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• Palestinian minister dies after confrontation with Israeli police
• U.S. tells North Korea rights abusers 'you cannot hide any more'
• Russia says small military mission in east Ukraine at Kiev's request: RIA
• Kerry, Israel's Netanyahu to meet in Rome for Middle East talks
• Brazil dictatorship probe urges prosecuting military, companies
• Arab Bank to face May damages trial over Hamas attacks: judge
• A climate idea comes of age: Zero emissions
• Thousands in Lima march for climate as talks grind on
• Libya's recognized PM vows military campaign to seize Tripoli
• UK's Cameron wants end to Northern Ireland political deadlock this week
• Web inventor says Internet should be 'human right'
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• Lima marchers, experts want climate deal to respect rights
• Clean-up of Israeli desert oil spill could take years: experts
• Is rider safety the real Achilles heel for Uber and Lyft?
• Honduras ruling party lawmakers seek to remove re-election debate sanctions
• Trash talk: 269,000 tons of plastic litter choke world's oceans
• Ireland: 'Early recognition' of Palestine possible
• Garcia Marquez archive cost kept secret
• Irish parliament backs recognition of Palestinian state
• Arrests at protest in London over US police killings
• US women draw 1-1 with China in Brazil tournament
• Greenpeace apologizes for Nazca lines stunt
• Sporting loses at Chelsea, out of Champions League
• Russian athletics chief leaves IAAF role
• Brazil panel details military regime's brutality
• With win at Roma, Man City signals rise in Europe
• Saudi to end domestic wheat purchases
• California braces for high winds, heavy surf ahead of storm
• US lawmaker objects to pending Guantanamo transfer
• Man City, Schalke advance; Messi scores again
• U.S. says no China-style climate deal in works for India
• SKorea to take over search after fishing disaster
• US warns NKorean officials over prison camps
• Janitor arrested after rifle cache found in school
• Messi, Neymar, Suarez lead Barca 3-1 over PSG
• Mugabe appoints Mnangagwa as new VP
• Ex-president admits Poland hosted CIA 'black sites'
• Latin American nations struggle to reconcile growth, climate action
• Overpriced homes threat to Canada's financial stability: bank

Palestinian minister dies after confrontation with Israeli police Posted: 10 Dec 2014 11:40 AM PST By Mohammed Torokman TURMUSIYA, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian minister died on Wednesday shortly after an Israeli border policeman shoved and grabbed him by the throat during a protest in the West Bank, an incident Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas described as barbaric. Ziad Abu Ein, 55, a minister without portfolio, was among scores of Palestinian and foreign activists who were confronted at an Israeli checkpoint while heading to a demonstration against Jewish settlements in the occupied territory. ...

U.S. tells North Korea rights abusers 'you cannot hide any more' Posted: 10 Dec 2014 01:15 PM PST By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. human rights official took to a stage with two young North Korean defectors on Wednesday and warned North Korea the United States would step up pressure on the country to end human rights abuses and that perpetrators "cannot hide anymore." Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for human rights, said he and Robert King, the State Department's special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, had been given specific instructions by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. ...

Russia says small military mission in east Ukraine at Kiev's request: RIA Posted: 10 Dec 2014 05:10 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian general said on Wednesday a small Russian military mission in eastern Ukraine is there at the invitation of Kiev and is assisting the OSCE security group in efforts to secure peace, RIA news agency reported. General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, told a meeting with foreign diplomats in Moscow that "representatives of Russian Armed Forces" had been sent to the town of Debaltseve in east Ukraine at the request of Ukraine's Joint Staff. ...

Kerry, Israel's Netanyahu to meet in Rome for Middle East talks Posted: 10 Dec 2014 01:50 PM PST By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Rome on Sunday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on developments in Israel and the West Bank, the State Department said on Wednesday. "John Kerry will travel to Rome on Sunday to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu on developments in Israel, the West Bank, Jerusalem and region," department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Twitter. The talks come as Israeli politicians campaign ahead of March elections. ...

