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• It's a girl - Britain's Duchess Kate gives birth, both well, palace says
• Attacks in Iraq's Anbar, Baghdad kill at least 26: sources
• Yemeni Houthis call on U.N. to end Saudi strikes: statement
• Thai mass grave held bodies of 26 suspected trafficking victims
• Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram slowed by landmines
• Separatist rebels attack army in northern Malian town
• Japan prime minister ends US visit
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• Favorite American Pharoah rallies to win Kentucky Derby
• More flames in cartel-hit Mexican state
• Amnesty says Egypt using courts and jail to intimidate journalists
• British royal baby's first A to Z
• Detained ship case purely financial, says Iran firm
• Iran pledges to protect shared security interests with Yemen
• Israel warns of terror attack threat against Jews in Tunisia 
• Nigeria: Nearly 300 freed women, children led to safety
• Collingwood crush Carlton to go top in AFL
• England 39-5 in 2nd innings, lead by 107 after crazy 2nd day
• At least 13 killed in Baghdad car bombing
• UK's Cameron makes last-minute push to hold onto power
• Thousands rally in Baltimore over Freddie Gray death
• Anderson takes six before England collapse
• How to help Nepal earthquake victims
• Suarez scores hat trick as Barcelona routs Cordoba 8-0
• McIlroy into last eight in WGC Match Play
• 3rd successive loss for Man United; 8th in row for Newcastle
• Pro-Putin bikers lay wreath in Vienna en route to Berlin
• Madagascar's ex-leader Ravalomanana freed from house arrest
• Southern Michigan shaken by 4.2 magnitude earthquake
• Britain celebrates birth of a princess
• US 2 for 2 at ice hockey worlds, Czechs rebound
• Benfica routs Gil Vicente 5-0 to stay on target for title
• "We Need Help:" Aid scarce in quake-hit Nepal villages
• Juventus seals 4th successive Serie A title with 1-0 win
• Cheers as sleeping princess welcomed into the world
• Mexican drug cartel Jalisco New Generation flexes muscles
• Hurricanes beat Crusaders to stay top in Super Rugby
• Lawmaker: Islamic State kills some 25 captive Iraqi Yazidis

It's a girl - Britain's Duchess Kate gives birth, both well, palace says Posted: 02 May 2015 11:36 AM PDT By Stephen Addison LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a girl on Saturday, the couple's second child and a great grand-daughter to Queen Elizabeth. The royal family's newest member was born at 8:34 a.m., some 2-1/2 hours after Kate Middleton was admitted in the early stages of labor to St Mary's Hospital, West London, the couple's Kensington Palace residence said in a statement. Kate cradled the sleeping princess in her arms as the couple waved to the cheering crowd, although they made no comment. A few minutes later, Prince William carried the baby in a car seat to a waiting vehicle, and then drove his wife and new daughter the short distance to Kensington Palace.

Attacks in Iraq's Anbar, Baghdad kill at least 26: sources Posted: 02 May 2015 01:38 PM PDT At least 12 Iraqi soldiers and paramilitary forces were killed on Saturday by suicide car bombs targeting an outpost in western Anbar province, while attacks in the capital killed at least 14 civilians, security and medical sources said. The fighters were part of a campaign announced by the government last month to recapture parts of the Sunni heartland from the jihadist militants of Islamic State, which has held the territory for the past year. The forces were targeted in a train station in Garma, on the road to the Islamic State stronghold of Falluja, 15 km (10 miles) to the east. "Five of the armored car bombs managed to reach our forces in the train station and blew up.

Yemeni Houthis call on U.N. to end Saudi strikes: statement Posted: 02 May 2015 01:14 PM PDT Yemeni Houthi rebels called on the United Nations on Saturday to seek an end to Saudi Arabian air strikes against them that they described as blatant aggression against the country. "We want to emphasize the grave and tragic situation that comes in the light of the continued Saudi blatant aggression on our country and our people," said the Ansar Allah Zaydi Houthi movement's foreign relations official Hussein al-Ezzi, in a letter addressed to the U.N. secretary general. Zaydis are a sect of Shi'ite Islam that predominates in Northern Yemen. The United Nations says the conflict in Yemen has killed 600 people, wounded 2,200 and displaced 100,000 since Houthi rebels allied with Iran seized the capital Sanaa in September.

