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IMF calls for Greece debt relief ahead of bailout vote

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:03 PM PDT

A man walks by a mural in AthensBy Renee Maltezou and Jan Strupczewski ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund study published on Tuesday showed that Greece needs far more debt relief than European governments have been willing to contemplate so far, as fractious parties in Athens prepared to vote on a sweeping austerity package demanded by their lenders. The IMF's stark warning on Greece's debt came as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras struggled to persuade deeply unhappy leftist lawmakers to vote for a package of austerity measures and liberal economic reforms to secure a new bailout. The IMF study, first reported by Reuters, said European countries would have to give Greece a 30-year grace period on servicing all its European debt, including new loans, and a dramatic maturity extension.


Iran deal reached, Obama hails step towards 'more hopeful world'

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 11:32 AM PDT

Iranians gesture as they celebrate in the street following a nuclear deal with major powers, in TehranBy Parisa Hafezi, Louis Charbonneau, John Irish and Arshad Mohammed VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East. U.S. President Barack Obama hailed a step towards a "more hopeful world" and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said it proved that "constructive engagement works". The agreement will now be debated in the U.S. Congress, but Obama said he would veto any measure to block it.


Saudi-backed forces seize Aden airport in sudden advance

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 01:36 PM PDT

Southern Resistance fighters flash the victory sign at the international airport of Yemen's southern port city of AdenYemeni forces recaptured Aden's international airport and some city districts from Houthi militia fighters on Tuesday, in a sudden advance after months of stalemate, the exiled government said. Yemenis on social media reported celebrations in cities across the country's south, where refugees from Aden have fled, and in other areas where local fighters are still battling the Houthis and army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Photographs on southern Yemeni media, which Reuters could not immediately verify, appeared to show a column of armored vehicles advancing along a street in Aden, where the fighting has mostly involved guerrilla fighters in civilian clothes.


From remote outpost, India looks to check China's Indian Ocean thrust

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:34 PM PDT

A general view of the runway controlled by the Indian military is pictured at Port Blair airport in Andaman and Nicobar IslandsThe arrival of the warships at Port Blair earlier this month symbolizes how an island chain better known for its beaches and diving is quietly becoming a key plank in New Delhi's strategy to counter China's growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean. In interviews in New Delhi and Port Blair, the archipelago's administrative hub, Indian defense officials outlined plans to transform a modest military base into a strategic listening post with strengthened air force, navy and army capabilities. While some of the officials noted that earlier expansion plans had largely faltered, they said there was fresh energy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wants to reassert New Delhi's traditional dominance of the Indian Ocean.


Venezuela hardliner Machado barred from public office for a year

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:59 PM PDT

Venezuela's opposition leader Machado greets supporters during a rally to commemorate International Women's Day and in support of jailed opposition leaders, Lopez and Ledezma, in CaracasVenezuelan hardline opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Tuesday she had been barred from public office for a year, a move that could prevent her from becoming a congresswoman if she wins a seat in December's parliamentary election. Machado has 15 days to appeal the decision, according to the letter from the comptroller's office she posted on Twitter. It was not immediately clear on what grounds she was barred and the comptroller's office could not be reached to comment.


U.S., allies target Islamic State with 27 air strikes in Syria, Iraq

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 10:46 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces conducted 20 air strikes in Iraq on Monday against Islamic State forces, concentrating on the Anbar province cities of Ramadi and Falluja, and seven more in Syria, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the air operations said on Tuesday. In Iraq, air strikes using bomber, attack, and fighter-attack aircraft were conducted near Falluja, Habbaniyah, Haditha, Makhmur, Mosul, Ramadi, Sinjar and Tal Afar, the statement said. Six of the air strikes were near Falluja and five near the provincial capital Ramadi, the statement said. ...

Florida 'Eco-Art' project seeks to blend aesthetics and the environment

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 05:01 PM PDT

Handout photo of The new "Living Shoreline" in Lake WorthBy Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - In a growing trend that seeks to blend art with environmental restoration, a water filtration project was unveiled on Tuesday along a 575-foot sea-walled stretch of the intracoastal waterway in South Florida. The new Living Shoreline, designed by Vermont artist Michael Singer, is billed as "Eco-Art," which its patrons describe as "art with a job to do." The $149,000 project grew out of Palm Beach County's work to improve water quality in the Lake Worth Lagoon which, in typical Florida fashion, previously involved piling up rocks in front of seawalls to try to regenerate some of the natural marine habitat lost to development.


