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• No direct combat for Iraqi Kurds in Kobani, ISIS loses ground in Iraq
• Pro-Europe parties secure big election win in Ukraine: exit poll
• In wake of Canada attacks, Toronto police drill for disaster
• Leftist Rousseff narrowly wins second term in Brazil
• More heavy fighting in Libya's Benghazi, death toll rises to 130
• Second British man in days charged with preparing terrorism acts
• South Africa captain Meyiwa shot dead
• Gunman in Canada attack prepared video of himself
• United gets last-gasp equalizer to thwart Chelsea
• Streb wins McGladrey Classic in a playoff
• Uruguay vote headed for runoff: exit polls
• US envoy visiting Ebola-hit Africa condemns world response
• Brazil's Neves concedes defeat to Rousseff in presidential race
• Pro-Western parties seen leading Ukraine vote
• Canadian police say parliament shooter made video before attack
• Uruguay's presidential election headed for runoff - exit polls
• Gourcuff strikes to end Marseille's winning streak
• Rousseff narrowly wins Brazil re-election
• Brazilian President Rousseff is re-elected
• Vazquez tops Uruguay president vote; faces runoff
• Benfica loses 2-1 at Braga for 1st league defeat
• Suspect in US police killings avoided scrutiny
• Madrid win sets up season-long fight with Barca
• Ukraine picks moderates over radicals in war-time vote
• Uruguay's presidential election headed to runoff: exit polls
• Brazil's Rousseff extends lead with 98 percent of votes tallied
• Brazil's Rousseff widens lead with 97 percent of votes counted
• Man claims sanctuary in Denver church basement
• Ferguson hits back at 'insulting' squad claims
• Brazil's Rousseff headed for victory with 96 percent of ballots tallied
• Funeral held for Palestinian behind car attack
• Juventus beats Palermo 2-0 to extend Serie A lead
• Sevilla stuns Villarreal 2-1 to move 2nd in Spain
• Uruguay votes for Mujica successor
• Tunisians in historic vote spurred by Arab Spring
• Protesters rally in Haiti capital demanding vote

No direct combat for Iraqi Kurds in Kobani, ISIS loses ground in Iraq Posted: 26 Oct 2014 11:37 AM PDT By Isabel Coles and Ahmed Rasheed ARBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish forces will not engage in ground fighting in the Syrian town of Kobani but provide artillery support for fellow Kurds fending off Islamic State militants there, a Kurdish spokesman said on Sunday. Islamic State fighters have been trying to capture Kobani for over a month, pressing on despite U.S.-led air strikes on their positions and the deaths of hundreds of their fighters. ...

Pro-Europe parties secure big election win in Ukraine: exit poll Posted: 26 Oct 2014 02:24 PM PDT By Richard Balmforth and Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hailed a sweeping victory for pro-Europe parties in an election on Sunday, saying the vote showed people backed his plan to end a separatist conflict, his pro-Western course and democratic reforms. Poroshenko's bloc took 23 percent of the votes cast for a field of 29 competing parties, just ahead of the party of his ally, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, according to an exit poll issued after voting stations closed in the ex-Soviet republic. ...

In wake of Canada attacks, Toronto police drill for disaster Posted: 26 Oct 2014 08:31 AM PDT By Scott Malone and Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - About 100 police, firefighters and other emergency workers held a disaster-response drill in downtown Toronto's deserted financial district on Sunday following a week that saw two soldiers killed on Canadian soil. Security in normally relaxed Canada has been tighter in the days since a gunman shot dead a soldier in Ottawa before charging into the parliament building and another man ran over two soldiers with a car, killing one, outside Montreal. ...

Leftist Rousseff narrowly wins second term in Brazil Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT By Brian Winter and Alonso Soto SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff narrowly won re-election on Sunday after convincing voters that her party's strong record of reducing poverty over the last 12 years was more important than a recent economic slump. After one of the closest, most divisive campaigns in Brazil in decades, Rousseff won 51.6 percent of votes in a runoff against centrist opposition leader Aecio Neves, who won 48.4 percent with more than 99 percent of the votes tallied. ...

