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• IMF calls for Greece debt relief ahead of bailout vote
• Iran deal reached, Obama hails step towards 'more hopeful world'
• Saudi-backed forces seize Aden airport in sudden advance
• From remote outpost, India looks to check China's Indian Ocean thrust
• Venezuela hardliner Machado barred from public office for a year
• U.S., allies target Islamic State with 27 air strikes in Syria, Iraq
• Florida 'Eco-Art' project seeks to blend aesthetics and the environment
• The Latest: Greece needs 85 billion euros through 2018
• Greece: Revolt over austerity deal grows ahead of vote
• British government moves to restrict strikes, outrages unions
• Human hand more primitive than chimp's: study
• Loyalists retake airport in Yemen's Aden
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Immigrant families released faster from detention centers
• Massive debt relief for Greece would give economy chance to grow: IMF
• One Direction's Louis Tomlinson to be father: reports
• Utah Jazz sign center Tibor Pleiss
• World leaders voice relief at Iran nuclear deal
• Brazilian Senate begins investigating local confederation
• Rights groups press Obama to meet activists on Africa trip
• Confident England wary of Australian Ashes backlash
• Greens urge U.S. to refuse Shell's final Arctic drilling permits
• Pro-Israel groups in U.S. waste no time attacking Iran deal
• Q&A on the Iranian nuclear deal
• Abducted Gambian journalist released after 11 days: family
• Greek PM to 'captain ship' through bailout storm as key vote looms
• Top-seeded John Isner upset in Newport first round
• US readies Iran resolution at UN
• The Latest: Obama to press for approval of Iran deal
• Sterling completes $76M move to Man City from Liverpool
• Sterling completes record move to Manchester City
• Mexico holds 22 prison officials over Guzman escape
• Pan Am Games urged by WADA to store drug-test samples
• Pakistan helped secure Taliban talks, but Afghan mistrust lingers
• Iranians dance in streets, thank Rouhani for nuclear deal
• Flooding halts Illinois River barges, corn export costs jump
• Richard Gere speaks up for Tibet at US hearing
• Mexican gov't reticent to make changes after Chapo escape
• Car bomb kills at least 5 in Iraq town of Khalis
• Greek PM: bailout deal must be implemented, even if 'one-way street'

IMF calls for Greece debt relief ahead of bailout vote Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:03 PM PDT By Renee Maltezou and Jan Strupczewski ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund study published on Tuesday showed that Greece needs far more debt relief than European governments have been willing to contemplate so far, as fractious parties in Athens prepared to vote on a sweeping austerity package demanded by their lenders. The IMF's stark warning on Greece's debt came as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras struggled to persuade deeply unhappy leftist lawmakers to vote for a package of austerity measures and liberal economic reforms to secure a new bailout. The IMF study, first reported by Reuters, said European countries would have to give Greece a 30-year grace period on servicing all its European debt, including new loans, and a dramatic maturity extension.

Iran deal reached, Obama hails step towards 'more hopeful world' Posted: 14 Jul 2015 11:32 AM PDT By Parisa Hafezi, Louis Charbonneau, John Irish and Arshad Mohammed VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East. U.S. President Barack Obama hailed a step towards a "more hopeful world" and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said it proved that "constructive engagement works". The agreement will now be debated in the U.S. Congress, but Obama said he would veto any measure to block it.

Saudi-backed forces seize Aden airport in sudden advance Posted: 14 Jul 2015 01:36 PM PDT Yemeni forces recaptured Aden's international airport and some city districts from Houthi militia fighters on Tuesday, in a sudden advance after months of stalemate, the exiled government said. Yemenis on social media reported celebrations in cities across the country's south, where refugees from Aden have fled, and in other areas where local fighters are still battling the Houthis and army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Photographs on southern Yemeni media, which Reuters could not immediately verify, appeared to show a column of armored vehicles advancing along a street in Aden, where the fighting has mostly involved guerrilla fighters in civilian clothes.

From remote outpost, India looks to check China's Indian Ocean thrust Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:34 PM PDT The arrival of the warships at Port Blair earlier this month symbolizes how an island chain better known for its beaches and diving is quietly becoming a key plank in New Delhi's strategy to counter China's growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean. In interviews in New Delhi and Port Blair, the archipelago's administrative hub, Indian defense officials outlined plans to transform a modest military base into a strategic listening post with strengthened air force, navy and army capabilities. While some of the officials noted that earlier expansion plans had largely faltered, they said there was fresh energy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wants to reassert New Delhi's traditional dominance of the Indian Ocean.

Venezuela hardliner Machado barred from public office for a year Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:59 PM PDT Venezuelan hardline opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Tuesday she had been barred from public office for a year, a move that could prevent her from becoming a congresswoman if she wins a seat in December's parliamentary election. Machado has 15 days to appeal the decision, according to the letter from the comptroller's office she posted on Twitter. It was not immediately clear on what grounds she was barred and the comptroller's office could not be reached to comment.

