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• Ukraine's Poroshenko tells army not to give up Donetsk airport
• U.S.-led forces conduct 20 air strikes against Islamic State
• Obama promises more aid, loan guarantees to Jordan
• China arrests ex-security chief for corruption, leaking secrets
• Syria's al Qaeda offshoot Nusra says it killed Lebanese soldier
• Germany pledges support to Afghanistan after combat troops leave
• China arrests former security chief Zhou Yongkang
• 500,000 Filipinos evacuated as storm's path widens
• Chinese man extradited to US on nuclear smuggling charges
• Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT
• Valcke scoffs at plastic pitch discrimination claim
• Lima climate talks split on role of adaptation, finance in new deal
• Slovenia's Tina Maze wins downhill; Vonn 8th
• Plan to negotiate debt revisions wins key UN vote
• In Peru, man accused of smuggling drugs in dogs
• Jansrud wins 3rd straight World Cup race
• Anti-government protesters clash with Haiti police
• West of US wins World Cup luge in Lake Placid
• Biden to attend Rousseff inauguration in Brazil
• Almeria beat Real Betis 4-3 in Copa del Rey
• US: Navy engineer tried to steal schematics
• Sampdoria coach Mihajlovic suspended for 2 matches
• Greece outraged by British Museum sculpture loan
• UN: climate change costs to poor underestimated
• Paralegal: Sanofi fired her for whistleblowing
• Ukraine, feeling winter chill, pays $378 million for Russian gas
• British man given 20 years for girlfriend's Paris hotel murder
• Juventus held 0-0 at Fiorentina in Serie A
• Five-star Watford rout Fulham
• Militants announce killing of Lebanese soldier
• AC Milan hopeful of moving to new stadium by 2020
• Poll shows sexual harassment rampant in Canadian workplace
• Former EU top diplomat to continue nuclear talks with Iran
• Berbatov scores twice as Monaco beats Toulouse 2-0
• British businessman convicted of murder in Paris
• US, Pakistan remain wary but relations improve
• Dortmund beats Hoffenheim 1-0 in Bundesliga

Ukraine's Poroshenko tells army not to give up Donetsk airport Posted: 05 Dec 2014 09:43 AM PST By Natalia Zinets and Maria Tsvetkova KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The whole of Ukraine will be within reach of the "enemy" if its armed forces lose control of the international airport in the eastern city of Donetsk to separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday. Poroshenko issued the warning after another night of intense fighting with Russian-backed rebels at the airport, part of a new spasm of violence in a conflict which has triggered the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War. ...

U.S.-led forces conduct 20 air strikes against Islamic State Posted: 05 Dec 2014 12:25 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and partner nations have conducted 20 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq since Wednesday, the U.S. Central Command said on Friday. Five of six air strikes by U.S. military forces in Syria targeted the contested city of Kobani near the border with Turkey, Centcom said in a statement. Those destroyed six Islamic State fighting positions and a heavy weapon, it said. In Iraq, U.S. and partner nations conducted 14 air strikes, mostly targeting areas in the oil-producing north of the country controlled by Islamic State. ...

Obama promises more aid, loan guarantees to Jordan Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:40 PM PST By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that the United States and its allies are making slow but steady progress in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and he pledged new aid to Jordan to grapple with Syrian refugees. Obama and Jordan's King Abdullah made a show of solidarity against Islamic State, holding Oval Office talks that covered the gamut from Iran's nuclear program to tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. ...

China arrests ex-security chief for corruption, leaking secrets Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:12 PM PST By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have arrested former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang and expelled him from the ruling Communist Party, accusing him of crimes ranging from accepting bribes to leaking state secrets and setting the stage for his trial. Zhou, 71, is by far the highest-profile figure caught up in President Xi Jinping's crackdown on corruption. ...

Syria's al Qaeda offshoot Nusra says it killed Lebanese soldier Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:24 PM PST By Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's al Qaeda offshoot Nusra said on Friday it killed a captive Lebanese soldier in retaliation for the arrest by Lebanese authorities of women identified as wives of Islamist militants. The soldier was one of more than two dozen members of the security forces taken captive by militants affiliated to the Nusra Front and Islamic State when they staged an attack on the Lebanese border town of Arsal in August. Lebanese authorities earlier this week said they had detained a wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the wife of a Nusra front ...

