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Jon Stewart gives heartfelt send-off to Larry Wilmore

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Vienna Airport says glitch that disrupted dozens of flights resolved

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US jobs report takes center stage

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Investors are going to spend the week mulling over whether the Federal Reserve will move to raise rates when it meets next month. And with Fed chair Janet Yellen stating that the case for raising interest rates has strengthened, the August US jobs report will take centre stage. Economists project the US created 185,000 jobs in August, down from 255,000 the previous month. The report is, however, expected to show that the pace of wage growth cooled to 0.2 per cent in August, from the previous month when it was up 0.3 per cent, due in part to calendar effects. Economic growth is expected to have declined at a 1.5 per cent pace in the second quarter, compared with 2.4 per cent growth in the first. ...

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Turkey signals no quick end to Syria incursion as truck bomb kills 11

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Turkish forces will remain in Syria for as long as it takes to cleanse the border of Islamic State and other militants, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Friday, after a truck bombing by Kurdish insurgents killed at least 11 police officers. The suicide bombing at a police headquarters in a province bordering Syria and Iraq came two days after Turkey launched its first major military incursion into Syria, an operation meant to drive ISIS out of the border area and stop Kurdish militias from seizing ground in their wake. An alliance of 23 Kurdish parties in Syria also condemned the Turkish operation Friday. Turkey has long lobbied for a "buffer zone" in northern Syria controlled by what it regards as moderate rebels, potentially in border territory currently held by ISIS and stretching about 80 km (50 miles) west of Jarablus. Syria's five-year conflict has killed at least a quarter of a million people and forced almost five million to flee the country, many of them to Turkey. Turkey views the PKK, listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, as closely linked to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. ...

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Germany wants Facebook to take initiative in fight against online hate

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The German government wants Facebook to be more proactive in monitoring and, if necessary, removing forbidden as well as offensive content from its social network platform. The government has been critical of Facebook in the past. Earlier this year, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg came to Berlin to respond to the criticism. He said he had learned from Facebook's experience in Germany that migrants were a group of people who also needed to be protected from hate speech online. ...

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Man claiming British royal title jailed in 3 Las Vegas cases

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Tropical Storm Madeline forms east-southeast of Hawaiian: NHC

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Daniel Brown, Senior Hurricane Specialist, works at the National Hurricane Center to track the path of a weather disturbance that has produced tropical storm-force wind gusts between 40 and 50 mph in heavy squalls over some of the northern Caribbean islands and surrounding waters and is of concern to the South Florida region on August 25, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP

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Tehran wants pre-sanctions oil market share: minister

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Iran wants its pre-sanctions share of the crude market, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said Friday, dampening the prospects of agreement on an output freeze at an OPEC meeting next month. Friday he insisted there could be no talk of Iran abandoning its ambitions to restore its market share after last year's nuclear agreement with world powers led to the lifting of sanctions on its oil exports. Tehran says it has doubled its exports of oil and gas to 2.7 million barrels per day since signing the nuclear deal in July last year. ...

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Kerber going for women’s No. 1 in Cincinnati

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Angelique Kerber has a chance to become No. 1 at the Western & Southern Open. Two-time defending champion Serena Williams pulled out of the tournament with an inflamed shoulder, making it possible for Kerber to overtake her in the rankings. Williams has been in the top spot for 183 consecutive weeks, the second-longest such stretch in WTA history. The men's bracket provides an opportunity for second-tier players to move up for a week. Defending champion Roger Federer and top-ranked Novak Djokovic are sidelined by injuries, and Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal are still recovering from hectic weeks at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. John Isner overcame two delays while beating Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-2, aided by the Italian's four double faults in the second set. ...

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Rosberg tops session, Hamilton takes penalties

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The 31-year-old German, seeking to take advantage of impending penalties that will relegate Hamilton to the back of the grid, clocked a best lap in one minute and 48.348 seconds in an uninspiring session run in hot conditions at the spectacular Spa circuit in the Ardennes. This left him seven-tenths of a second clear of Hamilton and third-placed Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari. Both Rosberg, who trails Hamilton by 19 points in the title race with nine races remaining, and Hamilton were given new Mercedes power-units for the session, a move that the team confirmed will mean Hamilton has at least a 15-place penalty on the grid. ...

