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• Assad says Russian air campaign vital to save Middle East
• Medical charity MSF demands independent probe into strike on Afghan hospital
• Germany needs to limit refugee influx, close borders: Merkel allies
• Islamic State militants blow up ancient Arch of Triumph in Palmyra
• Violence intensifies in Jerusalem, West Bank, raising security concerns
• Pope opens synod; calls for welcoming Church but no gay marriage
• Portugal's austerity government wins re-election
• Israel bars Palestinians from Jerusalem Old City after attacks
• The Latest: Saints defense healthiest yet with Byrd active
• The Latest: 2 Coast Guard cutters will search through night
• Britain's Osborne announces shake-up of infrastructure
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Parker has triple-double, US women win in Spain
• Debris appears to belong to cargo ship missing in Bahamas
• South Carolina hit by torrential rainfall; seven dead
• Bruins sign backup G Gustavsson to 1-year, $700,000 contract
• Portugal government re-elected despite painful austerity
• Hope dims for finding survivors of deadly Guatemala mudslide
• Portugal prime minister says ready to form new government without majority
• Russia is conducting 'asymmetric warfare' in Syria: Britain's Hammond
• More debris but no word on fate of ship lost off Bahamas
• Tuesday's lineups at the Rugby World Cup
• Two teams ought to finally earn a win in RWC Week 3
• Harvick dominates in must-win race to advance in Chase
• Some relieved to find bodies as hundreds feared dead in Guatemala landslide
• The Latest: Power outages reported as Joaquin lashes Bermuda
• Brazil's Talita and Larissax win FIVB World Tour Finals
• Mexico's independent governor 'rides' into office
• Porto, Sporting win big to stay top in Portugal
• Fiorentina moves 2 points clear after 3-0 win over Atalanta
• Bermuda whipped by weakening Hurricane Joaquin
• Ibrahimovic sets scoring record in PSG's win over Marseille
• Portuguese opposition leader concedes defeat in election
• Record-setting rains submerge parts of US Southeast
• Arsenal beats Manchester United 3-0, Bayern routs Dortmund
• Portuguese government wins re-election despite austerity policies opposed across Europe
• BMX test event for Rio Olympics receives poor grade
• Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops in West Bank: medics, police sources

Assad says Russian air campaign vital to save Middle East Posted: 04 Oct 2015 09:07 AM PDT By Dominic Evans and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said the success of a military campaign by Russia, Syria and its allies was vital to save the Middle East from destruction, a day after Moscow said it would step up air strikes against Islamic State targets across Syria. A year-long air campaign by Western and Arab air forces in Syria and Iraq had been counterproductive, Assad said, helping terrorism spread and win new recruits, but a coalition of Syria, Russia, Iran and Iraq could achieve real results.

Medical charity MSF demands independent probe into strike on Afghan hospital Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:41 PM PDT By Mirwais Harooni and Andrew MacAskill KABUL (Reuters) - Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Sunday demanded an independent international inquiry into a suspected U.S. air strike that killed 22 people in an Afghan hospital it runs, branding the attack a "war crime". U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter promised a full investigation into whether the American military was connected to the destruction of the hospital, but cautioned it would take time to gather information. "We do know that American air assets ... were engaged in the Kunduz vicinity, and we do know that the structures that - you see in the news - were destroyed," Carter told reporters traveling with him shortly before landing in Spain on Sunday.

Germany needs to limit refugee influx, close borders: Merkel allies Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:31 PM PDT By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs to limit the number of refugees it takes in or even close its borders, conservative allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the weekend, as the country deals with record inflows of people fleeing from war and poverty. Around 800,000 migrants are expected to arrive in Germany, Europe's largest and richest economy, this year and complaints from politicians, the federal states and the municipalities that they cannot cope are growing. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Europe needed to restrict the refugee intake, and members of the Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party to Merkel's conservatives in Bavaria, said Germany should shut its borders.

