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• Austria and Germany open borders to migrants offloaded by Hungary
• Coalition attacks Yemen capital after UAE, Saudi soldiers killed
• At least 47 killed in clashes between Islamic State and Syrian rebels: monitor
• Britain signals move toward air strikes in Syria
• Migration crisis tears at EU's cohesion and tarnishes its image
• Kerry tells Lavrov of U.S. concern over Russian moves in Syria
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• It's official and Australia loves it: Hayne makes 49ers
• Rio Olympic canoeing test event hit with worries over weeds
• Brazil scores early, beat Costa Rica 1-0
• AFP's Bulent Kilic wins international photojournalism honour
• Argentine accused of locking wife, autistic son in cage
• Latest on US Open: Young has another comeback 5-set win
• Britain 'to take 15,000 Syrian refugees': report
• Chile upholds conviction for dictatorship-era murders of Americans
• Nakaitaci snatches win for France over Scotland
• Ex-Australian rugby league star Jarryd Hayne makes 49ers
• Merkel says Germany can cope with refugees without raising taxes
• Braehmer TKOs Konrad in 8th to keep WBA light-heavy belt
• Tonga beats Romania for first time 21-16 in RWC warm-upl
• Judge signals end to challenge to Arizona immigration law
• Promised Land awaits for Wales in Israel clash
• Drowned Syrian boys' aunt wants to bring family to Canada
• England qualifies for Euro 2016, Spain avenges Slovakia loss
• Lions lead Currie Cup before Bulls showdown
• Spain beats Slovakia 2-0 to tighten race in Euro qualifying
• US warns Russia against more aid to Assad amid new violence
• France edges past Scotland 19-16 in final RWC warm-up
• Authorities struggle to identify dead in migrant tragedies
• France taken to extra time; Serbia beats Spain at Eurobasket
• Aussie rugby star Hayne makes NFL 49ers squad
• US event honors labor hero to many, murderer to others
• Tropical Storm Grace forms over eastern Atlantic
• Six killed in Spain when rally car spins out of control
• England qualifies for Euro 2016, Rooney ties scoring record
• Resurgent Russia beats Sweden in Euro 2016 qualifying

Austria and Germany open borders to migrants offloaded by Hungary Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:01 PM PDT By Krisztina Than and Irene Preisinger HEGYESHALOM, Hungary/MUNICH (Reuters) - Austria and Germany threw open their borders on Saturday to thousands of exhausted migrants from the east, bussed to the frontier by a right-wing Hungarian government that had tried to stop them but was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people. Left to walk the last yards into Austria, rain-soaked migrants, many of them refugees from Syria's civil war, were whisked by train and shuttle bus first to Vienna and then on by train to Munich and other cities in Germany. By early evening, about 6,000 had arrived in Munich and nearly 2,000 more were expected on two trains due after midnight, said Christoph Hillenbrand, head of the Upper Bavaria regional administration.

Coalition attacks Yemen capital after UAE, Saudi soldiers killed Posted: 05 Sep 2015 07:53 AM PDT By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Warplanes from the United Arab Emirates struck Houthi targets across Yemen, state news agency WAM said on Saturday, a day after at least 60 soldiers from a Saudi-led coalition, mostly Emiratis, were killed in an attack in central Yemen. WAM said the UAE air force struck a mine-making plant in the Houthi-dominated Saada province in northern Yemen, as well as military camps and weapon stores in the central Ibb province, causing "heavy damage". Apart from 45 Emiratis and five Bahrainis, Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV reported on Saturday that 10 Saudi soldiers were also killed in the attack in Marib province on Friday, quoting Brigadier-General Ahmed al-Asiri, the coalition spokesman.

