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• U.S. broadens Syria talks after failure of truce deal with Russia
• U.S. official calls attack on Yemen funeral gathering 'egregious'
• No pay, no expenses, no laws for Venezuela's opposition lawmakers
• Migrants begin new life outside France's 'Jungle' camp
• Drug kingpin Guzman U.S. extradition set for early 2017: senior official
• Berlin bombing suspect radicalized by imams in Germany, brother says
• Rare tornado hits Oregon as storms bear down on Pacific Northwest
• Top Asian News 12:20 a.m. GMT
• Hawaii board denies rules changes for foreign fishermen
• Ex-federal investigator sentenced to 12 years for bribery
• Israeli rights group urges UN to end Palestinian occupation
• Haiti council says presidential vote redo to be held Nov. 20
• Volkswagen to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing over emissions
• Nations reach deal to reduce HFCs; could dent global warming
• The Latest: Hawaii board denies changes for fishing licenses
• Leading charities in call for Aleppo truce
• 'Elect more women to build sustainable, inclusive cities': female mayors' group
• Gambia opposition to field single presidential candidate
• Ducks re-sign Rickard Rakell for 6 years, $22.8 million
• A decade of crop loss from Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
• Trump calls accusers sick liars as new groping claims surface
• United Airlines systems outage causes delays globally
• Japan withholds annual dues to UNESCO
• Russia: Syria meeting aims to isolate Nusra extremists
• Owner Stan Kroenke on Los Angeles Rams: 'We're competitive'
• US removes limits on bringing in Cuban rum, cigars
• Golf Capsules
• Pelicans: Davis expected back from sore ankle in 10-14 days
• Environmentalists free orphaned sea lions near Peru capital
• Bypassing congress, Maduro decrees Venezuela budget
• Brother: Syrian suspected in bomb plot 'excited about life'
• Delayed Haiti elections to go ahead November 20
• Doug Garwood leads PGA Tour Champions' SAS Championship
• Centurion Miller gives Rangers edge over Inverness
• European Union backs off banning North American lobster
• Venezuela's Maduro signs 2017 budget, bypassed Congress cries foul
• World edges closer to major greenhouse gas deal in Rwanda
• French couple is put under formal investigation for ties to jihadist
• Belgium breaks political deadlock on budget: PM

U.S. broadens Syria talks after failure of truce deal with Russia Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:37 PM PDT By Marina Depetris and Alexander Winning LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will return to Syria talks on Saturday, three weeks after the failure of their painstakingly drafted ceasefire that many saw as the last hope for peace this year. Kerry has pointedly avoided new bilateral negotiations with Lavrov, and his invitation to the Turkish, Saudi, Qatari and Iranian foreign ministers to join them for talks in the Swiss lakeside town of Lausanne will broaden the discussion to include the most powerful backers of Syria's government and rebels. Pressure is rising for a halt to a ferocious, three-week-old Syrian government offensive to capture the rebel-held eastern zone of the city of Aleppo, where the United Nations says 275,000 civilians still live and 8,000 rebels are holding out against Syrian, Russian and Iranian-backed forces.

U.S. official calls attack on Yemen funeral gathering 'egregious' Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:06 PM PDT A weekend attack on a funeral gathering in Yemen widely blamed on Saudi-led warplanes was "egregious," a senior U.S. official said on Friday in one of Washington's strongest condemnations of the incident. The White House said it was reviewing its support for the 18-month-old Arab campaign against Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis after the attack on Saturday, which killed 140 people according to one U.N. estimate and 82 according to the Houthis. The United States has gradually reduced its support for the Saudi-led campaign, in part because of its unhappiness with the hundreds of civilian deaths that have resulted from what rights groups have described as indiscriminate attacks.

No pay, no expenses, no laws for Venezuela's opposition lawmakers Posted: 14 Oct 2016 01:44 PM PDT Venezuela's opposition lawmakers accuse the socialist government of sabotaging their work after winning a majority in congress last December. The pro-government Supreme Court has blocked all congress' bills from becoming law. Earlier this week, the high court also allowed President Nicolas Maduro to present the 2017 budget without congressional approval.

