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• U.S. launches fresh strikes on Khorasan group in Syria
• Exclusive: U.S. weighs sanctions on Libyan factions to try to halt proxy war
• Putin discusses 'deterioration' in east Ukraine, Kiev denies fresh offensive
• Israel tried to limit civilian casualties in Gaza: U.S. military chief
• U.S. Army to deactivate long-serving 'Iron Brigade' in South Korea
• Syrian government forces retake gas field from Islamic State: monitor
• APNewsBreak: Jihadis on cruise ships to Syria
• AC/DC drummer led playboy lifestyle, locals say
• Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT
• Leather, wool big hits at Sao Paulo fashion week
• German rail strike to continue after court rejects lawsuit
• Trout, McCutchen win Silver Slugger Awards
• Former BBC presenter Savile abuse inquiry widens
• Uruguay's Mujica gets big offers for his VW Beetle
• British basketball gets funding boost
• Navy SEAL whose shots killed bin Laden goes public
• Canadian pension fund named in Luxembourg tax leaks
• Burkina Faso leader cross with regional mediators
• Nixon Library releases previously classified audio
• Two bodies of missing Turkish miners found
• Wales looks to end barren run against Australia
• UN Ebola chief optimistic of future drop in cases
• England need win over NZ to reinforce belief
• Environmental, public health groups sue FDA over feed additive
• France's Hollande faces grilling on unemployment
• Severe flooding hits Haiti, Dominican Republic
• German court rejects railways lawsuit, rail strike to continue
• Venezuela welcomes 119 Palestinian students
• Two dead after cannibal attack in Britain: BBC
• Obama writes rare letter to Iran's supreme leader
• Dinamo & Salzburg advance in Europa League
• 'Dead' French bombmaker: a football fan turned jihadist
• US hits al-Qaida affiliate in Syria
• France vows firm support to Serbia on path to EU membership
• Some Republican fear schism over immigration
• AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd charged with murder plot in New Zealand
• Calling all Elizabeth Gallaghers... Canadian offers free trip

U.S. launches fresh strikes on Khorasan group in Syria Posted: 06 Nov 2014 12:24 PM PST By Mark Hosenball and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said it conducted air strikes on Wednesday night against the so-called Khorasan group, an al Qaeda-linked militant faction based in Syria, and said the group was plotting to attack Europe or the United States. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a target of the strike was David Drugeon, a French-born militant and convert to Islam who some U.S. officials say is a bomb maker for the group. General Lloyd Austin, the head of the U.S. ...

Exclusive: U.S. weighs sanctions on Libyan factions to try to halt proxy war Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:08 PM PST By Mark Hosenball and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering imposing sanctions on Libya's combative factions to try to prevent a proxy conflict fueled by regional powers from erupting into full-blown civil war and force militant leaders to negotiate, U.S. officials said. Three years after Muammar Gaddafi's downfall, outside intervention has exacerbated the fighting, with Qatar and, to some degree, Turkey supporting Islamist-linked forces and Egypt and the United Arab Emirates backing more secular rivals. U.S. ...

Putin discusses 'deterioration' in east Ukraine, Kiev denies fresh offensive Posted: 06 Nov 2014 12:26 PM PST KIEV (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with top security chiefs on Thursday over a "deterioration of the situation" in eastern Ukraine after pro-Russian rebels there accused Kiev of launching a new offensive in violation of a ceasefire. Sporadic violence has flared since the Sept. 5 truce in a conflict that has cost over 4,000 lives; but the ceasefire has looked particularly fragile this week with separatists and the central government accusing each other of violations. ...

Israel tried to limit civilian casualties in Gaza: U.S. military chief Posted: 06 Nov 2014 02:14 PM PST By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The highest-ranking U.S. military officer said on Thursday that Israel went to "extraordinary lengths" to limit civilian casualties in the recent war in Gaza and that the Pentagon had sent a team to see what lessons could be learned from the operation. Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged recent reports criticizing civilian deaths during the 50-day Gaza war this year but told an audience in New York he thought the Israel Defense Forces "did what they could" to avoid civilian casualties. ...

U.S. Army to deactivate long-serving 'Iron Brigade' in South Korea Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:12 PM PST By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Army combat brigade that has anchored the U.S. military presence in South Korea for nearly 50 years will be deactivated and replaced with a rotational unit as the service shrinks in size due to budget cuts, defense officials said on Thursday. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel approved deactivation of the 2nd Infantry Division's 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team effective next summer, officials said. The unit, the so-called "Iron Brigade," has been permanently stationed in South Korea since 1965, staffed by individual soldiers sent to serve a year. ...

Syrian government forces retake gas field from Islamic State: monitor Posted: 06 Nov 2014 12:32 PM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and allied armed groups recaptured a gas field from Islamic State fighters on Thursday, a monitoring group said. The Sha'ar gas field in central Syria has changed hands four times since July, when Islamic State fighters first seized it and killed about 350 government troops, allied militiamen, guards and staff, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. ...