Thai mass grave held bodies of 26 suspected trafficking victims Posted: 02 May 2015 12:37 PM PDT By Amy Sawitta Lefevre PEDANG BESAR, Thailand (Reuters) - Dozens of police and volunteers have exhumed 26 bodies at a mass grave near a suspected human trafficking camp on a hillside deep in a southern Thai jungle, police said on Saturday. The digging site, in Sadao district in Songkhla province, yielded five bodies on Friday and 21 more on Saturday, all believed to be migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh. "A total of 26 bodies were uncovered - 24 men, one woman and one unknown," said Police General Jarumporn Suramanee, adding the operation was now completed. Illegal migrants, many of them Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar and Bangladesh, brave often perilous journeys by sea to escape religious and ethnic persecution and to seek jobs in Malaysia and Thailand, a regional trafficking hub.

Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram slowed by landmines Posted: 02 May 2015 02:04 PM PDT By Julia Payne ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military is confident it has Boko Haram cornered, but a final push to clear the Islamist militants from their forest hideouts is being hampered by landmines, it said on Saturday. "Everywhere they have their havens, they have mined it all around," Major General Chris Olukolade, spokesman for Nigeria's defense headquarters, told Reuters in an interview. Boko Haram grabbed a swathe of Nigeria's northeast bigger than Belgium in 2014 and caused a global outcry when it abducted over 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok. A counter-attack was launched in January after a six-year insurgency that killed thousands and forced more than 1.5 million people from their homes -- too late to save the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan who lost a March election to Muhammadu Buhari who vowed to get tougher on Boko Haram.

Separatist rebels attack army in northern Malian town Posted: 02 May 2015 12:48 PM PDT Tuareg separatist rebels attacked Malian army positions in the northern town of Dire on Saturday, as rising violence threatened to derail a U.N.-backed peace deal due to be signed this month. Dire lies southwest of the ancient desert trading outpost of Timbuktu and close to the town of Lere were nine soldiers were killed in an attack on Thursday claimed by the separatist rebel Coordination of Movements for Azawad (CMA). Violence pitting the CMA -- an umbrella organization of Tuareg and Arab separatist groups -- against the army and pro-government militia in recent days has violated a U.N-backed ceasefire deal. Souleymane Maiga, director of information for the Malian army, said it had sent in troops to counter the attack.

Japan prime minister ends US visit Posted: 02 May 2015 05:08 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ended his weeklong visit to the U.S. with a tour of the University of Southern California, where he was a student in the 1970s.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 02 May 2015 05:03 PM PDT PAUWATHOK, Nepal (AP) — At the entrance of this destroyed mountain village, a wooden sign stands, cobbled together from debris of homes flattened by Nepal's devastating earthquake. Its message: "WE NEED HELP. PLEASE HELP." A steep winding road leads up to the ruins of the small village of Pauwathok, perched on a ridge about 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) above sea level. It's just 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Kathmandu, Nepal's capital. But villagers say not one government official, not one soldier has visited since the massive quake struck a week ago, underscoring just how unprepared and overwhelmed Nepal's government has been.

Favorite American Pharoah rallies to win Kentucky Derby Posted: 02 May 2015 04:47 PM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Brilliant but untested, American Pharoah was put to a fight in the Kentucky Derby and won.

More flames in cartel-hit Mexican state Posted: 02 May 2015 04:42 PM PDT Mexican authorities investigated Saturday whether a drug cartel was behind new car fires in Jalisco state, a day after the gang lit up the region in attacks that left three soldiers missing. The Jalisco state prosecutor's office appealed for calm as it reported that a dairy shop and two of the business's vehicles were torched in the tourist town of Puerto Vallarta. Prosecutors are "investigating the events in Puerto Vallarta. It hasn't been confirmed that it is a roadblock by organized crime," Jalisco state government spokesman Gonzalo Sanchez wrote on Twitter.