U.S., allies target Islamic State with 27 air strikes in Syria, Iraq Posted: 14 Jul 2015 10:46 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces conducted 20 air strikes in Iraq on Monday against Islamic State forces, concentrating on the Anbar province cities of Ramadi and Falluja, and seven more in Syria, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the air operations said on Tuesday. In Iraq, air strikes using bomber, attack, and fighter-attack aircraft were conducted near Falluja, Habbaniyah, Haditha, Makhmur, Mosul, Ramadi, Sinjar and Tal Afar, the statement said. Six of the air strikes were near Falluja and five near the provincial capital Ramadi, the statement said. ...

Florida 'Eco-Art' project seeks to blend aesthetics and the environment Posted: 14 Jul 2015 05:01 PM PDT By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - In a growing trend that seeks to blend art with environmental restoration, a water filtration project was unveiled on Tuesday along a 575-foot sea-walled stretch of the intracoastal waterway in South Florida. The new Living Shoreline, designed by Vermont artist Michael Singer, is billed as "Eco-Art," which its patrons describe as "art with a job to do." The $149,000 project grew out of Palm Beach County's work to improve water quality in the Lake Worth Lagoon which, in typical Florida fashion, previously involved piling up rocks in front of seawalls to try to regenerate some of the natural marine habitat lost to development.

The Latest: Greece needs 85 billion euros through 2018 Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:55 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest on Greece's financial crisis (all times local):

Greece: Revolt over austerity deal grows ahead of vote Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:51 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's left-wing government launched a frantic 24-hour effort late Tuesday to push more austerity measures through Parliament and meet demands from European creditors as it faced down mounting anger at home.

British government moves to restrict strikes, outrages unions Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:44 PM PDT Britain's Conservative government announced on Wednesday it would seek to pass a law restricting the conditions under which workers can stage strikes in a move that outraged the country's unions. Ministers said the "Trade Union Bill", which follows a high-profile union shutdown of London's underground rail network last week, balanced the rights of businesses and workers but left-leaning daily The Guardian called it the "biggest crackdown on trade union rights for 30 years". The law would make unions ask all of their members whether they wish to pay into the union's political fund -- usually raised automatically from trade union membership fees and a major source of funding for the opposition Labour party.

Human hand more primitive than chimp's: study Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:36 PM PDT Strong fists for defending ourselves and opposable thumbs for work as fine as threading a needle -- hand specialisation is widely believed to have given humans a major evolutionary advantage. On Tuesday, scientists in the United States and Spain said the human hand may be more primitive than that of our closest living cousin, the chimpanzee. In fact, human hands are likely more similar to those of the last common ancestor we and chimps shared millions of years ago.

Loyalists retake airport in Yemen's Aden Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:32 PM PDT Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled president, backed by Saudi-led air and naval support, recaptured the airport in second city Aden Tuesday after a four-month battle with Iran-backed rebels, military sources said. Leading Sunni kingdom Saudi Arabia has been deeply concerned about Iranian influence in its impoverished southern neighbour and leads an Arab coalition which has since March bombed the rebels and their allies in the armed forces. The coalition backing pro-government forces denied its warships pounded the rebels as they pulled back from positions in Aden they had held since forcing President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi into exile in Riyadh in March.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:32 PM PDT HYDERABAD, India (AP) — At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured Tuesday in a stampede during a Hindu religious bathing festival on a river bank in southern India. The stampede occurred in Andhra Pradesh state as tens of thousands of people pushed forward to bathe in the Godavari River on the first day of the Pushkaralu festival, said Arun Kumar, a state administrator.

Immigrant families released faster from detention centers Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:15 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Mothers with children are being released from Texas immigrant detention centers more quickly in the weeks since the top U.S. immigration official announced policy changes, with far more being given ankle-monitoring bracelets in lieu of paying bonds, according to immigration attorneys.

Massive debt relief for Greece would give economy chance to grow: IMF Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:03 PM PDT Massive new debt relief for Greece would give the economy a chance to recover and over time become self-supporting, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Tuesday. The debt relief would be needed if the IMF was to participate in any new Greek bailout. IMF rules prohibit lending to a country unless public debt is considered to be on a sustainable path.

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson to be father: reports Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:00 PM PDT One Direction heartthrob Louis Tomlinson is set to become a father, reports said Tuesday, in the latest jolt for the boy band once known for its squeaky-clean image. The 23-year-old, who would be the first dad in One Direction, is expecting a child with Los Angeles stylist Briana Jungwirth, according to British tabloid The Sun and US celebrity magazine People. The Sun -- which ran the headline "One Conception" -- said that Tomlinson went on dates with Jungwirth in May after breaking up with girlfriend of four years Eleanor Calder.

