanon to ask UN to stop registering Syria refugees
• Lamela's outrageous goal illuminates Europa League
• 1st Ebola case in W. African nation of Mali
• U.S. charges South Africans in illegal rhino hunting case

Canada Parliament gunman had planned to travel to Syria: police Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT By Randall Palmer, David Ljunggren and Leah Schnurr OTTAWA (Reuters) - The gunman in Wednesday's attack on Canada's capital had a criminal record and recently applied for a passport, planning to travel to Syria after undergoing a "radicalization process," police said on Thursday. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, was a Canadian who may also have held Libyan citizenship, said Bob Paulson, commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). He said the suspect had no apparent links to another Canadian who killed a soldier in Quebec earlier in the week. ...

Syria's Kobani less at risk but could still fall: U.S. officials Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:49 PM PDT By Phil Stewart MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE Fla. (Reuters) - The Syrian border town of Kobani appears in less danger of falling to the Islamic State, but the threat still remains, U.S. officials said on Thursday, offering a measured view of a key battle against the militant group. Officials at the U.S. military's Central Command warned the Islamic State could ultimately capture the town, even after coalition air strikes and air drops of weapons and medical supplies to help Syrian Kurdish fighters fend off the militants in street battles. One U.S. ...

Iran will be seen as responsible if nuclear talks fail: U.S. Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran will be widely seen to be responsible if a comprehensive deal to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief is not reached, the top U.S. negotiator said on Thursday. U.S. Under-Secretary of State Wendy Sherman also said major powers negotiating with Iran have offered it ideas that are "equitable, enforceable and consistent with Tehran's expressed desire for a viable civilian nuclear program." Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States are seeking to reach a deal with Iran by Nov. 24. ...

Russian captured in Afghanistan to face terrorism charges in U.S. Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian captured while fighting with militants in Afghanistan and held by the U.S. military there, will be flown to the United States to face terrorism charges, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The detainee was identified by the officials as the prisoner known as Irek Hamidullan. He was captured in 2009 and has been held at a detention facility at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. The officials said Hamidullan would be transferred to the United States for trial on unspecified terrorism charges. ...

Governor of Mexican state where students disappeared stands down Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The governor of a Mexican state roiled by the disappearance of dozens of students, police brutality and corruption that has sparked protests and embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto, bowed to pressure on Thursday and said he was standing down. Angel Aguirre, governor of the violent, impoverished state of Guerrero in southwest Mexico, said he was taking a leave of absence. The move is the only option open to him given he cannot resign by law. It was not clear who would replace him. ...

Brazil's president widens lead in polls ahead of Sunday vote Posted: 23 Oct 2014 02:52 PM PDT By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff has a clear lead over opposition candidate Aecio Neves and would win Sunday's presidential election runoff by six to eight percentage points, two opinion polls showed on Thursday. In Brazil's tightest election in decades, the leftist incumbent's aggressive campaign against pro-business senator Neves has succeeded in bolstering her support while increasing rejection of her rival, the surveys showed. ...

PGA president refers to Poulter as 'lil girl' Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:58 PM PDT ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Georgia (AP) — The PGA of America president referred to Ian Poulter as a "lil girl' for his criticism of the way Nick Faldo and Tom Watson captained their Ryder Cup teams.

Student's mysterious death sparks Mexico protests Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:56 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Several hundred protesters have marched through a central Mexico city to demand justice for a fellow student who died during a weekend trip to a cultural fair.

Mexican governor steps aside over disappearances Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:53 PM PDT CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — The governor of a state in southern Mexico says he's stepping aside while an investigation continues nearly a month after 43 students disappeared and six people were killed in an attack that has implicated local police and politicians in the city of Iguala.

Islamic State among world's richest militant groups: US Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:53 PM PDT The Islamic State has fast become one of the world's wealthiest terror groups, generating tens of millions of dollars a month from black market oil sales, ransoms and extortion, officials said Thursday. It earns $1 million a day alone by selling crude oil from fields captured when the group swept across Iraq and Syria earlier this year, said David Cohen, Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. Because the group, also known as ISIL, has "amassed wealth at an unprecedented pace" from different sources than most terror groups, it presents a particular challenge to the US working to choke off money flows. IS is now "considered the world's wealthiest and most financially sophisticated terrorist organization," said Marwan Muasher, vice president at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

US negotiator: Some want talks with Iran to fail Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief U.S. nuclear negotiator suggested Thursday that some U.S. allies and members of Congress hope diplomacy with Iran fails, offering a glimpse of the difficult task awaiting the Obama administration if it manages to secure a nuclear agreement with Tehran by a late November deadline.

