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• Islamic State attacks gas plant north of Baghdad, killing 11
• Islamic State on the defensive, territory shrinking in Syria and Iraq: U.S. official
• Kerry meets Saudi king to discuss Syria before Vienna talks
• Islamic State Yemen suicide bomber kills 25 police recruits: medics
• Netanyahu tells France's Ayrault he still opposes peace conference
• German politicians say Merkel left EU exposed to Turkish blackmail
• Lochte dominates field to win 200 IM at Arena Pro Series
• Colombia's war-weary farmers head home amid hopes and fears
• World needs action on forest land rights to meet climate goals: Helen Clark
• No. 1 golfer Day takes wire-to-wire Players triumph
• Howard keeps clean sheet, Everton beats Norwich in last game
• Day goes wire-to-wire to win Players Championship
• Manchester-bound Ryanair plane evacuated in Norway
• World champion Peter Sagan opens Tour of California with win
• Dummy device behind Old Trafford 'bomb' scare 'fiasco'
• Carpi relegated from Serie A, Palermo stays up
• The Latest: Mayor demands inquiry after security 'fiasco'
• Trump aide dismisses audio tape as Democrats raise character issue
• Hundreds of horses prance to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday
• Police: Fake bomb at Man United left from training exercise
• Coe visits Rio track, won't speculate if Russia will compete
• 10-man PAOK snatches 1-1 draw at Panathinaikos
• Dominican election a referendum on ruling party's domination
• CSKA wins 7th Euroleague title, beats Fenerbahce in OT
• Mexico City lifts year's 4th smog alert after a day
• 24 pilot whales die after beaching in Baja California
• Sporting Gijon escapes relegation in Spain; Getafe demoted
• Rosberg and Hamilton refuse to take blame for 1st lap crash
• Q&A: Venezuela on the brink
• Sierra Leone fan's Old Trafford heartache turns to Wembley joy
• Finland stay undefeated at ice hockey world championships after Slovak romp
• Metro line to open 4 days before Rio Olympics
• Egyptian court sentences six inmates to jail for killing Frenchman
• Norway's wealth fund to sue Volkswagen over emissions scandal
• IS attack and bombings leave 29 dead across Iraq
• WBC postpones Wilder-Povetkin fight after failed drug test
• 'Unviable' device blown up at Old Trafford as Manchester United finale abandoned
• West Ham needs favor from Man United for Europa League spot
• Dozens arrested in Washington state environmental protest

Islamic State attacks gas plant north of Baghdad, killing 11 Posted: 15 May 2016 06:11 AM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed and Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Islamic State attack on a state-run gas plant in Baghdad's northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and forced two power stations it supplied to suspend electricity production. A suicide car bomb went off at the entrance of the facility in Taji at around 0600 local time (0300 GMT), allowing another vehicle carrying at least six attackers with explosive vests to enter and clash with security forces, police sources said. When reinforcements arrived, they set off a parked car bomb before clashing with the security forces and detonating their suicide vests.

Islamic State on the defensive, territory shrinking in Syria and Iraq: U.S. official Posted: 15 May 2016 03:03 PM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State has not gained significant ground since it took the Iraqi city of Ramadi a year ago, which it then lost in December, as the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria has been helped by better intelligence and better equipped local forces, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday. Islamic State "is shrinking so they are very much on the defensive," Brett McGurk, U.S. President Barack Obama's special envoy in the fight against Islamic State, told a news conference in Amman.

Kerry meets Saudi king to discuss Syria before Vienna talks Posted: 15 May 2016 03:24 AM PDT By Lesley Wroughton JEDDAH (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Jeddah on Sunday to discuss the fragile truce in Syria, before broader talks with Russia, Iran and other countries in Vienna on Tuesday. Kerry has said he hopes to strengthen a "cessation of hostilities" agreement between Syrian government forces and rebels, which has been undermined by fighting in some areas, and to increase humanitarian aid deliveries to besieged areas. On Friday, he said the meetings with the king and the Saudi interior and defense ministers - the two most senior princes - would try "to make sure that we can get this cessation better footed and, frankly, better observed and implemented throughout the country."     The United States, Saudi Arabia and some other Western and Gulf states plus Turkey back rebels fighting to remove President Bashar al-Assad, who has military support from Russia and Iran.

Islamic State Yemen suicide bomber kills 25 police recruits: medics Posted: 15 May 2016 03:18 AM PDT By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 25 new recruits inside a police compound in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla on Sunday in an attack claimed by Islamic State, medical and security sources said. It was the second deadly blast in four days to hit the city, a hub for al Qaeda before the militant group was pushed out last month in an offensive by Yemeni troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition. In a message on its online news agency Amaq, Islamic State said Sunday's attacker was a "martrydom-seeker" who had detonated his explosive belt.

