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• Kenya says it destroys two al Shabaab camps in Somalia
• Yemeni fighters attack Houthis as aid flights delayed
• Lufthansa says not obligated to report crash pilot's medical record
• Syrian insurgents kidnap then release 300 Kurds: Kurdish official
• Obama: nuclear deal not predicated on Iran recognizing Israel - NPR
• Hezbollah says Iran nuclear agreement 'rules out specter of regional war'
• NBA set for 1st Cuba trip since order to restore relations
• A tough choice for Jason Day: No. 1 or a green jacket?
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Record California sea lion strandings reach 2,250 so far this year
• US stock indexes gain in quiet trading; oil price surges
• Obama vows to address Iran's 'destabilizing' role in Mideast
• Duke of Kent in hospital with hip injury
• Groups sue U.S. to halt killing of grizzlies near Yellowstone
• Cuba-US warming held up by listing of Cuba as terror sponsor
• Cameron lures UKIP voters after losing candidate
• Former Uruguayan president complains about Syrian refugees
• Citibank's Argentine headquarters inspected amid debt fight
• Day yearns for Masters win after near-misses
• Turkey restores access to Twitter, YouTube
• 'Green' political donor vows climate agenda push in 2016 U.S. race
• UN official: State of Syrian refugee camp 'beyond inhumane'
• Stench of death permeates Kenya massacre university's halls
• US Senate planning Iran vote despite Obama warning
• Obama: Nuclear deal can't hinge on Iran's Israel stance
• Palace leave City's title bid in tatters
• Prosecutor: Boston Marathon bomber wanted to terrorize US
• Tough sell: Obama ramps up lobbying campaign on Iran deal
• Man City loses 2-1 to Crystal Palace in Premier League
• Boston bombings trial entrusted to jury
• Kenya's tourism industry braces for more misery after Islamist attack
• Fierce fighting as rebels move on holdouts in Yemen's Aden
• Compton playing the Masters with a lot of heart(s)
• Greece needs deal with lenders on April 24 -finance minister to paper
• Washington urges Athens to 'fully commit' to bailout talks
• PLO delegation to hold talks with Syria on Yarmuk relief
• Greece puts a figure on World War Two reparation claims from Germany
• Radiation from Fukushima disaster newly detected off Canada's coast
• Ukrainian leader lifts objections to vote on regional power

Kenya says it destroys two al Shabaab camps in Somalia Posted: 06 Apr 2015 08:42 AM PDT By Drazen Jorgic and Edith Honan NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan air force has destroyed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia, it said on Monday, in the first major military response since the Islamist group massacred students at a Kenyan university last week. Al Shabaab denied the camps were hit, saying the air force bombs fell on farmland. Jets pounded the camps in the Gedo region on the other side of the frontier on Sunday, Kenya Defence Forces spokesman David Obonyo said. The mission was part of efforts to stop fighters from those camps carrying out cross-border raids into Kenya.

Yemeni fighters attack Houthis as aid flights delayed Posted: 06 Apr 2015 09:30 AM PDT By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) - Southern Yemeni militias backed by warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked Houthi fighters across several provinces in south Yemen on Monday, driving the Shi'ite rebel forces from some of their positions, witnesses and militia sources said. The southern fighters' gains came on the 12th day of an air campaign by Saudi Arabia and mainly Gulf Arab allies trying to stem advances by the Iran-allied Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa and have advanced on the southern city of Aden. The fighting has killed hundreds of people, cut off water and electricity supplies and led the United Nations children's agency UNICEF to warn that Yemen is heading towards a humanitarian disaster. Saudi Arabia, the main Sunni Arab power in the Gulf, launched the air campaign on March 26 to try to contain the Shi'ite Houthis and restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who has fled Aden for refuge in Riyadh.