The Latest: Greece needs 85 billion euros through 2018

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:55 PM PDT

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks with the media after a meeting of eurozone heads of state at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, July 13, 2015. A summit of eurozone leaders reached a tentative agreement with Greece on Monday for a bailout program that includes "serious reforms" and aid, removing an immediate threat that Greece could collapse financially and leave the euro. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest on Greece's financial crisis (all times local):


Greece: Revolt over austerity deal grows ahead of vote

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:51 PM PDT

A man counts money as he sits in front of a shop selling Greek flags in central Athens, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was seeking Tuesday to rally his party members to support a preliminary rescue deal struck with Greece's European creditors that includes measures so onerous some of his own ministers were in open revolt. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's left-wing government launched a frantic 24-hour effort late Tuesday to push more austerity measures through Parliament and meet demands from European creditors as it faced down mounting anger at home.


British government moves to restrict strikes, outrages unions

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:44 PM PDT

The gates of Brixton underground station are locked with a chain and padlocks during a tube strike in London on July 9, 2015Britain's Conservative government announced on Wednesday it would seek to pass a law restricting the conditions under which workers can stage strikes in a move that outraged the country's unions. Ministers said the "Trade Union Bill", which follows a high-profile union shutdown of London's underground rail network last week, balanced the rights of businesses and workers but left-leaning daily The Guardian called it the "biggest crackdown on trade union rights for 30 years". The law would make unions ask all of their members whether they wish to pay into the union's political fund -- usually raised automatically from trade union membership fees and a major source of funding for the opposition Labour party.


Human hand more primitive than chimp's: study

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:36 PM PDT

Scientists in the United States and Spain said the human hand may be more primitive than that of our closest living cousin, the chimpanzeeStrong fists for defending ourselves and opposable thumbs for work as fine as threading a needle -- hand specialisation is widely believed to have given humans a major evolutionary advantage. On Tuesday, scientists in the United States and Spain said the human hand may be more primitive than that of our closest living cousin, the chimpanzee. In fact, human hands are likely more similar to those of the last common ancestor we and chimps shared millions of years ago.


Loyalists retake airport in Yemen's Aden

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:32 PM PDT

Huthi militants gather at the site of an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition, in Sanaa on July 14, 2015Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled president, backed by Saudi-led air and naval support, recaptured the airport in second city Aden Tuesday after a four-month battle with Iran-backed rebels, military sources said. Leading Sunni kingdom Saudi Arabia has been deeply concerned about Iranian influence in its impoverished southern neighbour and leads an Arab coalition which has since March bombed the rebels and their allies in the armed forces. The coalition backing pro-government forces denied its warships pounded the rebels as they pulled back from positions in Aden they had held since forcing President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi into exile in Riyadh in March.


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

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:32 PM PDT

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured Tuesday in a stampede during a Hindu religious bathing festival on a river bank in southern India. The stampede occurred in Andhra Pradesh state as tens of thousands of people pushed forward to bathe in the Godavari River on the first day of the Pushkaralu festival, said Arun Kumar, a state administrator.

Immigrant families released faster from detention centers

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:15 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Mothers with children are being released from Texas immigrant detention centers more quickly in the weeks since the top U.S. immigration official announced policy changes, with far more being given ankle-monitoring bracelets in lieu of paying bonds, according to immigration attorneys.

Massive debt relief for Greece would give economy chance to grow: IMF

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:03 PM PDT

Massive new debt relief for Greece would give the economy a chance to recover and over time become self-supporting, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Tuesday. The debt relief would be needed if the IMF was to participate in any new Greek bailout. IMF rules prohibit lending to a country unless public debt is considered to be on a sustainable path.

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson to be father: reports

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:00 PM PDT

Singer Louis Tomlinson of One Direction attends the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, NevadaOne Direction heartthrob Louis Tomlinson is set to become a father, reports said Tuesday, in the latest jolt for the boy band once known for its squeaky-clean image. The 23-year-old, who would be the first dad in One Direction, is expecting a child with Los Angeles stylist Briana Jungwirth, according to British tabloid The Sun and US celebrity magazine People. The Sun -- which ran the headline "One Conception" -- said that Tomlinson went on dates with Jungwirth in May after breaking up with girlfriend of four years Eleanor Calder.


