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• Exclusive: Iran to take Parchin military site samples with IAEA present - diplomats 
• Hungary PM slams migrant 'rebellion', U.N. warns of millions more refugees
• At least 107 killed by falling crane at Grand Mosque in Mecca
• Russia tells Washington: talk to us over Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'
• Greece's Syriza heads pre-election polls, but lead unclear
• U.S.-Venezuela rapprochement rocked by Lopez sentence
• Djokovic routs defending champ Cilic in US Open semifinal
• Sierra wildfire threatens famed giant sequoia grove in California
• Mexican cave paintings restored with advice from American
• A look at some big upsets in women's Grand Slam tennis
• In Italy, Vinci's parents celebrate on the couch in tears
• Obama likely to meet Israel's Netanyahu in November, White House says
• Cuba, US launch normalization process
• 3 immigration detainees on hunger strike ordered force-fed
• Teen faces charges in attack on Sikh man in suburban Chicago
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Outrage as Venezuela opposition chief sentenced
• Mistrial for US officer who slammed Indian man to ground
• Guatemala's rock star: Quiet jurist who took down president
• Killed in Syria, the French football fan turned bombmaker
• Jamie Lovemark leads Web.com Tour Finals opener
• Saudis: 107 dead in crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque
• Glance at major hajj-related incidents in Saudi Arabia
• Column: What a letdown! Serena loses shot at Grand Slam
• The Latest on US Open: Djokovic crushes Cilic in semifinal
• French train heroes: Foiling attack gives new view on 9/11
• Mexico seeks house-arrest site for old drug lord
• Mayweather insists Berto is last fight of perfect career
• Brazil police want to question former president Silva
• Cuban envoy makes 'historic' visit to US Navy ship
• Turkey to lift curfew in cut-off Cizre
• U.S., allies conduct 30 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
• Chile Catholic Church rocked by email scandal
• Turkey's ruling AKP heads into congress in shadow of Erdogan
• Saudi bans hajj camel slaughter
• Nigeria tightens security after refugee camp blast
• US captain wants Walker Cup players to have 'fun'
• AP PHOTOS: Tribe struggles for survival in Colombia.

Exclusive: Iran to take Parchin military site samples with IAEA present - diplomats  Posted: 11 Sep 2015 01:39 PM PDT By John Irish and Louis Charbonneau PARIS/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations inspectors will be present with Iranian technicians as they take samples from a key military site, two Western diplomats said, undercutting an objection by U.S. Republicans to the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. The diplomats were familiar with details of a confidential arrangement between Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog for inspections at the Parchin site, where some countries suspect nuclear weapons-related tests may have taken place. Iran has denied that allegation, but agreed to accept comprehensive International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of its suspect sites as part of the historic July deal in exchange for an easing of international sanctions.

Hungary PM slams migrant 'rebellion', U.N. warns of millions more refugees Posted: 11 Sep 2015 01:12 PM PDT By Krisztina Than and Stephanie Nebehay BUDAPEST/GENEVA (Reuters) - Hungary's prime minister angrily accused illegal migrants on Friday of "rebelling" against the rule of law in his country as security forces across Europe struggled to control record flows of hungry, scared refugees. The United Nations called for the swift creation of large-scale reception centers in frontline states such as Hungary and Greece, and one U.N. agency warned that millions more refugees could arrive in Europe if Syria's civil war continues to rage. Many of the tens of thousands of refugees now trekking from Greece via the Balkans and Hungary towards western Europe are fleeing the Syrian war in search of sanctuary, above all in more welcoming and generous countries such as Germany and Sweden.

At least 107 killed by falling crane at Grand Mosque in Mecca Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:35 PM PDT At least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence authority said, less than two weeks before Islam's annual haj pilgrimage. At least 238 people were wounded, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence body said. There are no casualties left at the location," General Suleiman al-Amr, director general of the Civil Defence Authority, told al-Ikhbariya television.

Russia tells Washington: talk to us over Syria or risk 'unintended incidents' Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:40 PM PDT By Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia called on Friday for Washington to restart direct military-to-military cooperation to avert "unintended incidents" near Syria, at a time when U.S. officials say Moscow is building up forces to protect President Bashar al-Assad's government. The United States is leading a campaign of air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syrian air space, and a greater Russian presence would raise the prospect of the Cold War superpower foes encountering each other on the battlefield. Both Moscow and Washington say their enemy is Islamic State.

Greece's Syriza heads pre-election polls, but lead unclear Posted: 11 Sep 2015 12:02 PM PDT By Renee Maltezou and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - Opinion polls on Friday put the leftist Syriza party of former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras ahead by margins ranging from wafer-thin to its widest yet as elections draw near. It and conservative rival New Democracy have been hard to separate in the run-up to the Sept. 20 ballot. But Friday's ProRata poll in left-leaning daily newspaper Efimerida ton Syndakton put Syriza 5 percentage points clear on 28.5 percent - the biggest lead for either of the two main parties in surveys since Aug. 28. ...

