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U.S. to send special forces to Syria, truce sought after peace talks

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:12 PM PDT

Rebel fighters aim their weapons as they demonstrate their skills during a military display as part of a graduation ceremony at a camp in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus, SyriaBy Sabine Siebold, Parisa Hafezi and Arshad Mohammed VIENNA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States disclosed plans on Friday to station its first ground troops in Syria for the war against Islamic State, saying dozens of U.S. soldiers would be sent as advisers to groups fighting the militants. Washington announced the small special operations force shortly before 17 countries, the European Union and the United Nations called for a nationwide truce in Syria's civil war at talks in Vienna, attended for the first time since the conflict began in 2011 by President Bashar al-Assad's ally Iran.


European Union sides with United States on South China Sea incident

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 08:39 AM PDT

USS Lassen (DDG 82), (R) transits in formation with ROKS Sokcho (PCC 778) during exercise Foal Eagle 2015, in waters east of the Korean PeninsulaThe European Union sided with Washington on Friday over a U.S.-Chinese patrolling incident in the South China Sea, in a move that may affect Brussels' discussions with Beijing at next week's Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of foreign affairs ministers. A U.S. Navy spokesman had said that the patrol was part of the U.S. freedom of navigation operations meant to "protect the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea and airspace guaranteed to all nations under international law". The EU is concerned about Beijing's plans to build new islands in contested waters, the EU official said, a statement that may be welcomed by other Asian nations opposing China's claims to almost the entire South China Sea.


Knife-wielding Palestinians strike in West Bank, Jerusalem; two dead

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 10:22 AM PDT

An Israeli border police jeep is hit by a molotov cocktail thrown by Palestinian protesters during clashes near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of RamallahBy Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Knife-wielding Palestinians attacked Israelis in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Friday and police said they had shot dead two assailants, in a further wave of violence spurred partly by tensions over a Jerusalem holy site. Four people, including another Palestinian assailant, were wounded in the incidents at an Israeli paramilitary police checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Nablus and at a tram station in East Jerusalem, ambulance officials said. There were also violent confrontations on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah and in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians massed at the border and lobbed rocks at Israeli forces on the other side.


Romanian nightclub explosion leaves 26 dead, 145 injured

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 05:01 PM PDT

Emergency services work outside a nightclub in BucharestBy Radu-Sorin Marinas BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Twenty six people died and 145 were injured in a fire and explosion in a Bucharest, Romania, nightclub during a rock concert that featured fireworks late on Friday, government officials and witnesses said, in one of the capital's worst incidents in decades. The death toll has likely stabilised at the club, which held about 400, mostly young adults, Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat said. Several witnesses said there were fireworks inside the club.


Germany's ability to act on migrants threatened, Merkel deputy says

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 01:13 PM PDT

Migrants stay in a queue after crossing the Austrian-German border from Achleiten, Austria, in PassauBy Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - German's Social Democrat vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, warned on Friday that a dispute among the conservatives over how to handle record inflows of migrants into the country was jeopardising the government's ability to act. Merkel and Horst Seehofer, the leader of her Bavarian sister party, have frequently clashed over how Germany should deal with the estimated 800,000 to 1 million it expects this year, many of them from war zones in the Middle East. Merkel, the leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU), has favoured an open-door policy and says Germany can cope.


Turkey has killed 2,000 militants at home and abroad: Erdogan

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 10:28 AM PDT

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech during an inauguration ceremony of a water pipeline project linking Turkey to northern CyprusTurkey has killed around 2,000 militants in recent operations inside and outside its borders and the operations will continue, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. "Now 2,000 terrorists have been killed inside and outside of the country," Erdogan said in comments broadcast by television station AHaber. Turkey has carried out attacks on Islamic State militants in Syria and also on Kurdish militant positions at home and in northern Iraq.


Interior minister: 27 dead in club explosion in Bucharest

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 05:23 PM PDT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — An explosion and ensuing flames on a stage at a Bucharest nightclub on Friday left 27 people dead and 180 hospitalized with injuries, Romania's interior minister said.

26 dead in Bucharest disco fire: interior ministry

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 05:12 PM PDT

File picture shows Romanian firemen fighting a fire in BucharestAt least 26 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a fire ripped through a nightclub in Bucharest, government officials said. The blaze broke out in night club Colectiv in the Romanian capital, where some 200 people had gathered to hear a gig by rock group Goodbye to Gravity. Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea said 26 people had died so far, raising an earlier toll of 25, while his secretary of state said 154 people had been injured.


Japan's Kohei Uchimura soars to 6th world gymnastics title

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 05:03 PM PDT

First placed Kohei Uchimura from Japan shows the number of his world championship titles after the men's all-around final competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics championships at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — This isn't about history for Kohei Uchimura. This is about national pride, the perpetual chase of perfection and respect for his own considerable gifts.


