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• U.S. airs deep concerns over cybersecurity in China meetings
• NSA spied on French presidents: WikiLeaks
• Exclusive: International tribunal looks like best chance for MH17 justice - Dutch sources
• Iran's Khamenei rules out freezing sensitive nuclear work for long period
• Hungary defies EU over migrants as crisis mounts
• Afghan forces recapture key district from Taliban
• Chancellor says no conspiracy in flying out Saudi students
• Australian leader makes no promises on IS man's children
• Director of troubled Puerto Rico public power company quits
• Arrested Al-Jazeera journalist arrives back in Qatar
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• Blackshades malware owner gets nearly 5 years in prison
• US wiretapped French presidents: WikiLeaks
• Noted yacht designer to consult on updated 12-meter boats
• U.S. response to Kurdish advances in Syria tempered by caution
• WikiLeaks: NSA eavesdropped on the last 3 French presidents
• South American football body mayuse reserve fund
• US chides China but avoids clouding cooperation
• Wildfires spark evacuations in Alaska, road closures in California
• Prince Charles overseas trips cost Britain almost £1m: accounts
• U.S. appeals court backs claim under state law in Rocky Flats saga
• France's Bouygues rejects telecom takeover bid from SFR
• China's Zhang hopes U.S. removes barriers to investment
• U.S., Chinese officials discuss inclusion of yuan in IMF basket
• Mexico nursing home fire kills 16
• US unseals indictments against leaders of Colombia drug gang
• Solar plane departure from Japan for Hawaii postponed
• Malaria killed more people than usual in Ebola outbreak
• Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel: army
• US to deploy heavy weapons on NATO's eastern flank
• 'Normandy' group of foreign ministers call for ceasefire in Donbass: Fabius
• US police: 3 unruly passengers held after Ireland flight
• Florida discusses reduced protection for endangered panther
• 16 dead, 5 injured in nursing home fire in northern Mexico
• In Haiti, president of regional bank tours new schools
• Iran leader restates red lines on nuclear deal
• 10 dead, 30 injured in suicide blast in NE Nigeria: resident
• Diplomats seek to calm Ukraine fighting, break stalemate

U.S. airs deep concerns over cybersecurity in China meetings Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:07 PM PDT By Jason Lange and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday said cyber theft sponsored by the Chinese government was a major problem and stressed the need to keep Asian sea lanes open at annual talks with China. In opening statements at the wide-ranging Strategic and Economic Dialogue forum in Washington, both sides expressed a desire for constructive bilateral relations, with China saying the two countries could manage differences and should avoid confrontation. China and the United States are negotiating a bilateral investment treaty.

NSA spied on French presidents: WikiLeaks Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:59 PM PDT By James Regan and Mark John PARIS (Reuters) - The United States National Security Agency spied on French presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, WikiLeaks said in a press statement published on Tuesday, citing top secret intelligence reports and technical documents. The revelations were first reported in French daily Liberation and on news website Mediapart, which said the NSA spied on the presidents during a period of at least 2006 until May 2012, the month Hollande took over from Sarkozy. WikiLeaks said the documents derived from directly targeted NSA surveillance of the communications of Hollande (2012–present), Sarkozy (2007–2012) and Chirac (1995–2007), as well as French cabinet ministers and the French ambassador to the U.S. According to the documents, Sarkozy is said to have considered restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks without U.S. involvement and Hollande feared a Greek euro zone exit back in 2012.

Exclusive: International tribunal looks like best chance for MH17 justice - Dutch sources Posted: 23 Jun 2015 11:19 AM PDT By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands is discussing with its allies an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysian airliner over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year, sources familiar with the discussions have told Reuters. The chance of a successful prosecution is considered slim at best but the Dutch still hope that, by pushing for a U.N.-style court with the backing of Western allies, they could pressure Russia, whose role in the process is critical, into cooperating. Of the 298 dead passengers and crew on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, two-thirds were Dutch.

Iran's Khamenei rules out freezing sensitive nuclear work for long period Posted: 23 Jun 2015 02:17 PM PDT By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday ruled out freezing sensitive nuclear work in the country for a long time and said sanctions imposed on it should be lifted as soon it reaches a final deal with major powers, state TV reported. The six - Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia and the United States - want Iran to commit to a verifiable halt of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear development work as part of a landmark atomic deal they aim to reach by June 30. "Freezing Iran's Research and Development (R&D) for a long time like 10 or 12 years is not acceptable," Khamenei said in a speech broadcast live.

