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Ukraine peace talks aborted as civilians die in east

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 10:10 AM PST

Woman surveys damage done to a house, which according to locals was recently damaged by shelling, in the suburbs of DonetskBy Aleksandar Vasovic and Andrei Makhovsky DONETSK, Ukraine/MINSK (Reuters) - Civilians were killed on both sides in heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday, while an attempt to reopen peace talks in neighboring Belarus was aborted before it began. Rebel delegates flew to the Belarus capital Minsk, only to announce that no talks would take place on Friday and they were flying straight back to Moscow. Any talks would be the first since a five-month-old ceasefire collapsed with a new rebel advance last week. The main rebel stronghold Donetsk echoed to the sound of heavy artillery fire, including salvoes from multiple rocket launchers and heavier thuds from artillery coming from the direction of the airport, a constant battlefield.


Hezbollah: we don't want war with Israel but do not fear it

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 10:20 AM PST

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, speaks via video link to his supporters during a ceremony marking the death of six Hezbollah fighters and an Iranian general who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria's Golan Heights last week, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Nasrallah said his group will no longer abide by any rules of engagements suggesting he has the right to retaliate to any future Israeli attack at the place and time Hezbollah choses. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)By Tom Perry and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Friday his group did not want war with Israel but was ready for one, and reserved the right to respond to Israeli attacks any time, anywhere. "We do not want a war but we are not afraid of it and we must distinguish between the two, and the Israelis must also understand this very well," Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said. Nasrallah was speaking at an event to commemorate the deaths of six Hezbollah fighters and an Iranian general killed by an Israeli air strike in Syria on Jan. 18. The Iranian-backed Hezbollah hit back on Wednesday with a rocket attack that killed two Israeli soldiers on the frontier with Lebanon.


Islamic State attacks Kurdish outposts across Iraq

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:20 PM PST

People gather at the scene of bomb attack in BaghdadBy Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants struck at Kurdish forces southwest of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, while bombs in Kirkuk, Baghdad, Samarra and Ramadi killed at least 27 people. The Sunni Islamists have often battled Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militias further south and west, but attacks in and around Kurdish-controlled Kirkuk have been less frequent. Kurdish military sources said the peshmerga had repelled dawn attacks by Islamic State at different points along a more than 1,000 km frontline, including Khazer, west of Arbil, and Makhmur, further south. "Maybe they are afraid the fight for Mosul has started so they are trying to show they can operate close to Arbil or Kirkuk," Roj Nuri Shaways, Iraq's deputy prime minister and a peshmerga commander, told Reuters.


Aviation leaders seek new safety mandate after deadly 2014

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:33 PM PST

Children write messages of hope for passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 at Kuala Lumpur International AirportBy Allison Lampert and Allison Martell MONTREAL (Reuters) - Aviation leaders will try to secure a mandate to implement new safety standards when they meet next week after a string of high-profile accidents around the world made 2014 the deadliest year for commercial airlines in almost a decade. Efforts to adopt new standards for global plane tracking and co-operation on the risks of flying over conflict zones will dominate the meeting on safety in Montreal from Feb. 2-5, weeks ahead of the anniversary of the disappearance of flight MH370, the Malaysian Airlines jet with 239 people on board. "Issues such as flight restrictions over conflict zones can only be tackled at a global or regional level," Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Aviation Safety Agency, said. "The global aviation regulatory system should also act more quickly to address the recommendations for safety improvement made by accident investigators," he told Reuters ahead of the talks at the International Civil Aviation Organization.


Mexico tests DNA of babies who survived blast in search for parents

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:10 PM PST

Crew members work to clear debris the day after a deadly gas truck explosion ripped through a maternity hospital in Mexico CityPlunged into chaos just hours after entering this world, nine babies found alive after a gas blast in a Mexican maternity hospital underwent DNA tests on Friday in a bid to reunite them with their parents. Thursday's blast devastated the hospital on the western edge of Mexico City, sending a fireball into the air and killing a nurse and two infants. "We have nine DNA tests pending," Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said. Many areas of Mexico City have no mains gas supply and rely on deliveries from gas trucks.