Migrants begin new life outside France's 'Jungle' camp Posted: 14 Oct 2016 11:00 AM PDT By Matthias Blamont MERIGNAC, France (Reuters) - In a dank flat in southwestern France, 23-year-old Nasir stares at a living room wall bare except for a list of emergency numbers and contemplates life for his asylum-seeking family outside the migrant camp in Calais that had become home. Nasir volunteered his family for resettlement days before France is expected to begin dismantling the violence-ridden camp in Calais known as the "Jungle", where disease is rife and traffickers prey on individuals desperate to reach Britain. The two-story apartment block in Merignac, a gray suburb on the outskirts of Bordeaux, is one of about 160 so-called reception centers where President Francois Hollande's Socialist government plans to re-house temporarily the Jungle's dwellers.

Drug kingpin Guzman U.S. extradition set for early 2017: senior official Posted: 14 Oct 2016 11:28 AM PDT Mexico expects to extradite captured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States at the outset of 2017, a top government official said on Friday, despite ongoing appeals by lawyers to block his departure. Guzman, boss of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, was arrested by Mexican police in the northern city of Los Mochis in January after breaking out of a maximum security prison through a tunnel dug right into his cell six months earlier. It was Guzman's second jailbreak in less than 15 years, and President Enrique Pena Nieto swiftly pledged to extradite him.

Berlin bombing suspect radicalized by imams in Germany, brother says Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:11 PM PDT By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin bomb suspect Jaber Albakr showed signs of radicalization in Germany, posting jihadi videos online before traveling to the Islamist-controled Syrian city of Idlib earlier this year, his brother told Reuters. Alaa Albakr told Reuters by phone that his brother said he went to Syria to volunteer with emergency rescue workers, but Alaa believes he was radicalized by imams in Berlin who "brainwashed him" into returning to his country for jihad. "This is why we believe he returned to Syria," Alaa told Reuters by phone from the village of Sa'sa' southwest of Damascus.

Rare tornado hits Oregon as storms bear down on Pacific Northwest Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:26 PM PDT A small coastal town in Oregon was clobbered on Friday by a rare tornado that ripped roofs from buildings, toppled trees and tore down power lines as the first of two storm systems forecast this weekend unleashed high winds and heavy rain across the Pacific Northwest. The twister left most of Manzanita, a community of some 600 permanent residents in the northwest corner of Oregon, without electricity and more than two dozen homes uninhabitable, though no injuries were reported, City Manager Jerry Taylor said. The tornado was spawned by a major Pacific storm sweeping coastal portions of Oregon and Washington state even as the region braced for harsher weather forecast by the National Weather Service from remnants of a typhoon expected to arrive on Saturday.

Top Asian News 12:20 a.m. GMT Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:21 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist funeral ceremonies began Friday in Bangkok's Grand Palace complex for King Bhumibol Adulyadej before his body is displayed for people to pay respects to the monarch revered by many Thais as their father and a demigod. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, dressed in white military finery and a black armband, sat near orange-robed monks as they chanted in the high-ceilinged Phiman Rattaya palace. Once a residential building, the palace is now used as the main venue for state funerals. Earlier, a royal convoy led by a van carrying Bhumibol's body and monks drove to the Grand Palace complex from Siriraj hospital, where the king died Thursday at age 88.

Hawaii board denies rules changes for foreign fishermen Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:20 PM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii state agency has denied a petition to change rules for commercial fishing licenses given to undocumented foreign fishermen.

Ex-federal investigator sentenced to 12 years for bribery Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:14 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former federal agent was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday for tipping off a defense contractor who was under investigation for overbilling the Navy by at least $35 million.

Israeli rights group urges UN to end Palestinian occupation Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:10 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An Israeli human rights group urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to take decisive action now to end the country's occupation of Palestinian territory.

Haiti council says presidential vote redo to be held Nov. 20 Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:07 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti have issued a new timetable for the country's repeatedly postponed presidential election.

Volkswagen to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing over emissions Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:51 PM PDT By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG , in another step to move past its costly diesel emissions cheating scandal, has agreed to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the owners of 475,000 polluting vehicles, two people briefed on the agreement said on Friday. In August, the lawyers in the class action litigation sought up to $332.5 million in fees and costs for their work in a $10 billion settlement that gives U.S. owners of 2.0 liter polluting cars the ability to sell back their vehicles to Volkswagen (VW). The latest deal with the lawyers means VW now has agreed to spend up to $16.7 billion to compensate U.S. owners and address claims from states, federal regulators and dealers arising from the "Dieselgate" scandal.