Lufthansa says not obligated to report crash pilot's medical record Posted: 06 Apr 2015 10:20 AM PDT Lufthansa said on Monday it was not required to inform German aviation authorities about Andreas Lubitz's former depression because he qualified as a pilot before stricter reporting rules went into effect in 2013.     Lubitz, a co-pilot at Lufthansa's budget division Germanwings, is believed to have deliberately crashed a plane into the French Alps and killed 150 people. The question of what Lufthansa knew about any psychiatric problems may be a factor in its liability in the crash. Lubitz broke off pilot training for several months in 2009. When he resumed his training, he told the Lufthansa pilot instructors by email he had overcome a period of severe depression.

Syrian insurgents kidnap then release 300 Kurds: Kurdish official Posted: 06 Apr 2015 11:46 AM PDT By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents have released 300 Kurdish men in the country's north who were taken captive on Sunday, a Kurdish official said on Monday. Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for the Kurdish PYD party in Europe, told Reuters by phone that the "men were released by the Islamist militant groups who were holding them". Idris Nassan, an official in the Kobani canton, said they were kidnapped by al Qaeda's official Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, as they were traveling from the town of Afrin, which is under Kurdish control, to the cities of Aleppo and the capital Damascus. The Nusra Front was part of an alliance of militant groups that captured Idlib city last month.

Obama: nuclear deal not predicated on Iran recognizing Israel - NPR Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:20 PM PDT President Barack Obama on Monday poured cold water on an Israeli demand that a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran be predicated on Tehran recognizing Israel. "The notion that we would condition Iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on Iran recognizing Israel is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the Iranian regime completely transforms," Obama said in an interview with National Public Radio (NPR).

Hezbollah says Iran nuclear agreement 'rules out specter of regional war' Posted: 06 Apr 2015 12:58 PM PDT The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Monday that a framework nuclear agreement that Iran reached with world powers last week rules out the specter of regional war. "There is no doubt that the Iranian nuclear deal will be big and important to the region," Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with Syria's al-Ikhbariya television. "The agreement, God willing, rules out the specter of regional war and world war," he said. The tentative accord, struck on Thursday after eight days of talks in Switzerland, clears the way for a settlement to allay Western fears that Iran could build an atomic bomb, with economic sanctions on Tehran being lifted in return.

NBA set for 1st Cuba trip since order to restore relations Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:43 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA is set to become the first U.S. professional sports league to visit Cuba since President Barack Obama ordered diplomatic relations between the countries to be restored.

A tough choice for Jason Day: No. 1 or a green jacket? Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:35 PM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jason Day set two goals for his career. He wanted to get to No. 1 in the world, and he wanted to win the Masters.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:32 PM PDT HONG KONG (AP) — For Asia's aviation industry, the growing pains have just begun. A year of disasters, the disappearance of Flight 370 and financial turbulence highlight the challenges confronting the world's biggest air travel market, where governments, regulators and airlines are struggling to keep up after a decade of astonishing growth.

Record California sea lion strandings reach 2,250 so far this year Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:20 PM PDT By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A record 2,250 sea lions, mostly pups, have washed up starving and stranded on Southern California beaches so far this year, a worsening phenomenon blamed on warming seas in the region that have disrupted the marine mammals' food supply. The latest tally, reported on Monday by the National Marine Fisheries Service, is 20 times the level of strandings averaged for the same three-month period over the past decade and twice the number documented in 2013, the previous worst winter season recorded for Southern California sea lions. The shift in the food chain around the marine mammals' principal rookeries off Southern California is believed to be triggered by warming waters linked to unusually weak winds along the West Coast. Stronger winds normally help pull nutrient-rich cooler water from the depths of the Pacific closer to the surface, and with it larger supplies of sardines, smelt, squid and other prey for the sea lions, said Michael Milstein, a spokesman for the Marine Fisheries Service.

US stock indexes gain in quiet trading; oil price surges Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:15 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Expectations that the Federal Reserve will be slow to raise interest rates following a weak jobs report last week helped send the stock market up on Monday. A jump in the price of crude oil set off a rally in energy stocks.