APNewsBreak: Jihadis on cruise ships to Syria Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:39 PM PST MONACO (AP) — Would-be jihadi fighters are increasingly booking tickets on cruise ships to join extremists in battle zones in Syria and Iraq, hoping to bypass stepped-up efforts to thwart them in neighboring Turkey, Interpol officials have told The Associated Press.

AC/DC drummer led playboy lifestyle, locals say Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:34 PM PST Rockers AC/DC vowed Friday that drummer Phil Rudd's arrest over an alleged murder plot would not derail the band, as details emerged of his playboy lifestyle in a sleepy New Zealand town. "The amount he spends on company is like someone's yearly wage... he's like the Hugh Hefner of Tauranga," he said, referring to the Playboy magazine founder and well-known bon viveur.

Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:32 PM PST MYIN HLUT, Myanmar (AP) — The small wooden boats leave the shores of western Myanmar nearly every day, overloaded with desperate Rohingya Muslims who are part of one the largest boat exoduses in Asia since the Vietnam War. Helping them on their way: Myanmar's own security forces, who are profiting off the mass departure of one of the world's most persecuted minorities by extracting payments from those fleeing. A report to be released Friday by the Bangkok-based advocacy group Fortify Rights, and reporting by The Associated Press, indicate the practice is far more widespread and organized than previously thought, with Myanmar naval boats going so far as to escort asylum seekers out to sea, where larger ships operated by transnational criminal networks wait to pick them up.

Leather, wool big hits at Sao Paulo fashion week Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:24 PM PST SAO PAULO (AP) — The tropically incompatible materials of leather and wool emerged as big winners during Thursday's fall-winter catwalks at Sao Paulo fashion week.

German rail strike to continue after court rejects lawsuit Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:17 PM PST By Peter Maushagen FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court dismissed an attempt on Thursday by rail operator Deutsche Bahn to halt a nationwide strike that has paralyzed the country and threatens to keep people from attending weekend celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall. Labor court judge Ursula Schmidt ruled on Thursday the strike, which stopped commuter travel from early in the morning, does not violate German law and is not out of proportion. ...

Trout, McCutchen win Silver Slugger Awards Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:10 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout, Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen and Washington's Ian Desmond have won their third straight Silver Slugger Awards.

Former BBC presenter Savile abuse inquiry widens Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:10 PM PST London (AFP) - Investigations into sexual abuse by late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile have widened after a wave of new allegations, the British Health Secretary said on Thursday.

Uruguay's Mujica gets big offers for his VW Beetle Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:04 PM PST MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — President Jose Mujica says he has received a million-dollar offer to buy his blue 1987 Volkswagen Beetle, which has become a symbol of the Uruguayan leader's austere lifestyle.

British basketball gets funding boost Posted: 06 Nov 2014 04:03 PM PST LONDON (AP) — British basketball is to receive nearly $2 million of government and lottery funding for its men's and women's teams through 2017.

Navy SEAL whose shots killed bin Laden goes public Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:54 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The retired U.S. Navy commando who says he shot al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in the forehead publicly identified himself Thursday amid a debate among special operations brethren about whether they should break silence about their secret missions.

Canadian pension fund named in Luxembourg tax leaks Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:50 PM PST A Canadian government agency that invests civil servants' pensions is among several multinationals outed by whistle blowers for using complex schemes to avoid paying taxes, Canada's public broadcaster said Thursday. While not illegal, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board used a "very aggressive way to avoid taxes," according to a German tax official quoted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). The case flies in the face of Ottawa's crackdown on tax avoidance schemes, both domestically and in partnership with other G20 nations. The board held hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate in Germany between 2008 and 2013, and the CBC said it exploited a loophole in Germany's land transfer tax by not including indirect holdings in the tax calculation.

Burkina Faso leader cross with regional mediators Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:44 PM PST OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso's military leader lashed out at regional mediators on Thursday, saying he wasn't concerned about a two-week deadline imposed by the African Union for him to hand over power to a civilian transitional government or face crippling sanctions.

Nixon Library releases previously classified audio Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:44 PM PST SANTA ANA, California (AP) — Newly declassified segments from the diary of President Richard Nixon's chief-of-staff provide a detailed, subtle portrait of the disgraced president as H.R. Haldeman recounts both moments of high-stakes diplomacy and unscripted daily life that would never make a White House memo or official document.

Two bodies of missing Turkish miners found Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:41 PM PST Rescuers found the bodies of two of the 18 miners who were trapped over a week ago inside a Turkish coal mine that suddenly flooded, officials said on Thursday. "The intensive efforts that we have undertaken have permitted us to reach the lifeless bodies of two of our worker brothers," Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said in a televised statement. Yildiz has said that with each passing day hopes are waning of finding the miners alive. The miners were trapped over 300 metres (1,000 feet) below ground on October 28 in a shaft in the Ermenek district in southern Turkey after a sudden flood.

Wales looks to end barren run against Australia Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:39 PM PST CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Scarred by 20 straight defeats to the southern hemisphere giants, Wales' inferiority complex toward New Zealand, South Africa and Australia is growing dangerously large heading toward the 2015 World Cup.