Nations reach deal to reduce HFCs; could dent global warming Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:46 PM PDT KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Environmental groups early Saturday said nations have reached a deal to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide as part of efforts to fight climate change.

The Latest: Hawaii board denies changes for fishing licenses Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:35 PM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the effort to change Hawaii's rules for issuing commercial fishing licenses and protect foreign fisherman (all times local):

Leading charities in call for Aleppo truce Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:32 PM PDT Leading charities called Saturday for a ceasefire in the battered Syrian city of Aleppo, ahead of a meeting of world powers in Switzerland to discuss the carnage. Four global NGOs issued the joint plea "to establish a ceasefire of at least 72 hours in east Aleppo", where an estimated 250,000 live under bombardment and are besieged by pro-government forces. "This will allow the sick and wounded to be evacuated, and for food and medical aid to enter the besieged area," said a statement from one of the charities, Save the Children.

'Elect more women to build sustainable, inclusive cities': female mayors' group Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:22 PM PDT By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Less than five percent of cities are led by women and their lack of political participation is hampering progress in meeting international goals on making cities more sustainable and inclusive, a group of female mayors said on Friday. Anne Hidalgo, the first female mayor of Paris said more must be done to ensure more women are elected to help build more socially inclusive and equal cities. United Nation member states agreed last year to end violence and discrimination against women and girls and make sure they have equal opportunities in all areas of life, including politics, as part of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.

Gambia opposition to field single presidential candidate Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:16 PM PDT The Gambia's opposition parties announced Friday they would unite around a single candidate for December's presidential election, in an unusual show of unity as President Yahya Jammeh seeks a fifth term in power. At a meeting in Banjul, the groups agreed to pick a single contender at a convention on October 30, just weeks ahead of the election slated for December 1. The signatories of the memorandum said they were "putting our differences aside, in pursuance of the supreme national interest", with the aim of ousting Jammeh from power.

Ducks re-sign Rickard Rakell for 6 years, $22.8 million Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:14 PM PDT ANAHEIM, California (AP) — Swedish forward Rickard Rakell agreed to a six-year, $22.8 million deal Friday to stay with the Anaheim Ducks.

A decade of crop loss from Hurricane Matthew in Haiti Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:13 PM PDT LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — As Hurricane Matthew roared across southwestern Haiti, Joselien Jean-Baptiste huddled with his family while the wind whipped at his little house. When it was finally safe to venture outside at dawn the 60-year-old farmer realized his troubles had only just begun.

Trump calls accusers sick liars as new groping claims surface Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:01 PM PDT By Steve Holland and Dan Whitcomb GREENSBORO, N.C./LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday called the women accusing him of sexual misconduct sick liars seeking fame as part of a plot to discredit him after two more came forward with allegations that he had groped them. A Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll taken Oct. 7-13 and released on Friday showed Trump behind Clinton by 7 percentage points among likely voters in the Nov. 8 election. Summer Zervos, who competed on the reality TV show's fifth season in 2006, appeared at a news conference with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred in Los Angeles, saying Trump kissed her, touched her breast and tried to get her to lie down on a bed with him during a meeting about a possible job.

United Airlines systems outage causes delays globally Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:57 PM PDT Passengers on United Airlines reported long delays after the latest in a long line of technology problems at the nation's biggest carriers.

Japan withholds annual dues to UNESCO Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:51 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — Japan has withheld its annual UNESCO dues, saying it wants to make sure the U.N. body properly functions to foster trust among member nations.

Russia: Syria meeting aims to isolate Nusra extremists Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:50 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key aim of this weekend's high-level meeting on Syria is to get countries that support moderate opposition groups to use their influence to work for a new cease-fire, Russia's U.N. ambassador said Friday.

Owner Stan Kroenke on Los Angeles Rams: 'We're competitive' Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:41 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Turns out, the billionaire owner known as "Silent Stan" doesn't mind talking when he's walking his dog around the halls of the Pepsi Center.

US removes limits on bringing in Cuban rum, cigars Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:35 PM PDT The Obama administration announced Friday that it is eliminating a $100 limit on the value of Cuban rum and cigars that American travelers can bring back from the island.

Golf Capsules Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:31 PM PDT INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Brittany Lang hit driver for a tap-in eagle on the par-4 15th and birdied the last for a 7-under 65 and the second-round lead Friday in the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship.

