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Turkey's Erdogan: peace process with Kurdish militants impossible

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 09:53 AM PDT

Turkish soldiers position an anti-aircraft gun at Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, TurkeyBy Tulay Karadeniz ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday it was impossible to continue a peace process with Kurdish militants and urged parliament to strip politicians with links to them of immunity from prosecution. Hours after he spoke, the Turkish military said its F-16 fighter jets had bombed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak, which borders Iraq, in response to an attack on a group of gendarmes. Turkey last week launched air strikes on PKK camps in northern Iraq following a series of attacks on its police officers and soldiers blamed on the Kurdish militant group.


Libyan court sentences Gaddafi son Saif, eight other ex-officials to death

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 08:51 AM PDT

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in ZintanA Libyan court on Tuesday sentenced Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, and eight others to death over war crimes including killings of protesters during the 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule. The former Gaddafi regime officials sentenced to die by firing squad included former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi and ex-prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, Sadiq al-Sur, chief investigator at the Tripoli state prosecutor's office, told a televised news conference in the capital. The trial process and outcome drew condemnation abroad, with Human Rights Watch and a prominent international lawyer saying it was riddled with legal flaws and carried out amid widespread lawlessness undermining the credibility of the judiciary.


EU's Mogherini in Iran to discuss nuclear deal, region: TV

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 01:03 PM PDT

Iranian FM Zarif addresses during a joint news conference with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Mogherini after a plenary session at the United Nations building in ViennaBy Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday the nuclear deal reached between Tehran and major world powers this month will help fight terrorism and bloodshed in the Middle East, Iran's state TV reported. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also cited wider effects of the deal, saying Tehran and the European Union could now discuss questions "including energy cooperation ... human rights, confronting terrorism and regional issues". The Iranian leaders spoke during a one-day visit by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to Tehran to discuss implementation of the deal to curb Tehran's nuclear program in return for lifting economic sanctions imposed on the country.


U.S., Turkey weigh which Syrian rebels to support in border area

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:47 PM PDT

By Phil Stewart and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Turkey have not yet agreed which Syrian opposition fighters they will support in a joint effort to help clear Islamic State from an area along the Turkish border, officials said on Tuesday, underscoring uncertainty surrounding the campaign plan. Washington and Ankara this week announced their intention to provide air cover for Syrian rebels and jointly sweep Islamic State fighters from a strip of land along the border, with U.S. warplanes using bases in Turkey for strikes.

Warplanes attack air base near Yemen's Aden

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 09:43 AM PDT

By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohammed Mukhashef SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Warplanes attacked Houthi militia in control of Yemen's largest air base north of Aden on Tuesday, seeking to expand territorial gains made by Saudi-led coalition forces since they captured the southern port city last week. Witnesses said big explosions were heard at the al-Anad base, 50 km (30 miles) from Aden, which has been held by the Iranian-allied Houthi movement for much of a fourth-month-old civil war and commands the approaches to Aden. A Saudi-led Arab coalition allied with southern secessionist fighters retook much of Aden last week in the first significant ground victory in their campaign to end Houthi control over much of Yemen and restore exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

UK minister urges United States to buy more British weapons

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:12 PM PDT

Philip Dunne arrives at 10 Downing Street as Britain's re-elected Prime Minister David Cameron names his new cabinet in LondonBy Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain's minister for defense procurement on Tuesday urged the United States to buy more UK-built weapons, saying current trade flows were too much of a one-way street. The comments by Philip Dunne marked a public nudge by one of the United States' leading allies over the trade imbalance between the two countries. "Trade often seems to go largely in one direction," Dunne told reporters during his first visit to the United States since the election of a new Conservative-led government earlier this year.