Brazil dictatorship probe urges prosecuting military, companies Posted: 10 Dec 2014 01:22 PM PST By Anthony Boadle and Brian Winter BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A "truth commission" investigating abuses during Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship called for the prosecution of former military officers and some private companies for their role in human rights atrocities, in a long-awaited report on Wednesday. The probe's leaders presented their 2,000-page report to an emotional President Dilma Rousseff, herself a former Marxist militant who was jailed and tortured by the regime in the 1970s. ...

Arab Bank to face May damages trial over Hamas attacks: judge Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:11 PM PST By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arab Bank Plc will face a trial in May to determine how much it owes for providing material support to Hamas in three of two dozen attacks attributed to the Islamic militant group in Israel and the Palestinian territories, according to a court order. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday scheduled jury selection for May 18 for a damages trial involving claims by 17 of the 310 Americans who were either victims or related to victims of the attacks. ...

A climate idea comes of age: Zero emissions Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:23 PM PST LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pulling a worn, yellowed copy of the 1992 U.N. climate change convention from her handbag, Farhana Yamin points to the paragraph that states its goal: To stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous warming.

Thousands in Lima march for climate as talks grind on Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:19 PM PST Thousands of people marched in central Lima against the abuse of Earth's resources Wednesday, urging ministers haggling over a world climate deal to ensure a global switch to 100-percent clean energy by 2050. The plan would go into effect in 2020.

Libya's recognized PM vows military campaign to seize Tripoli Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:17 PM PST By Ahmed Tolba CAIRO (Reuters) - Libya's recognized government will continue a military campaign to claim back the capital Tripoli, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said on Wednesday. Libya is divided between two governments since a group called Libya Dawn seized Tripoli in August after a month-long battle with a rival group, setting up its own parliament and government. Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has been forced to work from the East where the elected House of Representatives is also based, part of turmoil three years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. ...

UK's Cameron wants end to Northern Ireland political deadlock this week Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:04 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron wants a deal to end political deadlock in Northern Ireland's power-sharing government over budget cuts this week, he said on Thursday. Britain called all-party talks nine weeks ago aimed at breaking the impasse in Belfast's devolved government - where power is shared between nationalist and unionist parties following three decades of sectarian violence - and settling other divisive issues like parading and the flying of flags. "These talks have reached a crucial phase ... ...

Web inventor says Internet should be 'human right' Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:02 PM PST LONDON (AP) — The computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web has called for affordable access to the Internet to be recognized as a human right, as a report showed that billions of people still cannot go online and government surveillance and censorship are on the rise.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:02 PM PST OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Pakistani teenager stood on the stage of Oslo City Hall as the youngest Nobel Peace laureate, smiling as she listened to the thunderous ovation. Now, everybody knows: She is Malala.

Lima marchers, experts want climate deal to respect rights Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:01 PM PST By Megan Rowling LIMA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rights experts and civil society groups issued an open letter on Wednesday to ministers attending U.N. climate talks in Lima, urging governments to enshrine "human rights for all" in the new global climate deal due to be agreed at the end of 2015. At the same time, thousands of Peruvians and indigenous people from the Andean and Amazon regions marched shoulder to shoulder with climate activists from around the world on the traffic-choked streets of Lima. ...

Clean-up of Israeli desert oil spill could take years: experts Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:57 PM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ecologists said on Wednesday it could take years to clean up a massive oil spill that flooded an Israeli nature reserve with up to five million liters of crude and threatened to spread to the Red Sea shore and neighboring Jordan. A breached pipeline started spewing oil into Evrona desert reserve -- famed for its rare deer and douma palms -- a week ago, causing what experts called the worst spill in Israel's 66-year history. Clean-up teams have started sucking up the slick and have dug pools and erected barriers to stop it spreading further. ...

Is rider safety the real Achilles heel for Uber and Lyft? Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:56 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — The growth of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft so far has not been hindered by limits from government regulators and campaigns by taxi cab competitors. A bigger threat to the new industry's impressive start could come from customers — if enough people stop using the services over fears that drivers aren't safe.

