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Closing in on nuclear deal, U.S. demands 'tough choices' from Iran

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 02:18 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif pose for a photograph before resuming talks over Iran's nuclear programme in LausanneBy Lesley Wroughton and Parisa Hafezi LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The United States and Iran inched closer to a political deal that would set the stage for a landmark nuclear agreement, but a U.S. official warned on Monday that Iran must make tough choices to allay fears about its atomic ambitions. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held nearly five hours of talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne before the Iranian delegation headed to Brussels for meetings with European ministers. After the Lausanne talks, a senior U.S. official said it was not clear if an end-March deadline for a framework agreement between Iran and six major powers could be met.


Russia's Putin reappears after 10 day absence, laughs off 'gossip'

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 10:57 AM PDT

Russian President Putin listens to his Kyrgyz counterpart Atambayev during their meeting in St. PetersburgBy Denis Dyomkin STRELNA, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin reappeared on Monday after 10 unexplained days out of public view, laughing off the "gossip" over his health that had erupted during his absence. His absence had fueled rumors he was ill, had been overthrown by the army or had even flown abroad to attend the birth of a love child.


Kurds report more chlorine attacks, Iraq pauses Tikrit offensive

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 01:22 PM PDT

A chlorine-tinged cloud of smoke rises into the air from a bomb detonated by Iraqi army and Shi'ite fighters from Hashid Shaabi forces, in the town of al-Alam in Salahuddin provinceBy Isabel Coles and Maggie Fick ARBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq paused its Tikrit offensive on Monday and officials called for more air strikes against Islamic State militants, while an officer said Kurdish forces sustained two more chlorine gas attacks by insurgents. General Aziz Waisi told journalists the insurgents used chlorine twice during a January offensive west of Mosul and once in a December attack on his military police brigade in the Sinjar mountain area. Waisi said a number of military police - he did not say how many - were taken to hospital, where blood tests indicated they had inhaled chlorine gas released by the bombs.


'King Bibi's' reign challenged in Israeli election

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:06 PM PDT

Pedestrians cross a street in front of a campaign billboard depicting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Ramat GanBy Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's march towards becoming the longest-serving leader of Israel could be halted on Tuesday in an election that has exposed public fatigue with his stress on national security rather than socio-economic problems. Surging rhetoric against Iran and the Palestinians has apparently done little to close Netanyahu's lag behind center-left opponent Isaac Herzog in opinion polls. Much will depend on which candidate the smaller, centrist parties choose to crown, and the leaning of a joint list uniting Israel's four Arab parties, which is expected to come in third. Dubbed "King Bibi" by Time magazine just three years ago, Netanyahu, 65, has cast the threat to his reign as a foreign-orchestrated campaign to install an Israeli leader who might yield to Palestinian statehood or nuclear diplomacy with Iran.


Fighting rages near Donetsk airport despite Ukraine ceasefire

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 10:22 AM PDT

A man checks his mobile phone in front of his destroyed house in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from DonetskBy Gabriela Baczynska SPARTAK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Heavy machinegun and light artillery fire pounded a district of Donetsk, the biggest city of eastern Ukraine, on Monday and pro-Russian rebels said there had been no lull in the fighting since a February ceasefire. The Spartak district, adjacent to the city's now-flattened airport, is one of several sites in eastern Ukraine to have seen continued hostilities between the rebels and Ukrainian government forces since last month's ceasefire, brokered by France and Germany in the Belarussian capital Minsk. The ceasefire is broadly holding in the rest of the region.


No place for Assad in Syria talks, U.S. officials say

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 01:47 PM PDT

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen during the filming of an interview with the BBC, in DamascusBy Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States insisted on Monday it would never negotiate directly with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, edging away from comments made by Secretary of State John Kerry, and it cast doubt on any immediate prospects for third-party talks to resolve Syria's civil war. Kerry's apparent suggestion in a CBS television interview on Sunday that there could be a place for Assad in efforts to reach a diplomatic solution to the Syrian conflict drew swift criticism from European and Arab allies. Seeking to calm the diplomatic storm, State Department and White House officials sought to clarify Kerry's remarks and show that Washington's position on Assad had not softened. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that while the United States accepted the need for representatives of Assad's government to participate in any negotiations, "it would not be and would never be - and it wasn't what Secretary Kerry was intending to imply - that that would be Assad himself." "We continue to believe ... that there's no future for Assad in Syria," Psaki told reporters.


