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Venezuela security forces block anti-Maduro protesters

Posted: 18 May 2016 02:48 PM PDT

Opposition supporters affected by tear gas try to go out during a clash with riot policemen in a rally to demand a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro in CaracasBy Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces fired tear gas at protesters in Caracas on Wednesday amid nationwide rallies demanding a recall referendum to end President Nicolas Maduro's socialist rule. In the third day of opposition rallies in the past week, several thousand protesters descended on downtown Caracas for a march to the national election board, witnesses said.


Chinese jets intercept U.S. military plane over South China Sea: Pentagon

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:55 PM PDT

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Chinese fighter jets carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a U.S. military aircraft on Tuesday over the South China Sea, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The incident took place in international airspace as the U.S. reconnaissance aircraft carried out "a routine U.S. patrol," a Pentagon statement said. The incident comes a week after China scrambled fighter jets as a U.S. Navy ship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea.

Bomb kills nine Iraqi soldiers during raid south of Baghdad

Posted: 18 May 2016 01:43 PM PDT

Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed and nine more wounded on Wednesday when a house rigged with explosives blew up south of Baghdad during a raid of suspected Islamic State militants, two army sources said. More than 170 people have been killed in blasts claimed by Islamic State in and around Baghdad over the past week, including at least 77 in three attacks on Tuesday, in the deadliest spate of attacks in the city so far this year. In a separate incident in Latifiya on Wednesday, an army officer was killed and three soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their Humvee, the army sources said.

For European banks, U.S. assurances on Iran come with asterisks

Posted: 18 May 2016 02:13 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Manhattan, New YorkBy Yeganeh Torbati and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has a simple answer for executives of European banks scratching their heads over whether it is now legal for them to do business with Iran: Just ask. Any firm concerned whether a prospective business deal with Iran would be legal, Secretary of State John Kerry said before a meeting with British bankers in London last week, should call the U.S. agency in charge of sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, known as OFAC. Sanctions lawyers say OFAC does not do enough to clear up the ambiguity caused by a maze of overlapping sanctions and exemptions.


Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after two years as Boko Haram captive

Posted: 18 May 2016 01:48 PM PDT

mdf3552710By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Nigerian teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been rescued, the first of more than 200 girls seized in a raid on their school in Chibok town to return from captivity in the insurgents' forest lair, officials said on Wednesday. Soldiers working together with a civilian vigilante group rescued the girl and her four-month-old baby near Damboa in the remote northeast, army spokesman Sani Usman said. "Preliminary investigation shows that she is indeed one of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on 14th April 2014 in Chibok," Usman said in a statement.


Canada wildfire evacuees get tentative return date

Posted: 18 May 2016 02:58 PM PDT

An aerial view of Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Canada, shows smoke from the wildfiresBy Nia Williams and Eric M. Johnson CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Evacuees who fled a wildfire in northern Alberta two weeks ago may be allowed to return home as soon as June 1, officials said on Wednesday, as the massive blaze kept oil production shuttered north of Fort McMurray. Poor air quality in the Alberta city still poses a serious threat, officials said, delaying the return of the more than 90,000 people who were evacuated from the region on May 3 and 4, as the uncontrolled wildfire breached the city limits. Alberta premier Rachel Notley said that re-entry would begin on June 1, if all safety conditions were met, with the return to be staged over two weeks.


Sevilla stuns Liverpool with 3-1 win in Europa League final

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:52 PM PDT

Sevilla's team players celebrates the victory with the trophy after the soccer Europa League final between England's Liverpool FC and Spain's Sevilla Futbol Club at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Spain did it again, Sevilla did it again and Liverpool could do little to turn the tide as a Europa League title slipped away on Wednesday.


Sizing up the field for the Preakness

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:39 PM PDT

Horses in the Preakness Stakes with post positions, trainer, jockey, odds and silks.; 4c x 3 inches; 195.7 mm x 76 mm;BALTIMORE (AP) — A closer look at the field for the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday (horses listed by post position, with trainer, jockey, analysis, morning-line odds):


CDC director Freiden warns GOP Zika bill is inadequate

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:36 PM PDT

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks about Zika funding during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — The House moved toward a Wednesday night vote on a $622 million GOP measure to combat the Zika virus, despite a White House veto threat and a warning from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it wouldn't do enough to respond to the swelling threat to public health.


