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• U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
• Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt
• Deaton wins economics Nobel Prize for work on consumption, poverty
• Dutch Safety Board set to say MH17 downed by Russian-made missile, but not point finger
• Bumpy road ahead for U.N.-proposed Libya peace deal
• Amnesty accuses U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish group of demolishing homes
• Honduran bank slated for liquidation remains closed
• Delta evacuates plane in Jamaica after faulty report of fire
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Tear gas and stone-throwing as police question Kosovo MP
• Thai federation president Worawi to appeal FIFA suspension
• Amnesty accuses Syria Kurdish forces of 'war crimes'
• Investors ask automakers to explain emissions lobbying
• Guinea opposition leaders want election scrapped, citing fraud
• Nusra Front urges attacks on Syria's Alawites to avenge Russian bombings
• Pacquiao's shoulder almost healed
• Latest attempt to end Guinea-Bissau's political crisis collapses
• In Haiti capital, gunmen kill US missionary in her car
• Slovakia beats Luxembourg 4-2, qualifies for Euro 2016
• Russia and Slovakia qualify for 2016 European Championship
• Puerto Rico relaxes school uniform rules for LGBT students
• Poverty expert Angus Deaton wins Nobel Economics Prize
• Perfect 10 for England in Euro 2016 qualifying
• Nepal's new premier names protest group leaders as deputies
• AP Source: Lack of written contract led to FIFA suspensions
• Manny Pacquiao says shoulder 80-90 percent healed
• 'The Martian' has landed atop box office
• Correction: Orphaned Sisters Reunited story
• How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Monday
• Knife turns into weapon of choice in Palestinian unrest
• Perfect 10 for England after Lithuania victory
• Wash Post slams Iran conviction of reporter, says will appeal
• Portugal opposition leader raises prospect of leftist coalition govt
• Wildfires burn homes, prompt evacuations in Wyoming, Idaho
• 2 Tunisia soldiers killed in clash with jihadists: ministry
• EU's refugee relocation scheme 'not enough': UN
• Thousands rally at German protest against refugees, Islam
• UN special tribunal sought for peacekeeper sex crimes
• Turkey faces period of instability in wake of attacks

U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:29 PM PDT By John Davison and Phil Stewart BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad. One military official said the drop, by Air Force C-17 cargo planes in northern Syria on Sunday, was part of a revamped U.S. strategy announced last week to help rebels in Syria battling Islamic State militants. Last week, Washington shelved a program to train and equip "moderate" rebels opposed to Assad who would join the fight against Islamic State.[:nL1N1221MR] The only group on the ground to have success against Islamic State while cooperating with the U.S.-led coalition is a Kurdish militia, the YPG, which has carved out an autonomous zone in northern Syria and advanced deep into Islamic State's stronghold Raqqa province.

Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt Posted: 12 Oct 2015 07:38 AM PDT By Daren Butler and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's government said on Monday Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, but opponents vented anger at President Tayyip Erdogan at funerals, universities and courthouses. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday's attack, the worst of its kind on Turkish soil, was intended to influence the outcome of November polls Erdogan hopes will restore a majority the ruling AK party lost in June. Two bombs struck seconds apart, targeting a rally of pro-Kurdish activists and civic groups near Ankara's main train station.

Deaton wins economics Nobel Prize for work on consumption, poverty Posted: 12 Oct 2015 12:02 PM PDT By Daniel Dickson and Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Economist Angus Deaton has won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize for his work on consumption, poverty and welfare that has helped governments to improve policy through tools such as household surveys and tax changes. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the British-born microeconomist's work had been a major influence on policy making, helping for example to determine how different social groups are affected by specific changes in taxation. "To design economic policy that promotes welfare and reduces poverty, we must first understand individual consumption choices," the award-giving body said in announcing the 8 million Swedish crown ($978,000) prize.

Dutch Safety Board set to say MH17 downed by Russian-made missile, but not point finger Posted: 12 Oct 2015 09:37 AM PDT By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings on Tuesday of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it. MH17 was shot down over territory held by pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people aboard, most of them Dutch citizens. Safety Board director Tjibbe Joustra will present findings on Tuesday first to victims' families, then to journalists at a military base in Gilze-Rijen, where parts of the plane have been brought from the crash site and reconstructed.

