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• Taliban kill five in Kabul in attacks on British embassy car, foreign compound
• Northeast Nigeria bus station blast kills 40 people: sources
• Mexico president vows police reform in bid to quell massacre anger
• Two civilians killed in shelling in east Ukraine rebel city
• UK PM Cameron to set out curbs on EU migrants ahead of election
• New Burkina PM vows investigations into Compaore-era deaths
• Fugitive New Zealand killer deported from Brazil
• Boks offer Wales last shot at big scalp before Cup
• Top Asian News at 1:00 a.m. GMT
• UK's Cameron vows benefits ban to curb EU migration
• No. 1 South Carolina tops Wisconsin 67-44
• Pele says 'nothing serious' with him
• Calm comes to troubled Ferguson; protests dwindle across U.S.
• Europa League game halted after 3 pitch invasions
• Wife awarded $530 million in record British divorce
• Spurs advance in Europa League after game halted
• Protesters wounded by gunfire in northeast Haiti
• Much at stake as England, Australia resume rivalry
• Argentina charges HSBC with aiding tax evasion
• Sooners top Butler 59-46 for Atlantis title berth
• Mexico president announces anti-crime crackdown
• Venezuela says 13 dead in prison disturbance
• Storm cuts power, lifts roofs in Australian city
• Hackers force message on websites via US firm
• Lava from Cape Verde volcano threatens to engulf town
• Argentina charges HSBC with aiding tax evasion via Swiss accounts
• Pope to urge tolerance in Turkey visit as Middle East wars rage
• Supermodel Naomi Campbell launches Ebola fashion pop-up
• Landre suspended for 7 matches for violent tackle
• Venezuela opposition leader will appear in court
• Riviera rains leave at least 1 dead in flooding
• Netherlands beats Italy 2-1 to reach 1st World Cup
• Diplomats make trade deal to cut red tape, poverty
• 5 investigated in FIFA WCup bid corruption probe
• France warns African leaders against trying to keep power
• Canada sending medics to West Africa to fight Ebola
• Taliban kill five in Kabul in attacks on British embassy car, foreign compound
• Can man-of-the-people Widodo micromanage 240 million Indonesians?

Taliban kill five in Kabul in attacks on British embassy car, foreign compound Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:02 PM PST By Jessica Donati and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban bombed a British embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday morning, killing five people, and attacked a foreign compound in the city center in the evening, officials and witnesses said. The suicide attack on the car in the east of the Afghan capital killed two embassy workers, one Briton and one Afghan, and wounded more than 30 others nearby, officials said. A second blast, at a compound run by a contractor for the U.S. ...

Northeast Nigeria bus station blast kills 40 people: sources Posted: 27 Nov 2014 11:16 AM PST YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A roadside bomb tore through a bus station near a busy junction in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, killing 40 people including five soldiers, witnesses and a security source on the scene said. The security source and witness Abubakar Adamu, a mechanic who narrowly avoided being blown up himself, said the blast set several buses on fire at the Marabi-Mubi junction, in a part of the country plagued by violence linked to the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. "There were bodies everywhere on the ground," Adamu said. ...

Mexico president vows police reform in bid to quell massacre anger Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:19 PM PST By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Embattled President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday vowed to simplify Mexico's chaotic police structure and stop collusion between officials and drug gangs as he tried to defuse anger over the apparent massacre of 43 students in September. Pena Nieto is under growing pressure from protesters to end impunity and brutality by security forces since the trainee teachers were abducted by corrupt police and handed over to a local drug gang in the southwestern city of Iguala on Sept. 26. ...

Two civilians killed in shelling in east Ukraine rebel city Posted: 27 Nov 2014 10:10 AM PST DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - A 12-year-old boy and a 55-year-old woman were killed by shelling in the eastern Ukrainian separatist stronghold of Donetsk on Thursday, the city administration reported, despite a Sept. 5 ceasefire deal. According to UN data an average of 13 soldiers, rebels, and civilians have died every day since a formal ceasefire was agreed by Ukraine, Russia and the rebels, with Ukrainian government forces and the separatists accusing each other of violating the terms of the truce. ...

UK PM Cameron to set out curbs on EU migrants ahead of election Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:03 PM PST By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will set out plans on Friday to limit immigration from the European Union as he seeks to woo disgruntled voters less than six months ahead of a national election. With polls showing immigration is voters' top concern, Cameron is under pressure to take a tougher line on the issue. Many of his Conservative lawmakers fear the rise in popularity of the anti-EU UK Independence Party, which this month won its second seat in parliament, threatens their re-election chances. ...

