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• Islamic State defector brings 'goldmine' of details on 22,000 supporters
• Key powers mulling possibility of federal division of Syria
• North Korean leader Kim orders more nuclear tests: KCNA
• Pentagon says captured Islamic State chemical weapons chief in February
• Revolutionary Guards commander says Iran's missile work will not stop: state TV
• U.S. strikes Islamic State chemical weapons capabilities: Pentagon
• US police launch manhunt after six killed in Pittsburgh
• 5 marines in custody in Mexico disappearance case
• Fed Cup: Australia to host US on clay in Brisbane
• Charles Howell III shares the lead; Spieth stumbles to 76
• Correction: Hawaii-Zika Fears story
• US calls for vote on resolution against UN troops' sex abuse
• India's booming cities built from 'blood bricks' of bonded laborers
• Niger opposition candidate Amadou will take part in presidential polls: lawyer
• Gender stereotypes stubbornly unchanged over 30 years, U.S. study says
• Reigning 6N champ Ireland out to avoid wooden spoon v Italy
• Former Russian press minister died in U.S. of blunt force injuries
• Obama, Trudeau kindle 'bromance' at White House
• Militias, hunters reprieved from post-Paris EU gun control
• England, Wales collide with Six Nations title up for grabs
• British ex-bankers gets 2 years or less in LIBOR scandal
• 'Hearts are in pieces' five years after tsunami hits Japan
• U.N. experts, advocates urge Honduras to protect witness in activist murder
• 2 US boaters rescued after running aground near Puerto Rico
• Brazil giving $2.8 million for Zika research
• VW US chief ousted over clashes with management, dealer says
• France says time to act on Libya, will push for EU sanctions
• Dominican judge denies bail to 'Air Cocaine' suspect
• Modi's party vows to strip Muslim immigrants of vote in eastern India
• Electricity cut off for Puerto Rico hospital that owes $4M
• Nearly 200 cases of Zika in US; officials press for funds
• Irish parliament fails to nominate PM, Kenny resigns
• Coalition bombs IS chemical sites after snaring 'emir'
• OAS concerned by barring of presidential candidates in Peru
• Sturridge and Firmino punish sorry Man United
• Top Asian News 10:48 p.m. GMT
• NKorea to liquidate SKorean assets, fires missiles into sea
• Colombia to miss March 23 peace deadline
• Obama hosts dinner for new Canada sensation named Justin

Islamic State defector brings 'goldmine' of details on 22,000 supporters Posted: 10 Mar 2016 08:53 AM PST By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - A disillusioned former member of Islamic State has passed a stolen memory stick of documents identifying 22,000 supporters in over 50 countries to a British journalist, a leak that could help the West target Islamist fighters planning attacks. Leaks of such detailed information about Islamic State are rare and give Britain's spies a potential trove of data that could help unmask militants who have threatened more attacks like those that killed 130 people in Paris last November. A man calling himself Abu Hamed, a former member of Islamic State who became disillusioned with its leaders, passed the files to Britain's Sky News on a memory stick he said he had stolen from the head of the group's internal security force.

Key powers mulling possibility of federal division of Syria Posted: 10 Mar 2016 02:54 PM PST By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Major powers close to U.N.-brokered peace talks on Syria are discussing the possibility of a federal division of the war-torn country that would maintain its unity as a single state while granting broad autonomy to regional authorities, diplomats said. The resumption of Geneva peace talks is coinciding with the fifth anniversary of a conflict that began with protests against President Bashar al-Assad before descending into a multi-sided civil war that has drawn in foreign governments and allowed the growth of Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Fighting in Syria has slowed considerably since a fragile "cessation of hostilities agreement" brokered by the United States and Russia came into force almost two weeks ago.

North Korean leader Kim orders more nuclear tests: KCNA Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:33 PM PST North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a ballistic missile launch test and ordered the country to improve nuclear attack capability by continuing to conduct more tests, the official KCNA news agency reported on Friday. The report did not say when the test took place but it was likely referring to the launch of two short-range missiles by North Korea on Thursday that flew 500 km (300 miles) and splashed into the sea. "Dear comrade Kim Jong Un said work ... must be strengthened to improve nuclear attack capability and issued combat tasks to continue nuclear explosion tests to assess the power of newly developed nuclear warheads and tests to improve nuclear attack capability," KCNA said.

Pentagon says captured Islamic State chemical weapons chief in February Posted: 10 Mar 2016 11:24 AM PST The Pentagon said on Thursday it captured the Islamic State's chemical weapons chief in Iraq during an operation in February. The capture of Sulayman Dawud al-Bakkar, also known as Abu Dawud, "removed a key ISIL leader from the battlefield," the Pentagon said in a statement, referring to the militant group by an acronym. The Pentagon said it learned details about Islamic State's chemical weapon facilities and production, as well as the people involved, from Dawud.

