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• Iran says concerned over cyber-security of nuclear talks: Fars
• Obama adviser Rice stresses need to narrow disagreements with China
• U.S. troops at Taqaddum to help Iraqis plan fight for Ramadi
• Iran nuclear talks "virtually stalled", deadline may be missed: TASS
• Pentagon sent live anthrax to Japan in 2005
• Iraq's speaker secures aid in visit to White House, Pentagon
• US Officials: Second hack exposed military and intel data
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• California curtails some longstanding water rights over drought
• North Korea accuses US of targeting it with live anthrax
• Panel may back stripping protections from some Montana grizzlies
• US prison worker arrested for helping killer duo escape
• Simon scores twice in 2-0 Australia win over Nigeria
• Australia reaches 399 on day 2 vs West Indies
• Wales, Iceland move closer to qualifying for Euro 2016
• Kerry released from hospital after broken leg surgery
• Report: Immigrant quotas benefit for-profit prison operators
• Mexican girls' cheer-dance team does Nazi-themed routine
• How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Friday
• Leftist Ada Colau to become Barcelona's mayor after parties' deal
• Mexico supreme court opens door to gay marriage nationwide
• U.S. investigates deaths of protected sea lions in Alaska
• Arise Sir Gareth as Edwards leads list of sports honours
• Swastika pattern depicted on pitch during Croatia vs. Italy
• Kansas announces roster to represent US at world tournament
• Protests bring pressure on Guatemala president amid scandals
• Wests Tigers easily handle defending champions in NRL
• Taylor century, rain delay help New Zealand beat England
• Croatia draws 1-1 against Italy in Euro 2016 qualifier
• U.S. says China investment treaty would be important step
• Bale sinks Belgium to fire Welsh dreams
• Michelle Obama and daughters to visit Britain, Italy
• Police make arrest in journalists' kidnapping in Somalia
• Haiti releases final list of presidential candidates
• Austria stops processing asylum requests ahead of EU meeting
• Montoya posts fastest time in practice session at Toronto
• 1 dead, multiple injuries in car explosion in Sweden
• Lampard among British athletes honored by Queen Elizabeth II
• Mali rebels explain peace accord to refugees in Mauritania
• Van Morrison gets knighthood in queen's birthday honors

Iran says concerned over cyber-security of nuclear talks: Fars Posted: 12 Jun 2015 01:59 PM PDT Iran expressed concern on Friday over cyber-security of nuclear talks with six world powers after reported cyber-attacks on venues linked to the negotiations on its disputed nuclear program, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Russian computer security company Kaspersky Lab said on Wednesday that a computer virus was used to hack into sites including three luxury hotels that have hosted the nuclear negotiations in Austria and Switzerland.

Obama adviser Rice stresses need to narrow disagreements with China Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top national security adviser met a top Chinese general on Friday and stressed the need to narrow disagreements on maritime and cyber security issues and to strengthen risk-reduction measures, the White House said. In a meeting at the White House, Susan Rice and General Fan Changlong, a deputy head of China's powerful Central Military Commission, agreed to strengthen coordination in developing a more sustained and productive relationship between the Chinese and U.S. militaries, the statement said. ...

U.S. troops at Taqaddum to help Iraqis plan fight for Ramadi Posted: 12 Jun 2015 05:49 AM PDT By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has said American forces being sent to a new operations center in the heart of the war against Islamic State will not engage in combat, but they will do almost everything but fight to support the beleaguered Iraqi forces. U.S. defense officials say the tasks of the troops going to Taqaddum air base will range from advising Iraqi commanders how to ensure soldiers have enough bullets to integrating air power into combat plans. Obama on Wednesday authorized deployment of up to 450 troops to work with the dispirited 8th Iraqi army division as it tries to regroup and ultimately drive the Islamist forces back out of the city of Ramadi that they overran last month.

