| Austria's Faymann likens Orban's refugee policies to Nazi deportations Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:14 PM PDT  By Michelle Martin and Anna McIntosh BERLIN/NICKELSDORF, Austria (Reuters) - Austria's chancellor criticized Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country. Thousands of refugees are crossing the border to Hungary, an eastern outpost of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone, every day, and many are traveling on to the continent's more prosperous west and north in what is Europe's worst refugee crisis since the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Refugees continued to stream into Germany, favored for its generous welfare system and relatively liberal asylum laws.
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| Iran says finds unexpectedly high uranium reserve Posted: 12 Sep 2015 02:35 PM PDT  Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said on Saturday. Any indication Iran could become more self-sufficient will be closely watched by world powers, which reached a landmark deal with Tehran in July over its program. "I cannot announce (the level of) Iran's uranium mine reserves.
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| Marx admirer Corbyn elected UK opposition Labour leader Posted: 12 Sep 2015 09:06 AM PDT  By William James and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran left-winger who professes an admiration for Karl Marx, was elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour party on Saturday, a victory that may make a British EU exit more likely and which one former Labour prime minister has said could leave their party unelectable. Greeted by cheers from supporters in the room and hailed by radicals across Europe, Corbyn's triumph opened up the prospect of deep splits within Labour with some fearing he will repel voters with radical policies that include unilateral nuclear disarmament, nationalization and wealth taxes. "I say thank you in advance to us all working together to achieve great victories, not just electorally for Labour, but emotionally for the whole of our society to show we don't have to be unequal, it doesn't have to be unfair, poverty isn't inevitable," the gray-haired, bearded 66-year-old said.
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| Saudi Arabia blames winds for deadly crane collapse, opens investigation Posted: 12 Sep 2015 04:18 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that stormy winds knocked over the crane which collapsed onto one of Islam's holiest shrines in Mecca and killed 107 people on Friday. "Heavy rain and strong winds of unusually high speed led to the uprooting of trees, the fall of panels and the collapse of the crane," General Suleiman al-Amr, director general of the Civil Defence Authority, told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV on Saturday. Mecca's governor, Prince Khaled al-Faisal, has ordered an investigation into the incident, Al Arabiya said.
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| Germany says 'significant progress' made at Ukraine meeting Posted: 12 Sep 2015 04:22 PM PDT  German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts in Berlin on Saturday that "significant progress" had been made towards a resolution of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow. Steinmeier said Ukraine and Russia were close to striking an agreement on the withdrawal of weapons from the demarcation line between separatists and Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine and had agreed not to lay any more mines and to clear mines. "We all reaffirmed that the ceasefire which has been kept for two weeks now needs to be further consolidated and secured," Steinmeier said in a statement.
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| Germany's Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on Syria Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:57 PM PDT  Germany and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the crisis in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his Russian, French and Ukrainian counterparts in Berlin on Saturday evening and said afterwards he saw growing support for creating an international contact group to solve the Syrian conflict. Earlier, a delegation source said Steinmeier and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a lengthy exchange about Syria on the sidelines of the meeting, with both agreeing to support the U.N. Syrian envoy, Staffan de Mistura's plan to create a Syrian contact group.
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| Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 12 Sep 2015 05:02 PM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 89 people were killed at a restaurant in central India on Saturday when a cooking gas cylinder exploded and triggered a second blast of mine detonators stored illegally nearby, police said. The restaurant, located next to the main bus station in the town of Petlawad in Madhya Pradesh state, was crowded with people having breakfast when the blasts occurred. |
| South Korea's D.H. Lee leads Web.com Tour Finals opener Posted: 12 Sep 2015 04:54 PM PDT FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — South Korea's D.H. Lee shot a 6-under 66 in windy conditions Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over India's Anirban Lahiri in the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Hotel Fitness Championship. |
| Pellegrini impressed by Iheanacho's early promise Posted: 12 Sep 2015 04:44 PM PDT  Manuel Pellegrini expects Kelechi Iheanacho to play a significant role in Manchester City's title challenge after the Nigerian teenager's first goal for the club secured a dramatic 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace. Iheanacho, who has the appropriate middle name of Promise, burst onto the Premier League stage on Saturday when he scored the 90th minute winner at Selhurst Park moments after appearing as a late substitute in only his second appearance for City. City manager Pellegrini has high hopes for the Nigeria under-20 international and admits the player's development persuaded him he did not need to bring in a replacement after Edin Dzeko left for Roma.
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| Van Gaal hopes Man Utd win is turning point Posted: 12 Sep 2015 04:39 PM PDT  Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal hopes that his team's 3-1 home victory over arch rivals Liverpool will signal the end of their early-season difficulties. United endured a testing start to the campaign, struggling for goals and facing criticism over their transfer dealings, and they went into the international break on the back of a 2-1 defeat at Swansea City.
