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• Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage
• Tapped phone led Paris attack leader to his death
• In rare admission, U.S. says civilians killed in Iraq strike
• India blocks visits by U.S. officials despite warmer ties
• U.N. move boosts British PM bid for Syria air strikes: envoy
• Exclusive: In Paris attack, nurse discovers the man he tried to save was bomber
• Premier League adopts Marseillaise in Paris tribute
• Minnesota holds off Missouri State 74-69 in Puerto Rico
• Dozens dead in heaviest east Syria strikes since war began: monitor
• UN vote shows world united against IS 'evil death cult': UK PM
• Study: Poverty in Venezuela at 73 percent of households
• Wary Parisians vow to keep party going one week after attacks
• Protest against Haiti election turns violent; 1 dead
• UN approves 'all necessary measures' to fight IS
• Gunmen attack hotel in Mali's capital, killing at least 20
• Belgium raises terror alert to highest level in Brussels: statement
• UN approves resolution urging action against Islamic State
• Hofstra surprises Florida State 82-77 in Paradise Jam
• Russia's Kulizhnikov breaks world 500 record _ again
• Top Asian News 12:23 a.m. GMT
• Court orders Cambodian opposition chief to hear new charges
• At least 27 dead in Mali hotel attack claimed by Al-Qaeda affiliate
• Texas Tech holds off Mississippi State 74-72 in Puerto Rico
• More than half of Amazon tree species seen at risk of extinction
• Bomb threats at human rights site before Argentine vote
• UN, EU move to toughen anti-IS fight after Paris attacks
• Mexico, US arrest 8 in binational sex-trafficking ring
• No sign traveler to Colombia involved with Paris bombers: prosecutor
• Militants may have spent as little as $7,500 on Paris attacks
• U.S. likely to make another South China Sea patrol before year-end: Navy official
• Mali president says 21 dead in Bamako hotel attack
• One American killed in attack on hotel in Mali: State Department
• Magnitude 4.1 quake hits north Oklahoma, second in 2 days
• Wawrinka beats Murray to reach semifinals at ATP finals
• Costa Rica gives transit visas to Cubans despite border row
• Three new confirmed cases in previously Ebola-free Liberia: WHO
• Nepal facing 'medical crisis' as supplies run short

Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:23 PM PST By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, taking 170 hostages in a former French colony that has been battling rebels allied with al Qaeda for several years. The raid on the Radisson Blu hotel, which lies just west of the city center near government ministries and diplomatic offices in the former French colony, comes a week after Islamic State militants killed 129 people in Paris. Northern Mali was occupied by Islamist fighters, some with links to al Qaeda, for most of 2012.

Tapped phone led Paris attack leader to his death Posted: 20 Nov 2015 12:43 PM PST By Leigh Thomas and Gerard Bon PARIS (Reuters) - Police watched the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks being led by a woman into an apartment the evening before both died there in a raid by special forces, a police source said on Friday. After a tip-off from Morocco that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, one of Islamic State's most high-profile European recruits, was in France, police honed in on Hasna Aitboulahcen, a woman already under surveillance who was known to have links to him. Police tapping her phone as part of a drugs investigation tracked her to the St. Denis suburb north of Paris, also home to the stadium where three suicide bombers blew themselves up during last Friday's attacks that killed 130 people.

In rare admission, U.S. says civilians killed in Iraq strike Posted: 20 Nov 2015 01:49 PM PST By Yeganeh Torbati and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike that targeted an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March likely killed four civilians, one of whom may have been a child, the U.S. military said on Friday in a rare statement acknowledging the death of civilians. An investigation of the March 13 strike found the checkpoint was a legitimate target, that "all reasonable measures" were taken to avoid unintended deaths and the presence of civilians could not be detected until after the warplane had launched its weapons.

India blocks visits by U.S. officials despite warmer ties Posted: 20 Nov 2015 02:30 PM PST By David Brunnstrom and Sanjeev Miglani WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Despite a much-heralded fresh start in U.S.-India ties under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a diplomatic source said on Friday the United States has run into problems arranging visits by two senior officials, recalling a diplomatic spat that soured relations two years ago. Washington has been seeking to send Susan Coppedge, its newly appointed anti-people trafficking ambassador, and Randy Berry, its special envoy for LGBT rights, to New Delhi this month. Human trafficking has caused friction between the United States and India.

