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• Drowned refugee boys buried in Syria; crackdown crumbles in Hungary
• Saudi Arabia satisfied with Obama's assurances on Iran deal
• Buses take migrants west to Austria; Hungarian crackdown crumbles
• Merkel says Germany can cope with refugees without raising taxes
• Guatemala's president quits, jailed pending hearing on corruption charges
• Iranian official says there are ways to free U.S. journalist: NPR
• Druze leader killed in car bomb in southern Syria: monitor
• Guatemala ex-president tells court he's innocent of graft
• Austria says it and Germany will take refugees from Hungary
• Latest on US Open: Follow the bouncing ball with Djokovic
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Syria car bombs kill 26, including anti-regime Druze cleric: monitor
• The Latest: Austria, Germany to accept bused migrants
• FFA aware of security situation ahead of World Cup match
• Germany moves top of Euro 2016 qualifying group
• ConocoPhillips signals conditional support for U.N. climate deal
• Taylor takes Watson send-off as compliment
• Opposition leader arrested in Bolivia
• Austria, Germany ready to receive Hungary migrants: Austria Chancellor
• Day, Spieth rolling in opposite directions at TPC Boston
• Contract that launched The Beatles up for sale
• Austria chancellor: His country, Germany to grant unhindered passage to migrants from Hungary
• Hungary, Romania draw 0-0 in Euro 2016 qualifier
• Top former aide to Lula charged in Brazil corruption
• Migrants leave Budapest railway station on buses bound for Austria
• Trial winding down for popular Venezuela dissident leader
• France probes latest rape accusation against soldier in CAfrica
• Venus Williams moves closer to possible matchup with Serena
• Hungary lays on buses for refugees walking to Austria
• Austria, Germany to allow migrants to enter: Austrian chancellor
• Guatemala heads for elections amid political tumult
• Goetze leads Germany to 3-1 win over Poland and top spot
• Obama, Saudi King put warm gloss over differences
• Obama says US, Saudis want inclusive government in Yemen
• Cardin's opposition to Iran deal sets back White House hopes
• Malnourished child breastfed by dog rescued in Chile's north
• Denmark, Albania draw 0-0 in European qualifier
• Guatemala's ex-president says Mexican drug boss tried to bribe him
• Mexico finds airport cocaine, destroys 100 tons of marijuana

Drowned refugee boys buried in Syria; crackdown crumbles in Hungary Posted: 04 Sep 2015 01:28 PM PDT By Rodi Said and Krisztina Than KOBANI, Syria/ROSZKE, Hungary (Reuters) - - A Syrian father on Friday buried his wife and two little boys, drowned as they tried to flee to Europe, while hundreds of migrants fled from a detention camp and escaped a train stranded under police siege in Hungary. Hungary's hardline leader said Europeans could end up a minority on their own continent as a crackdown appeared to crumble in his own country, the main entry point for tens of thousands of refugees and migrants reaching the EU by land over the Balkan peninsula. Hungary has canceled all trains to western Europe to prevent migrants from traveling on and seeking sanctuary in richer countries north and west.

Saudi Arabia satisfied with Obama's assurances on Iran deal Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:03 PM PDT By Yeganeh Torbati and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is satisfied with assurances from U.S. President Barack Obama about the Iran nuclear deal and believes the agreement will contribute to security and stability in the Middle East, a senior Saudi official said on Friday. Saudi King Salman met with Obama at the White House on Friday to seek more support in countering Iran, as the Obama administration aimed to use the visit to shore up relations after a period of tensions. The visit is the king's first to the United States since ascending to the throne in January 2015, and comes after the United States agreed to a nuclear deal with Iran in July.

Buses take migrants west to Austria; Hungarian crackdown crumbles Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:24 PM PDT By Krisztina Than and Sandor Peto BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Long lines of buses left Budapest on Saturday packed with migrants bound for Austria, which said it had agreed with Germany to let them in as Hungary gave in to crowds, including Syrian refugees, that had set out on foot for western Europe. Hungary's right-wing government said around 100 buses would pick up thousands of migrants camped in front of Budapest's main railway terminus and another 1,200 striding down the main highway to Vienna led by a one-legged Syrian refugee and chanting "Germany, Germany!" Austria said they would be granted entry, regardless of European Union rules.

