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• Yemen's Houthis battle in central Aden, first medical aid arrives
• Iranian establishment faces risks if nuclear deal fails
• Islamic State releases more than 200 captive Yazidis in Iraq
• U.S. soldier killed in possible Afghan insider attack
• U.S. deports ex-El Salvador defense minister accused of torture
• North Korea warns will act to get back ship held by Mexico
• Spotted owl could be designated 'endangered'
• Davis beats top-seeded Bouchard in Family Circle Cup
• British terror police probe murder of Syrian Assad critic
• Islamic State revenues hit by lost Iraqi oil fields: report
• Kerry says U.S. aware of Iran's support to Yemen's Houthis
• Piece of Eisenhower Tree heading to presidential library
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Tiger Woods turns Par 3 contest at Masters into family day
• Poll: Cubans expect US detente to improve economic lives
• Afghan soldier shoots, wounds 3 US troops in insider attack
• Russia could give Greece advance funds for future gas project: sources
• Brumbies wary of winless Blues in Super Rugby
• Ex-Guantanamo inmate among arrests for murder of Uganda prosecutor: US
• French TV5Monde hit by pro-Islamic State hackers
• US deports Salvadoran ex-general tied to 1980s rights abuses
• Canadian planes carry out first strikes in Syria: army
• Violence in Egypt's Sinai kills 11 civilians, 2 soldiers
• Cuban dissidents heckled at Americas Summit
• Streelman wins Masters Par 3 in sudden-death playoff
• New poll in Cuba shows strong support for improved U.S. ties
• Canada conducts first air strike in Syria
• Egypt to try another 379 Brotherhood members over sit-in violence
• Mexico: Death toll now 20 in gasoline tanker truck explosion
• Messi, Suarez score as Barca wins, Real's Ronaldo hits 37th
• 5 things to know about White House state dinners
• Argentina sues Citibank over recent agreement with holdouts
• Only a third of countries reach 2015 education goals: UN
• Brooks Koepka hurting as he prepares for Masters debut
• Brazil congress set to vote on outsourcing bill
• Chilean leader defiant as son's scandal swirls
• Bayern beats Leverkusen on penalties, Moenchengladbach loses
• Canada expands turkey farm quarantine to stem bird flu

Yemen's Houthis battle in central Aden, first medical aid arrives Posted: 08 Apr 2015 10:49 AM PDT By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Houthi forces fought street-by-street battles with local militia in the old center of Aden on Wednesday, as the first boatloads of emergency medical aid reached the south Yemeni port city, which relief workers say faces a humanitarian catastrophe. Mosques broadcast appeals for jihad against the Houthis, Iran-allied fighters who have taken over large areas of Yemen. Iran, which denies arming the Houthis, has condemned the Saudi-led offensive. Tehran sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, saying they would protect Iranian shipping.

Iranian establishment faces risks if nuclear deal fails Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:41 AM PDT By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Failure to finalize a framework agreement between Iran and the six major powers aimed at curbing the country's sensitive nuclear work could profoundly destabilize the Islamic Republic, analysts and politicians say. Iranians' hopes of ending their international isolation have risen so high since the accord that failure to finalize it would generate levels of dismay that could hurt the authorities, even if the West was portrayed as the guilty party, analysts say. I cannot tolerate it." Managing popular expectations will be more difficult in Iran now, said Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. The tentative deal on curbing Iran's nuclear work, reached on Thursday in Lausanne, revived hopes of an end to sanctions in return for limits on its atomic program, opening the way for economic reform and international recognition.

Islamic State releases more than 200 captive Yazidis in Iraq Posted: 08 Apr 2015 08:34 AM PDT More than 200 elderly and infirm Yazidis were freed on Wednesday by Islamic State militants who had been holding them captive since overruning their villages in northwestern Iraq last summer. A Reuters reporter saw the group of 216 people, which included two Christians, handed over to Kurdish forces near the city of Kirkuk.

U.S. soldier killed in possible Afghan insider attack Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:52 PM PDT By Rafiq Sherzad JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An Afghan man dressed in the uniform of local security forces opened fire on U.S. soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one American and wounding several more before the shooter himself was killed, a U.S. official said. The Pentagon and U.S. State Department only confirmed an exchange of gunfire between U.S. and Afghan forces, saying an investigation was ongoing. "I can confirm that one American soldier was killed today," Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters. Asked whether this was an insider attack by an Afghan soldier turning his weapon against NATO forces, Warren said: "It's a little early to tell.