Ridley Scott, Jean-Marc Vallee head Toronto filmfest lineup

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:40 PM PDT

Director Jean-Marc Vallee, pictured on November 8, 2014, will present "Demolition," starring Jake Gyllenhaal, to open the Toronto International Film FestivalOrganizers of the annual Toronto International Film Festival unveiled an ambitious lineup Tuesday leading off with psychological drama "Demolition" by Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallee. "Alien" director Ridley Scott's eagerly-awaited space adventure "The Martian" will also be among the highlights at the movie fest that runs September 10-20. "Demolition" tells the story of Davis, a brilliant investment banker played by Jake Gyllenhaal who must come to terms with the death of his wife in a terrible automobile accident.


Roger Goodell upholds Tom Brady's 4-game suspension

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2015, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)NEW YORK (AP) — The commissioner pointed to concealed evidence. The team described it as a folly. And the agent added sham to the lexicon of "Deflategate."


Red Sox retire Pedro Martinez's No. 45

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:34 PM PDT

A drape covers the number 45 of Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez prior to a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Martinez's jersey number will be retired, and hang between Red Sox's Jim Rice's #14 and baseball's Jackie Robinson's #42, in a ceremony before the game. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox are honoring Pedro Martinez.


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

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:32 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, stung by allegations that he received some $700 million in government money, on Tuesday fired the attorney general who had been investigating him and a deputy who has been among his most prominent critics. Najib is under increasing pressure over leaked confidential documents that allegedly show the money, from state investment fund 1MDB, went into his personal accounts.

Golf's youth movement means 30 is the new 20

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:15 PM PDT

Lexi Thompson holds the trophy after winning the Meijer LPGA Classic golf tournament Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Belmont, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)The criteria fits for the label as the best player to have never won a major.


Pollard to be freed; US analyst spied for Israel

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 15, 1998 file photo, Jonathan Pollard speaks during an interview in a conference room at the Federal Correction Institution in Butner, N.C. Lawyers for the convicted spy Pollard say the U.S. has granted his parole and he will be released in November. Pollard, sentenced to life in prison, has served 30 years for spying for Israel. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Naval intelligence analyst whose conviction of spying for Israel stoked fierce international passions, has been granted parole and will be released from prison in November after nearly 30 years.


Can we save forests and produce palm oil? Scientists seek answer

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:10 PM PDT

By Megan Rowling BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite promises by many big companies that produce, trade and use palm oil to clean up their supply chains, complaints are still pouring in over the conversion of forests into plantations from West Africa to Southeast Asia, experts say. A fledgling effort to balance forest protection and oil palm production aims to ease those tensions by enabling companies to meet growing demand for the cheap, edible oil, while ensuring villagers can feed their families and curbing climate-changing emissions from deforestation at the same time. Led by an independent team of 50 scientists, a draft version of the "High Carbon Stock Study" - commissioned by a group of Asian oil palm growers, agribusiness giant Cargill and consumer goods firm Unilever - was released last month for consultation.

American accused of killing Zimbabwe's popular Cecil the lion

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:09 PM PDT

Wildlife officials on Tuesday accused an American hunter of killing Cecil, one of the oldest and most famous lions in Zimbabwe, without a permit after paying $50,000 to two people who lured the beast to its death. The lion was lured out of Hwange National Park using a bait and was shot by Walter James Palmer, Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF), told reporters. LionAid, a conservation group, said Cecil was wounded with a bow and arrow, and not shot dead until 40 hours later.

Romania's PM Ponta to go on holiday amid criminal probe

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:58 PM PDT

Romanian PM Ponta addressess to media as he leaves the anti-corruption agency, locally known as the DNA, in BucharestRomania's leftist Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Tuesday he will be on holiday from Wednesday until Aug. 9, weeks before he is to face hearings by prosecutors conducting a criminal investigation against him. Earlier this month prosecutors charged Ponta with forgery and serving as an accessory to tax evasion and money laundering during his past activity as a lawyer. Ponta returned from an Istanbul hospital in early June after an absence of nearly one month to undergo knee surgery.


US official says Puerto Rico should get access to bankruptcy

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:58 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Tuesday that creating a path as soon as possible to allow Puerto Rico's government to file for bankruptcy would help the U.S. territory recover from its economic crisis.

