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• Obama warns Russia's Putin of 'quagmire' in Syria
• Taliban hold out in northern Afghan city, district in northeast falls
• Nine dead, hundreds missing as hillside collapses on Guatemalan town
• Ukraine's Minsk process will run into next year: Hollande
• White House calls for investigation into civilian deaths in Yemen
• Kerry, Iran's Zarif discuss nuclear deal: State Department
• Commission: Mexico needs special prosecutor for missing 43
• Oregon gunman was Army dropout who studied mass shooters
• Boko Haram suspected after Abuja suburbs hit by blasts
• Jim Furyk to miss Presidents Cup, replaced by JB Holmes
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• 16 dead, 600 missing in Guatemala landslide
• Turkish Cypriots: Reunification agreement possible in months
• Argentina's Emiliano Grillo leads Web.com Tour Finals finale
• Joaquin batters Bahamas; fate of cargo ship uncertain
• Blatter defies calls from FIFA sponsors to quit immediately
• U.S. weighs new support for Syrian rebels against Islamic State
• Brazil court allows Lula questioning in Petrobras corruption case
• Ex-president to be questioned in Brazil corruption probe
• Richard Westbrook takes Road Atlanta pole
• Vatican upends Davis affair with news of audience with gays
• Only 5 percent of Russian strikes on Syria target IS: Britain
• Drone market to hit $10 billion by 2024: experts
• Oregon gunman may have killed more if not for hero student
• France tells Putin to confine airstrikes to Islamic State
• Stock market shakes off an early stumble, ends higher
• Kerry holds Iran talks with Iran FM
• What has Burkina's failed coup meant for the transition?
• Some foreign leaders 'using' Europe's refugee crisis: Tusk
• EPA says post-VW emission regime permanent, more change possible
• Naholo takes 72 seconds to make mark at Rugby World Cup
• Nigerian former oil minister 'arrested': reports
• Russia hits Syria, Obama warns action a 'recipe for disaster'
• Yemen severs diplomatic ties with Iran: state media
• Somalia wants to liberate territory held by al-Shabab soon
• BMX test event in Rio put back 1 day over safety concerns
• At least 12 dead in Guatemala mudslide, dozens missing

Obama warns Russia's Putin of 'quagmire' in Syria Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:29 PM PDT By Alistair Bell and Tom Perry WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama warned Russia on Friday that its bombing campaign against Syrian rebels will suck Moscow into a "quagmire," after a third straight day of air raids in support of President Bashar al-Assad. At a White House news conference, Obama frequently assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin, who he accused of acting out of a position of weakness to defend a crumbling, authoritarian ally. Friday prayers were canceled in insurgent-held areas of Syria's Homs province hit by Russian warplanes this week, with residents concerned that mosques could be targeted, according to one person from the area.

Taliban hold out in northern Afghan city, district in northeast falls Posted: 02 Oct 2015 06:35 AM PDT By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters were holding out against Afghan troops in Kunduz on Friday, a day after government forces recaptured most of the northern city that had fallen to the militants in their biggest victory of a 14-year insurgency. The Taliban said it had shot down the aircraft, but the U.S. military, which still has several thousands troops in Afghanistan after NATO's combat mission ended, said there were no reports of enemy fire and described the crash as an accident. In Badakhsan province in Afghanistan's northeast, the Taliban took control of Warduj district late on Thursday after heavy fighting, according to Nawid Forotan, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

Nine dead, hundreds missing as hillside collapses on Guatemalan town Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:03 PM PDT By Sofia Menchu SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (Reuters) - As many as 600 people are missing and at least nine are dead after a hillside collapsed on a town on the edge of Guatemala City, burying homes in earth and sludge and sparking a desperate hunt for survivors on Friday. Loosened by heavy rains, tons of dirt and trees tumbled onto Santa Catarina Pinula in a valley on the southeastern flank of the capital late on Thursday, flattening dozens of flimsy houses when many residents had gone to bed. Alejandro Maldonado, head of Guatemalan disaster agency CONRED, told a news conference at least nine people had been killed and as many as 600 could still be missing after the disaster, which he said hit 125 homes.

