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• Euro zone gives Greece until Sunday for debt deal
• Iran nuclear talks extended, source says 48 hours left for deal
• U.S. raises concern over detention of 100 activists in Cuba
• Afghan delegation to meet Taliban as twin attacks hit Kabul
• Deadly car bombs hit Yemen, day after almost 200 killed
• Two suicide bombers kill around 30 in northern Nigeria
• The Latest: Pope presses call for new economic world order
• Pope: Duty to protect planet, calls for 'social justice' on resources
• London braces for 24 hour Underground strike
• Mexican rights agency asks army to avoid ambiguous orders
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Steven Gerrard eager for sunny new challenges with LA Galaxy
• Companies, countries cutting business ties with Donald Trump
• Greece gets until Sunday for proposals to stave off collapse
• New Greek minister's note to self: 'No triumphalism'
• Pier shooting suspect pleads not guilty amid more outrage
• Serbian PM to go to Srebrenica for massacre anniversary
• Serbia government agrees to send PM to July 11 Srebrenica commemoration
• Vote on Srebrenica resolution delayed by Russian veto threat
• Australia cricket captain and wife expecting 1st child
• Affluent Idaho resort area braces for more wildfire evacuations
• Spieth skips Scotland for familiarity of John Deere Classic
• I'm not on holiday vows Gerrard
• Pope urges dialogue in Ecuador in wake of protests
• 25 dead in suspected suicide attack in Zaria, northern Nigeria
• Colombia conflict needs 'urgent de-escalation': mediators
• As El Nino looms, cloud seeding gets tailwind
• Greece's Tsipras eyes 'final exit' from crisis
• Deadly car bomb hits Shiite mosque in Yemen capital
• State Dept.: Cuban detentions won't slow normalization
• 'Very, very, very tough' Iran talks extended
• Tsipras says Greece has submitted its proposals to the eurogroup and to the European Council
• Wimbledon at a glance
• Landmark ruling in Argentine death-with-dignity case
• Wimbledon Lookahead: No. 1 Djokovic leads top 4 into QFs
• Islamic State claims Shiite mosque attack in Yemen
• Ex-Bosnian guard extradited to face war-crimes charges
• Azarenka takes exception to questioning about noise

Euro zone gives Greece until Sunday for debt deal Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:45 PM PDT By Paul Taylor and Renee Maltezou BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone members have given Greece until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe's currency bloc and into economic ruin. "The stark reality is that we have only five days left ... Until now I have avoided talking about deadlines, but tonight I have to say loud and clear that the final deadline ends this week," European Council President Donald Tusk told a news conference. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Friday to present the proposal, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she hoped to have convincing reform commitments from Tsipras on Thursday so she could ask the German parliament to authorize negotiations on a new aid program.

Iran nuclear talks extended, source says 48 hours left for deal Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:38 PM PDT By John Irish and Arshad Mohammed VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and major powers gave themselves at least until Friday to negotiate an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, but a source from one of the powers said on Tuesday they had to wrap up in the next 48 hours. "We are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of days," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said outside the hotel where the marathon talks between Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States are taking place. The spokeswoman for the U.S. delegation, Marie Harf, said the terms of an interim deal between Iran and the six would be extended through Friday to give negotiators a few more days to finish their work.

U.S. raises concern over detention of 100 activists in Cuba Posted: 07 Jul 2015 01:20 PM PDT WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department raised concern on Tuesday about the detentions of some 100 peaceful activists in Cuba this week but said it would not slow the restoration of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana. The State Department had seen reports about the beating and detention of political activist Antonio Rodiles in Cuba and that U.S. interests there had confirmed the detentions of almost 100 other activists on Sunday, spokesman John Kirby said.

Afghan delegation to meet Taliban as twin attacks hit Kabul Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:53 PM PDT By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he had sent a delegation to Pakistan to meet with representatives of the Taliban, his first acknowledgement of official talks with the insurgents fighting to topple the government in Kabul. The tentative step toward full peace negotiations aimed at ending more than 13 years of war came hours after suspected Taliban suicide bomb attacks in the Afghan capital struck a convoy of foreign troops and a compound of the country's intelligence agency. Separately, two drone strikes this week targeting militants loyal to Islamic State in the eastern province of Nangarhar killed dozens of fighters, including the movement's second-in-command in Afghanistan, officials said.

