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NATO rejects Russia explanation on Turkish air space

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 07:14 AM PDT

Syrian-Americans protest Russian intervention in Syria outside a Russian consular office in Santa MonicaBy Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO on Tuesday rejected Moscow's explanation that its warplanes violated the air space of alliance member Turkey at the weekend by mistake and said Russia was sending more ground troops to Syria and building up its naval presence. With Russia extending its air strikes to include the ancient city of Palmyra, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he was losing patience with Russian violations of his country's air space.


Top U.S. general calls Afghan hospital strike a mistake made within U.S. command chain

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 11:10 AM PDT

U.S. Army Gen. John Campbell, commander of the Resolute Support Mission and United States Force - Afghanistan, testifies before a Senate Armed Services CommitteeBy Yeganeh Torbati and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deadly air strike that hit a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was a mistake made within the U.S. chain of command, the American commander of international forces in Afghanistan said on Tuesday. Army General John Campbell also made clear he favored a rethink of a plan to withdraw almost all U.S. troops by the end of next year.


U.S. charges expected in U.N. corruption probe involving Macau billionaire: source

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:45 AM PDT

Ashe walks at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial after paying flower tribute at Rajghat in New DelhiU.S. authorities are expected to announce charges in a corruption investigation involving United Nations officials and a billionaire real estate developer from the Chinese territory of Macau, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.


Explosions hit Aden compounds of Yemen government, Gulf Arab troops

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 01:12 AM PDT

Militant loyal to Yemen's government looks as smoke billows from al-Qasr hotel after it was hit by explosions in western suburbs of Yemen's southern port city of AdenBy Mohammed Mukhashef ADEN (Reuters) - Unidentified assailants fired missiles at an Aden hotel housing Yemeni officials and at a Gulf military base in Aden on Tuesday, a government spokesman and residents said, in the biggest attack on the government since it retook the city from Houthi foes in July. An unknown number of people were killed or injured in the attack, which the government said it was investigating. Initial reports, including the official United Arab Emirates news agency, said the missiles were rocket-propelled grenades.


German authorities accused of playing down refugee shelter sex crime reports

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 12:50 PM PDT

Laundry hung out to dry on a fence surrounding former U.S. army housing barracks used as a refugee registration center for the German state of Hesse in GiessenGermany's police union and women's rights groups accused the authorities on Tuesday of playing down reports of harassment, sexual assault and even rape at refugee shelters because they feared a backlash against asylum seekers. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere called on Germans to avoid succumbing to a blanket suspicion of the hundreds of thousands of migrants arriving in the country, saying an unbelievable number of rumors were being spread on the Internet.


Kerry arrives in Haiti to offer U.S. support ahead of elections

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:03 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers opening remarks at the "Our Ocean" conference at the Hotel Sheraton Miramar in Vina del Mar city.By Lesley Wroughton PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday urged Haitians to vote in upcoming elections and said there was no place for violence or intimidation. Kerry said the United States believed elections needed to go ahead as planned on Oct 25 and there was enough time to make sure the vote was peaceful. "Over the next three weeks there is all the opportunity ... to take advantage of the election process and make sure this election is without incident, without violence, without intimidation, and that people go to the polls and vote," Kerry said during a brief stop in Port-au-Prince.


Manufacturer inspecting other engines after jetliner fire

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:37 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The company that made an engine that caught fire as a British Airways plane was taking off from Las Vegas is inspecting other engine parts as part of a federal investigation of the incident.

