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• Germany, France press Greece to make fast, credible proposals
• Iran demands end to U.N. missile sanctions, West refuses
• Obama: U.S. to increase support for Syria opposition
• Syria's al-Qaeda offshoot Nusra stages suicide bombing in Aleppo: monitor
• Britain remembers 7/7 victims 10 years after London bombings
• Teenager blows herself up near mosque in Nigeria's second city
• EU's Oettinger says Greece likely to issue IOUs, could pave way to Grexit: Bild
• Jamaica's top cop troubled by increase in homicides
• Samsung forecasts 4 percent drop in 2Q profit
• Al-Nusra suicide bombing kills 25 soldiers in Syria's Aleppo: monitor
• Man who accused orphanage founder of abuse targeted by suit
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Carnage in Nigeria's Jos ups pressure on Buhari
• Nyong'o, Blunt sparkle at Christian Dior couture garden show
• The Latest: Rain soaks crowd at Quito park waiting for pope
• Amnesty accuses Balkans of abusing EU-bound migrants
• San Francisco status as 'sanctuary' criticized after slaying
• Balkan route a road of beatings for migrants, refugees: Amnesty
• Hewitt's Wimbledon career ends
• Pope Francis celebrates Ecuador mass with huge crowd
• NOAA: Warm oceans cause concern of coral bleaching
• Touting progress, Obama says Islamic State is losing ground
• New Brazil rules seek to cut Cesarean craze
• Fast-moving Idaho wildfire destroys upscale homes in resort area
• 2 migrants die in truck crash in southern Mexico
• Germany, France demand 'serious' proposals from Greece after 'No' vote
• US stocks slip amid global sell-off after Greek 'no' vote
• AP source: Barea sticking with Mavs after return last season
• US indictment says 3 members of Salvadoran gang killed 2
• Pope has one-on-one visit with self-proclaimed 'Mr Nobody'
• Islamist group Ansar Dine claims multiple attacks in Mali
• Failed suicide attack by girl in Nigeria's Kano: police
• World Cup moments distanced women from FIFA scandal
• Watford bring in midfielder Capoue for record fee
• Hundreds of lawyers back Morocco women tried over dresses
• Obama says US 'intensifying' anti-IS efforts in Syria

Germany, France press Greece to make fast, credible proposals Posted: 06 Jul 2015 02:56 PM PDT German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, the euro zone's most powerful leaders, said Athens must move quickly if it wants to secure a cash-for-reform deal with creditors and avoid crashing out of the single currency. Raising the pressure on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras before a euro zone summit on Tuesday, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to keep a tight grip on funding to Greek banks. By voting decisively against tough bailout conditions, as Tsipras had urged them to do, Greeks have strengthened his negotiating hand.

Iran demands end to U.N. missile sanctions, West refuses Posted: 06 Jul 2015 12:00 PM PDT By Parisa Hafezi and Louis Charbonneau VIENNA (Reuters) - A dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program and a broader arms embargo were among issues holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers on Monday, the day before their latest self-imposed deadline. "The Iranians want the ballistic missile sanctions lifted. "The Western side insists that not only should it (Iran's ballistic missile program) remain under sanctions, but that Iran should suspend its program as well," an Iranian official said.

Obama: U.S. to increase support for Syria opposition Posted: 06 Jul 2015 02:03 PM PDT By Jeff Mason and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday pledged to increase U.S. support for the moderate opposition in Syria's civil war and said the United States needed to do more at home to prevent attacks and combat Islamic State efforts to recruit followers. Obama, speaking at the Pentagon, said the United States would continue to crack down on Islamic State's illicit finance operations around the world. There are no current plans to send additional U.S. troops overseas, he said, repeating that the fight against the militant group would not be quick.

Syria's al-Qaeda offshoot Nusra stages suicide bombing in Aleppo: monitor Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:14 PM PDT A suicide bomber from Syria's al Qaeda offshoot the Nusra Front blew himself up in a Syrian army outpost in a contested neighborhood in the divided northern city of Aleppo and killed at least 25 soldiers and allied militia and injured scores, a monitor said. The UK based Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the violence across the country, said the explosion from the blast was heard across the city where several Islamist-led groups recently launched an offensive to control the remaining western parts of the city in government hands. Rebel websites said there was heavy bombardment of rebel-held portions of Jamiyat al Zahra district, where rebels had gained ground and brought them closer to the heart of government controlled parts of the city, which was before the 2011 civil war the country's main industrial and commercial hub.

