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Obama sends Iran deal to wary Congress, Israel urges rejection
Greek banks ready to open Monday as Merkel urges swift bailout talks
U.S. aims to shift Israel focus to security ties after Iran deal
Mexican kingpin's home town stunned by 'bad ass' escape
Libyan war plane sinks vessel near Benghazi port: eastern army spokesman
Houthi bombardment in Yemen's Aden kills 43: exiled government
3-time world champ fights off shark during South Africa comp
Fluminense loses to Vasco, fails to take lead in Brazil
Panama tops Trinidad and Tobago on penalty kicks at Gold Cup
Davis Cup: Argentina finishes with 4-1 win over Serbia
Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
70 years after WWII, Japanese company apologizes to US POWs
Britain's Cameron attacks extreme conspiracy theories
Conservative wins mayoral election in Argentina's capital
UK's Cameron offers plan to counter attraction of extremism
Kyle Busch races to 3rd win of year, moves closer to Chase
Britain faces Australia, Argentina gets Belgium in Davis Cup
Chella Choi beats Ha Na Jang in playoff in Marathon Classic
Daddy's girl Chella Choi captures first LPGA title
Rajeev Ram wins grass-count event at Newport _ again
Shiite rebel shelling in Yemen near Aden kills at least 45
Burundi officials skip crisis talks days before poll
Glance at the British Open
Burst of summer rain dampens car-torching California blaze
Australia's war on wind farms threatens biggest renewable project
Gaza car blasts target Hamas, Islamic Jihad armed wings
Colombia rebels free soldier ahead of ceasefire
Day ready to seize latest chance to win 1st major
US-led airdrops shower leaflets over Islamic State territory
In Bahamas, 18 Dominicans detained for alleged fish poaching
Jamaica power utility pulls down thousands of illegal lines
Chella Choi defeats Ha Na Jang in playoff to take LPGA event
British Open Key Hole
Banks to reopen, taxes hiked as Greece prepares to reboot economy
Olympian Rogan to help Austrian swim federation amid crisis
Despite big lead, Froome on defensive at Tour
Dustin Johnson still hasn't learned how to finish a major
Column: Spieth embraces the moment in historic Open chase
Amateur Dunne shares Open lead, Spieth poised
The Latest: After lagging, Cavendish cites stomach problems

Obama sends Iran deal to wary Congress, Israel urges rejection

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:25 PM PDT

By Gernot Heller and Doina Chiacu TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to Congress on Sunday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. lawmakers to reject a deal he said would only feed an "Iranian terror machine". In a first concrete sign of European determination to quickly rebuild economic and political ties with Iran after a 12-year standoff, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel arrived in Tehran with an economic delegation. Obama has promised to exercise his veto if Congress rejects the deal, which curbs Iran's nuclear program while allowing an easing of economic sanctions.

Greek banks ready to open Monday as Merkel urges swift bailout talks

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:13 PM PDT

By Costas Pitas and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek banks are ready to open their branches across the country on Monday after a three-week shutdown, officials said, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for swift aid talks so Athens could also lift withdrawal limits. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is trying to turn a corner after he reluctantly agreed to negotiate a third bailout, allowing the European Central Bank to top up bank credit lines but prompting a rebellion in his leftist Syriza party. "Capital controls and restrictions on withdrawals will remain in place but we are entering a new stage which we all hope will be one of normality," the head of Greece's banking association Louka Katseli told Skai television.

U.S. aims to shift Israel focus to security ties after Iran deal

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:09 PM PDT

By Phil Stewart TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said it plainly just before landing in Israel, where officials are fuming over the Iran nuclear deal: "I'm not going to change anybody's mind in Israel.

Mexican kingpin's home town stunned by 'bad ass' escape

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 09:14 AM PDT

By Lizbeth Diaz and David Alire Garcia BADIRAGUATO, Mexico (Reuters) - In Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's home town, some thought they were dreaming and others shed tears of joy when they heard the drug lord had broken out of Mexico's top maximum security prison through a tunnel built into his cell. A picturesque, agricultural backwater in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains of northwestern Mexico, Badiraguato has been the breeding ground for some of the world's most notorious - and successful - drug traffickers. Above them all stands "El Chapo", or "Shorty", whose second escape from prison a week ago humiliated President Enrique Pena Nieto and utterly exposed the limits of the federal government's power.

Libyan war plane sinks vessel near Benghazi port: eastern army spokesman

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:08 PM PDT

A Libyan war plane on Sunday attacked and sank a vessel near the eastern city of Benghazi, a spokesman for the air force allied to the country's internationally recognized government said. "The vessel was sunk because it had loaded fighters, weapons and ammunition to support terrorism in the eastern region," air force spokesman Nasser al-Hassi said on Monday. A Reuters reporter had heard during the day war planes circling above Benghazi, some 20 km away from Mareesa.

