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• Libyan forces capture Sirte convention center from Islamic State
• Suspected gas attack on Aleppo causes deaths, injuries: hospital, rescuers
• Putin accuses Ukraine of trying to provoke a new conflict over Crimea
• Bomb attacks, cross-border fire kill 13 in southeast Turkey: sources
• UK PM May heads to Switzerland for two-week holiday
• Brazil's Senate indicts Rousseff, opens impeachment trial
• US rolls on, routs Serbia 110-84 in women's basketball
• Brooks' gymnastic success comes after years of waiting
• Canada authorities thwart 'potential terrorist attack'
• The Latest: Kazakh weightlifter has 77kg world record in win
• US men's basketball team gets tested, beats Australia 98-88
• Young US archer Zach Garrett hits target on and off field
• Belize supreme court says anti-gay law unconstitutional
• Rugby couple put respect in front and center in Olympics
• Southern France battles bush fires as 1,000 evacuated
• Australia census to go back online 2 days after cyberattack
• Canada police detain lone suspect in 'credible' threat
• Coe not sure if fans will pack stadium for Olympic track
• New Zealand cuts key interest rate to record low 2 percent
• Troubled year in power for Coe confronting critics, Russia
• What to watch at the Rio Games on Thursday
• Sponsors, athletes work together on beach bikini design
• American boxer Gary Russell wins 1st Olympic bout for family
• Colorado family says son died fighting for Kurdish militia
• High risk of modern slavery in nearly 60 percent of countries, global index finds
• USA women's field hockey beats Japan, advances
• Olivera placed on unconditional release waivers by Padres
• Blue Jays place Jose Bautista on 15-day DL
• Tim Cahill comes home to A-League, signs with Melbourne City
• Green turns to gold for Britain in Olympic dive upset
• Syria doctors issue plea over Aleppo siege
• A look at other Guatemalan massacre suspects arrested by US
• Britain asks Argentina to talk Falklands flights, oil
• China's Lyu breaks snatch world record in 77kg at Rio Olympics
• Peru detects fresh oil spill from decades-old Amazon pipeline
• Cats are back with an adrenaline rush in Olympic sailing

Libyan forces capture Sirte convention center from Islamic State Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:21 PM PDT By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan forces battling to oust Islamic State from Sirte on Wednesday captured a large convention hall complex in the city center, seizing a symbolic base where militants once held meetings and flew their black jihadist flag. Securing the Ouagadougou Conference Centre as well as hospital and university buildings would mark the biggest advance made by Libyan forces in weeks. The United States 10 days ago began air strikes on Sirte, which fighters say hastened their progress.

Suspected gas attack on Aleppo causes deaths, injuries: hospital, rescuers Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:23 PM PDT By Abdalrahman Ismail ALEPPO (Reuters) - At least four people died and many suffered breathing difficulties when a gas, believed to be chlorine, was dropped alongside barrel bombs on a neighborhood of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, a hospital and a civil defense group told Reuters. Hamza Khatib, the manager of Al Quds hospital in Aleppo, told a Reuters photographer the hospital had recorded four deaths from gas poisoning and 55 injuries. Khatib said he was preserving pieces of patients clothing and fragments from the barrel bombs as evidence for analysis.

Putin accuses Ukraine of trying to provoke a new conflict over Crimea Posted: 10 Aug 2016 02:49 PM PDT By Andrew Osborn and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday of using terrorist tactics to try to provoke a new conflict and destabilize annexed Crimea after Russia said it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into the contested peninsula. Russia's FSB security service said two people were killed in clashes and its forces had dismantled a Ukrainian spy network inside Crimea. Kiev denied the assertions, calling them an attempt by Moscow to create an excuse to escalate towards a war.

Bomb attacks, cross-border fire kill 13 in southeast Turkey: sources Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:34 PM PDT By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Bomb blasts in two cities in southeast Turkey killed nine civilians and wounded dozens on Wednesday, security sources said, and blamed the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) for the coordinated attacks targeting police. A PKK commander had warned at the weekend of fresh attacks, saying police "will not be able to live as comfortably as they did in the past in cities." Earlier in the day, four soldiers were killed and nine wounded when militants opened fire with rockets and long-range weapons from across the Iraqi border. Security sources also blamed that attack, in Sirnak province, on the PKK.