At least 47 killed in clashes between Islamic State and Syrian rebels: monitor Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:46 AM PDT At least 47 fighters were killed in clashes between the Islamic State group and rival Syrian rebels, a monitor said on Saturday, in an area where the United States and Turkey are planning to open a new front against Islamic State militants. The renewed fighting raged on Friday around the rebel-held town of Marea, 20 km (12 miles) from the Turkish border, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The area falls within a "safe zone" Turkey said last month it would set up in northern Syria to help keep Islamic State at bay.

Britain signals move toward air strikes in Syria Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:33 PM PDT By Nick Tattersall and William Schomberg ANKARA/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain moved closer to military action in Syria as a senior minister on Saturday said Europe's migration crisis had to be tackled at its source and a newspaper said a parliamentary vote on bombing Islamic State militants in Syria could take place next month. Finance minister George Osborne said Britain and Europe had to find a way to tackle the conflict in Syria as well as provide asylum to those genuinely fleeing persecution. "You've got to deal with the problem at source, which is this evil Assad regime and the ISIL (Islamic State) terrorists, and you need a comprehensive plan for a more stable, peaceful Syria," Osborne told Reuters in an interview.

Migration crisis tears at EU's cohesion and tarnishes its image Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:05 PM PDT By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Deep divisions over how to cope with a flood of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia pose a threat to the European Union's values and global standing and may diminish its ability to act jointly to reform the euro zone and ease Greece's debt. With harrowing images of drowning children, refugees being herded on and off trains and beaten by police, and barbed-wire fences slicing across Europe, the migration crisis is the moral equivalent of the euro zone crisis. By making the EU look ineffective, disunited and heartless, pitting member states against each other and fuelling political populism and anti-Muslim sentiment, the latest crisis is undermining the ideals of European integration.

Kerry tells Lavrov of U.S. concern over Russian moves in Syria Posted: 05 Sep 2015 12:07 PM PDT Secretary of State John Kerry expressed U.S. concern over reports of Russia's enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call on Saturday with his Russian counterpart, the State Department said. "The secretary made clear that if such reports were accurate, these actions could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation with the anti-ISIL coalition operating in Syria," the department said, using an acronym for Islamic State. It said Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed that discussions on the Syrian conflict would continue this month in New York, where the U.N. General Assembly meets.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 05 Sep 2015 05:02 PM PDT NARAHA, Japan (AP) — Japan's government on Saturday lifted a 4 1/2-year-old evacuation order for the northeastern town of Naraha that had sent all of the town's 7,400 residents away following the disaster at the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. Naraha became the first to get the order lifted among seven municipalities forced to empty entirely due to radiation contamination following the massive earthquake and tsunami that sent the plant's reactors into triple meltdowns in March 2011.

It's official and Australia loves it: Hayne makes 49ers Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:53 PM PDT BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The Jarryd Hayne bandwagon Down Under just got a little more crowded.

Rio Olympic canoeing test event hit with worries over weeds Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:49 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The second day of an Olympic canoeing test event on Saturday brought more complaints about weeds floating in Rio de Janeiro's polluted course, with canoeists saying it was too shallow and needed to be dredged.

Brazil scores early, beat Costa Rica 1-0 Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:24 PM PDT HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Hulk scored in the 10th minute after an early stretch of Brazilian dominance and the five-time world champion beat Costa Rica 1-0 on Saturday in a World Cup qualifying tuneup match.

AFP's Bulent Kilic wins international photojournalism honour Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:23 PM PDT Agence France-Presse photographer Bulent Kilic was honoured Saturday at photojournalism's biggest annual festival for dramatic images of refugees fleeing across the Turkish border. Kilic, 35, won the Visa d'Or for News, the most prestigious award handed out at the "Visa Pour L'Image" festival in Perpignan, southwestern France.

Argentine accused of locking wife, autistic son in cage Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:15 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine man kept his troubled wife and autistic son in a filthy cage by day for at least two years, a prosecutor said Saturday.