Houthi bombardment in Yemen's Aden kills 43: exiled government

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 09:26 AM PDT

A bombardment in Aden by the Houthi militia and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed 43 people and injured 173 on Sunday, the health ministry of Yemen's exiled government said two days after declaring the city had been liberated. Clashes continued in the city's northern districts of Dar al-Saad and Sabr, and in Maashiq in Crater district as local fighters backed by the Riyadh-based government and a Saudi-led Arab coalition pushed to seize remaining parts of Aden. Local fighters in Aden have been supported by coalition air strikes for nearly four months, but often fly the flag of a southern Yemen separatist movement rather than voicing loyalty to Hadi's exiled government.

3-time world champ fights off shark during South Africa comp

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:46 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Knocked off his board by an attacking shark, three-time world champion Mick Fanning punched the creature before escaping unharmed during the televised finals of a world surfing competition in South Africa on Sunday.

Fluminense loses to Vasco, fails to take lead in Brazil

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:45 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Fluminense lost 2-1 to rival Vasco da Gama on the day Ronaldinho was introduced to its fans, missing a chance to go top of the Brazilian league.

Panama tops Trinidad and Tobago on penalty kicks at Gold Cup

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:43 PM PDT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Jaime Penedo made the clinching save in the ninth round to give Panama a 6-5 victory on penalty kicks after its CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal against Trinidad and Tobago ended tied 1-1 following extra time Sunday.

Davis Cup: Argentina finishes with 4-1 win over Serbia

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:42 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Dusan Lajovic beat Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4 to help Serbia avoid a clean sweep to Argentina in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Sunday.

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

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:33 PM PDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's top two political parties have each nominated a woman for president in 2016, a historic first signaling acceptance of female leadership and kicking off a campaign highlighted so far by clashing views on ties with rival China. The ruling Nationalist Party on Sunday picked as its candidate Hung Hsiu-chu, a former teacher and the current deputy legislative speaker. Hung, who supports friendly relations with China, will run against Tsai Ing-wen, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party chairwoman and an advocate of more cautious relations with Beijing. Tsai leads in opinion polls ahead of January's election.

70 years after WWII, Japanese company apologizes to US POWs

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:30 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Saying they felt a "deep sense of ethical responsibility for a past tragedy," executives from a major Japanese corporation gave an unprecedented apology Sunday to a 94-year-old U.S. prisoner of war for using American POWs for forced labor during World War II.

Britain's Cameron attacks extreme conspiracy theories

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:24 PM PDT

Conspiracy theories of a powerful Jewish cabal or a Western plan to destroy Islam must be challenged in efforts to counter radicalisation, British Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Monday. In a speech in the central English city of Birmingham, Cameron is to announce a five-year plan to tackle home-grown Islamic extremism and help communities integrate in Britain. "You don't have to support violence to subscribe to certain intolerant ideas which create a climate in which extremists can flourish," Cameron is to say, according to released remarks.

Conservative wins mayoral election in Argentina's capital

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:19 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Conservative candidate Horacio Rodriguez Larreta won Sunday's mayoral run-off election in Buenos Aires, taking a close victory over a fellow opponent of the national government ahead of presidential voting later this year.

UK's Cameron offers plan to counter attraction of extremism

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:02 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron is launching a five-year plan to defeat Islamic extremism, saying it is time to counter the ideology that has attracted so many young people to the Islamic State group.

Kyle Busch races to 3rd win of year, moves closer to Chase

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 03:46 PM PDT

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Stuck in a hospital, Kyle Busch could only think about a comeback, not championship contention.

Britain faces Australia, Argentina gets Belgium in Davis Cup

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 03:45 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — A tearful Andy Murray celebrated taking Britain to its first Davis Cup semifinal for more than three decades on Sunday, sealing an emotional 3-1 victory over France to line up a home series against Australia.

Chella Choi beats Ha Na Jang in playoff in Marathon Classic

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 03:36 PM PDT

SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Ji Leon Choi promised his daughter he would caddie for her until she won the LPGA Tour.

Daddy's girl Chella Choi captures first LPGA title

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 03:13 PM PDT

Chella Choi parred the first playoff hole to defeat fellow South Korean Jang Ha-Na Sunday for her first US LPGA Tour title at the Marathon Classic and likely send her father into retirement. Choi forced the playoff with overnight leader Jang with a five-under par 66 that included five birdies without a bogey. Hopefully this is a turning point for me," said Choi.

Rajeev Ram wins grass-count event at Newport _ again

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 03:00 PM PDT

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Rajeev Ram knew it was the shot of the match.

Shiite rebel shelling in Yemen near Aden kills at least 45

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 02:57 PM PDT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen randomly shelled a town Sunday outside of Aden after losing control of some the port city's neighborhoods, killing at least 45 people and wounding 120, officials said.

Burundi officials skip crisis talks days before poll

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 02:52 PM PDT

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Government representatives failed to show up Sunday for talks in Burundi aimed at ending the unrest caused by the president's controversial bid for a third term, forcing the mediation to be adjourned just ahead of Tuesday's election, the talks facilitator said.