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Hezbollah official blames Riyadh for aggravating political crisis

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Forces will warn any vessel after US warship incident: Iran

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International experts in Egypt to inspect Metrojet wreckage: statement

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Trump waffle reflects voter confusion

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Dean Green supports Donald Trump partly because of the GOP presidential nominee's tough, deport-them-all stance on illegal immigration. But the 57-year-old Republican paused as he complained about U.S. immigration policy and acknowledged that deporting all 11 million people in the U.S. illegally would separate families. It has been 30 years since the country embarked on an immigration overhaul, and the ambivalence of voters like Green is one reason why. Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us, which advocates for an immigration overhaul that would let people in the country illegally remain here while increasing border security, said that Trump's words mean little until he commits to a real policy change. Trump's proposed wall is opposed by 61 percent of the country but backed by 78 percent of his supporters. However, a Pew survey last year found 50 percent of Americans believe immigrants make the economy worse compared to 28 percent who believe they make it better. In exit polls in 20 primary states, 53 percent of Republican voters supported letting those immigrants stay, even as Trump won the primaries. ...

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N. Korea executes vice premier for 'disrespect': Seoul

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North Korea has executed a vice premier for showing disrespect during a meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong-Un, and banished two other officials for re-education, South Korea said Wednesday. Kim was killed by a firing squad in July as "an anti-party, anti-revolutionary agitator," added an official at the ministry, who declined to be named. The 71-year-old Kim is a career military intelligence official who is believed to be the mastermind behind the North's frequent cyberattacks against Seoul. Kim is also blamed by the South for the sinking of a South Korean warship in 2010 near the disputed sea border with the North in the Yellow Sea. South Korea's Yonhap news agency put the number of party officials executed during Kim Jong-Un's rule at over 100 . ...

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Cookie, a NASA hero, a memoir: Henson is busy

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Taraji P. Henson almost backed out of writing her autobiography because she was reluctant to expose herself. She could have bypassed a starring role in a film about NASA's unsung female mathematicians because of her taxing work as the formidable Cookie on Fox's "Empire". In an AP interview, Henson discussed the projects as she awaits the Sept. 21 return of "Empire" and what's ahead for Cookie and her family after last season's cliffhanger ending. AP: Let's talk about your autobiography. Henson: It's a movie based on these incredible women who helped our men get to space. I've never carried a show and then went on to carrying a film. ...

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Tunisia parliament set for vote on new government

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Tunisia's premier-designate called for "sacrifices" Friday as parliament convened to vote on a cabinet line-up he has proposed to tackle pressing economic and security challenges. As Tunisia continues to find its bearings after the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Chahed would also be the North African nation's sixth premier in less than six years. On Saturday, Chahed – a member of Essebsi's Nidaa Tounes party – said he would head a 27-member cabinet which will also include 14 ministers of state, eight women "in important" positions and "14 young" ministers. Chahed may also win votes from the 24 lawmakers of the Al-Horra bloc, created after a split from Nidaa Tounes, and the 10 representatives of the liberal Afek Tounes party. ...

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Singapore urges tests for pregnant women with Zika signs

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Singapore urged all pregnant women showing symptoms of fever or rashes to have themselves tested for the Zika virus Wednesday after the number of cases in the city-state soared to 82 . Zika, which has been detected in 58 countries including hardest-hit Brazil, causes only mild symptoms for most people, such as fever and a rash. Since Singapore reported its first locally transmitted Zika infection Saturday, confirmed cases have climbed quickly as authorities ramped up testing, with 82 infections detected by late Tuesday. Singapore's first reported case of Zika in May involved a man who had visited Sao Paulo in Brazil earlier in the year. ...