Islamic State militants blow up ancient Arch of Triumph in Palmyra Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:12 PM PDT By Kinda Makieh DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, a major monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra, Syria's antiquities chief said on Sunday, after they destroyed two ancient temples at the central Syrian site in recent months. Maamoun Abdulkarim told Reuters that sources in Palmyra had confirmed that the Arch of Triumph, a jewel in the exquisite collection of ruins in the oasis city, had been blown up. Islamic State militants have blown up temples at the Roman-era UNESCO World Heritage site, which it has controlled since capturing Palmyra from Syrian government forces in May and mined other monuments and historic buildings.

Violence intensifies in Jerusalem, West Bank, raising security concerns Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:22 PM PDT By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Violence intensified in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Sunday after Israelis were targeted in two stabbing attacks and a Palestinian was killed in a clash with Israeli troops, officials said. A Palestinian man stabbed and wounded an Israeli teenager in Jerusalem, just hours after another knife-wielding attacker killed an off-duty Israeli soldier and a rabbi, nearby in the walled Old City, police said. Officers shot dead both attackers, a police spokesman said, and Israel's government announced it was barring Palestinians from entering the ancient district for two days, apart from people who lived there.

Pope opens synod; calls for welcoming Church but no gay marriage Posted: 04 Oct 2015 05:11 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday reaffirmed Catholic opposition to gay marriage as he opened a three-week gathering of bishops from around the world but said the Church had to show love and understanding towards all. Francis presided at a solemn Mass in St. Peter's Basilica to open the meeting, known as a synod, on the theme of the family in the modern world. On the eve of the gathering, the Vatican dismissed a Polish priest from his Holy See job after he came out as gay and called for changes in Catholic teachings against homosexual activity.

Portugal's austerity government wins re-election Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:46 PM PDT Portugal's ruling centre-right coalition won a general election Sunday seen as a referendum on its austerity policies, although it may not hold onto its absolute majority in parliament, near-complete results showed. Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's "Portugal Ahead" coalition took 39.16 percent of the vote, according to results from more than three-quarters of constituencies, with the opposition Socialists of former Lisbon mayor Antonio Costa trailing by more than seven points. Costa, who campaigned on a promise of easing some of the painful reforms imposed on western Europe's poorest country, was quick to concede defeat but ruled out stepping down as party leader.

Israel bars Palestinians from Jerusalem Old City after attacks Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:41 PM PDT Israel barred Palestinians from Jerusalem's Old City Sunday as violence spread after two Israelis were stabbed to death, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of "a fight to the death against Palestinian terror". Netanyahu convened his top security officials immediately after landing back in Israel Sunday from delivering a speech to the UN General Assembly. The Old City restrictions announced Sunday by police will be in place for two days, with only Israelis, tourists, residents of the area, business owners and students allowed.

The Latest: Saints defense healthiest yet with Byrd active Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:41 PM PDT The latest from NFL games around the league on the fourth Sunday of the season (all times EDT):

The Latest: 2 Coast Guard cutters will search through night Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:38 PM PDT NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The latest on the search for a cargo ship missing off the coast of Bahamas (all times local):

Britain's Osborne announces shake-up of infrastructure Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:37 PM PDT British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is to announce a new cross-party body to reform and speed up planning of major infrastructure projects such as rail links and power stations on Monday. "We have to shake Britain out of its inertia on the projects that matter most," Osborne is to tell the annual conference of the ruling Conservative party of Prime Minister David Cameron, according to released remarks. The new National Infrastructure Commission will be chaired by a peer from the opposition Labour party, Andrew Adonis, Osborne will announce.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:32 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday promised a full and transparent investigation into whether a U.S. aircraft providing support for American and Afghan commandos was responsible for the explosions that destroyed a hospital in northern Afghanistan, killing 22 people. Speaking to reporters traveling with him to Spain, Carter said, "the situation there is confused and complicated, so it may take some time to get the facts, but we will get the facts."