Ukraine's Minsk process will run into next year: Hollande Posted: 02 Oct 2015 12:02 PM PDT It will take time to organize elections in Ukraine that respect international standards and as a result, the so-called Minsk peace process will run into next year, French President Francois Hollande said on Friday. Violence in Ukraine's separatist eastern territories has ebbed in recent weeks to its lowest point since the ceasefire was signed in February, but Western diplomats say the 12-point Minsk peace plan is far from fully implemented. "It's therefore likely, even certain now, that -- since we need three months to organize elections -- we would go beyond the date that was set for the end of Minsk, that is to say Dec.31, 2015," he told a news conference.

White House calls for investigation into civilian deaths in Yemen Posted: 02 Oct 2015 02:25 PM PDT The White House on Friday called for an investigation into reports that civilians and Red Crescent volunteers were killed in air strikes in Al-Mokha and Taiz in Yemen earlier this week, and urged precise targeting by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in the country. The White House said it was "deeply concerned" and "shocked and saddened" by the reports, and noted that the United States has urged "the imperative of precise targeting" to the coalition. "We take all credible accounts of civilian deaths very seriously and again call on all sides of the conflict in Yemen to do their utmost to avoid harm to civilians and to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law," White House National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

Kerry, Iran's Zarif discuss nuclear deal: State Department Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:02 PM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met on Friday to discuss implementation of the agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program, the State Department said in a statement. Kerry and Zarif met in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting, the statement said. An Iranian official said Kerry and Zarif also discussed the crisis in Syria and Russian air strikes against rebels fighting the Syrian government.

Commission: Mexico needs special prosecutor for missing 43 Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:06 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico needs to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the case of 43 missing college students, whose fate remains a mystery a year after they disappeared at the hands of local police and a drug gang, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Friday.

Oregon gunman was Army dropout who studied mass shooters Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:04 PM PDT ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The 26-year-old gunman who opened fire on fellow students in his community college English class, killing nine people, was an Army boot camp dropout who studied mass shooters before becoming one himself.

Boko Haram suspected after Abuja suburbs hit by blasts Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:04 PM PDT Two bomb blasts ripped through the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja on Friday, including one target hit twice before by Boko Haram, after separate strikes in the northeast that killed at least 21. Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) warned of casualties from the simultaneous explosions in Kuje and Nyanya and likened the explosives used to those in areas worst-hit by the six-year insurgency.

Jim Furyk to miss Presidents Cup, replaced by JB Holmes Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:03 PM PDT PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jim Furyk's season ended earlier than he wanted Friday when he removed himself from the Presidents Cup because of a wrist injury that hasn't fully healed.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:02 PM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — India's long-awaited pledge for a global climate pact shows how the world's No. 3 carbon polluter is making significant efforts to rein in the growth of emissions linked to its fast-surging demands for energy, analysts said Friday. India vowed to reduce its emissions intensity by 33-35 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, primarily by boosting the share of electricity generated by sources other than fossil fuels such as coal and gas to 40 percent.

16 dead, 600 missing in Guatemala landslide Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT At least 16 people were killed and about 600 missing following a landslide that damaged some 125 homes on the outskirts of the Guatemalan capital, officials said Friday. The landslide occurred late Thursday following heavy rains in the town of Santa Catarina Pinula and small village of El Cambray II, 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of Guatemala City. "Sadly, the figure of recovered bodies is at 16," Alejandro Maldonado, head of the government's national coordinating agency for disaster reduction (CONRAD) said Friday.

Turkish Cypriots: Reunification agreement possible in months Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said Friday that an agreement on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island can be reached in months rather than years if talks with the Greek Cypriot president continue at the same pace, with the same determination and political will, as they have in recent months.

Argentina's Emiliano Grillo leads Web.com Tour Finals finale Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:59 PM PDT PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Emiliano Grillo holed out from 175 yards for an eagle on the par-4 18th hole Friday to take the lead in the Web.com Tour Finals-ending Web.Com Tour Championship.

Joaquin batters Bahamas; fate of cargo ship uncertain Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:56 PM PDT ELEUTHERA, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Joaquin destroyed houses, uprooted trees and unleashed heavy flooding as it hurled torrents of rain across the Bahamas on Friday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was trying to reach a disabled cargo ship with 33 people aboard that lost contact during the storm.