Deadly car bombs hit Yemen, day after almost 200 killed Posted: 07 Jul 2015 01:48 PM PDT By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Two deadly car bombs hit the capital Sanaa and a southern city in Yemen on Tuesday, state news agency Saba reported, a day after air strike and clashes killed almost 200 people nationwide. Islamic State in Yemen claimed responsibility in a statement posted online for the Sanaa attack, latest in a string of recent actions by the hardline Sunni Muslim group against Shi'ite Houthis who run the capital. One of the explosives-laden cars detonated near a hospital in downtown Sanaa, which the news agency controlled by Yemen's dominant Houthi group said killed and injured "numerous" people, while another killed around 10 people in al-Bayda, capital of a province in the country's battle-weary south.

Two suicide bombers kill around 30 in northern Nigeria Posted: 07 Jul 2015 12:24 PM PDT By Garba Muhammed KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suicide bombers killed around 30 people in two blasts in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, witnesses and a state governor said, the latest attacks in a renewed offensive by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks but they bore hallmarks of the Islamist militant group, which has bombed several towns and cities in northern Nigeria in the last 10 days after months when they were thought to be hiding out in the Sambisa forest. Last week, more than 200 people died in a string of attacks in Africa's top oil producer, piling pressure on new President Muhammadu Buhari who is trying to work with neighboring states to quell the insurgency.

The Latest: Pope presses call for new economic world order Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:52 PM PDT QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Here are the latest developments from Pope Francis' trip to South America:

Pope: Duty to protect planet, calls for 'social justice' on resources Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:49 PM PDT By Philip Pullella and Girish Gupta QUITO (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Tuesday said protecting the planet was no longer a choice but a duty and called for a new "social justice" where access to the earth's resources would be based on equality instead of economic interests. In back-to-back speeches on the third day of his trip to Ecuador, the pope made his first full-court press on environmental issues since the publication last month of his landmark ecology encyclical "Laudato Si.". Speaking before a group that included indigenous people of the Equatorial Amazon, he also renewed his call for special protection for the area because of its vital importance to the planet's ecosystem.

London braces for 24 hour Underground strike Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:37 PM PDT Britain's capital city braced for travel chaos on Wednesday with a planned London Underground strike expected to be the worst in years, after talks to avert the 24 hour walkout broke down. The walkout is set to cause chaos for millions of travellers and bring the world's oldest subway system to a halt from 17:30 GMT Wednesday, with "no Tube service at all on Thursday", according to Transport for London. Some of Britain's busiest train routes will be simultaneously hit by a 48 hour strike over jobs and services on First Great Western trains, affecting routes between London and Wales.

Mexican rights agency asks army to avoid ambiguous orders Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:33 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government's human rights agency is urging the army not to use ambiguous terms in orders, after activists revealed the army had essentially issued a directive to troops to kill suspected criminals.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:32 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials are holding talks with Taliban representatives in the Pakistani capital in their first official face-to-face discussions, which the Afghan president said Tuesday were aimed at starting full-fledged negotiations. The talks in an unannounced location in Islamabad come after repeated informal meetings between Taliban and government representatives, most recently hosted by Qatar and Norway. But the new talks were the first formally acknowledged by the Afghan government; that and the semi-public nature of the talks suggested possible progress after years of frustration in trying to bring the two sides together.

Steven Gerrard eager for sunny new challenges with LA Galaxy Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:31 PM PDT CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Steven Gerrard brought a touch of Liverpool weather — cool, overcast and even some drizzle — to his first practice with the LA Galaxy on Tuesday morning.

Companies, countries cutting business ties with Donald Trump Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:30 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in his campaign kickoff speech that some Mexican immigrants to the U.S. bring drugs and crime, and some are rapists. He has been widely criticized for his June 16 statement, but he has refused to apologize and instead repeated his views. A host of organizations and countries are re-examining or severing their relationships with Trump and businesses connected to him, and their ranks are growing.

Greece gets until Sunday for proposals to stave off collapse Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:20 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Frustrated and angry eurozone leaders fearing for the future of their common currency gave the Greek prime minister a last-minute chance Tuesday to finally come up with a viable proposal on how to save his country from financial ruin.

New Greek minister's note to self: 'No triumphalism' Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:12 PM PDT Greece's new finance minister clearly wanted to avoid alienating his European colleagues as had his fast-talking predecessor. Euclid Tsakalotos perhaps saw a risk of sounding smug after Greeks backed their left-wing government last Sunday against European Union leaders by rejecting a bailout proposal that called for stringent austerity measures. Clutching a sheet of Brussels hotel notepaper as he arrived for Tuesday's emergency meeting of euro zone finance ministers, Tsakalotos appeared to have made speaking notes for himself.

