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• German lawmakers back Greek bailout despite rebellion; Tsipras sacks dissenters
• Dozens flee homes as wildfires rage in Greece, PM urges calm
• Mexico arrests seven officials over escape of drug kingpin
• Ukraine points finger at Russia as families mark downing of MH17
• Islamic State claims suicide car bomb that kills more than 100 in Iraq
• Islamic State used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, monitor
• Buckingham Palace slams images of queen's 'Nazi salute' as child
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Iraq: Suicide car bomb kills at least 80 in eastern province
• President of Bolivia's soccer federation arrested
• Hitchhiking robot embarks on coast-to-coast tour across US
• Mexican president faces music after drug lord's prison break
• IS car bomb sows carnage in Iraq town
• A big rain, a flooded course; Irish amateur Dunne in hunt
• Farewell: Watson crosses Swilcan Bridge for final time
• Pro-Israel lobby backs group to fight Iranian nuclear deal
• Statoil says crude on derailed BNSF train complied with volatility limit
• Sea turtle released off Florida Keys tracked by satellite
• US man arrested after five shot, two killed in Maine
• In bid for Syngenta, Monsanto woos U.S. farmer support
• Dustin Johnson still in control at St. Andrews
• Memorials for MH17 victims as calls grow for justice
• France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine urge 'respect' of Ukraine truce
• More than 150 injured in S.Africa train crash: medics
• Key hole in British Open
• More than 300 people injured in train crash in South Africa
• Emotional Faldo savors 1 last ride at St Andrews
• Coca-Cola tells FIFA to start independent reform commission
• Rescue boat with hundreds of migrants stopped from landing in Sicily: charity
• Glance at the British Open
• Vicar's son Willett takes surprise lead in British Open
• Gatlin continues fine form with dominant win in 100 meters
• Armstrong return for charity casts shadow on Tour de France
• Mexico official: 7 people arrested in jailbreak of drug lord
• Analyst: probe could taint image of Brazil's ex- president
• South Africa trains collide, over 200 injured
• Three girls blow themselves up in deadly Nigeria attacks
• Colombia to begin large-scale excavation of mass grave

German lawmakers back Greek bailout despite rebellion; Tsipras sacks dissenters Posted: 17 Jul 2015 01:31 PM PDT German lawmakers gave their go-ahead on Friday for the euro zone to negotiate a third bailout for Greece, but a warning from Chancellor Angela Merkel that the alternative was chaos failed to prevent a hefty rebellion in her own party. The Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, whose backing was essential for the talks to start, decisively approved the move by 439 votes to 119, but almost a fifth of Merkel's conservatives voted 'No'. Popular misgivings run deep in Germany, the euro zone country that has already contributed most to Greece's two bailouts since 2010, about funneling yet more aid to Athens.

Dozens flee homes as wildfires rage in Greece, PM urges calm Posted: 17 Jul 2015 11:51 AM PDT By Yannis Behrakis ATHENS (Reuters) - Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures broke out around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece on Friday, sending residents fleeing from flames threatening their homes. Summer wildfires, though common for the season, heaped additional misery on the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, which is struggling to obtain a new bailout from foreign creditors. The police said 52 separate fires had broken out on four main fronts in a region stretching from the island of Evia, northeast of Athens, to the southern Peloponnese.

Mexico arrests seven officials over escape of drug kingpin Posted: 17 Jul 2015 03:44 PM PDT The Mexican Attorney General's office said on Friday it had arrested seven officials over suspected involvement in the jail break of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Guzman's escape last Saturday from a maximum security prison through a mile-long tunnel built into his cell was a profound embarrassment for President Enrique Peña Nieto, raising pressure on the government to do more to battle public sector corruption. As the tunnel surfaced in a blind spot in the cell behind a shower wall, government officials said it could only have occurred with the collusion of prison guards and officials, and that Guzman's helpers must have seen the building's plans.