Venezuela uses detained reporter in tourism promo

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:46 PM PST

This image posted on the Miami Herald website shows an advertisement posted to Twitter by Venezuelan tourism officials. The ad uses a photo made by The Herald in November 2013 of Jim Wyss hugging a colleague, Luisa Yanez, left, at the Miami International Airport. The tag-line written in Spanish reads, "We love Venezuela for receiving foreigners like one of our own." Wyss had just returned from Venezuela, where he says officials had taken him into custody and held him for about 48 hours. (AP Photo/Miami Herald)MIAMI (AP) — A short-lived promo posted to Twitter by Venezuelan tourism officials to highlight the nation's openness to foreigners featured a Miami Herald reporter who had been detained while covering the country's elections.


Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:32 PM PST

TOKYO (AP) — The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive. Jordan has said it will only release an al-Qaida prisoner, Sajida al-Rishawi, from death row if it gets proof the pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, is alive and so far has received no such evidence from the hostage-takers.

Three Chad soldiers, 123 Boko Haram militants killed in Cameroon

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:29 PM PST

Soldiers of the Chadian army guard on January 21, 2015, the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, some 40 km from Maltam, as part of a military contingent against the armed Islamist group Boko HaramN'Djamena (AFP) - Three soldiers and 123 Boko Haram militants were killed when the Islamist group attacked a Chadian army contingent in northern Cameroon, the Chadian military said Friday. Chad sent a convoy of troops and military vehicles into neighbouring Cameroon on January 17 to deal with the growing threat Boko Haram poses in the region. A senior Cameroonian security source said the Chadian troops were deployed to the town, which sits opposite a Nigerian town under Boko Haram control and is also close to the border with Chad, on Wednesday. Boko Haram frequently stages attacks on Fotokol from their base in the Nigerian town of Gamboru, which is just 500 metres (yards) away.


New book lifts lid on court of Britain's Prince Charles

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:28 PM PST

Britain's Prince Charles meets guests during a reception in Clarence House, central London on October 24, 2013A new biography of Britain's Prince Charles reveals how his inner circle is riven with backstabbing and infighting, according to extracts published by The Times newspaper Saturday. Charles's household has been nicknamed "Wolf Hall" after Hilary Mantel's historical novel about the brutal, conniving court of Henry VIII in the 16th century, the biography says. "Charles: The Heart of a King" by Catherine Mayer is published in Britain on Thursday. Mayer has based the book on interviews with Charles himself as well as friends, courtiers and critics.


Thai junta tries to curb dissent and keep good terms with US

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:23 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, file photo, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel, left, talks to Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand. Russel's controversial speech to students at Chulalongkorn University on Monday has laid bare the delicate path Thailand's leaders have been trying to navigate since toppling a democratically elected government in May, both by keeping a lid on dissent at home and by maintaining good relations with foreign allies abroad. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)BANGKOK (AP) — When Thailand's military junta sensed it was being criticized this week, the country's rulers reacted as they always do: by issuing stern warnings and summoning those responsible for talks army leaders like to refer to as "attitude adjustments."


Third charged in US over failed Gambia coup

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh greets supporters during a rally in Bakau on November 22, 2011US prosecutors charged a third man Friday for conspiring to overthrow the Gambian government last month in a failed coup ostensibly aimed at restoring democracy to the small west African nation. Dual US-Gambian citizen Alagie Barrow, 41, was charged for seeking to overthrow Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on December 30 with fellow dual national Papa Faal and US resident Cherno Njie, whom they planned to then have serve as interim leader. The trio had traveled to Banjul to take part in the attack on the presidential palace. On January 1, strongman Jammeh -- who has ruled Gambia with an iron fist for 20 years -- blamed unidentified foreign dissidents and "terrorists" for the assault on his presidential palace.


In Ukraine's rebel capital daily life is fraught with deadly danger

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

An old woman looks on after a shell hit a residential area in Donetsk's Kyibishevsky district on January 30, 2015Civilians queuing for aid handouts in Ukraine's rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Friday became the five latest casualties of a conflict which makes daily life a gamble, for those who haven't already fled. Municipal workers in the self-proclaimed separatist capital in eastern Ukraine used white sheets to cover the shattered bodies of the victims in front of the Kuybyshev Cultural Centre, a known aid distribution point.


Lawsuit: Exploding air bag killed Texas man

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a Texas man who died in a minor traffic accident is alleging in a lawsuit that their loved one is the latest person to be killed by shrapnel shooting out of exploding air bags made by Takata Corp. of Japan.

