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• Third Russian air strike on Syrian rebel group kills leader
• Canada's new Liberal PM Trudeau wins broad mandate for change
• Slovenia to ask EU for police back-up to cope with influx of migrants
• Exclusive: Dissident commanders meet to choose rival Afghan Taliban leader
• Welcomed with pageantry and protests, China's Xi hails 'bright' ties with Britain
• U.N.'s Ban, on visit, urges Israelis, Palestinians to avoid 'abyss'
• Spain eases spending constraints ahead of elections
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• San Francisco board reaffirms status as immigrant sanctuary
• Trudeau's Liberal juggernaut sets new course for Canada
• Chile approves extra payments for Pinochet victims
• Mexico agrees to relaunch investigation of missing students
• Canada's Trudeau faces big challenges on climate change
• White House says Obama congratulated Canada's Trudeau on election win
• Britain changes China visa rules to woo big-spending tourists
• Vanuatu shaken by magnitude-7.3 quake; no reports of damage
• Canada to return to its honest broker role under Trudeau
• Peru president fires prosecutor in investigation of his wife
• Woods says recovery will be 'long and tedious'
• Brazil pulls out of electoral mission to Venezuela
• Warming opens famed Northwest Passage to navigation
• Slovenia buckles as migrants rush to escape winter, border closures
• Wyclef releases song declaring support for Haitian candidate
• U.S., Russia sign memo to avoid clashes in air over Syria
• Trudeau promises equal number of men, women in cabinet
• Arsenal's hopes still alive after 2-0 CL win over Bayern
• Sock, Baghdatis through to 2nd round at Stockholm
• Irish court orders probe into Facebook data transfers
• UN chief to brief Security Council on Israeli-Palestinian violence
• Top-seeded Ferrer rallies to beat Ramos-Vinolas in Vienna
• Four dead in Congo as protesters defy clampdown
• Indictment brings additional bribery charges in UN case
• US, Canadian investment firms snap up entire NYC neighborhood
• Arsenal beats Bayern Munich 2-0 in the Champions League
• Chelsea frustrated in scoreless draw with Dynamo Kiev
• Traveller community in southeast France riots after jail request denied
• US: Capt. of sunken ship intended to sail 65 mi from storm
• Texas teen arrested for homemade clock to move to Qatar
• Canada withdrawing fighter jets from Iraq, Syria, Trudeau tells Obama
• Canada's approach to foreign issues to change with Trudeau

Third Russian air strike on Syrian rebel group kills leader Posted: 20 Oct 2015 06:40 AM PDT Russian air strikes in Syria's Latakia province killed a rebel commander and four other fighters from a group armed by President Bashar al-Assad's foreign enemies, a spokesman for the group said on Tuesday. The attack on Monday evening marked the third time Russian war planes have targeted the First Coastal Division group since Moscow began its air strikes in support of President Bashar al-Assad on Sept. 30, the group's spokesman Fadi Ahmad said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights earlier put the death toll at 45 rebels and civilians.

Canada's new Liberal PM Trudeau wins broad mandate for change Posted: 20 Oct 2015 02:36 PM PDT By Allison Lampert and Randall Palmer MONTREAL/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, who came from behind to trounce his Conservative rivals and snatch a majority mandate, now has to deliver on pledges from tackling climate change to boosting the economy and legalizing marijuana. Trudeau, who campaigned on a promise of change, toppled Stephen Harper's Conservatives on Monday, giving him the freedom to start implementing his campaign pledges largely unimpeded. The 43-year-old son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau swept to victory with 39.5 percent of the popular vote in an election that saw the highest voter turnout since 1993.

Slovenia to ask EU for police back-up to cope with influx of migrants Posted: 20 Oct 2015 12:16 PM PDT By Marja Novak and Maja Zuvela LJUBLJANA/KLJUC BRDOVECKI, Croatia (Reuters) - Between 1,500 and 2,500 migrants will spend Tuesday night at the Berkasovo-Bapska border crossing between Serbia and Croatia, some of them sleeping on the ground covered with blankets, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said. Slovenia meanwhile is to ask the European Union to send additional police forces to its border with Croatia to help it deal with thousands of migrants streaming into the tiny country on their way to Austria and beyond. Attempts by Slovenia to stem the flow of migrants since Hungary sealed its border with Croatia on Friday have triggered a knock-on effect through the Balkans, with thousands held up at border crossings.