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Six US senators urge Obama to prioritize cyber crime at G20 summit

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Uzbek president in intensive care after brain haemorrhage: daughter

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Wales manager Coleman questions Arsenal decision to play Ramsey

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U.S. Navy ship fires warning shots toward Iranian vessel: CNN

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This June 24, 2016 US Navy handout photo shows the Arleigh Burke Class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94)operating in the Mediterranean Sea. Four vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) "harassed" a U.S. destroyer on Tuesday by carrying out a "high speed intercept" in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, a US defense official said on August 24, 2016. AFP / Navy Media Content Operations (NMCO) / MC3 J. Alexander DELGADO

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Clinton leads Trump by 5 points

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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads her Republican rival Donald Trump by 5 percentage points among likely voters, down from a peak this month of 12 points, according to the Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released on Friday. The Aug. 22-25 opinion poll found that 41 percent of likely voters supported Clinton ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election, while 36 percent supported Trump. Clinton, a former secretary of state, has led real estate developer Trump in the poll since Democrats and Republicans ended their national conventions and formally nominated their presidential candidates in July. Some 39 percent of likely voters supported Clinton in the four-way poll, compared with 36 percent for Trump, 7 percent for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and 3 percent for Green Party nominee Jill Stein. ...

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Civil Defense volunteers leave south Lebanon, say demands met

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Uzbek president's daughter thanks well-wishers for support for ill father

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Jebet breaks world record to win 3,000 steeplechase

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Olympic champion Ruth Jebet broke the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase world record by six seconds at the Diamond League meeting in Paris Saturday Meanwhile, Kendra Harrison won the 100 hurdles without beating her own record. The 19-year-old Jebet, born in Kenya and running for Bahrain, clocked 8 minutes, 52.78 seconds at Stade de France. Jebet's performance was so dominant that she beat Diamond League rival Hyvin Kiyeng of Kenya by nearly 10 seconds, and Emma Coburn of the U.S. by almost 20 . Harrison won in 12.44 seconds ahead of American countrywoman Dawn Harper-Nelson (12.65). Kenyan Nicholas Bett won the men's 400 hurdles ahead of American Kerron Clement, while Kenyan Alfred Kipketer won the 800 . ...

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Israel approves 466 settlement homes: watchdog

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An Israeli bulldozer destroys the Palestinian homes and a community centre in the southern West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir, near the Israeli settlement of Karmel, on August 24, 2016, after Israeli authorities said they were built without permission. / AFP / HAZEM BADER

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Goat polo, tug-of-war as Central Asia readies for Nomad Games

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Organizers say the games – first staged by impoverished Kyrgyzstan in 2014 – are aimed at boosting nomadic traditions threatened by globalization and should draw competitors from some 40 countries this year. For a poor country like Kyrgyzstan that has faced two revolutions and oscillated between democracy and authoritarianism in its 25 years of independence, the Nomad Games have become a point of national pride. Overlooking a mixed male-and-female training session for Kyrgyzstan's national team of mas-wrestling – a one-on-one stick-pulling competition whose origins can be traced to Russia's Turkic-speaking Yakutia province – coach Talaibek Janybayev says sports such as his can be "unifying". When the games begin it will likely be overshadowed by sports like Er Enish – wrestling on horseback – and Kok-Boru polo, cheered on by locals as well as curious foreign tourists, among them Hollywood action man Steven Seagal. ...

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Berri urges politicians not to waste time in electing a president

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Ever wanted to track where your fish comes from? Now you can

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Anyone with internet access and a passion for seafood will soon be able to track commercial fishing trawlers all over the world, with a new tool that its developers hope will help end the overfishing that has decimated the world's fish stocks. Millions of people depend on fish to survive, and fish will be vital to feeding the world's growing population that is predicted to reach 9.7 billion people by 2050, the United Nations says. But overfishing has diminished fish stocks, and illicit fishing is threatening people's access to food in many poor countries, according to the United Nations. Fish stocks will quickly bounce back if areas where fish spawn are protected, if fish stocks are managed scientifically, and if destructive and illegal fishing ended, Gustavsson said. ...

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Cashed-up Premier League leads record transfer spree

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The cashed-up English Premier League led a record-breaking raid by Europe's top clubs before the transfer window slams shut Wednesday, with Arsenal alone paying more than 60 million euros for German defender Shkodran Mustafi and Spanish striker Lucas Perez. About 50 million euros were spent on the pair and most analysts predict European spending will easily be the highest yet when the two-month transfer window closes -- between 1600 GMT for the Bundesliga to 2200 GMT for the Premier League. Spending by England's 20-club Premier League alone was expected to bust the one billion pounds (1.17 billion euros/$1.3 billion) barrier after Manchester United set a new world record with the 89 million pound purchase this month of French midfielder Paul Pogba. The Gunners, eighth in the early standings, spent an estimated 35 million pounds (42 million euros) to bring German international defender Mustafi from Valencia. ...

