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• Belgium names Brussels bomber brothers, says key suspect on run
• Obama praises Argentina's 'man in a hurry' Macri for reforms
• United States to press Russia on Syria's Assad
• North Korea claims successful rocket engine test boosts capability: KCNA
• Exclusive: U.S. to charge Iran in cyber attacks against banks, New York dam - sources
• Obama sees no Middle East peace deal before his presidency ends
• Pressure on Brazil's Rousseff may rise as jobless lose benefits
• 5 plead guilty to bribery scheme with Venezuelan oil company
• Cruz scores Bush endorsement, Clinton blasts Republicans
• Cruz barraged by criticism for plan to patrol Muslim neighborhoods
• Jordan Spieth off to good start in Austin return
• Jason Day tweaks back in victory at Match Play
• Exxon Mobil must allow climate change vote: SEC
• Lula, Brazil left's 'best player,' seeks to save game
• Chinese man pleads guilty in US hacking case
• Mexican businessman given 20 years for drug money case
• Activist who freed minks sentenced under rarely used U.S. terrorism law
• IS trains 400 fighters to attack Europe in wave of bloodshed
• WADA to examine claims of Russian doping in swimming
• Support beam collapses at Volgograd World Cup stadium
• University of California approves anti-Semitism statement
• Man nested in Seattle's landmark giant sequoia tree, draws coos, boos
• Brazilians traveling abroad reduce spending amid recession
• With education, child marriage drops in Bangladesh, study says
• MSF pulls out of Lesbos hotspot as aid groups slam migrant deal
• Europe needs to step up Islamic State fight: U.S. defense chief
• Three Brussels attackers identified as nation mourns
• Reports: Seized spreadsheets list top Brazil politicians
• Officials: Brussels bombers may have rushed attack
• Obama, new Argentine leader work to break from past tensions
• Cross-conference contests hold interest in Super R
• EU, U.N. say only way to fight terrorism is via Syria transition
• EU joins Syria peace talks as sides remain at odds
• Poland beats Serbia 1-0 in Euro 2016 warm-up
• Erdogan says Turkey deported Brussels airport attacker in 2015
• California man faces sex trafficking charge in Puerto Rico
• Top Asian News 9:57 p.m. GMT
• New York Fed questioned after hack on Bangladesh account
• Fabian Johnson still not in full training with US team

Belgium names Brussels bomber brothers, says key suspect on run Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:45 PM PDT By Jan Strupczewski, Julia Fioretti and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's chief prosecutor named two brothers on Wednesday as Islamic State suicide bombers who killed at least 31 people in the most deadly attacks in Brussels' history but said another key suspect was on the run. Tuesday's attacks on a city that is home to the European Union and NATO sent shockwaves across Europe and around the world, with authorities racing to review security at airports and on public transport. The attacks came four months after militants, also from IS, carried out bombings and shootings in Paris that killed 129 people.

Obama praises Argentina's 'man in a hurry' Macri for reforms Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:53 PM PDT By Jeff Mason and Richard Lough BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday championed Argentina's new center-right leader Mauricio Macri as an example for other countries in Latin America, praising the fast pace of reforms to strengthen the economy. Obama, on a two-day visit to Argentina that marks a detente after years of tensions, said Argentina under Macri was poised to play a more influential role on the global stage. In his first 100 days in office, Macri has distanced himself from South America's leftist bloc, old allies of former President Cristina Fernandez, and sought a thaw in relations with Western capitals as he seeks new investment in Latin America's No. 3 economy.

United States to press Russia on Syria's Assad Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:12 PM PDT By Lesley Wroughton and John Irish MOSCOW/GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to press President Vladimir Putin over a political transition for Syria on Thursday, after Europe's foreign policy chief turned up unexpectedly in Geneva to try to reinvigorate peace talks. With a fragile truce in place and Europe pressing the warring sides to keep going with negotiations, a state department official said Kerry wants to "get down to brass tacks" on the question of President Bashar al-Assad's future.

North Korea claims successful rocket engine test boosts capability: KCNA Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:51 PM PDT North Korea, supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, successfully tested a solid-fuel rocket engine that increased power of the reclusive state's ballistic rockets, North Korea's state news agency reported on Thursday. The claim, if confirmed, could mean the North was continuing to work on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program at a rapid pace, in defiance of U.N. sanctions that ban such activities. The North said last week it had conducted a successful simulated test of atmospheric re-entry of a ballistic missile and the country would soon test ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.Pyongyang has previously launched long-range rockets that used liquid fuel but it was seen to lack the capability to build solid-fuel long-range or intercontinental missiles.