Iran nuclear talks "virtually stalled", deadline may be missed: TASS Posted: 12 Jun 2015 09:37 AM PDT Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers have virtually stalled and a deadline for a final deal may have to be postponed again, Russian news agency TASS quoted a diplomatic source as saying on Friday. Iran and the powers -- the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany -- are trying to reach a settlement by June 30 under which Iran would curb its nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. The United States has said it stands by the end-June deadline for the deal, meant to assuage Western fears that Iran is working to develop a nuclear bomb.

Pentagon sent live anthrax to Japan in 2005 Posted: 12 Jun 2015 01:41 PM PDT By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Friday added Japan to a list of countries that received live anthrax samples from the U.S. military, while a news report said the lab that sent out the bacteria faced sanctions in 2007 for failing to kill specimens but was never fined. The sample that went to Japan was sent to the U.S. military base of Camp Zama about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Tokyo in 2005 and was destroyed in 2009, Defense Department spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said. Warren said the anthrax, which was sent to Japan for the purpose of testing detection equipment, came from a master lot that was thought to have been inactive but turned out to be active when tested.

Iraq's speaker secures aid in visit to White House, Pentagon Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:26 PM PDT The speaker of Iraq's parliament, Saleem al-Jabouri, met with President Barack Obama and other top officials in Washington on Friday, securing an additional $9 million in U.S. humanitarian aid for Iraq, the White House said. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met with Jabouri at his residence and later at the White House, where Obama dropped by to discussed the ongoing fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq, the White House said.

US Officials: Second hack exposed military and intel data Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers linked to China appear to have gained access to the sensitive background information submitted by intelligence and military personnel for security clearances, several U.S. officials said Friday, describing a second cyberbreach of federal records that could dramatically compound the potential damage.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:32 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — They call it the "mini-Pentagon" -- a white marble building in the heart of Afghanistan's capital built with U.S. funds to serve as the headquarters of a modern military more than a decade in the making. But the newly constructed building is a world apart from the front-lines of Afghanistan's unfinished war, where soldiers huddled at exposed checkpoints increasingly rely on police and local militias, and where logistical bottlenecks almost led to the loss of a key northern city to insurgents who swept across the northern plain in April.

California curtails some longstanding water rights over drought Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:28 PM PDT By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's water board, facing a devastating four-year drought, on Friday curtailed some longstanding water rights for agriculture and other uses in Northern and Central California for the first time in nearly 40 years, officials said. The curtailment affects more than 100 so-called senior water rights holders, including water districts and farmers of commodities such as almonds, pears and grapes, with most of those located near the Sacramento River, the State Water Resources Control Board said in a statement. The order will impose limits on water use by these rights holders for irrigation and provision of livestock, and marks the first time since a drought in the late 1970s that California has curtailed water diversions to senior water rights holders in the state, the board statement said.

North Korea accuses US of targeting it with live anthrax Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:27 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is accusing the United States of targeting it with anthrax and wants the U.N. Security Council to look into they called America's "biological warfare schemes."

Panel may back stripping protections from some Montana grizzlies Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:25 PM PDT A federal-state team that oversees the recovery of grizzly bears in and along the northern Continental Divide in Montana believes the animals there are thriving and may no longer require federal protections, the group's spokesman said. The status of roughly 1,000 bears who roam northwestern Montana, including the Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, is to be reviewed on Tuesday at a Montana meeting of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, the government team responsible for coordinating recovery of the bears in the Lower 48 states. Committee spokesman Gregg Losinski said government bear managers believe the animals are thriving in the region and may recommend removing them from the federal list of endangered and threatened species.

US prison worker arrested for helping killer duo escape Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:24 PM PDT Police in New York state arrested and charged a female prison worker Friday for allegedly helping two convicted killers escape by smuggling tools to them, authorities said, as police stepped up their week-long manhunt. Swarms of state, local and federal agents combed thick woods east of the Clinton Correctional Facility, which Richard Matt, 49, and David Sweat, 35, busted out of -- using power tools to cut their way out, before crawling along pipes and out to freedom via a manhole. Investigators have focused on who helped Matt, who was convicted of dismembering his 76-year-old former boss, and Sweat, who shot dead a sheriff's deputy.

