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IMF aims for 'immediate' stabilization with latest Ukraine bailout deal

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Ukraine's Finance Minister Yaresko and Prime Minister Yatseniuk address the media during news briefing in KievBy Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has agreed to pump $10 billion into Ukraine's troubled economy over the next year, providing swift assistance for the country's struggling finances as part of a larger four-year bailout. The IMF board on Wednesday approved a loan of $17.5 billion, with the bulk of the money heading out the door fast: $5 billion likely by the end of this week and another $5 billion in coming months, IMF officials said. The program "is very strongly front-loaded during the first year," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in Berlin. "Ukraine has satisfied all the prior actions that were expected and required of it in order to start running the program.


Iraqi forces push into Tikrit, bombers hit Ramadi

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 12:40 PM PDT

A tank of Iraqi security forces is seen in the town of al-AlamBy Ahmed Rasheed and Dominic Evans BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces and militias fought their way into Saddam Hussein's home city of Tikrit on Wednesday, advancing on two fronts in their biggest counter-offensive so far against Islamic State militants. In a possible response to the fighting north of Baghdad, militants in the Islamic State stronghold of Anbar west of the capital launched 13 suicide car bomb attacks on army and security positions in the provincial capital of Ramadi. Army and militia fighters captured part of Tikrit's northern Qadisiya district, the provincial governor said, while in the south of the Tigris river city a security officer said another force made a rapid push toward the center.


Islamic State ransacks Assyrian capital as Iraq appeals for help

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:51 PM PDT

Man walks past human-headed winged bull statues from Khorsabad, at the Iraqi National Museum in BaghdadBy Dominic Evans BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have desecrated another ancient Iraqi capital, the government said on Wednesday, razing parts of the 2,700-year-old city of Khorsabad famed for its colossal statues of human-headed winged bulls. Officials have said for several days they were checking reports of damage at Khorsabad following attacks on the cities of Nineveh, Nimrud and Hatra by the Islamist radicals who control much of northern Iraq. On Wednesday the head of Iraq's antiquities board and the country's antiquities minister both confirmed that damage had been inflicted in recent days at Khorsabad, although neither was able to give details. "The city walls were razed, and some elements of the temples, but we don't know the exact extent (of the damage)," antiquities director Qais Rasheed told Reuters.


Mind your manners, Venezuela tells U.S. official Jacobson

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:08 PM PDT

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez speaks to the media during a news conference in CaracasBy Diego Ore and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's top diplomat called a senior U.S. official "petulant" and ill-mannered on Wednesday in response to her contention that sanctions were intended to change the government, not topple it. Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez was responding to State Department Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson's comments explaining a U.S. declaration that Venezuela is a security threat and its sanctioning of seven officials earlier this week. "In a rude and petulant manner, Mrs. Jacobson tells us what to do," Rodriguez told local TV. You need manners to deal with people and with countries." The moves by President Barack Obama's administration have infuriated President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government, which has accused Washington of planning military attacks and wider Cuba-style trade sanctions.


Exclusive: U.S. asks Vietnam to stop helping Russian bomber flights

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 07:55 AM PDT

Commanding General United States Army Pacific Command Vincent K. Brooks addresses the crowd during Veterans Day ceremonies at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has asked Vietnam to stop letting Russia use a former U.S. base to refuel nuclear-capable bombers engaged in shows of strength over the Asia-Pacific region, exposing strains in Washington's steadily warming relations with Hanoi. The request, described to Reuters by a State Department official, comes as U.S. officials say Russian bombers have stepped up flights in a region already rife with tensions between China, U.S.-ally Japan and Southeast Asian nations.


Aid groups say U.N. Security Council failed Syria, 2014 worst year yet

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 05:04 PM PDT

By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Aid agencies said on Thursday that 2014 was the worst year of the Syrian conflict so far and that three United Nations Security Council resolutions aimed at alleviating the suffering had failed. Syria's crisis started in March 2011 with protests against the government and descended into a civil war that has killed more than 200,000 people. The U.N. resolutions passed last year demanded an end to arbitrary killing and torture, and the removal of barriers to aid access imposed by the Syrian government and insurgents. "There have been more killings, more bombings, a massive increase in displacement and a huge increase in the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance," said Daniel Gorevan, a Syria policy advisor at British charity Oxfam.