Netanyahu tells France's Ayrault he still opposes peace conference Posted: 15 May 2016 06:28 AM PDT By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told France's foreign minister on Sunday that Israel remained opposed to a French initiative for an international conference to try to revive peace talks. Palestinians welcomed the proposal but Israel is concerned that the conference that France seeks to hold in the autumn would try to dictate terms for a peace deal.

German politicians say Merkel left EU exposed to Turkish blackmail Posted: 15 May 2016 08:13 AM PDT By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - German politicians accused Chancellor Angela Merkel at the weekend of making Europe overly dependent on Turkey in the migrant crisis, leaving the bloc vulnerable to blackmail by President Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey, refusing to bow to European Union demands to rein in its broad anti-terror laws, said on Friday talks on a deal to provide visa-free travel in return for stopping illegal migrants reaching the EU had reached an impasse and the bloc must find a "new formula" to salvage the agreement. Merkel, whose popularity has suffered due to her liberal migrant policy that saw Germany take in more than one million migrants last year, had spearheaded EU efforts to secure the deal, signed in March.

Lochte dominates field to win 200 IM at Arena Pro Series Posted: 15 May 2016 04:56 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Lochte dominated the field Sunday to win the 200-meter individual medley at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Charlotte.

Colombia's war-weary farmers head home amid hopes and fears Posted: 15 May 2016 04:42 PM PDT By Anastasia Moloney LA HORMIGA, Colombia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When gunfire and cylinder bombs erupted around their farmhouse, nestled in the jungle in Colombia's southern Putumayo province, Jesus Alebio Portillo and his family took refuge under a bed and, trembling with fear, waited until the fighting stopped. A decade ago, battles between paramilitary groups and their most bitter enemies, the Marxist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), took place almost every week as the two sides fought for territorial control. The unrelenting violence prompted an exodus of thousands of villagers from the farmlands around the town of La Hormiga and across Putumayo during the peak of violence in early 2000s.

World needs action on forest land rights to meet climate goals: Helen Clark Posted: 15 May 2016 04:41 PM PDT By Paola Totaro LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand, has warned that global climate change goals cannot be achieved without a united push to secure land rights for the world's indigenous forest communities. Clark, who announced her bid to succeed Ban Ki-moon as secretary general of the United Nations last month, said a worldwide push to reform land rights for indigenous communities also offers a unique opportunity for diverse nations to unite to eradicate poverty. In an opinion piece for the new Thomson Reuters Foundation website, place.trust.org, Clark said efforts to implement new sustainable development frameworks, including the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement on climate change, create the potential for "a new era of co-operation." "As the international community moves to implement these ambitious frameworks, there is the potential for a new era of co-operation around eradicating poverty, reducing disaster risk, spurring green growth, and significantly reducing inequalities," she said.

No. 1 golfer Day takes wire-to-wire Players triumph Posted: 15 May 2016 04:36 PM PDT World number one Jason Day overcame a sluggish start Sunday to win the US PGA Players Championship, firing a final-round one-under-par 71 to complete a wire-to-wire victory. Day matched the TPC Sawgrass course record with an opening-round 63 and followed with a 66 on his way to a 72-hole total of 15-under 273 for a four-stroke victory over American Kevin Chappell.

Howard keeps clean sheet, Everton beats Norwich in last game Posted: 15 May 2016 04:30 PM PDT LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Tim Howard kept a clean sheet in his 414th and final game for Everton on Sunday as the managerless club completed the Premier League season with a 3-0 victory over relegated Norwich.

Day goes wire-to-wire to win Players Championship Posted: 15 May 2016 04:20 PM PDT PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The best field in golf was no match for Jason Day at The Players Championship.

Manchester-bound Ryanair plane evacuated in Norway Posted: 15 May 2016 04:16 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Ryanair plane headed for Manchester, Britain, was evacuated before takeoff Sunday due to a bomb scare at Rygge airport outside Oslo, police said.

World champion Peter Sagan opens Tour of California with win Posted: 15 May 2016 04:15 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — World champion Peter Sagan unleashed his powerful sprint at the last possible moment, overcoming Wouter Wippert and Dylan Groenewegen to win the opening stage of the Tour of California on Sunday.