Revolutionary Guards commander says Iran's missile work will not stop: state TV Posted: 10 Mar 2016 06:18 AM PST By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - A senior Revolutionary Guards commander has said that Iran's ballistic missile program will not stop under any circumstances and that Tehran has missiles ready to be fired, according to Iranian state television. Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh made his comments after a series of ballistic missile tests conducted by guard units that drew international concern, including a call by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for new sanctions against Iran. The tests, which state television said ended on Wednesday night, were seen as a challenge to a United Nations resolution and last year's nuclear accord with world powers under which Tehran agreed to curb its atomic program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.

U.S. strikes Islamic State chemical weapons capabilities: Pentagon Posted: 10 Mar 2016 11:46 AM PST The United States has carried out air strikes that it believes have degraded the chemical weapons capabilities of Islamic State in Iraq after using information obtained from a captured militant, the Pentagon said on Thursday. U.S.-led coalition forces detained Sulayman Dawud al Bakkar, Islamic State's head of chemical and traditional weapons manufacturing, during an operation in Iraq in February, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement.

US police launch manhunt after six killed in Pittsburgh Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:57 PM PST Three women and a man were killed at the scene and another woman died at the hospital, Allegheny County police in a statement. One of the women killed was pregnant, police Superintendent Charles Moffatt later said at a news conference.

5 marines in custody in Mexico disappearance case Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:51 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Amnesty International says five Mexican marines have been arrested in relation to the 2013 disappearance of a man in northern Mexico.

Fed Cup: Australia to host US on clay in Brisbane Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:46 PM PST BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australia will host the United States at Brisbane's Queensland Tennis Centre in next month's Fed Cup World Group playoff.

Charles Howell III shares the lead; Spieth stumbles to 76 Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:45 PM PST PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Charles Howell III saw a news blurb that the Masters is a month away, and the Augusta native played Thursday like he wants to be there.

Correction: Hawaii-Zika Fears story Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:37 PM PST CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii (AP) — In a story Feb. 29 about Zika concerns in Hawaii, The Associated Press reported erroneously that farmer Steve Mann wouldn't allow his home or farm to be sprayed with pesticides. Mann was concerned about the type of pesticide Hawaii vector control teams used to fight the dengue fever outbreak, but vector control workers never attempted to spray his property. Also, a reference to "no spray" signs in the story suggested that farmers were posting the signs in response to pesticides used to fight the outbreak. The signs are posted on more properties than just farms and can indicate unwillingness to allow spraying of other pesticides.

US calls for vote on resolution against UN troops' sex abuse Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:33 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States called for a vote Friday on what would be the first-ever U.N. Security Council resolution to confront the escalating problem of sexual abuse by U.N. peacekeepers, a measure that U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said is critical to help end sex crimes, especially against children.

India's booming cities built from 'blood bricks' of bonded laborers Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:23 PM PST By Anuradha Nagaraj PONNERI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When police raided the brick kiln in southern India where Siriya Banchor had been conned into a life of bonded labor - along with hundreds of other poor, illiterate migrants - the 48-year-old seemed more bewildered than relieved. Fumbling in the darkness of a windowless mud-and-brick room she had shared with her family for more than two months, Banchor stuffed her things into a sack, took her child's hand and emerged into the bright glare of the afternoon sun. "We are going back with nothing but at least the suffering will end," Banchor said as she stood amid the crowds at the kiln on the outskirts of Chennai.

Niger opposition candidate Amadou will take part in presidential polls: lawyer Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:19 PM PST Niger opposition candidate Hama Amadou, held in jail since November on shadowy baby-trafficking charges, will take part in the run-off race against President Mahamadou Issoufou, his lawyers said Thursday. The head of the country's national electoral commission (CENI) announced earlier that the elections would go ahead despite the withdrawal of the opposition coalition, known as COPA 2016. The pullout was expected to include candidate Amadou, who has campaigned from behind bars throughout the race.

Gender stereotypes stubbornly unchanged over 30 years, U.S. study says Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:09 PM PST By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Stereotypes about men and women in the United States are largely unchanged from 30 years ago, a new study shows, in findings that researchers said could be reflected in this year's presidential election. Presumptions about personality traits, occupations, behavior and physical characteristics remained consistent over three decades despite women making advances in education and the workplace, said authors of the study published in Psychology of Women Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal. ...

Reigning 6N champ Ireland out to avoid wooden spoon v Italy Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:09 PM PST DUBLIN (AP) — To Ireland's deep frustration, it knows it could be vying for the Six Nations title instead of trying to avoid the wooden spoon.