The Latest: Ex-UN General Assembly president gets $1M bail

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2013, file photo, Ambassador John Ashe, of Antigua and Barbuda, the President of the General Assembly 68th session, speaks at United Nations headquarters. Former United Nations General Assembly President Ashe accepted more than $500,000 in bribes from a Chinese real estate mogul and other businesspeople in exchange for help obtaining lucrative investments and government contracts, according to federal court documents unsealed Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on allegations that former United Nations General Assembly President Josh Ashe accepted bribes to help a Chinese real estate mogul and other businesspeople gain investments and government contracts (all times local):


Transplanting ovarian tissue helps some women have babies

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:23 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the University Hospital of Copenhagen, slices of ovarian tissue are seen before they are transplanted into a patient. The biggest study ever of women who had ovarian tissue removed, frozen and transplanted suggests the experimental technique is safe and can help about one third of them to have babies. The procedure is intended for women with cancer who wish to preserve their fertility as cancer treatments can harm the ovaries. Scientists typically remove one ovary, cut it into strips and then graft some of that tissue onto the remaining ovary years later after the woman has recovered from cancer. Researchers tracked 41 women in Denmark who underwent the procedure from 2003 to 2014. Among the 32 women in the study who wanted children, 10 later got pregnant and gave birth. The paper was published online Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 in the journal, Human Reproduction. (Claus Yding Andersen/University Hospital of Copenhagen via AP)LONDON (AP) — The biggest study ever of women who had ovarian tissue removed, frozen and transplanted suggests the experimental technique is safe and can help about one third of them to have babies.


Guatemala mudslide toll climbs to 171 dead: official

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:12 PM PDT

A soldier stands guard at the site where a landslide took place in the village of El Cambray II, in Santa Catarina Pinula municipality, some 15 km east of Guatemala City, on October 6, 2015Santa Catarina Pinula (Guatemala) (AFP) - Emergency workers unearthed 10 more bodies from a landslide outside the Guatemalan capital, bringing the number of confirmed dead to 171, officials said on Tuesday.


Amnesty urges arms restrictions on Saudi-led coalition members

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:12 PM PDT

Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, hold a position on the outskirts of Sirwah, west of Marib city, on October 6, 2015Amnesty International called Wednesday for a "suspension" in transfers of certain arms to members of a Saudi-led coalition battling Yemeni rebels following "damning evidence of war crimes". The London-based watchdog urged holding an "independent, effective investigation of violations" by the coalition, in which US allies the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are playing a key role. Amnesty's latest report "uncovers yet more evidence of unlawful airstrikes carried out by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, some of which amount to war crimes," said Donatella Rovera, who headed the group's fact-finding mission to Yemen.


US government deports fewest immigrants in nearly a decade

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:11 PM PDT

In this Feb. 25, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting on immigration hosted by Telemundo and MSNBC, at Florida International University in Miami. New government figures show deportations of immigrants in the United States illegally have declined for the third consecutive year. The figures obtained by The Associated Press show that the Obama administration deported just over 231,000 people during the past 12 months ending September 28. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration deported fewer immigrants over the past 12 months than at any time since 2006, according to internal figures obtained by The Associated Press as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton called Obama's deportation policies too harsh.


Volkswagen CEO says recall to start in January, be completed end-2016

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:06 PM PDT

New Volkswagen CEO Mueller arrives for news conference in WolfsburgVolkswagen Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said in an interview with a German newspaper that the company would launch a recall for cars affected by its diesel emissions crisis in January and complete the fix by the end of next year. All the cars should be fixed by the end of 2016," Mueller told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Mueller told the FAZ that he believed only a few employees were involved in the diesel emissions rigging that has hammered the company's stock and done severe damage to its reputation, refuting the notion that his detail-oriented predecessor Martin Winterkorn must have known about it.


Cameron to call for building 'crusade' to beat housing backlog

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 04:06 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron is pictured as he walks from the main hall on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, north west England, on October 6, 2015Prime Minister David Cameron will on Wednesday call for a building "crusade" in Britain, in a bid to address a housing shortage that has become a political hotcake. Cameron will say that planning laws should be relaxed to allow for more building, to ease a shortage that has contributed to a property price boom. "When a generation of hard-working men and women in their 20s and 30s are waking up each morning in their childhood bedrooms, that should be a wake-up call for us," Cameron was to tell the annual conference of his centre-right Conservative party, according to pre-released remarks.