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

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 05:02 PM PDT

BEIJING (AP) — The Communist Party's decision to ease limits on family size makes China a bit less restrictive but is a reminder of the party's pervasive role in society. The 35-year-old policy that limited most urban couples to one child is a holdover from an era of intrusive controls that dictated where Chinese worked and lived — even whom they could marry. The latest change, driven by a need for more young workers, allows married couples two children but affirms party power over what most societies consider a basic right.

Woods has another procedure on his back

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 05:01 PM PDT

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods says he had a follow-up procedure on his back to relieve discomfort.

German U.N. official set to take up Libya post: diplomats

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:52 PM PDT

The United Nations Security Council on Friday approved the appointment of German U.N. official Martin Kobler as the new U.N. special envoy to Libya, said diplomats, though it was unclear when he would take over mediating stalled peace talks. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon notified the 15-member council in a letter, seen by Reuters, of his intention to replace the current envoy Bernardino Leon with Kobler. A senior U.N. diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Leon was currently due to leave on Nov. 6, but that could be extended if there was a sudden breakthrough in his mediation efforts.

Springboks finish 3rd at Rugby World Cup

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:51 PM PDT

South Africa's Eben Etzebeth scores a try during the bronze medal Rugby World Cup match between South Africa and Argentina at the Olympic Stadium, London, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)LONDON (AP) — South Africa finished third in the Rugby World Cup after subduing Argentina 24-13 on Friday in a consolation playoff that only the players will remember.


Embattled drugmaker Valeant cuts ties to Philidor

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:25 PM PDT

Valeant Pharmaceuticals shares have plunged nearly 60 percent since early August following accusations by politicians that it engages in predatory pricing of medicine and questions about PhilidorValeant Pharmaceuticals said Friday it was cutting ties with mail-order pharmacy Philidor RX, which will shut down operations as soon as possible, following a furor over their relationship. A key investor in the embattled drug company meanwhile said it would survive despite a widening scandal over its relations with Philidor and its accounting practices. Valeant had nurtured Philidor in its infancy when it sold only two Valeant acne drugs by mail order.


Stopchargingmaria survives drama, wins Breeders' Cup Distaff

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:20 PM PDT

Stopchargingmaria (4), with Javier Castellano up, edges out Stellar Wind, with Victor Espinoza up, to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff horse race at Keeneland race track Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Stopchargingmaria won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff by a neck, giving trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Javier Castellano their second victories Friday on the opening day of the world championships at Keeneland.


Romanian nightclub explosion leaves 26 dead, dozens injured

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:15 PM PDT

Emergency services work outside a nightclub in BucharestAt least 26 people died and 88 were injured in an explosion and fire in a Bucharest, Romania, nightclub where hundreds of people had gathered late on Friday, government officials said, in one of the capital's worst incidents in decades. The death toll may still climb at the club, which hosted a rock concert attended by up to 400, Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat said. Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea said an investigation into the causes of the incident was already underway.


Springbok veterans bow out with World Cup bronze

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:15 PM PDT

South Africa's wing Bryan Habana (R) is tackled by Argentina's fly half and captain Nicolas Sanchez during the bronze medal match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup at the Olympic Stadium, east London, on October 30, 2015Springbok great Bryan Habana was denied a World Cup record as South Africa beat Argentina 24-13 in the third place play-off, with several of their veteran stars bidding farewell to Test rugby. Habana needed just one try to break the World Cup career record of 15 he shares with retired New Zealand star Jonah Lomu.


Sending U.S. special forces to Syria will put them 'in harm's way': Pentagon chief

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:12 PM PDT

By Yeganeh Torbati FAIRBANKS, Alaska (Reuters) - The decision to send U.S. special forces to Syria is part of a strategy to enable local forces to defeat Islamic State but it will put U.S. forces in harm's way, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday. "Our role fundamentally and the strategy is to enable local forces but does that put U.S. forces in harm's way?

American Ashley Wagner tops short program at Skate Canada

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:11 PM PDT

Ashley Wagner of the United States skates during the ladies short program at Skate Canada International in Lethbridge, Alberta, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)LETHBRIDGE, Alberta (AP) — Ashley Wagner topped the women's short program Friday at Skate Canada International.


In policy shift, Obama to send U.S. special forces to Syria

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:06 PM PDT

People inspect a site hit by missiles fired by Syrian government forces on a busy marketplace in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, SyriaBy Arshad Mohammed, Phil Stewart and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will deploy dozens of special operations troops to northern Syria from next month to advise opposition forces in their fight against Islamic State, a major policy shift for President Barack Obama and a step he has long resisted to avoid getting dragged into another war in the Middle East. The planned deployment, along with the U.S. decision this week to include Iran in diplomatic efforts to end the conflict, represents the biggest change in the United States' Syria policy since it began a bombing campaign against Islamic State targets there in September 2014. Spokesman Josh Earnest declined to give details about their exact role.