Honduras ruling party lawmakers seek to remove re-election debate sanctions Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:56 PM PST TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The president of Honduras on Wednesday pledged his support to a group of lawmakers who are seeking to lift sanctions from a discussion on re-election, which the opposition says could pave the way for the president to seek a second term. Some 15 lawmakers from the ruling National Party on Monday lodged an appeal with the country's Supreme Court that seeks to overturn a rule that suspends lawmakers for 10 years for proposing or supporting re-election. The appeal could be resolved by March of next year, a court official said. ...

Trash talk: 269,000 tons of plastic litter choke world's oceans Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:55 PM PST By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are plastic shopping bags, bottles, toys, action figures, bottle caps, pacifiers, tooth brushes, boots, buckets, deodorant roller balls, umbrella handles, fishing gear, toilet seats and so much more. Plastic pollution is pervasive in Earth's oceans. Researchers unveiled on Wednesday what they called the most scientifically rigorous estimate to date of the amount of plastic litter in the oceans - about 269,000 tons - based on data from 24 ship expeditions around the globe over six years. ...

Ireland: 'Early recognition' of Palestine possible Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:43 PM PST DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland is considering early recognition of Palestinian statehood as a possible tactic for kick-starting Middle East peace talks, the foreign minister declared Wednesday as he offered conditional support for an idea bitterly opposed by Israel.

Garcia Marquez archive cost kept secret Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:37 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas on Wednesday refused to release the contract and purchase price for the archive of Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and said it will ask the state attorney general for permission to keep those details secret.

Irish parliament backs recognition of Palestinian state Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:32 PM PST Irish lawmakers urged their government Wednesday to recognise Palestine as a state in a symbolic motion that sailed through parliament unopposed. Ireland's parliament is the fourth European assembly to call for the recognition of Palestinian statehood since October. Sweden has gone even further, officially recognising Palestine as a state in a move that prompted Israel to recall its ambassador. The non-binding motion agreed by lawmakers in Dublin called on the government to "officially recognise the State of Palestine, on the basis of the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital, as established in UN resolutions".

Arrests at protest in London over US police killings Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:32 PM PST London (AFP) - Hundreds of demonstrators blocked a shopping mall in London on Wednesday to support "I can't breathe" protests that have swept the United States demanding justice for black men killed by police.

US women draw 1-1 with China in Brazil tournament Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:30 PM PST BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The United States women's soccer team conceded a second-half equalizer in a 1-1 draw against China in the opening match of the International Tournament of Brasilia on Wednesday.

Greenpeace apologizes for Nazca lines stunt Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:30 PM PST LIMA, Peru (AP) — Greenpeace said Wednesday that its executive director will travel to Peru to personally apologize for the environmental group's stunt at the world-famous Nazca lines, which Peruvian authorities say harmed the archaeological marvel.

Sporting loses at Chelsea, out of Champions League Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:27 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Sporting Lisbon was eliminated from the Champions League after losing 3-1 at Chelsea on Wednesday, with the Portuguese side surrendering second place to Schalke in the final round of games in Group H.

Russian athletics chief leaves IAAF role Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:27 PM PST MOSCOW (AP) — The head of the Russian athletics federation said Wednesday that he has stepped down from his role as IAAF treasurer while accusations of systematic doping by Russian athletes are investigated.

Brazil panel details military regime's brutality Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:25 PM PST RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil took its most significant step yet to address the human rights violations of its military dictatorship on Wednesday, releasing an exhaustive report that documents nearly two decades of government-approved political killings and torture.

With win at Roma, Man City signals rise in Europe Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:22 PM PST ROME (AP) — English champion Manchester City is finally starting to show it can compete in Europe.

Saudi to end domestic wheat purchases Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:19 PM PST Saudi Arabia will stop buying domestically-grown wheat in two years' time and rely completely on imports of the grain, the water-short kingdom's new agriculture minister said on Wednesday. "The kingdom has decreased domestic wheat production since 2008 by 12.5 percent annually," Agriculture Minister Waleed al-Khuraiji told the London-based International Grains Council, which met in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for a twice-yearly forum. "This initiative is based on mutual benefit which helps to provide food supplies to the kingdom while at the same time developing and modernising agriculture in the investor countries, especially local communities," Khuraiji said. Imports of wheat to Saudi Arabia rose tenfold from 300,000 tons (272,100 tonnes) in 2008 to three million tons this year, ranking the country as the world's sixth-largest wheat importer, the minister added.