Opposition accuses Canada PM Trudeau of elbowing lawmaker

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:31 PM PDT

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized twice "unreservedly" for making physical contact with a female opposition member of Parliament who said Trudeau elbowed her in the chest as he waded through a group of mostly opposition lawmakers.

Muslim nations block gay groups from UN Aids conference

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:22 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Major Western nations are protesting a move to block gay and transgender groups from attending a high-level United Nations conference on AIDS.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika's contract extended to 2019

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:22 PM PDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Michael Cheika has extended his contract with the Australian Rugby Union to remain as head coach of the Wallabies through to the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

After 2 decades, Luyendyk is still Indy's fastest driver

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:21 PM PDT

Takuma Sato, of Japan, sits in his car during a break in a practice session for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Twenty years and one week after Arie Luyendyk became the fastest man to conquer Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.5-mile oval, his records remain untouched and unchallenged.


Peter Sagan wins seconds stage of Tour of California

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:16 PM PDT

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — It was fitting that Peter Sagan would win a stage of the Tour of California on a racetrack.

Thorpe: retesting of doping samples like solving old crimes

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:15 PM PDT

FILE- In this Monday, Aug. 3, 2015 file photo, IOC President Thomas Bach speaks at a press conference after the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bach said Wednesday May 18, 2016 entire sports federations could be suspended if allegations of state-supported Russian doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics are proven. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul, File)SYDNEY (AP) — Five-time Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe says retesting of doping samples from previous games is a "good thing" and compared it with the solving of cold-case crimes.


Swiss send last of FIFA suspects to US in bribery case

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:11 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime former head of the Nicaraguan soccer federation who most recently was employed by FIFA pleaded not guilty to racketeering charges Wednesday after he became the last of seven men extradited after their arrests in Zurich last year.

Indonesia's 'red scare' stokes unease over military's growing influence

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:11 PM PDT

An Indonesian military officer displays books about communism in Indonesia, seized along with nearly 90 other books, from shelves inside a mall in Tegal, Central JavaBy Randy Fabi and Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's military elite are openly stoking public anxiety about communism, gays and other 'foreign influences', a drive critics say is aimed at seizing a greater role in civilian affairs of the world's third-largest democracy. Widodo last week publicly rebuked the military after it detained a handful of Indonesians suspected of spreading communist ideology, the first public resistance by the president to the military's growing influence in everyday life. Under Widodo, the military has joined the nation's fight against drugs, terrorism and corruption, areas previously reserved for the police.


UN welcomes release of two anti-slavery activists in Mauritania

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:10 PM PDT

Mauritania anti-slavery activist Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid (C) is welcomed by supporters as he walks out of jail after the country's supreme court downgraded the crimes they were convicted of and ordered their release, on May 17, 2016 in NouakchottUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed the release of two human rights activists from prison in Mauritania by a decision of the Supreme Court. Ban "commends efforts by the Mauritanian authorities to strengthen the rule of law and urges the judicial authorities to pursue their efforts to carefully investigate the circumstances that led to the arrests of the activists," a UN statement said. "The secretary-general also encourages the Mauritanian Government to pursue its efforts to promote national unity and social cohesion," it added.


The Latest: FIFA suspect extradited to US pleads not guilty

Posted: 18 May 2016 04:08 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on former FIFA staffer Julio Rocha, who was extradited to the United States to face racketeering charges in a sprawling bribery case (all times local):

Federal panel: Pacific trade pact would deliver modest gains

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:58 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A contentious trade deal between the United States and 11 Pacific Rim nations would give the U.S. economy a modest boost, an independent federal agency reported Wednesday.

Derby winner Nyquist draws No. 3 post as Preakness favorite

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:56 PM PDT

Nyquist trainer Doug O'Neill walks at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 21. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)BALTIMORE (AP) — Doug O'Neill couldn't have done any better if he picked Nyquist's post position himself.


NAACP sues Michigan, governor over Flint's lead-contaminated water

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:54 PM PDT

Running tap water is seen in Flint, a city struggling with the effects of lead-poisoned drinking water, MichiganThe NAACP has filed a federal lawsuit against Michigan and its governor on behalf of the residents and businesses in Flint, where high levels of lead in the drinking water has created a health crisis. The civil lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, accused city and state officials and two engineering firms hired to evaluate water quality of failing to detect the problems or properly treat the water. The lawsuit was filed on March 31 by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in U.S. District Court in Detroit, but announced on Wednesday.


