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• Ukraine says rebels get reinforcements, shelling batters truce
• Kurds gain ground but not control in struggle for Syrian border town
• Japan's Abe to postpone tax hike, call December election: media
• U.S., China to announce deals to reduce military tensions: report
• Suicide bomber kills eight in northern Iraqi city Baiji
• U.S. senator sees American prisoner in Cuba 'closer' to release
• One in 40 jobs created since recession full-time
• Study: Brazilian police kill about 6 people a day
• Prince Charles warns of loss of countryside
• Nigeria says U.S. support lacking in Boko Haram battle
• Federer wins 2nd round-robin match at ATP Finals
• Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT
• Amnesty accuses Qatar of foot-dragging on labour rights
• Senators: we're optimistic Cuba to free contractor
• Mali suffers second Ebola case with death of a nurse
• A look at the top issues at Asian security meeting
• Amnesty: Qatar lagging on addressing labor reforms
• Ebadi: No improvement on Iran's rights record
• 10 hurt in controlled blast of car bomb in Egypt's Sinai
• UN vote on Bosnia highlights Russia, West tensions
• Canadians honor war dead weeks after terror attacks
• Turbulent path for Syrian Kurd fighters' 'first foreign female recruit'
• Kingman voted Europe's top horse of 2014
• Obama's bid for new China ties can't quell tension
• Russia to build more nuclear reactors in Iran
• Russia balks at UN support for Bosnia amid Ukraine rift
• Singer Marc Anthony weds model at Dominican resort
• Albanian PM visits flashpoint in fraught Serbia trip
• Germans convicted of stealing from Egypt's Great Pyramid
• US students held in Russia headed home
• Veterans Day means freebies for those who served
• Red card for Nations Cup hosts Morocco
• China wins support for Asia-Pacific trade proposal
• Watch masterpiece fetches $24 million at auction
• Wave of violence fuels Israeli-Palestinian tension
• Putin's gallantry upstages Chinese host at APEC
• Iraqi president in talks with 'brother' Saudi king
• Mexico investigates police in shooting of pregnant American teen
• Nigeria slams US refusal of arms to fight Boko Haram

Ukraine says rebels get reinforcements, shelling batters truce Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:47 AM PST By Natalia Zinets and Anton Zverev KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Kiev accused separatists of preparing for renewed conflict in east Ukraine on Tuesday by bringing in "Russian mercenaries" and rearming as heavy shelling increased strains on a crumbling ceasefire. In Berlin, the European Union's foreign affairs chief said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss new punitive measures against Russia next week, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out further economic sanctions for now. ...

Kurds gain ground but not control in struggle for Syrian border town Posted: 11 Nov 2014 06:22 AM PST By Rasha Elass and Hamdi Istanbullu BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian Kurds backed by fighters from northern Iraq have gained ground towards breaking the siege of the Syrian border town of Kobani but are drawing heavy fire from Islamic State insurgents and have yet to win back control. Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga, or "those who face death", arrived with armoured vehicles and artillery more than a week ago to try to repulse a more than month-old siege that has tested a U.S.-led coalition's ability to halt the Islamist insurgents. ...

Japan's Abe to postpone tax hike, call December election: media Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:30 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a planned tax increase and call a general election for December, a newspaper said on Wednesday, in what would be the biggest shift in Abe's economic policies since he came to power two years ago. Abe said on Tuesday he had not decided on the timing of an election. But the conservative Sankei newspaper said he would delay the increase in the national sales tax by a year and a half to April 2017 and call a snap election for the Lower House of Parliament. ...

U.S., China to announce deals to reduce military tensions: report Posted: 11 Nov 2014 01:05 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China are planning to announce military agreements aimed at reducing the possibility of confrontation between the two powers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, quoting unnamed U.S. officials. The Journal said one of the agreements to be unveiled on Wednesday by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would provide a mechanism for notifying the two countries of each other's activities, including military exercises. ...

Suicide bomber kills eight in northern Iraqi city Baiji Posted: 11 Nov 2014 11:20 AM PST By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed eight people including six soldiers on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji where government forces are trying to reassert control to break an Islamic State siege of the country's largest refinery nearby. The bomber targeted a crowd gathering around soldiers who had retaken parts of the city center, Baiji Mayor Mohammed Mahmoud told Reuters. Security officials said two civilians and six soldiers were killed. ...

