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• Russian air strikes kill at least 30 in stepped up raids in northwest Syria
• Syria's Assad says his enemies increasing support for insurgents
• Obama visits Paris attack site, pays tribute to victims
• Turkey recovers body of pilot from downed Russian jet
• Negotiators grab head start on monumental climate challenge
• Japan industrial output, retail spending lag expectations
• Top Asian News 12:50 a.m. GMT
• Authorities search for 2 Australians missing in Mexico
• Greek PM Tsipras takes on Turkey's Davutoglu on Twitter
• Britain's greats: 16 hours of global sporting glory for UK
• US aid worker made little effort to hide work in Cuba
• Injured Starc unsure when he'll bowl again for Australia
• Obama, Hollande pay respects to Paris attack victims: AFP
• Malaysian pleads guilty to indecent assault in New Zealand
• The Latest: Obama visits site of Paris concert attack
• Cameron, Tusk see progress despite 'difficult' EU talks
• Governments, investors partner to break through clean technology barriers
• Indonesia ferry hits trouble on way to Singapore, 97 rescued
• Study: About 1/3 of world cactus threatened with extinction
• Obama lands in Paris with hope for climate change deal
• Burkina votes for new president after year of upheaval
• Shiffrin wins 2nd straight World Cup slalom in Aspen
• Mexico tests charred remains as authorities seek missing Aussies
• World leaders to launch bid for climate breakthrough in Paris
• Aksel Lund Svindal wins super-G for Lake Louise sweep
• Planned Parenthood says Colorado shooter opposed abortion
• Salvadoran church apologizes for pedophilia cases
• Bale, Ronaldo score in Madrid's 2-0 win at Eibar
• Bosnian Serbs dismiss top court's order to change discriminatory law
• Human chains, Hollywood heavyweights in global climate rallies
• Hamburg voters reject 2024 Olympic bid in referendum
• Svindal claims double Canadian triumph
• Brazil links dengue-like virus to birth defects in babies
• Caen climbs to 2nd in French league
• 'Lay down your arms', pope says in divided Central Africa
• Fathers' rights protesters climb onto Buckingham Palace roof

Russian air strikes kill at least 30 in stepped up raids in northwest Syria Posted: 29 Nov 2015 10:23 AM PST By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian jets killed at least 30 people in the town of Ariha in northwestern Syria on Sunday, rescue workers in the rebel-held area said, part of an escalation of Russian strikes near the Turkish border. In separate air strikes closer to the frontier with Turkey, jets believed to be Russian hit a truck depot that was also struck on Thursday, destroying 10 trailers and killing five people, a rebel in the area said. Officials at the Russian defense ministry could not immediately be reached for comment.

Syria's Assad says his enemies increasing support for insurgents Posted: 29 Nov 2015 06:06 AM PST BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad told a senior Iranian official on Sunday that his adversaries had increased weapon supplies and financial support to insurgents since the start of a major offensive aided by his allies to regain lost territory. Assad was quoted by state media as telling Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran's supreme leader, that the military support his country was getting from Iran and Russia had pushed the enemy states he did not name to "further escalate and increase financing and equipping of terrorists". The Syrian army said on Saturday that Turkey had increased supplies of weapons, ammunition and equipment to what it described as terrorists in Syria.

Obama visits Paris attack site, pays tribute to victims Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:05 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks on Monday shortly after arriving in the city, visiting the Bataclan, the concert hall where the deadliest attacks took place during the onslaught.  Obama, who is in town for international talks to curb climate change, was joined at the site by French President Francois Hollande not long after Air Force One touched down around midnight local time.  Obama placed a flower at the makeshift memorial and then stood silently, his head bowed and his hands clasped in front of him. ...

Turkey recovers body of pilot from downed Russian jet Posted: 29 Nov 2015 10:56 AM PST By Dasha Afanasieva and Lidia Kelly ANKARA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkey recovered the body of a Russian pilot from northern Syria and presented it to Russian diplomats on Sunday, five days after shooting down his warplane in an incident that wrecked relations between two of the main powers involved in Syria's war. A coffin carrying Oleg Peshkov arrived by ambulance on the tarmac of Hatay Airport in southern Turkey near the Syrian border, a Reuters photographer said. It was flown to the capital Ankara, where according to Russia's RIA news agency it was met at an airfield by Moscow's ambassador and military attache.