Obama vows to address Iran's 'destabilizing' role in Mideast Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:10 PM PDT President Obama on Monday said he would continue to work with US partners to address Iran's "destabilizing activities" in the Middle East, even as details of a nuclear deal with Tehran are thrashed out. During a phone call with Sultan Qaboos, Obama pledged to work "with Oman and other regional partners to address Iran's destabilizing activities in the region," the White House said. Obama's call was part of a drive to convince skeptical allies that a tentative deal over Iran's nuclear program does not signify a softening of US opposition to Iran's role in the region.

Duke of Kent in hospital with hip injury Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:07 PM PDT Queen Elizabeth II's cousin the Duke of Kent was taken to hospital after suffering a hip injury, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The 79-year-old Prince Edward is thought to have suffered a dislocated hip while staying at the queen's home in Scotland, Balmoral. "I can confirm that the Duke of Kent was admitted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland for treatment of a hip injury," a palace spokesman said.

Groups sue U.S. to halt killing of grizzlies near Yellowstone Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:07 PM PDT Wildlife advocates are suing the Obama administration to prevent the killing of protected grizzly bears that come into conflict with sportsmen over elk they kill or wound during annual hunts in northwest Wyoming. The Sierra Club and Western Watersheds Project accuses the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of violating the Endangered Species Act with a permit allowing four grizzlies to be killed over seven years during elk hunts in Grand Teton National Park, south of Yellowstone National Park. The wildlife advocates argue that those anticipated grizzly deaths, combined with federal permits sanctioning the deaths of grizzlies elsewhere in the region, may mean that as many as 65 female bears could be killed annually.

Cuba-US warming held up by listing of Cuba as terror sponsor Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:05 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — American hopes of opening an embassy in Havana before presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro meet at a regional summit this week have been snarled in disputes about Cuba's presence on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terror and U.S. diplomats' freedom to travel and talk to ordinary Cubans without restriction, officials say.

Cameron lures UKIP voters after losing candidate Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:02 PM PDT Prime Minister David Cameron urged those considering voting for the UK Independence Party to "come home" to the Conservative fold on Monday. The Tory leader made the call after a former Conservative party election candidate announced he was switching to UKIP ahead of the general election on May 7. "I would say to those people that I totally understand the frustration people have felt about issues like immigration where they want more done, and we will do more," Cameron urged potential UKIP voters. Cameron said that Britain "deserved" a referendum on membership of the European Union -- a key UKIP demand, and something which the prime minister has promised by 2017 if he is re-elected.

Former Uruguayan president complains about Syrian refugees Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:02 PM PDT MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's former president is complaining that Syrian refugees who have been resettled in the small South American country are not capable of working on farms.

Citibank's Argentine headquarters inspected amid debt fight Posted: 06 Apr 2015 03:56 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The central bank sent regulators to inspect Citibank's local headquarters Monday after the leader of the branch was suspended amid a legal battle over Argentina's debt.

Day yearns for Masters win after near-misses Posted: 06 Apr 2015 03:23 PM PDT Jason Day has chased a green jacket since he watched Tiger Woods win the 1997 Masters in record-smashing fashion, spurred on by a 2011 runner-up debut effort and third in 2013. Now the 27-year-old Australian has healed a nagging thumb injury and enters the 79th Masters with confidence after a victory at Torrey Pines in February, fueling a hunger to win at Augusta National unlike any other event.

Turkey restores access to Twitter, YouTube Posted: 06 Apr 2015 03:22 PM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey blocked access to social networking sites Twitter and YouTube for several hours on Monday over photos showing a militant pointing a gun at a prosecutor who died last week in a failed hostage rescue operation. Turkey also threatened to ban Google over the images.

'Green' political donor vows climate agenda push in 2016 U.S. race Posted: 06 Apr 2015 03:18 PM PDT By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental activist and billionaire Tom Steyer served notice on Monday that he will use his wealth to try to bring climate change into the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, vowing to target Republican hopefuls who deny the connection between burning fossil fuels and rising global temperatures. Steyer's NextGen Climate political action committee launched what it calls the Hot Seat campaign aimed at calling out Republican candidates for taking money from the billionaire Koch brothers. The group will target Senator Rand Paul, who is expected to launch his presidential campaign on Tuesday. Steyer's PAC found limited success turning climate change into a wedge issue in the 2014 midterm elections, despite spending over $70 million on candidates backing strong climate change policies.

