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• Nepal seeks help, death toll seen rising after devastating quake
• Migrant rescue mission must extend closer to Libya: Amnesty International
• Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists trade accusations as Minsk deal frays
• Russian hackers read Obama's unclassified emails last year: NYT
• Islamist fighters seize Syria's Jisr al-Shughour, army says redeploys
• Greece, lenders must reach deal by early May, Deputy PM tells paper
• Arsenal aim to redraw lines of Chelsea rivalry
• Starbucks stores reopen Saturday after computer glitch
• Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam team to lead Legends of Golf
• Ivory Coast coalition names Ouattara as candidate for October election
• Portugal coalition partners to field joint list in upcoming polls
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Castroneves grabs IndyCar pole, Team Penske gets top 3 spots
• Google executive killed in Mount Everest avalanche after quake
• Leaders, charities offer condolences, help after Nepal quake
• Burundi president launches controversial re-election bid
• Mother in global custody dispute freed after 8 years in jail
• Quake triggers Everest avalanche, reports say 18 killed
• 10 dead as quake and avalanche sweep Mount Everest region
• St. George, Brisbane atop table in NRL after round 8
• Burundi president nominated by ruling party for third term
• Powerful earthquake strikes Nepal: Things to Know
• Texas trade group heads to Cuba
• Flights disrupted as Chile volcano spews more ash
• I.Coast's Ouattara nominated to seek re-election as president
• Two Swedes abducted by Nusfra Front in Syria freed: TT news agency
• Lucas leads US women in 800-meter relay at Penn Relays
• Volkswagen chairman Piech resigns after dispute over CEO
• Sweden: 2 Swedish hostages released in Syria
• Tribunal tells Ghana to suspend new oil drilling in disputed waters
• Messi scores in Barcelona's 2-0 win at Espanyol
• Former Guantanamo detainees keep up protest in Uruguay
• U.N. chief appeals to Indonesia not to carry out executions
• England cruise to nine-wicket triumph
• Two Swedish hostages released in Syria: foreign ministry
• Israeli police: 2 Palestinians shot dead after knife attacks
• Gil Vicente wins 2-1 at Academica in Portuguese league
• Volcano still active, but Chile no longer fears major blast

Nepal seeks help, death toll seen rising after devastating quake Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:02 PM PDT By Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal urged countries to send aid to help it cope with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 1,400 people, a toll predicted to rise as rescuers used their hands to dig for survivors among the rubble on Sunday. Thousands of people braved freezing temperatures and patchy rain to sleep on pavements, in parks or in fields in the crowded Kathmandu valley, too afraid to return to homes damaged by a 7.9 magnitude quake which struck at midday on Saturday. "Our country is in a moment of crisis and we will require tremendous support and aid," he told Indian television. Police said the death toll had reached 1,394, with about 4,700 injured.

Migrant rescue mission must extend closer to Libya: Amnesty International Posted: 25 Apr 2015 12:38 PM PDT By Gabriele Pileri CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) - European efforts to save the lives of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean must involve search and rescue operations near the shores of Libya, Amnesty International said on Saturday as hundreds more people arrived in Italy from North Africa. The European Union was shocked into action last week by a shipwreck that killed more than 700 people, and pledged to triple the budget of its sea mission which had replaced a more comprehensive Italian operation. "We only see that mission patrolling right around the borders of Italy.

Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists trade accusations as Minsk deal frays Posted: 25 Apr 2015 10:31 AM PDT By Pavel Polityuk and Jason Bush KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine traded accusations on Saturday, reviving concerns that a peace deal signed in Minsk in February may collapse, although monitors said the violations were still relatively limited. One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and two were wounded when separatists shelled Ukraine's National Guard on Saturday at Shyrokyne, a village east of the port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov in Ukraine's southeast, Kiev's military said. Rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine also stepped up accusations.

Russian hackers read Obama's unclassified emails last year: NYT Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:30 PM PDT Russian hackers who penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system last year read President Barack Obama's unclassified emails, the New York Times reported on Saturday, quoting U.S. officials. "There is no evidence that the president's email account itself was hacked, White House officials said. Still, the fact that some of Mr. Obama's communications were among those retrieved by hackers has been one of the most closely held findings of the inquiry," the paper said. The White House confirmed the breach earlier this month, saying it took place last year and that it did not affect classified information.

Islamist fighters seize Syria's Jisr al-Shughour, army says redeploys Posted: 25 Apr 2015 07:35 AM PDT By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents including al-Qaeda's wing in Syria, Nusra Front, captured the northwestern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour on Saturday, for the first time in the four-year-old conflict. Opposition fighters and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the town, on a road between the coastal city of Latakia and city of Aleppo, was now fully controlled by insurgents "All of Jisr al-Shughour is now liberated, there is no more regime there," Ahmad of the media office of the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham group, which is taking part in the battle, told Reuters.

