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• Syria peace talks near collapse as opposition declares pause
• Jerusalem bus bomb wounds 16, Netanyahu hints at Palestinian link
• In crushing defeat, Brazil's Rousseff moves close to impeachment
• Battered Ecuador faces huge economic toll after quake
• U.S. to send more troops to Iraq to tackle Islamic State
• Britain says South China Sea arbitration ruling must be binding
• Israel and Palestinians engage in rare UN shouting match
• Houston deluged, four reported dead in Texas floods
• US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to Iraq
• Obama: U.S. giving more support to Iraq as it fights Islamic State
• Caroline Wozniacki out of Madrid, Rome with injured ankle
• The Latest: UN humanitarian chief to see Ecuador quake zone
• The Latest: LAX police say Arabic-speaking man broke no law
• Michigan governor to drink Flint water in show of safety over lead crisis
• Trial forces Nigeria's Saraki from Senate duties
• Jordan halts plan to install cameras at Jerusalem holy site
• Panama takes reservations for transit through expanded canal
• Brazil's leader vows long battle against impeachment
• Ecuador quake survivors tell harrowing tales, mourn dead
• 9/11 bill under scrutiny as Obama heads to Saudi Arabia
• Heavy Chile rains hit some of world's biggest copper mines
• Argentina returns to international credit markets
• Brazil's Rousseff cancels U.S. trip to sign climate pact: sources
• US stocks recover from an early slump and close higher
• Nigerian forces repel Boko Haram attack near Niger border: army
• Cuban leaders criticize both bureaucracy and private sector
• Leicester's Vardy charged by FA over reaction to red card
• Goal heroes promise no let-up in Spurs' Premier title pursuit
• Dramatic rescue amid rubble gives Ecuador hope for survivors
• Putin, Obama confirm willingness to strengthen Syria ceasefire: Kremlin
• Mexico: US OKs nominee for next ambassador to Washington
• Spurs cut Leicester's lead to 5 points by crushing Stoke 4-0
• Top Asian News 9:50 p.m. GMT
• Brazil president says she won't quit after impeachment vote
• Britain aligns with US on response to South China Sea case
• Cape Verde seizes 280 kg of cocaine from Brazilian fishing boat
• Clinton, Trump seek to quiet critics in New York primaries

Syria peace talks near collapse as opposition declares pause Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:30 PM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi, John Irish and Tom Miles BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian peace talks came close to collapse on Monday, with the mainstream opposition announcing a pause in talks at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, although it agreed to keep its negotiating team in the city. The Western-backed opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said in a letter to rebel fighters that government military advances meant a ceasefire was effectively over and it was calling a postponement in the talks. Rebels, who accuse the government of breaking the ceasefire to try to recapture the northern city of Aleppo, announced an offensive of their own, launching an assault against government forces in Latakia province on the Mediterranean coast.

Jerusalem bus bomb wounds 16, Netanyahu hints at Palestinian link Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:08 PM PDT A bomb blew up a bus and set fire to another in Jerusalem on Monday, wounding 16 people in an attack that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked to a six-month-old wave of Palestinian street violence. There was no immediate claim of responsibility from any Palestinian factions for the blast. Israeli officials declined to assign direct blame.

In crushing defeat, Brazil's Rousseff moves close to impeachment Posted: 18 Apr 2016 01:11 AM PDT By Maria Carolina Marcello and Alonso Soto BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff suffered a humiliating loss in a crucial impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress on Sunday and is almost certain to be forced from office months before the nation hosts the Olympics. Fireworks lit up the night sky in Brazil's megacities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro after the opposition comfortably surpassed the two-thirds majority needed to send Rousseff for trial in the Senate on charges of manipulating budget accounts. The final tally was 367 votes cast in favor of impeachment, versus 137 against, and seven abstentions.

Battered Ecuador faces huge economic toll after quake Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:42 PM PDT By Ana Isabel Martinez and Julia Symmes Cobb PORTOVIEJO/PEDERNALES, Ecuador (Reuters) - Touring a city ravaged by the earthquake that killed 366 people, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Monday contemplated a rebuilding costing billions of dollars and a potentially "huge" impact on the fragile OPEC economy. With the death toll likely to rise further and swaths of flattened homes, roads and bridges coming to light, a visibly moved and grim-faced Correa warned that Ecuador's biggest disaster in decades would put a big toll on the poor Andean country. "Reconstruction will cost billions of dollars," said Correa in the hard-hit city of Portoviejo, where survivors swarmed him asking for aid.