Exclusive: U.S. to charge Iran in cyber attacks against banks, New York dam - sources Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:37 PM PDT By Dustin Volz, Nate Raymond and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is expected to blame Iranian hackers as soon as Thursday for a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks in 2012 and 2013 on several U.S. banks and a New York dam, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters. The Justice Department has prepared an indictment against about a half-dozen Iranians, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. It is one of the highest-profile U.S. indictments against a foreign nation on hacking charges.

Obama sees no Middle East peace deal before his presidency ends Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:20 PM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he did not expect a breakthrough on Middle East peace before he leaves office and reiterated his support for a two-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians could live peacefully side by side. Speaking to students and teachers in Argentina, Obama said he expected to continue working on Middle East peace after he leaves office next January. Obama conceded that despite his and others' efforts, the decades-long dispute had not come closer to being resolved during his presidency.

Pressure on Brazil's Rousseff may rise as jobless lose benefits Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:47 PM PDT By Silvio Cascione BRASILIA (Reuters) - More than 2 million Brazilians are set to lose unemployment benefits by June, data obtained by Reuters show, threatening to erode support for embattled President Dilma Rousseff among her core working class supporters when she needs them most. The expiration of benefits could fuel frustration and feed a growing wave of protests against Brazil's left-leaning government just as some wavering Congressmen throw their weight behind impeachment proceedings against Rousseff that began last week. More than 1 million Brazilians have participated in street demonstrations this month.

5 plead guilty to bribery scheme with Venezuelan oil company Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:40 PM PDT HOUSTON (AP) — A Venezuelan national living in Florida and four other people have pleaded guilty to federal charges for a bribery scheme involving millions of dollars in contracts between U.S.-based energy firms and Venezuela's state-run oil company, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Cruz scores Bush endorsement, Clinton blasts Republicans Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:37 PM PDT Jeb Bush endorsed fellow Republican Ted Cruz for president Wednesday while Democrat Hillary Clinton thrashed her GOP rivals for "counterproductive" rhetoric that alienates global allies. Cruz's support from Bush -- the most prominent Republican establishment figure to back the ultra-conservative Texas senator -- is the latest bid by party heavyweights to stop Donald Trump's nomination march. It comes after Cruz's blow-out win in Mormon-dominated Utah's primary offset Trump's victory in Arizona on Tuesday, underscoring once again the deep divisions the presidential race has opened in the Republican Party.

Cruz barraged by criticism for plan to patrol Muslim neighborhoods Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:32 PM PDT "Any approach that would single (Muslims) out or target them for discrimination is not only wrong and un-American, but it also would be counterproductive," Obama told reporters in Argentina, which he visited after a historic trip to Cuba. "I just left a country that engages in that kind of neighborhood surveillance, which, by the way, the father of Senator Cruz escaped for America, the land of the free," he said. Cruz issued his proposal Tuesday in response to bomb attacks in Brussels that left at least 31 dead in a plot claimed by the Islamic State group.

Jordan Spieth off to good start in Austin return Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:30 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The top-ranked player in the world and No. 1 seed in the Dell Match Play, Jordan Spieth still needed a boost after a recent dip in form.

Jason Day tweaks back in victory at Match Play Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:26 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jason Day overcame an early deficit to win his opening match Wednesday in the Dell Match Play.

Exxon Mobil must allow climate change vote: SEC Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:25 PM PDT The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled Exxon Mobil Corp must include a climate change resolution on its annual shareholder proxy, a defeat for the world's largest publicly traded oil producer, which had argued it already provides adequate carbon disclosures. In a Tuesday letter to Exxon seen by Reuters, the SEC said the oil producer cannot keep a proposal spearheaded by New York state's comptroller from a full shareholder vote at the company's annual meeting in May. If approved, the proposal would force Exxon to outline specific risks that climate change or legislation designed to curb it could pose to its ability to operate profitably. Exxon had argued that the proposal was vague and that it already publishes carbon-related information for shareholders, including a 2014 report on its website entitled, "Energy and Carbon – Managing the Risks." The SEC found those reports do not go far enough.

Lula, Brazil left's 'best player,' seeks to save game Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:22 PM PDT Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rallied his labor union support base Wednesday against a swelling movement to oust his successor Dilma Rousseff and block his own political comeback. Backers from the ruling Workers' Party and some of the country's most powerful unions packed a hall in the city center where Lula spoke out against what he and Rousseff condemn as an attempted "coup" by their opponents. US President Barack Obama meanwhile weighed in on the turmoil sweeping Latin America's largest country.