Negotiators grab head start on monumental climate challenge Posted: 29 Nov 2015 11:31 AM PST By Barbara Lewis and Bate Felix PARIS (Reuters) - Senior negotiators from almost 200 nations on Sunday began thrashing out a new global deal to curb climate change as the president of China, the world's biggest polluter, landed in Paris. The United Nations conference begins at summit level on Monday, when more than 150 heads of state and government - including U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping - will attend talks at a sprawling complex north of the French capital. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the aim was to give the world the means to cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times or even 1.5 degrees.

Japan industrial output, retail spending lag expectations Posted: 29 Nov 2015 05:00 PM PST Japanese industrial output rose 1.4 percent in October from the month before, below forecasts and a decrease from the year before. Government data released Monday also showed retail spending fell in October ...

Top Asian News 12:50 a.m. GMT Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:50 PM PST NONSAN, South Korea (AP) — Many of his students are Kims. So are his fellow teachers, an elementary school alumnus and the owners of restaurants and pubs that he patronizes in his small farming village. Lots of Kims in his neighborhood, too. Such is everyday life for Kim Sun Won, who, obviously, is a Kim too. He's lived all his 70 years in a tile-roofed home in a clan village, surrounded by people who share his connection to an illustrious ancestor from centuries ago. Other clan villages in South Korea are dominated by Hwangs, Yuns and many other names. "This is the house where my father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather lived," Kim said, walking down a small hill dotted with his ancestors' tombs and gravestones.

Authorities search for 2 Australians missing in Mexico Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:50 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Friends of two Australian tourists missing for more than a week in Mexico are looking to work with authorities in determining what happened to the men following a report that their burned van may have been found with two bodies inside in the drug gang-plagued state of Sinaloa, one of the friends said Sunday.

Greek PM Tsipras takes on Turkey's Davutoglu on Twitter Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:43 PM PST ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A highly unusual online exchange took place on Twitter between the prime ministers of Greece and Turkey before the former deleted his tweets - but only from the English version of his account.

Britain's greats: 16 hours of global sporting glory for UK Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:34 PM PST LONDON (AP) — In a German soccer stadium, Tyson Fury dethroned Wladimir Klitschko, paraded his four heavyweight title belts and serenaded his wife from ringside.

US aid worker made little effort to hide work in Cuba Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:30 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The American aid worker who spent five years in prison in Cuba said he had no trouble bringing sophisticated communications gear into the country and made little attempt to disguise his work to set up Internet connections.

Injured Starc unsure when he'll bowl again for Australia Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:26 PM PST ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — The morning after he hobbled through for the winning runs in Australia's nervous three-wicket win over New Zealand in the first ever day-night cricket test, Mitchell Starc wasn't sure when he'd be able to bowl again for his country.

Obama, Hollande pay respects to Paris attack victims: AFP Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:21 PM PST US President Barack Obama joined French leader Francois Hollande to pay respects to the victims of the Paris attacks at the Bataclan concert hall early Monday, hours before the official opening of a UN climate conference. The two leaders, along with the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, laid flowers at the music venue where 90 people were killed by jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers on November 13. Helicopters flew overhead and police shut off the roads around the bloodiest scene of the Paris attacks, with security concerns running high as some 150 world leaders were due to descend on the French capital.

Malaysian pleads guilty to indecent assault in New Zealand Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:18 PM PST WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A Malaysian military officer who was extradited to New Zealand after earlier leaving the country under the protection of diplomatic immunity has pleaded guilty to indecent assault.

The Latest: Obama visits site of Paris concert attack Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:16 PM PST PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local:

Cameron, Tusk see progress despite 'difficult' EU talks Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:12 PM PST British Prime Minister David Cameron and European Union president Donald Tusk hailed good progress in talks on London's EU reform goals despite difficulties in some areas, Cameron's office said Sunday. With doubts growing that Britain can secure a deal in time for a full EU summit in December, Tusk and Cameron met Sunday on the sidelines of a Turkey-EU meeting in Brussels. Cameron has pledged to win key EU reforms before holding an in-out referendum on Britain's place in the 28-nation bloc by the end of 2017 at the latest, and possibly by mid-2016.