UN Ebola chief optimistic of future drop in cases Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:37 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.'s Ebola chief said an extraordinary global response over the past month has made him hopeful the outbreak could end in 2015, though he cautioned that the fight to contain the disease is not even a quarter done.

England need win over NZ to reinforce belief Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:35 PM PST LONDON (AP) — It's been two years since England turned into a potent contender for Rugby World Cup glory, when New Zealand was ripped apart at Twickenham and disbelieving home fans were fired up on a near-freezing afternoon.

Environmental, public health groups sue FDA over feed additive Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:34 PM PST By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of environmental and public health groups sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, seeking to set aside the agency's approvals for feed additives containing ractopamine that are used to boost the weight of cattle and pigs. The groups, in two related lawsuits filed in federal court, claim that the FDA failed to adequately assess environmental and health issues related to ractopamine. Used for more than a decade in the U.S. ...

France's Hollande faces grilling on unemployment Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:33 PM PST PARIS (AP) — Halfway through his term, French President Francois Hollande used a rare prime-time TV appearance Thursday to double down on his pledge not to run again if he makes no headway cutting France's stubbornly high unemployment.

Severe flooding hits Haiti, Dominican Republic Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:31 PM PST CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of families in Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic have been displaced by floods from a storm system that drenched the countries for several days, officials said Thursday.

German court rejects railways lawsuit, rail strike to continue Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:14 PM PST FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court dismissed an attempt on Thursday by rail operator Deutsche Bahn to stop a nationwide strike through an injunction by the GDL train drivers' union which has crippled the country since Wednesday, labor court judge Ursula Schmidt said. The court ruled the strike does not violate any laws and is not out of proportion. The decision means that the strike over negotiating rights and pay by the union with its 20,000 members will continue until Monday, idling some 196,000 Deutsche Bahn workers and millions of travelers. State-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn [DBN. ...

Venezuela welcomes 119 Palestinian students Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:14 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is welcoming 119 Palestinian students who will study medicine on grants provided by the Latin American country's socialist government.

Two dead after cannibal attack in Britain: BBC Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:14 PM PST London (AFP) - A woman was murdered in an "act of cannibalism" and her suspected attacker died after he was Tasered by police at a British hotel, the BBC reported on Thursday.

Obama writes rare letter to Iran's supreme leader Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:13 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare outreach to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Barack Obama has written a letter about Islamic State militants, a common enemy in Syria and Iraq, according to diplomatic sources.

Dinamo & Salzburg advance in Europa League Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:10 PM PST Dinamo Moscow, FC Salzburg and Legia Warsaw won to reach the next round of the Europa League, while defending champion Sevilla took a step closer to qualifying after beating Standard Liege 3-1 on Thursday.

'Dead' French bombmaker: a football fan turned jihadist Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:10 PM PST From football stadiums to international jihad, the 24-year-old Frenchman who was likely killed in US air strikes in Syria converted as a teen to Islam before joining increasingly radical groups. David Drugeon is thought to have been travelling in a car in Syria's Idlib province when a drone strike hit the vehicle and likely killed him and the driver, a US official and media reports said Thursday. Born in 1989 in the western city of Vannes into a middle-class family, he became passionate about football and would travel to the southern city of Marseille with his father to see his favourite team, OM, play. When his parents divorced in 2002, Drugeon and his brother Cyril drew close to ultraconservative Salafist Muslims who would gather in their district.

US hits al-Qaida affiliate in Syria Posted: 06 Nov 2014 03:01 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — American aircraft bombed al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria on Thursday, and activists said another radical rebel group also was hit - an apparent expansion of the aerial campaign against the Islamic State group to target other extremists deemed a threat to the West.

France vows firm support to Serbia on path to EU membership Posted: 06 Nov 2014 02:44 PM PST Belgrade (AFP) - During a rare official visit to Serbia, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls vowed Thursday to provide firm support to the Balkan country on its path towards European Union membership.

Some Republican fear schism over immigration Posted: 06 Nov 2014 02:42 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Barack Obama vowing to press ahead on immigration, prominent Hispanic Republicans are worried about the reaction of staunch conservatives. They fear it will harm the party's ability to win over Latinos in the next presidential election and beyond.

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd charged with murder plot in New Zealand Posted: 06 Nov 2014 02:22 PM PST The drummer with legendary rock band AC/DC, Phil Rudd, was accused Thursday of trying to hire a hitman to kill two men after police raided his luxury New Zealand home. Police swooped on the veteran rocker's waterfront house at Tauranga in the North Island in the early hours and charged him with "attempting to procure murder" and threatening to kill. They also charged the 60-year-old with possessing methamphetamine and cannabis after allegedly finding the drugs in his property, Tauranga District Court was told.

Calling all Elizabeth Gallaghers... Canadian offers free trip Posted: 06 Nov 2014 02:20 PM PST Wanted: woman, preferably single, likes traveling... and must have the name Elizabeth Gallagher. In the post, Jordan Axani, 28, of Toronto says he booked the trip back in March when he and a woman named Elizabeth Gallagher were dating.

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