Greece, lenders must reach deal by early May, Deputy PM tells paper Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:31 PM PDT Greece and its lenders must reach a reform deal by early May to address Greece's need for cash, Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis said in an interview with a Greek newspaper published on Saturday. Shut out of international markets and locked in talks with its European Union and International Monetary Fund creditors over its proposed reform-for-cash deal, Greece risks running out of cash within weeks. Athens must pay the International Monetary Fund almost 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in May. It has said it wants to honor its obligations and needs lenders to offer something in return. "There is clearly a potential and an imperative need for an interim deal to be concluded in the first days of May, if not within April," Dragasakis said in an interview with Avgi newspaper, the mouthpiece of the leftist government of Alexis Tsipras.

Arsenal aim to redraw lines of Chelsea rivalry Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:48 PM PDT Chelsea's trip to Arsenal on Sunday has been billed as a Premier League title decider, but in reality it is likely to have more of a bearing on next season. With 11 wins and two defeats since the turn of the year, Arsenal have amassed more points per game in 2015 than any other team in Europe's five major leagues, but still they trail Chelsea by 10 points. Chelsea will be champions if they beat Arsenal and win at Leicester City on Wednesday, but even though defeat on Sunday would probably only delay their coronation, it could herald the start of a north London revolt. Fixtures between Arsene Wenger's Arsenal and Jose Mourinho's Chelsea have traditionally represented a collision of competing ideologies, with Wenger the style-obsessed romantic and Mourinho the cold, hard pragmatist.

Starbucks stores reopen Saturday after computer glitch Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:48 PM PDT SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks was back in business Saturday after a computer outage forced thousands of its stores to close early the night before.

Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam team to lead Legends of Golf Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:45 PM PDT RIDGEDALE, Mo. (AP) — Boyhood rivals Ian Woosnam and Sandy Lyle took a two-stroke lead Saturday in the Champions Tour's Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge.

Ivory Coast coalition names Ouattara as candidate for October election Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:36 PM PDT The five parties in Ivory Coast's ruling coalition named President Alassane Ouattara as their candidate for an election in October in which he is expected to win a second five-year term. Former president Henri Konan Bedié, who is the leader of the RHDP coalition, gave his endorsement to Ouattara, who has won praise for reviving the West African country's economy after a decade of political turmoil that culminated in a brief civil war that ended in 2011. "We want an Ivory Coast committed to working, which believes in its bright future," Ouattara told the rally. The opposition has yet to chose its candidate.

Portugal coalition partners to field joint list in upcoming polls Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:33 PM PDT Leaders of the two parties in Portugal's centre-right coalition government on Saturday announced they would field a single list of candidates to contest this year's parliamentary elections. "This alliance is strong because it can already show the Portuguese how much work has been done," Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, head of the Social Democrats (PSD), said at a press conference in Lisbon. Without taking the new alliance into account, the most recent opinion poll put the opposition Socialists in first place with 38.1 percent of the votes, compared to 25.2 percent for the PSD and 8.1 percent for the CDS.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:32 PM PDT KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of people were spending the night in the open under a chilly and thunderous sky after a powerful earthquake devastated Nepal on Saturday, killing nearly 1,400, collapsing modern houses and ancient temples and triggering a landslide on Mount Everest. Officials warned the death toll would rise as more reports came in from far-flung areas. Inspector Yuvraj Khadka of Nepal's national police force said that rescue effort was continuing through the night and the death toll had reached 1,394 people. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake, which originated outside the capital Kathmandu, was the worst tremor to hit the poor South Asian nation in over 80 years. It strong enough to be felt all across the northern part of neighboring India, Bangladesh, Tibet and Pakistan, where a total of 50 people died.

Castroneves grabs IndyCar pole, Team Penske gets top 3 spots Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:30 PM PDT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Helio Castroneves, Will Power and Team Penske will start from a familiar position at the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama: Up front.

Google executive killed in Mount Everest avalanche after quake Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:25 PM PDT By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Dan Fredinburg, a Google Inc executive based in California, was among those killed on Saturday in an avalanche on Mount Everest caused by a devastating earthquake in Nepal, the company said. Fredinburg was climbing the world's tallest peak with three other Google employees when the avalanche struck. Fredinburg, a Google veteran, was head of privacy at Google X, a research division at the Mountain View, California-based company.

Leaders, charities offer condolences, help after Nepal quake Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:17 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — As world leaders and global charities tried to grasp the scope of an earthquake that devastated Nepal, they offered condolences for the nearly 1,400 people killed and readied emergency aid for the survivors. Mountaineering groups struggled to check on climbers, and Nepalese abroad did their best to reach families in the stricken area.

