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• Migrants shut Eurostar trains to UK; dead wash up on Turkish beach
• China to put on huge show of force for World War Two anniversary
• Five Chinese ships in Bering Sea as Obama visits Alaska
• Russia delays start of U.N. probe of Syria gas attacks: envoys
• White House says Obama, Saudi's Salman will discuss energy market
• Mali river boat accident kills at least 18
• Troubled Puerto Rico power company in deal with bondholders
• Indonesia extradites ex-police officer sought in US murder
• Colombia to give citizenship to Venezuelans hurt by crisis
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• 28 die in bombing of Yemen Shiite mosque claimed by IS
• US Open Glance
• Drowned toddler sparks fresh horror over Europe migrant crisis
• Ntaganda: DR Congo's ruthless wartime 'Terminator'
• Thousands petition UK government to accept more refugees
• Canada routs Cuba in the Olympic qualifying tournament
• Latest on US Open: Nadal wins in straight sets in 2nd round
• White House clinches support for Iran nuclear deal
• US officials mark 70th anniversary of WWII's official end
• Migrant child's body on beach shocks Europe
• Russia delays new body to assign blame for Syrian attacks
• Obstacle to moving Rio Olympic venues? 1,400 silent athletes
• Truckers fear migrants crisis will lead to more border controls
• Merkel's conservatives want to limit incentives for refugees: paper
• Wing, Berry in tight battle for Steelers punter
• Luxembourg's foreign minister calls for EU-wide refugee authority
• Syrian war amputees join torturous Balkan migrant route
• After hiatus, Tim Howard won't be US starter vs Mexico
• Obama heads to remote reaches of Alaska on last day of tour
• Factbox: Ways to help refugees and migrants in Europe and beyond
• UN council weighs action on Mediterranean migrant crisis
• Mexico's president acknowledges distrust, fear
• England a magnet for players as clubs flex financial muscle
• Boko Haram kill 'dozens' in NE Nigeria: locals
• Obama visit to Arctic spotlights tough life in Alaska
• Russia holds up start of UN Syria chemical weapons probe
• 'Difficult' to finish EU-Cuba talks this year: EU official
• Kenya government makes major security reshuffle
• French judges say no proof Arafat poisoned, closing case

Migrants shut Eurostar trains to UK; dead wash up on Turkish beach Posted: 02 Sep 2015 02:07 PM PDT By John Pullman and Marton Dunai CALAIS, France/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants poured overnight onto the high-speed railway linking Paris with London near the French port of Calais, stranding passengers in darkness aboard Eurostar trains. Photos of a drowned toddler face down in the surf spread quickly across the Internet, yet another searing image from Europe's worst migration crisis since the 1990s Balkan wars. Outside a Budapest train station, an angry crowd camped out demanding to board trains for Germany, as Europe's asylum system crumbled under the strain of the influx.

China to put on huge show of force for World War Two anniversary Posted: 02 Sep 2015 02:05 PM PDT By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - China will put on a huge show of force on Thursday with goose-stepping troops and nuclear-capable missiles parading through Beijing, marking 70 years since the end of World War Two and the country's growing military might and confidence. More than 12,000 soldiers, most Chinese but with contingents from Russia and elsewhere, will march past Tiananmen Square overseen by President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of several other friendly nations, including Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Many Western leaders will be conspicuous by their absence, nervous about appearing on the same stage as people like Putin and about the message China is sending to a region already worried by Beijing's growing military assertiveness, especially in the South China Sea.

Five Chinese ships in Bering Sea as Obama visits Alaska Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:27 PM PDT By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Chinese Navy ships are sailing in international waters in the Bering Sea off Alaska, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, in an apparent first for China's military that came as U.S. President Barack Obama toured the U.S. state. Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said it was the first time the United States had seen Chinese navy ships in the Bering Sea.

