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Ukraine forces, separatists fight first serious battles in months

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 11:03 AM PDT

Firefighter works to extinguish a fire at a local market which was recently damaged by shelling in DonetskBy Alessandra Prentice and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine's defense minister said an attempt by rebels to take the eastern town of Maryinka had been thwarted. The Ukrainian military said the Russian-backed rebels had tried to advance using tanks and up to 1,000 fighters west of the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk, in the most significant escalation of the conflict in about three months and in defiance of a ceasefire deal. The separatists, who denied their forces had launched an assault, said 15 people had been killed when government troops fired artillery into rebel-held territory near the city.


Families march to China shipwreck site as survivor hopes fade

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 11:58 AM PDT

A relative of a passenger of the sunken cruise ship cries on a road to the site of the sinking in the Jianli section of Yangtze RiverBy John Ruwitch and Engen Tham JIANLI, China (Reuters) - Dozens of people broke through a police cordon on Wednesday as they marched towards the site of a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River to demand news of missing relatives. Rescuers searched for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly, but hopes were fading of finding more survivors from the worst shipping disaster in modern Chinese history. Frustrated by the scarcity of information coming from local authorities, about 80 family members hired a bus to take them from Nanjing to Jianli county in Hubei, an eight-hour journey.


Al Qaeda's Syria wing sees no peace with Islamic State soon: TV

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 01:57 PM PDT

Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front walk along a street in the northwestern city of ArihaThe head of al Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front said he saw no solution soon to a conflict with the rival Islamic State group in Syria that has killed hundreds of fighters, according to an interview with Al Jazeera aired on Wednesday. Nusra Front, loyal to the successors of Osama bin Laden, and Islamic State are the two most powerful forces fighting government forces in Syria.


Hong Kong 'umbrella' protest gives topical relevance to Tiananmen vigil

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:13 PM PDT

An accessory featuring a yellow umbrella hangs on a Goddess of Democracy statue at the June 4th Museum in Hong KongBy James Pomfret and Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people are due to attend an annual candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 as tension lingers in the financial hub from its pro-democracy protests last year. More than six months since Hong Kong police demolished the last encampments of protesters agitating for full democracy in the city, the organizers of this year's June 4 vigil are aiming to link the events, which is likely to antagonize China. "Occupy was in a way a mini-June 4 for Hong Kong," said city legislator and vigil organizer Lee Cheuk-yan, referring to last year's Occupy Central protests.


Lawyer who defended former Guatemala dictator in genocide trial murdered

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:51 PM PDT

Relatives of Guatemalan lawyer Francisco Palomo, react next to a crime scene where he was shot dead in Guatemala CityOne of Guatemalan former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's defense lawyers was gunned down in the country's capital on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest twist to a tumultuous genocide trial. Francisco Palomo, a leading member of Rios Montt's defense team, was shot dead by two men on a motorbike while driving his car in Guatemala City, according to a preliminary police report. Rios Montt's opponents accuse him of a scorched earth policy in the bloodiest phase of the country's 36-year civil war.


Islamic state sympathizer claims rocket fire at Israel

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:38 PM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - A radical Islamist Salafist group posted a statement on Twitter on Thursday claiming responsibility for firing three rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip. The group, calling itself the Omar Brigades, said the cross-border shooting on Wednesday was in retaliation for Hamas's killing of an Islamic state supporter a day earlier in Gaza. "We are continuing with our jihad against the Jews, the enemies of God and no one will be able to deter us," the statement said, using the term in Arabic for holy war. ...

Obama: China 'putting out feelers' about joining trade pact

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2015 file photo President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The president says China has made inquiries about potentially joining a Trans-Pacific trade agreement in the future. The agreement now involves the U.S. and 11 other Pacific rim countries and is the central goal of the contentious trade debate now unfolding in Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said China has made inquiries about potentially joining a Trans-Pacific trade agreement in the future, introducing a new variable to an unfolding debate in Congress over granting him the power to negotiate such international deals.


Mysterious oarfish of the deep washes up on California island

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:52 PM PDT

Handout photo of Conservation operations coordinator Catalano of the Catalina Conservancy poses near an oarfish that washed up dead on the beach of Catalina Island, CaliforniaA dead oarfish, a mysterious and serpent-like creature that swims deep below the ocean's surface, has washed up on a Southern California island and a university biologist will study the remains, officials said on Wednesday. Amy Catalano said she and a co-worker at the Catalina Island Conservancy were conducting a bird survey on Monday and standing on a bluff when they spotted the long body of the creature on the island's shore below. Oarfish are of interest to scientists because they live in a largely unknown ecosystem of the oceanic mesopelagic zone, the part of the ocean that is about 660 to 3,280 feet (200 to 1,000 meters) below the surface.