Amnesty says Egypt using courts and jail to intimidate journalists Posted: 02 May 2015 04:24 PM PDT Egyptian authorities are using the courts to stifle journalism, Amnesty International said on Sunday in a report that listed 18 reporters and media workers jailed and dozens more facing criminal investigations. Rights groups say a crackdown launched by the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after the overthrow of Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013 has muzzled freedom of expression. "In Egypt today anyone who challenges the authorities' official narrative, criticizes the government or exposes human rights violations is at risk of being tossed into a jail cell, often to be held indefinitely without charge or trial or face prosecution on trumped-up charges," Amnesty said. The Egyptian foreign ministry responded to the report saying the journalists were arrested based on a warrant from the public prosecutor and afforded full due process.

British royal baby's first A to Z Posted: 02 May 2015 04:23 PM PDT From fashion to specially-minted coins, here is an A to Z on Prince William and his wife Kate's second child, a baby daughter born on Saturday. A proclamation was displayed on an easel at the gates of Buckingham Palace, while news of the birth was tweeted by Kensington Palace and emailed to the press. The new royal baby is 21 months younger than older brother Prince George, who is directly in line to become king one day. Tradition dictates the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, England's highest cleric, will conduct the christening.

Detained ship case purely financial, says Iran firm Posted: 02 May 2015 04:09 PM PDT The case of the ship intercepted in the Gulf by Iran's navy on Tuesday is purely financial and with no political overtones, an Iranian oil company involved said on Saturday. "Unfortunately, some are seeking to exploit the case politically, but the reality is limited only to damages that Maersk has made us suffer," said Hamid Reza Jahanian, head of the Pars Oil Products Talayieh company, the Fars news agency reported. On Tuesday, Iranian boats forced the Marshall Islands-flagged Maersk Tigris to port after firing warning shots across the bow and boarding the vessel. Iran has said it seized control of the container ship because of a commercial dispute with Denmark's giant Maersk group, which chartered the vessel.

Iran pledges to protect shared security interests with Yemen Posted: 02 May 2015 04:09 PM PDT Iran's deputy foreign minister said Tehran will not let regional powers jeopardize its security interests in Yemen, Tasnim news agency reported, in the strongest acknowledgement yet of Iranian involvement in the Arabian peninsula. Iran has denied accusations from Western and Arab states that it is arming Shi'ite Muslim Houthi rebels in Yemen, though a U.N. sanctions monitoring panel revisited those allegations in a confidential report this week. "Others will not be allowed to put our shared security at risk with military adventures," Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency in an article published on Saturday. Saudi Arabia, which sees itself as the guardian of Sunni Islam, has long vied for influence with Iran, the region's main Shi'ite Muslim power.

Israel warns of terror attack threat against Jews in Tunisia  Posted: 02 May 2015 04:07 PM PDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Saturday that Israel had learned of "concrete threats" of terror attacks against Jewish or Israeli targets in Tunisia. The Tunisian government quickly denied the claims, saying no such threats existed. It urged Jews not to visit Tunisia during the festival. Thousands of pilgrims visit the tombs of famous rabbis for Lag BaOmer, including on Tunisia's holiday island of Djerba, where one of the last Jewish communities in the Arab world still lives.

Nigeria: Nearly 300 freed women, children led to safety Posted: 02 May 2015 04:05 PM PDT YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Their faces were gaunt, eyes infected, hair tinted orange and stomachs distended from malnutrition. They looked bewildered, lost, broken. But the girls were alive and free.

Collingwood crush Carlton to go top in AFL Posted: 02 May 2015 03:56 PM PDT MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Collingwood dampened celebrations of Mick Malthouse's coaching milestone, beating Carlton 18.12 (120) to 6.9 (45) to move into first place in the Australian Football League at the start of the weekend's fifth round.

England 39-5 in 2nd innings, lead by 107 after crazy 2nd day Posted: 02 May 2015 03:36 PM PDT BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — England was wobbling at 39-5 in its second innings yet leading by what could be called a handy 107 runs after an extraordinary second day of the third cricket test on Saturday.

At least 13 killed in Baghdad car bombing Posted: 02 May 2015 03:36 PM PDT At least 13 people were killed by a car bomb in Baghdad on Saturday, police said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital this year. Eleven people were killed and more than 40 wounded in a wave of car bomb attacks on Thursday and another nine were killed in two car bombings in Baghdad on Monday. The Islamic State jihadist group claimed it had carried out those attacks on Shiite districts of Baghdad to avenge attacks on displaced persons from a Sunni province.