U.S. senator sees American prisoner in Cuba 'closer' to release Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:14 PM PST By Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) - An American government contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state may be closer to returning home, in part because he has threatened to end his life if he is not released, a U.S. senator said on Tuesday. The detention of Alan Gross since December 2009 has increased tensions in already troubled U.S.-Cuban relations and prevented the historic adversaries from resolving wider differences. Gross, 65, a former subcontractor for the U.S. ...

One in 40 jobs created since recession full-time Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:54 PM PST London (AFP) - One in 40 jobs created in Britain since the global financial crisis are full-time positions, according to a study by the TUC union.

Study: Brazilian police kill about 6 people a day Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:52 PM PST SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police killed more than 11,000 people between 2009 and 2013 for an average of six killings a day, a public safety NGO said Tuesday.

Prince Charles warns of loss of countryside Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:51 PM PST London (AFP) - Prince Charles warned that the majority of Britons have lost a connection with the countryside, and urged people to value it more highly on Wednesday.

Nigeria says U.S. support lacking in Boko Haram battle Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:49 PM PST By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 'Nigeria's envoy to Washington criticized U.S. support in the battle against Boko Haram militants as insufficient, including failure to share enough intelligence and sell needed weaponry to fight the Islamist group. Ambassador Ade Adefuye, in remarks posted on the Nigerian Embassy's website on Tuesday, appealed for greater backing from Washington and rejected claims of human rights abuses that have limited some U.S. military assistance. ...

Federer wins 2nd round-robin match at ATP Finals Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:33 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer made the most of Kei Nishikori's erratic play Tuesday to secure a 6-3, 6-2 victory and move closer to a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals while Andy Murray posted his first victory to stay in contention at the elite tournament.

Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:32 PM PST HUAIROU, China (AP) — Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies agreed Tuesday to begin work toward possible adoption of a Chinese-backed free-trade pact, giving Beijing a victory in its push for a bigger role in managing global commerce. In a joint statement after a two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, the leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama and Russia's Vladimir Putin agreed to take a first step by launching a two-year study of the initiative.

Amnesty accuses Qatar of foot-dragging on labour rights Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:22 PM PST Amnesty International on Wednesday criticised "woefully insufficient" steps taken by Qatar so far to end abuses of migrant workers building facilities for the controversial 2022 World Cup. "Urgent action is needed to ensure we do not end up with a World Cup tournament that is built on forced labour and exploitation," said the head of Amnesty's department for refugee and migrant rights, Sherif Elsayed-Ali. Four years after the tiny gas-rich nation won the bid to host the football tournament, Qatar's response "to migrant labour abuses has not been much more than promises of action and draft laws," he said in a statement. The treatment of migrant workers in Qatar has sparked international criticism following reports of alleged deaths at construction sites.

Senators: we're optimistic Cuba to free contractor Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:16 PM PST HAVANA (AP) — Two U.S. senators expressed optimism Tuesday that Cuba will free imprisoned American government contractor Alan Gross.

Mali suffers second Ebola case with death of a nurse Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:13 PM PST Mali has suffered a new case of Ebola infection -- separate from its only other one detected last month -- with the death of a nurse who treated a patient from Guinea, medical sources said late Tuesday. "The nurse, who had been in contact with a Guinean national who died of the illness, died in turn," said official at the Pasteur Clinic in the capital Bamako, where the male nurse worked. Tests had confirmed the presence of the Ebola virus, the official added. The announcement of a second Ebola case came as Malian authorities were beginning to lift quarantine restrictions on more than a hundred people put at risk by exposure to Mali's first victim of the deadly virus.

A look at the top issues at Asian security meeting Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:08 PM PST NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders gather in Myanmar's capital this week for talks ranging on everything from the intractable territorial dispute in the South China Sea to the deadly Ebola virus. The meetings begin Wednesday between ministers from Southeast Asia and will be expanded Thursday to include leaders from the Russia, China, India and South Korea among others. Hot topics:

Amnesty: Qatar lagging on addressing labor reforms Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:02 PM PST DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Amnesty International said Wednesday that 2022 World Cup host nation Qatar is lagging behind on addressing concerns about the abuse of migrant workers six months after it laid out plans for labor reforms.

