| Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani; U.S. planes pound Islamic State targets Posted: 01 Nov 2014 10:44 AM PDT  By Mariam Karouny and Michael Georgy BEIRUT/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Syrian Kurds welcomed the arrival in Kobani of Iraqi Kurdish fighters with their heavy weapons, hoping they might tip the balance in the battle to defend the town against Islamic State, as U.S.-led air strikes continued to bomb the ultra-hardline group in Iraq and Syria. Air strikes have helped to foil several attempts by the al Qaeda offshoot, notorious for its beheading of hostages, to take over Kobani. ...
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| Burkina Faso opposition parties, African Union reject army takeover Posted: 01 Nov 2014 01:23 PM PDT  By Mathieu Bonkougou and Nadoun Coulibaly OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's opposition parties and the African Union rejected the army's seizure of power in the West African country on Saturday after the resignation of President Blaise Compaore, setting the stage for fresh protests. The military top brass named Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, deputy commander of the elite presidential guard, as head of state on Saturday. A power struggle within the armed forces was resolved by sidelining the chief of staff. ...
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| Funeral held for soldier killed in Quebec car attack Posted: 01 Nov 2014 11:38 AM PDT  By Christinne Muschi LONGUEUIL Quebec (Reuters) - Mourners including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid respects in Quebec on Saturday at the second of two funerals for soldiers killed in attacks police said were carried out independently by radical recent converts to Islam. Patrice Vincent, a 53-year-old warrant officer, died on Oct. 20 near Montreal when a man ran over him and a fellow soldier with a car. The driver was later shot and killed by police. Vincent's funeral on Saturday in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, just across the St. ...
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| Pro-Russian rebels vote for leader in war-torn eastern Ukraine Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:11 PM PDT  By Thomas Grove DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists will vote to set up a breakaway regional leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday aiming to take their war-torn region closer to Russia and defying Kiev and the West as the big guns still boom across the territory. The United States and European Union have denounced as illegitimate the vote which is sure too to stoke tensions further between the West and Russia. ...
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| Netanyahu urges lawmakers' restraint over Jerusalem's Aqsa mosque Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:07 PM PDT  By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday urged lawmakers to show restraint over Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, which has been at the heart of rising tension with the Palestinians in recent weeks. Daily clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in the streets of East Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, have been stoking fears of a new Palestinian Intifada, or uprising. ...
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| French police clash with demonstrators over protester death Posted: 01 Nov 2014 11:17 AM PDT  By Guillame Frouin and Johanna Decorse NANTES/TOULOUSE France (Reuters) - French riot-control officers clashed with hooded demonstrators in Nantes and Toulouse on Saturday, a week after the death of a young activist apparently killed by a police grenade. Several police and protesters were injured as both demonstrations descended into running battles between protesters hurling projectiles and riot police firing tear gas. The violence erupted after several hundred people gathered in each city to protest the death of Rémi Fraisse, 21, who was found dead on Oct. ...
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| Obama stumps in Michigan, where his popularity is still strong Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:46 PM PDT  By Roberta Rampton DETROIT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made his lone campaign appearance with a Democrat running for Senate on Saturday in Michigan, urging voters to remember how his administration helped rescue the auto industry when he first took office in 2009. Obama, whose unpopularity has left him on the sidelines leading up to Tuesday's midterm elections, spoke to a crowd of about 6,000 supporters of Democratic congressman Gary Peters, who is expected to win the seat held by retiring long-time Democratic Senator Carl Levin. ...
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| Branson determined to find cause of Virgin spaceship crash, pilots identified Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:40 PM PDT  By Lucy Nicholson and Irene Klotz MOJAVE Calif./CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson on Saturday vowed to find out what caused his space tourism company's passenger spaceship to crash during a test flight, killing one pilot and injuring the other, but expressed a desire to press on with the dream of commercial space flight. Michael Alsbury, 39, has been identified as the pilot who died in the crash of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, and the surviving pilot is Peter Siebold, 43, the Kern County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. ...