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More bodies located beneath rubble in Italy quake zone

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More bodies located beneath rubble in Italy quake zone Rescuers believe they have found more bodies buried deep in the rubble of the ruined town of Amatrice, five days after a devastating earthquake struck central Italy, killing at least 290 people. Residents of the hill town estimated that up to 10 people were still missing and emergency services said they had located three corpses in Amatrice's Hotel Roma, which, like much of the historic centre, was wrecked by Wednesday's quake. Amatrice's municipal website said the town had 100 churches, but every one was damaged by the disaster and many would have to be demolished. Rescue operations in most of the area were halted two days ago, but teams were still combing Amatrice, which is 105 km (65 miles) east of Rome. ...

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Rosberg surprised by Hamilton podium

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A victorious Nico Rosberg had no idea where his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton had finished in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix until he studied the results after finishing the race. From being 19 points in front before the race, Hamilton was only nine ahead -- but that was a triumph for the champion given that he had taken three new power-units and collected a total of 60 penalty places for the grid. As a result, with eight races remaining starting at this week's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the final European event of the year, Hamilton leads with 232 points to Rosberg's 223 . Rosberg's emphatic victory Sunday was his first in the classic Belgian race, his sixth of the season and the 20th of his career as he chases after Hamilton and, he hopes, his first drivers' title. ...

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Libya forces push into last ISIS-held areas of Sirte

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Forces loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed unity government pushed Sunday into the last areas of Sirte held by ISIS in what was the extremists' coastal stronghold, a spokesman said. "The final battle for Sirte has started," said the spokesman for forces backing the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord. About 1,000 pro-GNA fighters were taking part in the offensive, he said, adding a tank had destroyed a bomb-rigged car before ISIS could use it to target the forces at the start of the assault. ...

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Israeli man seeks to expel Palestinians from scouts

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Austrian official urges end to headscarves in kindergarten

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Spanish giants to be feared in Champions League draw

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Zinedine Zidane's side won the trophy last season -- a record 11th in the club's history -- as Cristiano Ronaldo scored the decisive penalty in the shoot-out against city rivals Atletico after the final in Milan finished 1-1 . That allowed Spanish clubs to continue their recent domination of the Champions League, with Madrid and Barcelona exchanging the trophy over the last three years and Atletico appearing in two of the last three finals. The aim now for Madrid is to become the first team to retain the trophy in the Champions League era -- the last club to win back-to-back European Cups was AC Milan in 1990 . Joining continental giants Real, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica in the first pot of clubs will be the Russian champions CSKA Moscow and Claudio Ranieri's Leicester City. ...

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French PM defends burkini ban but some in cabinet wary

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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls defended a ban on burkinis in more than a dozen coastal towns on Thursday, saying France was locked in a "battle of cultures" and that the full-body swimsuit symbolized the enslavement of women. France's Conseil d'Etat, its highest administrative court, on Thursday began hearing a request by a human rights group for the burkini ban in the Mediterranean town of Villeneuve-Loubet to be overturned. The debate over the burkini ban encapsulates the difficulties secular France faces as it grapples with a response to homegrown jihadists and foreign militants, following Islamist attacks on Nice and a Normandy church in July, and major deadly attacks in Paris last year. At least two ministers came out in open disagreement with the government's stance on the burkini bans on Thursday. Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said she opposed burkinis but dismissed the argument of Prime Minister Valls that the ban was a useful tool in France's fight against militants. While Valls on Thursday rejected the idea the ban might fuel sympathies for militant groups, some government officials are worried. ...

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Officials investigating cause of DC 911 system outage

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British man dies after stabbing attack at Australian hostel

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Thomas Jackson, 30, died in a hospital in the northeast Australian city of Townsville, Queensland state police said. Jackson was wounded last week when he tried to stop an attack at a hostel in the town of Home Hill, south of Townsville. Jackson received serious injuries to his head when he intervened during the attack in a bid to save Ayliffe-Chung. Ayad was charged last week with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, one count of serious animal cruelty and 12 counts of serious assault. Witnesses told police Ayad had been acting out of character in the hours leading up to the attack. ...