Ebadi: No improvement on Iran's rights record Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:47 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said Iran's human rights situation has not improved despite President Hassan Rouhani's promises of change. She urged the U.N. General Assembly to approve a resolution criticizing the country's abuses.

10 hurt in controlled blast of car bomb in Egypt's Sinai Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:38 PM PST Ten people were hurt Tuesday when police in Egypt set off a controlled explosion of a bomb-rigged car in the town of El-Arish in the north of the restive Sinai peninsula, security officials said. "We blew up the car remotely. There was a half a tonne of explosives" inside, an interior ministry spokesman, Hani Abdel Latif, told AFP. Attacks targeting security forces in the peninsula have occurred frequently since the army toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July last year.

UN vote on Bosnia highlights Russia, West tensions Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:35 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia for the first time in 14 years declined to support the extension of a European Union peacekeeping force in Bosnia, saying Tuesday the country should not be pushed toward joining the EU by outside forces.

Canadians honor war dead weeks after terror attacks Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:21 PM PST Tens of thousands gathered at Canada's national war memorial Tuesday to remember the nation's war dead, weeks after an attack here claimed a soldier's life. The near-record attendance for a Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa included Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who cut short an official visit to China to be here, as well as Britain's Princess Anne. Corporal Branden Stevenson, a ceremonial guard who survived the October 22 lone wolf attack at the memorial that claimed the life of his friend Corporal Nathan Cirillo, was also present.

Turbulent path for Syrian Kurd fighters' 'first foreign female recruit' Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:07 PM PST By Isabel Coles and Dan Williams ARBIL Iraq/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Canadian-born immigrant to Israel has become the first foreign woman to join Kurds battling Islamic State in Syria, a Kurdish source said on Tuesday, as details of the volunteer's turbulent past surfaced. Gill Rosenberg, 31, is a civil aviation pilot who enlisted in an Israeli army search-and-rescue unit before being arrested in 2009, extradited to the United States and jailed over an international phone scam, one of her former lawyers said. ...

Kingman voted Europe's top horse of 2014 Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:07 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Kingman has been voted Europe's top horse for 2014, beating out last year's winner Treve in the Cartier Racing awards.

Obama's bid for new China ties can't quell tension Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:05 PM PST BEIJING (AP) — When Xi Jinping took the reins of a booming China two years ago, President Barack Obama saw an opportunity to remake America's relationship with the Asian power. But even after Obama's unusually robust efforts to forge personal ties with Xi, the two leaders are meeting in Beijing amid significant tensions, both old and new.

Russia to build more nuclear reactors in Iran Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:05 PM PST MOSCOW (AP) — Russia signed a contract Tuesday to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to be possibly followed by another six, a move intended to cement closer ties between the two nations.

Russia balks at UN support for Bosnia amid Ukraine rift Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:05 PM PST Russia on Tuesday refused to endorse a UN resolution on Bosnia that Moscow said would push the Balkan country towards NATO and the European Union -- a scenario that led to the conflict in Ukraine. The UN Security Council adopted the resolution backing the EU military force in Bosnia despite Russia's abstention, but the outcome reflected East-West tensions over Ukraine.

Singer Marc Anthony weds model at Dominican resort Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:05 PM PST SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Grammy-winning salsa singer Marc Anthony has married his Venezuelan model girlfriend at a seaside resort in the Dominican Republic.

Albanian PM visits flashpoint in fraught Serbia trip Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:59 PM PST Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Tuesday he was confident a historic visit he was making to Serbia would help open a new era of ties despite a very public row with his hosts over Kosovo. "Despite the difficulties, I am confident that we have opened a new page in the relations with Serbia," Rama said on a visit to the ethnic-Albanian town of Presevo in southern Serbia. At the start of what was supposed to be a fence-mending visit to Serbia on Monday, the first by an Albanian premier in 68 years, Rama clashed with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic over Kosovo's independence. Tempers flared between Rama and Vucic over Kosovo at a joint press conference in Belgrade on Monday broadcast live on television.