Kerry urges Haiti to get behind upcoming vote

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:57 PM PDT

Haitian President Michel Martelly (C) welcomes US Secretary of State John Kerry upon his arrival at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, on October 6, 2015Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Three weeks before Haiti holds polls that could make or break its recovery from disaster and political crisis, US Secretary of State John Kerry checked in Tuesday to urge the country to get behind the vote. Haiti's President Michel Martelly is forbidden from seeking a second term in office, but before he steps down he has one more very important task -- to help Haiti prepare for the October 25 poll to choose his successor. In August, parliamentary polls were marred by low-level violence between rival supporters at polling centers mobbed by hundreds of candidates, but very few voters.


Mexico offers rewards for arrests in 43 missing case

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:55 PM PDT

People gathering at Mexico City's Zocalo square to show their support to parents, relatives and friends of the 43 missing students from a rural teachers college from Ayotzinapa, on September 24, 2015Mexican authorities offered Tuesday a total of $500,000 in rewards for the arrest of a fugitive former police chief and four other suspects sought over last year's disappearance of 43 students. A bounty of $145,000 was set for information leading to the arrest of Felipe Flores Velazquez, the former police chief of the city of Iguala, where the students vanished on September 26, 2014. Flores Velazquez fled shortly after his police forces attacked several buses that had been hijacked by the students in Iguala.


After defying quit calls, Blatter mediates between FAs

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:54 PM PDT

ZURICH (AP) — After defying pleas from FIFA sponsors to quit immediately, President Sepp Blatter is continuing regular business at soccer's governing body, presiding over a dispute between football federations on Tuesday.

Japan under pressure in Asian World Cup qualification

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:52 PM PDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — On a night of big games in Asia, Japan will be under the most pressure as a defeat to Syria in their 2018 World Cup qualifier on Thursday would cast doubt on its chances of making it to Russia.

UAW threatens strike in contract talks with Fiat Chrysler

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 14, 2014 file photo, assembly line workers build a 2015 Chrysler 200 automobile at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike against Fiat Chrysler after its membership rejected a tentative contract deal with the company. In a Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 statement, Fiat Chrysler said that it received a strike notice from the union, and that it continues to work toward reaching an agreement. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike against Fiat Chrysler after its membership rejected a tentative contract deal with the company.


Guinea-Bissau president rejects proposed government

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:46 PM PDT

Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz speaks with journalists after a meeting with his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva at Belem presidential palace in LisbonGuinea-Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz rejected on Tuesday a cabinet proposed by his new prime minister, dealing a blow to efforts aimed at turning the page on a crisis that has threatened to destabilize the coup-plagued West African nation. Carlos Correia was appointed premier on Sept. 8 following weeks of political turmoil triggered by Vaz's dismissal of Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira and his government over a row between the two rivals within the ruling PAIGC party. After more than a month of political haggling, Correia submitted a list of ministers to the president on Oct. 2.


Kerry stops in Haiti to discuss election preparations

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:45 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stopped briefly in Haiti on Tuesday to discuss preparations for the country's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.

Judge tosses conviction in NYC tourist killing; man freed

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:45 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A man imprisoned for a quarter-century in a notorious tourist killing was granted a new trial and freed Tuesday after a judge overturned his conviction in a case that helped crystallize an era of crime and fear in America's biggest city.

Reporters in Latin America face worse censorship, violence: IAPA

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:44 PM PDT

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) issued a grim assessment about the state of the journalism profession in the region, as it wrapped up a five-day general assembly meeting in Charleston, South CarolinaConditions for reporters are more challenging than ever in Latin America, where they face increasing government repression and spiraling violence, the region's leading journalism advocacy group said Tuesday. The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) issued its grim assessment about the state of the profession in the region, as it wrapped up a five-day general assembly meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.