Blatter defies calls from FIFA sponsors to quit immediately Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:56 PM PDT ZURICH (AP) — Sepp Blatter defied calls from FIFA sponsors Budweiser, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Visa to quit immediately as president of world soccer's governing body on Friday rather than cling on until the emergency election in February.

U.S. weighs new support for Syrian rebels against Islamic State Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:49 PM PDT By Phil Stewart, Arshad Mohammed and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering extending support to thousands of Syrian rebel fighters, possibly with arms and air strikes, to help them push Islamic State from a strategic pocket of Syrian territory along the Turkish border, U.S. officials say. U.S. backing for the plan would come as moderate rebels in Syria, some trained and backed by the United States, say they have been targeted by Russian air strikes, raising tensions between Washington and Moscow. A decision, the officials said, would likely be made as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. military's support for rebels to fight Islamic State following setbacks that have all but killed a "train-and-equip" program.

Brazil court allows Lula questioning in Petrobras corruption case Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:47 PM PDT Brazil's Supreme Court authorized the questioning by police of ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a broadening corruption case focused on state-run oil company Petrobras, a representative for the court said on Friday. The original motion for permission to question Lula as a witness, which was filed last month, said the popular leader "may have benefited" from the political kickback scheme. Lula may have "secured advantages for himself, for his party ... or for his government by maintaining a base of political support sustained by illicit business" at the company, investigators wrote in the motion.

Ex-president to be questioned in Brazil corruption probe Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:41 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Supreme Court judge ruled Friday that Brazil's federal police may question former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a witness in their investigation of a kickback scandal that has engulfed the state-owned oil company Petrobras.

Richard Westbrook takes Road Atlanta pole Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:36 PM PDT BRASELTON, Ga. (AP) — Richard Westbrook took the Prototype pole Friday for the IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship's season-ending Petit Le Mans on Saturday at Road Atlanta.

Vatican upends Davis affair with news of audience with gays Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:35 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican turned the tables on the Kim Davis affair Friday: Not only did it distance Pope Francis from her claims that he endorsed her stand on same-sex marriage, it said the only "real audience" Francis had in Washington was with a small group that included a gay couple.

Only 5 percent of Russian strikes on Syria target IS: Britain Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:29 PM PDT Only one in 20 Russian air strikes in Syria have targetted Islamic State (IS) fighters, Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said Saturday. British intelligence services observed that five percent of the strikes had attacked the militant jihadist group, with most "killing civilians" and Free Syrian forces fighting against the regime of president Bashar al-Assad, Fallon told the Sun newspaper.

Drone market to hit $10 billion by 2024: experts Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:21 PM PDT The market for military drones is expected to almost double by 2024 to beyond $10 billion (8.9 billion euros), according to a report published Friday by specialist defence publication IHS Jane's Intelligence Review. "The global defence and security market for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will expand at 5.5 percent per year over this decade, from the current figure of $6.4 billion," according to the analysis. "Unmanned systems are here to stay," said Derrick Maple, principal analyst on unmanned systems for the London-based group.

Oregon gunman may have killed more if not for hero student Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:21 PM PDT By Eric M. Johnson and Courtney Sherwood ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) - The gunman who went on a deadly rampage at an Oregon college was heavily armed and equipped with extra ammunition, authorities said on Friday, and he might have killed more people were it not for the heroism of a military veteran in an adjoining classroom. A day after the shooter killed nine people and wounded nine others at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, authorities sought a motive for this year's bloodiest mass shooting in the United States, where such massacres have grown all too common. Local broadcaster KOIN reported on Friday that the gunman, identified by law enforcement sources as Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, was a student at the college and enrolled in the writing class where the shooting took place.

France tells Putin to confine airstrikes to Islamic State Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:19 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — With Russian warplanes bombing Syria for a third day, French President Francois Hollande told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that Moscow's airstrikes must be confined to attacking Islamic State militants, not other rebels opposing the Damascus government.

Stock market shakes off an early stumble, ends higher Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:16 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — News of slower hiring last month jolted markets early Friday, driving government bonds up and the dollar down. The stock market, after slumping in early trading, finished the day with a solid gain.