Burundi president launches controversial re-election bid Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:04 PM PDT Burundi's president was on Saturday nominated as the ruling party's candidate for a third term in office, prompting complaints from the opposition and drawing a sharp rebuke from the United States. Opposition figures said the move was unconstitutional and warned that President Pierre Nkurunziza's effort to cling to power could push the central African nation back into violence. There was tight security as the ruling CNDD-FDD -- which has been accused of intimidating opponents -- opened a special party congress in the capital, during which Nkurunziza was officially designated as the party's candidate. "We wish to announce to the national and international community that the member who has been selected to represent us in the elections is Pierre Nkurunziza," the head of the ruling CNDD-FDD party, Pascal Nyabenda, announced.

Mother in global custody dispute freed after 8 years in jail Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:04 PM PDT HACKENSACK, New Jersey (AP) — A Spanish-born woman jailed in an international custody dispute has been freed after spending more than eight years behind bars and is likely to be reunited with her daughter, who's been without either parent for nearly a decade.

Quake triggers Everest avalanche, reports say 18 killed Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:02 PM PDT By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An Indian army mountaineering team found 18 bodies on Mount Everest on Saturday, an army spokesman said, after a massive earthquake in Nepal unleashed an avalanche on the world's tallest mountain at the start of the main climbing season. Nepal's Tourism Ministry could only confirm 10 deaths, but spokesman Gyanendra Shrestha said the death toll could rise, and that the avalanche had buried part of the base camp. He died as a result of head injuries when the avalanche hit, according to a statement from the mountaineering company that had taken him to base camp."We pray too for all those who have lost their lives in one of the greatest tragedies ever to hit this Himalayan nation," Jagged Globe said.Tourism ministry officials estimated that at least 1,000 climbers, including about 400 foreigners, had been at base camp or on Everest when the earthquake struck. April is one of the most popular times to scale the 8,850-metre (29,035 foot) peak before rain and clouds cloak it at the end of May. Almost exactly a year ago, an avalanche killed 16 Nepali guides in what was the single deadliest day on the mountain.

10 dead as quake and avalanche sweep Mount Everest region Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:55 PM PDT KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An avalanche triggered by a massive earthquake swept across Nepal's Mount Everest region on Saturday, killing at least 10 climbers and guides, slamming into a section of the mountaineering base camp, and leaving an unknown number of people injured and missing, officials said.

St. George, Brisbane atop table in NRL after round 8 Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:55 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — St. George-Illawarra shrugged off a half-hour delay caused by lightning and hail to beat Sydney City 14-12 on Saturday for their sixth straight win in the National Rugby League.

Burundi president nominated by ruling party for third term Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:52 PM PDT BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi's ruling party on Saturday nominated President Pierre Nkurunziza to be its candidate for a third term in elections on June 26, a move expected to stoke political tensions.

Powerful earthquake strikes Nepal: Things to Know Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:51 PM PDT A powerful earthquake struck the Nepal region on Saturday, causing widespread casualties and triggering an avalanche on Mount Everest.

Texas trade group heads to Cuba Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:45 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — A Texas delegation is arriving in Cuba with hopes of building a front-of-the-line position for renewed trade with the Caribbean nation long isolated by a U.S. embargo.

Flights disrupted as Chile volcano spews more ash Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:44 PM PDT Ash from Chile's spewing Calbuco volcano threatened Saturday to spell travel misery in the region and beyond after it triggered the cancellation of domestic and international flights in several cities. A sleeping giant for more than 50 years, the volcano sprang to life in spectacular bursts of ash and lava Wednesday and Thursday, forcing 6,500 people living nearby to evacuate and blanketed southern Chile in suffocating volcanic debris. In the Chilean capital Santiago, domestic flights operated normally but some international flights were scrubbed. A handful of flights were scrapped at Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport, and authorities urged people to use face masks to avoid inhaling ash particles.

I.Coast's Ouattara nominated to seek re-election as president Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:34 PM PDT The ruling coalition in Ivory Coast on Saturday nominated incumbent President Alassane Ouattara for re-election in October's presidential poll as the country seeks to move on from years of political turmoil. Ouattara's official nomination was announced by former Ivorian head of state Henri Konan Bedie, with Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba also attending a grand ceremony held in the country's biggest stadium in Abidjan. The 73-year-old Ouattara, decked out in a white hat and shirt, made a grand entrance into the 35,000-seat stadium riding in a convertible. He was greeted by the crowd shouting "ADO president!" -- a reference to his initials as Alassane Dramane Ouattara.