Germany pledges support to Afghanistan after combat troops leave Posted: 05 Dec 2014 10:13 AM PST By Michael Nienaber and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged on Friday to support Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his new unity government after NATO combat troops withdraw from the country at the end of more than a decade of fighting Islamist insurgents. Afghanistan's 350,000-strong military and police forces have taken over security in most of the country, facing off against the Taliban in their first real test since the militant Islamists were ousted from power in 2001 by U.S.-led forces. ...

China arrests former security chief Zhou Yongkang Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:48 PM PST BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities arrested the once-feared ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang and launched a criminal investigation Saturday on charges ranging from adultery and bribery to leaking state secrets, after expelling him from the Communist Party overnight.

500,000 Filipinos evacuated as storm's path widens Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:40 PM PST MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Half a million Filipinos fled their homes as differing forecasts about the path of a dangerously erratic typhoon — one predicting it will graze the capital, Manila — prompted a wide swath of the country to prepare for a weekend of destructive winds and rain.

Chinese man extradited to US on nuclear smuggling charges Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:39 PM PST A Chinese man accused of smuggling "highly sensitive" parts for nuclear production to Iran was extradited to Boston on Friday where he will face federal charges. Sihai Cheng, charged alongside an Iranian man and two Iranian businesses, allegedly exported pressure sensors to Iran that could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons, a government statement said. US sanctions prohibit the export of specific items to Iran due to its nuclear program, which Western powers and Israel say aims to build weapons. Iran adamantly denies the charges.

Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:33 PM PST BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities placed the feared ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang under formal arrest early Saturday to investigate his suspected crimes, including accepting bribes, adultery and leaking the country's secrets, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Zhou, a former member of the powerful nine-member Politburo Standing Committee, also was expelled from the Communist Party, making him the most senior figure to be snared in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption crackdown.

Valcke scoffs at plastic pitch discrimination claim Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:22 PM PST FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke Friday said it was "crazy" to say the planned use of plastic pitches at next year's Women's World Cup was discriminatory. On the eve of the draw for the 24-nation tournament to be played at six venues across Canada from June 6-July 5, Valcke indicated that FIFA had no plans to back down in the face of complaints from top women players, who say artificial turf poses more injury dangers. A group of elite players have taken their case to the Human Rights Tribunal in Ontario charging the Canadian Soccer Association of discrimination, since men's World Cup matches must be played on natural turf. "If anyone is saying the use of artificial pitches is a question of discrimination, it's a nonsense," Valcke said Friday at a pre-draw press conference.

Lima climate talks split on role of adaptation, finance in new deal Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:20 PM PST By Megan Rowling LIMA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Lima are divided over whether governments should include finance and adaptation commitments in the national offers of action they are due to put forward early next year as the building blocks of a new global climate change deal. Some developing countries, including the poorest ones, want adaptation efforts to be part of their contributions, arguing it will help determine their needs for funding and technical aid. ...

Slovenia's Tina Maze wins downhill; Vonn 8th Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:08 PM PST LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is quickly getting up to speed, just not fast enough to catch up to Tina Maze in the women's World Cup downhill opener on Friday.

Plan to negotiate debt revisions wins key UN vote Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:58 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. General Assembly committee overwhelmingly approved a plan Friday to develop a new legal framework to restructure national debts and avoid the kind of speculative action that led Argentina to a second default.

In Peru, man accused of smuggling drugs in dogs Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:53 PM PST LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Mexican man was arrested for trying to smuggle about 6.6 pounds (2.9 kilograms) of cocaine to his country inside the bellies of two St. Bernard dogs, one of which later died, Peruvian authorities said Friday.

Jansrud wins 3rd straight World Cup race Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:29 PM PST BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Kjetil Jansrud can't ever remember a run like this, where he didn't make so much as one tiny slipup on a tricky course designed to tax and tease skiers.

Anti-government protesters clash with Haiti police Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:29 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of people marched through Haiti's capital Friday demanding that long-delayed elections be held and calling for the president and prime minister to resign.

West of US wins World Cup luge in Lake Placid Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:16 PM PST LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — For Tucker West, everything changed in a week. And it'll be a week he never forgets.

Biden to attend Rousseff inauguration in Brazil Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:14 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will lead the U.S. delegation for the Jan. 1 inauguration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff.

Almeria beat Real Betis 4-3 in Copa del Rey Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:05 PM PST MADRID (AP) — A goal and an assist by Edgar Mendez helped Almeria beat second-tier Real Betis 4-3 after withstanding a late comeback attempt in the first leg of their round-of-16 match in the Copa del Rey on Friday.

US: Navy engineer tried to steal schematics Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:57 PM PST NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) — A Navy civilian engineer has been indicted on charges he tried to steal schematics of an aircraft carrier under construction and have them sent to Egypt.