Britain remembers 7/7 victims 10 years after London bombings Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:03 PM PDT By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will fall silent on Tuesday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of attacks targeting London public transport which killed 56 people, the first suicide bombings by Islamist militants in western Europe. Relatives of the victims, survivors, royalty and senior politicians will gather to remember those killed in the July 7 2005 bombings with emotions still raw after a massacre in Tunisia last month, Britain's worst loss of life in an incident involving militants since the London attacks. "Today the country comes together to remember the victims of one of the deadliest terrorist atrocities on mainland Britain," Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement.

Teenager blows herself up near mosque in Nigeria's second city Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:04 PM PDT A teenager blew herself up near a mosque on Monday night in an apparent suicide attack attempt in Kano, Nigeria's second-largest city, police said. Police spokesman Magaji Majiya said the girl's target was likely the Umar Ibn Al-Khattab mosque and that she was the only casualty. The attempted attack bore the hallmarks of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, that was behind a wave of violence last week that killed 200 people.

EU's Oettinger says Greece likely to issue IOUs, could pave way to Grexit: Bild Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:51 PM PDT Germany's EU commissioner told German newspaper Bild that the Greek government would probably have to start issuing IOUs to pay wages and pensions and settle outstanding accounts, and that would render Greece unsuitable to remain in the currency union. Greece has not, however, started to issue IOUs for these purposes and it has not been declared insolvent. "An insolvent country that introduces a parallel currency does not fit into the euro zone," the commissioner, Guenther Oettinger, said in an interview due to be published on Tuesday.

Jamaica's top cop troubled by increase in homicides Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:48 PM PDT KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica's top police official said Monday there has been a "troubling" and "unacceptable" increase in killings, with 602 homicides so far this year on the Caribbean island that has long grappled with high rates of violent crime.

Samsung forecasts 4 percent drop in 2Q profit Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:43 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. forecasts its second-quarter profit has dropped 4 percent from a year earlier.

Al-Nusra suicide bombing kills 25 soldiers in Syria's Aleppo: monitor Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:36 PM PDT A suicide bomber from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, killed 25 soldiers and fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime in an attack on an army base in government-held western Aleppo on Monday, a Britain-based monitoring group said. The attacker blew himself up inside a vehicle "in front of an orphanage used by the regime as a base in Al Zahra neighbourhood," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP. The monitoring group said the suicide bombing was followed by fierce battles between opposition and regime forces.

Man who accused orphanage founder of abuse targeted by suit Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:33 PM PDT PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An outspoken Roman Catholic who advocates for child sexual abuse victims has been relentless in targeting those he believes have mistreated children or covered up for abusers. A jury that was seated Monday will decide whether the combative activist went too far in a campaign against an orphanage founder in Haiti.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:33 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Violinist Won Hyung Joon wants to bring North and South Korean musicians together next month to perform on each side of the world's most heavily armed border. Standing in the way is the rivals' long, frustrating inability to move past their painful shared history. Won says North Korean diplomats in Berlin have tentatively signed off on a plan for a renowned German conductor to lead a 70-member South Korean orchestra through Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and the Korean folk tune "Arirang" while accompanied by a choir of 70 North Koreans just across the border on Aug. 15, the 70th anniversary of the 1945 liberation of a single Korea from Japan's 35-year colonial rule.

Carnage in Nigeria's Jos ups pressure on Buhari Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:29 PM PDT At least 44 people were killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the emergency services said on Monday, after a wave of mass casualty attacks blamed on Boko Haram militants. Sunday's bombings took the death toll from raids, explosions and suicide attacks to 267 this month alone and to 524 since Muhammadu Buhari became president on May 29, according to an AFP count.

Nyong'o, Blunt sparkle at Christian Dior couture garden show Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:21 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Celebrities such as Lupita Nyong'o and Emily Blunt sparkled in the heat at Christian Dior's vivid couture show, hosted in a timeless conservatory in Paris.