Governments, investors partner to break through clean technology barriers Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:06 PM PST By Valerie Volcovici NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gates and some of the world's other richest entrepreneurs will join with governments from both rich and emerging countries on Monday to kick off the Paris climate talks by pledging billions of dollars of investment in clean energy technologies. The United States, France, India and 17 other countries will announce they will double the $10 billion they collectively spend on clean energy research and development in the next five years, shining a spotlight on role of technology in any climate agreement reached in Paris. U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Mission Innovation initiative on the first day of the U.N. climate summit in Paris.

Indonesia ferry hits trouble on way to Singapore, 97 rescued Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:01 PM PST SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Almost 100 people were rescued when a ferry sailing toward Singapore from the Indonesian island of Batam hit a floating object and reportedly started to sink, authorities in the city-state said. Ferry operator Batamfast called out two other ferries that rescued all 90 passengers and seven crew and took them back to the Nongsapura ferry terminal in Batam, Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority said in an emailed statement. The authority said early on Monday it had received a report of the incident on the 'Sea Prince' at 9:45 p.m. on Sunday (1345 GMT). ...

Study: About 1/3 of world cactus threatened with extinction Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:43 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — About a third of the world's cactus species are threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warns in a new report.

Obama lands in Paris with hope for climate change deal Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:40 PM PST US President Barack Obama landed in Paris on Sunday night to take part in a United Nations summit aimed at sealing a deal to avert catastrophic climate change. Presidential plane Air Force One arrived at the French capital's Orly airport at a little before midnight (2300 GMT). All eyes are on the 150 world leaders who will meet at the UN conference, and hundreds of thousands of people rallied around the world on Sunday to put pressure on negotiators to seal an ambitious deal.

Burkina votes for new president after year of upheaval Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:25 PM PST Voters in Burkina Faso went to the polls Sunday to choose a new president and parliament, hoping to turn the page on a year of turmoil during which the west African nation's people ousted a veteran ruler and repelled a military coup. After the polls closed, the president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) Barthelemy Kere said the vote had been "generally satisfactory". Burkina's former president Blaise Compaore was forced to flee abroad following mass street protests in October 2014 against his bid to change the constitution to extend his 27-year rule.

Shiffrin wins 2nd straight World Cup slalom in Aspen Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:22 PM PST ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Think Mikaela Shiffrin is fast on race day? Try keeping up with her in training sessions.

Mexico tests charred remains as authorities seek missing Aussies Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:21 PM PST Mexican authorities will run DNA tests on two charred bodies found earlier this week in a camper van, in a state infamous for narcotics gangs and about 100 miles from where two missing Australian surfers were last spotted. Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, who were in Mexico surfing, were due to travel to the western city of Guadalajara on Nov. 21 but they did not arrive, according to a message posted on social media site Facebook. A burnt-out van that was similar to the pair's was found in Sinaloa state not far from the Pacific coast, about 124 miles (200 km) south of where they were last seen and about 445 miles (716 km) north of Guadalajara, according to an official in Sinaloa's local prosecutor's office.

World leaders to launch bid for climate breakthrough in Paris Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:02 PM PST By Bruce Wallace PARIS (Reuters) - World leaders will launch an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, urging each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining meant to steer the global economy away from dependence on fossil fuels. After decades of struggling negotiations marked by the failure of a previous summit in Copenhagen six years ago, some form of landmark agreement appears all but assured by mid-December. Warnings from climate scientists, demands from activists and exhortations from religious leaders like Pope Francis, coupled with major advances in cleaner energy sources like solar power, have all added to pressure to cut the carbon emissions held responsible for warming the planet.

Aksel Lund Svindal wins super-G for Lake Louise sweep Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:54 PM PST LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the super-G on Sunday to sweep the two opening World Cup races.

Planned Parenthood says Colorado shooter opposed abortion Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:45 PM PST Planned Parenthood said on Sunday that news reports that the gunman who attacked its Colorado health clinic had uttered "no more baby parts" during his arrest showed that the suspect was motivated by an anti-abortion agenda. The remark attributed to suspect Robert Lewis Dear was an apparent reference to Planned Parenthood's abortion activities and its role in delivering fetal tissue to medical researchers, a hot button issue in the 2016 race for the presidency. "We now know the man responsible for the tragic shooting at PP's health center in Colorado was motivated by opposition to safe and legal abortion," the organization said on Twitter.