Simon scores twice in 2-0 Australia win over Nigeria Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:23 PM PDT WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyah Simon scored twice to lead Australia to a 2-0 victory over Nigeria in a group stage match Friday at the Women's World Cup.

Australia reaches 399 on day 2 vs West Indies Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:16 PM PDT ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Australia's Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each to back up Steve Smith's career-best 199 as the visitors took command of the second Test against the West Indies on day two at Sabina Park on Friday.

Wales, Iceland move closer to qualifying for Euro 2016 Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:13 PM PDT Wales and Iceland both moved closer to qualifying for the 2016 European Championship on Friday, while the game between Croatia and Italy was overshadowed by a swastika symbol that had been etched onto the pitch.

Kerry released from hospital after broken leg surgery Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:08 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was discharged from a Boston hospital Friday 10 days after undergoing surgery on a broken leg he sustained in a bicycle accident in France, and he declared he had not missed a tick on key foreign policy issues during his recovery.

Report: Immigrant quotas benefit for-profit prison operators Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:02 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Minimum occupancy quotas at immigrant detention facilities across the U.S. benefit for-profit prison operators by guaranteeing the government pays for thousands of detainees, regardless of whether those spots are filled, according to a new report by a group that monitors immigrant detention.

Mexican girls' cheer-dance team does Nazi-themed routine Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:50 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — A cheer-dance team in Mexico drew criticism Friday for a routine in which they displayed flags with swastikas, dressed in pseudo-military outfits and one girl appeared to toss a Nazi salute to the crowd.

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Friday Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:46 PM PDT A setback in talks between Greece and its creditors helped knock the stock market lower on Friday amid renewed concerns that the country could default on its debts. The losses were modest but broad: All 30 companies in the Dow and all 10 industries in the S&P 500 finished with losses.

Leftist Ada Colau to become Barcelona's mayor after parties' deal Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:44 PM PDT The anti-eviction activist turned politician Ada Colau is assured of being sworn in as mayor of the Spanish city of Barcelona on Saturday thanks to the support of independents and Socialists, the parties said on Friday. Colau, one of the leading lights of the Indignados (Outraged) protest movement that grew out of Spain's economic crisis, will be the Catalonian city's first female mayor. "We are going to vote for Ada Colau to be sworn in through a sense of responsibility because we believe in the union of people committed to social justice, progress and wellbeing," said ERC leader Alfred Bosch.

Mexico supreme court opens door to gay marriage nationwide Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:40 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's supreme court has ruled it is unconstitutional for Mexican states to bar same-sex marriages.

U.S. investigates deaths of protected sea lions in Alaska Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:36 PM PDT By Steve Quinn JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - Officials are investigating the deaths of federally protected Stellar sea lions, including several that were deliberately killed, near an Alaska fishing community, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Friday. Two weeks ago, NOAA officials received word from Alaska's Department of Fish and Game of 15 dead sea lions found along the coast about 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Cordova, east of Anchorage.

Arise Sir Gareth as Edwards leads list of sports honours Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:36 PM PDT Wales rugby union great Gareth Edwards was given a knighthood in Queen Elizabeth II's birthday honours announced Friday. The award, which means the legendary former Wales and British and Irish Lions scrum-half can call himself 'Sir Gareth' was given for services to sport and charity. Edwards, 67, was capped a remarkable 53 rimes in a row by Wales from 1967-78, scoring a then record 20 tries, and winning seven titles in what was then the Five Nations , including three Grand Slams and five Triple Crowns.

Swastika pattern depicted on pitch during Croatia vs. Italy Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:25 PM PDT SPLIT, Croatia (AP) — Croatia could face punishment by UEFA after a swastika pattern could be seen on the pitch during its European Championship qualifying match against Italy, which ended 1-1 on Friday.

Kansas announces roster to represent US at world tournament Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:12 PM PDT LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has announced the 12-man roster it will use to represent the United States at the World University Games next month in South Korea.