U.N. move boosts British PM bid for Syria air strikes: envoy Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:45 PM PST British Prime Minister David Cameron's bid to start air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria could be bolstered by a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted on Friday calling on able states to fight the militants, said Britain's U.N envoy. "It's a call to action to member states that have the capacity to do so to take all necessary measures against (Islamic State) and other terrorist groups," British U.N. Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told reporters. "I think that is a powerful part of the case that the prime minister is setting out in terms of the British role in Syria and elsewhere," he said.

Exclusive: In Paris attack, nurse discovers the man he tried to save was bomber Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:12 PM PST By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Pauline Mevel PARIS (Reuters) - In the chaos of the explosion at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, one of several targets hit in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, nurse David instinctively sought to help the wounded.

Premier League adopts Marseillaise in Paris tribute Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:48 PM PST London (AFP) - 'La Marseillaise' will drift out across Premier League stadiums this weekend as English football continues its show of solidarity with France over last week's devastating terror attacks in Paris. Fans of France and England united for a moving rendition of the French national anthem prior to Tuesday's Wembley friendly and the rousing battle hymn is to be played again before each of this weekend's 10 games. With the English top flight's French contingent -- 72 players and two managers -- still reeling from the shock of the attacks, which have left 130 people dead and over 350 injured, it is a move that has been widely welcomed.

Minnesota holds off Missouri State 74-69 in Puerto Rico Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:38 PM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Joey King couldn't miss to start Friday's game, helping Minnesota's offense get off to a fast start on the way to building a big lead at the Puerto Rico Tipoff.

Dozens dead in heaviest east Syria strikes since war began: monitor Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:37 PM PST Russia pounded the jihadist group in Syria, firing cruise missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea after President Vladimir Putin vowed retaliation for a bombing that brought down a Russian airliner in Egypt last month. In the United Nations, member states backed a motion calling for action against Islamic State a week after the Paris attacks, the worst on French soil also claimed by the jihadist group based in Syria and Iraq. "At least 36 people were killed and dozens more injured in more than 70 raids carried out by Russian and Syrian planes against several districts in Deir Ezzor," Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group told AFP.

UN vote shows world united against IS 'evil death cult': UK PM Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:36 PM PST The unanimous UN Security Council vote on Friday backing action against Islamic State shows the world is united against the "evil death cult", British Prime Minister David Cameron said. The United Nations Security Council authorised countries to "take all necessary measures" to fight the jihadist group, in a resolution a week after the Paris attacks that claimed 130 lives. Cameron called the vote on the French-drafted text an "important moment".

Study: Poverty in Venezuela at 73 percent of households Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:36 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A study estimates poverty in Venezuela has hit an all-time high of some 73 percent of households.

Wary Parisians vow to keep party going one week after attacks Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:36 PM PST By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - Parisians braved the cold and rain on Friday to go for drinks and make sure the lights stayed on in the trendy, multicultural eastern parts of the capital that were hit by Islamist militants only a week ago. Many of the 130 victims of last Friday's attacks were enjoying drinks after work on an unusually warm autumn night when Islamic State gunmen sprang from cars and sprayed them with bullets in France's worst violence since World War Two. Tension was still high in Paris at the end of a week in which there were scores of false alarms, episodes of crowd panic and a seven-hour gunfight that left the suspected mastermind of the attacks dead.

Protest against Haiti election turns violent; 1 dead Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:35 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of Haitians demanding that last month's presidential election be annulled clashed with supporters of the government, resulting in at least one death.

UN approves 'all necessary measures' to fight IS Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:35 PM PST The UN Security Council on Friday authorized countries to "take all necessary measures" to fight the Islamic State group in a resolution that won unanimous backing a week after the Paris attacks. The measure drafted by France calls on all UN member states to "redouble and coordinate their efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist attacks" committed by IS and other extremist groups linked to Al-Qaeda. French President Francois Hollande welcomed the adoption, saying the resolution would "help mobilise nations to eliminate Daesh" (IS), which has claimed responsibility for the attacks that left 130 dead in Paris.

Gunmen attack hotel in Mali's capital, killing at least 20 Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:34 PM PST BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Heavily armed Islamic extremists seized dozens of hostages Friday at a Radisson hotel, but Malian troops, backed by U.S. and French special forces, swarmed in to retake the building and free many of the terrified captives. At least 20 people, including one American, were killed along with two gunmen during the more than seven-hour siege, a Malian military commander said.

Belgium raises terror alert to highest level in Brussels: statement Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:32 PM PST Belgium raised its terror alert level to the highest level in the capital Brussels on Saturday, warning of an "imminent threat" in a statement from the OCAM national crisis centre. "Following our latest evaluation... the centre has raised its terror alert to level 4, signifying a very serious threat, for the Brussels region," said the statement, which comes a week after the Paris attacks left 130 dead.