Flooding by Brazil dams affects Amazon rainforest, satellite maps show

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:35 PM PDT

By Chris Arsenault RIO DE JANEIRO(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dams along the Madeira River in western Brazil have flooded 36,100 hectares of rainforest, according to satellite images released on Wednesday, affecting people who live along the river and harming fish populations upon which they depend. The impacts of the two new dams, Jirau and Santo Antonio, could extend beyond Brazil to Peru and Bolivia as they disrupt the long-distance migration patterns of catfish, said the Amazon Conservation Association, a U.S.-based group which released the satellite maps. Luis Fernando Novoa, a professor of planning at the Federal University of Rondonia, said at least 30,000 people who farm, fish and otherwise depend on local natural resources have been affected.

Andretti's Hunter-Reay leads pack at Indy 500 practice

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:34 PM PDT

Ryan Hunter-Reay prepares to drive during a practice session for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ryan Hunter-Reay returned to the top of the IndyCar world Wednesday.


Lady Vols sign junior-college forward Cheridene Green

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:33 PM PDT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has signed junior-college transfer Cheridene Green, though a knee injury will prevent the 6-foot-3 forward from playing for the Lady Volunteers in the upcoming season.

Venezuela president ready to escalate state of emergency

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:31 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been in power since 2013Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday he was prepared to escalate a state of emergency imposed this week after opposition-led protests in the capital and other cities. Maduro told supporters he would give the order -- which implies suspending laws and rights to maintain public order -- if "violent" anti-government acts occurred. Faced with a crippling recession triggered by low prices for the oil Venezuela depends on, and hyperinflation and a severe energy shortage, Maduro ordered a state of emergency starting this week.


Venezuelan anti-government protesters clash with police

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:30 PM PDT

An anti-government protester is detained by Bolivarian National Police during a march in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Police clashed with protesters trying to reach the headquarters of the country's electoral body to demand a referendum to recall Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan police in riot gear clashed on Wednesday with thousands of protesters trying to reach the headquarters of the country's electoral body to demand a referendum to recall unpopular President Nicolas Maduro.


Car bomb, clashes with IS kill 32 Libya unity govt forces: military

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:18 PM PDT

A member of Libyan pro-government forces walks past a machine gun on May 18, 2016 in Abu GreinThirty-two fighters loyal to Libya's unity government were killed in clashes with Islamic State group jihadists and a car bombing Wednesday near the IS stronghold of Sirte, the military said. "The toll of today's martyrs reached 32, and 50 others were wounded," the operations room set up by the new Government of National Unity (GNA) said on its Facebook page and Twitter account late Wednesday, updating an earlier toll of 18 dead. Of the earlier toll, seven died in a car bomb attack in Buairat el-Hassun, 60 kilometres (35 miles) west of Sirte and the others were killed in an IS foray in Abu Grein, further west, that the GNA recaptured on Tuesday.


FBI said Sydney gunman prone to violence years before siege

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2014 file photo, armed tactical response officers stand ready to enter the Lindt cafe during a siege in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. Five years before he held 18 people hostage inside a Sydney cafe where he ultimately died in a gun battle with police, Iranian-born Man Haron Monis attracted the attention of the FBI as someone who had WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years before he held 18 people hostage inside a Sydney cafe, Iranian-born Man Haron Monis attracted the attention of the FBI as someone who had "the potential to incite others to violence," according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.


Venezuela police block anti-Maduro protest in Caracas

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:08 PM PDT

A man is arrested during a protest against new emergency powers decreed this week by President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 18, 2016Riot police firing tear gas blocked a 1,000-strong anti-government protest in the center of Caracas on Wednesday, one of 20 opposition rallies across crisis-hit Venezuela venting fury at President Nicolas Maduro and demanding his ouster. The demonstrations were the first major test of a state of emergency the unpopular Maduro imposed this week that gives broad powers to security forces to maintain public order. In a stinging rebuke to Maduro's dismissal of the referendum as "not viable" and his increasing authoritarianism, the head of the Organization of American States called the Venezuelan president a "traitor" to his people.