Pelicans: Davis expected back from sore ankle in 10-14 days Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:26 PM PDT METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans say Anthony Davis is expected to return to basketball activities within 10 to 14 days after spraining his right ankle during an exhibition game against Houston in China on Wednesday.

Environmentalists free orphaned sea lions near Peru capital Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:25 PM PDT OFF THE COAST OF CALLAO, Peru (AP) — Nine orphaned sea lions have a new home in Peru.

Bypassing congress, Maduro decrees Venezuela budget Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:22 PM PDT President Nicolas Maduro issued the government's 2017 budget by decree Friday, bypassing the opposition-held legislature in a move that could deepen Venezuela's economic crisis. "Here is the 2017 budget and debt law. The move came a day after Venezuela's Supreme Court -- which the opposition accuses of backing Maduro -- ruled the leftist leader did not have to submit his budget to the National Assembly, despite a constitutional requirement to do so.

Brother: Syrian suspected in bomb plot 'excited about life' Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:15 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — A 22-year-old Syrian man suspected by German authorities of planning to carry out a bomb attack was looking forward to life in Germany the last time they spoke, his brother said Friday.

Delayed Haiti elections to go ahead November 20 Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:14 PM PDT Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haiti, whose long-overdue presidential elections were further delayed when Hurricane Matthew ravaged the island nation killing hundreds and causing massive destruction, will finally vote on November 20, officials said Friday. According to the latest report by Haiti's civil protection agency, at least 546 people were killed when Matthew crashed ashore on October 4 as a monster Category Four storm, packing winds of 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour. The president of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council, Leopold Berlanger, said Friday that a new attempt to vote would take place on November 20, with a second round planned for January 29.

Doug Garwood leads PGA Tour Champions' SAS Championship Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:01 PM PDT CARY, N.C. (AP) — Doug Garwood birdied seven of the final 11 holes for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead Friday in the PGA Tour Champions' SAS Championship.

Centurion Miller gives Rangers edge over Inverness Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:56 PM PDT Kenny Miller scored a stunning 100th goal for Rangers to give them a 1-0 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Premiership on Friday. The 36-year-old striker, in his third spell at the club, got on the end of Lee Wallaceâ s cross to send a sensational strike fizzing past Owain Fon Williams for the only goal of the game in the 22nd minute. The win moves Rangers up into third place in the table four points behind bitter rivals Celtic -- although Rangers have played two more matches -- who host Motherwell on Saturday.

European Union backs off banning North American lobster Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:41 PM PDT PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials with the European Union said Friday that the 28-nation bloc is backing off a Swedish proposal to ban imports of American lobster into member countries.

Venezuela's Maduro signs 2017 budget, bypassed Congress cries foul Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:41 PM PDT By Eyanir Chinea and Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro on Friday signed off on Venezuela's 2017 budget, drawing fire from the opposition-led National Assembly which accused the unpopular leftist leader of despotism for bypassing the legislature. The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Maduro to put forth the budget without lawmakers' approval, overriding a constitutional obligation. The opposition, which is trying to unseat Maduro as Venezuela wrestles with a deep economic crisis that has families skipping meals, says the government is trying to undermine it to keep its grip on power.

World edges closer to major greenhouse gas deal in Rwanda Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:35 PM PDT World envoys were Friday putting the final touches to a deal in Rwanda to phase out potent greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners, a major step in curbing global warming. Tough negotiations have seen major developing nations such as India put up a fight over the timeline to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and the financing of the transition. "Country representatives are now negotiating the final details of the amendment," read a tweet from Rwanda's natural resources ministry.

French couple is put under formal investigation for ties to jihadist Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:33 PM PDT A man and his pregnant, teenage girlfriend suspected of plotting to kill in the name of the Islamic State were put under formal investigation on Friday following their arrest on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Sec, a judicial source told Reuters. The two partners, aged 21 and 17, were in contact with Islamist State militant Rachid Kassim via the Telegram encrypted messaging system, the source said, confirming an earlier report by French newschannel iTele. Kassim is suspected of having participated in several attacks or attempted attacks in France.

Belgium breaks political deadlock on budget: PM Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:31 PM PDT Belgium overcame a political deadlock over its budget late on Friday, Prime Minister Charles Michel said, after talks collapsed earlier this week straining his center-right coalition. "Agreement," Michel tweeted near midnight in Brussels on Friday in a statement confirmed by his spokesman. Michel had to postpone his planned annual address before parliament due to the lack of a deal earlier.

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