Chinese man pleads guilty in US hacking case Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:17 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Chinese businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to export sensitive military information to China after accessing the computer systems of U.S. defense contractors.

Mexican businessman given 20 years for drug money case Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:16 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Mexican businessman has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. prison for helping drug lords launder money through horse racing operations and for attempting to bribe a federal judge.

Activist who freed minks sentenced under rarely used U.S. terrorism law Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:16 PM PDT By Justin Madden CHICAGO (Reuters) - A California animal rights activist who freed 2,000 minks from an Illinois fur farm in 2013 was sentenced on Wednesday to house arrest and ordered to pay $200,000 to the farm's owners, prosecutors said. Tyler Lang, 27, was indicted in 2014 under the rarely used Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, a 2006 law making it a federal crime to cause damages or disruptions at zoos, circuses, breeding farms and other places. "Lang was not engaging in lawful activism or peaceful protest, but instead was committing a crime," Assistant U.S. Attorney Bethany Biesenthal said in the government's sentencing memorandum.

IS trains 400 fighters to attack Europe in wave of bloodshed Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:13 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum chaos, officials have told The Associated Press.

WADA to examine claims of Russian doping in swimming Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:58 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency will study allegations by British daily The Times of widespread doping in Russian swimming before deciding if it needs to open a similar inquiry to one which shattered the reputation of Russian athletics.

Support beam collapses at Volgograd World Cup stadium Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:50 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A metal support beam at a stadium being built for the 2018 World Cup in the Russian city of Volgograd collapsed Wednesday during construction work, the company contracted to oversee construction of the arena said.

University of California approves anti-Semitism statement Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:46 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A University of California committee agreed Wednesday to single out anti-Semitism as a form of intolerance that campus leaders should challenge but rejected a more far-reaching denouncement of arguments against Israel's right to exist.

Man nested in Seattle's landmark giant sequoia tree, draws coos, boos Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:43 PM PDT A man who nested in a giant sequoia tree in downtown Seattle, drew a flock of Twitter comments, with some cooing over #ManInTree and others condemning him for damaging the 80-foot-tall (24-meter-tall) city landmark before coming down on Wednesday. Seattle police negotiated with the bearded man from the window of a Macy's department store building some 30 feet (9 meters) from where he had been perched in the tree branches since Tuesday, said Officer Patrick Michaud. Michaud said the man "created himself a little seat, maybe even a nest up there at the top." Police closed off a small, triangular city block at the base of the tree to protect the public from falling objects, including the man himself, who became a top trending topic.

Brazilians traveling abroad reduce spending amid recession Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:41 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Central Bank says Brazilians traveling abroad in February reduced their spending more than 40 percent compared to the same month one year earlier.

With education, child marriage drops in Bangladesh, study says Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:39 PM PDT By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The rate of child marriages in Bangladesh could drop by a third when girls are educated and taught job skills, according to a study released on Wednesday on ways to counter the practice rampant in the South Asian nation. Two out of three girls in South Asia marry before age 18, according to the Population Council, a nonprofit group that researches health and development issues. In a study of more than 9,000 Bangladeshi girls, however, the child marriage rate dropped 31 percent when girls received educational tutoring or took classes in critical thinking and decision-making, it said.

MSF pulls out of Lesbos hotspot as aid groups slam migrant deal Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:38 PM PDT International aid organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Wednesday it had suspended activities at a refugee centre on the Greek island of Lesbos to avoid being complicit in an "unfair and inhumane" EU deal to send newcomers back to Turkey. The move came a day after the UN refugee agency UNHCR said it had suspended some activities in Greece, saying reception centres had become "detention facilities". The International Rescue Committee (IRC), operating in Lesbos, and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) swiftly joined MSF and the UNHCR in voicing concerns and scaling back activities.

Europe needs to step up Islamic State fight: U.S. defense chief Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:36 PM PDT U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday the Brussels attacks will demonstrate to Europe that it needs join the United States in stepping up the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. "The Brussels event is going to further signify to Europeans that, as we have been accelerating our campaign to defeat ISIL in Syria and Iraq and elsewhere, they need to accelerate their efforts and join us," said Carter, using an acronym for Islamic State, in an interview on CNN.