'We want food!': Venezuela crisis deepens

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:08 PM PDT

A woman with a sign reading "There is no food" protests against new emergency powers decreed by President Nicolas Maduro, in front of policemen in Caracas on May 18, 2016It was around noon when a food truck rolled up to a Venezuelan state-subsidized supermarket in the town of Guarenas just east of the capital. "We want food!" the crowd roared in protest, to no avail. Under the state of emergency imposed by President Nicolas Maduro, the military, along with government-organized civilian committees, ensures that food packets are delivered door-to-door in order to -- as officials say -- cut out black market operators.


Top Asian News 10:07 p.m. GMT

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:07 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — The recipient of the nation's first penis transplant says he is looking forward to walking out of the hospital a "complete" man. "There is no doubt in my mind that everything is going to work. And I mean everything," 64-year-old Thomas Manning said Wednesday with a grin as he continued to recover at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital. "You can interpret that any way you wish." Seated by a window overlooking the Charles River, Manning was upbeat and chatty after undergoing the 15-hour operation last week. The former Halifax, Massachusetts, bank courier whose organ was amputated after he was diagnosed with penile cancer in 2012 has been ambling around his room with a walker and said he doesn't feel any pain.

Rescued Chibok girl to meet Nigerian leader, hopes raised for other captives

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:03 PM PDT

Undated picture released by Nigeria army of rescued Chibok schoolgirl in Maiduguri, NigeriaBy Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA, Nigeria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after two years of being held captive by Boko Haram militants will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday amid hopes that she can help shed light on the whereabouts of more than 200 other missing girls. Soldiers working with a civilian vigilante group rescued the girl, named as Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, on Tuesday near Damboa in the remote northeast with officials confirming she was one of 219 girls abducted from a secondary school in Chibok. An army spokesman said she was found with her four-month old baby and a "suspected Boko Haram terrorist" called Mohammed Hayatu, who claimed to be the girl's husband, was also detained.


Chinese jets conduct 'unsafe' intercept of US spy plane: Pentagon

Posted: 18 May 2016 03:02 PM PDT

The South China Sea has become a growing source of tension between China and the USTwo Chinese fighters have conducted an "unsafe" intercept of a US spy plane in international air space over the South China Sea, the Pentagon said Wednesday. "The Department of Defense is reviewing a May 17 intercept of a US maritime patrol reconnaissance aircraft by two tactical aircraft from the People's Republic of China," Pentagon spokesman Major Jamie Davis said in a statement. Tensions between China and the United States are high in the South China Sea, where Beijing has been building islets into military bases and is asserting sovereignty over large parts of the critical waterway.


Colombia troops, ex-guerillas may protect rebels in peace: minister

Posted: 18 May 2016 02:51 PM PDT

Colombian soldiers stand guard at a street in CalotoBy Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebel leaders will likely be protected by their own demobilized security units in coordination with the armed forces once peace is signed and the Marxist group enters politics, the defense minister said on Wednesday. The government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are expected to agree to end five decades of conflict this year, and ink an accord that would allow the group to form a political party and enter civil society. "We cannot allow that Colombian politics is carried out with weapons, not for the FARC or against the FARC," Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said in an interview, adding the group's security was still being discussed at talks in Havana.


Coke breaks Liverpool hearts in Europa League triumph

Posted: 18 May 2016 02:49 PM PDT

Sevilla's defender and captain Coke (R) celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Europa League final football match between Liverpool FC and Sevilla FC in Basel, on May 18, 2016Sevilla midfielder Coke broke Liverpool hearts with a second-half brace in a controversy-filled 3-1 victory that secured a record third consecutive Europa League title on Wednesday. Liverpool travelled to St Jakob-Park confident in their chances of a first Europa League trophy since 2001 after an impressive campaign in Europe's second tier competition.


Fort McMurray homecoming set for June

Posted: 18 May 2016 02:48 PM PDT

An Alberta Forestry ranger sits in a truck in Lac la Biche, Alberta on May 9, 2016Tens of thousands of evacuees from the wildfire-ravaged Canadian oil city of Fort McMurray received word Wednesday that they can return home next month if conditions are favorable. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley told a televised press conference that re-entry would start on June 1 and wrap up by June 15. "Many hazards remain in Fort McMurray," Notley said.


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