Exclusive: Dissident commanders meet to choose rival Afghan Taliban leader Posted: 20 Oct 2015 09:01 AM PDT By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Weeks after the Afghan Taliban's biggest battlefield success since 2001, dissident commanders unhappy with their new leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour are meeting to choose a rival, they told Reuters on Tuesday. A leadership battle within the Taliban could create space for militants loyal to Islamic State to expand their foothold in the region, and could discourage Mansour from resuming Pakistan-backed peace talks with the Afghan government. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is pushing for a negotiated settlement to the 14-year insurgency, which has escalated markedly since tens of thousands of NATO combat troops withdrew ahead of an end-2014 deadline.

Welcomed with pageantry and protests, China's Xi hails 'bright' ties with Britain Posted: 20 Oct 2015 09:17 AM PDT By Michael Holden and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hailed the "bright future" of closer relations with Britain, addressing lawmakers as part of a pomp-laden visit during which more than $46 billion of deals are expected to be signed. Britain rolled out the red carpet for Xi, who was honored with a 41-gun salute and given a ride in a gilded carriage with Queen Elizabeth before addressing lawmakers from both Houses of Parliament. A few dozen protesters calling on Prime Minister David Cameron to raise human rights with Xi were outnumbered by the thousands of China supporters thronging The Mall, one of London's most famous avenues, as Xi rode with the queen for a private lunch.

U.N.'s Ban, on visit, urges Israelis, Palestinians to avoid 'abyss' Posted: 20 Oct 2015 12:42 PM PDT By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Palestinians and Israel on Tuesday to step back from a "dangerous abyss" as he arrived on a snap visit to the region at the head of international efforts to quell three weeks of violence. The bloodshed began with a string of stabbing attacks on Israelis in Jerusalem. One reason given by Palestinians for the violence is anger over perceived Jewish encroachment on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine, also revered by Jews as the site of two biblical temples.

Spain eases spending constraints ahead of elections Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:34 PM PDT Spain's lower house on Tuesday approved a 2016 budget designed to ease some spending restrictions after years of austerity, ahead of legislative elections due on December 20. The conservative government of Mariano Rajoy describes the budget as a reward for five years of belt-tightening, after growth resumed last year.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:32 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — China's leader quoted Chinese proverbs and William Shakespeare while Britain's prime minister hailed a "golden age" between the two nations as a state visit festooned with regal pomp and pageantry was shadowed by concerns about national security, human rights and economic rivalry. President Xi Jinping's trip, years in the making, aimed to cement deals giving Britain a vast new pool of investment and China greater access to European markets. But as Xi was welcomed Tuesday as an honored guest at Buckingham Palace and Parliament, critics warned that Britain was taking a risk by courting Beijing so aggressively.

San Francisco board reaffirms status as immigrant sanctuary Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:32 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors vigorously reaffirmed the city's status as a sanctuary city on Tuesday by rejecting a resolution that encouraged cooperation with federal immigration officials involving inmates in local jails.

Trudeau's Liberal juggernaut sets new course for Canada Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:32 PM PDT Liberal leader Justin Trudeau reached out to Canada's traditional allies Tuesday after winning a landslide election mandate to change tack on global warming and return to the multilateralism sometimes shunned by his predecessor. Monday's decisive win ended nearly a decade of Stephen Harper's Tory rule, prompting the 43-year-old Trudeau to rebuild ties that soured over the issue of climate change with a "constructive" new style of government. "I want to say to this country's friends all around the world: Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in the world over the past 10 years," the prime minister-elect told cheering supporters at a rally in Ottawa.

Chile approves extra payments for Pinochet victims Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:18 PM PDT Chile's congress on Tuesday approved one-time reparation payments for political prisoners and torture victims of the 1973-1990 Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. Regime victims already receive reparation payments of different types. The measure "reflects the state's duty to offer reparations to victims of human rights violations during the dictatorship," read a statement from the Ministry of Government.

Mexico agrees to relaunch investigation of missing students Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico agreed on Tuesday to relaunch its investigation of last year's disappearance of 43 teachers' college students, a probe that has been roundly criticized by relatives of the missing and independent investigators.

Canada's Trudeau faces big challenges on climate change Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:16 PM PDT By Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Newly elected Canadian leader Justin Trudeau will arrive in office with a promise to improve Canada's battered environmental image, vowing a new strategy for global climate negotiations in Paris this December. Although he has yet to say how he will achieve his goals, the Liberal Party leader faces a tough task meeting expectations. Trudeau has less than 40 days before the Paris conference begins, hardly time for yet-unnamed energy and environment ministers to get up to speed, let alone to forge a common position with Canada's provinces on carbon emissions cuts.