More heavy fighting in Libya's Benghazi, death toll rises to 130 Posted: 26 Oct 2014 01:46 PM PDT By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Heavy fighting flared on Sunday between Libya's army and Islamist militias apparently trying retake one of their largest camps in the eastern city of Benghazi, military officials said. At least 130 people have been killed in the past 10 days during street fighting in Libya's second-largest city -- part of a wider picture of chaos gripping the major oil producer three years after the downfall and death of Muammar Gaddafi. ...

Second British man in days charged with preparing terrorism acts Posted: 26 Oct 2014 10:46 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - A British man has become the second in three days to be charged with preparing acts of terrorism and will appear at a London court on Monday, police said. Britain raised its international threat level to the second-highest classification of "severe" in August and police chiefs say counter-terrorism operations are running at an exceptionally high pace not seen in years. Mustakim Jaman, 23, from Portsmouth, southeast England, was charged on Sunday and is due at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday, Thames Valley Police said in a statement. ...

South Africa captain Meyiwa shot dead Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT South Africa and Orlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead late Sunday near Johannesburg, a police spokesman told AFP, with club officials describing his slaying as a "loss to the nation". Lieutenant-General Solomon Makgale said Meyiwa, 27, was gunned down at a house in Vosloorus, a township about 30 kilometres south of the city, and declared dead on admission to hospital. "We can confirm that Bucs (Pirates) goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has been shot and sadly declared dead on arrival at hospital," the South African Police Service (SAPS) said on its Twitter feed. "There was an altercation and Senzo Meyiwa was shot.

Gunman in Canada attack prepared video of himself Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — A gunman who shot and killed a soldier at Canada's national war memorial and then stormed Parliament before he was gunned down had prepared a video recording of himself that police say shows he was driven by ideological and political motives, police said Sunday.

United gets last-gasp equalizer to thwart Chelsea Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:45 PM PDT Robin van Persie rescued a point for Manchester United to keep Chelsea from moving eight points clear of defending champion Manchester City in the Premier League.

Streb wins McGladrey Classic in a playoff Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Two items on Robert Streb's bucket list are attending an Oklahoma-Texas football game and playing at Augusta National.

Uruguay vote headed for runoff: exit polls Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:35 PM PDT Leftist former president Tabare Vazquez and his center-right rival Luis Lacalle Pou will head into a November 30 runoff after Sunday's presidential vote failed to give a clear winner, exit polls showed. President Jose Mujica will be succeeded either by his Broad Front ally Vazquez, who earned 44-46 percent of votes, or the National Party's Lacalle Pou, who garnered 31-34 percent, according to pollsters Equipos Mori, Factum and Cifra.

US envoy visiting Ebola-hit Africa condemns world response Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT The US ambassador to the United Nations criticised the level of international support for nations hit by Ebola as she began a tour Sunday of west African nations at the epicentre of the deadly outbreak. Samantha Power said before arriving in Guinea that too many leaders were praising the efforts of countries like the United States and Britain to accelerate aid to the worst-affected nations, while doing little themselves. She said many countries "are signing on to resolutions and praising the good work that the United States and the United Kingdom and others are doing, but they themselves haven't taken the responsibility yet to send docs, to send beds, to send the reasonable amount of money." Besides Guinea, Power will travel to Sierra Leone and Liberia -- the three nations that account for the vast majority of the 4,922 deaths from the Ebola epidemic.

Brazil's Neves concedes defeat to Rousseff in presidential race Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:31 PM PDT BELO HORIZONTE Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's opposition candidate Aecio Neves conceded defeat to President Dilma Rousseff in a speech to supporters after Sunday's runoff election. An official tally of 99.66 percent of ballots showed Rousseff with 51.60 percent of valid votes and Neves with 48.40 percent. (Reporting by Eduardo Simoes; Editing by Paul Simao)

Pro-Western parties seen leading Ukraine vote Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:18 PM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians overwhelmingly backed several pro-Western parties in a landmark parliamentary election Sunday, another nudge in the former Soviet republic's drift away from Russia.