U.S. deports ex-El Salvador defense minister accused of torture Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:56 PM PDT By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday deported Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, El Salvador's former defense minister, accused of involvement in torture and killings 30 years ago during the Central American country's bloody civil war, U.S. officials said. Vides Casanova was defense minister from 1983-89, a brutal period during the conflict between leftist rebels and U.S.-backed government forces. The Department of Homeland Security had in 2009 announced its initiation of deportation proceedings, at the request of human rights activists who sued on behalf of torture survivors. "The deportation of General Vides Casanova is a historic moment for the victims and survivors of human rights abuses during El Salvador's civil war," said Carolyn Patty Blum, Legal Advisor the San Francisco-based Center for Justice and Accountability, which brought a case against Vides Casanova in 1999 on behalf of torture victims living in the United States.

North Korea warns will act to get back ship held by Mexico Posted: 08 Apr 2015 01:48 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea accused Mexico on Wednesday of illegally detaining one of its ships with some 50 crew and warned it would take "necessary measures" to release the vessel, which United Nations sanctions monitors say belongs to a blacklisted shipping firm. The 6,700-tonne freighter Mu Du Bong, which had come from Cuba, ran aground in July on a reef 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Tuxpan in Mexico's Veracruz state. Mexico said the ship remains in the port of Tuxpan. North Korea's Deputy UN Ambassador An Myong Hun told a small news conference on Wednesday that the Mu Du Bong was not linked to the blacklisted firm, Ocean Maritime Management Company, and therefore not subject to U.N. sanctions.

Spotted owl could be designated 'endangered' Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:53 PM PDT By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Wednesday that it is launching a review on whether to list the northern spotted owl as an "endangered" species after a decades-old fight between conservationists and loggers. The Fish and Wildlife Service said new scientific findings by a conservation group petitioning for greater protections for the medium-sized owl warranted a review of its designation as "threatened" under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The spotted owl was listed as a threatened species in 1990 amid high-profile battles between the timber industry, which fought to retain the right to log centuries-old evergreen trees, and conservationists, who argued that both the bird and the ecosystem it relied on were on the brink of destruction. The population of spotted owls, which are dark brown with white spots on the head and breast, and dark brown eyes, has continued to decline at a rate of about 2.9 percent per year to an estimated population of fewer than 10,000, the Fish and Wildlife Service estimates.

Davis beats top-seeded Bouchard in Family Circle Cup Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:51 PM PDT CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Eugenie Bouchard knew she was pointed to bigger things at the Family Circle Cup last spring. After the top-seeded Bouchard fell to unseeded American Lauren Davis in her opening match this time around, the Canadian star isn't sure where she's heading.

British terror police probe murder of Syrian Assad critic Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:47 PM PDT British counter-terrorism police are investigating the murder of a Syrian preacher described as a prominent critic of President Bashar al-Assad, London police said on Wednesday. Abdul Hadi Arwani, 48, was found dead in his car with gunshots to the chest in north-west London on Tuesday. The Counter Terrorism Command or SO15, a specialist branch of the London's Metropolitan Police Service, is taking charge of the investigation, police said in a statement. "SO15 are now carrying out the investigation because of their expertise in the management of investigations with international dimensions and an established liaison network abroad," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

Islamic State revenues hit by lost Iraqi oil fields: report Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:43 PM PDT The Islamic State group has lost control of "at least three large oil fields" in Iraq, depriving the jihadists of a crucial source of income, a German newspaper report said Thursday. In the face of a large-scale Iraqi counteroffensive, the extremist group now controls just a single oil field in the country, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said in its Thursday edition, citing the BND federal intelligence services. Ousted from the strategic northern city of Tikrit by Iraqi security forces and militias just over a week ago -- in Baghdad's biggest victory to date after the militants overran large parts of the country last June -- the jihadists now have only "five percent" of the extraction capabilities they had before, according to the BND report seen by Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The group had lost "at least three large oil fields", the daily said, adding that satellite images from last month showed the group had set fire to two of them -- the Himrin and Ajil fields -- in the face of the advancing counteroffensive.

Kerry says U.S. aware of Iran's support to Yemen's Houthis Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:42 PM PDT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday the United States is well aware of the support that Iran has been providing to Houthi forces who have driven Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the country. Kerry said the United States would support countries in the Middle East who feel threatened by Iran. "We're not looking for confrontation, obviously, but we're not going to step away from our alliances and our friendships and the need to stand with those who feel threatened as a consequence of the choices that Iran might be making," Kerry said in an interview with PBS Newshour.