Former Russian press minister died in U.S. of blunt force injuries Posted: 10 Mar 2016 04:04 PM PST Former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin, who was found dead in a Washington hotel room last year, died of blunt force injuries to the head, authorities said on Thursday. Lesin who once headed state-controlled media giant Gazprom-Media, also had blunt force injuries to the neck, torso, arms and legs, the U.S. capital's chief medical examiner and the Metropolitan Police Department said in a brief statement. According to a police incident report, Lesin, who was press minister from 1999 to 2004 under President Vladimir Putin, was found unconscious on Nov. 5 on the floor of the Doyle Washington Hotel by someone who went into his room to check on him.

Obama, Trudeau kindle 'bromance' at White House Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:56 PM PST Barack Obama welcomed youthful Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's "quite good looking Canadian delegation" to the White House Thursday, for a pomp-filled visit designed to rejuvenate US-Canada ties. Obama laid out a full military band and ceremonial guard on the South Lawn, making the recently elected prime minister the first Canadian leader in 20 years to receive an official-level visit. After talks in the Oval Office and a Rose Garden press conference, Obama will host a state dinner, with guests that including Mike Myers, Ryan Reynolds, Michael J. Fox and Blake Lively.

Militias, hunters reprieved from post-Paris EU gun control Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:55 PM PST By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finnish volunteer militias on the Russian frontier, boar and elk hunters and the Swiss army's pensioner reserve won reprieve on Thursday from tighter European gun control following last year's Islamist attacks on Paris. At a meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels, officials accepted an array of objections and agreed to review draft plans that could have barred minors from owning firearms, restricted online weapons sales and, notably, banned private use of most semi-automatic rifles, like the Kalashnikovs used by Islamic State militants in the French capital in November. EU and French officials, who have pushed to block loopholes, stressed that after the return to the drafting table the new regulations were still on schedule to be agreed by governments in June before sending to EU lawmakers.

England, Wales collide with Six Nations title up for grabs Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:54 PM PST The stage is set for a virtual winner-takes-all game between England vs. Wales on Saturday at Twickenham.

British ex-bankers gets 2 years or less in LIBOR scandal Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:53 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — While criticizing "mass incarceration" in America and a failure to punish financiers after the financial crisis, a New York judge has sentenced two former British ex-bankers to prison for their roles in manipulating the primary benchmark for global short-term interest rates.

'Hearts are in pieces' five years after tsunami hits Japan Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:51 PM PST By Elaine Lies and Hyun Oh RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan on Friday mourns the thousands who lost their lives in a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago that turned towns to matchwood and triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. All the trains on the vast Tokyo underground network will halt to mark the moment the quake struck.

U.N. experts, advocates urge Honduras to protect witness in activist murder Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:47 PM PST By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - United Nations rights experts and more than 200 campaign groups called on the government of Honduras on Thursday to protect a key witness in the killing of activist Berta Caceres that has sparked widespread international condemnation. Caceres, an indigenous land rights activist, was fatally shot by gunmen who broke into her home on March 3 in the Central American nation. Activist Gustavo Castro Soto was injured in the attack and is a key witness in the slaying.

2 US boaters rescued after running aground near Puerto Rico Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:44 PM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued two U.S. tourists after heavy winds and churning seas ran their boat aground on an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico.

Brazil giving $2.8 million for Zika research Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:41 PM PST RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's health minister said Thursday that the country's top biomedical research institute is getting $2.8 million to fund studies aimed at combatting the Zika virus.

VW US chief ousted over clashes with management, dealer says Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:31 PM PST DETROIT (AP) — Michael Horn, Volkswagen's top U.S. executive, was ushered out of his job for clashing too often with the German headquarters as he tried to keep sales afloat before and during the company's diesel emissions-cheating scandal, a top dealer said.

France says time to act on Libya, will push for EU sanctions Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:30 PM PST France's foreign minister on Thursday said there was no time to waste in forming a Libyan government that would pave the way for action against Islamic State and he would push for sanctions against individuals at a European meeting next week. Efforts to establish a U.N. backed unity government in the oil producing nation have been stalled by resistance from hardliners. "We have to fight Daesh where it is trying to develop in Libya, but the precondition is the constitution of a new national unity government," Jean-Marc Ayrault told i-Tele television, referring to the Arabic acronym for Islamic State.

Dominican judge denies bail to 'Air Cocaine' suspect Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:23 PM PST Christophe Naudin was remanded into custody for three months, with Magistrate Alejandro Vargas saying he poses a flight risk following his extradition from Egypt last week. The case involves a failed attempt to smuggle 680 kilos (1,500 pounds) of cocaine in a private jet bound for France. Naudin is suspected of helping the two French pilots, who were first arrested in the Dominican Republic in 2013, flee to France.