Poor farmers bear heavy burden from increased natural disasters

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 05:04 PM PDT

By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Economic losses due to natural disasters have tripled over the past decade, with farmers bearing nearly a quarter of the burden in poor countries, a U.N. study said on Tuesday. Floods, droughts, storms and other natural disasters cost the agricultural sector in developing countries $70 billion in damages between 2003 and 2013, said the study by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) released during an international conference on reducing disaster risk in Sendai, Japan.

No more soldier prince: UK's Harry to leave army in June

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 05:03 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — It's a soldier's life no more for Britain's Prince Harry.

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

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 05:02 PM PDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United Nations reported Monday that 24 people are confirmed dead and 3,300 have been displaced by Cyclone Pam in the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. Radio and telephone communications with outer islands have not yet been established two days after what the country's president called a "monster" storm, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

Police trial opens decade after deaths triggered French riots

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 05:00 PM PDT

People hang a banner on a wall reading, "Support the relatives of Zyed and Bouna", the two youths who died in 2005 in a high-voltage electricity sub-station, on March 16, 2015 in RennesTwo police officers went on trial Monday over the deaths of two youths that sparked weeks of deadly rioting in France's deprived housing estates nearly a decade ago. The two officers, Sebastien Gaillemin and Stephanie Klein arrived stony-faced at the court in Rennes, west of Paris, to face charges they failed to prevent the electrocution deaths of Bouna Traore, 15, and Zyed Benna, 17. The teenagers died on October 27, 2005, in a high-voltage electricity sub-station near their Clichy-sous-Bois housing project northeast of Paris, as they hid from police officers milling nearby. We've been waiting for this moment for 10 years," said Adel Benna, Zyed's brother, as he arrived for the trial.


US tycoon in court on murder charge after TV 'confession'

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:57 PM PDT

Millionaire Robert Durst (C) sits in State District court with his attorney Dick DeGuerin November 10, 2003 at the Galveston County Courthouse in Galveston, Texas, where he was charged for the murder and mutilation of his neighborRobert Durst, 71, the scion of a New York real estate dynasty worth $4.4 billion, was arrested in New Orleans on Saturday and faces extradition to California for the 2000 murder of his close friend Susan Berman. "We're ready to go to California and have a trial," DeGuerin added.


Nigerian, Cameroon troops oust Boko Haram from town, village

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:52 PM PDT

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops have ousted Boko Haram from a northeastern town while Cameroon soldiers killed several of the extremists in an attack on a Nigerian village, military officials reported Monday of the latest successes in a multinational bid to curb the Islamic uprising in northeast Nigeria.

Many schools close in Jamaica's capital due to dump fire

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:52 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Noxious smoke continued to spiral Monday from a sprawling trash dump five days after a major blaze erupted, closing a number of schools and businesses across the island's capital and sent hundreds of people to clinics and hospitals.

Number's up for Cricket World Cup superstitions

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:27 PM PDT

Pakistan's Umar Akmal (R) wears the number three jersey during a World Cup match on February 21, 2015, rather than his regular squad of number of 96They are just two players whose superstitions have influenced their choice of shirt numbers at the tournament. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper/batsman, who has handed over the gloves at the World Cup to Sarfraz Ahmed after a poor stretch of form behind the stumps, said he acted on the advice of his 'Pir' or spiritual adviser. Oddly, Sarfraz, who is not known to have sweated too much over his shirt number -- 54 incidentally -- has thrived in his two games, scoring 49 against South Africa, and taking six catches, before hitting an undefeated 101 opening the innings in the crucial win over Ireland on Sunday. Surprise call-up Haris Sohail changed his number to 89 instead of 80 and has enjoyed knocks of 70 against the UAE and 36 in the game against India.


Liverpool gets lucky break, Reading into FA Cup semifinals

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:24 PM PDT

Reading's Garath McCleary, left, celebrates with Chris Gunter after he scores a goal during the English FA Cup sixth round replay soccer match between Reading and Bradford City at the Madejski stadium in Reading, England, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)A huge slice of fortune kept Liverpool in the hunt for Champions League qualification on Monday, while second-tier Reading reached its first FA Cup semifinal since 1927 by ending Bradford's surprise run in the competition.


Putin laughs off 'rumours' over his 10-day absence

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:18 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles as he attends a meeting in Saint Petersburg, on March 16, 2015Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday laughed off days of frenzied "rumours" over his health and whereabouts as he reappeared in public after an unusually long 10-day absence. Emerging after days of speculation that he was either ill or had even been deposed in a palace coup, Putin met with the leader of ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan just outside Saint Petersburg. The typically tardy Putin was two hours late but showed up looking relaxed with no visible signs of ill-health, quelling the rumours that had nevertheless highlighted the fragility of Russia's tightly-controlled political system dominated by one man. "We would be bored if there were no rumours," Putin said as he met Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev at the sumptuous Konstantinov's Palace outside Saint Petersburg.