Abbas opposes 'escalation' with Israel as Al-Aqsa prayers restrictions lifted

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:38 PM PDT

"We don't want a military and security escalation with Israel," Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said at a meeting of Palestinian officials, according to official news agency WafaPalestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Tuesday he wanted to avoid a violent escalation with Israel as Israeli police lifted restrictions on worship at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in an apparent bid to ease tensions after three weeks of violence. Abbas's remarks came as spreading unrest provoked fears of a new uprising and as Israeli and Palestinian officers met to discuss ways of defusing the situation. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri announced that Muslims would be allowed to worship again at the Al-Aqsa mosque starting Wednesday -- a move welcomed by US State Department spokesman Mark Toner as "a step in the right direction" after another day of clashes.


Fiji bow out of RWC overpowering feisty Uruguay 47-15

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:37 PM PDT

Fiji's Tevita Cavubati scores a try during the Rugby World Cup match between Fiji and Uruguay at stadium:mk, Milton Keynes, England, Tuesday Oct. 6, 2015. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVEMILTON KEYNES, England (AP) — Fiji bowed out of the Rugby World Cup by overpowering a feisty Uruguay 47-15 in an action-packed Rugby World Cup match on Tuesday.


Chanel hosts airport show amid Paris aviation protest

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:37 PM PDT

Una modelo presenta piezas de la colección primavera-verano 2016 de Chanel durante la Semana de la Moda de París el martes 6 de octubre de 2015 en París, Francia. (Foto AP/Francois Mori)PARIS (AP) — The sky was the limit for Karl Lagerfeld, who re-created an entire airport under Paris' Grand Palais in Chanel's blockbuster aviation-themed show at Paris Fashion Week — just as violent protests by real-life aviation workers were taking place elsewhere in the capital.


Mexico City investigates reports of dog poisoning at park

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:31 PM PDT

A dog stands between the legs of his owner who talks with borough officials outside the gate of a popular dog run, currently closed as officials investigate reported cases of dog poisoning in Parque Mexico in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A popular dog run in a picturesque Mexico City park remained closed Tuesday following reported cases of dog poisoning.


New generation of disillusioned Palestinians drives unrest

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:26 PM PDT

Palestinians carry an injured man during clashes with Israeli troops at Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. A new generation of angry, disillusioned Palestinians is driving the current wave of clashes with Israeli forces: They are too young to remember the hardships of life during Israel's clampdown on the last major uprising, and after years of nationalist Israeli governments many have lost faith in statehood through negotiations and believe Israel only understands force. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)SURDA, West Bank (AP) — A new generation of angry, disillusioned Palestinians is driving the current wave of clashes with Israeli forces: Too young to remember the hardships of life during Israel's clampdown on the last major uprising, they have lost faith in statehood through negotiations, distrust their political leaders and believe Israel only understands force.


Man gets 3 years for importing fake parts for nuclear subs

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:26 PM PDT

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — A man has been sentenced to three years in prison for importing counterfeit electronic components from China and Hong Kong for use by American customers, including builders of the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarines.

Volkswagen apologizes to U.S. owners, says remedy 'will take time'

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:19 PM PDT

Volkswagen apologized for its emissions scandal in a letter to U.S. customers obtained by Reuters on Tuesday, but the German carmaker said a remedy would take time. Volkswagen has violated your trust," read the letter written by the head of the German company's U.S. arm, Michael Horn, and dated Sept. 29.

Jazeera journalists receive free speech prize

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:14 PM PDT

This year's Freedom of Speech Award from the International Association of Press Clubs went to Australian Peter Greste (L), who accepted the honour also on behalf of Mohamed Fahmy (C) and Mohamed Baher (R) , at a ceremony in the Polish capital WarsawThree Al-Jazeera journalists who served jail terms in Egypt were honoured Tuesday for standing up for freedom of speech despite intimidation and incarceration. This year's Freedom of Speech Award from the International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC) went to Australian Peter Greste, who accepted the honour also on behalf of Mohamed Fahmy and Mohamed Baher, at a ceremony in the Polish capital Warsaw. Greste hailed Egypt's recent release of his two Jazeera television colleagues along with scores of other detainees, but said Cairo needed to do more to guarantee fundamental freedoms in order to secure national stability.