The Latest: Ellis addresses FIFA scandal

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2005 file photo, Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) general secretary Chuck Blazer attends a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Blazer, a former FIFA executive committee member, told a U.S. federal judge he and others on the governing body's ruling panel agreed to receive bribes as part of the vote that picked South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup, according to a transcript of the 2013 hearing in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn unsealed by prosecutors Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer, File)1140 GMT (7:40 p.m. EDT)


British author Ali Smith wins fiction award

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:51 PM PDT

Scottish author Ali Smith holds her book 'How to be Both' as she poses at a photocall for the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction in London on June 3, 2015Scottish-born author Ali Smith won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction on Wednesday, netting a long-sought victory after missing out on a string of prestigious prizes this year. Smith's novel explores the boundaries of gender, weaving together the tales of a modern teenage girl struggling with her sexuality and a female artist in Renaissance Italy who dresses as a man to be able to work. Smith, born in 1962, seemed not to believe her ears as she was announced the winner after being shortlisted for the Man Booker, the Folio Prize and the Costa Book Award in the past year without winning.


Greek leader defends bailout plan in talks with creditors

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:50 PM PDT

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, left, walks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as they arrive for a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Greece's prime minister meets European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 to discuss his radical left-led government's proposal to secure a vital, long-overdue agreement with the country's bailout lenders. (AP Photo/Thierry Monasse)BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece's prime minister Alexis Tsipras said early Thursday he found a constructive approach during a showdown with creditors in Brussels and all sides insisted talks to unlock crucial bailout loans and save the country from financial disaster would continue within days.


Lawyer for former Guatemalan dictator shot dead in capital

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:46 PM PDT

Zury Rios Sosa, daughter of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, embraces a relative of Francisco Palomo, her father's lawyer, who was shot to death at a residential neighborhood of Guatemala City, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Palomo was shot at least 12 times in the chest and thorax while driving around midday, firefighters' spokesman Raul Hernandez said. Palomo defended Rios Montt in his 2013 trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The lawyer representing former dictator Efrain Rios Montt against genocide charges was shot to death Wednesday in the capital, Guatemalan authorities said.


Amnesty says Nigerian military responsible for deaths of 8,000 prisoners

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:41 PM PDT

Boko Haram kidnapping ordeals haunt rescued Nigerian womenBy Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - More than 8,000 people have died while being detained by Nigeria's armed forces during the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, allegations that the military denied. Boko Haram's six-year insurgency has killed thousands and left 1.5 million people displaced. The group wants to establish an Islamic caliphate in the northeast of Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy and top oil exporter.


Taiwan opposition leader vows to keep up stability

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:35 PM PDT

Tsai Ing-wen, Chair of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party and a presidential nominee, speaks during an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on June 3, 2015 in Washington, DCTaiwan's main opposition leader sought to assure Washington on Wednesday that if she wins next year's presidential elections she would work to maintain stability with China amid regional volatility. On a 12-day visit to the United States, Tsai is seeking to improve relations between her party and the island's leading ally ahead of the 2016 elections in which she is seen taking a strong lead over the embattled Kuomintang ruling party. The US has "an abiding interest in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," Harf added.


Honduran leader acknowledges campaign funds tied to scandal

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:34 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras' president acknowledged Wednesday that his election campaign received financing from businesspeople linked to a social security embezzlement and graft scandal that has sparked large protests, but denied any personal involvement.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:32 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is increasingly relying on a "cheap but dangerous" national militia of some 30,000 fighters, some of whom have committed serious abuses in the communities they are supposed to protect, an international research group said Thursday. The International Crisis Group said members of the militia force, known as the Afghan Local Police, have killed civilians and committed fraud, theft, rape, kidnapping, drugs trafficking and extortion.

Tanaka strong in return, Yankees sweep Seattle with 3-1 win

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:18 PM PDT

New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws against the Seattle Mariners in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)SEATTLE (AP) — In an effort not to overstress his arm, the goal was to get New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka into the sixth inning in 80 pitches in his return from the disabled list.


Probe Nigeria military top brass for war crimes: Amnesty

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:10 PM PDT

Nigerian soldiers patrol in the north of Borno state close to a former Boko Haram camp near Maiduguri on June 5, 2013Amnesty International said Wednesday there was sufficient evidence for the International Criminal Court to probe senior Nigerian officers for war crimes in the battle against Boko Haram, prompting an angry rejection by the country's military. Nigeria's new president Muhammadu Buhari promised to look into the allegations, which target five senior officers and are based on leaked defence ministry documents and hundreds of interviews. "This administration will leave no stone unturned to promote the rule of law and deal with all cases of human rights abuses," Buhari was quoted as saying in a statement.