Dummy device behind Old Trafford 'bomb' scare 'fiasco' Posted: 15 May 2016 04:14 PM PDT A fake bomb left behind following a training exercise was responsible for the abandonment of Sunday's match between Manchester United and Bournemouth at Old Trafford, police said. Amid a nerve-jangling scare with much of Europe on alert for militant attacks, the device was blown up by army bomb disposal experts after United's world-famous ground had been evacuated. Greater Manchester Police intially said they had discovered an "incredibly lifelike explosive device".

Carpi relegated from Serie A, Palermo stays up Posted: 15 May 2016 04:14 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — Carpi was relegated from Serie A on Sunday despite a 2-1 win at 10-man Udinese after Palermo beat bottom club Hellas Verona 3-2 in a dramatic match which saw both sides have a player sent off in the first half.

The Latest: Mayor demands inquiry after security 'fiasco' Posted: 15 May 2016 04:11 PM PDT MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Latest on the evacuation of Manchester United's stadium after a suspicious package was found (all times local):

Trump aide dismisses audio tape as Democrats raise character issue Posted: 15 May 2016 03:55 PM PDT By Ginger Gibson and David Lawder WASHINGTON, 2016 - A top aide to Donald Trump said on Sunday he did not believe the Republican presidential front-runner posed as his own spokesman to brag about his personal life, a controversy that came as Democrats sharpen their attacks on the billionaire's character. The Washington Post released an audio recording on Friday of a man who identified himself as Trump publicist "John Miller" and talked about the real estate tycoon's romantic encounters in a 1991 conversation with a People magazine reporter. After listening to the tape while appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" show, senior Trump adviser Paul Manafort said he did not believe it was the Republican candidate's voice despite his past admissions of sometimes using a pseudonym.

Hundreds of horses prance to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday Posted: 15 May 2016 03:52 PM PDT Performing ponies, trotting war horses and sturdy steeds hung with glittering decorations pranced in an equine extravaganza at Windsor Castle on Sunday to mark the 90th birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. "I am delighted that we have succeeded in bringing together hundreds of members of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and other long-standing overseas friends to mark this special birthday," Charles wrote. Broadcast on ITV, the show featured archive footage telling the story of the queen's life, interspersed with live horse performances accompanied by music in a sandy arena in the grounds of Windsor Castle, near London.

Police: Fake bomb at Man United left from training exercise Posted: 15 May 2016 03:45 PM PDT MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A fake bomb left behind during a security exercise led police to evacuate Manchester United's home stadium on Sunday, disrupting the final day of the English Premier League season and bringing embarrassment to one of the world's best-known sports teams.

Coe visits Rio track, won't speculate if Russia will compete Posted: 15 May 2016 03:43 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sebastian Coe, the head of the world governing body of athletics, visited the track for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday but declined to speculate if Russia will be allowed to compete there.

10-man PAOK snatches 1-1 draw at Panathinaikos Posted: 15 May 2016 03:29 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Playing with 10 men for 70 minutes, PAOK snatched a 1-1 draw at Panathinaikos in the second round of the Greek league playoffs Sunday.

Dominican election a referendum on ruling party's domination Posted: 15 May 2016 03:24 PM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominicans voted across the country and at polling stations around the world Sunday in an election seen as a referendum on a ruling party that has won four of last five presidential ballots and has controlled the Congress for a decade.

CSKA wins 7th Euroleague title, beats Fenerbahce in OT Posted: 15 May 2016 03:23 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — CSKA Moscow held on to win its seventh basketball Euroleague title by beating Fenerbahce 101-96 in overtime on Sunday despite blowing a big lead.

Mexico City lifts year's 4th smog alert after a day Posted: 15 May 2016 03:22 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City authorities have lifted a smog alert one day after ozone levels rose above 150 percent of acceptable limits.

24 pilot whales die after beaching in Baja California Posted: 15 May 2016 03:15 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two dozen pilot whales died after beaching themselves on the Baja California Peninsula despite efforts to move them into deeper waters, Mexico's navy say Sunday.

Sporting Gijon escapes relegation in Spain; Getafe demoted Posted: 15 May 2016 03:06 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sporting Gijon defeated Villarreal 2-0 to escape relegation from the Spanish top tier after Getafe lost 2-1 at Real Betis on Sunday.

Rosberg and Hamilton refuse to take blame for 1st lap crash Posted: 15 May 2016 02:56 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg refused to take blame for the stunning first lap crash that left both cars out of the race at Formula One's Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.