Texas executes gang hit man for killing woman over drug tax

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:52 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Manuel Vasquez. He is scheduled for execution Wednesday, March 11, 2015 for the ordered murder of a San Antonio woman who ignored a 10 percent street tax on drugs _ known as a HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Mexican Mafia hit man convicted of beating and strangling a San Antonio woman because she didn't pay the gang's 10 percent tax on her illegal drug sales was executed Wednesday evening.


Mafia thrives on Italy's legalized gambling addiction

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:48 PM PDT

Domenico Rancadore leaves after attending an extradition hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court in central LondonBy Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Legalizing gambling in Italy was supposed to help curb the mafia. About half of that is poured into 400,000 video slot machines, twice as many as in U.S. gambling capital Nevada, which have become ubiquitous in the espresso bars where Italians stop several times a day for coffee, sandwiches and cocktails. "Criminal clans earn a robust profit" from their "very diffuse" investments in legal gambling, says Diana De Martino, a magistrate at the national anti-mafia prosecutors' office. The national reach of slot machines also helps the mafia spread from traditional strongholds in Italy's poor south to the richer north, causing wider damage to an economy that has been stagnant for 15 years and is now in recession.


Jazz musician Marsalis cancels Venezuela show amid tensions

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2014, file photo, musician Wynton Marsalis performs during a memorial service for actress Ruby Dee at The Riverside Church in New York. It was announced Wednesday, March 11, 2015, that Marsalis is scratching a concert in Venezuela amid rising tensions between Venezuela and the U.S. that are making it harder for U.S. citizens to travel to the South American country. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — American jazz legend Wynton Marsalis is cancelling a concert in Venezuela at a time of rising tensions that are making it harder for U.S. citizens to travel to the South American country.


PSG ousts Chelsea on away goals with 10 men to reach QFs

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:43 PM PDT

PSG's David Luiz jumps in the air as he celebrates his side's first goal during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Wednesday, March, 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — Thiago Silva sent 10-man Paris Saint-Germain into the Champions League quarterfinals on away goals after a 2-2 draw at Chelsea in extra time of a fiery and ill-disciplined game on Wednesday.


Briton diagnosed with Ebola in Sierra Leone

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:40 PM PDT

People walking past a billboard with a message about Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on November 7, 2014A female British healthcare worker has been diagnosed with Ebola in Sierra Leone, authorities in London said Wednesday, and a military plane has been sent to evacuate her if needed. "We can confirm that a UK military healthcare worker in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola," said a spokesman for Public Health England (PHE), a government agency. The health worker is being treated in a specialist Ebola centre in Kerry Town in Western Sierra Leone.


Thiago Silva and 10-man PSG claim Chelsea revenge

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:34 PM PDT

Chelsea's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (L) watches the ball go into his net off a header by Paris Saint-Germain's defender Thiago Silva (not pictured) during a match in London on March 11, 2015Thiago Silva scored a sensational extra-time header as 10-man Paris Saint-Germain knocked Chelsea out of the Champions League after an electrifying 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. PSG had talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off in the first half and fell behind to a Gary Cahill goal with nine minutes remaining, only for Chelsea old boy David Luiz to take the tie to extra time with an emphatic 86th-minute header. Silva appeared to have gifted Chelsea a place in the last eight after conceding a penalty for handball that Eden Hazard converted, but the PSG captain scored with six minutes of the game remaining to send Laurent Blanc's side through on away goals after a 3-3 aggregate draw.


Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 05:02 PM PDT

TOKYO (AP) — Small clusters of survivors, bundled up against a chilly wind, gathered along Japan's northeast coast Wednesday to remember the nearly 19,000 lives lost in the March 11, 2011, tsunami. Four years later, the region is still struggling to recover. Associated Press photographer Eugene Hoshiko returned to the devastated town of Rikuzentakata last week for the first time since the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

Mayoral candidate found slain in southern Mexico state

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:25 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said Wednesday that they found a missing mayoral candidate slain in the southern state of Guerrero, scene of the disappearance of 43 students from a teachers college last fall.