U.S. to send more troops to Iraq to tackle Islamic State Posted: 18 Apr 2016 01:32 PM PDT By Yeganeh Torbati BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States will send more troops to Iraq and will put them closer to the frontlines of battle there to advise Iraqi forces in the war against Islamic State militants.  U.S. defense officials said Washington will deploy about 200 additional troops, mostly as advisers for Iraqi troops as they advance towards Mosul, the largest Iraqi city still under Islamic State control. The United States has also authorized the use of Apache attack helicopters to help the Iraqis as they can provide quicker air support and precision fire. The change will allow them to offer quicker advice to Iraqi troops as they try to retake Mosul, likely facing stiff resistance from an entrenched enemy.

Britain says South China Sea arbitration ruling must be binding Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:15 PM PDT By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday a ruling expected in the next few months in an international arbitration case the Philippines has brought against China's South China Sea claims must be binding. Hugo Swire, British minister of state responsible for East Asia, also said Britain saw the ruling from the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague as an opportunity for China and the Philippines to renewed dialogue over their territorial disputes.

Israel and Palestinians engage in rare UN shouting match Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:05 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Israeli and Palestinian ambassadors engaged in a rare shouting match in the U.N. Security Council on Monday, reflecting Israel's growing consternation at the upsurge in Palestinian attacks against civilians and Palestinian frustration at the failure to achieve its dream of a truly independent state.

Houston deluged, four reported dead in Texas floods Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:05 PM PDT By Kristen Hays HOUSTON (Reuters) - Four people were reportedly killed when torrential rains that brought as much as 18 inches (46 cm) of precipitation pummeled Houston, causing floods on Monday that snarled transport and turned roads into lakes in the fourth most-populous U.S. city. More than 1,000 homes were flooded in Harris County, which contains Houston, and there were more than 1,000 water rescues as scores of neighborhoods and roads were hit by rushing water. "This is the most I have ever seen in the state of Texas," Governor Greg Abbott said of the rescues at a news conference, where he declared a state of disaster in nine Texas counties.

US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to Iraq Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:04 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. defense officials said Monday.

Obama: U.S. giving more support to Iraq as it fights Islamic State Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:03 PM PDT President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Monday that the United States is providing more support to Iraq as its military moves to take back territory from Islamic State, and he expects the city of Mosul will be retaken eventually. "As we see the Iraqis willing to fight and gaining ground, let's make sure that we are providing them more support," Obama said in an interview with CBS News. U.S. officials announced in Baghdad on Monday the United States will deploy about 200 additional troops, mostly as advisers for Iraqi troops as they advance toward Mosul, the largest Iraqi city still under Islamic State control.

Caroline Wozniacki out of Madrid, Rome with injured ankle Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:57 PM PDT Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki says she is pulling out of clay-court tournaments in Madrid and Rome because of an injured right ankle, putting her status for the French Open in doubt.

The Latest: UN humanitarian chief to see Ecuador quake zone Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:51 PM PDT PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador (AP) — The Latest on Ecuador's devastating earthquake (all times local):

The Latest: LAX police say Arabic-speaking man broke no law Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:50 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a University of California, Berkeley, student removed from an airliner after a passenger observed him speaking in Arabic on his phone: (all times local):

Michigan governor to drink Flint water in show of safety over lead crisis Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:41 PM PDT Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, under pressure to resign over the state's poor handling of a lead water crisis in Flint, promised on Monday that he will drink filtered tap water from the city for at least the next 30 days to show that it is safe. Snyder visited Flint residents on Monday, including one homeowner whose drinking water has tested higher than federal safety standards for the toxic substance and who has expressed concern about drinking even filtered water. The governor goes to Flint about once a week from the state capital Lansing about 50 miles away and water would be delivered to him by other state officials after their visits the rest of the time, said Ari Adler, Snyder's spokesman.