UN moves to enforce Somalia arms, charcoal embargoes Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:42 PM PDT The UN Security Council is set to approve Friday a resolution allowing inspections of ships off the coast of Somalia that are suspected of carrying arms and charcoal, in violation of a UN embargo. The draft resolution seen by AFP also demands that the Somali government provide a full accounting of the arms shipments it has received after the weapons embargo was partially lifted last year. It followed a report by a UN monitoring group that said charcoal exports, which finance the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab, were continuing as were weapons flows to the group fighting the Mogadishu government. The UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea said the charcoal cargos continued to Gulf countries, including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, in violation of the embargo.

Hurricane Gonzalo's damages in Bermuda estimated at least $200 mln Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:40 PM PDT By Barbara Liston (Reuters) - Hurricane Gonzalo caused between $200 million and $400 million in insured losses over the weekend on Bermuda, according to an estimate by AIR Worldwide, a Boston-based catastrophe modeling company. The large eye of the storm containing calm air passed directly over the tiny island chain of 65,000 inhabitants on Friday, reducing the time the British territory was exposed to hurricane-force winds and limiting potential damage, AIR said in its estimate, which was released late Wednesday. ...

Varlamov says groin healed, will start vs. Canucks Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Russian goaltender Semyon Varlamov says he's recovered from a groin injury and will start for the Colorado Avalanche against Vancouver on Friday night.

Ottawa x-ray technologist sentenced to 12 years in terror plot Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:37 PM PDT A former Ottawa x-ray technologist was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for conspiring to facilitate terrorism, officials said. Misbahuddin Ahmed, 30, was convicted in July, but was acquitted of a more serious charge of bomb-making for terrorist purposes. He was convicted of "conspiring to facilitate a terrorist activity," Canada's Public Prosecution office said Thursday, adding that he has 30 days to appeal the ruling. The sentencing came a day after a gunman shot a soldier dead in Ottawa and stormed the capital's parliament building before he was killed by a federal officer.

EU agrees landmark climate change deal: Van Rompuy Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:34 PM PDT Brussels (AFP) - European Union leaders agreed Friday a landmark climate change deal, including a headline commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030, EU head Herman Van Rompuy said.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Thursday agreed to maintain wartime control of South Korean troops in the event of an attack by North Korea for the foreseeable future, delaying the transfer of authority to Seoul that had been scheduled for 2015. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that delaying the handoff "will ensure that when the transfer does occur, Korean forces have the necessary defensive capabilities to address an intensifying North Korean threat."

Obama taps major fundraiser for Sweden ambassador Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is nominating a major fundraiser for his presidential campaign to be the next U.S. ambassador to Sweden.

EU strikes compromise to set new climate target Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:28 PM PDT By Barbara Lewis and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders struck a deal on a new target to cut carbon emissions out to 2030, calling it a new global standard but leaving critics warning that compromises had undermined the fight against climate change. Talks in Brussels stretched into the small hours of Friday as Poland battled to spare its coal industry and other states tweaked the guideline text on global warming to protect varied economic interests, from nuclear plants and cross-border power lines to farmers whose livestock belch out polluting methane. ...

EU reaches deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:26 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — European Leaders have agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the 28-nation bloc to at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.

First case of Ebola confirmed in Mali: health ministry Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:20 PM PDT Mali's health ministry on Thursday said the country had its first confirmed case of Ebola after a two-year-old girl who had recently been in Guinea tested positive for the virus. "Today Mali has its first imported case of the Ebola virus," the ministry said in a statement. Health ministry spokesman Markatche Daou told AFP that she had travelled to neighbouring Guinea with her grandmother and that the authorities were aware of her itinerary. The ministry said the girl had visited Kissidougou, a town in the southern part of Guinea where the Ebola outbreak was first identified in December 2013.

EU reaches deal to cut emissions by at least 40 percent versus 1990 levels Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:20 PM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders reached a deal early on Friday to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent in 2030 versus 1990 levels, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said in a Twitter message. EU leaders also agreed two other 2030 targets to increase renewable energy use to 27 percent of the total and to improve their measure of energy efficiency to at least 27 percent compared with what it would be under business as usual. In addition, they pledged to boost cross-border links to improve the flow of energy supplies between member states. ...