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| All Blacks 74, USA 6 Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:39 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — What was billed as an exhibition quickly turned into a clinic.
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| Western Sydney wins Asian Champions League final Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:38 PM PDT  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Western Sydney Wanderers became the first Australian team to win the Asian Champions Leauge on Saturday after holding Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal to a 0-0 draw in the second leg of the final for a 1-0 aggregate victory.
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| Burkina Faso appoints new transitional leader Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:37 PM PDT OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso's army appointed a military colonel as transitional leader on Saturday, it said, after the West African country's president resigned from 27 years in office amid violent protests against his continued power. |
| Marchers in Brazil target re-elected president Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:28 PM PDT  Angry demonstrators took to Sao Paulo's streets Saturday to push for the ouster of President Dilma Rousseff, with some charging that she should be impeached. Many of the marchers, summoned by social media, shouted "Dilma, Get Out" and "PT (Workers Party) Out." The programs have helped lift out of extreme poverty some 40 million people, who formed the bedrock of Rousseff's support as she saw off business world favorite Aecio Neves.
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| PSG rallies past Lorient 2-1 in French league Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:23 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Edinson Cavani and Jean-Christophe Bahebeck helped defending champion Paris Saint-Germain rally past Lorient 2-1 on Saturday and pull within a point of leader Marseille in the French league.
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| Porto, Guimaraes win to stay in touch with Benfica Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:21 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — FC Porto beat Nacional 2-0 at home to close to within one point of Benfica at the top of the Portuguese league on Saturday. |
| Barcelona loses to 1-0 Celta, Madrid takes lead Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:20 PM PDT  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Luis Suarez's home debut with Barcelona was spoiled by Celta Vigo as Joaquin Larrivey scored in the second half to deal the hosts a 1-0 loss that let Real Madrid take the overnight lead of the Spanish league on Saturday.
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| Madrid climbs above Barcelona; Chelsea wins again Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:19 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored again to help Real Madrid take the lead in the Spanish league after Barcelona surprisingly lost at home to Celta Vigo on Saturday. |
| Eight police killed, 12 missing after Kenya attack Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:18 PM PDT  Eight police officers were killed and 12 others were missing following an attack blamed on local tribesmen in Kenya's remote north, police sources said on Saturday. Attackers targeted three police vehicles and burned one of them, police sources said, adding that those still missing were feared dead. Police spokeswoman Gatiria Mboroko confirmed the attack took place in the Kapedo area but could give no further details, blaming difficult communications with police in the field. Two years ago, more than 40 police officers who had been chasing cattle thieves were killed around 100 kilometres (60 miles) further north, in an ambush unprecedented in the east African nation.
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| Player from 2nd-division club killed in Brazil Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:17 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — A player from a second-division club in Brazil has been shot to death after an altercation with another man at a party. |
| Guinea buries Cuban Ebola worker killed by malaria Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:16 PM PDT  Guinea authorities buried a Cuban man Saturday who died of malaria while working in the west African nation to help battle the killer Ebola virus. Jorge Juan Guerra Rodriguez, 60, was an administrator with a team of Cuban medical personnel sent to west Africa in October to stem the spread of the virus. He died of cerebral malaria on Sunday, the Guinean government and Cuban officials said. "We will always remember him and we pray for the repose of his soul because he died on the soil of Cuba's friend, Guinea," government spokesman Albert Damantang Camara said.
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| UN panel adopts landmark climate report Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:05 PM PDT  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The United Nations' expert panel on climate science on Saturday finished a report on global warming that the UN's environment agency said offers "conclusive evidence" that humans are altering the Earth's climate system.
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| Salvador detective won't let the dead lie silent Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:01 PM PDT  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Israel Ticas calls himself the "lawyer for the dead," the man who can bring justice to the buried victims of El Salvador's brutal violence.
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| Main Sequence narrowly wins Breeders' Cup Turf Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:46 PM PDT  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Main Sequence repelled the late challenge of Flintshire to win the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf by a half-length, giving the U.S. the victory in a race usually dominated by Europeans.