Fires in U.S. West threaten thousands of structures

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:56 PM PDT

Handout photo of the Reynolds Fire burning in Glacier National ParkFires burning in drought-parched California on Tuesday menaced thousands of structures as firefighters struggled to corral the blazes there and elsewhere in the U.S. West, authorities said. The so-called Lowell Fire north of the state capital, Sacramento, has injured four of the 2,277 firefighters battling it, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire). One firefighter was hospitalized with serious burns, CalFire said.


Two Brazilian executives arrested as Petrobras probe hits utility

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:52 PM PDT

A federal police officer leaves the headquarters of Eletrobras' Eletronuclear division in Rio de JaneiroBy Sergio Spagnuolo CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested two executives involved in building a nuclear power plant for Eletrobras, pulling the state-run utility into a corruption scandal that has engulfed government-owned oil company Petrobras. The arrests come as federal police follow allegations that a price-fixing, bribery and political kickback scheme they discovered at Petrobras extends to other state-led companies, including Eletrobras, Brazil's largest utility. "Unfortunately, it looks like we will go into other sectors as well, and the energy sector alone is already huge," federal police agent Igor Romario de Paulo said in a press conference.


Time to 'redouble' efforts in Yemen: UN aid chief

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:52 PM PDT

Workers unload bags of food from a UN World Food Programme ship docked in Yemen's devastated port city of Aden on July 21, 2015The UN aid chief on Tuesday urged the Security Council to redouble efforts to secure a pause in fighting in Yemen, saying he would travel to the country within weeks. "This conflict has brought appalling damage on an already suffering people," former British MP Stephen O'Brien told the Council in New York as the latest truce collapsed. Yemen's ambassador to the United Nations, Khaled Hussein Alyemany, said the visit would take place on August 9.


If USOC finds a new city, Boston debacle could be forgotten

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 28, 1984, file photo, the Olympic flame is flanked by a scoreboard signifying the formal opening of the XXIII Olympiad after it was lit by Rafer Johnson during the opening ceremonies in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Embarrassing as it was, the U.S. Olympic Committee won't necessarily be remembered for its ungainly dumping of Boston as a bid city for the 2024 Olympics. The USOC has seven weeks to get another city on board _ and it could be Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)Embarrassing as the debacle in Boston may have been, chances are it will be nothing more than a distant memory when the vote for the 2024 Olympics finally rolls around.


Mexican villagers bulldoze 18th century chapel

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:36 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials said Tuesday they have filed a criminal complaint after villagers in the central state of Tlaxcala bulldozed a chapel from the 1700s.

Last wild horse dies on Bahamas' Great Abaco island

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:24 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The last of the wild horses on Great Abaco island in the Bahamas has died, prompting caretakers to collect tissue for possible cloning and hopefully bring back a viable population.

Zimbabwe: American being sought for lion poaching

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:23 PM PDT

Cecil the lionHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean police said Tuesday they are searching for an American who allegedly shot a well-known, protected lion known as Cecil with a crossbow in a killing that has outraged conservationists and others.


Conservation group finds haze, ozone problems at U.S. national parks

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:21 PM PDT

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A conservation group found 36 U.S. national parks had moderate or worse levels of ozone pollution in a report card released on Tuesday, with four parks in California receiving the worst grades for health effects. The National Parks Conservation Association study singled out Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Joshua Tree and Yosemite national parks with "F" grades in the report's "healthy air" category for ozone pollution. In part, that is because those four parks in California, like other parts of the state, suffer from geography that traps air pollution in vast basins or valleys, said Ulla Reeves, who manages the nonprofit group's clean air campaign.

US agency: Company should have prepared for human error

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2014 file photo, wreckage lies near the site where a Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket, SpaceShipTwo, exploded and crashed in Mojave, Calif. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will meet July 28 to determine what likely caused a Virgin Galactic spaceship to break apart over the Mojave Desert during a test flight 10 months ago, killing the co-pilot and seriously injuring the pilot. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded Tuesday that the developer of a commercial spacecraft that broke apart over the Mojave Desert last year failed to protect against the possibility of human error, specifically the co-pilot's premature unlocking of a braking system.