Russia delays start of U.N. probe of Syria gas attacks: envoys Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:50 PM PDT Russia is delaying the launch of an international investigation aimed at assigning blame for chemical weapon attacks in Syria, U.N. Security Council diplomats said on Wednesday, though Moscow's U.N. envoy said the holdup was for technical reasons. In a letter to the 15-nation council last week, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined his plans for an investigation into toxic gas attacks in Syria, to be conducted by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

White House says Obama, Saudi's Salman will discuss energy market Posted: 02 Sep 2015 02:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will discuss the global energy market with Saudi's King Salman when the two leaders meet at the White House on Friday, Obama's deputy national security advisor, Ben Rhodes, said on Wednesday. Obama and Salman are meeting amidst uncertainty in the oil market. Rhodes told reporters on a call that energy will not be the forefront topic, but is often addressed as a routine item in meetings between American and Saudi Arabian leaders. (Reporting By Julia Edwards; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Mali river boat accident kills at least 18 Posted: 02 Sep 2015 02:37 PM PDT At least 18 people died when a pirogue carrying passengers on the River Niger in central Mali capsized on Wednesday, said a spokesman for the country's Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. There were four missing and 70 survivors from the accident that took place around 5 a.m. (1 a.m. EDT) in the rural community of Deboye in Mopti region's Bangou locality, spokesman Sounkolo Togola told Reuters.

Troubled Puerto Rico power company in deal with bondholders Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:43 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The troubled state-owned Puerto Rico power company announced a restructuring plan Wednesday with some of its creditors that would provide breathing room for an island staggering under the weight of its public debt.

Indonesia extradites ex-police officer sought in US murder Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:38 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former Austin, Texas, police officer has been charged with capital murder in the death of his pregnant girlfriend.

Colombia to give citizenship to Venezuelans hurt by crisis Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:35 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia is giving citizenship to dozens of Venezuelans separated from family members as part of President Nicolas Maduro's crackdown on illegal immigration along the border.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:32 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — Foreign Islamic militants have been able to secure Pakistani national identity cards for years in exchange for bribes as low as $100, giving them vastly greater freedom to operate, according to a report by Pakistan's top intelligence agency obtained by The Associated Press. The issue of foreign jihadis operating so easily in Pakistan has regional and even global implications. The country has long been a destination for aspiring global jihadis to receive training, some of whom are sent back abroad to conduct attacks. Foreign governments, particularly neighboring Afghanistan, have frequently accused elements of the Pakistani government of sheltering Islamic militant groups that frequent the porous and lawless tribal regions along the Afghan border.

28 die in bombing of Yemen Shiite mosque claimed by IS Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:30 PM PDT A suicide bomber hit a Shiite mosque in the Yemeni capital Wednesday, killing at least 28 people in the latest such attack to be claimed by the Islamic State group. The attack came hours after the Red Cross said a gunman killed two of its Yemeni employees in the war-torn country's rebel-held north in a "deliberate" attack. The Islamic State group said a man identified as Qusai al-Sanaani blew himself inside the mosque in the northern Jarraf district after sunset prayers.

US Open Glance Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:30 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A look at Wednesday's play at the $42.3 million U.S. Open tennis championships:

Drowned toddler sparks fresh horror over Europe migrant crisis Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:29 PM PDT Heart-rending pictures of a toddler's lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror on Wednesday as the cost of Europe's burgeoning refugee crisis hit home. The images of a tiny child lying face down in the surf at one of Turkey's main tourist resorts has once more put a human face on the dangers faced by tens of thousands of desperate people who risk life and limb to seek a new life in Europe.

Ntaganda: DR Congo's ruthless wartime 'Terminator' Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:26 PM PDT Tall, smug, and said to be trigger-happy too, the 41-year-old Ntaganda fought for different rebel groups as well as for the Democratic Republic of Congo's army from his late teens. The fifth former Congolese warlord in the dock before the International Criminal Court, he is the first to have given himself up as his M23 rebel army foundered and signed a peace deal with government troops in 2013. Behind ICC bars he "keeps himself busy", says Bourgon, "regularly taking part in sports activities, reading a lot and going to English classes".

Thousands petition UK government to accept more refugees Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:21 PM PDT Tens of thousands of British people petitioned their government to do its part to help an unprecedented influx of refugees fleeing war and violence to safety in Europe on Wednesday. A parliamentary petition calling on the conservative government of Prime Minister David Cameron to accept more asylum seekers gained over 40,000 signatures after a photo of a drowned child on a beach in Turkey went viral. The government is obliged to respond as the petition with over 10,000 signatures, and if it reaches 100,000 the issue will be considered for debate in parliament.

Canada routs Cuba in the Olympic qualifying tournament Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:16 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nick Stauskas and Andrew Wiggins scored 15 points each in limited action and Canada routed Cuba 101-59 on Wednesday for its first victory in the Olympic qualifying tournament.