Merkel says Germany can cope with refugees without raising taxes Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:08 PM PDT Germany can cope with a record-breaking influx of refugees and migrants this year without raising taxes and without jeopardizing its goal of a balanced budget, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday. 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.

Guatemala's president quits, jailed pending hearing on corruption charges Posted: 03 Sep 2015 08:03 PM PDT By Alexandra Alper and Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election. Former vice president Alejandro Maldonado was sworn in as president to fill out the remaining months of Perez's term. "I am going to respect due process and face this," Perez told reporters after a court hearing and before he was escorted away to jail because he was deemed a flight risk.

Iranian official says there are ways to free U.S. journalist: NPR Posted: 04 Sep 2015 10:37 AM PDT The speaker of Iran's parliament said there were "practical ways" to free Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post's correspondent in Tehran who has been tried on espionage charges, and said a prisoner swap was one possible option. Ali Larijani, speaking in an interview with NPR aired on Friday, was asked whether there was a way for Rezaian and other Americans held in Iran to be freed. For example, there is a number of Iranians in prison here (in the United States) Definitely for matters of this sort, one can come up with solutions.

Druze leader killed in car bomb in southern Syria: monitor Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:48 PM PDT A car bomb blast killed a Druze leader and at least three other people in southern Syria on Friday, a monitor said. The explosion on the outskirts of the town of Sweida killed Sheikh Wahid al-Balous, who opposed both the Syrian government and Islamist insurgents fighting against it, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. A separate blast that occurred around the same time in Sweida killed and wounded dozens of people, the Observatory said.

Guatemala ex-president tells court he's innocent of graft Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:46 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Otto Perez Molina sat in a defendant's chair Friday and declared his innocence in a customs corruption scandal that forced him to resign a day earlier as president of this Central American nation.

Austria says it and Germany will take refugees from Hungary Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:57 PM PDT BICSKE, Hungary (AP) — After misery, delivery. Hundreds of migrants, exhausted after breaking away from police and marching for hours toward Western Europe, boarded buses provided by Hungary's government as Austria in the early-morning hours said it and Germany would let them in.

Latest on US Open: Follow the bouncing ball with Djokovic Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:33 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:32 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — A foreign suspect arrested at the border near Cambodia is unlikely to be the yellow-shirted man seen in security videos and suspected of planting a deadly bomb at a Bangkok shrine, but is definitely a conspirator, police said Friday. The apparent ruling out of the suspect — identified as Mieraili Yusufu or Yusufu Meerailee — as the main perpetrator suggests that the person who bombed the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok on Aug. 17 could still be at large despite two arrests and the naming of seven other suspects in recent days.

Syria car bombs kill 26, including anti-regime Druze cleric: monitor Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:31 PM PDT A prominent Druze cleric known for criticising Syria's regime and Islamists was assassinated in a car bomb attack that killed 25 others and sparked riots outside the city of Sweida on Friday, a monitor said. "Sheikh Wahid al-Balous was killed in a car bomb attack as he was driving on the outskirts of Sweida city," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Abdel Rahman said a second car bomb struck near the hospital in the Dahr al-Jabal neighbourhood where the wounded were being taken.

The Latest: Austria, Germany to accept bused migrants Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:27 PM PDT BICSKE, Hungary (AP) — The latest news as tens of thousands of migrants pour into countries across Europe. All times local (CET):

FFA aware of security situation ahead of World Cup match Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:26 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — Football Federation Australia says it is aware of the tense security situation in the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe just four days before the Socceroos' World Cup qualifying match at the city's Central Stadium.

Germany moves top of Euro 2016 qualifying group Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:25 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Germany assumed top spot in its European Championship qualifying group at Poland's expense, while Albania and Denmark could not take advantage of Portugal's competitive night off on Friday.

ConocoPhillips signals conditional support for U.N. climate deal Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:22 PM PDT By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips on Friday said it would support a UN climate change agreement if it met its own policy principles, including creating a "level playing among energy sources and between countries." The comments by the Houston-based company were a clarification of its position on the proposed UN agreement after it earlier in the week answered 'yes' to a question in a climate change survey that asked whether it backed a 2015 UN accord. The company's partial endorsement comes as pressure grows on U.S. oil majors to follow the lead of European counterparts who backed the UN climate negotiation process and called for a global carbon pricing system to tackle carbon emissions.