Utah Jazz sign center Tibor Pleiss

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:55 PM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz have signed German center Tibor Pleiss to a multiyear deal.

World leaders voice relief at Iran nuclear deal

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:52 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama addresses the nation during a press conference in the East Room of the White House, on July 14, 2015World leaders hailed the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, with Barack Obama seeing a "new direction" and Vladimir Putin voicing a global "sigh of relief" -- though Israel criticised it as a "historic mistake". Major international powers who thrashed out the agreement with Tehran said they hoped Iran would build on the opportunity to come in from the cold. While Republicans in the United States warned the deal could "embolden" Iran, US President Obama said the agreement offered a chance to reset vexed relations.


Brazilian Senate begins investigating local confederation

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 5, 2012, file photo, former soccer player Romario attends a news conference to announce the name of players who will represent Brazil in the London 2012 Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazilian Senate has started its investigation into the national football confederation, putting former star player Romario in charge of the probe, it was announced Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana,File)SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian Senate has started its investigation into the national football confederation, putting former star player Romario in charge of the probe.


Rights groups press Obama to meet activists on Africa trip

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:49 PM PDT

More than 50 African and global human rights groups called on US President Barack Obama, seen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 14, 2015, to publicly meet democracy activists when he visits Ethiopia and Kenya later this monthMore than 50 African and global human rights groups on Tuesday called on US President Barack Obama to publicly meet democracy activists when he visits Ethiopia and Kenya later this month. In a letter delivered to the White House, groups welcomed Obama's planned visit but voiced concerns about "grave and worsening human rights challenges" in his host countries. Signatories included a host of African non-governmental groups as well as Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, the Open Society Foundation and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center.


Confident England wary of Australian Ashes backlash

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:48 PM PDT

Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin walks to leave on the team bus after taking part in a training session at Lord's cricket ground in London, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Australia are due to play England in their second cricket test match of the five match Ashes series at Lord's starting on Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)LONDON (AP) — The cracks appear to be showing in the normally-invincible Australian cricket team.


Greens urge U.S. to refuse Shell's final Arctic drilling permits

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:46 PM PDT

Activists protest the Shell Oil Company's drilling rig Polar Pioneer which is parked at Terminal 5 at the Port of Seattle, WashingtonBy Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental groups on Tuesday urged the U.S. government not to grant Royal Dutch Shell final permits for Arctic oil exploration after an icebreaker with safety equipment to cap wells was put out of action. Ten groups, including Oceana, Greenpeace, and the Sierra Club, said in a letter that under Shell's exploration plans, the U.S. Interior Department cannot allow it to begin exploring for oil in the Chukchi Sea off northern Alaska while the icebreaker, the Fennica, is unavailable. Shell is sending the Fennica to Portland, Oregon for repairs after crew discovered a 39 inch (1 meter) gash on the ship's hull last week.


Pro-Israel groups in U.S. waste no time attacking Iran deal

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:45 PM PDT

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Within hours of the unveiling on Tuesday of a nuclear pact between Iran and six world powers, the loudest pro-Israel voice in Washington was warning the U.S. Congress of problems, marking the onset of what promises to be a furious lobbying campaign. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said in a statement it was "deeply concerned" that the deal "would fail to block Iran's path to a nuclear weapon and further entrench and empower the leading state sponsor of terror." The considerable clout of pro-Israel interests on Capitol Hill will play an important role in deciding the fate of the pact, hammered out in Vienna after many months by Iran, the United States, Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany.

Q&A on the Iranian nuclear deal

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:42 PM PDT

Graphic shows key points of nuclear deal with Iran; 2c x 8 inches; 96.3 mm x 203 mm;WASHINGTON (AP) — Here's what you need to know about the Iran nuclear deal:


Abducted Gambian journalist released after 11 days: family

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:31 PM PDT

A giant portrait of Gambia President Yahya Jammeh decorates an avenue in Banjul, June 29, 2006A radio journalist who disappeared for more than a week in a kidnapping blamed on Gambia's secret police has been released, his family told AFP on Tuesday. Alagie Ceesay, manager of the independent Teranga FM, disappeared outside the station's Banjul headquarters on July 2, according to press freedom campaigners. "Alagie called us on Monday night around 11:00 pm (2300 GMT) asking us to go and pick him up around Banjul International Airport," a family member said.