Salvadoran church apologizes for pedophilia cases Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:39 PM PST The archbishop of El Salvador's capital apologized Sunday for pedophilia cases involving a bishop and a priest and pledged to clean house. Bishop Jesus Delgado, 77, was suspended from his functions last week as number three in the country's archdiocese after the alleged victim, today a 42-year-old woman, came forward with her account. The other alleged offender, who denies the accusations against him, is a priest named Juan Francisco Galvez, who was suspended in October.

Bale, Ronaldo score in Madrid's 2-0 win at Eibar Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:37 PM PST BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Gareth Bale scored his first goal in three months for Real Madrid before Cristiano Ronaldo added a penalty to secure a 2-0 win at Eibar on Sunday and end its two-game losing run in the Spanish league.

Bosnian Serbs dismiss top court's order to change discriminatory law Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:35 PM PST By Gordana Katana BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb political leaders declared on Sunday they would not obey a ruling by Bosnia's top court to change a holidays law discriminating against other ethnic groups, dismissing the court as a "political body" which brings "political acts". "We are not giving up on the Republika Srpska Statehood Day, the Jan. 9, and we will continue to celebrate it," Branislav Borenovic, the head of the opposition Party of Democratic Progress (PDP), said at a news conference held with other five party leaders. Instead, they said they would ask for the creation of a law on the constitutional court that would establish a mechanism of ethnic voting to prevent judges of any ethnic group from outvoting judges of other ethnic groups.

Human chains, Hollywood heavyweights in global climate rallies Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:29 PM PST From Sydney to London, humid Rio to chilly New York, at least 683,000 hit the streets in 2,300 events across 175 countries at the weekend, co-organiser and campaign group Avaaz said, calling it the largest number of people to protest over climate change all at once. About 50,000 demonstrators gathered in London's Hyde Park alone, many donning animal costumes to resemble bumblebees, cows, polar bears and exotic fish, while others brandished placards bearing stark warnings. "This is the problem of our generation and the next," said 37-year-old Frenchwoman Katia Herault in London, who had only a Nemo costume protecting her from pouring rain and howling winds.

Hamburg voters reject 2024 Olympic bid in referendum Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:29 PM PST Hamburg residents rejected the German port city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics in a public referendum on Sunday.

Svindal claims double Canadian triumph Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:25 PM PST Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal followed up a downhill triumph with a victory in Sunday's Alpine Ski World Cup men's super-G race at Lake Louise. It was the eighth career victory on the Canadian piste for Svindal, a two-time world downhill and overall champion who captured Sunday's super-G in 1min 29.30sec. Reigning Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer of Austria was second in 1:29.65, 0.10sec ahead of Italy's Peter Fill, who reached his second podium of the weekend.

Brazil links dengue-like virus to birth defects in babies Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:09 PM PST RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The dengue-like Zika virus has been linked for the first time to cases of babies being born with small heads, or microcephaly, Brazil's government said.

Caen climbs to 2nd in French league Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:07 PM PST PARIS (AP) — Defender Damien Da Silva scored twice as surprise package Caen climbed to second place in the French league with a 4-1 rout of Bordeaux on Sunday.

'Lay down your arms', pope says in divided Central Africa Posted: 29 Nov 2015 01:57 PM PST Pope Francis on Sunday urged the warring factions in Central African Republic to lay down their weapons as he brought a message of peace to a country ravaged by sectarian violence. As his plane touched down, those waiting burst into cheers and singing as he began a 24-hour visit to one of Africa's poorest and most unstable countries on a trip that has had his security detail working overtime. For the short ride to the presidential palace, Francis travelled in his open-topped popemobile, with huge crowds, many of them children and young people, cheering wildly as he passed, some waving branches in a sign of peace.

Fathers' rights protesters climb onto Buckingham Palace roof Posted: 29 Nov 2015 01:48 PM PST LONDON (AP) — British police say two men have scaled Buckingham Palace in an apparent protest over fathers' rights.

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