Trial forces Nigeria's Saraki from Senate duties Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:35 PM PDT A tribunal ruled Monday that the fraud trial of embattled Nigerian Senate president Bukola Saraki will continue on a daily basis -- meaning he will be unable to preside over Senate sessions until the proceedings are over. Saraki's lawyers had asked for an adjournment in the high-profile trial to allow senators accompanying him to attend Senate sittings, but the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) rejected the request. Dozens of senators and other politicians have been accompanying Saraki to his trial at the CCT in Abuja in a show of solidarity, but Judge Danladi Umar said politicians needed to go back to work while he was on trial.

Jordan halts plan to install cameras at Jerusalem holy site Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:27 PM PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's prime minister on Monday said his government has decided to call off a plan to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, derailing a U.S.-brokered pact to ease tensions at the volatile hilltop compound.

Panama takes reservations for transit through expanded canal Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:20 PM PDT PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panama Canal is taking reservations for ships to transit the waterway's new locks beginning June 27, the day after a $5.25 billion expansion is inaugurated.

Brazil's leader vows long battle against impeachment Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:18 PM PDT Brasília (AFP) - Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vowed Monday to wage a "long" fight against impeachment as Congress moved closer to putting her on trial in a deepening political crisis. The 68-year-old leftist leader was in a combative mood in her first public response since the lower house of Congress overwhelmingly voted late Sunday to send her case to the Senate. "I am outraged by the decision," Rousseff told a news conference carried live on television.

Ecuador quake survivors tell harrowing tales, mourn dead Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:17 PM PDT By Julia Symmes Cobb PEDERNALES, Ecuador (Reuters) - During a terrifying five hours trapped in the rubble of her quake-hit restaurant, Filerma Rayo almost lost hope. "I was yelling and yelling and then, at the end, I started to think I would die there," said Rayo, 33, as she nursed a crushed foot, which had been pinned by a falling piece of cement when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador on Saturday. "It was my siblings who saved us, the rescue teams hadn't arrived yet," said Rayo, who runs a restaurant on the bottom floor of a now-shattered hotel in the worst-hit town of Pedernales, a rustic beach location on the Pacific coast.

9/11 bill under scrutiny as Obama heads to Saudi Arabia Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:17 PM PDT US President Barack Obama heads to Saudi Arabia Tuesday amid tensions over congressional legislation which would potentially allow the royal government to be sued in American courts over the September 11, 2001 attacks. The bipartisan bill has yet to make it to the Senate floor, but already it has triggered outrage in Riyadh and threatens to further poison the already strained ties between Washington and its longstanding Gulf ally. The White House is desperate to scuttle the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which would allow the families of loved ones killed in the 9/11 attacks to sue the Saudi government.

Heavy Chile rains hit some of world's biggest copper mines Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:13 PM PDT By Anthony Esposito SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Heavy rains in central Chile have prompted global miner Anglo American Plc and state-owned producer Codelco to temporarily suspend operations at two major copper mines with combined annual capacity of 880,000 tonnes. Neither of the mines suffered any damage to infrastructure and an access road to Los Bronces that had been blocked by debris has been cleared, it said.

Argentina returns to international credit markets Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:09 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Monday returned to global bond markets for the first time in 15 years.

Brazil's Rousseff cancels U.S. trip to sign climate pact: sources Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:08 PM PDT Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff canceled a scheduled trip to New York to participate in a climate event at the United Nations this week, two sources from the presidential palace said on Monday. Rousseff, whom Congress voted overwhelmingly on Sunday night to impeach, canceled her plans to take part in the signing of a climate pact hammered out by nations during a meeting in Paris in November on global warming. Rousseff and her team were among the most active negotiators at the COP 21 climate meetings in Paris.

US stocks recover from an early slump and close higher Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:06 PM PDT Energy companies led a broad rally in U.S. stocks Monday as investors shrugged off another slide in crude oil prices.

Nigerian forces repel Boko Haram attack near Niger border: army Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:02 PM PDT By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - The Nigerian army, backed by the country's air force, on Monday repelled an attack an attack by Boko Haram fighters near the border with Niger in the jihadists' northeast heartland, the military said. The group allied to Islamic State had been fighting for at least seven years to carve out an Islamist caliphate in the region in a conflict which has displaced more than 2 million people and killed thousands. The army took the area back from Boko Haram last year, but has struggled to hold it.

Cuban leaders criticize both bureaucracy and private sector Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:58 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — Some of Cuba's most powerful officials criticized the creaking inefficiency of its state-controlled economy on Monday but tarred its vibrant private sector as a potential source of U.S. subversion.