Parker has triple-double, US women win in Spain Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:20 PM PDT GIRONA, Spain (AP) — Candace Parker had a triple-double with 14 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds to help the U.S. women's team open its European tour with a 94-52 victory over Uni Girona on Sunday night.

Debris appears to belong to cargo ship missing in Bahamas Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:17 PM PDT Search-and-rescue teams on Sunday located debris appearing to belong to the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing in the eye of Hurricane Joaquin with 33 mostly American crew members aboard more than three days ago, the U.S. Coast Guard and the ship's owner said. There was no sighting of the El Faro or any lifeboats, Tim Nolan, president of ship's owner Tote Maritime Puerto Rico, said in a statement. With no word on the fate of the crew, relatives gathered at a seafarers' union hall in Jacksonville, Florida where they were briefed by the Coast Guard and the ship's owner.

South Carolina hit by torrential rainfall; seven dead Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:15 PM PDT By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Torrential rainfall that South Carolina's governor called a once-in-a-millennium downpour flooded the southeastern U.S. state on Sunday, causing at least seven deaths in the Carolinas. The storm had dumped more than 18 inches (45 cm) of rain in parts of central South Carolina by early Sunday. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said parts of the state were hit with rainfall that would be expected to occur once in 1,000 years, with the Congaree River running at its highest level since 1936.

Bruins sign backup G Gustavsson to 1-year, $700,000 contract Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:11 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins signed backup goalie Jonas Gustavsson to a one-year, $700,000 deal Sunday.

Portugal government re-elected despite painful austerity Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:09 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's center-right coalition government earned another four-year term Sunday, winning a general election behind an improving economy that weathered the austerity measures contested across Europe, but falling short of a crucial outright majority in Parliament.

Hope dims for finding survivors of deadly Guatemala mudslide Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:02 PM PDT SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (AP) — Hope faded Sunday for finding any survivors of a mudslide that killed at least 114 people as the smell of rotting bodies spread across the enormous mound of earth and rescuers reported the buried dwellings they reached were filled with water, suggesting anyone trapped inside would have drowned.

Portugal prime minister says ready to form new government without majority Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:00 PM PDT Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said on Sunday he was ready to form a new government after his coalition won the most votes in an election but fell short of a majority. "We will tell the president that the political force that won the most votes is ready to form government," Passos Coelho said in a televised statement.

Russia is conducting 'asymmetric warfare' in Syria: Britain's Hammond Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:59 PM PDT By William James MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Russia is engaged in "classic asymmetric warfare" in Syria by using its military clout to prop up President Bashar al-Assad while saying it is attacking Islamic State militants, Britain's foreign minister said on Sunday. Russia last week began striking targets in Syria - a dramatic escalation of foreign involvement in the civil war which has been criticized by the West as an attempt to prop up Assad, rather than its purported aim of attacking Islamic State.

More debris but no word on fate of ship lost off Bahamas Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:57 PM PDT NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The search for a U.S. cargo ship that was lost during Hurricane Joaquin off the southeastern Bahamas turned up more clues Sunday but no word yet on the fate of the vessel or its 33-member crew.

Tuesday's lineups at the Rugby World Cup Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:55 PM PDT Tuesday's lineups at the Rugby World Cup:

Two teams ought to finally earn a win in RWC Week 3 Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:55 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — On Day 19 of the Rugby World Cup, two teams ought to finally walk off a pitch smiling.

Harvick dominates in must-win race to advance in Chase Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:54 PM PDT DOVER, Del. (AP) — Kevin Harvick dominated a race he had to win to advance to the second round of NASCAR's playoffs, while six-time champion Jimmie Johnson was eliminated from the field.