Piece of Eisenhower Tree heading to presidential library Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:38 PM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Men in green Masters jackets gave a warm round of applause to a large wood chip Wednesday.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:32 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan soldier shot and killed a U.S. soldier and wounded several others Wednesday before being shot dead, the first so-called "insider attack" to target NATO troops since they ended their combat mission at the start of the year. The shooting happened after Afghan provincial leaders met a U.S. Embassy official at the compound of the Nangarhar provincial governor in the city of Jalalabad. All U.S. Embassy staff were accounted for and safe, the diplomatic mission said.

Tiger Woods turns Par 3 contest at Masters into family day Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:31 PM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods played in the Par 3 tournament at the Masters for the first time since 2004, and he made it quite a family outing with girlfriend Lindsey Vonn at his side, and his children caddying for him.

Poll: Cubans expect US detente to improve economic lives Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:31 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — Cubans overwhelmingly expect detente with the United States to alter their widely disliked economic system, according to a rare poll of 1,200 people across the island.

Afghan soldier shoots, wounds 3 US troops in insider attack Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:28 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, wounding three before he was shot dead by American troops, an official and an eyewitness said.

Russia could give Greece advance funds for future gas project: sources Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:26 PM PDT Russia is considering soon giving Greece funds based on future profits it could earn from shipping Russian gas to Europe as part of a pipeline extension, two Greek government sources said on Wednesday. The extension to the Turkish Stream pipeline, which would take Russian gas from Turkey to Europe via Greece but has yet to be finalised, might also mean Athens would pay less for Russian gas. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras voiced interest in the project in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday. Tsipras' government, at loggerheads with its euro zone and International Monetary Fund creditors, risks running out of money within weeks unless it can reach a new cash-for-reform deal.

Brumbies wary of winless Blues in Super Rugby Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:25 PM PDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The second-placed ACT Brumbies say complacency won't be an issue when they face the last-placed Blues in Auckland on Friday to start Super Rugby's ninth round.

Ex-Guantanamo inmate among arrests for murder of Uganda prosecutor: US Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:14 PM PDT The United States said Wednesday a former Guantanamo prison detainee was among several suspects it helped Ugandan authorities arrest in connection with the murder of a prosecutor overseeing the trial of men linked to 2010 Shebab bombings in Kampala. US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf did not elaborate on exactly what assistance the country gave in the operation. Ugandan authorities made the arrests in connection with the murder of Joan Kagezi, acting assistant director of public prosecution, who was killed in Kampala on March 30.

French TV5Monde hit by pro-Islamic State hackers Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:14 PM PDT French television network TV5Monde on Wednesday evening said it had been hacked by individuals claiming to belong to the Islamic State group who had hijacked its TV channels, websites and Facebook page. Our websites and social media sites are no longer under our control and are all displaying claims of responsibility by Islamic State," the broadcaster's director general Yves Bigot told AFP. The hackers posted documents on TV5Monde's Facebook page purporting to be the identity cards and CVs of relatives of French soldiers involved in anti-IS operations.

US deports Salvadoran ex-general tied to 1980s rights abuses Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:12 PM PDT SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A former general linked to human rights abuses during El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s was deported by the U.S. on Wednesday and flown to his home country, where officials said he faces no charges or restrictions on his movements.

Canadian planes carry out first strikes in Syria: army Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:02 PM PDT Canada carried out its first air strikes in Syria on Wednesday the military said, expanding Ottawa's contribution to the US-led coalition against Islamic State, after parliament approved a larger role in the conflict. Canadian strikes had been limited to Iraqi territory, but at the end of March Canadian lawmakers narrowly passed a measure to allow the country's aircraft to target IS targets in Syria.

Violence in Egypt's Sinai kills 11 civilians, 2 soldiers Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:01 PM PDT EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Military officials say 11 civilians and two soldiers have been killed in three attacks in Egypt's restive northern Sinai.

Cuban dissidents heckled at Americas Summit Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:58 PM PDT PANAMA CITY (AP) — About 100 supporters of Cuba's government on Wednesday aggressively heckled dissidents from the communist-run island attending a civil society forum at the start of a region-wide summit in Panama.

Streelman wins Masters Par 3 in sudden-death playoff Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:54 PM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Kevin Streelman beat Camilo Villegas on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff Wednesday to win the Par 3 tournament on the last day to relax at Augusta National.