Sunderland fires manager Gus Poyet with club struggling

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:17 PM PDT

Sunderland's manager Gus Poyet awaits the start of their English Premier League soccer match between Sunderland and Aston Villa at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, Saturday, March, 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)SUNDERLAND, England (AP) — Sunderland reacted to its latest humiliating loss in the Premier League by firing manager Gus Poyet on Monday, in a late attempt to retain its place in England's top division.


Jeers ring out as Roma loses 2-0 at home to Sampdoria

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:08 PM PDT

Sampdoria's Luis Muriel, second right, celebrates with his teammates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Roma and Sampdoria, at Rome's Olympic Stadium, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)MILAN (AP) — Roma's season went from bad to worse as it lost 2-0 at home to Sampdoria on Monday to leave Rudi Garcia's team in danger of losing out on second place in Serie A after Lazio won 2-0 at Torino.


Aid agencies to begin helicopter flights to cyclone-stricken Vanuatu

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:07 PM PDT

A boy called Samuel kicks a ball as his father Phillip searches through the ruins of their home which was destroyed by Cyclone Pam in Port VilaBy Stephen Coates PORT VILA (Reuters) - International aid agencies are preparing to begin emergency helicopter flights on Tuesday to the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by a monster cyclone that tore through the South Pacific island country. Disaster management officials and relief workers are still struggling to establish contact with the islands that bore the brunt of Cyclone Pam's winds of more than 300 kph (185 mph) on Friday and Saturday. Officials anticipate that number will rise once they are able to land on the outer islands of the scattered archipelago to inspect the damage there. "We have no contact of any sort with the outer islands, the priority is to get communications up and running.


US returns Iraq treasures as IS threatens heritage

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:07 PM PDT

Ancient Iraqi clay reliefs are seen during a ceremony to repatriate more than 60 Iraqi cultural items which had been smuggled into the US, at the Iraqi consulate in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2015As Iraq struggles to protect its ancient sites and heritage from the Islamic State group, the United States returned some 60 historical items to the country on Monday, many dating to thousands of years ago. Ancient glass vessels, clay images and bronze spears and axes were on display in Iraq's consulate in the United States as part of the hand over. The head of an Assyrian lamassu, or winged bull, taken from the palace of Sargon II in northern Iraq, was among the items that are headed back to Iraq's recently reopened national museum in Baghdad. Sargon's palace is in the province of Nineveh where the Islamic State group (IS) was seen in videos destroying and defacing ancient sites and items, including a winged bull like the one returned Monday.


Talks to save Belfast power-sharing overshadow St Pat's Day

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 04:06 PM PDT

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, right, talks with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ricardo B. Brazziell)DUBLIN (AP) — It has become a hallmark of the St. Patrick's Day holiday: the entire political elite of Ireland descending on the White House.


Slice of fortune hands Liverpool 1-0 win over Swansea

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:56 PM PDT

Swansea City's Gylfi Sigurdsson has a header at goal against Liverpool during their English Premier League soccer match at the Liberty Stadium, in Swansea, England, Monday March 16, 2015. (AP Photo / David Davies, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESWANSEA, Wales (AP) — Jordan Henderson scored a fortunate second-half winner as Liverpool beat Swansea 1-0 in the Premier League on Monday to keep the pressure on the top four in the race for Champions League qualification.


Sunderland sack manager Poyet - club

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:48 PM PDT

Sunderland's Uruguayan manager Gus Poyet reacts during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Sunderland at St James's Park in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on December 21, 2014Sunderland sacked their manager Gus Poyet on Monday, less than 48 hours after a humbling home loss to fellow Premier League strugglers Aston Villa. The Uruguayan paid the price for a poor run of results that has left the Black Cats fourth from bottom after Saturday's 4-0 rout, the club's sixth game without a win.


Brazil's Rousseff pledges talks after mass protests

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:46 PM PDT

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the Planalto Palace on March 16, 2015 in BrasiliaBrasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged Monday to hold talks with her growing number of critics and said her embattled government needed to show humility, a day after massive protests erupted across the country. Rousseff was narrowly re-elected less than six months ago in a bitterly fought runoff but is already facing pressure to quit over a snowballing $3.8 billion graft scandal at state oil firm Petrobras which has dragged in her ruling coalition and seen calls for her to be impeached. Her mounting woes include a badly faltering economy and on Sunday protests against her took place in major towns and cities across Brazil, laying bare the scale of public discontent.