Q&A: Venezuela on the brink Posted: 15 May 2016 02:19 PM PDT Maduro announced the measure last Friday, saying it would last 60 days but could be renewed into next year. Maduro also said his government would seize factories made idle by owners who complain they can no longer source raw materials for production. The situation is all the more unsettling given that Venezuela is the country with the biggest proven oil reserves in the world.

Sierra Leone fan's Old Trafford heartache turns to Wembley joy Posted: 15 May 2016 02:09 PM PDT A Manchester United fan from Sierra Leone who saw his hopes of watching his first game at Old Trafford dashed by Sunday's dramatic abandonment, saw his despair turn to elation after other supporters clubbed together for him to attend next weekend's FA Cup final at Wembley. Army experts blew up a suspect device at Old Trafford after tens of thousands of fans were evacuated ahead of Manchester United's final English Premier League game of the season, against Bournemouth. For all the spectators at Old Trafford, which has a capacity of more than 76,000, it was a frustrating end to what should have been the final game of the season at United's world-famous ground.

Finland stay undefeated at ice hockey world championships after Slovak romp Posted: 15 May 2016 02:04 PM PDT Two-time former champions Finland thrashed 2002 champions Slovakia 5-0 in a world championship Group B match in Saint Petersburg on Sunday to chalk up their sixth straight win. Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov led the way with a goal and two assists, while Juuse Saros produced 14 saves to record a shutout. After a goalless first period, Minnesota Wild center Mikko Koivu broke the deadlock with a powerplay goal 11:07 into the second, 40 seconds before Antti Pihlstrom added his goal.

Metro line to open 4 days before Rio Olympics Posted: 15 May 2016 01:54 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The metro line extension, the key legacy project of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, will open just four days before the games and offer only limited service.

Egyptian court sentences six inmates to jail for killing Frenchman Posted: 15 May 2016 01:50 PM PDT An Egyptian court sentenced six people to seven years each in prison on Sunday for beating to death a Frenchman in 2013 while they were all being held together in a Cairo police cell, a judicial source said. Eric Lang, a teacher who was living in Cairo, was stopped by police in September 2013 for violating a night-time curfew in place at that time, security sources said then. The six men convicted on Sunday had been Lang's cellmates and had beaten the teacher to death, according to a prosecution document and the judicial source.

Norway's wealth fund to sue Volkswagen over emissions scandal Posted: 15 May 2016 01:45 PM PDT (Reuters) - Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said on Sunday it plans to join the class-action lawsuits filed against Volkswagen AG over the German automaker's emissions scandal. "Norges Bank Investment Management intends to join a legal action against Volkswagen arising out of that the company provided incorrect emissions data," Marthe Skaar, the fund's spokeswoman, said in a statement emailed to Reuters. As an investor, it is our responsibility to safeguard the fund's holding in Volkswagen," Skaar added.

IS attack and bombings leave 29 dead across Iraq Posted: 15 May 2016 01:45 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group launched a coordinated assault Sunday on a natural gas plant north of Baghdad that killed at least 14 people, while a string of other bomb attacks in or close to the capital killed 15 others, Iraqi officials said.

WBC postpones Wilder-Povetkin fight after failed drug test Posted: 15 May 2016 01:34 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder's title defense against Alexander Povetkin has been postponed by the WBC after the Russian challenger failed a drug test, and Wilder's promoter says it could be canceled altogether.

'Unviable' device blown up at Old Trafford as Manchester United finale abandoned Posted: 15 May 2016 01:34 PM PDT Army experts blew up a suspect device at Old Trafford on Sunday after tens of thousands of fans were evacuated ahead of Manchester United's final English Premier League game of the season. Amid a nerve-jangling scare with much of Europe on alert for militant attacks, police said the package "wasn't viable" and had been an "incredibly lifelike explosive device". The "code red" alert was signalled by police just 20 minutes before the scheduled start of the game between United and Bournemouth.

West Ham needs favor from Man United for Europa League spot Posted: 15 May 2016 01:29 PM PDT STOKE, England (AP) — West Ham's impressive season ended disappointingly with a 2-1 loss at Stoke in the English Premier League on Sunday but the Hammers can still clinch a Europa League spot.

Dozens arrested in Washington state environmental protest Posted: 15 May 2016 01:20 PM PDT Dozens of people were arrested in Washington state on Sunday, two days after protesters set up a blockade on railroad tracks leading to a pair of oil refineries as part of a global protest over dependence on fossil fuels, authorities said. The protesters, camping out on BNSF Railway [BNISF.UL] tracks at Anacortes, Washington, about 70 miles (113 km) north of Seattle, refused police orders to disperse, said Katie McCulloch, a spokesman for the Skagit County Department of Emergency Management.

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