New poll in Cuba shows strong support for improved U.S. ties Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:53 PM PDT A new poll conducted in Cuba found that 80 percent of Cubans have a highly favorable view of President Barack Obama, while 97 percent feel that the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with the United States will be good for Cuba. The opinion survey released Wednesday is the most extensive conducted inside Cuba by an independent research firm since 1959, according to its sponsors, Miami-based Spanish language network Univision News and The Washington Post newspaper. It is also the first study of its kind since last December's announcement of joint efforts to normalize diplomatic and economic relations between Cuba and the United States. Almost 80 percent were dissatisfied with the Cuban economy, and 64 percent said the thaw with Washington could change Cuba's economic system.

Canada conducts first air strike in Syria Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:45 PM PDT Canadian armed forces conducted their first air strike in Syria since the government expanded the scope of its military mission against Islamic State last month, Canada's Defense Department said on Wednesday. "This first air strike under the expanded mandate demonstrates our government's firm resolve to tackle the threat of terrorism against Canada and to promote international security and stability," Defense Minister Jason Kenney said in a statement. Two Canadian CF-18s were involved in the air strike against an Islamic State garrison near Ar-Raqqah, Syria, the government said.

Egypt to try another 379 Brotherhood members over sit-in violence Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:43 PM PDT Egypt's public prosecutor referred a further 379 alleged members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to court on Wednesday over sit-ins in August 2013 that were broken up by security forces who killed hundreds of protesters. The 379 are accused of causing the deaths of two policemen at al-Nahda Square in Giza, one of two sites where supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi gathered in the weeks following his overthrow by the military. The government accuses the Brotherhood of fomenting an Islamist insurgency since Mursi's removal. Security forces have killed hundreds and detained thousands of members of the group, which says it is committed to political change through peaceful means only.

Mexico: Death toll now 20 in gasoline tanker truck explosion Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:40 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say the number of dead from a recent gasoline truck blast has reached 20 after two more people succumbed to injuries sustained in the explosion.

Messi, Suarez score as Barca wins, Real's Ronaldo hits 37th Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:33 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Luis Suarez netted two goals after Lionel Messi opened the scoring to guide Spanish league leader Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over Almeria on Wednesday.

5 things to know about White House state dinners Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Guess who's coming to dinner at the White House?

Argentina sues Citibank over recent agreement with holdouts Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:31 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Argentine government said Wednesday it was suing Citibank, the latest in an escalating proxy fight related to a legal battle over paying back the South American country's long-standing debt.

Only a third of countries reach 2015 education goals: UN Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:26 PM PDT The UN gave a third of the world's countries a passing grade Thursday for efforts to provide universal basic education, but said most governments had failed on a pledge made 15 years ago. In 2000, 164 countries agreed at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Education Forum to ensure basic education for all by 2015. Several European countries as well as Cuba, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia are among those who managed to meet the education goal, said the report. Only around half of the 164 countries have succeeded in providing universal primary education, the report said.

Brooks Koepka hurting as he prepares for Masters debut Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:25 PM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — This wasn't how Brooks Koepka wanted to play in his first Masters.

Brazil congress set to vote on outsourcing bill Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:22 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's lower house Wednesday started discussing a bill opposed by labor unions that would allow companies to outsource their entire labor force.

Chilean leader defiant as son's scandal swirls Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:16 PM PDT Chilean President Michelle Bachelet scoffed Wednesday at speculation that she would resign over a financial scandal involving her son that has taken a heavy toll on her popularity. Bachelet has seen her popularity plunge to 30 percent since revelations emerged that her eldest child, Sebastian Davalos, attended a November 2013 meeting between his wife, Natalia Compagnon, and Andronico Luksic, the vice president of Banco de Chile and one of the country's richest men. Her company used the money to buy land in central Chile that was then re-zoned for building construction, enabling the firm to sell it at a $5-million profit.

Bayern beats Leverkusen on penalties, Moenchengladbach loses Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:13 PM PDT FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Holder Bayern Munich overcame the absence of several key players to beat Bayer Leverkusen 5-3 on penalties on Wednesday and reach the semifinals of the German Cup.

Canada expands turkey farm quarantine to stem bird flu Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:11 PM PDT Canadian health officials broadened a quarantine around two turkey farms to nine Wednesday, after H5 bird flu was detected in one of them. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency placed the farm and a neighboring farm under quarantine to control the spread of the disease, and expanded it as a precaution. The agency said avian flu does not pose a risk to food safety if the poultry is properly handled and cooked, and rarely affects humans not in constant contact with the birds. At the end of 2014, several poultry farms in British Columbia were hit by the H5N2 virus, resulting in large scale culling of birds and a ban on trade in poultry products with the United States.

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