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Persian carpets take off as artistry enchants US

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Like many of the thousands of visitors who packed into a Persian carpet exhibition in Tehran, Mohammad could not afford to buy the exquisite rugs – he simply wanted to touch the fine, hand-woven craftsmanship. Mohammad knows his carpets: the 56-year-old spent two decades exporting Iran's most sought after product to America. But he was forced out of business in 2010 after US sanctions on Iran were expanded to include Persian rugs, pistachio nuts and caviar. The US was Iran's big market for Persian rugs, and the sanctions caused total carpet exports to plummet by 30 per cent – the embargo meant no American could buy, sell or import Persian rugs, even if purchased outside the Islamic republic. Persian carpet exports were up 39 per cent in the four months to July 21 with American devotees of Iranian artistry the main buyers. The company has sold $250,000 worth of carpets to the US since January, but that compares with its annual global exports of $8m. Iranians believe their carpets are still unrivalled. ...

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Merkel rejects Muslim migrant ban, urges fair distribution

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday slammed those countries in Europe who say they won't take in Muslim refugees, a position that several eastern European governments have taken in response to the influx of migrants from the Islamic world. Merkel said she was hopeful that European Union members would reach an agreement on outstanding questions arising from the migrant crisis, one of which is how to fairly distribute asylum-seekers among all the bloc's 28 member states. The survey of 501 voters, conducted Aug. 25 by the research firm TNS Emnid, had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points. In her interview Sunday, Merkel declined to be drawn on whether she would run again, or even when she might announce her intention to stand again. ...

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Dallas police squelch critics, questions about sniper attack

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The day after five Dallas officers were killed by a sniper, the city's police chief described the men as "guardians" of democracy, praising them for protecting the freedom to protest at a large demonstration against police brutality. On Friday, Dominique Alexander was ordered to prison. During the Occupy Dallas demonstrations in 2011, the city tried to require protesters to have a $1 million insurance policy, strengthened rules against camping in the city and eventually evicted campers from City Hall in a midnight police raid. Alexander, the founder of the protest network, believes he was targeted because he refused to stop the demonstrations. Alexander, whose record includes convictions for forging a check, evading police and theft, was on probation for a 2009 conviction for causing injury to a child. Alexander denied injuring the child and said he pleaded guilty because he could not afford a good attorney. Court records show the judge admonished Alexander and added 30 hours of community service to his sentence. Prosecutor Douglas Millican denied that politics were behind the efforts to revoke Alexander's probation. ...

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Photographer sues Getty for $1B

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Photographer sues Getty for $1B An accomplished photographer who lets the public use thousands of her images of America for free has sued the Getty Images photo agency for more than $1 billion, saying it was improperly selling her work to customers and was threatening those who didn't pay. A lawyer for Getty Images, Kenneth Doroshow, told the judge he planned to ask for the lawsuit to be dismissed. Highsmith's photos are among 15 million images in the library's Prints & Photographs archive, which also includes the work of Civil War master photographer Mathew Brady and Depression and Dust Bowl photojournalist Dorothea Lange. ...

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Italy to hold mass funeral as search for bodies continues

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Dozens of coffins were laid out in a marquee on Tuesday ahead of a state funeral for some of the victims of an earthquake which leveled communities in central Italy last week, killing at least 292 people. Relatives and friends gathered around the 38 caskets, including those of two small children, which were carried into the tent in pouring rain after a summer storm broke over Amatrice, the worst-hit town from the Aug. 24 quake. In the center of Amatrice, which was voted last year one Italy's most beautiful, crews continued to dig for bodies under mounds of rubble left by the 6.2 magnitude quake. Italy sits on two seismic fault lines. Almost 30 people died in earthquakes in northern Italy in 2012 and more than 300 in the city of L'Aquila in 2009 . ...

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Branching out: Stick sculptor gains global following

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The towering, whimsical shapes Patrick Dougherty creates by twisting and weaving sticks together have gained him an international following. The artist's newest installation was unveiled this past week at the 132-acre Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts, where visitors can walk the bucolic grounds that border the Wachusett Reservoir and view the sculpture. A second installation was commissioned by the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, where Dougherty will be the artist in residence. Dubbed "The Wild Rumpus," the installation at Tower Hill was inspired by wind whipping through four hilltop spires on the grounds. In many ways, Dougherty's success at stick weaving happened by chance. At Tower Hill, Dougherty's installation marks the 30th anniversary of the garden and the 175th anniversary of the Worcester Horticultural Society, the organization that founded and oversees Tower Hill. ...