Bumpy road ahead for U.N.-proposed Libya peace deal Posted: 12 Oct 2015 10:28 AM PDT By Patrick Markey and Ahmed Elumami ALGIERS/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - After months of stalled negotiations, the United Nations has handed Libya's warring factions a unity government proposal in what it calls a major step towards ending the crisis, but the applause of Western officials cannot disguise serious obstacles. The proposal is just that, one hinging on the approval of both sides, and hardliners may treat a weak accord as a chance to drag Libya and its oil wealth deeper into war and division. Voices in both camps have criticized a proposal some say the U.N. wants to impose.

Amnesty accuses U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish group of demolishing homes Posted: 12 Oct 2015 04:07 PM PDT Amnesty International on Tuesday accused a Syrian Kurdish militia supported by the United States of committing war crimes by driving out thousands of non-Kurdish civilians and demolishing their homes. The London-based rights watchdog documented cases in more than a dozen villages in Kurdish-controlled areas where residents were forced to flee or had their homes destroyed by the YPG, or People's Protection Units, who have seized swathes of northern Syria from Islamic State militants this year. Amnesty's senior crisis adviser Lama Fakih said the autonomous Kurdish administration was "flouting international humanitarian law, in attacks that amount to war crimes".

Honduran bank slated for liquidation remains closed Posted: 12 Oct 2015 04:33 PM PDT TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Honduran bank caught up in a U.S. money laundering investigation will remain closed until Wednesday and will eventually be liquidated, government officials said Monday.

Delta evacuates plane in Jamaica after faulty report of fire Posted: 12 Oct 2015 04:33 PM PDT KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Delta Air Lines plane aborted takeoff Monday in Jamaica after a fire was reported in its cargo area, forcing 160 people and six crew members to evacuate the commercial jetliner which was scheduled to fly from Montego Bay to Atlanta.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 12 Oct 2015 04:33 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — Two senior Chinese officials — one who earlier led the country's biggest petroleum company and the other a deputy party chief in populous Sichuan province— were convicted of corruption Monday and sentenced to 16 and 13 years in prison, respectively, Chinese authorities said. Hanjiang Intermediate People's Court in central China said Jiang Jiemin, former chairman of the state-run China National Petroleum Corp., accepted 14 million yuan ($2.3 million) in bribes and failed to explain the source of another 15 million yuan. Jiang also violated regulations by providing assistance to others, resulting in losses to the state, the court said. It sentenced him to 16 years in prison.

Tear gas and stone-throwing as police question Kosovo MP Posted: 12 Oct 2015 04:27 PM PDT Police in Kosovo fired tear gas Monday on dozens of protesters who threw stones and smashed windows after a leading opposition MP was taken in for questioning. Albin Kurti, who founded the Self-Determination party and last week released tear gas in Kosovo's parliament in protest at agreements reached with Serbia, was held in a police station in downtown Pristina for questioning, police said.

Thai federation president Worawi to appeal FIFA suspension Posted: 12 Oct 2015 04:25 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — A lawyer acting for Worawi Makudi says the Thai soccer association president will immediately appeal his 90-day suspension handed down by FIFA on Monday.

Amnesty accuses Syria Kurdish forces of 'war crimes' Posted: 12 Oct 2015 04:11 PM PDT Waves of forced displacement and home demolitions carried out by Kurdish forces operating in Syria's north and northeast amount to "war crimes," a rights group said on Tuesday. Amnesty International said a fact-finding mission to 14 towns and villages in northern and northeast Syria "has uncovered a wave of forced displacement and home demolitions amounting to war crimes carried out by the autonomous administration" led by Syrian Kurds.

Investors ask automakers to explain emissions lobbying Posted: 12 Oct 2015 04:09 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Leading European investment managers and pension funds controlling nearly $1 trillion have joined forces to call for automakers to better explain how they have lobbied public bodies on emissions standards.

Guinea opposition leaders want election scrapped, citing fraud Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:38 PM PDT By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - All seven opposition leaders who contested Guinea's presidential election against incumbent Alpha Conde said on Monday the result should be annulled because of fraud. Conde, who rose to power in a military coup, is favored to win a second term, although the result from Sunday's vote may be close enough to require a second round. Early results announced by radio stations so far showed Conde in the lead.

Nusra Front urges attacks on Syria's Alawites to avenge Russian bombings Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:35 PM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Ahmed Tolba AMMAN/CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of Syria's Nusra Front, an offshoot of al Qaeda, urged insurgents on Monday to escalate attacks on the strongholds of President Bashar al Assad's minority Alawite sect in retaliation for what he said was the indiscriminate killing of Sunni Muslims by invading Russians. The audio message from Nusra Front leader Abu Mohamad al-Golani, posted on YouTube, said Russia's military intervention since last week was aimed at saving Assad's rule from collapse but was doomed to fail, as had previous Iranian and Hezbollah military support.