Pier shooting suspect pleads not guilty amid more outrage Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:11 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Mexican national at the center of a national immigration controversy pleaded not guilty to murder charges Tuesday as lawmakers voiced criticism over the way he was released before being accused of shooting a woman at a popular city pier.

Serbian PM to go to Srebrenica for massacre anniversary Posted: 07 Jul 2015 04:05 PM PDT Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia said Tuesday he would attend the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre this weekend in a bid to forge reconciliation. "That is why the Serbian government tonight decided that as prime minister, I would represent the Republic of Serbia in Srebrenica on July 11," he said. Nearly 8,000 Muslim boys and men were killed by Bosnian Serb forces after Srebrenica was overrun on July 11, 1995.

Serbia government agrees to send PM to July 11 Srebrenica commemoration Posted: 07 Jul 2015 03:44 PM PDT By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday his government unanimously agreed to send him to a July 11 commemoration of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, hours after the United Nations Security Council postponed debate over a resolution to mark the 20th anniversary. "Tonight the government unanimously made a decision ... that if the conditions are met, that I will represent Serbia in Srebrenica on July 11," Vucic told a news conference in Belgrade. A U.N. Security Council vote on a resolution to condemn the Srebrenica massacre as a genocide has been delayed until Wednesday as Britain and the United States try to convince Russia not to veto the commemoration, diplomats said.

Vote on Srebrenica resolution delayed by Russian veto threat Posted: 07 Jul 2015 03:35 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on a British-drafted resolution that would condemn the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica during the Bosnian war as "a crime of genocide" until Wednesday after Russia informed council members it would veto the measure.

Australia cricket captain and wife expecting 1st child Posted: 07 Jul 2015 03:26 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — Australia captain Michael Clarke took the occasion of the start of the first Ashes test against England to announce that he and his wife, Kyly, are expecting their first child.

Affluent Idaho resort area braces for more wildfire evacuations Posted: 07 Jul 2015 03:12 PM PDT By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Crews battling a wildfire that destroyed six upscale homes and forced 600 people from a resort area in Idaho on Tuesday braced for strong winds as authorities warned scores more homeowners and businesses to prepare to evacuate at a moment's notice. The so-called Cape Horn fire in northern Idaho has scorched 2,000 acres of mountain spruce and pine forests hugging multimillion-dollar cabins and condominium developments on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho's largest lake. It is among dozens of large blazes burning out of control across the drought-stricken U.S. West, where federal fire managers say nearly three times as many acres have burned so far this year as in the same period last year, the National Fire Information Center said.

Spieth skips Scotland for familiarity of John Deere Classic Posted: 07 Jul 2015 03:03 PM PDT SILVIS, Illinois (AP) — Most golfers believe the path to the British Open title starts a week early in Scotland.

I'm not on holiday vows Gerrard Posted: 07 Jul 2015 03:02 PM PDT Steven Gerrard vowed to prove critics of his move to the Los Angeles Galaxy wrong here Tuesday as he prepares to make his long-awaited debut for the Major League Soccer giants. The 35-year-old former Liverpool and England captain insisted he was motivated by the prospect of adding more silverware to his CV rather than a last bumper paycheck in the California sunshine. The inspirational midfielder decided to follow in the footsteps of former England teammate David Beckham last November as it became clear he was no longer an automatic first choice at Liverpool.

Pope urges dialogue in Ecuador in wake of protests Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:56 PM PDT Pope Francis appealed for dialogue on Tuesday in front of nearly one million people at an outdoor mass in Ecuador's capital, recently rocked by anti-government protests. "The enormous richness of variety... moves us away from the temptation of offers that are closer to dictatorships, ideologies or sectarianism," said Francis, the world's first Latin American pope. "Fight for inclusion at all levels," the pope added, pleading for "dialogue" on the third day of a South American tour that will also take him to Bolivia and Paraguay.

25 dead in suspected suicide attack in Zaria, northern Nigeria Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:46 PM PDT At least 25 people were killed on Tuesday when a bomb blast ripped through a government office in northern Nigeria in a suspected suicide attack likely to be blamed on the Boko Haram Islamist group. The explosion occurred in the town of Zaria at about 9:00 am (0800 GMT), as primary-school teachers and public-sector workers were queueing for identity checks, according to witnesses. "An IED (improvised explosive device) most likely carried by a suicide bomber" was used in the attack, which killed 25 people, including a two-year-old child, Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai said.