Three Brussels attackers identified as nation mourns Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:35 PM PDT Three suicide bombers who struck Brussels airport and a metro train in attacks claimed by the Islamic State were identified Wednesday, as a grieving nation observed a minute's silence for victims of the carnage. As hundreds of mourners gathered in the city in a show of solidarity with the 31 people killed and 300 injured, prosecutors said brothers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui had carried out attacks at Zaventem airport and Maalbeek station. Bomb-making expert Najim Laachraoui was identified by police sources to AFP as the second airport bomber, while police stepped up a huge manhunt for a third airport attacker whose suitcase bomb failed to detonate.

Reports: Seized spreadsheets list top Brazil politicians Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:29 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In another stunning turn in the snowballing corruption investigation that is shaking Brazil, top newspapers on Wednesday released scans of dozens of spreadsheets seized by police listing a company's payments to about 200 politicians, including code names and monetary values.

Officials: Brussels bombers may have rushed attack Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:14 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — As police hunted for the surviving Brussels bomber, evidence mounted Wednesday that the same Islamic State cell carried out the attacks in both Paris and Brussels, and that the militants may have launched this week's slaughter in haste because they feared authorities were closing in on them.

Obama, new Argentine leader work to break from past tensions Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:11 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — On a fence-mending mission, President Barack Obama held up Argentina on Wednesday as an emerging world leader worthy of U.S. support, as he and Argentine President Mauricio Macri broke with years of recent tensions between their countries.

Cross-conference contests hold interest in Super R Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:06 PM PDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Teams with a proven ability to win across conference lines have a chance to consolidate their standings in Super Rugby during an Easter round of mainly undistinguished match-ups.

EU, U.N. say only way to fight terrorism is via Syria transition Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:04 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations and the European Union said on Wednesday that Syrian negotiators in Geneva had to understand that there could not be any solution to fighting Islamic State and al Qaeda without first finding a credible political solution in Syria. In a message apparently directed at Syria's government, which has consistently said fighting terrorism must come before any discussion of political transition, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said those complaining about terrorism needed to help end the Syrian crisis. ...

EU joins Syria peace talks as sides remain at odds Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:04 PM PDT Federica Mogherini spoke to negotiators on both sides, and the head of the government delegation, Bashar Ja'afari, said after his meeting that he believed an impasse in the talks had been broken. After the attacks in Brussels claimed by Islamic State, Ja'afari again insisted on Wednesday that fighting terrorism had to come before any discussion of political transition.

Poland beats Serbia 1-0 in Euro 2016 warm-up Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:02 PM PDT FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Poland began its preparations for this summer's European Championship with a 1-0 win over Serbia in a friendly on Wednesday.

Erdogan says Turkey deported Brussels airport attacker in 2015 Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:00 PM PDT Turkey said Wednesday it had detained and then deported Ibrahim El Bakraoui, one of the two suicide bombers at Brussels airport, and accused the Belgian authorities of failing to confirm his links to terror. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish authorities detained the attacker in June last year in Gaziantep, close to the Syrian border, and then deported the "foreign terrorist fighter" to the Netherlands at his request. A Turkish official confirmed to AFP that the attacker in question was 30-year-old Ibrahim El Bakraoui, a Belgian citizen who was one of the two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Brussels airport on Tuesday.

California man faces sex trafficking charge in Puerto Rico Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:00 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities in Puerto Rico have arrested a California man who allegedly traveled to Puerto Rico to have sex with a minor.

Top Asian News 9:57 p.m. GMT Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:57 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — The dash cam video is jaw-dropping: On a virtually empty stretch of highway, a midsize car is seen traveling in the slow lane. Suddenly, a black Mercedes-Benz zooms into the frame and rear-ends the car at tremendous speed. Within a split second, a cloud of smoke and debris fill the video screen. What happened next is now well known in Thailand and the focal point of growing outrage. The midsize car burst into flames and the couple inside, both graduate students in their 30s, died at the scene of the accident. The Mercedes driver, the son of a wealthy Thai businessman, survived with minor injuries and refused both alcohol and drug tests — and his wishes were respected. Police say he was driving at an estimated 240 kilometers (150 miles) per hour.

New York Fed questioned after hack on Bangladesh account Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. lawmaker is seeking answers from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over the theft by cyber criminals of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the New York Fed.

Fabian Johnson still not in full training with US team Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:54 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — Defender Fabian Johnson did not fully participate in training with the U.S. on Wednesday and appears doubtful to start this weekend's World Cup qualifier at Guatemala.

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