Pacquiao's shoulder almost healed Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:34 PM PDT Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao announced in New York Monday that he was "80 to 90 percent healed" from a shoulder operation and expected to return to training within weeks. Pacquiao had surgery on May 7 to repair a tear to his right rotator cuff sustained in a unanimous points defeat against American Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas just a few days earlier. Pacquiao announced last week he would likely retire next year after one last fight to focus on his career in politics, and is in talks with Mayweather and Britain's Amir Khan on who will be his last opponent.

Latest attempt to end Guinea-Bissau's political crisis collapses Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:31 PM PDT Guinea-Bissau's prime minister said talks with the president aimed at forming a new government and ending two months of political deadlock had collapsed on Monday. A row between President Jose Mario Vaz and his long-standing rival Domingos Simoes Pereira led to Pereira's dismissal as prime minister, along with his government, on Aug. 12. Two prime ministers have since been named.

In Haiti capital, gunmen kill US missionary in her car Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:13 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Colleagues say an American missionary who has been working in Haiti for two decades has been fatally shot by gunmen in the country's capital as she was behind the wheel of her car.

Slovakia beats Luxembourg 4-2, qualifies for Euro 2016 Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:02 PM PDT LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Slovakia beat Luxembourg 4-2 on Monday to advance to the European Championship for the first time as an independent nation.

Russia and Slovakia qualify for 2016 European Championship Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:01 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — Russia is returning to the European Championship for the fourth straight time, while Slovakia will be playing in the tournament for the first time as an independent nation.

Puerto Rico relaxes school uniform rules for LGBT students Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:59 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Students at public schools across Puerto Rico for the first time can choose to wear pants or skirts as part of their uniform regardless of their gender without being punished, a move that has unleashed a debate in this socially conservative island.

Poverty expert Angus Deaton wins Nobel Economics Prize Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:56 PM PDT Angus Deaton, a British-US professor at Princeton University, won the Nobel Economics Prize Monday for groundbreaking work on poverty and promptly warned that inequality is becoming a serious global threat. India, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, is a key area of his research. "His work has helped transform modern microeconomics, macroeconomics and development economics," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

Perfect 10 for England in Euro 2016 qualifying Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:47 PM PDT England eased into the European Championship after its qualification campaign ended with yet another win.

Nepal's new premier names protest group leaders as deputies Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:39 PM PDT KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's new prime minister appointed two deputy premiers on Monday, including an ethnic community leader who has rallied hundreds of protesters in blocking fuel and goods shipments from India for weeks and plunged the Himalayan nation into a fuel crisis.

AP Source: Lack of written contract led to FIFA suspensions Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:34 PM PDT ZURICH (AP) — The toppling of soccer's most powerful and recognizable leaders may have been sealed when FIFA President Sepp Blatter agreed to pay Michel Platini, the head of European soccer, 2 million Swiss francs (about $2 million) in 2011.

Manny Pacquiao says shoulder 80-90 percent healed Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:32 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Manny Pacquiao said Monday that his surgically repaired shoulder is 80-90 percent healed and he expects to resume training in November or December, with a return to the ring in March.

'The Martian' has landed atop box office Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:17 PM PDT Los Angeles (AFP) - "The Martian" held fast atop the North American box office charts, taking in an estimated $37 million over the weekend, industry data showed Monday. The critically acclaimed blockbuster starring Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars has now made $108.7 million in its first two weeks in theaters, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. In its third week in theaters, "The Intern," starring Robert De Niro as a 70-year-old interning for a fashion website founder played by Anne Hathaway, held firm at fourth place with $8.7 million in box office receipts.

Correction: Orphaned Sisters Reunited story Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:16 PM PDT SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — In a story Oct. 11 about two orphaned Korean sisters who reunited at a Florida hospital, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the sisters were reunited at Bayfront Health Port Charlotte. The sisters were reunited and are employed at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Monday Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:15 PM PDT U.S. stocks closed higher Monday as traders looked ahead to a busy week for corporate earnings. The subdued trading followed the best week for the market this year.

Knife turns into weapon of choice in Palestinian unrest Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:14 PM PDT The attacks have killed two Israelis and wounded more than 20 others, including a 13-year-old who was critically injured on Monday, and have had a powerful psychological impact. "Knife terror will not defeat us," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a speech before the Israeli parliament on Monday. Images of knives, whether ordinary kitchen utensils or hefty combat weapons with serrated blades -- and on occasion screwdrivers and a potato peeler -- have for the past 10 days flooded Israeli and Palestinian social networks and news media.