Glance at the British Open

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 02:46 PM PDT

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — A glance at the third round Sunday of the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews (all times EDT):

Burst of summer rain dampens car-torching California blaze

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 02:46 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Firefighters in Southern California, aided by an unusually long burst of rainfall, have dug containment lines around 60 percent of a brush fire that torched 20 vehicles and destroyed eleven homes and outbuildings, the U.S. Forest Service said on Sunday. The wildfire, which broke out on Friday afternoon in the drought-parched foothills of San Bernardino County, grew from 500 acres (200 hectares) to 3,500 acres (1,416 hectares) in a matter of hours, the U.S. Forest Service said. It held that footprint through Sunday, dampened by a day of light rainfall on Saturday, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Lyn Sieliet said.

Australia's war on wind farms threatens biggest renewable project

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 02:11 PM PDT

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hostility to "visually awful" wind farms has sent a chill through the industry and could jeopardize the country's biggest renewable energy project, a $2 billion-plus wind and solar plant in the country's north. In an early sign that a new Federal policy could curtail major renewable projects, the company planning to build the 1,200-megawatt plant said it may struggle to attract financing after the government blocked state support for wind farms. Conservative premier Abbott has been a vocal critic of wind farms, which he has also described as "ugly" and "noisy", and has campaigned for coal-fired power.

Gaza car blasts target Hamas, Islamic Jihad armed wings

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 02:09 PM PDT

Five near-simultaneous explosions in Gaza on Sunday targeted members of the armed branches of Hamas and Islamic Jihad amid growing tensions between the Palestinian territory's rulers and extremist opponents. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts that rocked an area in the north of Gaza City and destroyed five cars belonging to members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam and Al-Quds brigades, the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Colombia rebels free soldier ahead of ceasefire

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 02:06 PM PDT

Colombia's FARC guerrillas freed a captive soldier Sunday in an apparent good will gesture hours before they start observing a unilateral ceasefire. Colombians who have endured a half-century of bloodshed that has claimed 220,000 lives hope the truce will invigorate a slow-moving peace process and lead to a bilateral ceasefire with the government and eventually the end of the war. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia announced the month-long truce on July 8 and said it would begin at midnight Sunday.

Day ready to seize latest chance to win 1st major

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:35 PM PDT

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Jason Day is tied for the lead after 54 holes of a major.

US-led airdrops shower leaflets over Islamic State territory

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:28 PM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-led coalition dropped new leaflets over the de facto capital of the Islamic State group in Syria, promising those below that "freedom will come" to the region, activists said Sunday.

In Bahamas, 18 Dominicans detained for alleged fish poaching

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:28 PM PDT

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Eighteen Dominicans aboard a fishing boat have been detained by the Bahamian military on suspicion of poaching.

Jamaica power utility pulls down thousands of illegal lines

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:28 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica's sole electricity provider says crews have pulled down nearly 10,000 illegal connections to the power grid and police have arrested over 300 people for theft so far this year.

Chella Choi defeats Ha Na Jang in playoff to take LPGA event

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:27 PM PDT

SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Chella Choi defeated fellow South Korean Ha Na Jang in a one-hole playoff Sunday to win the LPGA Marathon Classic.

British Open Key Hole

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:25 PM PDT

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — A look at the key hole in Sunday's third round of the British Open:

Banks to reopen, taxes hiked as Greece prepares to reboot economy

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:18 PM PDT

Greece prepared Sunday to restart its struggling economy with a revamped government, a bank reboot and a new round of tax hikes agreed after months of fraught confrontation with its creditors. The draconian agreement -- accepted by a party that came to power in January promising to end austerity -- came after over 61 percent of Greeks on July 5 rejected further cuts in a referendum called by Tsipras himself.

Olympian Rogan to help Austrian swim federation amid crisis

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:12 PM PDT

VIENNA (AP) — Three-time Olympian Markus Rogan has stepped forward to help rebuild the Austrian swim federation following a financial scandal.

Despite big lead, Froome on defensive at Tour

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:03 PM PDT

VALENCE, France (AP) — Despite his comfortable lead in the Tour de France, Chris Froome heads into the Alps — the last big hurdle between him and victory in Paris — on the defensive.

Dustin Johnson still hasn't learned how to finish a major

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 12:58 PM PDT

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Dustin Johnson began the third round of the British Open as the leader, having impressed everyone with the way he shook off that stunning loss at Chambers Bay.

Column: Spieth embraces the moment in historic Open chase

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 12:49 PM PDT

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Jordan Spieth was coming off three straight birdies when he trotted off the 13th tee, heading straight to a portable toilet reserved for players only.

Amateur Dunne shares Open lead, Spieth poised

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 12:49 PM PDT

Irish amateur Paul Dunne will take a share of the lead into the final round of the British Open after taking on and matching the best golfers in the world at St Andrews on Sunday. "I mean, at this point it's free rolling.