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| Canada announces money for refugees, but not taking more in Posted: 12 Sep 2015 04:25 PM PDT  TORONTO (AP) — Canada's Conservative government has so far declined to resettle more Syrian refugees despite the haunting image of a drowned 3-year-old washed up on a Turkish beach that focused the world's attention on the largest migrant crisis since World War II.
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| Colombia, Venezuela resume diplomatic contacts amid border crisis Posted: 12 Sep 2015 04:16 PM PDT  The foreign ministers of Colombia and Venezuela agreed Saturday to renew diplomatic ties that had been interrupted due to an ongoing border crisis between the two neighbors. Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin and her Venezuelan counterpart, Delcy Rodriguez, met in Ecuador's capital to resolve their nation's differences and pave the way for a meeting of their respective presidents. Bogota and Caracas have been in a spiraling row since President Nicolas Maduro closed part of their shared border on August 19, blaming Colombian paramilitaries for an attack on a Venezuelan anti-smuggling patrol.
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| West Africa's ECOWAS extends mission in crisis-hit Guinea-Bissau Posted: 12 Sep 2015 04:12 PM PDT West Africa's ECOWAS regional bloc on Saturday extended a security force in Guinea-Bissau into 2016 to help protect state institutions amid a political crisis that has left the country without a government. Senegal President Macky Sall, who heads the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), called the extraordinary summit to discuss a political crisis in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau sparked when President Jose Mario Vaz dismissed the prime minister a month ago. |
| Scottish nationalists plan new independence vote Posted: 12 Sep 2015 04:08 PM PDT  Scottish nationalists will propose holding a new referendum on independence from the rest of Britain, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday. Sturgeon said her pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) would set out a timescale for a referendum in its manifesto ahead of regional elections next year. "Our manifesto will set out what we consider are the circumstances and the timescale on which a second referendum might be appropriate," Sturgeon told the Press Association news agency.
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| Porto wins 3-1 at Arouca in Portugal Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:56 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — FC Porto eased to a 3-1 win at Arouca to sit atop of the Portuguese league on Saturday. |
| Pennetta's hometown erupts in joy after US Open win Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:55 PM PDT  ROME (AP) — In Brindisi, Flavia Pennetta's hometown, there were shouts of joy.
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| Peter Quillin stops Australia's Michael Zerafa in 5th Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:42 PM PDT LEDYARD, Conn. (AP) — Peter Quillin stopped Australia's Michael Zerafa with a roundhouse right at 1:06 of the fifth round of their super middleweight bout Saturday. |
| Ronaldo hits 5 for Madrid, Messi lifts Barca over Atletico Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:42 PM PDT  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo netted five goals to become Real Madrid's all-time leading scorer in the Spanish league, while Lionel Messi scored as a substitute to give Barcelona a 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
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| South American football chief backs Copa Centenario in US Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:38 PM PDT MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The host confederation for next year's Copa America Centenario in the United States still hopes the tournament can be played despite the indictment of nine soccer officials and five businessmen on corruption charges. |
| US Open Glance Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:30 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A look at Saturday's play at the $42.3 million U.S. Open tennis championships: |
| Saudi king vows to find cause of pre-hajj crane tragedy Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:28 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia's King Salman vowed on Saturday to find out what caused a crane collapse that killed 107 people at Mecca's Grand Mosque ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage. The hajj, a pillar of the Muslim religion which last year drew about two million faithful, will take place despite Friday's tragedy, Saudi authorities said as crowds returned to pray a day after the incident. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims had already arrived in Mecca when the massive red and white crane toppled over during a Friday thunderstorm.
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| Cruise flew same path across Colombian Andes before crash Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:27 PM PDT  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Actor Tom Cruise flew in a helicopter across the Colombian Andes just 10 minutes before a small plane on the same dangerous flight path crashed into a jungled mountain, killing two crew members from his upcoming movie, civil aviation authorities said.
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| 'Bye Bye' vs 'Welcome': UK press divided on Corbyn Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:22 PM PDT  Britain's pro-Conservative newspapers on Sunday crowed that socialist Jeremy Corbyn's crushing leadership victory would condemn the Labour Party to the opposition for a long time, while leftist media hailed the win. "Bye Bye Labour!" screamed a front-page headline in the Sunday Express and the Mail on Sunday published a picture of the new anti-austerity firebrand next to the words "Red and Buried". "Death of New Labour," said the Sunday Telegraph, referring to controversial former prime minister Tony Blair's famous brand from the 1990s.