UK's Cameron makes last-minute push to hold onto power Posted: 02 May 2015 03:19 PM PDT Accused of fighting a lacklustre election campaign, British Prime Minister David Cameron has turned up the passion in its dying days but risks having left it too late to convince voters. Opinion polls suggest Cameron's centre-right Conservatives may not have done enough to stay in power on May 7, potentially putting him out of a job at the age of 48. Going into the campaign, it looked like Eton and Oxford-educated Cameron held most of the trump cards. His coalition government, which took power in 2010, led Britain out of a double-dip recession and the Conservatives built their campaign around their "long-term economic plan" for recovery.

Thousands rally in Baltimore over Freddie Gray death Posted: 02 May 2015 03:17 PM PDT Thousands of people called for justice in Baltimore on Saturday in new demonstrations a day after six police were charged over the death of an African-American man in their custody. The Maryland National Guard said on Twitter it had nearly 3,000 soldiers and airmen ready to help "keep the peace" in the city. Now we want to stop police brutality, we want peace," Autumn Hooper, a 25-year-old African American woman, told AFP. The death of Gray, 25, at the hands of police has reignited simmering resentment in the United States over law enforcement tactics, particularly in their dealings with African Americans.

Anderson takes six before England collapse Posted: 02 May 2015 03:10 PM PDT James Anderson wrecked the West Indies but England were tottering at 39 for five in their second innings, a lead of 107 runs, on the second day of the third and final Test on Saturday. On a pitch that is rapidly deteriorating, 18 wickets fell in the three sessions, the most in a single day's play in the 85 years of Test cricket at the venue. After being the last wicket to fall in the tourists' seemingly modest first innings total of 257 in the morning, the irrepressible Anderson claimed six for 42 -– his 17th five-wicket innings haul -- to mastermind the demolition of the home side for 189. Only Jermaine Blackwood offered any substantial resistance with a counter-attacking innings of 85 before he was last out off Anderson, who is now just four away from becoming the first Englishman to take 400 Test wickets.

How to help Nepal earthquake victims Posted: 02 May 2015 03:08 PM PDT Aid groups are still struggling to get crucial supplies to survivors of Nepal's devastating earthquake, which has killed nearly 7,000 people. Here's a list of organizations aiding the relief effort in Nepal:

Suarez scores hat trick as Barcelona routs Cordoba 8-0 Posted: 02 May 2015 03:06 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Luis Suarez netted his first hat trick for Spanish league leader Barcelona to lead its 8-0 rout at last-place Cordoba on Saturday, while Cristiano Ronaldo also scored three to ensure Real Madrid stayed in the title chase.

McIlroy into last eight in WGC Match Play Posted: 02 May 2015 03:02 PM PDT Rory McIlroy fully lived up to his top seeding at the WGC World Match Play championship in San Francisco on Saturday, crushing Asia's best Hideki Matsuyama 6&5 to reach the last eight. The 25-year-old world number one only scraped into the last 16 at the death by coming back from two down with two to play to defeat Billy Horschel at the second extra hole of the closing round-robin games on Friday. Bogeys from a rattled Matsuyama at the sixth and seventh sent McIlroy racing clear at 4-up and the Northern Irishman birdied the eighth to go 5-up before Matsuyama finally grabbed some respite from the assault with a birdie two at the ninth. Another birdie from McIlroy at the 12th made it mission impossible for Matsuyama and a one-sided contest came to an abrupt end two holes later leaving the Irishman still eyeing a quick detour to Las Vegas to take in the boxing showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao if he could finish his quarter-final in time.

3rd successive loss for Man United; 8th in row for Newcastle Posted: 02 May 2015 03:02 PM PDT After a third successive loss, Manchester United's bid to return to the Champions League is stuttering.

Pro-Putin bikers lay wreath in Vienna en route to Berlin Posted: 02 May 2015 03:01 PM PDT VIENNA (AP) — Members of a nationalistic Russian bikers club were greeted by cheering supporters as they laid a wreath Saturday at a monument to the Soviet soldiers who liberated Vienna from the Nazis.