Latest on US Open: Young has another comeback 5-set win Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:14 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the US Open (all times local):

Britain 'to take 15,000 Syrian refugees': report Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:59 PM PDT The British government is poised to accept 15,000 Syrian refugees and hopes next month to get backing for air strikes against Islamic State jihadists, the Sunday Times reported. Prime Minister David Cameron has been under pressure internationally and domestically to address the refugee crisis. On Thursday, he said he was "deeply moved" by images of three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, found dead on a Turkish beach.

Chile upholds conviction for dictatorship-era murders of Americans Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:48 PM PDT A judge upheld the murder convictions Saturday of a retired Chilean general for killing Americans Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi in the days after the country's 1973 military coup. The Santiago Appeals Court also confirmed the sentence of seven years in prison for retired army brigadier general Pedro Espinoza, a court statement said. Espinoza was already serving time for those and similar crimes at Punta Peuco prison, a special jail in Santiago for military staff convicted of human rights violations.

Nakaitaci snatches win for France over Scotland Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:38 PM PDT A late Noa Nakaitaci try snatched a 19-16 win for France over Scotland in a final World Cup warm-up test at the Stade de France on Saturday. Frederic Michalak kicked three penalties, with Scott Spedding adding a fourth for the French and Greig Laidlaw accounting for Scotland's three penalties. Laidlaw kicked the visitors to a half-time lead after France's Wesley Fofana had a try disallowed.

Ex-Australian rugby league star Jarryd Hayne makes 49ers Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:35 PM PDT SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jarryd Hayne joined the San Francisco 49ers this past spring with a daunting task of making the transition from rugby league star back home in Australia to NFL newcomer across the world.

Merkel says Germany can cope with refugees without raising taxes Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:33 PM PDT By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany can cope with a record influx of refugees this year without raising taxes and without jeopardizing its balanced budget, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday. With relatively liberal asylum laws and generous benefits, Germany is the European Union's biggest recipient of refugees fleeing war in the Middle East and economic migrants from southeastern Europe. More than 100,000 asylum seekers registered in August, and about 800,000 refugees and migrants are expected to come to Germany in total this year -- four times last year's level.

Braehmer TKOs Konrad in 8th to keep WBA light-heavy belt Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:31 PM PDT DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Juergen Braehmer defeated fellow German Konni Konrad by an eighth-round technical knockout to retain his WBA light heavyweight title in a one-sided bout on Saturday.

Tonga beats Romania for first time 21-16 in RWC warm-upl Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:22 PM PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tonga held on in Bucharest to beat Romania 21-16 for the first time in the last Rugby World Cup warm-up match for the teams on Saturday.

Judge signals end to challenge to Arizona immigration law Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:13 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — Challengers of Arizona's landmark immigration law failed to show that police would enforce the statute differently for Latinos than it would for people of other ethnicities, a judge said in a ruling that dismissed the last of several challenges to the law.

Promised Land awaits for Wales in Israel clash Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:13 PM PDT Wales can end 57 years of obscurity and heartbreak on Sunday when they play Israel in Cardiff needing a win to qualify for next year's European Championship in France. It was 1958 when Wales last reached a major tournament, ironically beating Israel in a play-off to qualify for that year's World Cup in Sweden, where a side bereft of injured Juventus striker John Charles fell to Pele's Brazil in the quarter-finals. Wales have endured one-sided defeats, agonising near-misses and personal tragedy in the intervening years, but Gareth Bale's thumping headed winner against Cyprus on Thursday has set the scene for a night of catharsis at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Drowned Syrian boys' aunt wants to bring family to Canada Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:10 PM PDT COQUITLAM, British Columbia (AP) — The aunt of a drowned Syrian boy whose death has sparked global outrage about the plight of refugees in Europe says she hopes to bring the rest of her family to Canada.

England qualifies for Euro 2016, Spain avenges Slovakia loss Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:50 PM PDT England became the first team to qualify for the 2016 European Championship by crushing San Marino 6-0, while defending champion Spain avenged a rare loss to Slovakia with a 2-0 victory on Saturday.