Federer, Nadal advance to Swiss Indoors semifinals

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:05 PM PDT

Switzerland's Roger Federer returns a ball to Belgium's David Goffin during their quarter final match of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. (Alexandra Wey/Keystone via AP)BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Roger Federer overcame mid-match service problems to beat David Goffin 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 on Friday and advance to the Swiss Indoors semifinals.


US to send special forces to Syria, powers divided on Assad

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:58 PM PDT

A Syrian man mourns over the body of a relative following a reported airstrike by Syrian government forces on the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern edges of the capital Damascus, on October 30, 2015The United States announced Friday its first sustained deployment of ground troops to Syria to help the anti-jihadist fight, as major powers remained divided over President Bashar al-Assad's fate. The decision to send a small special forces team marks an escalation in Washington's efforts to defeat the Islamic State (IS) group, which has seized Syrian territory despite more than a year of US-led air strikes. The White House rejected accusations that President Barack Obama was backtracking on a promise not to put boots on the ground.


Beverly Hills fined for not conserving enough water in drought

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:55 PM PDT

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Upscale Beverly Hills is among four California cities where water utilities have been fined for not forcing residents to conserve enough water during California's unrelenting four-year drought, officials said on Friday. The wealthy Los Angeles area municipality was fined $61,000 on Thursday, making it the only community not located in a desert singled out for penalties, the California State Water Resources Board said. "Some urban water suppliers simply have not met the requirements laid before them," said Cris Carrigan, director of the water board's Office of Enforcement.

Rome councillors quit to force out embattled mayor

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:53 PM PDT

Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino speaks during a news conference in Rome on October 30, 2015More than half of Rome's elected councillors resigned en masse on Friday to oust scandal-tainted mayor Ignazio Marino, after he backtracked on a pledge to quit amid an expenses row. The embattled Marino announced earlier this month he was to step down, only to withdraw his resignation on Thursday -- despite his own party calling on him to go. Milan Prefect Francesco Paolo Tronca was handed the temporary post later on Friday.


Pope denounces clergy who criticized slain Salvadoran bishop Romero

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:48 PM PDT

Pope Francis looks on as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the VaticanBy Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday criticized conservative clergy and bishops who he said had defamed slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero even after he was killed by a right-wing death squad in 1980. Francis said Romero, who was shot while saying Mass in a hospital chapel, had been lapidated even after his death by "the hardest stone that exists in the world: the tongue." Romero, whose defense of the poor made him an icon for many Roman Catholics in Latin America, was beatified as a martyr for the faith. Francis, the first Latin American pope, unblocked Romero's sainthood process shortly after his election in March 2013.


Two dead as torrential rains, tornadoes lash central Texas

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:48 PM PDT

A car washed up against a tree in Cyprus Creek, a tributary of the Blanco River, in WimberleyAt least two people were killed when a storm with high winds and heavy rains pelted central Texas on Friday, flooding highways, causing evacuations after rivers overflowed and spawning tornadoes that ripped through buildings outside San Antonio. The body of one man swept away by raging waters when his vehicle was caught southeast of Austin has been recovered, a Travis County emergency official said, adding one elderly woman was still missing. Near San Antonio, U.S. Army officials said the body of an individual, who was washed downstream when a vehicle was picked up by fast moving flood waters, was found on Friday afternoon on Camp Bullis.


US escalates involvement in Syria amid talks on Assad future

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:45 PM PDT

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. Earnest commented on President Obama's decision to deploy fewer than 50 commandos to northern Syria to work with local group forces in the fight against Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States escalated its fight against the Islamic State in Syria on Friday, pledging the first open deployment of military boots on the ground, even as U.S., Russian and other diplomats pressed a new peace effort that America hopes will hasten the departure of Bashar Assad.


Brazil: Fire menacing isolated tribe is under control

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:44 PM PDT

An aerial picture released by Greenpeace shows forest fires in the indigenous lands in Arariboia, Maranhao state, North of Brazil, on October 24, 2015A fire that for more than a month has ravaged a region in northeast Brazil inhabited by an isolated Native American tribe has finally been contained, the authorities said. Luciano Evaristo, a local director of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, said Friday that heavy rains had extinguished 90 percent of the fires in Maranhao state, on the edge of the Amazon jungle, with an additional 10 percent now under control. The destruction has been extensive in the Arariboia Indigenous Reserve, amounting to more than half its 413,000 hectares (1 million acres), or the rough equivalent of 190,000 football fields.