White House says Obama congratulated Canada's Trudeau on election win Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said U.S. President Barack Obama called Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau on Tuesday to congratulate him on his Liberal Party's election win. Obama and Trudeau talked about the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership, combating terrorism and working together to achieve an "ambitious" climate agreement in Paris later this year, the White House said in a statement. (Reporting by Julia Edwards; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Britain changes China visa rules to woo big-spending tourists Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:14 PM PDT By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will look to encourage high spending Chinese tourists to visit the country by introducing a two year multiple-entry visa, the government said on Wednesday during a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi's visit, which included an audience with Queen Elizabeth, is designed attract Chinese investment and win Britain a lucrative role as foremost Western economic ally to the world's second-largest economy. The change to visa rules will look to cash in on the expanding wealth of China's middle classes by lifting the bureaucracy and costs associated with visiting Britain on holiday.

Vanuatu shaken by magnitude-7.3 quake; no reports of damage Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:14 PM PDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The South Pacific nation of Vanuatu was shaken Wednesday by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Canada to return to its honest broker role under Trudeau Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:10 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — The stunning victory of Justin Trudeau will reverberate beyond Canada's borders after the Liberal Party leader emphatically ended a decade of rule by the most conservative leadership in the country's history.

Peru president fires prosecutor in investigation of his wife Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:07 PM PDT LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's president on Tuesday fired the public prosecutor who oversaw money-laundering investigations after she refused to remain silent in a case involving the country's first lady.

Woods says recovery will be 'long and tedious' Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:03 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tiger Woods has not started rehabilitation for a second back surgery he had a month ago, and he said Tuesday he would face another "tedious and long" process that suggests it might be awhile before he competes again.

Brazil pulls out of electoral mission to Venezuela Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:01 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Brazil is pulling out of a South American mission to observe crucial legislative elections in Venezuela over what it says a lack of guarantees by the socialist government and its veto of the choice to head the delegation.

Warming opens famed Northwest Passage to navigation Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:01 PM PDT Beneath the Aurora Borealis an oil tanker glides through the night past the Coast Guard ice breaker Amundsen and vanishes into the maze of shoals and straits of the Northwest Passage, navigating waters that for millennia were frozen over this time of year. Warming has forced a retreat of the polar ice cap, opening up a sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for several months of the year. Commander Alain Lacerte is at the helm as the vessel navigates the Queen Maud Gulf, poring over charts that date from the 1950s and making course corrections with the help of GPS.

Slovenia buckles as migrants rush to escape winter, border closures Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:56 PM PDT Slovenia on Tuesday called in the army to help it manage a flood of refugees seeking to reach northern Europe ahead of winter, as the small EU state became the latest trouble spot on the migrant trail. With at least 9,000 people landing on Europe's beaches every day, there appeared to be no end in sight to the continent's biggest migration wave since World War II. Since Saturday when Hungary sealed off its border with Croatia, more than 19,460 migrants have arrived in Slovenia, with the nation of two million people warning it was struggling to cope.

Wyclef releases song declaring support for Haitian candidate Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:52 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has released a song calling on Haitian voters to cast ballots for one presidential candidate, while the outgoing president's musician son hastily issued his own track touting his father's hand-picked successor.

U.S., Russia sign memo to avoid clashes in air over Syria Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:49 PM PDT By Idrees Ali and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian military officials signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday that includes steps their pilots should take to avoid an inadvertent clash over Syria as they carry out separate air strikes against militant groups, the Pentagon said. The issue of aircraft safety started after Russia began bombing targets in Syria last month. Moscow says it is attacking Islamic State, but many of its air strikes have hit territory held by other rebel groups fighting against Russia's Syrian ally, President Bashar al-Assad.

Trudeau promises equal number of men, women in cabinet Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:46 PM PDT Canada's prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau pledged Tuesday to announce his first cabinet in November, adding that it will include an equal number of men and women. The new cabinet will be announced on November 4 -- the same day Trudeau officially becomes prime minister after a transition from the previous administration. Outgoing prime minister Stephen Harper had 12 women in his last 38-member cabinet.