Some relieved to find bodies as hundreds feared dead in Guatemala landslide Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:51 PM PDT By Enrique Pretel and Sofia Menchu SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (Reuters) - Despair in the search for hundreds of people buried in a landslide that swallowed part of a Guatemalan town is so deep that some relatives feel lucky simply to have found the bodies of their loved ones. Families on Sunday lit candles for relatives engulfed by a mass of earth and rubble that crashed down on a neighborhood in Santa Catarina Pinula. "I feel lucky because other families can't even cry over their dead," said Alejandro Lopez, a 45-year-old taxi driver, who recovered the bodies of two daughters and a grandson.

The Latest: Power outages reported as Joaquin lashes Bermuda Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:48 PM PDT HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — The latest on Hurricane Joaquin and the storm's predicted path. (All times local):

Brazil's Talita and Larissax win FIVB World Tour Finals Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:46 PM PDT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Brazil's Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca won the FIVB World Tour Finals on Sunday, beating Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst 21-17, 21-18 to extend their international winning streak to 27 matches.

Mexico's independent governor 'rides' into office Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:38 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first independent candidate to win a governorship in Mexico has started his first full day in office with a mass horse-ride of supporters.

Porto, Sporting win big to stay top in Portugal Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:33 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — FC Porto routed Belenenses 4-0 to keep the lead of the Portuguese league, while Sporting Lisbon also thrashed 10-man Guimaraes 5-1 to move into second place on Sunday.

Fiorentina moves 2 points clear after 3-0 win over Atalanta Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:23 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — Fiorentina eased to a 3-0 win over 10-man Atalanta to move into sole possession of top spot in Serie A after Inter Milan drew 1-1 at Sampdoria earlier Sunday.

Bermuda whipped by weakening Hurricane Joaquin Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:21 PM PDT HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Bermuda was lashed Sunday by gusting winds and pelting rains from a weakening Hurricane Joaquin as its spinning center tracked just west of the wealthy financial haven and tourist destination after plowing through the Bahamas as a major storm.

Ibrahimovic sets scoring record in PSG's win over Marseille Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:20 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — A day after celebrating his 34th birthday, Zlatan Ibrahimovic became Paris Saint-Germain's all-time leading scorer as he netted twice in a 2-1 win over bitter rival Marseille in the French league Sunday.

Portuguese opposition leader concedes defeat in election Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:16 PM PDT LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's opposition Socialist leader Antonio Costa conceded defeat in a general election on Sunday after exit polls and partial tallies put the ruling center-right coalition ahead. "I want to congratulate (Prime Minister Pedro) Passos Coelho and (deputy prime minister) Paulo Portas," he said. "The Socialist Party did not reach its objectives." (Reporting By Axel Bugge; editing by Mark John)

Record-setting rains submerge parts of US Southeast Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:11 PM PDT Record rainfall left large areas of the US southeast under water Sunday as roads were closed and residents were warned to stay indoors. The states of North and South Carolina have been particularly hard hit by heavy flooding, but the driving rain in recent days has spared almost none of the US East Coast. The storms are part of a weather system separate from Hurricane Joaquin, which was downgraded to a Category Two storm as it headed toward Bermuda.

Arsenal beats Manchester United 3-0, Bayern routs Dortmund Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:04 PM PDT Manchester United conceded three goals in the first 20 minutes for the first time in the 23-year history of the Premier League, Liverpool fired its manager and Zlatan Ibrahimovic became Paris Saint-Germain's all-time leading scorer in the French league on Sunday.

Portuguese government wins re-election despite austerity policies opposed across Europe Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:03 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese government wins re-election despite austerity policies opposed across Europe.

BMX test event for Rio Olympics receives poor grade Posted: 04 Oct 2015 02:55 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The BMX track for next year's Rio Olympics hosted its first test event on Sunday but received a poor grade from riders.

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops in West Bank: medics, police sources Posted: 04 Oct 2015 02:55 PM PDT Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - An 18-year-old Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers during clashes in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, medics and Palestinian police sources said, amid a spike in tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.

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