Kerry to visit Ukraine next week: State Department

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:55 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Kiev on Thursday for talks with President Petro Poroshenko and other Ukrainian officials, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. President Barack Obama this week voiced deep concern about renewed fighting between Russian-backed separatist and government forces in eastern Ukraine and said the United States is considering all options short of military action to isolate Russia. "The Secretary's visit will highlight the United States' steadfast support for Ukraine and its people," the State Department said in a statement. It said Kerry will then travel to Germany from Feb. 6 to 8 for the 51st Munich Security Conference.

Factbox: Canada security bill's main provisions

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:53 PM PST

The Canadian government introduced legislation on Friday to counter terrorism in response to attacks in Canada, France and Australia by Islamist militants since last October. The following are the main provisions: CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE - CSIS would have powers to disrupt threats to the security of Canada at home and abroad, not just collect intelligence. PROMOTION OF TERRORISM - It would make it a crime to call for attacks on Canada in general.

French judge to probe AirAsia crash

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:53 PM PST

This picture taken in 2013 and provided on December 31, 2014 by the Plesel family shows Remi Emmanuel Plesel of the French island and overseas department of Martinique, posing in front of an Air Asia aircraft at an unknown locationFlight QZ8501 went down in stormy weather on December 28 in the Java Sea during what was supposed to be a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. On Thursday, Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee, which has been analysing the plane's black boxes, said that prior to the crash, the aircraft had climbed fast in an area packed with huge storm clouds, and the stall alarms started going off. They also revealed that the Airbus A320-200's less experienced French co-pilot, Remi Plesel, was flying the plane before it went down, rather than Captain Iriyanto, a former fighter pilot who had around 20,000 hours of flying time. Plesel's family in France separately filed charges against AirAsia Indonesia for "endangering the life of others" as the airline did not have permission to carry out the flight between Surabaya and Singapore on the day of the crash.


Netanyahu denies wife pocketed from returned bottles

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:45 PM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 11, 2014Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday dismissed as "false" reports that his wife Sara had pocketed at least $1,000 worth of public money by returning empty bottles to supermarkets. The reports, which were cause for ridicule in local media, come as the head of the rightwing Likud party prepares to seek re-election in a snap March vote. Earlier this week, reports emerged that Sara Netanyahu had during her husband's second term as prime minister (2009-2013) collected a vast amount of empty bottles bought by the premier's office and returned them to supermarkets, pocketing the money herself. Over several years, the Netanyahus through this practice earned at least 4,000 shekels ($1,000, 885 euros) of what should have been public money, the reports said.


Central African militias appeal for ceasefire recognition

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:39 PM PST

Moustapha Saboune (C), a former Seleka militia member from the Central African Republic, speaks at a press conference on January 30, 2015 in Nairobi, after signing an accord two days ago for an end to hostilities in the CARMilitia forces in war-torn Central African Republic appealed Friday for international support for an ceasefire agreement struck without government involvement. The deal was signed last week in Kenya between senior representatives of the anti-balaka rebels and the ex-Seleka movement of ex-president Michel Djotodia. CAR is struggling to recover from the coup that ousted president Francois Bozize and pushed the poor and unstable country into violence pitting the country's Christian and Muslim populations against one another.


Test of gun finds only DNA of deceased Argentine prosecutor

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:39 PM PST

An image of the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman is taped to a grate next to a hand written sign that reads in Spanish; "National sadness," outside the funeral home where a private wake was held before the start of the funeral procession, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The prosecutor was scheduled to appear before Congress the day after he was found dead in his apartment on Jan. 18, to detail his allegations that President Cristina Fernandez had conspired to protect some of the Iranian suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center. The man who gave Nisman the gun that killed him said Wednesday that Nisman feared for the safety of his daughters and didn't trust the policemen protecting him. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Testing of the pistol used to kill a prosecutor who had leveled incendiary charges against Argentina's president has found traces of DNA only belonging to him, the lead investigator in the case said Friday.


IS hostage drama shows change in propaganda technique

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:39 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, a passerby is silhouetted against a large TV screen broadcasting a news program in Tokyo reporting on a video posted on YouTube by jihadists on Tuesday, Jan. 27, that purports to show a still photo of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding what appears to be a photo of Jordanian pilot 1st Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh. Far from the high-tech, slickly edited videos involving beheaded Western hostages through which the group impressed supporters and terrorized opponents, recent messages purporting to be from Japanese hostage Kenji Goto have been through digitized, audio dispatches featuring either still photos or text. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)BEIRUT (AP) — The latest Islamic State hostage drama involving a veteran Japanese war correspondent and a young Jordanian pilot marks the first time the group has publicly demanded prisoner releases. It also signals a change in the extremist group's propaganda technique.