The Latest: Rain soaks crowd at Quito park waiting for pope Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:19 PM PDT QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Here are the latest developments from Pope Francis' trip to South America:

Amnesty accuses Balkans of abusing EU-bound migrants Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:18 PM PDT Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Balkan countries of mistreating migrants passing through their territories on the way to the European Union, saying people fleeing war were being "shamefully let down". "Thousands of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants -- including children -- making dangerous journeys across the Balkans are suffering violent abuse and extortion at the hands of the authorities and criminal gangs," the rights group said in a report. Migrants fleeing war, poverty and persecution were being "shamefully let down by a failing EU asylum and migration system which leaves them trapped without protection in Serbia and Macedonia," the London-based group said.

San Francisco status as 'sanctuary' criticized after slaying Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:12 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The killing of a woman at a sightseeing pier has brought criticism down on this liberal city because the Mexican man under arrest was in the U.S. illegally, had been deported five times and was out on the streets after San Francisco officials disregarded a request from immigration authorities to keep him locked up.

Balkan route a road of beatings for migrants, refugees: Amnesty Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:12 PM PDT By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Police in some Balkan nations are abusing thousands of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, many of them children, as they travel across the region to reach the European Union (EU), Amnesty International said in a report. Refugees and migrants fleeing conflict in Syria, Afghanistan and other crisis zones endure beatings and extortion during the journey that takes them by sea from Turkey to Greece and then over land across Macedonia and Serbia into Hungary, the rights group said. "Refugees fleeing war and persecution make this journey across the Balkans in the hope of finding safety in Europe only to find themselves victims of abuse and exploitation and at the mercy of failing asylum systems," said Gauri van Gulik, Amnesty International's deputy director for Europe and central Asia.

Hewitt's Wimbledon career ends Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:02 PM PDT Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 champion, finally said farewell to Wimbledon on Monday as he bowed out of the men's and mixed doubles. Playing as a wildcard, the 34-year-old Australian was playing one last Wimbledon before he retires after the next Australian Open in January.

Pope Francis celebrates Ecuador mass with huge crowd Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:01 PM PDT Pope Francis celebrated an open-air mass with hundreds of thousands of faithful under scorching heat in Ecuador on Monday, highlighting the importance of family on his return to his home region. The first pope from Latin America made an impassioned plea to fulfill the "social debt" toward families as he addressed some 800,000 people in a park in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, according to official figures. A sea of Catholics, many from neighboring countries, held pictures of the pope or images of the Virgin Mary at Samanes Park as the Argentine-born pontiff waved from his popemobile before saying mass.

NOAA: Warm oceans cause concern of coral bleaching Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:59 PM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says abnormally warm ocean temperatures are creating conditions that threaten to kill coral across the equatorial Pacific, north Pacific and western Atlantic oceans.

Touting progress, Obama says Islamic State is losing ground Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama portrayed the U.S.-led coalition Monday as gaining ground against the Islamic State amid an expanded U.S. effort and ample signs of progress, but conceded more difficulties lay ahead in fighting what he described as a nimble and opportunistic enemy.

New Brazil rules seek to cut Cesarean craze Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:52 PM PDT New regulations aimed at rolling back Brazil's obsession with Cesarean sections took effect Monday, with the government hoping it can steer the country from its status as a world leader in C-section births.

Fast-moving Idaho wildfire destroys upscale homes in resort area Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:50 PM PDT By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A fast-moving wildfire in Idaho that destroyed several upscale homes and forced 200 residents to flee prompted the governor on Monday to declare a disaster emergency that would free up federal funds to help fight the blaze. The Cape Horn fire has charred more than 2,000 acres (810 hectares) since breaking out on Sunday in a resort area in northern Idaho where there are clusters of multimillion-dollar homes on the banks of Lake Pend Oreille. The Idaho fire was among nearly 40 large wildfires raging across the parched Western United States on Monday, including a blaze in Oregon that officials have deemed the biggest wildfire of the season for the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

2 migrants die in truck crash in southern Mexico Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:47 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two Central American migrants died and a dozen more were injured when a truck carrying 41 migrants overturned in southern Mexico, immigration authorities said Monday.