German suspected of killing refugee, 4, admits murdering second boy

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:41 PM PDT

A man sticks a photo of missing Bosnian boy Mohamed on a wall at the State Office of Health and Social Affairs in Berlin on October 29, 2015A German man accused of sexually abusing and killing a four-year-old Bosnian refugee has admitted murdering another child, police said Friday, as investigators probed possible links to other missing children. "The man confessed overnight that he had also killed Elias," said Berlin police spokesman Stefan Redlich, referring to a six-year-old German boy who had been missing since July. Investigators found human remains in a garden allotment in Luckenwalde, around 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Berlin, after the man identified as Silvio S. told police Elias's corpse was buried there, though tests will be needed to confirm the identity.


Defense chief: US will keep adjusting to Islamic State fight

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:40 PM PDT

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday the decision to send special operations forces to Syria to work with local Kurdish and Arab fighters is unlikely to be the last significant adjustment to the U.S. fight against the resilient Islamic State group.

UN staff fired over child porn, death threats

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:31 PM PDT

A UN management report outlined some 60 cases of misconduct or possible crimes committed by some of the UN's 40,000 staff between June 2014 to July of this yearFour UN employees have been fired for storing child pornography on their UN computers, while another was sacked for transporting marijuana in a UN vehicle and another for threatening to kill a UN mission head, according to a UN management report. Four staff members were fired after they "stored pornographic material, including pornography involving a minor, on the staff member's United Nations computer" and shared the images by UN email, according to the report.


Rosberg posts fastest practice time for Mexican GP

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:23 PM PDT

Fans watch the first day of Formula One, in Mexico again after a 23 year absence, during the first practice session ahead of the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. To say Mexican driver Sergio Perez is under enormous pressure to perform well at Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix is an understatement. It's more like he's carrying the hopes of an entire nation on his four wheels in Formula One's first race in his native country since 1992. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg posted the fastest practice time of the day Friday as Formula One ran its first official laps at the revamped Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez since 1992 in preparation for this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix.


Obama to send special forces to Syria

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:22 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest speaks about the decision to put a small group of US Special Forces in Syria, during the Daily Press Briefing at the White House in Washington, DC on October 30, 2015President Barack Obama has authorized the first sustained deployment of special forces to Syria, the White House said Friday, reversing a long-standing refusal to put US boots on the ground. Obama okayed a deployment of "fewer than 50" special operations personnel in the north of the war-ravaged nation, in a bid to strengthen forces fighting the Islamic State group, spokesman Josh Earnest said. While US fighters are believed to have previously carried out covert missions in Syria -- they had not been deployed there on a continuous basis.


Bayern's 10-game winning start to Bundesliga comes to an end

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:21 PM PDT

Frankfurt's Marc Stendera, center, and Bayern's Philipp Lahm, left, and Bayern's Arturo Vidal challenge for the ball during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)BERLIN (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt ended Bayern Munich's record 10-game winning start to the Bundesliga by holding the German league leader 0-0 on Friday.


Brentford end 50-year wait to beat rivals QPR

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:19 PM PDT

Brentford supporters cheer for their team during the fourth round replay English FA Cup football match between Chelsea and Brentford at Stamford Bridge in London on February 17, 2013London (AFP) - Brentford ended their 50-year wait to get the better of local rivals QPR as Marco Djuricin's strike secured a 1-0 win on Friday.


US charges Burkina man with $12m mosquito net fraud

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:16 PM PDT

Nets not treated with insecticide fail to repel mosquitos and can develop holes over time that mosquitos can penetrate, therefore presenting a much greater health risk to usersA Burkina Faso man has been charged with defrauding more than $12 million out of the US government and a Swiss-based fund by supplying faulty, Chinese-made mosquito nets, US prosecutors said Friday. Malamine Ouedraogo, 33, faces up to 20 years in jail if arrested and convicted on one count of wire fraud. The Global Fund, which is supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), allegedly gave Ouedraogo $12 million to buy and distribute more than two million UN-certified mosquito nets as part of a USAID campaign against malaria in Burkina Faso.


Oregon biologists recommend taking wolves off state endangered list

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:15 PM PDT

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Oregon wildlife biologists are recommending the state remove gray wolves from its list of Endangered Species while retaining some protections when it votes next month, angering conservationists who said the move is premature and opposed by the public. "The information that we have about wolves, which is all hard data, we believe justifies a delisting," state wildlife commission spokeswoman Michelle Dennehy said on Friday. In reaching their decision, she said, state biologists found the wolves cover a large geographic area, that populations are expected to increase, the probability of extinction is low, and the wolf habitat in Oregon is stable.

Draft Israel-Palestinian resolution gets a yes, no and maybe

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:14 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia said Friday that New Zealand should move forward with a draft U.N. resolution aimed at reviving long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, but Israel says it's "destructive" and the Palestinians say it's not tough enough.

Deportivo draws with Atletico Madrid in Spain

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:09 PM PDT

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid squandered a chance to provisionally go top of the Spanish league when poor defending allowed Deportivo La Coruna to draw 1-1 Friday in the 10th round.

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