UN official: State of Syrian refugee camp 'beyond inhumane' Posted: 06 Apr 2015 03:12 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinian fighters clashed with Islamic State militants in a heavily contested Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital on Monday as a United Nations official described the situation in the embattled camp as "beyond inhumane."

Stench of death permeates Kenya massacre university's halls Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:54 PM PDT Garissa (Kenya) (AFP) - Scattered books and dark blood stains on the floor: the bodies have been collected but an abbatoir-like stench permeates the Kenyan university where Islamist gunmen massacred 148 people last week.

US Senate planning Iran vote despite Obama warning Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:51 PM PDT Republican US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell on Monday criticized the landmark deal on Iran's nuclear program, confirming that lawmakers opposed to the pact planned a formal response to the agreement. "The administration needs to explain to the Congress and the American people why an interim agreement should result in reduced pressure on the world's leading state sponsor of terror," McConnell said in a statement following last week's marathon talks. McConnell repeated his pledge to examine legislation proposed by Senators Bob Corker and Bob Menendez, which requires any deal on Iran's nuclear ambitions to be reviewed by Congress. The Corker-Menendez bill would oblige President Barack Obama to give lawmakers 60 days to examine, and possibly block, a nuclear deal.

Obama: Nuclear deal can't hinge on Iran's Israel stance Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:49 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says it would be "a fundamental misjudgment" to condition a nuclear deal with Iran on the country changing its hostile stance toward Israel.

Palace leave City's title bid in tatters Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:38 PM PDT Manchester City's Premier League title defence is in tatters after a surprise 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace left the champions nine points adrift of leaders Chelsea on Monday. Manuel Pellegrini's side were rocked as Glenn Murray's first half goal and Jason Puncheon's excellent free kick immediately after the restart gave Palace the cushion they needed to withstand late pressure after Yaya Toure had given City hope with a 78th minute strike. City's third successive away league defeat, their fifth loss in their last seven games in all competitions, leaves them languishing in fourth place with Chelsea also having a game in hand on them. Their predicament was simply summed up by Pellegrini before this game when City's manager admitted his side needed a perfect end to the season and a Chelsea stumble to regain pole position.

Prosecutor: Boston Marathon bomber wanted to terrorize US Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:36 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev targeted men, women and children at the marathon because he wanted to terrorize the United States on a day when the eyes of the world would be on Boston, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday in closing arguments.

Tough sell: Obama ramps up lobbying campaign on Iran deal Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama ramped up lobbying Monday for a framework nuclear deal with Iran, one of the toughest sells of his presidency. Yet critics from Jerusalem to Washington warned they won't sit idly by while Obama and world leaders pursue a final accord that would leave much of Iran's nuclear infrastructure intact.

Man City loses 2-1 to Crystal Palace in Premier League Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:29 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Manchester City fell further out of title contention by losing 2-1 to Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Monday, dropping to fourth in the standings and all but surrendering its championship defense.

Boston bombings trial entrusted to jury Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:18 PM PDT Three people were killed and 264 others wounded in the twin blasts at the city's marathon, the worst attack in the United States since the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Government prosecutors portrayed the Muslim immigrant, who became a US citizen in 2012, as a callous terrorist who carried out the bombings to bring holy war to the northeastern US city and punish America. The jury must decide whether Tsarnaev is guilty on 30 counts related to the April 15, 2013 attacks, and the subsequent murder of a police officer, a car jacking and a shootout with police while on the run.

Kenya's tourism industry braces for more misery after Islamist attack Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:10 PM PDT By John Tompo and Joseph Akwiri MAASAI MARA/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Hoteliers from Kenya's Indian Ocean coast region and sprawling game park reserves said tourists have started cancelling trips to the east African nation after Islamist gunmen last week killed 148 people at a university campus. Chilling survivor testimonies recounting how gunmen from Somalia's al Shabaab militant group hunted down and killed students has shocked Kenya and dealt a fresh blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta's plans to boost the tourism sector. A vital part of east Africa's biggest economy, Kenya's tourism industry has been in decline since 2013 when al Shabaab stormed an upscale shopping mall in the capital Nairobi, killing 67 people during a bloody four-day siege. Since then, repeat al Shabaab attacks and travel warnings issued by the likes of Britain, United States and Australia emptied Kenya's palm-fringed beaches and forced hotels to lay off staff.