Ukraine points finger at Russia as families mark downing of MH17 Posted: 17 Jul 2015 08:34 AM PDT By Maria Tsvetkova HRABOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's president accused Russia's military on Friday of ordering the missile strike that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 one year ago, as relatives gathered from the Netherlands to Australia to remember the 298 passengers and crew. "MH17, where 298 victims were killed for no reason, was shot down by a Russian BUK missile, launched by a Russian professional crew under an order and an instruction from the Russian military," President Petro Poroshenko said on the first anniversary of the disaster. Ukraine has consistently blamed Russia, but Poroshenko's comments were his most direct to date.

Islamic State claims suicide car bomb that kills more than 100 in Iraq Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:57 PM PDT More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Islamic State militants since they overran large parts of the country. The blast brought down several buildings in Khan Bani Saad, about 30 km (20 miles) northeast of Baghdad, crushing to death people who were celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, police and medics said. Islamic State, which controls large parts of northern and western Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack in the mixed eastern province of Diyala where Khan Bani Saad is located and said the target was "rejectionists", as the group refers to Shi'ite Muslims.

Islamic State used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, monitor Posted: 17 Jul 2015 04:11 PM PDT The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday. The YPG militia said Islamic State had fired "makeshift chemical projectiles" on June 28 at a YPG-controlled area of the city of Hasaka, and at YPG positions south of the town of Tel Brak to the northeast of Hasaka city. Redur Xelil, the YPG spokesman, said the type of chemical used had not been definitively determined.

Buckingham Palace slams images of queen's 'Nazi salute' as child Posted: 17 Jul 2015 04:44 PM PDT Buckingham Palace voiced disappointment after a British newspaper on Saturday published images allegedly showing a young Queen Elizabeth II giving a Nazi salute in the early 1930s. The front page of The Sun showed the queen, then aged around six, raising her right hand in the air as her mother, the late Queen Mother, does the same. The headline on the story read: "Their Royal Heilnesses" -- a reference to the "Heil Hitler" greeting used in Nazi Germany.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 17 Jul 2015 04:32 PM PDT NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) — Her voice cracking with emotion, Asmaa Aljuned delivered a parting message Friday that her late husband never got to tell passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 a year ago. "On behalf of Malaysia Airlines and the rest of the crew, once again we would like to thank you for flying with us," said Aljuned, the widow of the plane's co-pilot. "Thank you and have a nice day."

Iraq: Suicide car bomb kills at least 80 in eastern province Posted: 17 Jul 2015 04:30 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide car bombing in Iraq's eastern Diyala province killed at least 80 people gathered at a marketplace to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

President of Bolivia's soccer federation arrested Posted: 17 Jul 2015 04:26 PM PDT LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Police in Bolivia have arrested the president of the nation's soccer federation for alleged corruption.

Hitchhiking robot embarks on coast-to-coast tour across US Posted: 17 Jul 2015 04:25 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — With its thumb raised skyward and a grin on its digital face, the robotic creation of two researchers in Canada embarked on a hitchhiking journey across the U.S. on Friday.

Mexican president faces music after drug lord's prison break Posted: 17 Jul 2015 04:16 PM PDT Mexico's president faced a public relations nightmare Friday as he confronted fallout from the escape of a notorious drug lord, but said he was "fully confident" the kingpin would be recaptured. As President Enrique Pena Nieto returned from France, seven prison officials from the jail where Guzman escaped were charged over the affair and taken to a federal detention center. Pena Nieto had been flying to France Saturday when word broke that Guzman had escaped -- for the second time in 14 years.

IS car bomb sows carnage in Iraq town Posted: 17 Jul 2015 04:14 PM PDT A car bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State group ripped through the crowded heart of an Iraqi town north of Baghdad Friday, killing at least 35 people, officials said. "We have 35 martyrs and more than 70 wounded," said Mohammed Jawad al-Hamadani, a member of the Diyala provincial council in which Khan Bani Saad is located. "The explosion was big, it caused a lot of damage," Raad Fares al-Mas, a member of parliament, said from nearby Baquba, the capital of Diyala.