UK PM May heads to Switzerland for two-week holiday Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:02 PM PDT After a hectic first month in office following the June 23 Brexit vote, new Prime Minister Theresa May is off on holiday and she has chosen a country outside the European Union with close ties to the bloc - Switzerland. May, who became prime minister on July 13, will head to Switzerland on Thursday for two weeks, her office said. The British leader has spoken previously of her love of walking holidays in Switzerland, a destination also favored by her German counterpart Angela Merkel.

Brazil's Senate indicts Rousseff, opens impeachment trial Posted: 10 Aug 2016 01:54 PM PDT By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and to begin an impeachment trial that is expected to oust her from office and end 13 years of rule by the Workers Party. With the eyes of the world on the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, senators in the capital Brasilia voted 59-21 against the suspended leftist leader in a raucous, 16-hour session that began on Tuesday. The result showed Rousseff had even less support in the Senate since the 55-22 vote to suspend her on May 12.

US rolls on, routs Serbia 110-84 in women's basketball Posted: 10 Aug 2016 05:32 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Diana Taurasi and her U.S. teammates knew they'd be in for a test against Serbia.

Brooks' gymnastic success comes after years of waiting Posted: 10 Aug 2016 05:31 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 14th-place finish at the Olympics might not seem like much to many. It's different for American gymnast Chris Brooks, whose performance in the men's all-around final on Wednesday meant everything.

Canada authorities thwart 'potential terrorist attack' Posted: 10 Aug 2016 05:30 PM PDT Canadian federal police said they arrested a suspect who posed a "potential terrorist threat," after receiving a tip about an imminent attack. Authorities had received "credible information of a potential terrorist threat," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement. Broadcaster CTV, citing internal government documents, however, said the suspect was linked to the Islamic State group and planned to set off an explosive device in a packed public space in a major city.

The Latest: Kazakh weightlifter has 77kg world record in win Posted: 10 Aug 2016 05:28 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

US men's basketball team gets tested, beats Australia 98-88 Posted: 10 Aug 2016 05:26 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving had the answers in the first test for the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team.

Young US archer Zach Garrett hits target on and off field Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:55 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Part entrepreneur and part elite competitor, Zach Garrett dedicates his life completely to archery.

Belize supreme court says anti-gay law unconstitutional Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:53 PM PDT BELIZE CITY, Belize (AP) — Belize's Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a portion of the small Central American country's criminal code that outlawed gay sex.

Rugby couple put respect in front and center in Olympics Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:52 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Isadora Cerullo has become a celebrity around Rio, more for what happened on the sidelines of the Olympic rugby stadium than for her performances on the pitch.

Southern France battles bush fires as 1,000 evacuated Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:51 PM PDT France mobilised 1,500 firefighters Wednesday to deal with wildfires in countryside north of Marseille that have gutted buildings and forced more than 1,000 people to flee their homes. Whipped up by strong winds, the blaze took hold around 3:30 pm (1330 GMT) and has spread over 2,260 hectares (5,600 acres) of scrubland, grass and some wooded areas, according to firefighters. Homes were destroyed in the town of Vitrolles, some 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of Marseille, with more than 1,000 people forced to seek shelter in local sports centres.

Australia census to go back online 2 days after cyberattack Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:46 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's first attempt to conduct a census online will resume on Thursday two days after it shut down due to system failures that left it vulnerable to cyberattack, the prime minister said.

Canada police detain lone suspect in 'credible' threat Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:45 PM PDT Canadian police said on Wednesday they had detained an individual after they received "credible information of a potential terrorist threat" carried out by a lone suspect. The suspect was identified and the police took actions to ensure the safety of the public, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement. "The safety and security of Canadians is of the utmost importance to the RCMP and we take all such threats seriously," the RCMP said.

Coe not sure if fans will pack stadium for Olympic track Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:41 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It seems everywhere you turn in track and field right now there's bad news.

New Zealand cuts key interest rate to record low 2 percent Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:35 PM PDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low 2 percent, but its efforts to boost inflation and lower the currency failed to impress traders, who bid the New Zealand dollar higher.

Troubled year in power for Coe confronting critics, Russia Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:34 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Entrusted with cleaning up a sport mired in sleaze and doping deceptions has proved far trickier for Sebastian Coe than the pursuit of gold on the track.

What to watch at the Rio Games on Thursday Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:34 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Day 6 of the Rio Games features medal action in gymnastics, rugby, track cycling, swimming, fencing, judo and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local):

Sponsors, athletes work together on beach bikini design Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:32 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The collaboration between April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings goes beyond the Copacabana beach volleyball venue, beyond the California beaches where they trained for the Olympics and beyond the far-flung airports and hotel rooms they visited to qualify for the Summer Games.