Latest on US Open: Nadal wins in straight sets in 2nd round Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:10 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):

White House clinches support for Iran nuclear deal Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:10 PM PDT US President Barack Obama on Wednesday earned sufficient congressional backing to ensure the Iran nuclear deal does not get blocked, when a veteran Democrat became the crucial 34th senator to back the controversial accord. Most US lawmakers are opposed to the deal, which would ease punishing economic sanctions on Tehran while preventing it from advancing its nuclear program. Many Republicans warn that the Islamic republic will seek to cheat its way to an atomic bomb.

US officials mark 70th anniversary of WWII's official end Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:09 PM PDT PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — U.S. officials gathered on a decommissioned battleship in Pearl Harbor to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II's end.

Migrant child's body on beach shocks Europe Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:08 PM PDT A photograph of a toddler's lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach after a migrant boat sank swept across Europe on Wednesday, in a poignant image of the refugee crisis. The images showed the little boy lying face down in the sand near Bodrum, one of Turkey's prime tourist resorts, before he was picked up by a police officer in photographs taken by the Dogan news agency.

Russia delays new body to assign blame for Syrian attacks Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:08 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia is holding up Security Council approval to establish a new international body to assign blame for chemical attacks in Syria's deadly conflict for the first time.

Obstacle to moving Rio Olympic venues? 1,400 silent athletes Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:06 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic organizers have agreed to test for viruses in Rio's sewage-filled waters.

Truckers fear migrants crisis will lead to more border controls Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:02 PM PDT By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - Truckers caught up in Europe's migrant crisis say business is increasingly disrupted by queues and stowaways, but they are far more worried governments will step up border controls. If the border-free zone within Europe were to disintegrate or be scrapped, it would call into question not only the road haulage industry's own, time-sensitive business model but the supply chains of industries across the continent, they say. Faced with an influx of migrants, the European Union's 28-nation members have accused one another of breaking the law with ad hoc measures and failing to join forces to agree a common, workable solution.

Merkel's conservatives want to limit incentives for refugees: paper Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:02 PM PDT German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives want to limit the financial incentives for refugees coming to the country as their numbers soar, a paper showed on Wednesday, underlining the strain the crisis is putting on Europe's largest economy. With relatively liberal asylum laws and generous benefits, Germany is the EU's biggest recipient of people fleeing war in the Middle East and economic migrants from southeastern Europe. A record 104,460 asylum seekers entered the country in August, and it expects about 800,000 people to file for asylum this year - four times last year's level.

Wing, Berry in tight battle for Steelers punter Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:00 PM PDT PITTSBURGH (AP) — The punting competition that wasn't supposed to be much of a competition has become something else entirely for Brad Wing and Jordan Berry.

Luxembourg's foreign minister calls for EU-wide refugee authority Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:59 PM PDT Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn called for the creation of an EU-wide refugee authority, saying the same standards needed to be used to deal with asylum applications across the region. Asselborn, Luxembourg's minister in charge of migration, suggested expanding the European Asylum Support Office, an EU agency based in Malta, into a European refugee authority, in an interview due to be published in the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Thursday. Luxembourg currently holds the rotating EU presidency.

Syrian war amputees join torturous Balkan migrant route Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:59 PM PDT Near Idomeni (Greece) (AFP) - "However hard you try, you just can't imagine how hard this journey is for me," says Abu Fahed, 25, who lost both his legs in a bombing and is fleeing Syria's war through the Balkans in a wheelchair. "I am not allowed into Jordan or Lebanon for treatment, so I had to be smuggled to Turkey just so I could make this journey to a European country with decent health facilities," he said.

After hiatus, Tim Howard won't be US starter vs Mexico Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Howard returned to the U.S. soccer team knowing he'd be playing behind Brad Guzan at least through mid-October.

Obama heads to remote reaches of Alaska on last day of tour Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:57 PM PDT By Roberta Rampton DILLINGHAM, Alaska (Reuters) - President Barack Obama headed to remote fly-in native villages of Alaska on Wednesday on a trek the White House hopes will bring attention to how climate change is affecting Americans. Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit a community north of the Arctic Circle when he flies into Kotzebue, an Arctic town of about 3,000 that is battling coastal erosion caused by rising seas. Before going to Kotzebue, Obama went to Dillingham, home to one of the world's largest sockeye salmon fisheries, where residents are fighting the Pebble Mine copper and gold project that has been proposed by Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Ignoring a light drizzle, he walked down the banks of the Nushagak River where women who fish for a living had anchored fishing nets to shore to catch a silver salmon.