Nigerian leader vows to look into Amnesty report alleging army war crimes

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 04:00 PM PDT

Nigerian soldiers patrol in the north of Borno state close to a former Boko Haram camp near Maiduguri on June 5, 2013Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday promised to look into an Amnesty International report urging the International Criminal Court to probe senior military officers for war crimes in the battle against Boko Haram. "I assure you that your report will be looked into," an official statement quoted Buhari as saying in Niger's capital Niamey, in his first reaction to the group's 133-page report. "This administration will leave no stone unturned to promote the rule of law and deal with all cases of human rights abuses," he said in the statement issued by his spokesman, Shehu Garba.


Greek talks 'very good', to resume in a few days: Dijsselbloem

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:59 PM PDT

Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras (L) shakes hands with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels, on June 3, 2015Brussels (AFP) - Crunch bailout talks between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker went well and further discussions will be held soon, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Thursday.


Lawyer of ex-dictator Rios Montt is slain in Guatemala

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:58 PM PDT

Personnel from the public prosecutor's office inspect the car of Francisco Palomo, an attorney for Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, after he was shot dead in Guatemala City on June 3, 2015Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday shot dead an attorney for Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who has been charged with genocide during the Central American nation's civil war, authorities said. Francisco Palomo was driving in his car when gunmen unloaded a hail of bullets, striking him at least 12 times, and killing him in broad daylight in a busy commercial area of Guatemala City, said firefighters spokesman Raul Hernandez. Palomo, 63, was a former constitutional court magistrate, as well as a lead attorney for Rios Montt, whose case is unique in that it marked the first time a former dictator was charged in a domestic and not international court.


Al-Qaeda's Syria chief says IS caliphate 'illegitimate'

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:56 PM PDT

Fighters from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front drive in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo flying Islamist flags as they head to a frontline, on May 26, 2015The chief of Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate described the rival Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate as "illegitimate", in a wide-ranging television interview aired on Wednesday. In the second part of his appearance on the Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera news channel, Al-Nusra Front leader Abu Mohamed al-Jolani criticised IS at length and said he did not foresee a reconciliation between the two jihadist groups soon. "They announced a caliphate, but the scholars rejected it as illegitimate.


Plains All says California pipeline not to restart in June

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:54 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Plains All American Pipeline said it does not expect to restart before June 30 its pipeline that spilled hundreds of barrels of oil on the coast of Santa Barbara, California last month. Plains All American said it could not estimate the costs related to the spill and the civil, regulatory or criminal proceedings that may be brought against it, but expects its insurance to cover some of these costs. Excluding expenses related to the incident, Plains All American maintained its second-quarter adjusted EBITDA forecast of $435 million-$485 million.

Hurricanes, Stormers in critical Super Rugby matches

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:54 PM PDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Matches between the Hurricanes and Highlanders in New Zealand and the Stormers and Lions in South Africa may be the most critical in the 17th round of Super Rugby as nine teams vie for six playoffs spots this weekend.

US officials: Encryption hinders monitoring extremists

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2015 file photo, House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. law enforcement officials expressed concern Wednesday about the growing use of encrypted communication and private messaging by supporters of the Islamic State, saying the technology was complicating efforts to monitor terror suspects and extremists. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The growing use of encrypted communications and private messaging by supporters of the Islamic State group is complicating efforts to monitor terror suspects and extremists, U.S. law enforcement officials said Wednesday.


Curbs on NSA reflect shifting US mood

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:45 PM PDT

Civil liberties activists hold a rally against surveillance of US citizens in Washington on January 17, 2014Curbing the US government's power to collect telephone records is a victory of sorts for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden that reflects shifting public opinion about the surveillance state a decade after 9/11, analysts say. In the immediate aftermath of September 11, "Americans were afraid and not really concerned" about the sweeping intelligence-gathering powers imbedded in the Patriot Act, said Neema Singh Guliani, a legislative counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) focusing on privacy and surveillance issues. Stirring that conversation was Snowden's stated desire when the 31-year-old National Security Agency contractor leaked details of the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' telephone metadata.


Argentines hold mass rallies condemning violence against women

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:42 PM PDT

A girl wears a t-shirt reading "Neither mistress nor slave" as she takes part in a demonstration against femicide in Buenos Aires on June 3, 2015Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Argentina on Wednesday to condemn violence against women after a series of brutal murders. Carrying signs with slogans like "machismo kills" and "enough deaths," Argentines flooded the streets of Buenos Aires and more than 100 other cities. Marches were also held in Chile, Uruguay and Mexico.