Madagascar's ex-leader Ravalomanana freed from house arrest Posted: 02 May 2015 02:59 PM PDT Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina said Saturday he was ending the house arrest of his predecessor Marc Ravalomanana as part of the Indian Ocean island's peace process. The announcement came in a speech at a national reconciliation meeting organised by the nation's churches after the president said Ravalomanana had recognised "the legitimacy of the current government". Ravalomanana, who was ousted in a 2009 coup, has been under house arrest in the northern town of Antsiranana (also known as Diego Suarez) since returning from exile in South Africa in October 2014.

Southern Michigan shaken by 4.2 magnitude earthquake Posted: 02 May 2015 02:43 PM PDT (Reuters) - Southern Michigan on Saturday afternoon was shaken by a mild, 4.2 magnitude earthquake, a rarity in a state more accustomed to snow storms and tornadoes, officials said. There were no injuries and one unconfirmed report of a building suffering damage, said Michigan State Police spokesman Ron Leix.

Britain celebrates birth of a princess Posted: 02 May 2015 02:33 PM PDT Prince William's wife Kate gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday, sparking celebrations in Britain for the royal family's new fourth in line to the throne. William then drove his wife and daughter to nearby Kensington Palace, the couple's official residence, after carrying the baby to the black Range Rover in a car seat. He had said earlier he was "very happy" when he came out of Kensington Palace to pick up the couple's first child, 20-month-old Prince George, and bring him back to the clinic to meet his as yet unnamed little sister. The birth was announced to the world in a tweet from Kensington Palace and by a traditional town crier in a colourful costume and a feathered tricorne hat, ringing a bell on the steps of the clinic.

US 2 for 2 at ice hockey worlds, Czechs rebound Posted: 02 May 2015 02:32 PM PDT PRAGUE (AP) — The United States made it two wins in two games by edging Norway 2-1 at the ice hockey world championship, and host the Czech Republic rebounded from a loss to Sweden with a 4-2 victory over Latvia on Saturday.

Benfica routs Gil Vicente 5-0 to stay on target for title Posted: 02 May 2015 02:28 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Benfica rolled to a 5-0 rout at Gil Vicente on Saturday to stay on track to repeating as Portuguese league champion.

"We Need Help:" Aid scarce in quake-hit Nepal villages Posted: 02 May 2015 01:49 PM PDT PAUWATHOK, Nepal (AP) — At the entrance of this destroyed mountain village, a wooden sign stands, cobbled together from debris of homes flattened by Nepal's devastating earthquake. Its message: "WE NEED HELP. PLEASE HELP."

Juventus seals 4th successive Serie A title with 1-0 win Posted: 02 May 2015 01:48 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — His appointment protested against, coach Massimiliano Allegri won over any last doubters as Juventus clinched a fourth successive Serie A title on Saturday with four matches to spare and a treble in sight.

Cheers as sleeping princess welcomed into the world Posted: 02 May 2015 01:37 PM PDT Cradled in her mother's arms, Britain's new sleeping princess was welcomed into the outside world Saturday with joyous cheers, a forest of camera phones and a sea of flags. It was both a traditional and very 21st-century moment as Prince William and his wife Kate emerged from the Lindo Wing doors at St Mary's Hospital in London.

Mexican drug cartel Jalisco New Generation flexes muscles Posted: 02 May 2015 01:36 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Political analysts say the increasingly powerful Mexican drug cartel known as Jalisco New Generation was showing off its muscles in a spasm of violence that killed seven people and forced down a military helicopter in western Mexico.

Hurricanes beat Crusaders to stay top in Super Rugby Posted: 02 May 2015 01:35 PM PDT The Hurricanes stayed atop Super Rugby after replacement Blade Thomson scored a brilliant 62nd-minute try for a bonus-point 29-23 win over New Zealand rivals the Crusaders on Saturday.

Lawmaker: Islamic State kills some 25 captive Iraqi Yazidis Posted: 02 May 2015 01:29 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group militants shot to death at least 25 captive Yazidis at a prison camp in northern Iraq, a Yazidi lawmaker said Saturday, the latest mass killing carried out by the extremists targeting the sect.

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