Witness IDs Tsarnaev as man near slain MIT officer's cruiser

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 16, 2013 file photo, investigators examine the scene of the second bombing outside the Forum Restaurant on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, a day after two blasts killed three and injured more than 260 people. During testimony Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in the federal death penalty trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston, an FBI agent held up pieces of the black and white backpack he said were found near the Forum restaurant, where Tsarnaev has admitted detonating one of the bombs. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student on Wednesday identified Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the man he saw leaning in to the police cruiser of an MIT officer who was fatally shot three days after the bombings.


Five men summonsed over Paris Metro football racism

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:15 PM PDT

A video grab shows Chelsea football fans packed onto a Paris Metro train pushing a passenger to prevent him from boarding the carriage at a station in Paris on February 17, 2015Five men will appear in court over the racist abuse of a black man prior to a Champions League game in Paris last month, British police announced on Wednesday. Chelsea fans were filmed preventing the man from boarding a Metro train and singing racist songs before their Champions League last 16 first-leg match against Paris Saint-Germain. The victim, known as Souleymane S., said the incident had "destroyed" him and made him afraid to take public transport. "The Chelsea supporters have destroyed me.


Rock band Muse announce new album and tour

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:12 PM PDT

Singer Matthew Bellamy of the British rock band Muse performs on stage at the Olympia concert hall in Paris, France, October 2, 2012British rock band Muse announced the release of a new album called "Drones" and a tour on Wednesday, keeping up with previous themes of science fiction and political unease. Lead singer Matt Bellamy said the band's seventh studio album will be released on June 8, after months of hinting that new work was on the way. The band is to play a series of live shows across Britain in March, followed by a tour that will pass through countries including Germany, Russia and France.


Nets say Karasev is out for remainder of season

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:10 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — Sergey Karasev of the Brooklyn Nets will have season-ending surgery Thursday to repair his injured right knee.

Jordan keen on IPL stint

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 04:06 PM PDT

England's batsman Chris Jordan (C) fails to gain his ground and is run-out during the 2015 Cricket World Cup Pool A match between Bangladesh and England on March 9, 2015 in Adelaide, AustraliaEngland all-rounder Chris Jordan has said he would like to experience the glamour of the Indian Premier League. Joining Morgan at the Sunrisers will be all-rounder Ravi Bopara, also a member of England's World Cup squad, and Kevin Pietersen. England exile Pietersen had been among those saying the ECB's opposition to the IPL has harmed the development of one-day, as well as Twenty20, national side.


Bayern routs Shakhtar 7-0 in Champions League

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:55 PM PDT

Bayern's Mario Goetze, left, falls after a could by Shakhtar's Olexandr Kucher, right, as Shakhtar's Vyacheslav Shevchuk, back looks on during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Shakhtar Donetsk Wednesday, March 11, 2015 in Munich, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich cruised into the quarterfinals of the Champions League after a 7-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk with the visitors losing a defender to the fastest red card in the competition's history.


U.N. peacekeepers barred seven Congolese officers over rights records

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:54 PM PDT

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo barred seven Congolese army and police officers from receiving support after ruling there was a "real risk" they could commit human rights abuses, according to a U.N. report. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that in the past 10 weeks the mission, known as MONUSCO, had screened the human rights records of 116 Congolese army officers and eight police officers after receiving requests from them for U.N. support.

UN black-lists seven DR Congo officers

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:53 PM PDT

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, seen on March 10, 2015 at the United Nations, reported to the Security Council that the mission to the DRC had found seven officers who did not measure up to UN human rights policyThe United Nations has blacklisted seven officers in the Democratic Republic of Congo who pose a "real risk" of committing grave rights violations, a report said Wednesday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reported to the Security Council that the UN mission to the country had screened 124 military and police commanders and found seven officers who did not measure up to UN human rights policy. The officers and the units they command will be cut off from receiving support from the 20,000-strong MONUSCO force, such as transport, fuel, rations and training, according to the official report obtained by AFP.