Man who attacked Canada's parliament had troubled, transient past Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:17 PM PDT By Allison Lampert and Julie Gordon MONTREAL/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The gunman who killed a soldier in Ottawa and then raced through Canada's parliament before being shot dead was a misfit and perhaps mentally ill, according to police, friends and family, while his troubled and transient past included robbery and drug offenses. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, a Canadian citizen and convert to Islam, was identified by police on Thursday as the attacker in the incident that rocked Canada. "(He) was lost and did not fit in. ...

Prisoner in Afghanistan to be tried in US Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is preparing to transfer a military detainee in Afghanistan for criminal trial in Virginia, U.S. officials said Thursday.

Britons had less gum disease in Roman times than today: study Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:12 PM PDT London (AFP) - Britons had far less gum disease in the Roman era than today, and oral health has seriously worsened despite the advent of toothbrushes and dentists, a study said Friday.

Canada gunman wanted a passport to go to Mideast Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:06 PM PDT OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — He seemed lost, "did not fit in," had drug problems, and went more than five years without seeing his mother. In recent weeks, he had been living at a homeless shelter and had talked about wanting to go to Libya — or Syria — but became agitated when he couldn't get a passport.

Top Asian News at 11:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Thursday agreed to maintain wartime control of South Korean troops in the event of an attack by North Korea for the foreseeable future, delaying the transfer of authority to Seoul that had been scheduled for 2015. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that delaying the handoff "will ensure that when the transfer does occur, Korean forces have the necessary defensive capabilities to address an intensifying North Korean threat."

Gestapo impostor tricked Nazi sympathizers in WWII Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Hans Kohout had a plan, according to secret documents released Friday.

British police pay £425,000 to mother of spy's child Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:54 PM PDT London (AFP) - British police are to pay compensation to woman who had a child with a man she did not know was an undercover agent, the Guardian and BBC reported on Thursday.

AMC enters joint venture to operate BBC America Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:54 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — AMC Networks Inc. said Thursday it will pay $200 million to acquire a stake in BBC America.

US officials: Iraqi army regrouping slowly Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:49 PM PDT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida (AP) — Iraq's fractured army has begun to regroup and stage modest, localized attacks on the Islamic State militants who routed them last spring and summer, but they are unlikely to be ready to launch a major counteroffensive for many months, senior U.S. military officials said Thursday.

Cheers, tributes for Canadian guard credited with killing gunman Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:47 PM PDT By Randall Palmer and Leah Schnurr OTTAWA (Reuters) - The guard credited with killing a gunman in Canada's parliament fought back tears as lawmakers greeted him with a prolonged standing ovation, cheers and whistles on Thursday when he resumed his duties. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and fellow lawmakers stood for a thunderous, minutes-long ovation as Kevin Vickers, the House of Commons' Sergeant-at-Arms, led the traditional parade that opens every House session, dressed in ceremonial garb. ...

Britain's Cameron in new row over EU demand for extra 2.1 bn euros Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:43 PM PDT Brussels (AFP) - Prime Minister David Cameron headed for a fresh showdown with the EU on Thursday after Brussels demanded an extra 2.1 billion euros from Britain because its economy is thriving while Europe stalls.

EU leaders seek more Ebola funding at summit Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:43 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain pledged an additional 100 million euro ($126 million) to fight Ebola and Prime Minister David Cameron called on the other European Union leaders at a summit to step up their efforts to contain the deadly virus too.

Lebanon to ask UN to stop registering Syria refugees Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:39 PM PDT Lebanon said Thursday it will ask the UN to stop registering refugees who enter the country from war-torn Syria, as it formalised a decision to all but close its borders to them. "As far as the issue of restricting the number of (refugee) cases is concerned, the government agreed to stop welcoming displaced people, barring exceptional cases, and to ask the UN refugee agency to stop registering the displaced," Information Minister Ramzi Jreij said. Only refugees whose files had been approved by the government would be given refugee status in Lebanon, he told reporters. The announcement came less than a week after Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas was quoted as saying that Lebanon "no longer officially receives any displaced Syrians".

Lamela's outrageous goal illuminates Europa League Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:38 PM PDT Erik Lamela's outrageous goal in a big win for Tottenham illuminated the third round of Europa League group-stage matches, in which Fiorentina and Dynamo Moscow maintained their perfect starts to the competition.

1st Ebola case in W. African nation of Mali Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:38 PM PDT BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's health minister says the West African country has confirmed its first case of Ebola.

U.S. charges South Africans in illegal rhino hunting case Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:35 PM PDT By Barbara Liston (Reuters) - A South African company has been indicted in Alabama for selling illegal rhinoceros hunts to Americans and secretly trafficking in the endangered animals' horns, which sell on the black market at prices higher than gold, prosecutors said on Thursday. ...

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