Hungary defies EU over migrants as crisis mounts Posted: 23 Jun 2015 02:46 PM PDT By Alastair Macdonald and Krisztina Than BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - In a challenge to European leaders before a summit that aims to tackle a refugee crisis, Hungary unilaterally suspended an EU asylum program on Tuesday, saying it was overburdened by illegal migrants. As Italy said its ships had rescued 3,700 migrants at sea since Monday and Libyans threatened military action against EU moves to curb human trafficking, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government demonstrated Budapest's frustration with proposals to spread asylum seekers around the continent by refusing to take any more migrants sent there under EU regulations.

Afghan forces recapture key district from Taliban Posted: 23 Jun 2015 02:54 PM PDT By Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan government forces regained control of a key district near the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday, after Taliban fighters had threatened to capture a provincial capital for the first time since being driven from power in 2001. On the front lines just outside Kunduz city in the north, Afghan army and police drove the Taliban back from Chardara district, which the insurgents had captured two days before, provincial police chief Abdul Saboor Nasrati said. "We are pursuing them and the gun battle is still ongoing." Pentagon officials in Washington said the attacks on Parliament and Kunduz both illustrated the Taliban's inability to win and hold terrain against Afghan security forces.

Chancellor says no conspiracy in flying out Saudi students Posted: 23 Jun 2015 05:12 PM PDT HELENA, Montana (AP) — Montana Tech's chancellor said Tuesday that he did not conspire to fly students involved in a grade-changing scandal out of the U.S., despite recently published Saudi Embassy memos saying he suggested removing them from the country to avoid deportation or arrest.

Australian leader makes no promises on IS man's children Posted: 23 Jun 2015 05:11 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister said Wednesday he felt for the five children of an Australian man in the Islamic State who became notorious last year for posing for photographs while clutching the severed heads of Syrian victims.

Director of troubled Puerto Rico public power company quits Posted: 23 Jun 2015 05:08 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The executive director of Puerto Rico's heavily indebted public power company has stepped down.

Arrested Al-Jazeera journalist arrives back in Qatar Posted: 23 Jun 2015 05:03 PM PDT Jailed Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour arrived back in Qatar on Tuesday, blaming his controversial two-day detention in Germany on pressure from the Egyptian government. Mansour's plane touched down in Qatar at 11:45 pm (2045 GMT), and he was greeted by a number of Al Jazeera executives and members of his family in the VIP lounge of Doha's Hamad International Airport.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 23 Jun 2015 05:02 PM PDT PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (AP) — A tiny military exercise in the Philippines this week may presage something much bigger: the entry of Japan into the tussle for control of the South China Sea. A Japanese surveillance plane and about 20 troops conducted the first of two days of joint training with the Philippine navy on Tuesday off the coast of Palawan, a strategically important island not far from contested islands claimed by several countries including China and the Philippines.

Blackshades malware owner gets nearly 5 years in prison Posted: 23 Jun 2015 05:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Swedish owner of a business that sold sophisticated malware that prosecutors say corrupted more than half a million computers in 100 countries was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly five years in prison.

US wiretapped French presidents: WikiLeaks Posted: 23 Jun 2015 05:00 PM PDT The United States wiretapped three French presidents, including current leader Francois Hollande, documents released online by WikiLeaks showed Tuesday. The documents -- classed as "Top Secret" and first reported in partnership with French newspaper Liberation and the Mediapart website -- also revealed that Hollande approved secret meetings on the consequences of a Greek exit from the eurozone as early as 2012. Among the documents, which showed that former presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy were also spied on, are five from the US National Security Agency, including the most recent dated May 22, 2012, just days after Hollande took office.

Noted yacht designer to consult on updated 12-meter boats Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:59 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — Acclaimed New Zealand yacht designer Bruce Farr is coming out of retirement to consult on the design for an updated version of the 12-meter class that will be sailed in the San Francisco Yacht Racing Challenge starting in July 2017.

U.S. response to Kurdish advances in Syria tempered by caution Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:48 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday touted Kurdish-led advances against Islamic State in Syria as a model for the U.S.-backed effort to retake territory from the jihadist group, but U.S. officials cautioned that the insurgents remained resilient and could strike back. By highlighting battlefield gains in northern Syria by a reliable partner on the ground, the White House sought to further justify President Barack Obama's policy of limiting U.S. military involvement in the fight to reverse Islamic State's conquests there and in neighboring Iraq.