Obama, Dalai Lama set to attend National Prayer Breakfast

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:33 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama will be at the National Prayer Breakfast next week in Washington, the first time the two men have been together in nearly a year.

African Union urged to release S.Sudan atrocity probe

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:29 PM PST

Broken weapons are sorted through at the United Nations Missions in South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Juba after they were broken up to prevent their future useA top African Union official who led an inquiry into atrocities in war-torn South Sudan warned Friday that ignoring its recommendations would help the guilty to evade justice. Led by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU commission of inquiry spent six months last year investigating the tens of thousands slaughtered in the civil war between fighters loyal to South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his sacked deputy-turned-rebel leader Riek Machar. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch also said keeping the report under wraps would only benefit those trying to avoid possible war crimes trials.


Nations Cup hosts 'saved Africa's honour'

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:24 PM PST

Workers prepare Malabo Stadium on the eve of a match during the 2015 African Cup of Nations football tournament in Malabo on January 19, 2015Equatorial Guinea "saved Africa's honour" by stepping in to host the Africa Cup of Nations at the last minute, organisers said on Friday. The local organising committee also said the tournament in the oil-rich country -- which replaced Morocco in November following the latters' withdrawal over Ebola fears -- had been hitch-free so far despite late venue changes for two of this weekend's quarter-finals. "We are proud that the Nations Cup was not staged outside Africa. It has been in Equatorial Guinea under the best conditions.


Venezuela allows security forces to use firearms in protests

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:19 PM PST

C ARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Human rights groups and Venezuela's opposition are criticizing the government's new authorization for riot police to use firearms to control protests.

US says Islamic State militant killed in Iraq

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:17 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military officials say a mid-level Islamic State militant who specialized in chemical weapons was killed in an U.S. airstrike near Mosul in Iraq last week.

Venezuela confirms shooting down small plane near Aruba

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:12 PM PST

Venezuela said on Friday it shot down a civilian plane after it ignored communications off its Caribbean coast near the island of Aruba, but denied any violation of international airspace. Authorities on Aruba, a semi-autonomous island that is part of the kingdom of the Netherlands, had said on Thursday the aircraft being pursued by Venezuelan military jets went down off its coast, with human remains and packages of drugs visible in the water. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino told reporters the plane, which first landed in Apure state, was shot down after ignoring communications on takeoff. Venezuela for several years has operated under a shoot-down policy when drug flights are suspected.

Air strike kills IS 'chemical weapons expert': US

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:11 PM PST

This US Air Forces Central Command photo released by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System shows a pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles flying over northern Iraq early on September 23, 2014 after conducting airstrikesA US-led coalition air strike killed a chemical weapons specialist with the Islamic State group in Iraq who once worked for Saddam Hussein, US military officers said Friday. The air raid carried out last Saturday near Mosul took out Abu Malik, whose training "provided the terrorist group with expertise to pursue a chemical weapons capability," the military said in a statement. Malik had worked at a chemical weapons production plant under Saddam's regime and later forged an affiliation with Al-Qaeda in Iraq in 2005, before joining the extremist IS group, according to Central Command. "His death is expected to temporarily degrade and disrupt the terrorist network and diminish ISIL's ability to potentially produce and use chemical weapons against innocent people," it said.


Goodell high on London, shy on UK franchise

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:10 PM PST

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at a press conference before Super Bowl XLIX on January 30, 2015 in Phoenix, ArizonaNational Football League commissioner Roger Goodell likes the "passion" he sees in London fans, but offered no word on Friday on a potential franchise in the United Kingdom. "London has done not only everything we expected but more than we expected," said Goodell, whose league held three regular-season contests at Wembley Stadium in 2014. Goodell said ticket sales are brisk for the three NFL games in London next season -- the New York Jets against Miami on October 4 and an unprecedented back-to-back weekends pairing of Buffalo and Jacksonville on October 25 and Detroit against Kansas City on November 1. The 2015 London Series games have been scheduled for an afternoon kickoff that will put them on US television on Sunday morning.


Thousands protest right-wingers at Vienna ball, 38 detained

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:08 PM PST

Police guard outside the Hofburg palace during a ball hosted by Austria's right-wing Freedom Party, FPOE, in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)VIENNA (AP) — As elegant pairs waltzed under crystal chandeliers Friday, thousands of raucous demonstrators outside their lavish palace ball demanded an end to the black-tie event, which they say draws the far-right fringe from across Europe. Police detained dozens and at least two people were injured.