Protests bring pressure on Guatemala president amid scandals Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:10 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Every Saturday for nearly two months, Constitution Square outside Guatemala City's National Palace has overflowed with thousands of protesters demanding an end to corruption and the resignation of President Otto Perez Molina.

Wests Tigers easily handle defending champions in NRL Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:07 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — Wests Tigers halfback Luke Brooks scored a try and set up another to lead his side to a 34-6 upset victory over the defending champion South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.

Taylor century, rain delay help New Zealand beat England Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:06 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Ross Taylor's unbeaten century and a timely rain interruption helped New Zealand secure a 13-run win over England in a high-scoring one-day international on Friday, tying the five-match series at 1-1.

Croatia draws 1-1 against Italy in Euro 2016 qualifier Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:59 PM PDT Croatia maintained its two-point lead over Italy atop Group H after drawing 1-1 against the Azzurri in a European Championship qualifying match in Split on Friday.

U.S. says China investment treaty would be important step Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China exchanged initial offers on exceptions to an investment treaty, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative said on Friday. "A successful treaty would be a significant step forward in our bilateral economic relationship," she said. (Reporting by Krista Hughes; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Bale sinks Belgium to fire Welsh dreams Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:51 PM PDT Gareth Bale sent Wales striding towards a first major tournament appearance since 1958 as they beat heavyweights Belgium 1-0 in a 2016 European Championship qualifier in Cardiff on Friday. On a raucous, muggy night in the Welsh capital, Bale capitalised on an error by Radja Nainggolan in the 25th minute to mark his 50th cap with a goal that took Chris Coleman's men three points clear of Belgium in Group B.

Michelle Obama and daughters to visit Britain, Italy Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:50 PM PDT Michelle Obama will travel to Britain next week to meet Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Harry, before heading to Italy to attend the 2015 Milan Expo, the White House said Friday. The first lady, who is visiting with her teenaged daughters Malia and Sasha and her mother Marian Robinson, will fly to London on Monday to attend an event supporting her Let Girls Learn initiative. The campaign aims to give girls around the world better access to education, an issue Obama has already raised on trips to Japan and Cambodia.

Police make arrest in journalists' kidnapping in Somalia Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:49 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police have arrested a Somali man they say was involved in the kidnapping of two foreign journalists who were held in Somalia for more than 15 months before being freed nearly seven years ago.

Haiti releases final list of presidential candidates Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:48 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's electoral council has released a final list of presidential candidates allowed to participate in the upcoming general elections.

Austria stops processing asylum requests ahead of EU meeting Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:42 PM PDT VIENNA (AP) — Austria has stopped processing new asylum requests while continuing to deport refugees.

Montoya posts fastest time in practice session at Toronto Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:41 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — No one was more surprised with Juan Pablo Montoya's practice session at the IndyCar race Friday than Montoya himself.

1 dead, multiple injuries in car explosion in Sweden Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:41 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — A car exploded Friday in a roundabout in the Swedish city of Goteborg, killing at least one person and leaving several people seriously injured, police and rescue officials said.

Lampard among British athletes honored by Queen Elizabeth II Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:39 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Frank Lampard is heading to the United States with another title — this time from the queen.

Mali rebels explain peace accord to refugees in Mauritania Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:37 PM PDT Leaders of Mali's Tuareg-led rebel alliance visited Malian refugees in Mauritania on Friday to explain a decision to sign a peace agreement with the government, a member of the delegation said. The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) -- whose name refers to the country's vast northern desert -- had been holding out but has agreed to commit to the Algiers Accord at a ceremony in Bamako on June 20. "We have come to the camps in Mauritania after a meeting with the Azawadian diaspora in Nouakchott to tell our citizens why we are signing this agreement, which falls far short of their aspirations," said Mohamed Attaye Ag Mohamed, of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), a CMA member.

Van Morrison gets knighthood in queen's birthday honors Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:31 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Acclaimed singer and songwriter Van Morrison is joining a select group of music giants with a knighthood to their name.

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