Leicester's Vardy charged by FA over reaction to red card Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:56 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Jamie Vardy faces having his mandatory one-match ban lengthened, potentially ruling the striker out of more of Leicester's title run-in, after he was charged Monday by the English Football Association over his angry reaction to a red card.

Goal heroes promise no let-up in Spurs' Premier title pursuit Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:54 PM PDT Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Tottenham Hotspur stars Harry Kane and Dele Alli promised to keep pushing leaders Leicester City all the way in the race for the Premier League title after sharing the goals in a 4-0 rout of Stoke City on Monday. The England duo scored two apiece as Spurs recorded a hugely impressive away win that saw the north London club move to within five points of leaders Leicester with four games of the season remaining. Performing well at Stoke's Britannia Stadium has long been regarded as the acid test of a title-contender's credentials, and on this evidence Spurs remain very much in the hunt to be crowned champions of England for the first time since 1961, when they did the 'Double' by winning the old First Division and the FA Cup in the same season.

Dramatic rescue amid rubble gives Ecuador hope for survivors Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:53 PM PDT MANTA, Ecuador (AP) — Rescuers in Ecuador pulled three people out alive on Monday after being trapped for more than 32 hours in the rubble of a shopping center that was flattened by this weekend's powerful earthquake.

Putin, Obama confirm willingness to strengthen Syria ceasefire: Kremlin Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:51 PM PDT Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama agreed during a phone call on Monday to strengthen a Syria ceasefire brokered by their two nations, the Kremlin said. "The leaders discussed in detail the situation in Syria, confirming in particular their intention to facilitate the strengthening of a Russian-US initiated ceasefire in this country as well as access for humanitarian aid," the Kremlin said in a statement. Putin also stressed the need for "moderate" rebels to distance themselves from Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front jihadists and also urged the closure of the border between Syria and Turkey where "supplies of arms for extremists" are filtering across, the Kremlin said.

Mexico: US OKs nominee for next ambassador to Washington Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:51 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says Washington has approved its pick for the country's ambassador to the United States.

Spurs cut Leicester's lead to 5 points by crushing Stoke 4-0 Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:51 PM PDT STOKE, England (AP) — Harry Kane and Dele Alli both scored twice Monday as Tottenham crushed Stoke 4-0 with a devastating attacking display to close the gap on Premier League leader Leicester to five points.

Top Asian News 9:50 p.m. GMT Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:50 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for documenting the use of slave labor in Southeast Asia to supply seafood to American tables — an investigation that spurred the release of more than 2,000 captive workers. The Los Angeles Times was awarded the breaking news prize for its coverage of the shooting rampage by husband-and-wife extremists that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, California, and The Washington Post received the national reporting award for an examination of killings by police in the U.S. Besides recognizing some of the biggest national and international stories of the year, the awards spotlighted deep dives into a chilling rape case, the long arc of school segregation, and the mistreatment of psychiatric patients.

Brazil president says she won't quit after impeachment vote Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:20 PM PDT President Dilma Rousseff said Monday she is "indignant" over a congressional vote to open impeachment proceedings against her and vowed to fight what she called the injustice. She again categorically ...

Britain aligns with US on response to South China Sea case Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain said Monday it will stand alongside the U.S. in supporting an upcoming ruling by an international tribunal in a case that challenges the legality of China's expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Cape Verde seizes 280 kg of cocaine from Brazilian fishing boat Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:44 PM PDT Authorities in Cape Verde have seized 280 kilograms of cocaine in a bust in the Atlantic from a Brazil-registered fishing vessel as it prepared to transfer the drugs to a U.S.-flagged yacht, the Cape Verde judiciary police and coast guard said on Monday. The bust happened when the fishing vessel ran out of fuel and the yacht arrived carrying 450 liters of fuel, apparently to restock the fishing vessel and transfer the drugs, a senior police official said. Cape Verde, an Atlantic archipelago of 500,000 people, is the West African nation that has shown the most determination tackling gangs smuggling Latin American cocaine to Europe via the region.

Clinton, Trump seek to quiet critics in New York primaries Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:42 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — For Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, victories in New York on Tuesday could help quiet critics who have questioned their strength as front-runners. Each has suffered losses in recent contests that emboldened their rivals, though they still lead in delegate counts and are favored in New York.

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