Arsenal's hopes still alive after 2-0 CL win over Bayern Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:45 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Arsenal remains bottom of Group F in the Champions League but the Gunners finally got their campaign underway with a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

Sock, Baghdatis through to 2nd round at Stockholm Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:43 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — American Jack Sock and Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus advanced to the second round of the Stockholm Open with hard-fought wins on Tuesday, while Finland's Jarkko Nieminen ended his singles career with a defeat against Nicolas Almagro.

Irish court orders probe into Facebook data transfers Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:41 PM PDT Ireland's High Court on Tuesday ordered the Irish data protection agency to examine whether to suspend the transfer of Facebook users' data from Europe to the United States. The Data Protection Commissioner "is obliged now to investigate the complaint," Judge Gerard Hogan said following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice earlier this month. The case was initiated by Austrian activist Max Schrems, who claims techniques used by the US National Security Agency (NSA) -- as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden -- meant the privacy of his user data could not be guaranteed once it had been transferred across the Atlantic.

UN chief to brief Security Council on Israeli-Palestinian violence Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:40 PM PDT UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will brief the Security Council on Wednesday on his trip to the Middle East where he is seeking to defuse weeks of violence, diplomats said. Ban made the request to urgently speak to council members by video-conference from the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah. The UN chief met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was due to hold talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday morning.

Top-seeded Ferrer rallies to beat Ramos-Vinolas in Vienna Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:33 PM PDT VIENNA (AP) — Top-seeded David Ferrer overcame a slow start to beat fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Erste Bank Open on Tuesday.

Four dead in Congo as protesters defy clampdown Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:33 PM PDT Four people were killed and 10 injured Tuesday in the Republic of Congo, according to officials, as demonstrators braved a government clampdown and took to the streets to protest the president's bid for a third term in office. The violence prompted urgent calls for calm from a visiting senior US official and Amnesty International. Clashes erupted after authorities banned a protest rally against next Sunday's referendum on President Denis Sassou Nguesso's bid to extend a three-decade stay in office.

Indictment brings additional bribery charges in UN case Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:31 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors in New York have beefed up charges in a bribery case that has ensnared a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a Dominican diplomat and a Chinese billionaire.

US, Canadian investment firms snap up entire NYC neighborhood Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:29 PM PDT US investment firm Blackstone and Canada's Ivanhoe Cambridge have purchased an entire Manhattan neighborhood for $5.3 billion, after agreeing hold down rents on several thousand apartments. The purchase, reported in US media and confirmed by AFP, is of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village -- two sprawling residential complexes built in 1947. The purchase was carried out as a joint venture in which Blackstone holds 51 percent and Ivanhoe Cambridge 49, a source close to the deal said.

Arsenal beats Bayern Munich 2-0 in the Champions League Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:27 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Goals from Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil helped Arsenal end a run of two consecutive defeats in the Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

Chelsea frustrated in scoreless draw with Dynamo Kiev Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:15 PM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Chelsea's Champions League campaign hit more trouble Tuesday in a frustrating 0-0 draw against Dynamo Kiev in Group G.

Traveller community in southeast France riots after jail request denied Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:14 PM PDT A traveller community in southeast France launched violent protests while inmates at a jail in the region rioted Tuesday after authorities refused a request for prison leave, concurring sources said. The incident occurred less than two months after a similar flareup involving travellers, and Prime Minister Manuel Valls demanded a firm response. The local traveller community in the Alpine town of Moirans had requested temporary leave for two jailed members so that they could attend the funeral of someone who had died in an accident last weekend while riding in a stolen car.

US: Capt. of sunken ship intended to sail 65 mi from storm Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:11 PM PDT GAINESVILLE, Florida (AP) — U.S. investigators said Tuesday that the captain of the doomed cargo ship that sank after being battered by a hurricane intended to pass 65 miles from the center of the storm, a decision maritime experts say was risky.

Texas teen arrested for homemade clock to move to Qatar Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:08 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — The family of a 14-year-old Muslim student from Texas who was arrested after a homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a possible bomb has announced they're moving to the Middle East for him to attend school there.

Canada withdrawing fighter jets from Iraq, Syria, Trudeau tells Obama Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:07 PM PDT Canada's prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he told US President Barack Obama that Canadian fighter jets would withdraw from fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. "About an hour ago I spoke with President Obama," Trudeau told a press conference.

Canada's approach to foreign issues to change with Trudeau Posted: 20 Oct 2015 03:06 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — A look at how Canada's approach to international issues could change with Liberal Justin Trudeau replacing Conservative Stephen Harper as prime minister:

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