Greek PM to 'captain ship' through bailout storm as key vote looms

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:28 PM PDT

Greek guards perform the changing of the guard in front of parliament, as protesters hold a banner during an anti-EU demonstration calling for a 'No' to any agreement with the creditors, on July 13, 2015 in AthensPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday promised Greeks he would not abandon ship despite fractures within the government over draconian reforms that eurozone creditors have demanded in exchange for a bailout. On the eve of a crucial parliamentary vote on the widely unpopular measures, Tsipras said he took "full responsibility" for signing an accord he did "not believe in, but which I signed to avoid disaster for the country", in the face of a real risk Greece would crash out of the common currency. The International Monetary Fund warned late Tuesday however that Greece's EU creditors will still have to go "far beyond" their existing estimates for debt relief to stabilise the country's finances, pointing to the "considerable" downside risks.


Top-seeded John Isner upset in Newport first round

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:19 PM PDT

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Top-seeded and two-time champion John Isner was upset in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships by Rajeev Ram 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (8) on Tuesday.

US readies Iran resolution at UN

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:18 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry holds up the agreement at a press conference after Iran nuclear talks in Vienna on July 14, 2015The United States is readying a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council setting out timelines for Iran's compliance with a nuclear deal it reached with world powers Tuesday. The resolution, expected in the coming days, would also replace the existing framework of Security Council sanctions with the restrictions agreed during negotiations in Vienna, US Ambassador Samantha Power said.


The Latest: Obama to press for approval of Iran deal

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:10 PM PDT

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, 2nd right, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, left, talk to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as the wait for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, not pictured, for a group picture at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal Tuesday to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions — an agreement designed to avert the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and another U.S. military intervention in the Muslim world. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — Here are the latest developments involving an agreement between Iran and world powers in Vienna over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program (all times EDT):


Sterling completes $76M move to Man City from Liverpool

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, May 10, 2015 file photo, Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas, left, vies for the ball with Liverpool's Raheem Sterling during their English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. England international Raheem Sterling has completed his big-money move to Manchester City from Liverpool. The 20-year-old, who will wear the number seven shirt, has become the club's record signing and the most expensive English footballer after sealing a move which will be worth up to £49million. A statement released on the club's official website, www.mcfc.co.uk, said: "Manchester City are delighted to announce Raheem Sterling has joined the club on a five-year deal. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)LONDON (AP) — Raheem Sterling became the most expensive English footballer ever on Tuesday after joining Manchester City from Premier League rival Liverpool in a drawn-out move costing 49 million pounds ($76 million).


Sterling completes record move to Manchester City

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:07 PM PDT

Raheem Sterling became the most expensive English footballer in history when he signed for Manchester City from Liverpool on a five-year contract, the England forward's new club announcedRaheem Sterling became the most expensive English footballer in history when he signed for Manchester City from Liverpool on a five-year contract, the England forward's new club announced on Tuesday. "It's a good feeling and this is really happy time for me and my family," Sterling told City's official website late Tuesday. The forecast move away from Anfield appeared imminent at the weekend as Sterling stayed behind when Liverpool flew out for for their tour of Thailand, Australia and Malaysia.


Mexico holds 22 prison officials over Guzman escape

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:06 PM PDT

A police officer opens a car door with a picture of fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, at a checkpoint on the highway connecting Mexico City and Acapulco, on July 14, 2015Mexican prosecutors investigating the escape of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman formally placed 22 prison officials in custody on Tuesday over suspicions that the infamous fugitive had inside help. While a massive manhunt for Guzman entered its third full day, the attorney general's office released 12 of 34 prison staff members who had been questioned since Sunday. Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said Monday that Guzman "must have" had help from prison officials in his brazen escape on Saturday.


Pan Am Games urged by WADA to store drug-test samples

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:03 PM PDT

FILE - A Tuesday, April 21, 2015 file photo showing David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, speaking to The Associated Press during an interview in New York. The World Anti-Doping Agency is urging organizers of the Pan Am Games and other large multi-sport events to follow the example of the International Olympic Committee and store samples for possible testing in the future. Drug-test samples from Olympic Games are stored for up to 10 years, meaning that an athlete who cheated may be caught a decade later by new testing technology. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)TORONTO (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has urged organizers of the Pan Am Games and other large multi-sport events to follow the example of the International Olympic Committee and store samples for possible testing in the future.