California braces for high winds, heavy surf ahead of storm Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:18 PM PST By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A major winter storm moved across the Pacific Ocean into Northern California on Wednesday and was expected to pummel the state with torrential rainfall, high winds and dangerous heavy surf over the next few days, the National Weather Service said. Authorities issued flood warnings, high surf and wind advisories ahead of the storm and said they feared that predicted heavy showers could cause mudslides in wildfire scarred foothills across the state. ...

US lawmaker objects to pending Guantanamo transfer Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:16 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee is objecting to the Pentagon's plan for an upcoming transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Man City, Schalke advance; Messi scores again Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:16 PM PST MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City and Schalke grabbed the final spots on offer in the knockout stage of the Champions League on Wednesday, while Lionel Messi helped Barcelona secure first place in its group with a record-extending 75th goal in the competition.

U.S. says no China-style climate deal in works for India Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:13 PM PST LIMA (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday played down prospects for a wide-ranging deal with India to curb greenhouse gas emissions next year along the lines of a plan agreed to with China last month. President Barack Obama will visit India in January at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The visit has prompted speculation that the two nations might be preparing cooperation on climate change similar to a U.S. plan with Beijing. "We don't have that kind of process going on with India," U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern told a news conference during Dec. ...

SKorea to take over search after fishing disaster Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:10 PM PST JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — South Korean officials are expected to take over on-scene control of search efforts following the deadly sinking of a fishing vessel in the western Bering Sea last month.

US warns NKorean officials over prison camps Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:05 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States had a tough message Wednesday for officials running North Korea's notorious network of prison and labor camps: We know who you are, we know what you are doing.

Janitor arrested after rifle cache found in school Posted: 10 Dec 2014 03:03 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have arrested a middle school janitor in a city on the Mexico-Texas border after finding a stockpile of weapons and drugs inside the school.

Messi, Neymar, Suarez lead Barca 3-1 over PSG Posted: 10 Dec 2014 02:59 PM PST BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez all scored to lead Barcelona to a thrilling 3-1 comeback win over Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, as the Spanish club snatched first place in Group F of the Champions League from the French side.

Mugabe appoints Mnangagwa as new VP Posted: 10 Dec 2014 02:50 PM PST Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday named hardliner Emmerson Mnangagwa as his vice president, putting the former justice minister in pole position to succeed the veteran leader. Mugabe announced the appointment at the headquarters of his ruling ZANU-PF party to loud applause, a move that comes just days after he sacked one-time presidential hopeful turned rival Joice Mujuru as vice president in a major purge. Nicknamed "Ngwena" (The Crocodile) because of his ruthlessness, Mnangagwa has held various senior posts in the country's defence and internal security apparatus. The appointment caps a mass purge of rivals by the 90-year-old Mugabe in a bid to end fierce feuding within the ruling ZANU-PF party over who will eventually succeed him.

Ex-president admits Poland hosted CIA 'black sites' Posted: 10 Dec 2014 02:45 PM PST Poland's former president publicly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that his country hosted a secret CIA prison where a US Senate report says torture was used against Al-Qaeda suspects. Aleksander Kwasniewski said that as president he put pressure on the United States to end brutal CIA interrogation at the secret prison on Polish soil in 2003. "I told (then US president George W) Bush that this cooperation must end and it did end," Kwasniewski told local media.

Latin American nations struggle to reconcile growth, climate action Posted: 10 Dec 2014 02:42 PM PST By Santiago Ortega LIMA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the U.N. climate talks this week, a group of Latin American and Caribbean countries are pushing a bold goal: A world with zero net emissions by 2050. But achieving that even within their own borders will be a challenge as the region struggles to harmonize often competing ambitions for economic growth and climate action, Peruvian and Colombian experts said. ...

Overpriced homes threat to Canada's financial stability: bank Posted: 10 Dec 2014 02:42 PM PST Ottawa (AFP) - Soaring real estate prices and high consumer debt could threaten Canada's financial stability, the central bank warned Wednesday.

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