Perfect 10 for England after Lithuania victory Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:14 PM PDT England made it a perfect 10 wins out of 10 in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign as they completed the road to France with a 3-0 defeat of Lithuania on Monday. Roy Hodgson's side had long since booked their place in next year's tournament, but they were keen to finish with an impressive 100 percent record before focusing on the December draw for the finals. Lithuania goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis unluckily deflected Harry Kane's shot into his own net for the second and Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain struck after the interval to seal the stroll.

Wash Post slams Iran conviction of reporter, says will appeal Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:12 PM PDT The Washington Post on Monday slammed the conviction of its reporter Jason Rezaian in Iran as an "outrageous injustice" and said it was working with his family and lawyer to prepare a quick appeal. A spokesman for Iran's judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeie, said the verdict that had been issued could be appealed. "The guilty verdict announced by Iran in the trial of The Washington Post's Jason Rezaian represents an outrageous injustice," the paper's executive editor Martin Baron said in a statement.

Portugal opposition leader raises prospect of leftist coalition govt Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:04 PM PDT The head of Portugal's main opposition Socialists on Monday raised the prospect of forming an "alternative government" with two other leftist parties, after inconclusive elections saw the ruling centre-right fall short of an outright victory. The Socialists came second in the October 4 polls, trailing Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's Portugal Ahead coalition which took 38.9 percent of votes despite overseeing four years of painful austerity in the bailed-out country, although it lost its absolute parliamentary majority. After scoffing at the idea of forming a grand coalition with the centre-right, Socialist leader Antonio Costa on Monday said he had identified "points of convergence" in talks with the radical Left Bloc, linked to Greece's anti-austerity Syriza party.

Wildfires burn homes, prompt evacuations in Wyoming, Idaho Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:01 PM PDT Hundreds of Wyoming residents were forced to flee a wind-driven wildfire that destroyed at least 10 homes even as a separate blaze in neighboring Idaho burned several cabins to the ground and prompted dozens to evacuate, fire managers said on Monday. The fire that broke out on Saturday evening in a brush pile at a landfill north of Wyoming's second largest city of Casper has charred 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares) of grasslands and trees and led to the evacuation of more than 300 residents, said Bob Fawcett, fire marshal with the Natrona County Fire Protection District. At least 10 houses and an unknown number of outbuildings have been lost to a blaze fed by winds that gusted up to 60 miles an hour (95 kph) over the weekend amid bone-dry conditions, he said.

2 Tunisia soldiers killed in clash with jihadists: ministry Posted: 12 Oct 2015 02:01 PM PDT Two Tunisian soldiers were killed and four wounded in a clash with jihadists in a western region near the Algerian border on Monday, the defence ministry said. Tunisia has faced an upsurge in jihadist violence since its 2011 revolution that has cost the lives of several dozen soldiers and police, with most attacks claimed by Al-Qaeda's North African branch. "During a search operation, jihadists hiding out on Mount Sammama opened fire on our soldiers.

EU's refugee relocation scheme 'not enough': UN Posted: 12 Oct 2015 01:56 PM PDT The European Union's current relocation scheme for refugees is "not enough" to address the scope of the problem, the head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said the current EU scheme to share out 160,000 refugees from Italy and Greece over the next two years had to be broadened and "more legal opportunities" had to be provided to exiles. "You cannot have a technocratic approach to relocation," he told a news conference in Athens.

Thousands rally at German protest against refugees, Islam Posted: 12 Oct 2015 01:55 PM PDT DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Thousands of Germans took part Monday in a protest organized by the anti-Islam group PEGIDA, almost one year after it held its first rally in the eastern city of Dresden.

UN special tribunal sought for peacekeeper sex crimes Posted: 12 Oct 2015 01:54 PM PDT A 400-page UN report out Monday calls for the creation of a special international tribunal to judge peacekeepers accused of serious crimes, including sex crimes. The call follows a series of sex scandals among the "blue helmet" troops on peace missions in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic. The report was made public by UN Women, the international body's office in charge of gender equality and female empowerment, to mark the 15th anniversary of a historic UN resolution on the important role of women in international peace and security.

Turkey faces period of instability in wake of attacks Posted: 12 Oct 2015 01:53 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The suicide bombings that ripped through a rally promoting peace in Turkey's capital have magnified the political uncertainty ahead of a key election Nov. 1 and raised fears that the country may be heading toward an extended period of instability.

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