Australian football chief says 2022 Qatar process not clean

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:31 PM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks during a news conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Sepp Blatter says he will resign from his position amid corruption scandal and is promising to call for fresh elections to choose a successor. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)The chairman of Football Federation Australia says bidding for the 2022 World Cup awarded to Qatar was not clean, explaining in an extraordinary open letter Wednesday how he felt Australia never had a chance to be given hosting rights.


Puerto Rico governor supports privatizing power production

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:27 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor said Wednesday that he supports privatizing electricity production in the U.S. territory as officials seek to restructure the island's troubled public power company.

West Indies out for 148, Australia on 85-3 on day 1 of test

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:25 PM PDT

West Indies' bowler Jason Holder reacts after Australia's Steven Smith, not in photo, played a shot off his bowl during the opening day of their first cricket Test match in Roseau, Dominica, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Pace bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Johnson took three wickets apiece on Wednesday as Australia skittled the West Indies for 148 on the first day of their first test at Windsor Park.


West Indies hit back after batting collapse

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:21 PM PDT

Australia cricketer Adam Voges catches out West Indies batman Jerome Taylor on the first day of the first cricket Test match, June 3, 2015 at Windsor Park Stadium in Roseau, DominicaWest Indies squandered a promising position, losing their last nine wickets for 85 runs to be dismissed for 148 in their first innings on the opening day of the first Test against Australia in Dominica on Wednesday. At stumps, Australia were 85 for three in reply, the in-form Steve Smith and debutant Adam Voges set to resume on the second morning after the home bowlers battled hard to prevent the visitors from completely dominating day one. Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Johnson led the rout of the West Indies with three wickets each on a surface that held few terrors for the batsmen.


U.N. aims for June 14 Yemen talks in Geneva, say diplomats

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:20 PM PDT

Anti-Houthi fighters of the Southern Popular Resistance walk to the frontline of their fight against Houthi fighters in al-Memdara district of Yemen's southern port city of AdenThe United Nations is planning to convene peace talks between Yemen's warring factions in Geneva on June 14, a date agreed to by the war-torn country's exiled government but not yet supported by Houthi militia, diplomats said on Wednesday. The U.N. envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, briefed the U.N. Security Council behind closed doors on Wednesday. Ould Cheikh Ahmed said that while the Riyadh-based Yemeni government had agreed to meet in Geneva on June 14, the Houthis had not yet consented, according to diplomats at the briefing, speaking on condition of anonymity.


Research group: Afghan pro-government militias running amok

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 24, 2011 file photo, members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) hand over a tray of food after a ceremony presenting new uniforms for the ALP in Gizab village of Uruzgan province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The International Crisis Group said Thursday, June 4, 2015, that members of the ALP, a national militia, have killed civilians and committed fraud, theft, rape, kidnapping, drugs trafficking and extortion. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is increasingly relying on a "cheap but dangerous" national militia of some 30,000 fighters, some of whom have committed serious abuses in the communities they are supposed to protect, an international research group said Thursday.


UN effort to allow EU migrant plan 'paused' without Libya OK

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:07 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. Security Council effort to authorize a European Union plan to combat a startling surge of migrant smuggling in the Mediterranean has "paused" as efforts continue in Brussels to secure Libya's crucial consent, two council diplomats said Wednesday.

Taiwan president candidate seeks stable relations with China

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 02:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012 file photo, Tsai Ing-wen, presidential candidate of Taiwanese opposition Democratic Progressive Party speaks to reporters in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Taiwan's opposition presidential candidate will look to reassure U.S. officials this week that victory in a January election for her party, which Beijing views with suspicion, won't revive tensions across the Taiwan Strait. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Taiwan's opposition presidential candidate said that if she comes to power in January elections, her government would have a responsibility to contribute to peace and stability in relations with mainland China.


Former assistant accuses Salazar of encouraging doping

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 02:57 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Long-distance running coach Alberto Salazar's former assistant is among those accusing the American of violating anti-doping rules and encouraging doping by one of his top runners, Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp.

Judge in Blazer case unsure how to pronounce FIFA

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 02:56 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — FIFA may be famous throughout the world. In the Brooklyn court room of U.S. District Judge U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie, not so much.

Russia wants answers about Syria chlorine attacks

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 02:55 PM PDT

A young man breathes with an oxygen mask on March 17, 2015 at a clinic in the village of Sarmin, southeast of Idlib, the capital of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, following an alleged regime gas attack in the areaRussia backs moves to determine who is responsible for a wave of chlorine gas attacks in Syria that the West blames on the Damascus regime, Moscow's ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday. "We support the need to find those people who are behind it," Churkin said.


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