France's Le Pen chalks up another legal victory in feud with daughter

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 03:01 PM PDT

France's National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen was suspended from the far-right group following a highly public row with daughter Marine, the party leaderJean-Marie Le Pen, the veteran ex-leader of France's National Front (FN), on Tuesday won a legal victory in a battle over his expulsion from the far-right party amid a festering feud with his daughter. Daughter Marine, now leading the party her father founded, launched a postal ballot earlier this month on whether to change the FN's statutes and scrap Jean-Marie's position as honorary president.


Canadian army officer charged with sexual assault

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:58 PM PDT

A member of the Canadian Armed Forces stands onboard a ship docked in Constanta, Romania on March 13, 2015The Canadian military on Tuesday charged the commander one of the army's most prestigious battalions with a string of sexual assaults involving teenage cadets. Lieutenant Colonel Mason Stalker is the first officer to face such charges since an April report spoke of endemic sexual harassment and assault in the Canadian armed forces. The 40-year-old Stalker commands the 1st Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton.


Chile dictatorship burning victim says justice being served

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:54 PM PDT

Carmen Quintana attends a tribute for slain photographer Rodrigo Rojas, outside the Gabriela Mistral museum, in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. During a street demonstration on July 2, 1986, soldiers doused Rojas and then 18-year-old Quintana with gasoline and set them ablaze. Rojas died four days later. Quintana survived and underwent lengthy treatment for severe burns at a Canadian hospital. Her scarred face later became a symbol of the atrocities committed by Pinochet's dictatorship. A Chilean judge last week charged seven former members of the military in the burning death of Rojas, and four other ex-soldiers were being questioned on Monday. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A woman who was badly burned in a military attack during the dictatorship of Chilean Gen. Augusto's Pinochet said Tuesday that she believes the recent testimony of a soldier will lead to many others speaking out about atrocities they were forced to take part in.


US dentist killed Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:52 PM PDT

Much-loved Zimbabwean lion "Cecil", pictured on October 21, 2012, was lured outside the Hwange National Park boundaries by bait and shot by a bow and arrowA wealthy American dentist who used a bow and arrow to shoot Zimbabwe's beloved Cecil the lion faced fierce criticism Tuesday amid allegations that it took 40 hours for the animal to die. The lion, a popular attraction among international visitors to the Hwange National Park, was lured outside the park's boundaries by bait and killed earlier this month. "The offender is a gentleman who is an American called Walter James Palmer," Emmanuel Fundira, president of the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe, told reporters in the capital Harare.


Future unsure for troubled New Mexico green chile production

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:51 PM PDT

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) — Green chiles, the signature crop of New Mexico, are in danger.

Jane Birkin asks Hermes to take name off crocodile handbag

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:46 PM PDT

A $129,000 crocodile-skin Hermes "Birkin" bag is pictured on June 21, 2007British singer Jane Birkin has asked luxury manufacturer Hermes to remove her name from its crocodile-skin handbag after learning of the "cruel" methods used to make the iconic accessory. Costing tens of thousands of euros, the Birkin bag is a symbol of wealth and is much-loved by celebrities, but the version made out of crocodile skin has attracted the ire of animal rights activists. "Having been alerted to the cruel practices reserved for crocodiles during their slaughter to make Hermes handbags carrying my name... I have asked Hermes to debaptise the Birkin Croco until better practices in line with international norms can be put in place," Birkin, 68, said in a statement.


Israeli spy Pollard to be released on parole Nov 21

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:42 PM PDT

An Israeli youth holds a picture of Jonathan Pollard, during a demonstration for his release in Jerusalem on July 13, 2010Former US Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard will be released on November 21 after serving 30 years in prison for spying for Israel. The decision, revealed Tuesday, caps a sensational case that has troubled relations between the United States and its closest Middle East ally for more than three decades. November 21 marks the earliest date Pollard could be eligible for parole, but officials insisted the release was not a sop to Israel, still smarting over the Iran nuclear deal.