WikiLeaks: NSA eavesdropped on the last 3 French presidents Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:48 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — WikiLeaks published documents late Tuesday that it says show the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on the last three French presidents, releasing material which appeared to capture officials in Paris talking candidly about Greece's economy, relations with Germany — and, ironically, American espionage.

South American football body mayuse reserve fund Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:38 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — South American football's governing body may be forced to use a $10 million reserve fund to pay ongoing costs due to a cash-flow problem created by the FIFA bribery scandal.

US chides China but avoids clouding cooperation Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States voiced deep concern Tuesday over state-sponsored cybertheft and tension in the disputed seas of East Asia but did not let the sharp disagreements with China on pressing security issues cloud the outlook for cooperation between the world powers.

Wildfires spark evacuations in Alaska, road closures in California Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:20 PM PDT By Steve Quinn JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - Several hundred residents in Alaska were told to leave their homes on Tuesday as swiftly growing wildfires up and down the drought-stricken U.S. West Coast closed highways and destroyed buildings, officials said. Blazes near the tiny northeast Alaska communities of Nulato and Tanana along the Yukon River prompted authorities to call for evacuations of several hundred people, a forestry official said. Farther upstream, another blaze of over 18,000 acres (7,300 hectares) threatened a major roadway linking Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Prince Charles overseas trips cost Britain almost £1m: accounts Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:16 PM PDT Official trips by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla cost the British public almost £1 million last year but total net royal funding remained constant, official accounts revealed Wednesday. Charles and his wife's nine-day visit to Mexico and Colombia in October and November 2014 cost £446,000 ($701,000, 628,000 euros), while his six-day visit to Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi came in at £262,000. The couple's four-day trip to the United States, which took in a meeting with President Barack Obama, in March this year set back the public £240,000.

U.S. appeals court backs claim under state law in Rocky Flats saga Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:15 PM PDT By Daniel Wallis DENVER (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday a decades-old pollution case over nuclear weapons production in Colorado should be sent back to the district court which in 2006 ordered companies that ran the facility to pay damages of $353 million. "This long lingering litigation deserves to find resolution soon," wrote one of the judges, Neil Gorsuch, about a case dating back to the 1980s, when Dow Chemical Co and a unit of Rockwell Automation Inc were involved in operating the Rocky Flats plant. After a four-month trial nine years ago, a federal jury awarded the nine-figure damages to 12,000 property owners who said their land was contaminated by the facility, which made triggers for nuclear bombs 16 miles (26 km) northwest of downtown Denver.

France's Bouygues rejects telecom takeover bid from SFR Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:01 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — French phone and Internet provider Bouygues is rejecting a takeover bid by rival SFR, amid French government opposition to the deal.

China's Zhang hopes U.S. removes barriers to investment Posted: 23 Jun 2015 04:00 PM PDT The United States should remove barriers to Chinese investment for national security reasons, said Zhang Xiangchen, a deputy trade minister at the Ministry of Commerce. Zhang said the world's two largest economies are committed to further improve market access to each others' investors as part of talks on a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), though both economies have further to go.

U.S., Chinese officials discuss inclusion of yuan in IMF basket Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:59 PM PDT U.S. and Chinese officials on Tuesday discussed Beijing's bid to have the yuan included in the International Monetary Fund's basket of currencies, a senior Treasury official said. The IMF is currently reviewing whether the yuan is both widely used internationally and freely usable, criteria for its inclusion in the Special Drawing Rights basket.

Mexico nursing home fire kills 16 Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:46 PM PDT A fire engulfed a nursing home in northern Mexico on Tuesday killing at least 16 elderly residents in a pre-dawn inferno that may have been intentionally ignited, authorities said. Another five seniors had burns and smoke inhalation injuries while one person was listed as missing after the blaze at the "Beautiful Dusk" facility, which cared for former homeless people in a rural area of the border city of Mexicali. "The people in charge of the facility are looking into the presumption that there was an intent (to set the place on fire)," Mexicali Mayor Jaime Diaz Ochoa told Radio Formula.

US unseals indictments against leaders of Colombia drug gang Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:40 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed indictments against 17 alleged leaders of Colombia's largest cocaine-trafficking organization in a move seeking to shore up bilateral cooperation in the drug war.