American boxer Gary Russell wins 1st Olympic bout for family Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:28 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Gary Russell cannot explain how in the first Olympic bout of his career he fell deaf to the chants, the horns, the fans stamping their feet on metal bleachers, and heard just one voice through the clutter:

Colorado family says son died fighting for Kurdish militia Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:27 PM PDT CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — The parents of a Colorado man reported killed fighting against the Islamic State group says their son joined Kurdish forces to "fight the evil that is ISIS."

High risk of modern slavery in nearly 60 percent of countries, global index finds Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:25 PM PDT By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 60 percent of countries are at high risk of using slave labor in their supply chains, according to a new global index launched on Thursday, which also ranked North Korea as having the worst record of slave labor in the world. By assessing incidents of human trafficking or slavery, national laws, and the quality of law enforcement across 198 countries, risk analytics company Verisk Maplecroft found that 115 countries were at high or extreme risk of using slaves. "Few countries in the world are actually immune to modern slavery," said Alex Channer, lead analyst for human rights research at Verisk Maplecroft.

USA women's field hockey beats Japan, advances Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:25 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — So much for the slow starts by the U.S. women's field hockey team.

Olivera placed on unconditional release waivers by Padres Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:23 PM PDT PITTSBURGH (AP) — Hector Olivera was placed on unconditional release waivers by the San Diego Padres, who will release him when he clears waivers later this week and will be responsible for the remainder of the $62.5 million, six-year contract he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in early 2015.

Blue Jays place Jose Bautista on 15-day DL Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:19 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have placed slugger Jose Bautista on the 15-day disabled list because of a sprained left knee.

Tim Cahill comes home to A-League, signs with Melbourne City Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:19 PM PDT MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia's leading international goal scorer Tim Cahill has signed with Melbourne City for what will be a belated first appearance in the country's domestic league.

Green turns to gold for Britain in Olympic dive upset Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:16 PM PDT Britain's Jack Laugher and Chris Mears turned Rio's green-water controversy to their advantage to win a first-ever British gold medal in Olympic diving by upsetting China on Wednesday. The pair scored a narrow 3m synchronised springboard victory over American silver medallists Sam Dorman and Mike Hixon, as Chinese pre-event favourites Cao Yuan and Qin Kai settled for bronze in chilly and drizzly weather.

Syria doctors issue plea over Aleppo siege Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:14 PM PDT Syrian doctors in opposition districts of Aleppo have accused the United States of inaction in the face of repeated atrocities in the devastated city. In a heart-wrenching letter addressed to US President Barack Obama, 15 of the 35 doctors in eastern neighbourhoods of Syria's second city warned the situation would be desperate for civilians if regime forces re-impose a siege. On Saturday, rebels and allied jihadists broke a three-week government encirclement that had left residents of eastern Aleppo reeling from skyrocketing prices and food shortages.

A look at other Guatemalan massacre suspects arrested by US Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:13 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former Guatemalan soldier suspected of helping carry out a massacre during the country's civil war was deported Wednesday by U.S. authorities.

Britain asks Argentina to talk Falklands flights, oil Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:07 PM PDT Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday called on Argentina to discuss running more flights to the disputed Falkand Islands and lifting restrictions on oil exploration in the area. It was May's first public overture to Argentina over the fiercely contested islands in the South Atlantic since she took over as prime minister last month.

China's Lyu breaks snatch world record in 77kg at Rio Olympics Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:07 PM PDT Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Chinese weightlifting superstar Lyu Xiaojun set a new snatch world record in the men's 77kg weightlifting at the Olympics on Wednesday.

Peru detects fresh oil spill from decades-old Amazon pipeline Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:05 PM PDT A fresh oil spill in the Peruvian Amazon was detected from the country's four-decades-old pipeline on Thursday, operator Petroperu said, bringing the number of leaks this year to four. Petroperu, the country's state-owned energy company, did not provide an estimate for how much oil was released and said emergency workers were implementing a contingency plan. The latest spill, in a ravine in the province of Condorcanqui, could heap more pressure on President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to pass reforms to prevent future leaks.

Cats are back with an adrenaline rush in Olympic sailing Posted: 10 Aug 2016 04:04 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Catamarans are back in Olympic sailing, with the kind of adrenaline rush that only a double-hulled boat can bring to the regatta.

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