Pakistan helped secure Taliban talks, but Afghan mistrust lingers

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:02 PM PDT

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's military, long accused of harboring insurgents who fight its cause in Afghanistan and beyond, says its role in brokering landmark Taliban peace talks last week proves it is serious about tackling Islamist militancy in the region. The heads of the army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency were personally involved in bringing about talks between the Afghan Taliban and Kabul government on July 8 near Islamabad, said two senior officials close to the process. The negotiations were a tentative first step toward ending war in neighboring Afghanistan that kills thousands of people each year, as government forces fight Taliban insurgents whose hardline Islamist regime was toppled in 2001.

Iranians dance in streets, thank Rouhani for nuclear deal

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:56 PM PDT

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin Nouri and Babak Dehghanpisheh DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Young Iranian men and women danced in streets in parts of Tehran and motorists honked car horns to cheer an historic nuclear accord with world powers they hope will end years of economic sanctions and decades of international isolation. In the capital's affluent north, motorists played loud music from car stereos and young people blew South African-style 'vuvuzela' horns, scenes that Tehran normally witnesses only when the country qualifies the football World Cup. A woman in Vanak Square in north Tehran told Reuters by phone that people were buying sweets and handing them out on the streets.

Flooding halts Illinois River barges, corn export costs jump

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:54 PM PDT

By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard closed a 50-mile stretch of the Illinois River to all traffic on Tuesday as persistent heavy rains following the state's wettest June on record swelled the waterway to within two feet of all-time highs in some areas. Cash premiums for corn shipped in barges to the Gulf Coast for export surged to the highest in two weeks as river grain elevators in the country's No. 2 corn-producing state were forced to stop loading vessels as barge lines sidelined boats. Flood-related shipping restrictions this spring and summer have disrupted the flow of grain to Gulf export terminals, where some 60 percent of all U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat exit the country.

Richard Gere speaks up for Tibet at US hearing

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:53 PM PDT

Protestors hold signs calling for the release of jailed Tibetan Buddhist teacher Tenzin Delek RinpocheHollywood star Richard Gere expressed outrage Tuesday over the death in a Chinese prison of a key Tibetan dissident, as the US Congress explored ways to ratchet up pressure on Beijing over Tibet. Testifying before the House of Representatives human rights commission, Gere remembered Tenzin Delek Rinpoche as one of Tibetan Buddhism's most respected and revered lamas. "The worst possible outcome has arrived -- Rinpoche has died in prison," said Gere, a longtime champion of human rights in Tibet, in written testimony.


Mexican gov't reticent to make changes after Chapo escape

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:46 PM PDT

This poster provided by Mexico's attorney general, shows the most recent image of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman before he escaped from the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, Sunday, July 12, 2015. The Mexican government is offering a 60 million pesos (about $4 million dollars) reward for information leading to his capture, after Guzman, escaped from the maximum security prison through a mile long tunnel that opened into the shower area of his cell. (Mexico's Attorney General's Office via AP)MEXICO CITY (AP) — For those who remember Colombia in the dark days of the 1990s, it's all too familiar: The world's most powerful drug lord slips out of prison, the beneficiary of his government's refusal to extradite him and its inability to hold him.


Car bomb kills at least 5 in Iraq town of Khalis

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:40 PM PDT

Iraqi Shiite fighters patrol on February 2, 2015 around the town of Khalis, in Diyala provinceA car bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed at least five people in the Iraqi town of Khalis on Tuesday, officials said. The blast, which the top provincial official in Khalis said occurred outside a reputed local doctor's house, also left at least 11 wounded. Khalis lies around 60 kilometres (35 miles) north of Baghdad in Diyala, a province which the government declared free of IS militants in January.


Greek PM: bailout deal must be implemented, even if 'one-way street'

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:38 PM PDT

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras defended the bailout deal struck at Sunday's euro zone summit and ruled out resigning, saying that the "bad deal" was the best available under the circumstances. "I am fully assuming my responsibilities, for mistakes and for oversights, and for the responsibility of signing a text that I do not believe in, but that I am obliged to implement," Tsipras told Greek public television on Tuesday. In an hour-long interview that mixed a defense of his abrupt change of course over the bailout deal with barbs aimed at Greece's European partners, Tsipras said he had fought a battle not to cut wages and pensions.

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