Germany, France demand 'serious' proposals from Greece after 'No' vote Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:38 PM PDT Germany and France on Monday called on Greece to make detailed proposals to revive bailout talks, a day after Greek voters defiantly rejected creditors' demands for further austerity, plunging Europe into crisis. With Greece's economy gasping for air, the authorities extended an eight-day bank closure until Thursday amid fears cash machines in the country were running dry. The European Central Bank, which has been keeping Greek lenders afloat, meanwhile announced it would maintain a key financial lifeline to Greek banks, but raised the bar for them to access the emergency funds.

US stocks slip amid global sell-off after Greek 'no' vote Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:32 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks in the U.S. fell broadly following drops in overseas markets as Greeks voted to reject creditor conditions for more loans, but the losses weren't as steep as many had feared.

AP source: Barea sticking with Mavs after return last season Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:05 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — J.J. Barea is returning to Dallas after considering a move to Miami in free agency.

US indictment says 3 members of Salvadoran gang killed 2 Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:00 PM PDT BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal indictment says three members of the Salvadoran gang La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, killed two people in Maryland and wounded or threatened four others.

Pope has one-on-one visit with self-proclaimed 'Mr Nobody' Posted: 06 Jul 2015 02:58 PM PDT GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — A Spaniard by birth, the Rev. Francisco Cortes walks slowly with a cane with a built-in flashlight and admits to a lifelong weakness for cigars.

Islamist group Ansar Dine claims multiple attacks in Mali Posted: 06 Jul 2015 02:46 PM PDT The Malian Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine claimed it carried out a series of attacks against U.N. peacekeepers and Malian army targets in the country's capital, Bamako, and border areas near Ivory Coast and Mauritania. Fighters from Ansar Dine and other Islamist militant groups, including al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), seized Mali's desert north after a Tuareg uprising in 2012 but were ousted by a French-led military operation a year later.

Failed suicide attack by girl in Nigeria's Kano: police Posted: 06 Jul 2015 02:38 PM PDT A young girl aged about 13 was killed when explosives strapped to her body went off near a major mosque in northern Nigeria's largest city Kano on Monday, police told AFP, adding that no one else was caught up in the blast. Kano police spokesman Musa Magaji Majia said the explosion occurred at a roundabout about 200 metres (yards) from the Umar bin Khattab mosque, where worshippers had gathered for prayers. Police bomb squad officers were deployed to the scene to ensure there were no other explosives left nearby, he added.

World Cup moments distanced women from FIFA scandal Posted: 06 Jul 2015 02:30 PM PDT VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — For a few moments over the past month, the Women's World Cup seemed to push aside the FIFA scandal that is simmering a half planet away.

Watford bring in midfielder Capoue for record fee Posted: 06 Jul 2015 02:28 PM PDT Newly-promoted English Premier League side Watford have broken their transfer record to sign France midfielder Etienne Capoue from Tottenham Hotspur, the club announced on their official website Monday. The Hornets have secured the seven-times capped French international on a four-year contract after he made just 24 league appearances at White Hart Lane since arriving in 2013. "I have known (goalkeeper) Heurelho Gomes for two years and he told me a lot of good things about the club, and this played a part in me choosing Watford.

Hundreds of lawyers back Morocco women tried over dresses Posted: 06 Jul 2015 02:26 PM PDT Hundreds of lawyers have registered to defend two women who went on trial in Morocco on Monday accused of "gross indecency" for wearing dresses considered provocative, an activist said. The women were arrested in the southern city of Agadir in mid-June after walking through a marketplace in the dresses, sparking anger among passers-by in the conservative Muslim kingdom. The verdict is to be delivered on July 13, said Fouzia Assouli, head of women's rights organisation LDDF.

Obama says US 'intensifying' anti-IS efforts in Syria Posted: 06 Jul 2015 02:23 PM PDT President Barack Obama said Monday the US-led coalition battling Islamic State jihadists was "intensifying" its campaign against the group's base in Syria, but cautioned the fight would be long. Obama addressed the media after a briefing at the Pentagon with top military brass and members of his national security team on efforts to dismantle the jihadist group, which has taken over large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria. The high-level talks came after coalition air strikes that hit the Islamic State group's de facto capital Raqa in Syria over the weekend -- some of the heaviest bombing since it began targeting the IS in Syria in September last year.

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