Canadian police say parliament shooter made video before attack Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:12 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - The man who killed a Canadian soldier and attacked the country's parliament building last week made a video of himself just before the attack, evidence that he was driven by ideological and political motives, police said on Sunday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement they were conducting a detailed analysis of the video and could not release it at this time. (Reporting by Jeffrey Hodgson; Editing by Paul Simao)

Uruguay's presidential election headed for runoff - exit polls Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:12 PM PDT By Malena Castaldi MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Exit polls showed Uruguay's ruling leftist coalition candidate Tabare Vazquez with a strong lead in the country's presidential election on Sunday but falling short of a 50 percent majority required to win outright in the first round. One poll by Consultora Factum showed the Broad Front's Vazquez winning 46 percent and Luis Lacalle Pou of the National Party with 31 percent. A second exit poll conducted by Equipos Consultores had Vazquez winning 44 percent and Lacalle Pou taking 33 percent. ...

Gourcuff strikes to end Marseille's winning streak Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:11 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Midfielder Yoann Gourcuff scored his third goal in two games as third-place Lyon beat Marseille 1-0 on Sunday, ending the French league leader's bid to win a club record ninth straight league game.

Rousseff narrowly wins Brazil re-election Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:06 PM PDT Brazilians narrowly voted leftist President Dilma Rousseff back into office on Sunday after a virulent election campaign that split Latin America's biggest economy between poor north and richer south. Rousseff, Brazil's first woman president, went into the run-off contest as slight favorite and defeated center-right challenger Aecio Neves by around three million votes. The race to lead the world's seventh-largest economy was seen as a referendum on 12 years of government by the Workers' Party (PT) -- eight under working-class hero Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and four under Rousseff, with voters weighing the PT's social legacy against Neves's promise of economic revival.

Brazilian President Rousseff is re-elected Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:04 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected Sunday in the tightest race the nation has seen since its return to democracy three decades ago, after a bitter campaign that divided Brazilians like no other before it.

Vazquez tops Uruguay president vote; faces runoff Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Exit polls in Uruguay say left-leaning candidate Tabare Vazquez has won the most votes in the presidential election, but he is falling short of the outright majority needed to avoid a Nov. 30 runoff.

Benfica loses 2-1 at Braga for 1st league defeat Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:57 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Benfica lost 2-1 at Braga on Sunday as the Portuguese league leaders were dealt their first loss of the season.

Suspect in US police killings avoided scrutiny Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:55 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte had a lot to hide. He was living in the U.S. illegally even though he had been convicted in Arizona for selling drugs and twice deported to Mexico.

Madrid win sets up season-long fight with Barca Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:52 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid's commanding 3-1 win over Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday leaves the two Spanish giants poised to dispute the title that escaped them last season.

Ukraine picks moderates over radicals in war-time vote Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:48 PM PDT Ukraine's parliamentary election saw war-weary voters shunt aside pro-Russian and radical nationalists and pick moderates who favour a mix of market economics and eastern European conservative values. The tense day's clearest victories were scored by the president's Petro Poroshenko Bloc and the National Front group of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. "Voters gave a vote of confidence in the current leadership," said Volodymyr Fesenko of Kiev's Penta political research institute. Surprise performers in the vote included a party that promotes conservative and Christian values and is little known outside Ukraine.

Uruguay's presidential election headed to runoff: exit polls Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:44 PM PDT MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay's presidential election is heading to a runoff between Tabare Vazquez of the ruling leftist coalition and center-right challenger Luis Lacalle Pou, two exit polls showed an hour after voting ended on Sunday. One poll by Consultora Factum showed Vazquez winning 46 percent of votes and Lacalle Pou with 31 percent. A second exit poll conducted by Equipos Consultores had Vazquez winning 44 percent and Lacalle Pou taking 33 percent. Both polls showed Vazquez falling short of the 50 percent majority required to win outright in the first round. ...