Germans convicted of stealing from Egypt's Great Pyramid Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:55 PM PST An Egyptian court sentenced three Germans and six Egyptians to five years jail on Tuesday for stealing fragments of a pharaonic artifact from Cairo's Great Pyramid, a judicial source said. A court in Giza, south of the capital, sentenced in absentia three Germans -- who had claimed they were researchers -- for stealing pieces of an ancient scroll bearing the name of the Pharaoh Khufu, as well as rock samples, the source said. The Great Pyramid -- also known as the Pyramid of Cheops -- is the biggest and most famous of the three Giza pyramids. It houses the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu, and is the only surviving one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

US students held in Russia headed home Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:43 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four U.S. students who travelled to Russia for a leadership conference had their trip cut short and were ordered home after Russian authorities said they had the wrong visas.

Veterans Day means freebies for those who served Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:28 PM PST SAN DIEGO (AP) — Army reservist Dennis Rances had a general idea of how he would spend Veterans Day with his military friends, and none of it required money.

Red card for Nations Cup hosts Morocco Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:22 PM PST Morocco has been stripped of hosting the Africa Cup of Nations and flung out of the competition after saying they wanted to postpone the tournament due to fears over the Ebola epidemic, the African Football Confederation (CAF) announced on Tuesday. The decision was taken during a six-hour meeting of the CAF executive committee at its Cairo headquarters. Morocco has said since early October that its call for a postponement was "dictated by health reasons of the most dangerous kind, linked to the serious risk of the spread of the deadly Ebola pandemic". CAF called on the Moroccans to change their minds, but decided at Tuesday's meeting that the response they had been given "clearly indicates that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation reiterated its refusal to hold the competition on the dates indicated.

China wins support for Asia-Pacific trade proposal Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:21 PM PST HUAIROU, China (AP) — Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies agreed Tuesday to begin work toward possible adoption of a Chinese-backed free-trade pact, giving Beijing a victory in its push for a bigger role in managing global commerce.

Watch masterpiece fetches $24 million at auction Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:20 PM PST BERLIN (AP) — A masterpiece of early 20th-century watchmaking has sold for 23.2 million Swiss francs ($24 million) at an auction in Switzerland.

Wave of violence fuels Israeli-Palestinian tension Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:13 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — It has been a difficult year for Israelis and Palestinians, with the failure of peace talks and a string of violent incidents that shows no signs of ending. Here is a look at some key recent events:

Putin's gallantry upstages Chinese host at APEC Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:12 PM PST BEIJING (AP) — It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came off looking gallant, the Chinese summit host gauche and inattentive.

Iraqi president in talks with 'brother' Saudi king Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:08 PM PST Iraqi President Fuad Masum arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night for talks with his "brother" King Abdullah, confirming a thaw in relations after years of strain. The meeting at Abdullah's palace in Riyadh was the highest-level contact in years between Shiite-majority Iraq and Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia. "The Iraqi president expressed his happiness to visit the kingdom and meet with his brother the king," who welcomed the visiting delegation, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Relations were strained under Iraq's former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, who was re-elected in 2010 after Tehran and Washington played key roles.

Mexico investigates police in shooting of pregnant American teen Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:07 PM PST MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities are investigating police in the northern city of Reynosa on the Texas border after a pregnant 14-year-old American girl was shot and injured during a high-speed car chase, the local government said on Tuesday. The incident took place late on Sunday near the bridge that links Reynosa with the United States, when the girl and a friend were pulling away from a convenience store in a pick-up truck, the attorney general's office in the state of Tamaulipas said. ...

Nigeria slams US refusal of arms to fight Boko Haram Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:06 PM PST Nigeria's ambassador to Washington has blasted the United States for refusing to sell his country the weapons needed to deliver "the killer punch" to defeat Boko Haram militants. In a speech made public Tuesday, Ambassador Adebowale Adefuye also dismissed as "rumors, hear-says and exaggerated accounts" allegations of human rights abuses by the Nigerian army in its crackdown on the Islamist extremists. "The Nigerian leadership... are not satisfied with the scope, nature and content of the United States' support for us in our struggle against terrorists," Adefuye told members of the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday. His speech was posted Tuesday on the embassy website on the same day that President Goodluck Jonathan announced he would stand again for re-election, vowing to defeat Boko Haram.

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