Official: Iran confronts US at nuke talks over GOP letter

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:42 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens to Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, before resuming talks over Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, March 16, 2015. The United States and Iran are plunging back into negotiations in a bid to end a decades-long standoff that has raised the specter of an Iranian nuclear arsenal, a new atomic arms race in the Middle East and even a U.S. or Israeli military intervention. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool)LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Iranian diplomats twice confronted their American counterparts about an open letter from Republican senators who warned that any nuclear deal could expire the day President Barack Obama leaves office, a senior U.S. official said Monday.


Gazan gets 15 years' hard labour for 'spying' for Israel

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:38 PM PDT

Supporters of the Hamas Islamist movement wave group's flag in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 16, 2012A court in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has handed a Palestinian convicted of "spying" for Israel 15 years' hard labour, a judicial source said on Monday. Under Palestinian law, those convicted of collaboration with Israel, murder and drug trafficking face the death penalty. Since the start of the year, at least one person convicted of "collaboration" with Israel has been sentenced to death in the West Bank. A Gaza-based human rights watchdog in January called on authorities in the Palestinian territories to abolish the death penalty.


First lady won't avoid Cambodia human rights concerns

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2015, photo, first lady Michelle Obama claps after speaking at an event to mark Nowruz in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The White House says Michelle Obama will address Cambodia's human rights record when she visits the southeast Asian nation later this week. While the purpose of her visit is to promote a U.S. effort to help educate girls worldwide, White House aides say the first lady will have "ample opportunity" to discuss progress and the need for an open and inclusive political system in Cambodia. She'll also highlight basic values and principles that are important to the U.S. during a planned speech.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama won't avoid Cambodia's human rights record when she visits the southeast Asian nation this week, her final stop on a two-country trip to promote a new U.S. initiative to help millions of girls worldwide attend and complete school, the White House said Monday.


'Rollercoaster' Iran nuclear talks in the balance

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:33 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry was attending the Egypt Economic Development Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, on March 14, 2015Iran nuclear talks hung in the balance Monday with a senior US official saying it remained unclear whether the outlines of a deal could be agreed by a March 31 deadline. After a five-hour meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, the official said Iran still had "very tough choices" to make. "Iran still needs to make some very tough and necessary choices," the official said in the Swiss city of Lausanne where the crucial round of talks was being held this week. Iran and six world powers are pushing to reach by the end of the month what the official called a "political framework that addresses the major elements of a comprehensive deal".


Mali rebels ask to meet mediators to improve peace deal

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:32 PM PDT

Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop (C) signs a peace deal as part of mediation talks between the government and northern armed groups on March 1, 2015 in Algiers, but Mali's Tuareg-led rebels are now describing the deal as "fundamentally flawed"Mali's Tuareg-led rebels called Monday for a meeting with Algerian mediators to "improve" a proposed peace deal with the government in Bamako, describing the accord as a "good basis" for progress. The Algiers Agreement, hammered out over eight months of tough negotiations, aims to bring a lasting peace to a sprawling area of northern desert that the rebels refer to as "Azawad". It has been signed by Mali's government and smaller armed groups but the rebel alliance -- in meetings with its members in the northern Tuareg stronghold of Kidal since Wednesday last week -- has asked for more time to consider the offer.


Assad will 'never' have role in peace talks: US

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:29 PM PDT

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (left) last held direct talks with John Kerry in 2010Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will never be part of peace negotiations to halt the brutal civil war, US officials vowed Monday, adding they were taking every step to bring an end to his rule. Top US diplomat John Kerry appeared to suggest in a weekend interview that Washington would have to talk with Assad eventually if peace was to be forged, but State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki moved to clarify that assertion. "As we have long said, there always has been a need for representatives of the Assad regime to be a part of that process," said Psaki.


Brazil: Ruling party treasurer charged in graft probe

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:27 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors on Monday charged the treasurer of the ruling Workers' Party with corruption in connection to a sprawling graft scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras.

France says Assad talks would be 'scandalous gift' to IS

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:25 PM PDT

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (R), pictured here with US Secretary of State John Kerry on March 7, 2015 in Paris, said the inclusion of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in peace talks would be a "scandalous gift" to the Islamic State groupFrench Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Monday rejected any role for President Bashar al-Assad in Syrian peace talks, saying it would be a "scandalous gift" to the Islamic State group. Fabius's comments came a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged that talks with Assad were necessary to bring the bloody conflict in Syria to an end as it enters its fifth year. "The solution is a political transition which would preserve regime institutions, not Mr. Bashar al-Assad. Any other solution which would keep Mr. Assad in the saddle would be an absolutely scandalous, gigantic gift to Daesh," Fabius said in Brussels, using another name for IS.