New Burkina PM vows investigations into Compaore-era deaths Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:42 PM PST OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's interim prime minister pledged on Thursday to open enquiries into the deaths of a former president and a journalist, among the key demands of protesters who swept former President Blaise Compaore from power last month. Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, who seized power after Compaore fled and was then named prime minister, also said audits would be carried out at state firms and those suspected of corruption would be held to account. ...

Fugitive New Zealand killer deported from Brazil Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:39 PM PST WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A convicted killer and pedophile from New Zealand who fled to Brazil while on temporary release from prison was deported Friday from the South American country.

Boks offer Wales last shot at big scalp before Cup Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:33 PM PST History suggests the serial losses by Wales to rugby's big three will reach 23 in a row.

Top Asian News at 1:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 27 Nov 2014 05:02 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters staged an attack Thursday evening in an upscale district in the Afghan capital Kabul. Witnesses described multiple explosions and bursts of gunfire in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, which contains numerous foreign embassies and compounds housing international agencies and companies — as well as the homes of some senior Afghan government officials. The attack came hours after a suicide car-bomber struck a British embassy vehicle, killing five people including a British citizen.

UK's Cameron vows benefits ban to curb EU migration Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:20 PM PST London (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will promise to ban migrants from the European Union claiming welfare for their first four years in a drive to slash immigration, in a Friday speech.

No. 1 South Carolina tops Wisconsin 67-44 Posted: 27 Nov 2014 05:04 PM PST FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — A'ja Wilson scored 11 points and Jatarie White added 10 and No. 1 South Carolina beat Wisconsin 67-44 on Thursday in the Junkanoo Jam.

Pele says 'nothing serious' with him Posted: 27 Nov 2014 03:59 PM PST SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian great Pele said Thursday he is not seriously ill, easing fears that his health deteriorated while being treated for a urinary tract infection.

Calm comes to troubled Ferguson; protests dwindle across U.S. Posted: 27 Nov 2014 03:58 PM PST By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Tensions eased in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson on Thursday after two nights of violence and looting sparked by racially charged anger over a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager. Protests also dwindled elsewhere in the United States as the Thanksgiving Day holiday and wintry weather kept many indoors. ...

Europa League game halted after 3 pitch invasions Posted: 27 Nov 2014 03:27 PM PST LONDON (AP) — The Europa League game between Tottenham and Partizan Belgrade was briefly suspended near the end of the first half on Thursday following an apparently orchestrated series of pitch invasions that led to three people being arrested.

Wife awarded $530 million in record British divorce Posted: 27 Nov 2014 03:20 PM PST London (AFP) - The estranged wife of a London financier was awarded £337 million ($530 million, 425 million euros) on Thursday in one of the biggest divorce settlements seen in a British court.

Spurs advance in Europa League after game halted Posted: 27 Nov 2014 03:16 PM PST MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Tottenham was among nine teams to qualify for the knockout stage of the Europa League on Thursday after beating Partizan Belgrade 1-0 in a match that was briefly suspended because of three separate pitch invasions.

Protesters wounded by gunfire in northeast Haiti Posted: 27 Nov 2014 03:13 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian authorities on Thursday were investigating a street protest that turned violent in a northeastern town close to the country's border with the Dominican Republic.

Much at stake as England, Australia resume rivalry Posted: 27 Nov 2014 03:04 PM PST There's far more at stake than just bragging rights between two long-time rivals in the rugby test between England and Australia on Saturday.

Argentina charges HSBC with aiding tax evasion Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:54 PM PST BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's tax agency charged HSBC bank Thursday with helping more than 4,000 Argentines evade taxes by placing their money in secret Swiss accounts.

Sooners top Butler 59-46 for Atlantis title berth Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:51 PM PST PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger knows the Sooners' offense will start to click better as the season goes along.

Mexico president announces anti-crime crackdown Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:42 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president announced a nationwide anti-crime plan Thursday that would allow Congress to dissolve local governments infiltrated by drug gangs and give state authorities control over often-corrupt municipal police.

Venezuela says 13 dead in prison disturbance Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:39 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government said at least 13 prisoners died of drug overdoses after inmates stormed a prison infirmary during protests demanding better living conditions, though activists on Thursday questioned the official version and said the death toll could be far higher.

Storm cuts power, lifts roofs in Australian city Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:30 PM PST BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Brisbane, Australia's third largest city, was lashed by its worst storm in decades, with wind, rain and hail lifting roofs, cutting power lines, flooding streets and injuring a dozen people, officials said.

Hackers force message on websites via US firm Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:19 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. firm that helps connect more than 700 companies with customers through social media says a Syrian group hacked the company's web address to upload a message to other websites.