Russia names US foundation first 'undesirable' foreign group

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:37 PM PDT

Russian prosecutors accuse the US Congress-funded National Endowment for Democracy of using local NGOs to undermine elections and organise political rallies in the country, such as this opposition rally in Moscow on March 5, 2012Russian prosecutors Tuesday declared the US Congress-funded National Endowment for Democracy the first "undesirable" foreign group under a controversial new law to ban overseas organisations deemed a threat. The move is part of what critics say is a Kremlin drive against civil society, fuelled by growing anti-Western rhetoric over the Ukraine crisis. "Taking into account the overall aim of the endowment's work, prosecutors came to the conclusion that it presents a threat to the constitutional order of Russia, its defence capabilities and state security," the prosecutors said in a statement.


Remains of 4 early colonial leaders discovered at Jamestown

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:35 PM PDT

Crosses mark where the four sets of human remains where four of the earliest leaders of the English colony that would become America, buried for more than 400 years near the altar of what was America's first Protestant church in Jamestown, Va. A team of scientists and historians announced Tuesday, July 28, 2015, that Jamestown archaeologists have identified four sets of human remains buried in the chancel of the historic settlement's first church, including Jamestown's first Anglican minister and Capt. Gabriel Archer. (Joe Fudge/The Daily Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDITWASHINGTON (AP) — Archaeologists have uncovered human remains of four of the earliest leaders of the English colony that would become America, buried for more than 400 years near the altar of what was America's first Protestant church in Jamestown, Virginia.


Two killed in clashes in south Lebanon refugee camp

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:32 PM PDT

The Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on May 19, 2013Two people were killed late Tuesday in clashes between armed groups in a Palestinian refugee camp near Lebanon's southern port city of Sidon, a Palestinian official told AFP. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, named the two killed in the Ain al-Hilweh camp as Talal Maqdah, a member of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement, and Diab Mohammad, a juice seller. "Armed men began shooting at two members of (Islamist group) Jund al-Sham, and there was an exchange of fire between Jund al-Sham and the Fatah organisation," the official said.


A year away, Olympic organizers counting on sun and samba

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:30 PM PDT

The Olympic Park which will host Rio's 2016 Olympics is seen under construction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 27, 2015. The Olympics will offer 28 sports, 300 events, 10,500 athletes and, with the exception of five football venues, it's all packed into Rio for 17 days. The Paralympics add two more weeks, and thousands more athletes. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro conjures clear images of sun, samba and soccer. Organizers of the Olympics that start a year from now hope that's what people remember after the games — not images of polluted water, inefficient transportation and incomplete venues.


FBI: Islamic State sympathizer charged in backpack bomb plot

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:28 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — A man described by the FBI as an Islamic State sympathizer who hoped to mount attacks on U.S. soil was charged Tuesday with plotting to detonate a nail-filled backpack bomb on a Florida beach.

Mexico coach Herrera fired after claim he punched reporter

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:28 PM PDT

Mexico head coach Miguel Herrera yells during the first half of the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship soccer match against Jamaica, Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican national team coach Miguel Herrera was fired Tuesday following a television reporter's claim that the man known as "El Piojo" punched him.


Some '2,000' migrants try to storm Channel Tunnel terminal

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 02:19 PM PDT

Migrants who successfully crossed the Eurotunnel terminal walk on the side of the railroad as they try to reach a shuttle to Great Britain, on July 28, 2015 in Frethun, northern FranceAttempts by migrants desperate to reach England through the Channel Tunnel reached a new peak overnight, as about 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Eurotunnel terminal in the French port town of Calais. "It was the biggest incursion effort in the past month and a half," said a spokesman for Eurotunnel, which is battling often deadly efforts by migrants to smuggle into Britain.


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