Factbox: Ways to help refugees and migrants in Europe and beyond Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:56 PM PDT Looking for ways to help the hundreds of the thousands of refugees and migrants en route to the European Union to flee wars and poverty? Doctors Without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org/) Through mid-August, the international aid group says it has rescued 11,482 people at risk of drowning through its search and rescue operations on the Mediterranean Sea. USA for UNHCR (www.unrefugees.org): Some 2,500 refugees and migrants have died or gone missing this year, the UNHCR says.

UN council weighs action on Mediterranean migrant crisis Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:51 PM PDT The UN Security Council is discussing a draft resolution to address the crisis arising from the wave of migrants crossing the Mediterranean into Europe, Russia's envoy said Wednesday. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the new measure "may well be" adopted this month during Russia's presidency of the 15-member council. The new text would be slightly different than previous draft resolution that would have allowed a EU naval force to clamp down on migrant smugglers that operate in Libyan territorial waters.

Mexico's president acknowledges distrust, fear Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:42 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto acknowledged Wednesday that the country's crime, corruption and economic troubles have caused distrust and anger among Mexicans.

England a magnet for players as clubs flex financial muscle Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:38 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — For the final months of 2015, clubs in continental Europe can relax: English clubs cannot plunder their top talent until January.

Boko Haram kill 'dozens' in NE Nigeria: locals Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:38 PM PDT Boko Haram gunmen on horseback killed dozens of people in a village in northeast Nigeria's Borno state near the border with Cameroon, local eyewitnesses told AFP on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday morning in Fatawe village near Gwoza, where around 100 Boko Haram militants rounding up residents, tying their hands behind their backs then slitting their throats, they said. "They killed several dozens but I can't give a precise number because we have yet to go back and take a headcount of the dead" said Amodu Kadir, a village resident who fled to Mubi village in neighbouring Adamawa state.

Obama visit to Arctic spotlights tough life in Alaska Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:35 PM PDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — With a historic visit to the Alaska Arctic, President Barack Obama was shining a spotlight Wednesday on the plight of residents in rural Alaska, where Alaska Natives and others toil under rough-and-tumble conditions that most Americans would be hard-pressed to imagine.

Russia holds up start of UN Syria chemical weapons probe Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:34 PM PDT Russia said Wednesday it was considering details of how to establish a UN team to investigate chemical weapons attacks in Syria, holding up final Security Council approval to launch the probe. A key ally of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, Russia last month joined the 14 other council members in adopting a resolution setting up the team. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week informed the council of the specifics of his plan to set up the three-person panel.

'Difficult' to finish EU-Cuba talks this year: EU official Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:16 PM PDT The EU and Cuba have made good progress in normalisation talks but getting an accord this year, the stated aim of both sides, may prove difficult, an EU official said Wednesday. It is better to have a good agreement before an early agreement," the official told a briefing ahead of the next round of talks in Havana next week. Both sides reported good progress on trade and economic issues at their last meeting in June in Brussels but EU sources said then that sharp differences over human rights remained.

Kenya government makes major security reshuffle Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:12 PM PDT Kenya's government on Wednesday announced major changes in its administrative and security personnel, with a clear focus on tackling the worsening insecurity linked to Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab rebels. The movements bring in a new Nairobi police chief and county commissioner, as well as the county commissioner and other key positions in the counties of Mandera, Wajir and Garissa, which border Somalia. A new police chief was also appointed in the restive port city of Mombasa, where police are struggling to tackle both a Shebab recruitment drive in the Muslim-majority coastal region -- something which has dented the key tourism sector -- as well as a worsening drugs problem.

French judges say no proof Arafat poisoned, closing case Posted: 02 Sep 2015 03:10 PM PDT French judges investigating claims that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was murdered have closed the case without bringing any charges, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. "At the end of the investigation... it has not been demonstrated that Mr Yasser Arafat was murdered by polonium-210 poisoning," the three judges ruled, according to the prosecutor at Nanterre court near Paris. The decision was blasted as "fundamentally biased" by lawyers for Arafat's widow Suha and rejected by the Palestinian Authority's own inquiry committee.

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