A big rain, a flooded course; Irish amateur Dunne in hunt Posted: 17 Jul 2015 03:58 PM PDT ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Steve Williams was on the Old Course early Friday to check the pin positions for the second round. On his way back in, the caddie for Adam Scott wasn't sure there would even be a second round.

Farewell: Watson crosses Swilcan Bridge for final time Posted: 17 Jul 2015 03:57 PM PDT ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Tom Watson closed out his British Open career with his worst score ever at St. Andrews.

Pro-Israel lobby backs group to fight Iranian nuclear deal Posted: 17 Jul 2015 03:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful pro-Israel lobby is backing a new political group that on Friday launched a multimillion-dollar campaign to oppose the nuclear pact the United States recently made with Iran.

Statoil says crude on derailed BNSF train complied with volatility limit Posted: 17 Jul 2015 03:47 PM PDT By Kristen Hays HOUSTON (Reuters) - The North Dakota crude on a Berkshire Hathaway Inc-owned BNSF Railway Co train that derailed this week in Montana was produced by Norway's Statoil and complied with regulations that limit flammability, a Statoil spokesman said on Friday. Statoil spokesman Peter Symons said the crude was "fully compliant" with North Dakota regulations imposed in April that limit vapor pressure in crude before it is loaded into railcars for transport to market. The state has used vapor pressure as a proxy for measuring the amount of flammable natural gas liquids that are present in crude that can ignite in a crash.

Sea turtle released off Florida Keys tracked by satellite Posted: 17 Jul 2015 03:38 PM PDT MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle that convalesced about four months at a turtle hospital was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released Friday off the Florida Keys as part of a contest to monitor the travels of rehabbed turtles.

US man arrested after five shot, two killed in Maine Posted: 17 Jul 2015 03:22 PM PDT A 35-year-old registered US sex offender was arrested Friday in Maine on suspicion of killing two men, shooting three people and kidnapping a woman in an overnight crime spree. Anthony Lord was arrested at his uncle's home in the town of Houlton. The other dead man was identified as Kevin Tozier, 58.

In bid for Syngenta, Monsanto woos U.S. farmer support Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:59 PM PDT As Monsanto Co struggles to convince rival Syngenta AG to discuss a potential merger, the seed and agrochemical giant is also wooing U.S. farmers, aiming to ease concerns about the proposed tie-up that could prompt regulatory challenges. Monsanto leaders have also been making appearances on national and regional broadcasts to make their case that combining two of the world's largest agricultural companies will help - not hurt - their customers. The efforts follow weeks of Monsanto executive meetings with Syngenta shareholders.

Dustin Johnson still in control at St. Andrews Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:59 PM PDT ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The grand pursuit of Jordan Spieth, redemption for Dustin Johnson, the mystery that has become Tiger Woods. It all came to a momentary halt Friday in the gloaming of St. Andrews when Tom Watson said goodbye to the British Open.

Memorials for MH17 victims as calls grow for justice Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:55 PM PDT Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine exactly a year ago joined emotional memorials on Friday as calls mounted for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy. All 298 passengers and crew -- the majority of them Dutch -- died on July 17 last year when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was downed over rebel-held east Ukraine during heavy fighting between Kiev's armed forces and pro-Russian separatists. Flags flew at half-mast in the Netherlands as about 2,000 relatives and friends gathered at a ceremony in Nieuwegein to mourn the victims of the disaster, many of whom were children on their way to summer holidays.

France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine urge 'respect' of Ukraine truce Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:53 PM PDT The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine called Friday for a "strict respect of engagements" pledged in a peace deal to end the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said of the first four-way talks in more than two months. Sources in Kiev said the conversation between Francois Hollande, Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko -- the first since April 30 -- lasted for more than two hours and focused on finally halting the 15-month separatist crisis in the former Soviet state. The warring sides had struck a ceasefire deal in February but Poroshenko on Friday complained about pro-Russian insurgents' refusal to honour the five-month truce.