Kerry holds Iran talks with Iran FM Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:09 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry held an impromptu meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York on Friday to discuss steps to implement the Iran nuclear deal.

What has Burkina's failed coup meant for the transition? Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:59 PM PDT A failed coup that shook Burkina Faso less than a year after Blaise Compaore's regime was deposed has actually boosted support for the democratic transition, said Rinaldo Depagne, west Africa specialist at the International Crisis Group. The elite army force, the RSP, that staged the September 17 coup has now disbanded, and putsch leader General Gilbert Diendere is now in police custody, awaiting military trial. Has support for change been strengthened by the failed coup?

Some foreign leaders 'using' Europe's refugee crisis: Tusk Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:53 PM PDT The huge influx of migrants into Europe is being used by some foreign leaders to weaken the European Union politically, EU president Donald Tusk said Friday in Poland. "For the first time in my political career I have heard politicians openly declaring that the refugees heading to Europe are their method of getting (us) to act a certain way," Tusk told a European forum in Sopot town on Poland's Baltic coast. "Some say that it's their method of weakening Europe as a political entity," added Tusk.

EPA says post-VW emission regime permanent, more change possible Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:51 PM PDT By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tougher auto emission tests that U.S. regulators adopted in the wake of the Volkswagen cheating scandal are permanent and could lead to more regulations down the road if more problems surface, a senior Environmental Protection Agency official said on Friday. Christopher Grundler, director of the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, told Reuters that new emission tests announced on Sept. 25 would continue "indefinitely" as part of the agency's effort to detect so-called defeat devices of the kind Volkswagen AG has admitted using to elude EPA laboratory emission tests for diesel vehicles.

Naholo takes 72 seconds to make mark at Rugby World Cup Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:47 PM PDT CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Waisake Naholo needed just 72 seconds to show why New Zealand was prepared to gamble on his fitness ahead the Rugby World Cup.

Nigerian former oil minister 'arrested': reports Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:46 PM PDT Nigeria's former oil minister has been arrested in London, the BBC said on Friday quoting unnamed family members, after Britain's National Crime Agency said it had detained five people over alleged international corruption. The identities and nationalities of those held were not disclosed but the broadcaster said on its website that relatives of Diezani Alison-Madueke confirmed she had been arrested in the British capital. Alison-Madueke was Nigeria's minister of petroleum resources from 2010 until earlier this year when Muhammadu Buhari defeated Goodluck Jonathan in presidential polls.

Russia hits Syria, Obama warns action a 'recipe for disaster' Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:41 PM PDT US President Barack Obama warned Friday that Russia's aggressive military campaign in Syria supporting strongman Bashar al-Assad is a "recipe for disaster," though Washington could still work with Moscow on reducing tensions. Russia carried out a third day of air strikes Friday in Syria, saying it targeted Islamic State jihadists, as Russian President Vladimir Putin faced increased international criticism over his military campaign.

Yemen severs diplomatic ties with Iran: state media Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:37 PM PDT The Saudi-backed Yemeni government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Iran, state media reported. State news agency Saba, citing an unidentified person at the Yemeni presidency, said Yemen "has taken the decision to expel the Iranian ambassador to Yemen, withdraw the Yemeni envoy to Tehran and close down its diplomatic mission in Iran." The source told Saba that the move was a protest against Iran's "continued interference in the internal affairs of Yemen and violation of its national sovereignty," citing a recent detention of an Iranian ship loaded with weapons.

Somalia wants to liberate territory held by al-Shabab soon Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:35 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia's prime minister said Friday the government wants to liberate all remaining territory held by the Islamic militant group al-Shabab in the coming year and have its own forces take over the country's security from an African Union force in the next two to three years.

BMX test event in Rio put back 1 day over safety concerns Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:31 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Organizers of next year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics have moved a BMX test event back one day over safety concerns.

At least 12 dead in Guatemala mudslide, dozens missing Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:31 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A rain-sodden hillside about 300 feet (100 meters) high collapsed onto a neighborhood on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital with a roar and wave of sudden darkness, killing at least 12 people and leaving dozens missing.

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