Lions lead Currie Cup before Bulls showdown Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:49 PM PDT Lions survived a scare to defeat Kings 37-21 Saturday and take a one-point lead halfway through the South African Currie Cup league phase. Bulls, who host Lions next weekend, are second with 24 points after failing to secure a bonus-point win for the first time this season when overcoming Cheetahs 24-17 in Pretoria. Sharks come next in the standings, two points adrift of Province, thanks to a dramatic 27-26 victory against Pumas in Durban.

Spain beats Slovakia 2-0 to tighten race in Euro qualifying Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:49 PM PDT OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — Spain beat Slovakia 2-0 to move level on points at the top of their European Championship qualifying group on Saturday.

US warns Russia against more aid to Assad amid new violence Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:48 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Anti-government violence erupted Saturday in a southern Syrian province that had largely stayed on the sidelines of the country's civil war. Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports suggesting that Russia was planning to expand its military support for Syrian President Bashar Assad prompted a warning from the U.S. that such actions could lead to a confrontation with coalition forces.

France edges past Scotland 19-16 in final RWC warm-up Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:47 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Left winger left winger Noa Nakaitaci scored a late try as France rallied to beat Scotland 19-16 in their last warm-up match for the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.

Authorities struggle to identify dead in migrant tragedies Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:28 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — Adal Neguse, an Eritrean immigrant whose brother drowned in a smuggler's boat while trying to reach Italy in 2013, knows all too well what might be in store for the relatives of those dying now in similar accidents in the Mediterranean.

France taken to extra time; Serbia beats Spain at Eurobasket Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:26 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Defending champion France needed overtime to overcome Finland 97-87 as the opening day of the European Basketball Championships produced tight games and some surprises on Saturday.

Aussie rugby star Hayne makes NFL 49ers squad Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:23 PM PDT Australia rugby league star Jarryd Hayne made the cut Saturday for the San Francisco 49ers final 53-man roster for the upcoming NFL season. The 27-year-old, who turned his back on rugby league last year to pursue the seemingly unlikely dream of an NFL career, was something of a mystery going into training camp. The running back's run of 53 yards against the Houston Texans was the third longest in the NFL this pre-season.

US event honors labor hero to many, murderer to others Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:14 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Swedish-born labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill is revered by many as a hero. To others, he was a murderer who gunned down a Salt Lake City grocer and his son and got what he deserved when he was executed by firing squad in 1915.

Tropical Storm Grace forms over eastern Atlantic Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:14 PM PDT Tropical Storm Grace formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Saturday with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was heading west on a path that could take it in the direction of the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said. It became the seventh named storm of the current hurricane season, the Miami-based hurricane center said. Erika, a tropical storm that killed 20 people on the Caribbean island of Dominica and at least one person in Haiti, fell apart on Aug. 29 over eastern Cuba.

Six killed in Spain when rally car spins out of control Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:08 PM PDT Six people were killed and several others injured when a rally car spun out of control at the Coruna rally in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia on Saturday, the Civil Guard said. "One of the drivers took the track at a much higher speed than he should have and he veered off a curve, slamming into around 20 people," a Civil Guard spokesman said. Television footage showed a rally car careering off a woodland track into a throng of onlookers in a cloud of dust.

England qualifies for Euro 2016, Rooney ties scoring record Posted: 05 Sep 2015 01:58 PM PDT SERRAVALLE, San Marino (AP) — England became the first team to qualify for the 2016 European Championship by beating San Marino 6-0 on Saturday, with Wayne Rooney's opening goal tying him for first place on the country's all-time scoring list.

Resurgent Russia beats Sweden in Euro 2016 qualifying Posted: 05 Sep 2015 01:51 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russia revived its hopes of qualifying for the 2016 European Championship by defeating Sweden 1-0 at home on Saturday.

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