Two Swedes abducted by Nusfra Front in Syria freed: TT news agency Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:31 PM PDT Two Swedes who were abducted in 2013 by Al Qaeda's Nusra Front in Syria were released on Friday, news agency TT reported on Saturday, quoting Sweden's Foreign Ministry and Palestine's ambassador to Sweden. The identities of the men were not disclosed but TT said one of them belonged to a Pentecostal church. Negotiations for their release had taken more than two months and were conducted by the Palestine security service, in cooperation with Jordanian and Swedish security services, Hala Husni Fariz, Palestinian ambassador to Sweden, told TT.

Lucas leads US women in 800-meter relay at Penn Relays Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:27 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Porscha Lucas led Team USA to victory in the women's 800-meter relay at the Penn Relays on Saturday and the Americans won four of six events in the U.S.A. vs. The World races.

Volkswagen chairman Piech resigns after dispute over CEO Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:19 PM PDT FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ferdinand Piech, chairman of the board of Volkswagen AG and a major figure in the German auto industry, has stepped down after clashing with other board members over his criticism of the company's CEO.

Sweden: 2 Swedish hostages released in Syria Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:13 PM PDT HELSINKI (AP) — Sweden says that two of its nationals, held hostage in Syria, have been released and are reunited with their families.

Tribunal tells Ghana to suspend new oil drilling in disputed waters Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:08 PM PDT An international tribunal on Saturday ordered Ghana not to carry out any new oil drilling activities in waters disputed with Ivory Coast, pending a final judgement. The African oil-producing neighbours took their case to the Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea after months of fruitless negotiations. Abidjan had asked the body to suspend all ongoing oil exploration and exploitation by Ghana, but the interim ruling did not go as far that, saying doing so would risk "considerable financial loss to Ghana" and could possibly harm the marine environment. The body instead told Ghana to "take all necessary steps to ensure that no new drilling... takes place in the disputed area".

Messi scores in Barcelona's 2-0 win at Espanyol Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:01 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi and Neymar kept front-runner Barcelona on pace to reclaiming the Spanish league title after scoring in a 2-0 win at Espanyol to provisionally increase its lead over Real Madrid on Saturday.

Former Guantanamo detainees keep up protest in Uruguay Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:53 PM PDT MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Four former Guantanamo Bay prisoners protested for a second day Saturday demanding more help from both the Uruguayan and the U.S. governments for adapting to life in their new home in this South American country.

U.N. chief appeals to Indonesia not to carry out executions Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:53 PM PDT United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia on Saturday not to execute 10 prisoners, including two Australians, for drug-related crimes. Indonesia has so far informed seven of the 10 death row inmates, including the Australians and one Nigerian, that they will be executed in a matter of days, possibly as soon as Tuesday. Nationals from Brazil, Ghana and the Philippines are also on Indonesia's death row. A temporary reprieve was granted to a French citizen who will not be in the next round of executions.

England cruise to nine-wicket triumph Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:48 PM PDT St. George's (Grenada) (AFP) - England ended a wait of two-and-a-half years and 10 matches for Test success away from home with a nine-wicket win over the West Indies in the second Test on Saturday. Set a modest target of 143 after the home side folded for 307 in their second innings just after lunch, Gary Ballance (81 not out) and skipper Alastair Cook (59 not out) eased to the target with an unbroken 142-run second-wicket partnership after Jonathan Trott fell without scoring to Shannon Gabriel. This first away win since a series-clinching seven-wicket triumph over India in Kolkata in December, 2012 means that England have retained the Wisden Trophy -– the symbol of supremacy in Test series between the two nations since 1963 –- going into the final Test in Barbados starting next Friday. James Anderson starred with the ball and in the field at Grenada's National Stadium on Saturday.

Two Swedish hostages released in Syria: foreign ministry Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:48 PM PDT Two Swedish men held hostage in Syria have been released with the help of Palestinian and Jordanian authorities, Sweden's foreign ministry said Saturday. The ministry declined to give details of the case but Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem thanked the Palestinians and Jordan for helping secure the men's release. "A special thanks to Palestine and president (Mahmud) Abbas personally who engaged in a decisive way, as well as to the Jordanian authorities," she said in a statement to news agency TT. The Palestinian ambassador to Sweden Hala Husni Fariz said the men, who were freed on Friday, had been kidnapped by Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, the Al-Nusra Front.

Israeli police: 2 Palestinians shot dead after knife attacks Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:46 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police officers on Saturday shot dead two knife-wielding Palestinians in response to separate stabbing attacks against Israeli officers, police said, before a third attack against police forces later in the day left three officers injured.

Gil Vicente wins 2-1 at Academica in Portuguese league Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:44 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Gil Vicente boosted its chances of escaping the Portuguese league relegation zone with a 2-1 comeback victory at Academica on Saturday that saw all three goals scored from penalties.

Volcano still active, but Chile no longer fears major blast Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:41 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Authorities downgraded the likelihood of a major eruption at the Calbuco volcano, although the mountain remained active Saturday and the ash clouds it already ejected caused cancelations of more airline flights.

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