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| Crisis-hit Guinea-Bissau's economy 'under threat': ECOWAS Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:22 PM PDT  West African nations warned on Saturday that chronic instability in Guinea-Bissau was threatening gains made on its economy as they gathered in Senegal for talks on regional security. The "extraordinary summit" of the regional ECOWAS bloc, attended by seven presidents, was dominated by the simmering political crisis in Bissau. The coup-plagued country has been in political turmoil since President Jose Mario Vaz fired prime minister Domingos Simoes Pereira on August 12 over a series of disputes including the naming of a new army chief.
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| Former Italian militant launches book in Brazil Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:21 PM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A former Italian communist militant who has avoided serving time for four murders in his home country has written a semi-autobiographical novel depicting the life of a man who joins a radical organization in Italy, falls in love, flees and becomes a political exile.
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| Rival migrant demos in divided Europe, as Munich buckles under strain Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:14 PM PDT  Tens of thousands of Europeans hit the streets Saturday in both support and opposition to incoming refugees, as overwhelmed authorities in the German city of Munich pleaded for help in accommodating a fresh wave of arrivals. As the continent scrambles to respond to the biggest movement of people since World War II, sharp divisions have emerged between the European Union's 28 member states, at both a government level and on the streets. In London, tens of thousands marched through the capital waving placards saying "Refugee lives matter" and "No human being is illegal".
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| Argentina's president praises UK's new Labour leader Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:09 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's president is celebrating Jeremy Corbyn's victory to lead Britain's opposition Labour Party, saying he supports dialogue over the disputed Falkland Islands. |
| Two killed as Tom Cruise movie crew plane crashes in Colombia Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:07 PM PDT  Two people died when a plane carrying crew members from a film starring Tom Cruise crashed in Colombia, aviation authorities and Universal Pictures said. The crew had just wrapped up production on the upcoming Doug Liman film "Mena" when it went down Friday while returning to Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellin. "On behalf of the production, our hearts and prayers go out to the crew members and their families at this difficult time," Universal Pictures said in a statement.
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| The Latest on US Open: Serena offers congrats to Pennetta Posted: 12 Sep 2015 03:01 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
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| OSCE head says Sept. 1 cease-fire in eastern Ukraine holding Posted: 12 Sep 2015 02:53 PM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A renewed cease-fire in eastern Ukraine has held for more than 10 days, creating the possibility that political talks can move forward to resolve the conflict, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Saturday.
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| Bayern beats Augsburg 2-1 last minute, Dortmund wins 4-2 Posted: 12 Sep 2015 02:49 PM PDT  MUNICH (AP) — Thomas Mueller scored a last-minute penalty for Bayern Munich to beat Augsburg 2-1 and Borussia Dortmund maintained its perfect Bundesliga start by defeating Hannover 4-2 on Saturday.
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| Juventus picks up first points with 1-1 draw against Chievo Posted: 12 Sep 2015 02:47 PM PDT  MILAN (AP) — Juventus picked up its first point in the Serie A as a late penalty helped the four-time defending champion rescue a 1-1 draw against surprise front-runner Chievo Verona on Saturday.
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| Guatemala's presidential front-runner visits Rhode Island Posted: 12 Sep 2015 02:44 PM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Guatemala's presidential front-runner and popular television comedian Jimmy Morales says the time has come to end corruption in the Central American nation. |
| Hodgson hopeful Ibe will opt for England Posted: 12 Sep 2015 02:34 PM PDT  England manager Roy Hodgson is hopeful that Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe will ignore solicitations from the Nigerian Football Federation and commit his international future to England. Ibe, 19, recently made his debut for England's under-21s, having previously been capped at under-18, under-19 and under-20 level, but qualifies to play for Nigeria through his father. Nigeria head coach Sunday Oliseh visited Ibe at Liverpool's Melwood training ground last month to sound him out, but Hodgson says the teenager could soon enter into the England senior team's plans.
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| The Latest: Few Athenians turn up in support of migrants Posted: 12 Sep 2015 02:29 PM PDT  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times local (CET):
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| Twente and Ajax draw 2-2, PSV thrashes Cambuur 6-0 Posted: 12 Sep 2015 02:15 PM PDT AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax's perfect start to the Eredivise ended on Saturday as it drew 2-2 at struggling FC Twente, while defending champion PSV Eindhoven thrashed 10-man Cambuur Leeuwarden 6-0. |
| Olympiakos remains unbeaten in Greece, beats Platanias 3-1 Posted: 12 Sep 2015 02:13 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Defending champion Olympiakos upheld its perfect start to the Greek league by beating visiting Platanias 3-1 for a third straight win on Saturday. |