U.S.-Venezuela rapprochement rocked by Lopez sentence Posted: 11 Sep 2015 01:44 PM PDT By Alexandra Ulmer and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela accused the United States on Friday of jeopardizing a nascent rapprochement between the two ideological foes with "insolent" criticism of a 14-year jail sentence handed to opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. Coming on top of the outrage of Lopez's family and supporters following his conviction late on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington was "deeply troubled" as he called the charges "illegitimate" and urged the release of all jailed government opponents. "With its insolent meddling, the United States has kicked the timid steps achieved towards regularizing bilateral relations," Venezuela's foreign minister, Delcy Rodriguez, said via Twitter, accusing Kerry of "aggressions" and "offenses." After more than a decade of acrimonious ties and without respective ambassadors, Washington and Caracas this year began a cautious rapprochement by trying to cooperate on issues from Colombian peace talks to Haitian democracy.

Djokovic routs defending champ Cilic in US Open semifinal Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:23 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic is into his sixth U.S. Open final, and he knows this much: He'll be well-rested for his match against a Swiss opponent.

Sierra wildfire threatens famed giant sequoia grove in California Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:53 PM PDT A rapidly spreading wildfire spurred evacuations of thousands of mountain homes in California's gold-rush country on Friday as flames from a larger Sierra Nevada blaze edged close to a famed grove of giant sequoia trees in Kings Canyon National Park. Ground crews mounted an all-out defense of Grant Grove, a stand of ancient redwoods that includes the General Grant tree, one of the largest and tallest of all giant sequoias, as flames crept within a mile (1.6 km) of the area, said Paul Garnier, a spokesman for the fire command.

Mexican cave paintings restored with advice from American Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:48 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has restored a series of colorful 2,500-year-old cave paintings with help from the American archaeologist who first registered them almost 50 years ago.

A look at some big upsets in women's Grand Slam tennis Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:46 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams' loss to Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semifinals rates as one of the most significant surprises in tennis history.

In Italy, Vinci's parents celebrate on the couch in tears Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:45 PM PDT ROME (AP) — It was late in the third set when Roberta Vinci cupped her ear with a hand, pointed to her chest and waved both arms at the pro-Serena Williams U.S. Open crowd.

Obama likely to meet Israel's Netanyahu in November, White House says Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:44 PM PDT President Barack Obama will likely hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in early November, the White House said on Friday, their first meeting since U.S.-led diplomacy resulted in an Iran nuclear deal that Israel fiercely opposed. Efforts to arrange a White House visit by Netanyahu appear aimed at easing tensions between Washington and its closest Middle East ally now that Obama's Democrats in the U.S. Senate have blocked a Republican bid to derail the landmark Iran agreement. The dispute over the deal that Iran reached in July with world powers, which calls for curbs on its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, had driven an already rocky relationship between the Obama and Netanyahu governments to a new low.

Cuba, US launch normalization process Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:41 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — Cuban and U.S. diplomats formally launched the process of normalizing the relationship between the two countries, meeting Friday to set the agenda for talks on topics ranging from environmental cooperation to compensation for American properties confiscated by Cuba.

3 immigration detainees on hunger strike ordered force-fed Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:36 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge has ordered immigration authorities to force-feed three Pakistani men who are waging a hunger strike to protest the handling of their immigration cases.

Teen faces charges in attack on Sikh man in suburban Chicago Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:33 PM PDT DARIEN, Illinois (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Chicago teenager faces charges in an assault on a Sikh man that police are investigating as a possible hate crime.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:32 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake has rattled the Tokyo area, knocking pictures and books from shelves, but it was not expected to cause any tsunami or major damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 5.3 quake, which struck just before 6 a.m. local time Saturday, was centered 70 kilometers (43 miles) under the western suburb of Chofu.

Outrage as Venezuela opposition chief sentenced Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:32 PM PDT Supporters rallied around the wife of Venezuela's opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Friday, calling for peaceful protests as he was sentenced to nearly 14 years in jail for his role in deadly anti-government demonstrations last year. The European Union joined them in denouncing a "harsh" verdict, while Washington said it was "deeply troubled" by the treatment of the US-trained economist. Seen by critics as politically motivated, the ruling is expected to fan tensions in Venezuela, where ongoing runaway inflation and shortages of basic goods fueled last year's protests against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist administration.

Mistrial for US officer who slammed Indian man to ground Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:30 PM PDT HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of an Alabama police officer charged with violating an Indian man's civil rights and using unreasonable force as he slammed him to the ground.

Guatemala's rock star: Quiet jurist who took down president Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:19 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's newest celebrity is a tall, stoic, 60-year-old jurist with thinning hair and a gray beard, who can't walk the streets without people approaching to shake his hand or snap a photo with him.

Killed in Syria, the French football fan turned bombmaker Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:15 PM PDT From football matches to international jihad, the 25-year-old Frenchman David Drugeon converted as a teen to Islam and drifted toward ever more radical groups, up until his death in July in a coalition air strike in Syria. Drugeon -- by now a bombmaker for an Al-Qaeda offshoot -- was believed killed once before, in an air strike in November 2014.

Jamie Lovemark leads Web.com Tour Finals opener Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:14 PM PDT FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Jamie Lovemark shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Anirban Lahiri in the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Hotel Fitness Championship.