Colombia conflict needs 'urgent de-escalation': mediators Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:44 PM PDT Four countries supporting peace talks between the Colombian government and FARC rebels called Tuesday for an "urgent de-escalation" of armed conflict in the South American nation. The appeal comes after clashes resumed in mid-April, following an ambush by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that left 11 soldiers dead. Cuba and Norway are acting as so-called "guarantor" countries in the peace talks that began in November 2012.

As El Nino looms, cloud seeding gets tailwind Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:38 PM PDT By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Circling thousands of feet above Tasmania's farmland in a light aircraft, Christina Nebel prepares to release tiny chemical particles as part of a cloud-seeding scheme estimated to have helped boost rainfall on the Australian island by over 10 percent. The program is one of a handful globally riding a wave of renewed interest in the decades-old technology as drought hits places from the United States to the Philippines, with the specter of a strong El Nino weather pattern later this year threatening worse to come. "We are looking for fronts crossing Tasmania," said Nebel, cloud seeding officer at renewable energy producer Hydro Tasmania.

Greece's Tsipras eyes 'final exit' from crisis Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:35 PM PDT Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday Athens was seeking a 'final exit' from crisis with a reform-for-aid proposal that he said would come by the end of the week. The process will be fast, it starts in the coming hours with the aim of concluding it by the end of the week, at the latest," Tsipras told reporters after an emergency summit of euro zone leaders.

Deadly car bomb hits Shiite mosque in Yemen capital Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:35 PM PDT Meanwhile, a Saudi-led coalition bombarded cities and towns in southern Yemen, as the targeted rebels accused it of killing 124 people on Monday in one of the deadliest days of its air war. Tuesday's bloodshed came two days after UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in Sanaa bidding to secure a humanitarian truce in a conflict estimated to have killed 3,000 people, mostly civilians. The car bomb, at the Al-Raoudh mosque in southeast Sanaa, went off as worshippers were leaving after evening prayers, witnesses and a security official said.

State Dept.: Cuban detentions won't slow normalization Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it is concerned about the beating of a political activist and the detention of another 100 activists by Cuban authorities last weekend, but says the incident will not change the process of normalizing diplomatic relations with the island nation.

'Very, very, very tough' Iran talks extended Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:31 PM PDT Global powers wrestling for a historic nuclear deal with Iran gave themselves yet more time Tuesday after foreign ministers failed to bridge what one diplomat called "very, very, very tough" remaining issues. Iran and the P5+1 group -- the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany -- effectively gave themselves until Friday to agree a deal by extending the terms of a 2013 interim accord under which Iran has been curtailing its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief. "Removing the remaining brackets (in the text of the agreement), this seems to be very, very, very tough," the senior diplomat said as an 11th day of talks stretched late into the night in Vienna.

Tsipras says Greece has submitted its proposals to the eurogroup and to the European Council Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:26 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Tsipras says Greece has submitted its proposals to the eurogroup and to the European Council.

Wimbledon at a glance Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:19 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — A look at Wimbledon on Tuesday:

Landmark ruling in Argentine death-with-dignity case Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:18 PM PDT Relatives of an Argentine man who has been in a vegetative state for over 20 years can disconnect him from life support, the Supreme Court said Tuesday in a landmark ruling that divided the country. Marcelo Diez suffered a motorcycle accident in 1994 at age 30 and has been in a vegetative state since, breathing with a respirator and receiving nourishment through a tube. The Supreme Court said Diez's family can vouch for what he would have wanted, were he able to communicate.

Wimbledon Lookahead: No. 1 Djokovic leads top 4 into QFs Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:16 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic is developing a nasty habit of playing Grand Slam matches over two days.

Islamic State claims Shiite mosque attack in Yemen Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:12 PM PDT Sanaa (AFP) - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack Tuesday on a Shiite mosque in the Yemen capital that according to doctors killed one person and left five others wounded.

Ex-Bosnian guard extradited to face war-crimes charges Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:10 PM PDT RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — A former Bosnian prison camp guard living in the U.S. has been extradited to his native country to face war-crimes charges, including that he beat civilian detainees with a baton and a rifle and forced some detainees to crawl on the ground naked and eat grass where others had urinated.

Azarenka takes exception to questioning about noise Posted: 07 Jul 2015 02:09 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Victoria Azarenka didn't like the line of questioning at all.

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