UN approves resolution urging action against Islamic State Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:31 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a French-sponsored resolution Friday calling on all nations to redouble and coordinate action to prevent further attacks by Islamic State terrorists and other extremist groups.

Hofstra surprises Florida State 82-77 in Paradise Jam Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:29 PM PST ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — After Hofstra left its chilly campus to go check out the tropics, Pride coach Joe Mihalich found himself worrying about the change of scenery causing a loss of focus.

Russia's Kulizhnikov breaks world 500 record _ again Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:26 PM PST SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Russia's Pavel Kulizhnikov broke the world 500-meter record for the second time in a week Friday, finishing in 33.98 seconds in a World Cup speedskating event.

Top Asian News 12:23 a.m. GMT Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:23 PM PST PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court has summoned opposition leader Sam Rainsy to hear new charges against him, after an arrest warrant was issued last week in a separate case, piling more pressure on opponents of the country's autocratic leader. Rainsy's arrest is being sought on an old defamation conviction that many believed had been lifted by a 2013 pardon. The ruling party-dominated National Assembly stripped Rainsy of his lawmaker's status and parliamentary immunity on Monday, prompting him to delay his return from an overseas trip. Prime Minister Hun Sen has now all but abrogated a political truce he reached with the opposition in 2014 to end a boycott of Parliament.

Court orders Cambodian opposition chief to hear new charges Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:22 PM PST PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court has summoned opposition leader Sam Rainsy to hear new charges against him, after an arrest warrant was issued last week in a separate case, piling more pressure on opponents of the country's autocratic leader.

At least 27 dead in Mali hotel attack claimed by Al-Qaeda affiliate Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:22 PM PST Gun-toting jihadists took more than 100 people hostage for around nine hours at a top hotel in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, in an attack claimed by an Al-Qaeda affiliate that left at least 27 people dead. The assault, which was claimed by the Al-Murabitoun group of notorious one-eyed Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, added to fears over the global jihadist threat, a week after the devastating Paris attacks that killed 130 people. The Malian government declared a 10-day nationwide state of emergency Friday evening over the assault and called three days of mourning for the victims, who included three Chinese, an American and a Belgian.

Texas Tech holds off Mississippi State 74-72 in Puerto Rico Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:20 PM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Devaugntah Williams scored 15 points to help Texas Tech hold off Mississippi State 74-72 in Friday's consolation bracket at the Puerto Rico Tipoff.

More than half of Amazon tree species seen at risk of extinction Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:19 PM PST By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South America's vast Amazon region harbors one of the world's most diverse collection of tree species, but more than half may be at risk for extinction due to ongoing deforestation to clear land for farming, ranching and other purposes, scientists say. Researchers said on Friday that if recent trends continued, between 36 and 57 percent of the estimated 15,000 Amazonian tree species likely would qualify as threatened with extinction under criteria used by the group that makes such determinations, the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The researchers analyzed Amazonian forest surveys and data on current and projected deforestation areas.

Bomb threats at human rights site before Argentine vote Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:18 PM PST Police in Argentina evacuated a historically sensitive human rights center after it received bomb threats on Friday, two days before a potentially transformative presidential election. In other rare incidents linked to Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship, graffiti criticizing alleged corruption in the human rights movement appeared on another historic building in Buenos Aires. The Space for Memory is housed in a former military school in the capital, a symbolic site for the human rights movement that campaigns for justice for dictatorship victims.

UN, EU move to toughen anti-IS fight after Paris attacks Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:11 PM PST The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously backed a resolution aimed at broadening the fight against the Islamic State group as Europe agreed to tighten border checks, a week after the Paris attacks. The vote in New York on the text drafted by France came hours after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, taking dozens of people hostage that ended around nine hours later with at least 27 dead. The attack on the luxury Radisson Blu hotel added to fears about the global jihadist threat a week after the Paris massacre that left 130 people dead, although there was no immediate confirmation of a link with IS.

Mexico, US arrest 8 in binational sex-trafficking ring Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:07 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican and U.S. authorities say eight people have been arrested in an international trafficking ring that forced women and underage girls into prostitution.

No sign traveler to Colombia involved with Paris bombers: prosecutor Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:01 PM PST By Julia Symmes Cobb and Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - There was no sign that a woman who passed through Colombia in July was connected with last week's Paris attacks, an official with the national prosecutor's office said on Friday in response to a media report suggesting a possible link. The official from the attorney general's office told Reuters that a woman using the name Al Sakhadi Seham took a flight out of Bogota after a stay in neighboring Ecuador. Spanish news agency EFE had reported from Bogota on Thursday that Al Sakhadi, whom it said was Syrian and involved in the Nov. 13 shootings and bombings of civilians in Paris, took a connecting flight out of the Colombian capital in July.