Sampdoria coach Mihajlovic suspended for 2 matches Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:56 PM PST MILAN (AP) — Sampdoria coach Sinisa Mihajlovic was suspended for two matches on Friday following his actions at the end of an Italian Cup game.

Greece outraged by British Museum sculpture loan Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:41 PM PST LONDON (AP) — One of the British Museum's much-disputed Parthenon Marbles was unveiled Friday after being sent in secret to Russia — a surprise move that outraged Greece, which has long demanded the return of the artifacts.

UN: climate change costs to poor underestimated Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:40 PM PST LIMA, Peru (AP) — The cost to poor countries of adjusting to ever-hotter temperatures will be two or even three times higher than previously thought, the U.N.'s environment agency said Friday — and that assumes a best-case scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically reduced.

Paralegal: Sanofi fired her for whistleblowing Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:39 PM PST TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A paralegal recently fired by French drugmaker Sanofi has filed a whistleblower lawsuit, claiming she was discharged after protesting an alleged kickback scheme to increase U.S. sales of its insulin medicines.

Ukraine, feeling winter chill, pays $378 million for Russian gas Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:38 PM PST KIEV (Reuters) - With freezing temperatures gripping Kiev, Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz said on Friday it had transferred $378 million to Russia's Gazprom to buy Russian gas for December, paving the way for the first shipments since Moscow cut supplies in June. Flows to Ukraine from Russia were severed in a dispute over prices and debts. In line with a deal signed by Naftogaz and Gazprom in October, they should resume within 48 hours from when the Russian firm receives the transfer. ...

British man given 20 years for girlfriend's Paris hotel murder Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:37 PM PST Paris (AFP) - British businessman Ian Griffin was jailed for 20 years by a Paris court on Friday for the brutal murder of his Polish-born girlfriend in a five-star hotel in the French capital.

Juventus held 0-0 at Fiorentina in Serie A Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:36 PM PST FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Juventus' march to a fourth successive title was halted on Friday as it was held to a goalless draw at fierce rival Fiorentina in Serie A.

Five-star Watford rout Fulham Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:31 PM PST London (AFP) - Watford got their Championship promotion campaign back on track as Troy Deeney's hat-trick inspired a 5-0 thrashing of 10-man Fulham on Friday.

Militants announce killing of Lebanese soldier Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:30 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — An al-Qaida-linked group in Syria announced Friday that it killed a Lebanese soldier it was holding captive as retaliation for the Lebanese government's detention of the wives and children of Islamic militants.

AC Milan hopeful of moving to new stadium by 2020 Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:29 PM PST MILAN (AP) — AC Milan vice president Barbara Berlusconi is hopeful the Italian giant will have its own stadium by 2020.

Poll shows sexual harassment rampant in Canadian workplace Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:23 PM PST A large number of Canadian women have faced unwanted sexual harassment or sexual assault at work, but many did not tell their employers, according to a poll published Friday. The pollsters defined harassment to include unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, or sexually-charged talk while on the job. Twenty percent said they were subjected to unwanted touching -- anything from unwanted quick sexual touch to more serious unwanted physical sexual contact, including rape. Others said they felt the transgression was "too minor," didn't think they would be believed, feared losing their job, were embarrassed or afraid, or simply weren't sure if it was harassment.

Former EU top diplomat to continue nuclear talks with Iran Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:19 PM PST Brussels (AFP) - The EU's former top diplomat Catherine Ashton will continue negotiations with Iran on its contested nuclear programme after being named a special adviser by her successor, a statement said Friday.

Berbatov scores twice as Monaco beats Toulouse 2-0 Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:12 PM PST TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Dimitar Berbatov scored twice as Monaco warmed up for next week's crucial Champions League match against Zenit St. Petersburg with a 2-0 win at Toulouse in the French League on Friday.

British businessman convicted of murder in Paris Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:08 PM PST PARIS (AP) — A lawyer says a Paris court has convicted British businessman Ian Griffin for murder over the death of his millionaire girlfriend five years ago. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

US, Pakistan remain wary but relations improve Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:03 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The fitful U.S. relationship with Pakistan, which U.S. officials say is crucial to the future of Afghanistan and the effort to defeat al-Qaida, has been improving lately after years of bitter recriminations following the 2011 raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.

Dortmund beats Hoffenheim 1-0 in Bundesliga Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:02 PM PST FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund earned a much-needed confidence boosting 1-0 victory over Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Friday to lift itself from the bottom of the table.

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