Syrian refugee in Uruguay douses himself with gas in protest

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:13 PM PDT

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A Syrian refugee unhappy with his resettlement in Uruguay has doused himself with gasoline as a form of protest.

IndustriALL Union files ILO complaint against Thailand

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:06 PM PDT

IndustriALL, a global labor union with 50 million members, has filed a complaint against Thailand at the International Labour Organization in Geneva, the union said on Wednesday. The complaint, sent to the ILO's committee on freedom of association, details 18 cases of worker and labor abuses, IndustriALL said in a statement. "IndustriALL, which has seven affiliate trade unions in the country, accuses the Thai government of failing to protect its workforce of 39 million workers, nearly half of whom are employed in the informal sector," it said.

5 arrested in connection with Sydney police worker's killing

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:05 PM PDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Police arrested five people during a series of raids on Wednesday in connection with the slaying of a civilian police worker, which officials have said they believe was linked to terrorism.

Guatemala to investigate for those responsible for mudslide

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:05 PM PDT

A man prays during the burial of five mudslide victims at the Santa Catarina Pinula cemetery on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Prosecutors in Guatemala said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into who allowed homes to be built in an unsafe area of Cambray where a massive mudslide killed more than 100 people. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (AP) — The warning signs were everywhere in the canyon neighborhood of Cambray on the outskirts of Guatemala City, where a mudslide buried hundreds of people last week.


Australian police arrest five over shooting 'linked to terrorism'

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:01 PM PDT

Police inspect and guard the area outside the NSW state police headquarters located in the south western Sydney suburb of Parramatta, AustraliaAustralian police arrested five people in raids on several homes in Sydney on Wednesday in their investigation of the murder last week of a police accountant that they said was "linked to terrorism". New South Wales police said the boys and men, aged from 16 to 24, were taken into custody for questioning over the shooting of Curtis Cheng as he left police headquarters in Parramatta on Friday. The gunman, Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar, 15, was shot and killed by police at the scene.


Celtics ease to 124-91 win at Olimpia Milano in Global Games

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:01 PM PDT

Boston Celtics' Kelly Olynyk, right, challenges for the ball with Olimpia Milano's Gani Lawal during their basketball match, part of the NBA global games, in Assago, near Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)MILAN (AP) — The Boston Celtics eased to a 124-91 victory over Olimpia Milano at the Mediolanum Forum on Tuesday, comfortably winning the first of a double-header in Europe as part of the NBA Global Games.


Oil from freighter collision off Belgian coast threatens nature reserve

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 03:00 PM PDT

Dutch frighter Flinterstar sinks after colliding with Marshall Island-flagged tanker Al-Oraiq, in the North Sea off the Belgian coast October 6, 2015Belgium and the Netherlands are frantically trying to stop the spread of oil leaking from a collision Tuesday morning between a freighter and a tanker in the North Sea before the slick sullies a coastal nature reserve. Belgian and Dutch authorities were attempting to build a protective sand bank around the Zwin nature reserve, which straddles their common border, officials said. Both boats were damaged in the collision, but the 315-metre (1,000-foot) long tanker was able to make it to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.


Klopp could return to take over at Liverpool

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 02:59 PM PDT

Liverpool's manager Brendan Rodgers takes to the touchline before the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday Oct. 4, 2015. Liverpool has fired manager Brendan Rodgers after three years in charge of the Premier League club. The dismissal came after a 1-1 draw in the Merseyside derby against Everton on Sunday. The club came close in the 2013-14 season to winning the league for the first time since 1990 but it was way off last season. (AP Photo/Jon Super)LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Juergen Klopp appears to be close to taking over as Liverpool manager.


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