Solar plane departure from Japan for Hawaii postponed Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:37 PM PDT NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — A solar-powered plane carrying no fuel has postponed its departure from central Japan for Hawaii due to worse than expected weather conditions.

Malaria killed more people than usual in Ebola outbreak Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:31 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Malaria likely killed many more people than usual in the West African nation of Guinea during last year's Ebola outbreak, a new study suggests, as tens of thousands with potential signs of the mosquito-spread disease probably shunned health clinics.

Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel: army Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:31 PM PDT Militants in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket at Israel on Tuesday which landed in open ground near a community close to the Palestinian enclave and Israel hit back at the launching site, the Israeli army said. Residents in the northern Gaza Strip said nobody was hurt by Israel's retaliatory strike near Beit Hanoun. An army statement said the rocket launcher was hit.

US to deploy heavy weapons on NATO's eastern flank Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:23 PM PDT The US will deploy heavy weapons in central and eastern Europe for the first time, Washington said Tuesday, in the midst of the worst stand-off between Russia and the West since the Cold War, triggered by the crisis in Ukraine. "We will temporarily stage one armoured brigade combat team's vehicles and associated equipment in countries in central and eastern Europe," US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said at a joint press conference with three Baltic defence ministers on the eve of NATO ministerial talks. "While we do not seek a cold, let alone a hot war with Russia, we will defend our allies," Carter added.

'Normandy' group of foreign ministers call for ceasefire in Donbass: Fabius Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:21 PM PDT The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine expressed their concerns about the worsening security situation in the Donbass region at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday, France's Laurent Fabius said in a statement. The ministers met in the so-called "Normandy format" to discuss the ceasefire in Ukraine and the implementation of the Minsk accords, according to the statement. "The ministers confirmed that France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine remain determined to continue to act in this format and to do everything they can to ensure the engagements are met and the crisis is resolved," Fabius said in the statement.

US police: 3 unruly passengers held after Ireland flight Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:21 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — State Police say they are holding three men who were allegedly intoxicated and acting unruly on a flight from Ireland to Boston.

Florida discusses reduced protection for endangered panther Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:16 PM PDT By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida's wildlife agency may cut back on its efforts to save the endangered Florida panther two decades after helping return the big cats from the brink of extinction, according to an agency memo. Dozens of people spoke out for and against the move Tuesday at a meeting in Sarasota of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Carole Baskin, founder of Big Cat Rescue, told the commission the memo implies that the state is moving toward removing federal protections from the panthers and eventually allowing hunts.

16 dead, 5 injured in nursing home fire in northern Mexico Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:15 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — A fire swept through a retirement home for poor people early Tuesday, killing 16 elderly residents at the facility outside the northern border city of Mexicali, the mayor's office said.

In Haiti, president of regional bank tours new schools Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:12 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The president of the Inter-American Development Bank on Tuesday visited the first batch of new or remodeled schools in Haiti to replace those demolished by the devastating 2010 earthquake and said the bank is on track to see about 100 schools built over the next three years.

Iran leader restates red lines on nuclear deal Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:11 PM PDT Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei restated his red lines for a nuclear deal with world powers in a sudden intervention Tuesday after discord surfaced between his government and lawmakers. Khamenei, who will have the last word for Iran in its talks with the West, stepped in hours after Iran's parliament passed a bill on the country's nuclear programme which a vice president said could complicate the final leg of the long-running negotiations. The move by lawmakers exposed tension between President Hassan Rouhani's administration and lawmakers in Tehran, where hardliners routinely voice doubt about the merit of talking to the West.

10 dead, 30 injured in suicide blast in NE Nigeria: resident Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:09 PM PDT Ten people were killed at a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday when a girl thought to be aged just 12 detonated explosives she was carrying, a relative of one of the injured victims and a health worker told AFP. The blast happened at about 11:00 am (1000 GMT) at the weekly market in Wagir, in the Gujba district south of the Yobe state capital Damaturu. "It was a suicide attack by a girl of around 12 years," said Hussaini Aisami, whose relative was among at least 30 people injured by the blast.

Diplomats seek to calm Ukraine fighting, break stalemate Posted: 23 Jun 2015 03:08 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany tried Tuesday to revive high-end diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine, amid escalating fighting that is throwing doubts on a shaky peace accord.

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