Lava from Cape Verde volcano threatens to engulf town Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:08 PM PST PRAIA (Reuters) - Molten lava from a volcano in the Cape Verde archipelago slid towards the town of Cha das Caldeiras on Thursday, threatening to destroy it and a nearby village four days after an initial eruption. Television images showed a huge lake of steaming black lava just meters away from houses in the village of Portela. The village is close to Cha das Caldeiras, whose 1,200-strong population has been evacuated to emergency shelters. The eruption on the island of Fogo -- whose name means fire -- is the first since 1995 and the largest since 1951. ...

Argentina charges HSBC with aiding tax evasion via Swiss accounts Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:07 PM PST BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina has charged HSBC with aiding more than 4,000 clients to evade taxes by stashing their money in secret Swiss bank accounts, the country's AFIP tax authority said on Thursday. AFIP said it received the information on the secret accounts from France, which last week placed HSBC's Swiss private banking arm under formal investigation for possibly aiding tax evasion. ...

Pope to urge tolerance in Turkey visit as Middle East wars rage Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:06 PM PST By Nick Tattersall and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pope Francis begins a visit to Turkey on Friday with the delicate mission of strengthening ties with Muslim leaders while condemning violence against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East. His three-day trip comes as Islamic State insurgents have captured swathes of Iraq and Syria just over Turkey's southern borders, declaring an Islamic caliphate and killing or driving out Shi'ite Muslims, Christians and others who do not share their ultra-radical brand of Sunni Islam. ...

Supermodel Naomi Campbell launches Ebola fashion pop-up Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:54 PM PST London (AFP) - British supermodel Naomi Campbell launched a pop-up fashion shop in east London to raise awareness of the spread of Ebola on Thursday.

Landre suspended for 7 matches for violent tackle Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:54 PM PST PARIS (AP) — Lens defender Loick Landre has been suspended for seven matches by the French league for a violent tackle on Lorient midfielder Valentin Lavigne at the weekend.

Venezuela opposition leader will appear in court Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:38 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Thursday she will continue working toward a peaceful change of Venezuela's government even as she complies with an order to face charges of plotting to kill the president.

Riviera rains leave at least 1 dead in flooding Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:29 PM PST PARIS (AP) — Torrential rains along the French Riviera have inundated homes and roads, leaving at least one person dead and three missing.

Netherlands beats Italy 2-1 to reach 1st World Cup Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:26 PM PST VERONA, Italy (AP) — The Netherlands beat Italy 2-1 Thursday as a brace from 18-year-old Vivianne Miedema helped the Dutch qualify for the women's World Cup for the first time.

Diplomats make trade deal to cut red tape, poverty Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:25 PM PST GENEVA (AP) — After many years of talking, the World Trade Organization pulled off a major deal Thursday that the body said could boost global commerce by $1 trillion annually.

5 investigated in FIFA WCup bid corruption probe Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:22 PM PST GENEVA (AP) — Five officials, including three long-serving FIFA executive committee members, are being investigated in the corruption probe into the bidding contests for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

France warns African leaders against trying to keep power Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:16 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande warned African leaders on Thursday against trying to modify constitutions to stay in power and said they should learn from the forced departure of Burkina Faso's president Blaise Compaore. Hollande, who heads to Senegal on Friday for a summit of French-speaking nations, including from West Africa, is trying to balance managing Paris' regional interests, its colonial past, but also its desire to push for greater democracy. ...

Canada sending medics to West Africa to fight Ebola Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:12 PM PST Canada will send 40 military medics to West Africa to help fight the Ebola outbreak, officials said Thursday while also encouraging Canadian health care workers to join the fight. Health Minister Rona Ambrose said an estimated 350 international care workers and specialists are needed at Ebola treatment centers in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. "We're asking health care workers to join the fight," she said. Ambrose announced Can$20.9 million (US$18.4 million) for treatment efforts, including training for Canadian medical staff who would deploy to West Africa on how to deal with infectious diseases.

Taliban kill five in Kabul in attacks on British embassy car, foreign compound Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:04 PM PST By Jessica Donati and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban bombed a British embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday morning, killing five people, and attacked a foreign compound in the city centre in the evening, officials and witnesses said. The suicide attack on the car in the east of the Afghan capital killed two embassy workers, one Briton and one Afghan, and wounded more than 30 others nearby, officials said. A second blast, at a compound run by a contractor for the U.S. ...

Can man-of-the-people Widodo micromanage 240 million Indonesians? Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:00 PM PST By Fransiska Nangoy and Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) - From flying economy class to making surprise visits to street markets and poor neighbourhoods, the leadership style of new Indonesian President Joko Widodo is proving very different to his predecessors, who were often seen as stiff and aloof. On a recent visit to cocoa plantations in eastern Sulawesi, Widodo squatted on the ground to chat with farmers about boosting their output. Excited onlookers scrambled up trees to get a better look at the president in his casual clothes and sneakers. ...

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