Militants may have spent as little as $7,500 on Paris attacks Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:01 PM PST The militants who killed 130 people in Paris, triggering waves of air strikes on Syria and security alerts around the world, may have spent as little as around 7,000 euros ($7,500) to stage their attacks. World leaders scrambled to crack down on terrorist financing after the Nov. 13 assaults, which have been claimed by Islamic State in retaliation for strikes on Iraq and Syria. Within days, France and Belgium announced 1 billion euros worth of additional security measures.

U.S. likely to make another South China Sea patrol before year-end: Navy official Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:58 PM PST The U.S. Navy will likely carry out another patrol within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea before the end of the year, a U.S. Navy official said on Friday. The USS Lassen, a guided missile destroyer, last month sailed close to one of China's man-made islands in the Spratly Islands archipelago to underscore its rights under international law, drawing an angry rebuke from Beijing. A U.S. defense official said this month the Navy planned two or more patrols a quarter in the region as part of its plan to regularly exercise its rights under international law and remind China and others about its view.

Mali president says 21 dead in Bamako hotel attack Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:55 PM PST BAMAKO (Reuters) - Twenty-one people were killed on Friday in an attack on a hotel in Mali's capital by Islamist militants and seven people were wounded, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said on state television. The dead included two militants. Keita declared a national state of emergency from midnight and three days of national mourning. (Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo and Adama Diarra; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; Editing by Chris Reese)

One American killed in attack on hotel in Mali: State Department Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:55 PM PST A U.S. citizen died in the attack on a luxury hotel in Bamako, Mali, where armed Islamist militants took hostages on Friday, the U.S. State Department said. The State Department said in a statement that out of respect for the family of the victim, it had no further information for the time being. Early on Friday morning, gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked the Radisson Blu hotel, which is frequented by foreigners, taking 170 people hostage in the country's capital, Bamako.

Magnitude 4.1 quake hits north Oklahoma, second in 2 days Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:54 PM PST A magnitude 4.1 quake hit near the north Oklahoma town of Medford on Friday, the second temblor in two days to hit the area where energy extraction takes place. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 4.6, struck at 4:40 p.m. at a shallow depth of 4.9 miles (8 km) with the epicenter 9 miles (15 km), north-northwest of Medford. A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck northern Oklahoma early on Thursday, rattling residents out of their beds and shaking the ground across a 100-mile (160-km) radius that included the city of Tulsa and the state of Kansas.

Wawrinka beats Murray to reach semifinals at ATP finals Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:30 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Stan Wawrinka grabbed the last semifinal spot at the ATP World Tour finals by beating Andy Murray 7-6 (4), 6-4 Friday to wrap up the group stage at the season-ending tournament.

Costa Rica gives transit visas to Cubans despite border row Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:27 PM PST San José (AFP) - Costa Rica said Friday it will keep giving transit visas to US-bound Cuban migrants despite a border row over the issue with neighboring Nicaragua. President Luis Guillermo Solis told reporters "we are not going to suspend the giving of transit visas," which he said was driven by "humanitarian" considerations and not wanting to see the Cubans fall prey to human smugglers. Since last weekend, Nicaragua has been blocking Cubans with Costa Rican transit visas from crossing its border, accusing its southern neighbor of "violating" its sovereignty.

Three new confirmed cases in previously Ebola-free Liberia: WHO Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:26 PM PST Three new cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been confirmed in Liberia, the country's health ministry and World Health Organization said Friday, after the nation was declared Ebola free in September. "We are calling on the population not to panic because we have people capable of putting the situation under control," health ministry spokesman Sorbor George told reporters. WHO's Ebola response chief, Bruce Aylward, told journalists in Geneva that initial investigations have not yet turned up a confirmed link between the 10-year-old and another Ebola sufferer, leaving many questions unanswered as health officials try to figure out the origins of the new case.

Nepal facing 'medical crisis' as supplies run short Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:24 PM PST Bindu Ghimire's chemotherapy appointment is approaching, but supplies of the drugs the 61-year-old desperately needs are in short supply as a political crisis in her native Nepal deepens. Protests at the border with India have already led to crippling fuel shortages in the landlocked Himalayan nation, and now medical supplies are also running short. "So far, the medicine had been available, but the pharmacy is not sure if they can provide it next time," the 61-year-old's son Shashi Shekhar Ghimire told AFP.

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