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| 4 men, 1 woman shot to death in Acapulco bar Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:46 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four men and a woman died in Acapulco from a shooting inside a bar in a neighborhood away from the tourist zones of the Pacific resort city in southern Mexico, officials reported. |
| Dulin ruled out of France's November tests Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:44 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Racing-Metro fullback Brice Dulin has been ruled out of France's November test with a stress fracture in his left fibula. |
| Branson vows to find out cause of spacecraft crash Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:32 PM PDT  MOJAVE, California (AP) — Billionaire Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson vowed Saturday to find out what caused the crash of his prototype space tourism rocket, killing one crew member and injuring another, but sounded a cautious note about any move to quickly push the project forward.
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| Nigerian extremist says kidnapped girls married Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:32 PM PDT  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — With a malevolent laugh, the leader of Nigeria's Islamic extremists tells the world that more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls have all been converted to Islam and married off, dashing hopes for their freedom.
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| Mexico: DNA tests confirm 3 dead were US citizens Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:18 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — DNA testing confirmed that three U.S. citizens were among the four bodies found shot to death near the Texas border more than two weeks after they went missing on a visit to Mexico, prosecutors announced.
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| Argentina seeks extradition from Spain of Franco-era ministers Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:17 PM PDT  An Argentine judge has issued arrest and extradition warrants for two ex-ministers of Francisco Franco's regime and 18 others, invoking "universal jurisdiction" for serious rights abuses. Buenos Aires Judge Maria Servini de Cubria issued the warrants for about 20 Spanish nationals. The Spaniards included the two former ministers Rodolfo Martin Villa, 79, who was Franco's interior minister, and Jose Utrera Molina, 86, who was housing minister under Franco, Spain's dictator from 1939-1975.
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| Marine veteran out of Mexico jail, home in Florida Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:09 PM PDT  WESTON, Florida (AP) — A U.S. Marine veteran who fought in Afghanistan returned home to Florida on Saturday after spending eight months in a Mexican jail for crossing the border with loaded guns, a case that led U.S. politicians to bring intense pressure on Mexico to release him.
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| Zida: Burkina's interim leader emerges from the shadows Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:08 PM PDT  Isaac Zida, named Saturday by Burkina Faso's army as interim leader following the ouster of president Blaise Compaore, is a career soldier who has always been in the background. Second in command of the presidential guard, 49-year-old Zida appears to be popular with his men.
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| Juventus beats Empoli 2-0 to move 3 points clear Posted: 01 Nov 2014 02:46 PM PDT  MILAN (AP) — Defending champion Juventus took advantage of Roma's loss at Napoli to move three points clear at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 win at Empoli on Saturday.
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| In separatist Ukraine town, war snatches home and life Posted: 01 Nov 2014 02:34 PM PDT  Nadezhda Ivanovna had plenty of lucky escapes during four months of shelling against her Donetsk neighbourhood. She was at the small market, or what's left of it, in a northern neighbourhood of rebel-controlled Donetsk, to sell three bottles of milk. Surrounded by damaged buildings and broken windows in the Kuibyshevsky neighbourhood, near the destroyed Donetsk airport, she showed AFP a milk bottle chipped by shrapnel. "My son and my daughter have left Donetsk.
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| Top Asian News at 9:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 01 Nov 2014 02:32 PM PDT DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh was struggling to restore power late Saturday, hours after being hit with a nationwide blackout that started when a transmission line bringing electricity from neighboring India failed, officials said. The system was not expected to be fixed until at least early Sunday. The blackout swept across the impoverished and energy-starved South Asian nation at around noon, after the transmission line experienced a "technical glitch" that led to a cascade of failures throughout the national power grid, with power plants and substations shutting down, said Masum-Al-Beruni, managing director of the state-run Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd. |
| Shortages, inflation threaten Venezuela Christmas Posted: 01 Nov 2014 02:29 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is stepping up efforts to combat shortages and rising prices so families can have a merry Christmas complete with 12-cent sacks of sugar and 50-cent chickens.
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