Taylor takes Watson send-off as compliment Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:19 PM PDT James Taylor may have got out when well set during the first one-day international against Australia but the way in which Shane Watson bade him farewell from the crease has encouraged the diminutive England batsman. Taylor fell for 49 in Southampton on Thursday, his exit sparking the end of England's hopes of chasing down a target of 306 in a match Australia eventually won by 59 runs to go 1-0 up in the five-match series ahead of Saturday's encounter at Lord's. The way Watson, who towered over the departing batsman, suggested he had somehow been personally insulted by Taylor's attempt to play a shot that has become a staple of limited overs cricket.

Opposition leader arrested in Bolivia Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:18 PM PDT LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian authorities working on a corruption case have arrested a top indigenous leader who has been critical of President Evo Morales' push to drill for oil and develop mining on traditional native lands in the eastern lowlands.

Austria, Germany ready to receive Hungary migrants: Austria Chancellor Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:16 PM PDT Austria and Germany have agreed to receive thousands of migrants due to arrive at the Hungarian border in the coming hours, Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann said early Saturday. Faymann told Austria's APA agency that he had informed Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban of the decision "in consultation" with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Day, Spieth rolling in opposite directions at TPC Boston Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:08 PM PDT NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Brendon de Jonge opened with a 6-under 65 in the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday that allowed the Zimbabwean to wonder if this might be the week he breaks through with his first win.

Contract that launched The Beatles up for sale Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:06 PM PDT The contract that launched the career of The Beatles will be sold in London later this month and is expected to fetch up to £500,000 (681,000 euros, $760,000), Sotheby's auction house said on Saturday. The document was signed by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr with their manager Brian Epstein on October 1, 1962 -- four days before the release of their first single "Love Me Do". Harrison and McCartney were under 21 at the time so their fathers acted as co-signatories and there was a clause in the contract stating that band members could be expelled "should two or more of them desire".

Austria chancellor: His country, Germany to grant unhindered passage to migrants from Hungary Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:03 PM PDT VIENNA (AP) — Austria chancellor: His country, Germany to grant unhindered passage to migrants from Hungary.

Hungary, Romania draw 0-0 in Euro 2016 qualifier Posted: 04 Sep 2015 04:01 PM PDT BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary and Romania drew 0-0 Friday in a European Championship qualifier as fans clashed before the game, with police using tear gas and water cannon.

Top former aide to Lula charged in Brazil corruption Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:59 PM PDT Brasília (AFP) - A former top aide to ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was charged Friday in Brazil's huge corruption probe, along with the former treasurer of the ruling Workers' Party. Jose Dirceu served as chief of staff to Lula between 2003 and 2005 and is one of the biggest names caught in the probe known as Operation Car Wash into bribery and embezzlement at state oil giant Petrobras. Dirceu, who has been detained since August 3, is accused of corruption and money laundering.

Migrants leave Budapest railway station on buses bound for Austria Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:58 PM PDT BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants left central Budapest early on Saturday in a long queue of buses laid on by Hungarian authorities overwhelmed by defiant crowds who had struck out on foot to Western Europe, a Reuters witness said. Many smiled, bidding goodbye to Hungarian volunteers who had brought food and water in recent days during which several thousand migrants were camped in front of a central railway station after authorities canceled all trains heading west to Austria and Germany. (Reporting by Sandor Peto, writing by Matt Robinson, editing by G Crosse)

Trial winding down for popular Venezuela dissident leader Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:52 PM PDT Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez appeared in court Friday for the final phase of his trial on charges of inciting violence during protests that shook the country last year. Lopez, a US-trained economist, is one of the main leaders of the radical opposition movement seeking to force the ouster of socialist President Nicolas Maduro's government. In May, the 44-year-old opposition leader staged a month-long hunger strike to pressure authorities to set a date for legislative elections.

France probes latest rape accusation against soldier in CAfrica Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:50 PM PDT French judicial authorities opened a probe late Friday after a teenager in the Central African Republic accused a French soldier of rape in the latest scandal to hit foreign troops deployed there. A judicial source said an investigation had been launched into rape and misuse of authority after the allegations by the teen, who fell pregnant, had a child and then lodged a paternity case. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, who is currently visiting the Central African Republic, announced the allegations on Thursday, saying UN staff had learned of the case on August 30.