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HSBC executive pleads not guilty in US over forex scheme

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A senior HSBC Holdings Plc executive pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he participated in a fraudulent scheme to front-run a $3.5 billion currency transaction by one of the bank's clients. HSBC was not among those banks, but in 2014 agreed to pay $618 million to resolve related probes by U.S. and British regulators. The U.S. Justice Department has continued to investigate, and HSBC has set aside $1.2 billion to cover various forex-related probes. In total, HSBC earned $3 million from trades its currency traders placed, and $5 million from executing the transaction, according to the charging papers. ...

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France's Ayrault presses for UN resolution on Syrian use of chemical weapons

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (C), French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) and Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski (R) give a press conference following their working session of the one-day meeting to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Weimar Triangle at Ettersburg castle near Weimar, eastern Germany, on August 28, 2016. / AFP / DPA / Martin Schutt

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Boston police rolling out body-worn cameras

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Arsenal close to signing defender, striker

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is close to ending his search for a central defender and striker, saying Friday the club is working on deals to sign Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia and Lucas Perez from Deportivo La Coruna. Wenger said he is "99 percent confident" of completing the signings before Europe's summer transfer window shuts late Wednesday. Perez, 27, is a Spanish striker who scored 17 goals for Deportivo last season -- the only time he has scored more than 10 goals in a single season. ...

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8 people rescued off Lebanon coast after boat broke down

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Clashes between Turkey, US-backed Kurds in Syria 'unacceptable': Pentagon

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Clashes between Turkish forces and units affiliated with a US-backed Kurdish-led alliance in Syria are "unacceptable", the Pentagon said Monday, calling on all sides to "stand down". The comments come after Turkish forces began a two-pronged operation against ISIS and Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) inside Syria on Wednesday. Turkish forces backed by pro-Ankara rebels seized the town of Jarablus from ISIS on the first day of the operation, but have since then clashed with local fighters affiliated with the SDF. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 40 civilians were killed in Turkish shelling and air strikes on two areas held by pro-Kurdish forces, the first report of significant civilian casualties in Turkey's operation. ...

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Verbal diarrhea

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France's top court suspends burkini ban

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France's highest administrative court on Friday suspended a controversial ban on the burkini by a French Riviera town after it was challenged by rights groups. The judges said there was no such risk in the case before the court concerning Villeneuve-Loubet, one of around 30 towns to have introduced the bans. Police have fined Muslim women for wearing burkinis on beaches in several towns, including in the popular tourist resorts of Nice and Cannes, sparking controversy in France and abroad. A court in Nice had upheld the Villeneuve-Loubet ban this week. Vallaud-Belkacem, who is of Moroccan origin, took issue with the wording of the ban in Nice which linked the measure to the jihadist truck attack in the resort last month in which 86 people were killed. The administrative court in Nice ruled Monday that the Villeneuve-Loubet ban was "necessary" to prevent "public disorder" after the Nice attack and the murder of a Catholic priest by two jihadists in northern France. ...

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Unlicensed gyms closed in Chouf

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Number of Ain al-Hilweh suspects to surrender hits 50

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U.S. sets up 'communications channels' for crowded Syria war

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Oil wells burn days after Iraq’s Qayara retaken

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The skies above this small northern Iraqi town are black with smoke and ash rains down from around a half dozen oil wells that Daesh (ISIS) fighters set ablaze as Iraqi troops moved in to retake Qayara last week. Najim al-Jobori, the commander of military operations in Ninevah Province where Qayara and Mosul are located, said Iraqi forces are increasingly trying to keep civilians in place while pushing Daesh fighters out. Hundreds of civilians poured out into Qayara's main street Sunday as a convoy of Iraqi officials pulled into the town just days after the military retook it. Some children rushed to cheer on the Iraqi army Humvees, other families peered cautiously from behind garden gates in the town, which before 2011 had a population of 79,000 .Walls Warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition bombed militants in the town for three days, and then Iraqi forces moved in, recapturing Qayara with only minor clashes. Iraqi forces retook Qayara air base more than a month ago. ...