A good course trumps a bad spot on the calendar

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:47 PM PDT

Jim Furyk, right, hits from the fairway on the seventh hole as his caddie Mike Cowan watches during the pro-am for the Valspar Championship golf tournament at Innisbrook Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Palm Harbor, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — The Valspar Championship wouldn't seem to have a lot going for it.


Future of BBC's 'Top Gear' uncertain after host suspended

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:46 PM PDT

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson leaves his home in London, Wednesday March 11, 2015. BBC News said Wednesday that the broadcaster has postponed the three remaining episodes after suspending host Jeremy Clarkson over a reported "fracas" with a producer. The current series was launched simultaneously in more than 50 countries and the BBC has sold the format for locally produced versions in the U.S., China, Russia, Australia and South Korea. (AP Photo/PA, Philip Toscano) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVELONDON (AP) — An off-set altercation has imperiled the internationally known TV car show "Top Gear," one of the BBC's most lucrative productions.


Fourteen pro-Gbagbo soldiers face trial in I.Coast

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:28 PM PDT

Fourteen members of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo's security detail will stand trial in the Ivory Coast on Thursday over deadly post-election violence, pictured here on December 16, 2010 in AbidjanFourteen members of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo's security detail will stand trial in the Ivory Coast on Thursday over post-election violence that killed some 3,000 people. The military trial comes after a civilian court in Abidjan on Tuesday sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a 20-year prison term on charges of undermining state security during the 2010-2011 crisis. Those facing Thursday's military trial include Gbagbo's military doctor, prosecutor Ange Kessi told reporters Wednesday. Kessi said that they were being charged with disobeying orders and violating state security.


Crew was filming when helicopters crashed in Argentina

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:25 PM PDT

Former Olympic skater Philippe Candeloro, a cast member of the European TV reality show "Dropped," pauses during an interview in Villa Castelli, in Argentina's La Rioja province, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Candeloro said he heard the two helicopters carrying fellow cast members collide in midair Monday, while he waited inside a production van for the second wave of helicopters to return. Monday's crash killed eight French nationals and the two Argentine pilots. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)VILLA CASTELLI, Argentina (AP) — A former French Olympic skater who was participating in a reality show in Argentina said Wednesday that the crew was filming when their two helicopters collided and crashed, killing all 10 on board.


Endo Intl. tops Valeant's offer for fellow drugmaker Salix

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:24 PM PDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Specialty drugmaker Endo International PLC is trying to lure Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. with an offer Endo said is worth 11 percent more than the $10 billion Salix has agreed to accept from serial acquirer Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.

Rights group blames Syria government forces for majority of doctor deaths

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:18 PM PDT

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S.-based Physicians for Human Rights on Wednesday blamed Syrian government forces for 88 percent of its recorded attacks on hospitals and almost all recorded killings of medical workers during the country's four-year conflict. As the war enters its fifth year, the group said that Islamic State militants, who have captured swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq, have executed four health professionals and six attacks on medical facilities in the past 17 months. "To be clear, that these numbers are significantly lower than those by the government does not make these acts less criminal. Each execution of a doctor and each attack on a health facility is a war crime," Widney Brown, Physicians for Human Rights' director of programs, told a news conference.

Chilean right-wing leader quits amid corruption scandal

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:18 PM PDT

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The president of Chile's right-wing Democratic Union party is quitting the party over a campaign financing scandal.

Mayweather, Pacquiao begin countdown to their big fight

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrives for a news conference, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Los Angeles. Mayweather is scheduled to fight Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, in Las Vegas on May 2. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Manny Pacquiao was out walking the red carpet by the time Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived, fashionably late for their first appearance together to promote a fight that really needs no promoting.


UN report: War plunged 80 percent of Syrians into poverty

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:01 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The war in Syria has plunged 80 percent of its people into poverty, reduced life expectancy by 20 years, and led to massive economic losses estimated at over $200 billion since the conflict began in 2010, according to a U.N.-backed report circulated Wednesday.