Venus Williams moves closer to possible matchup with Serena Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:49 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — All in one fell swoop, Venus Williams eliminated one of the only two women who beat her younger sister this season and moved closer to a possible U.S. Open quarterfinal showdown against Serena.

Hungary lays on buses for refugees walking to Austria Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:43 PM PDT Hungary late Friday laid on buses to ferry hundreds of desperate refugees who had set off on foot for the Austrian border after being stranded for days in Budapest's main railway station. With tensions growing across a divided EU, the human cost of the refugee crisis was underlined as the father of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, whose drowning shocked the world, buried his family in their war-torn hometown. Germany urged an end to "recriminations" as Britain said it would take in thousands more Syrian refugees -- but only directly from camps, not those already in overstretched Hungary, Greece and Italy who are demanding their EU partners do more to help.

Austria, Germany to allow migrants to enter: Austrian chancellor Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:42 PM PDT ALPBACH, Austria (Reuters) - Austria and Germany have agreed to let migrants in Hungary to cross their borders, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said on his Facebook page on Saturday. "Because of today's emergency situation on the Hungarian border, Austria and Germany agree in this case to a continuation of the refugees' journey into their countries," Faymann said in the post. (Reporting by Shadia Nasralla, writing by Francois Murphy; editing by G Crosse)

Guatemala heads for elections amid political tumult Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:32 PM PDT Protesters railed against Guatemala's disgraced ex-president Otto Perez outside his court hearing on corruption allegations Friday, two days before elections that have been upended by his resignation and jailing. Hundreds of protesters outraged over a torrent of scandals that engulfed Perez's administration gathered outside the Supreme Court as prosecutors continued detailing their case against the fallen president. Many protesters called for the elections to be postponed until sweeping reforms can be implemented, even as candidates wrapped up their final day of campaigning.

Goetze leads Germany to 3-1 win over Poland and top spot Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:30 PM PDT FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Mario Goetze scored twice to help Germany beat Poland 3-1 Friday in their European Championship qualifier and replace the visitors at the top of Group D.

Obama, Saudi King put warm gloss over differences Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:26 PM PDT US President Barack Obama on Friday welcomed Saudi Arabia's King Salman for a long-delayed first White House summit marked by warm public words, amid clashing views on Middle Eastern crises. Obama made the rare move of greeting the 79-year-old monarch at the doors of the White House, as he hailed the "longstanding friendship" between the two countries. Salman's inaugural visit as king -- originally scheduled for May and canceled by Riyadh -- had been billed as a way of putting relations back on a more stable footing.

Obama says US, Saudis want inclusive government in Yemen Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Hosting Saudi Arabia's new monarch for the first time, President Barack Obama said Friday that the U.S. shares King Salman's desire for an inclusive government in Yemen that can relieve that impoverished Arab country's humanitarian crisis. Their talks also addressed the Iran nuclear deal, a source of lingering tension in the U.S.-Saudi relationship.

Cardin's opposition to Iran deal sets back White House hopes Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — White House hopes for stopping a congressional challenge to the Iran nuclear deal and sparing President Barack Obama from using a veto suffered a blow Friday when a key Senate Democrat announced his opposition.

Malnourished child breastfed by dog rescued in Chile's north Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:12 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean police say they have rescued a malnourished 2-year-old boy found being breastfed by a neighbor's dog.

Denmark, Albania draw 0-0 in European qualifier Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:09 PM PDT COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark failed to take its chance to move away from Albania in their European Championship group with a 0-0 draw Friday, while Serbia beat Armenia 2-0.

Guatemala's ex-president says Mexican drug boss tried to bribe him Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:08 PM PDT By Enrique Pretel GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Fighting graft accusations, Guatemala's former President Otto Perez said on Friday he could have made "10 or 15 times" the money he is accused of stealing if he had taken bribes offered by powerful Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Returning to court for his second day of hearings, Perez said Guzman tried to buy him off shortly after he was captured in Guatemala in 1993.

Mexico finds airport cocaine, destroys 100 tons of marijuana Posted: 04 Sep 2015 03:02 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican police seized a ton of so-called "black cocaine" at Mexico City's airport and destroyed more than 100 tons of marijuana plants in western state of Nayarit, according to statements from federal authorities.

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