Modi's party vows to strip Muslim immigrants of vote in eastern India Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:04 PM PST By Krishna N. Das JALESWAR, India (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party has vowed to disenfranchise millions of Muslim immigrants in a volatile frontier state, waging a polarizing election campaign in a bid to form its first government there. In campaign rallies in the remote state of Assam, officials of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have also promised to identify and deport younger illegal migrants, in response to rising discontent among the state's Hindus. When Assam elects a state legislature in April, an estimated 10 percent of its 20 million voters will be Muslims who have migrated since the 1950s from the former East Pakistan, later Bangladesh, and gained Indian citizenship.

Electricity cut off for Puerto Rico hospital that owes $4M Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:03 PM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's power company on Thursday cut off electricity to a hospital over nearly $4 million in unpaid bills, part of a stepped-up effort by the heavily indebted agency to collect money amid the island's economic crisis.

Nearly 200 cases of Zika in US; officials press for funds Posted: 10 Mar 2016 03:02 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 cases of Zika infection have been reported in the U.S. — all traced to travel abroad.

Irish parliament fails to nominate PM, Kenny resigns Posted: 10 Mar 2016 02:59 PM PST Ireland's outgoing prime minister Enda Kenny resigned Thursday after losing a parliamentary vote to be renamed to his post, following an inconclusive general election in the eurozone nation last month. After the vote Kenny formally submitted his resignation to the Irish president, but will remain in a caretaker role until the political deadlock is resolved and either he or a new Taoiseach, or prime minister, can be appointed. "In accordance with the constitution, the government and the Taoiseach will continue to carry on their duties until successors have been appointed," a government statement read.

Coalition bombs IS chemical sites after snaring 'emir' Posted: 10 Mar 2016 02:56 PM PST The US-led coalition has carried out the first air strikes on Islamic State chemical weapons sites, the Pentagon said Thursday, acting on information from a senior operative described as the extremists' top chemical expert. The successful "multiple" bombings came as a result of detailed intelligence from Sulayman Dawud al-Bakkar, also known as Abu Dawud, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said, confirming Dawud's capture by US special forces in Iraq last month. The snaring of Dawud, who was transferred Thursday into Iraqi custody after interrogation, appears to be a major boon in the fight against the IS group in Iraq and Syria, and Cook said it had yielded almost immediate results as well as critical information for the future.

OAS concerned by barring of presidential candidates in Peru Posted: 10 Mar 2016 02:52 PM PST LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Organization of American States expressed concern Thursday over the timing of the disqualification of candidates from Peru's presidential race and said it was sending an observer mission for the election, in which the daughter of jailed strongman Alberto Fujimori is the front-runner.

Sturridge and Firmino punish sorry Man United Posted: 10 Mar 2016 02:49 PM PST Daniel Sturridge and Roberto Firmino scored as Liverpool deservedly defeated eternal rivals Manchester United 2-0 in the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie on Thursday. Liverpool dominated the first ever European meeting between the teams from first minute to last, scoring through Sturridge's 20th-minute penalty and Firmino's 73rd-minute effort to put Jurgen Klopp's men firmly in the driving seat ahead of next week's return leg. United would have lost much more heavily had it not been for the brilliance of goalkeeper David de Gea and failed to create a meaningful chance as manager Louis van Gaal's four-game winning run against Liverpool came to a juddering halt at a fervent Anfield.

Top Asian News 10:48 p.m. GMT Posted: 10 Mar 2016 02:48 PM PST AMBON, Indonesia (AP) — Five Thai fishing boat captains and three Indonesians were sentenced Thursday to three years in jail for human trafficking in connection with slavery in the seafood industry. The suspects were arrested in the remote island village of Benjina last May after the abuse was revealed by The Associated Press in a report two months earlier. The men were tried separately in Tual, an island in southeastern Maluku province, about 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) east of Jakarta. The three-judge panel also ordered the defendants to pay fines of about $12,250 each or serve two more months in jail.

NKorea to liquidate SKorean assets, fires missiles into sea Posted: 10 Mar 2016 02:48 PM PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea responded Thursday to new sanctions from South Korea by firing short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a show of defiance and vowing to "liquidate" all remaining South Korean assets at former cooperative projects in the North.

Colombia to miss March 23 peace deadline Posted: 10 Mar 2016 02:45 PM PST Colombia will miss a March 23 deadline for a peace accord between the government and FARC rebels, after the guerrillas agreed Thursday with the president that more time is needed. Speaking a day after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he would not sign a "bad deal" just to meet the self-imposed deadline, FARC peace negotiator Joaquin Gomez said the rebels agreed an extension was needed to end the half-century conflict. The government and the FARC have been holding talks in the Cuban capital Havana since November 2012, seeking to end a grinding, complex conflict that has killed more than 260,000 people and uprooted 6.6 million.

Obama hosts dinner for new Canada sensation named Justin Posted: 10 Mar 2016 02:41 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The first state dinner of President Barack Obama's final year honors Canada and its newest sensation named Justin: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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