Iraqi intelligence reveals Baghdad car bombers' tricks

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:24 PM PDT

A member of Iraqi secruity forces (L) guards 31 suspected Islamic State group members at the Iraqi Intelligence service's headquarters in Baghdad on March 16, 2015Trap doors in floorboards and liquor bottles on backseats -- Iraq's intelligence service on Monday detailed how the Islamic State (IS) group's car bomb cell eluded the police for months. The suspected leader of the group was arrested riding a bicycle in an upmarket neighbourhood, a spokesman told AFP at the intelligence headquarters in Baghdad. The Iraqi national intelligence service (INIS) announced on Sunday it had arrested 31 people responsible for planning and carrying out 52 attacks in Baghdad in 2014 and 2015. "When we first picked up a scent in our hunt for this network, we organised surveillance that lasted six months," spokesman Fahim al-Atraqchi told AFP.


European powers, Iran make little progress in nuclear talks

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:23 PM PDT

From left, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond stand for a group photo prior to a meeting in Brussels on Monday, March 16, 2015. European Union foreign ministers hold talks with Iran's top diplomat on Monday to try to advance an agreement on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program two weeks ahead of a deadline for an accord to be reached. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)BRUSSELS (AP) — European powers and Iran made little progress late Monday toward reaching an agreement to end the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program as an end-of-March deadline closes in.


Real Sociedad beats Getafe 1-0 in Spanish league

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:07 PM PDT

MADRID (AP) — A second-half own goal by Vicente Guaita gave Real Sociedad a 1-0 win at Getafe in the Spanish league Monday, for its first away win of the season.

Cuba, US hold new round of talks on diplomatic ties

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Magnets for sale decorate a tourist shop, one showing an image of U.S. President Barack Obama smelling a cigar, at a market in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 16, 2015. U.S. and Cuban officials are meeting Monday in last-minute closed door negotiations in Havana, in hopes of restoring full diplomatic relations before the Summit of the Americas in April. The magnet in the bottom row, second from left, reads in Spanish: "Here, nobody gives up," a popular quote attributed to Cuba's late revolutionary hero Camilo Cienfuegos. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)HAVANA (AP) — U.S. and Cuban diplomats talked behind closed doors Monday in a last-minute round of negotiations aimed at restoring full diplomatic relations before a key regional summit in less than a month.


Nigeria military retakes towns from Boko Haram in Yobe, Borno

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:00 PM PDT

A photo taken on March 15, 2015 in Madagali and released by the Nigerian Army press service shows a Boko Haram tank destroyed during the battle of Madagali troops in eastern Nigeria Adamawa StateNigeria's military said it had cleared Boko Haram from the northeastern state of Yobe on Monday, while also claiming victory over the militants in the strategic town of Bama in neighbouring Borno state. "We announced the reclaiming of (the town of) Goniri today," defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said on his Twitter account @GENOlukolade. Olukolade added in a later tweet that Nigerian troops had also ousted the insurgents from Bama, some 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the Borno state capital of Maiduguri. "Nigerian troops have this afternoon routed terrorists from in state.


Arsenal won't go out with a whimper says Wenger

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:00 PM PDT

A training session at Arsenal's complex at London Colney on March 16, 2015, ahead of their UEFA Champions League match against MonacoArsene Wenger insists Arsenal are confident of completing a miraculous fightback in their Champions League last 16 second leg against Monaco on Tuesday. Wenger's side arrived in the millionaires' playground, famous for its picturesque casino, knowing the odds are against them progressing to the quarter-finals after losing the first leg 3-1. Wenger accepts his players were well below their best in the first leg and he knows Monaco are also a formidable defensive force at home, having not conceded at all during the group stages earlier this season. Leonardo Jardim's team extended their unbeaten record at the Stade Louis II Stadium to 16 games with a 3-0 win over Bastia on Friday.


North Kenya official says security situation 'hopeless'

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 02:54 PM PDT

Hearses line up at Wilson airport to transport the bodies of victims massacred on December 2, 2014 in Kenya's remote northeastern town of Mandera, after they were flown to NairobiThe governor of northern Kenya's Mandera county on Monday attacked what he called a "hopeless" security situation due to a wave of cross-border attacks by Somalia's Shebab militants. Speaking in the capital Nairobi, Ali Roba said he had survived six attempts on his life -- including an ambush of his convoy on Friday -- and questioned why Kenyan soldiers were part of an African Union force supporting Somalia's government while leaving their own country unprotected.


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