Brazil's Rousseff extends lead with 98 percent of votes tallied Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:41 PM PDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff widened her lead over opposition candidate Aecio Neves in a nearly complete count of votes in Sunday's runoff election, according to the country's electoral authority. An official tally of 98.13 percent of ballots showed Rousseff with 51.45 percent of valid votes and Neves with 48.55 percent. (Reporting by Todd Benson; Editing by Paul Simao)

Brazil's Rousseff widens lead with 97 percent of votes counted Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:33 PM PDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff widened her lead over opposition candidate Aecio Neves in a nearly complete count of votes in Sunday's runoff election, according to the country's electoral authority. An official tally of 97.30 percent of ballots showed Rousseff with 51.32 percent of valid votes and Neves with 48.68 percent. (Reporting by Todd Benson; Editing by Paul Simao)

Man claims sanctuary in Denver church basement Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:32 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — A Mexican man who is living in a Denver church basement has claimed sanctuary to avoid deportation.

Ferguson hits back at 'insulting' squad claims Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:32 PM PDT London (AFP) - Alex Ferguson has described suggestions he bequeathed an "ageing" Manchester United squad to hapless Old Trafford successor David Moyes as "insulting".

Brazil's Rousseff headed for victory with 96 percent of ballots tallied Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:26 PM PDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is ahead of opposition candidate Aecio Neves in a nearly complete count of votes in Sunday's runoff election, according to the country's electoral authority. An official tally of 96.48 percent of ballots showed Rousseff with 51.18 percent of valid votes and Neves with 48.82 percent. (Reporting by Brad Haynes; Editing by Paul Simao)

Funeral held for Palestinian behind car attack Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:22 PM PDT Palestinians were laying to rest on Sunday a man who killed two people, including a baby, when he rammed his car into Jerusalem pedestrians, sparking days of violence. Video footage from the funeral showed a group of youths carrying Abdelrahman Shaludi's casket to the cemetery near Jerusalem's Old City, chanting "God loves him because he is a shahid," or martyr. The 21-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by police in what they called a "terror attack" after Wednesday's car attack. A three-month-old girl was killed on the spot and on Sunday an Ecuadorian woman who was one of six people hurt died of her injuries, said Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital.

Juventus beats Palermo 2-0 to extend Serie A lead Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:21 PM PDT Juventus beat Palermo 2-0 Sunday to move three points clear at the top of Serie A and bring a disappointing week to a close.

Sevilla stuns Villarreal 2-1 to move 2nd in Spain Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:17 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sevilla scored twice in the final minutes to stun visiting Villarreal 2-1 and move level on points with Barcelona at the top of the Spanish league on Sunday.

Uruguay votes for Mujica successor Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:13 PM PDT Uruguayans voted Sunday to elect a successor to President Jose Mujica, a folksy iconoclast whose leftist coalition is battling sharp challenges to its decade in power. Mujica is looking to hand power back to his predecessor, cancer doctor Tabare Vazquez of the Broad Front (FA), whom polls show is likely to win the first round but face a runoff against either Luis Lacalle Pou or Pedro Bordaberry, both sons of former presidents running from the center-right. Both Lacalle Pou and Bordaberry oppose the law. Surrounded by supporters, Mujica -- a former leftist guerrilla famous for living in a humble farmhouse while president, and donating most of his salary to charity -- was one of the first to vote in the Cerro neighborhood west of the capital Montevideo.

Tunisians in historic vote spurred by Arab Spring Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:13 PM PDT TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisians voted Sunday for their first five-year parliament since they overthrew their dictator in the 2011 revolution that kicked off the Arab Spring, with the main secular party declaring an early victory over the once-dominant Islamists.

Protesters rally in Haiti capital demanding vote Posted: 26 Oct 2014 02:52 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A few thousand protesters allied with Haiti's opposition marched through the capital on Sunday demanding the chance to vote in legislative and local elections that are three years late, among other grievances.

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