Anti-IS fighter faces charges in Switzerland

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:00 PM PDT

An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on June 30, 2014, allegedly shows a member of the Islamic state militant group parading in Raqa, SyriaA Swiss man of Syrian Christian origin who battled the Islamic State group faces charges after returning home, raising the issue of how Europe handles citizens fighting IS. European governments already face the headache of dealing with citizens who have gone to Syria to join the ultra-violent Islamist IS group. Police said that 33-year-old Johan Cosar, a native of the ancient Syriac Christian community, was arrested in the city of Basel but was released after questioning over his decision to join anti-IS fighters. He faces prosecution by Swiss military justice for joining a foreign army without official authorisation and risks up to three years behind bars if convicted.


Egypt investor meet to showcase Sisi's political clout

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 02:57 PM PDT

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi gives a statement at the Elysee Palace on November 26, 2014, in ParisEgypt hosts a foreign investor conference Friday it hopes will jump-start its battered economy while showcasing international support for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as he battles increasingly radical Islamist opponents. Sisi, a former army chief voted into office after toppling his Islamist predecessor Mohamed Morsi, has positioned himself as a frontline ally in the regional fight against Islamist militants, arguing that his country deserves more international support. "The international economic conference is a reflection of the determination of Egypt and the Egyptians," he told Fox News in an interview broadcast on Monday. "If Egypt is stable -- a country of 90 million people -- this will represent the strongest bedrock of stability in this region," he said, according to an English translation of his comments.


Gayle's fitness a worry for Windies ahead of WCup decider

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 02:50 PM PDT

West Indies bowler Kemar Roach, left, celebrates with teammate Chris Gayle, right, after dismissing Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane during their Cricket World Cup Pool B match in Perth, Australia, Friday, March 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Theron Kirkman)NAPIER, New Zealand (AP) — West Indies batsman Chris Gayle is "struggling" with a back injury ahead of his team's World Cup match against the United Arab Emirates on Sunday which will determine whether it qualifies for the quarterfinals.


IMF sees Ukraine returning to growth next year

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 02:50 PM PDT

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Ukraine's economy should return to growth in 2016 after a deep contraction this year. In a news release providing details of its $17.5 billion loan to Ukraine, the IMF said the economy would likely shrink by about 5.5 percent this year, before rebounding with growth of 2 percent in 2016 and 4 percent annually in the medium term. It said inflation should subside to around 27 percent by the end of this year after a spike led by a sharp drop in the value of Ukraine's currency and gas and heating tariff increases.

France wins battle of Waterloo, as coin is tossed

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 02:49 PM PDT

By Jan Strupczewski and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two hundred years after Napoleon's ambitions to rule Europe died at Waterloo, France won a small battle on Wednesday to prevent the minting of a euro coin commemorating an event that shaped today's continent. Belgium withdrew a proposal to strike a special 2-euro piece in honor of the Anglo-Dutch-German victory outside Brussels on June 18, 1815, an EU official said, averting an EU ministerial vote after Paris objected on the grounds that glorifying a time of conflict ran counter to efforts to foster European unity. There was no immediate comment from France, which last year struck a commemorative 2-euro coin marking the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings that helped end Nazi German hegemony. Belgium, which as a state emerged from Dutch rule a decade after Napoleon's death, is preparing to celebrate Waterloo with a weekend of festivities and re-enactments of one of history's decisive combats and expects many more visitors to the battlefield near Brussels, where facilities are being renovated.

Greek cup quarterfinal abandoned after crowd violence

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 02:45 PM PDT

Greek league leader Olympiakos' Dimitris Siovas. right, fights for the ball with second division AEK's Helder Barbosa during a Greek Cup quarter final, second leg soccer match, at the Olympic stadium, in Athens, on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The two teams drew 1-1 in the first leg game. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek cup quarterfinal between league leaders Olympiakos and second division AEK has been abandoned after a last-minute Olympiakos goal sparked crowd violence.


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