Utah Jazz sign center Tibor Pleiss Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:55 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz have signed German center Tibor Pleiss to a multiyear deal.

World leaders voice relief at Iran nuclear deal Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:52 PM PDT World leaders hailed the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, with Barack Obama seeing a "new direction" and Vladimir Putin voicing a global "sigh of relief" -- though Israel criticised it as a "historic mistake". Major international powers who thrashed out the agreement with Tehran said they hoped Iran would build on the opportunity to come in from the cold. While Republicans in the United States warned the deal could "embolden" Iran, US President Obama said the agreement offered a chance to reset vexed relations.

Brazilian Senate begins investigating local confederation Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:49 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian Senate has started its investigation into the national football confederation, putting former star player Romario in charge of the probe.

Rights groups press Obama to meet activists on Africa trip Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:49 PM PDT More than 50 African and global human rights groups on Tuesday called on US President Barack Obama to publicly meet democracy activists when he visits Ethiopia and Kenya later this month. In a letter delivered to the White House, groups welcomed Obama's planned visit but voiced concerns about "grave and worsening human rights challenges" in his host countries. Signatories included a host of African non-governmental groups as well as Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, the Open Society Foundation and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center.

Confident England wary of Australian Ashes backlash Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:48 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The cracks appear to be showing in the normally-invincible Australian cricket team.

Greens urge U.S. to refuse Shell's final Arctic drilling permits Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:46 PM PDT By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental groups on Tuesday urged the U.S. government not to grant Royal Dutch Shell final permits for Arctic oil exploration after an icebreaker with safety equipment to cap wells was put out of action. Ten groups, including Oceana, Greenpeace, and the Sierra Club, said in a letter that under Shell's exploration plans, the U.S. Interior Department cannot allow it to begin exploring for oil in the Chukchi Sea off northern Alaska while the icebreaker, the Fennica, is unavailable. Shell is sending the Fennica to Portland, Oregon for repairs after crew discovered a 39 inch (1 meter) gash on the ship's hull last week.

Pro-Israel groups in U.S. waste no time attacking Iran deal Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:45 PM PDT By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Within hours of the unveiling on Tuesday of a nuclear pact between Iran and six world powers, the loudest pro-Israel voice in Washington was warning the U.S. Congress of problems, marking the onset of what promises to be a furious lobbying campaign. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said in a statement it was "deeply concerned" that the deal "would fail to block Iran's path to a nuclear weapon and further entrench and empower the leading state sponsor of terror." The considerable clout of pro-Israel interests on Capitol Hill will play an important role in deciding the fate of the pact, hammered out in Vienna after many months by Iran, the United States, Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany.

Q&A on the Iranian nuclear deal Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Here's what you need to know about the Iran nuclear deal:

Abducted Gambian journalist released after 11 days: family Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:31 PM PDT A radio journalist who disappeared for more than a week in a kidnapping blamed on Gambia's secret police has been released, his family told AFP on Tuesday. Alagie Ceesay, manager of the independent Teranga FM, disappeared outside the station's Banjul headquarters on July 2, according to press freedom campaigners. "Alagie called us on Monday night around 11:00 pm (2300 GMT) asking us to go and pick him up around Banjul International Airport," a family member said.

Greek PM to 'captain ship' through bailout storm as key vote looms Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:28 PM PDT Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday promised Greeks he would not abandon ship despite fractures within the government over draconian reforms that eurozone creditors have demanded in exchange for a bailout. On the eve of a crucial parliamentary vote on the widely unpopular measures, Tsipras said he took "full responsibility" for signing an accord he did "not believe in, but which I signed to avoid disaster for the country", in the face of a real risk Greece would crash out of the common currency. The International Monetary Fund warned late Tuesday however that Greece's EU creditors will still have to go "far beyond" their existing estimates for debt relief to stabilise the country's finances, pointing to the "considerable" downside risks.

Top-seeded John Isner upset in Newport first round Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:19 PM PDT NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Top-seeded and two-time champion John Isner was upset in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships by Rajeev Ram 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (8) on Tuesday.

US readies Iran resolution at UN Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:18 PM PDT The United States is readying a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council setting out timelines for Iran's compliance with a nuclear deal it reached with world powers Tuesday. The resolution, expected in the coming days, would also replace the existing framework of Security Council sanctions with the restrictions agreed during negotiations in Vienna, US Ambassador Samantha Power said.

The Latest: Obama to press for approval of Iran deal Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:10 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Here are the latest developments involving an agreement between Iran and world powers in Vienna over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program (all times EDT):

Sterling completes $76M move to Man City from Liverpool Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:09 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Raheem Sterling became the most expensive English footballer ever on Tuesday after joining Manchester City from Premier League rival Liverpool in a drawn-out move costing 49 million pounds ($76 million).