More than 150 injured in S.Africa train crash: medics Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:49 PM PDT At least 150 people were injured when two trains collided in south Johannesburg on Friday evening, South African officials said, adding that there were no confirmed fatalities. One train was reported to have ploughed into a stationery train near Booysens station as workers headed home from the city, the economic capital of South Africa. "We don't have the exact number but it's more than 150 people injured," Russel Meiring, spokesman for the ER24 medical service that was treating people at the accident site, told AFP.

Key hole in British Open Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:47 PM PDT ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — A look at the key hole in the second round of the British Open:

More than 300 people injured in train crash in South Africa Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:46 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A commuter train crashed into another passenger train during rush hour Friday in South Africa's largest city injuring more than 300 people, an emergency services spokeswoman said.

Emotional Faldo savors 1 last ride at St Andrews Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:45 PM PDT ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Nick Faldo strode onto the famed Swilcan Bridge, turned to face the applauding galleries and a phalanx of photographers, and thrust both his arms toward the sunny skies over St. Andrews.

Coca-Cola tells FIFA to start independent reform commission Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:44 PM PDT FIFA has been told by sponsor Coca-Cola to appoint an independent commission to lead a reform process aimed at cleaning up world soccer's scandal-ridden governing body.

Rescue boat with hundreds of migrants stopped from landing in Sicily: charity Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:41 PM PDT Italian authorities prevented a rescue boat with some 700 migrants aboard from landing in Sicily because there was no room for the people in reception centres, a humanitarian group said Friday. Despite lengthy discussions with Italian authorities the migrants on a boat operated by medical charity Doctors Without Borders, were turned away due to a "lack of capacity in the Italian (migrant) reception system," said a statement from the group. Italy is struggling to host more than 80,000 migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean fleeing war, persecution or poverty in the Middle East and Africa.

Glance at the British Open Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:40 PM PDT ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — A glance at the second round Friday of the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews:

Vicar's son Willett takes surprise lead in British Open Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:38 PM PDT ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — One of the many text messages that Danny Willett received after his second round at the British Open came from his mother. She wrote: "Well done, you've made the cut."

Gatlin continues fine form with dominant win in 100 meters Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:36 PM PDT MONACO (AP) — American sprinter Justin Gatlin continued his fine form by clocking 9.78 to win the 100 meters at the Herculis Diamond League meet on Friday — and then warned his rivals that he can go even faster at the world championships next month with the right start.

Armstrong return for charity casts shadow on Tour de France Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:25 PM PDT RODEZ, France (AP) — The fields rolled by, the dark glasses were again on his nose, and he was back riding in France.

Mexico official: 7 people arrested in jailbreak of drug lord Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:24 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican federal official said Friday that seven people who were being questioned in the jailbreak of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman have been formally arrested and taken to a prison to await charges.

Analyst: probe could taint image of Brazil's ex- president Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:20 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — An investigation into allegations of influence peddling by Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could taint his image and weaken the ruling Workers' Party, analysts said Friday.

South Africa trains collide, over 200 injured Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:20 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Over 200 people were injured on Friday when a passenger train traveling near Johannesburg slammed into the back of another train, said Russel Meiring, an emergency services spokesman. "Our paramedics say that over 200 people have been treated for injuries," he said, adding that one of the trains had been derailed. No fatalities were reported. Train accidents and derailments are fairly common in Africa's most advanced economy, which is grappling with infrastructure issues including frequent power shortages. (Reporting by Ed Stoddard, editing by G Crosse)

Three girls blow themselves up in deadly Nigeria attacks Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:19 PM PDT Three girls staged suicide bombings in the Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday, killing at least 13 people as residents prepared for the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, police said. The attacks, in a northeastern area hard hit by the Boko Haram insurgency, came just days before Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari travels to Washington for talks with US counterpart Barack Obama. The bombings came on the day the country's new army chief was due to visit the city to meet soldiers battling Boko Haram.

Colombia to begin large-scale excavation of mass grave Posted: 17 Jul 2015 02:16 PM PDT BOGOTA (AP) — Colombian officials will soon begin exhumation of a mass grave that could prove to be the largest in the country's history, authorities said Friday.

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