Fierce fighting as rebels move on holdouts in Yemen's Aden Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:07 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Pitched fighting intensified Monday in Yemen's second-largest city, Aden, leaving streets littered with bodies, as Shiite rebels and their allies waged their strongest push yet to seize control of the main bastion of supporters of their rival, the country's embattled president.

Compton playing the Masters with a lot of heart(s) Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:03 PM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — We're suckers for athletes who play with a lot of heart. In Erik Compton's case, make that plural: hearts.

Greece needs deal with lenders on April 24 -finance minister to paper Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:51 PM PDT Greece must reach an outline funding agreement with its lenders at a meeting of euro zone finance ministers on April 24, its finance minister told a Greek newspaper on Monday. "At the Eurogroup (meeting) of April 24 there must be a preliminary conclusion (of the talks), as per the Eurogroup accord on Feb. 20," Yanis Varoufakis told daily Naftemporiki. Gerda Hasselfeldt, a senior member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative allies in Bavaria, was quoted in a separate newspaper interview as saying Athens had "wasted precious time" since Germany's Bundestag lower house approved an extension of Greece's bailout in February. Varoufakis said on Sunday following a meeting with International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde that Greece intended to meet all obligations to all its creditors, moving to quell fears of a possible default ahead of a 450 million IMF euro loan repayment later this week.

Washington urges Athens to 'fully commit' to bailout talks Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:49 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. official urged Greece to "fully commit" to technical negotiations so that it can finalize economic reforms needed to unlock further bailout funds, a U.S. Treasury official said on Monday.

PLO delegation to hold talks with Syria on Yarmuk relief Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:37 PM PDT A Palestinian official said Monday a delegation was heading to Damascus for talks on helping residents inside the Yarmuk refugee camp, parts of which have been overrun by the Islamic State group. Palestinian forces inside Yarmuk are largely surrounded by IS fighters who have captured large parts of the camp. Ahmed Majdalani, an official with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), said the delegation would focus its efforts on providing security and assistance to the camp. "We will discuss with a number of Syrian officials securing the relief corridor opened yesterday to deliver humanitarian aid and getting civilians out so they won't become human shields for the terrorist Daesh group," he said, using an Arabic acronym for IS.

Greece puts a figure on World War Two reparation claims from Germany Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:35 PM PDT Greece's deputy finance minister said on Monday Germany owes Greece nearly 279 billion euros ($305.17 billion) in reparations for the Nazi occupation of the country. Greek governments and also private citizens have pushed for war damages from Germany for decades but the Greek government has never officially quantified its reparation claims. A parliamentary panel set up by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's government started work last week, seeking to claim German debts, including war reparations, as well as the repayment of a so-called occupation loan that Nazi Germany forced the Bank of Greece to make and the return of stolen archaeological treasures.

Radiation from Fukushima disaster newly detected off Canada's coast Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:32 PM PDT By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Radiation from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along a North American shoreline, though at levels too low to pose a significant threat to human or marine life, scientists said on Monday. Trace amounts of Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 were detected in samples collected ON Feb. 19 off the coast of Ucluelet, a small town on Vancouver Island in Canada's British Columbia, said Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientist Ken Buesseler. For example, swimming in the Vancouver Island water every day for a year would provide a dose of radiation less than a thousand times smaller than a single dental X-ray, Woods Hole said. In March 2011, an earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima nuclear plant, 130 miles (209 km) northeast of Tokyo, sparking triple nuclear meltdowns, forcing more than 160,000 residents to flee from nearby towns, and contaminating water, food and air.

Ukrainian leader lifts objections to vote on regional power Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:28 PM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government's previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko's gesture as meaningless.

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