Saudis: 107 dead in crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:00 PM PDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A towering construction crane toppled over on Friday during a violent rainstorm in the Saudi city of Mecca, Islam's holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at least 107 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage later this month.

Glance at major hajj-related incidents in Saudi Arabia Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:56 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Every year, millions of Muslims converge on the Saudi holy cities of Mecca and Medina for the annual hajj pilgrimage, with the massive ceremonies representing a major security and logistical challenge for the kingdom's authorities.

Column: What a letdown! Serena loses shot at Grand Slam Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:53 PM PDT No one saw this coming.

The Latest on US Open: Djokovic crushes Cilic in semifinal Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:51 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):

French train heroes: Foiling attack gives new view on 9/11 Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:50 PM PDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three Americans who stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound passenger train talked about the significance of 9/11 on Friday at a festive parade hosted by their California hometown and in an interview to air on national television.

Mexico seeks house-arrest site for old drug lord Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:50 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials said Friday that Mexican prosecutors are reviewing possible house-arrest sites for Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, an 85-year-old drug lord with 10 years left to serve for the slaying of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena.

Mayweather insists Berto is last fight of perfect career Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:49 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. insists this is it, though he may be one of only a few who really seem to believe it.

Brazil police want to question former president Silva Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:44 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday said that federal police have asked for its permission to question former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for possible involvement in the kickback scheme that has engulfed state-owned oil company Petrobras.

Cuban envoy makes 'historic' visit to US Navy ship Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:43 PM PDT Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Cuba's ambassador to Haiti and five Cuban doctors made a courtesy call Friday to a US Navy hospital ship anchored off Port-au-Prince, in a sign of warming ties between Havana and Washington. US doctors aboard the USNS Comfort, which is on its fourth humanitarian mission to Haiti, will see patients from the capital and perform surgeries through September 18.

Turkey to lift curfew in cut-off Cizre Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:40 PM PDT Turkey on Friday said it would lift a week-long curfew in a southeastern city imposed to support a military operation against Kurdish rebels but which has also fuelled fears of a possible humanitarian crisis. The curfew in Cizre, in place since September 4, will end on Saturday at 7:00 am (0400 GMT), said the statement from Sirnak region governor Ali Ihsan Su. The operation against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants had sparked concern for Cizre's inhabitants, with reports of food running out, residents unable to seek urgent treatment and even burials impossible.

U.S., allies conduct 30 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition led by the United States bombarded Islamic State militants on Thursday with 27 air strikes in Iraq and three in Syria, according to a statement released on Friday. In Iraq, the air strikes near Tuz, Ramadi, Mosul, Fallujah and other locations hit tactical units and fighting positions and destroyed vehicles, buildings and weapons belonging to the militant group, the Combined Joint Task Force said in the statement. In Syria, two air strikes targeted Islamic State positions near Al Hawl, while one strike destroyed two excavators near Palmyra, the statement said. ...

Chile Catholic Church rocked by email scandal Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:37 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Catholic Church in Chile has been rocked by another scandal surrounding its most infamous pedophile.

Turkey's ruling AKP heads into congress in shadow of Erdogan Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:36 PM PDT By Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses ANKARA (Reuters) - When Turkey's ruling AK Party convenes its three-yearly congress in the capital Ankara on Saturday, the longest shadow will be cast by a politician who, officially at least, is no longer even a member: President Tayyip Erdogan. The friction between Erdogan and the man who replaced him as head of the AKP, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, is likely to play out on Saturday as both men attempt to stack the party's committees with their own loyalists. There had been some speculation that Erdogan would push former transport minister Binali Yildirim to challenge Davutoglu as chairman of the centre-right, Islamist-rooted AKP at the congress.

Saudi bans hajj camel slaughter Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:28 PM PDT Saudi Arabia on Friday banned the slaughter of camels during this year's hajj pilgrimage, after a surge in deaths from the MERS virus linked to the animals. Camels will not be allowed to enter the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, the Permanent Committee for Fatwa said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. Hundreds of thousands of faithful from around the world have begun to gather for the annual hajj, which is expected to begin on September 21.

Nigeria tightens security after refugee camp blast Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:26 PM PDT Nigeria's president on Friday ordered security to be tightened at camps for people displaced by the Boko Haram conflict after seven people were killed in a bomb blast. The explosion happened at the Malkohi camp near the Adamawa state capital Yola just before 11:00 am (1000 GMT), when a homemade device left inside a tent went off, the National Emergency Management Agency said. President Muhammadu Buhari, elected earlier this year on a promise of defeating the militants, denounced the attack as "heinous and cowardly" and ordered security to be ramped up at all camps.

US captain wants Walker Cup players to have 'fun' Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:12 PM PDT LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (AP) — United States captain John 'Spider' Miller wants his team to have "fun" against Britain and Ireland in the 45th Walker Cup when the biennial amateur event starts Saturday.

AP PHOTOS: Tribe struggles for survival in Colombia. Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:12 PM PDT MANAURE, Colombia (AP) — Sadness surrounded Gladis Fatima's mud house.

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