Sterling completes record move to Manchester City Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:07 PM PDT Raheem Sterling became the most expensive English footballer in history when he signed for Manchester City from Liverpool on a five-year contract, the England forward's new club announced on Tuesday. "It's a good feeling and this is really happy time for me and my family," Sterling told City's official website late Tuesday. The forecast move away from Anfield appeared imminent at the weekend as Sterling stayed behind when Liverpool flew out for for their tour of Thailand, Australia and Malaysia.

Mexico holds 22 prison officials over Guzman escape Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:06 PM PDT Mexican prosecutors investigating the escape of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman formally placed 22 prison officials in custody on Tuesday over suspicions that the infamous fugitive had inside help. While a massive manhunt for Guzman entered its third full day, the attorney general's office released 12 of 34 prison staff members who had been questioned since Sunday. Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said Monday that Guzman "must have" had help from prison officials in his brazen escape on Saturday.

Pan Am Games urged by WADA to store drug-test samples Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:03 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has urged organizers of the Pan Am Games and other large multi-sport events to follow the example of the International Olympic Committee and store samples for possible testing in the future.

Pakistan helped secure Taliban talks, but Afghan mistrust lingers Posted: 14 Jul 2015 03:02 PM PDT By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's military, long accused of harboring insurgents who fight its cause in Afghanistan and beyond, says its role in brokering landmark Taliban peace talks last week proves it is serious about tackling Islamist militancy in the region. The heads of the army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency were personally involved in bringing about talks between the Afghan Taliban and Kabul government on July 8 near Islamabad, said two senior officials close to the process. The negotiations were a tentative first step toward ending war in neighboring Afghanistan that kills thousands of people each year, as government forces fight Taliban insurgents whose hardline Islamist regime was toppled in 2001.

Iranians dance in streets, thank Rouhani for nuclear deal Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:56 PM PDT By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin Nouri and Babak Dehghanpisheh DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Young Iranian men and women danced in streets in parts of Tehran and motorists honked car horns to cheer an historic nuclear accord with world powers they hope will end years of economic sanctions and decades of international isolation. In the capital's affluent north, motorists played loud music from car stereos and young people blew South African-style 'vuvuzela' horns, scenes that Tehran normally witnesses only when the country qualifies the football World Cup. A woman in Vanak Square in north Tehran told Reuters by phone that people were buying sweets and handing them out on the streets.

Flooding halts Illinois River barges, corn export costs jump Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:54 PM PDT By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard closed a 50-mile stretch of the Illinois River to all traffic on Tuesday as persistent heavy rains following the state's wettest June on record swelled the waterway to within two feet of all-time highs in some areas. Cash premiums for corn shipped in barges to the Gulf Coast for export surged to the highest in two weeks as river grain elevators in the country's No. 2 corn-producing state were forced to stop loading vessels as barge lines sidelined boats. Flood-related shipping restrictions this spring and summer have disrupted the flow of grain to Gulf export terminals, where some 60 percent of all U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat exit the country.

Richard Gere speaks up for Tibet at US hearing Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:53 PM PDT Hollywood star Richard Gere expressed outrage Tuesday over the death in a Chinese prison of a key Tibetan dissident, as the US Congress explored ways to ratchet up pressure on Beijing over Tibet. Testifying before the House of Representatives human rights commission, Gere remembered Tenzin Delek Rinpoche as one of Tibetan Buddhism's most respected and revered lamas. "The worst possible outcome has arrived -- Rinpoche has died in prison," said Gere, a longtime champion of human rights in Tibet, in written testimony.

Mexican gov't reticent to make changes after Chapo escape Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:46 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — For those who remember Colombia in the dark days of the 1990s, it's all too familiar: The world's most powerful drug lord slips out of prison, the beneficiary of his government's refusal to extradite him and its inability to hold him.

Car bomb kills at least 5 in Iraq town of Khalis Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:40 PM PDT A car bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed at least five people in the Iraqi town of Khalis on Tuesday, officials said. The blast, which the top provincial official in Khalis said occurred outside a reputed local doctor's house, also left at least 11 wounded. Khalis lies around 60 kilometres (35 miles) north of Baghdad in Diyala, a province which the government declared free of IS militants in January.

Greek PM: bailout deal must be implemented, even if 'one-way street' Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:38 PM PDT Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras defended the bailout deal struck at Sunday's euro zone summit and ruled out resigning, saying that the "bad deal" was the best available under the circumstances. "I am fully assuming my responsibilities, for mistakes and for oversights, and for the responsibility of signing a text that I do not believe in, but that I am obliged to implement," Tsipras told Greek public television on Tuesday. In an hour-long interview that mixed a defense of his abrupt change of course over the bailout deal with barbs aimed at Greece's European partners, Tsipras said he had fought a battle not to cut wages and pensions.

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