Stocks sag at the close; January finishes on weak note

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:07 PM PST

Danny Meyer, center, Founder & CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, waits for the Shake Shack IPO to begin trading, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Shares of Shake Shack Inc. have more than doubled minutes after they debuted on the stock market Friday.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)The U.S. stock market capped a rough month Friday, delivering its third loss in five days and extending its declines for the year.


Yemen Shiite militia holds widely boycotted meeting on crisis

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:06 PM PST

Supporters of the Huthi movement attend a gathering, called out for by the Yemeni Shiite Huthi group leader Abdulmalik al-Huthi, to discuss the country's security and political situation in Sanaa on January 30, 2015Yemen's Shiite militia and ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh's party held a meeting boycotted by others parties Friday to discuss ending the country's political crisis, as protests hit several cities, including the capital. The militia, which overran Sanaa in September, seized the presidential palace and key government buildings last week, plunging the country deeper into crisis and prompting President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and his prime minister to resign.


Daughter of L'Oreal tycoon takes the stand in 'exploitation' trial

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:01 PM PST

Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers (C), daughter of Liliane Bettencourt, and her sons Jean-Victor (R) and Nicolas (L), leave at the courthouse of Bordeaux, France on January 30, 2015Liliane Bettencourt's daughter, who triggered a probe into the alleged exploitation of the elderly L'Oreal heiress, told a French court Friday that her mother's closest confidant was a "con man" bent on destroying her family. Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers accused photographer Francois-Marie Banier of deliberately "shattering" her relationship with her mother to take advantage of the billionaire's increasing mental frailty. He is one of 10 people in the 92-year-old's entourage to stand trial in an explosive drama involving a bitter mother-daughter feud, unscrupulous friends and a butler's betrayal that even dragged in former president Nicolas Sarkozy.


Canada to criminalize public terror threats

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:01 PM PST

Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes an announcement in Richmond Hill, Canada on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)TORONTO (AP) — Canada announced a new anti-terror law Friday that will make it a crime for people to call for a terrorist attack, even if they don't make a specific threat.


Hong Kong businessman charged with damaging Montana house

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:45 PM PST

POLSON, Montana (AP) — A Hong Kong businessman is charged with breaking into a northwestern Montana home after getting drunk at a wedding and causing extensive damage in a case a judge says "reads like a 'Hangover' movie."

Nigeria military says NE town retaken from Boko Haram

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:42 PM PST

An image grab made on October 31, 2014 from a video obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau (C) delivering a speechNigeria's military on Friday said it had retaken the northeast town of Michika from Boko Haram after weeks of unrest that reportedly killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee. The Islamist insurgents were thought to have controlled the town for several months, while local officials and relief workers said the area had seen a spike in Boko Haram attacks over the past two weeks. Military accounts of offensives against Boko Haram have in the past not been consistent with witness reports and it was not immediately possible to reach locals around Michika. Retaking Michika from Boko Haram, which controls large swathes of territory across the northeast, would mark a success for Nigeria's military, which has been fiercely criticised for its handling of the six-year Islamist uprising.


US judge: No asylum for Afghan soldier who fled training

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:34 PM PST

BUFFALO, New York (AP) — An immigration judge denied asylum Friday for an Afghan military officer who sneaked away from a U.S. training exercise in Massachusetts to avoid returning to Afghanistan, where he said he had been threatened by the Taliban.

Deportivo beats Rayo Vallecano 2-1 in Spanish league

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:34 PM PST

MADRID (AP) — A late penalty by Celso Borges gave Deportivo La Coruna a 2-1 win at Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish league on Friday.

Bayern slumps to 1st Bundesliga defeat, 4-1 at Wolfsburg

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:32 PM PST

Wolfsburg's Bas Dostcelebrates after scoring during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich in Wolfsburg, Germany, Friday, Jan. 30,2015. (AP Photo/dpa/Carmen Jaspersen)BERLIN (AP) — Wolfsburg routed Bayern Munich 4-1 on Friday to hand the Bundesliga leader its first defeat of the league season in the first game after the winter break.


Mexico cuts spending by $8.4 billion due to oil price drop

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:31 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Friday it will cut government spending by $8.4 billion this year because of a drop in revenues due to declining oil prices.

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