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U.N. team, led by Kaag, visits Ain al-Hilweh

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United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag praised the coordination between the Lebanese and Palestinian security services Tuesday during a tour of the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. Kaag's visit was made amid the heavy deployment to the camp by the joint Palestinian security forces. Kaag said she was in regular contact with Lebanese General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim and Lebanese Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi regarding security challenges in Lebanon. Accompanied by UNRWA's Lebanon Director-General Matthias Schmale, Kaag met with Palestinian factions and senior officials inside the camp and inspected local UNRWA offices. Kaag's last visit to Ain al-Hilweh came in March 2015 . ...

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Center of festivals, Sidon is a living city

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Festivals play a crucial role in differentiating the city and giving it a unique image. A few years ago, several Lebanese cities started hosting festivals, which led to a growing phenomenon across Lebanon from Baalbeck International Festival and Jounieh International Festival to Beiteddine Art Festival. With all these characteristics that Sidon takes, it has been also a city of festivals since 1960 . The Festivals will help brighten the image of the city. This year's festival will help Sidonians attract people from all over Lebanon and let them come and see how this city has developed through the past few years. The festivals this year will show the world that Sidon is a city to live in. ...

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Trump’s train wreck campaign: Anything but steadiness, sensibility

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Donald Trump, the U.S. Republican Party's presidential nominee, has again shaken up his campaign organization. people who have never run a presidential campaign, and whose political instincts contradict each other's, are now running Trump's operation. For example, Trump, who never apologizes, recently expressed vague "regret" for offending people. That won't go down well with the constituency that Conway is trying to win over to Trump. Trump's appointment of Bannon, in particular, suggests that he is desperate, scared and lost. Bannon replaced Paul Manafort, who was close to the elites Bannon despises, and who had tried to strengthen Trump's ties to them. Manafort made the major misstep of trying to compel Trump to change, and of telling mainstream Republicans that he could manage the candidate. The 2016 presidential election isn't over, so it's still possible that Trump could end up in the White House. ...

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Truck with Takata airbag parts explodes, kills US woman

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A woman has been killed after a truck carrying airbag parts made by Japan's troubled Takata exploded in a massive fireball on a US highway, the firm confirmed Tuesday. However, Tokyo-based Takata -- hammered by a defect in its airbag inflators linked to at least 15 deaths and scores of injuries globally -- denied the accident was related to the problem part. Some 100 million Takata airbags have been recalled and the firm is facing lawsuits, investigations and huge compensation costs over the problem, which can send metal and plastic shrapnel from the inflator canister hurtling toward drivers and passengers when an airbag is deployed. ...

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European ships rescue thousands of migrants off Libyan coast

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Judgement vote looms for Brazil's Rousseff

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Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff faces judgement Tuesday in a Senate vote expected to remove her from office despite her dramatic claim of being the victim of a coup. Two thirds, or 54, of the 81 senators must vote in favor of impeachment to strip Rousseff of the presidency. Rousseff would be replaced by her vice president turned bitter enemy Michel Temer. If Rousseff is expelled, he plans to fly to China for a G20 summit as soon as he is sworn in. The Workers' Party under Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is credited with raising around 29 million Brazilians out of poverty. Rousseff has barely double digit approval ratings. ...

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Trump immigration policy to be 'fair and humane': campaign chief

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Donald Trump is committed to a "fair and humane" approach to securing America's borders, but details of his evolving immigration policy will be revealed at a later time, his presidential campaign team said on Sunday. The Republican presidential candidate's hardline stance on repatriating the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States has been a central tenet of Trump's White House campaign -- and a hugely popular selling point to his most ardent supporters. To keep illegal migrants out, Trump has promised to build a wall on America's southern border -- to be paid for, he has declared at rally after campaign rally, by Mexico. ...

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Chehayeb says ready to address Kataeb concerns over waste plan

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Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb Monday urged the Kataeb Party to be flexible in dealing with the emerging trash crisis in the Metn areas and to stop wasting time by obstructing work at the Burj Hammoud landfill, east of Beirut. Kataeb Party supporters have been protesting against the government's trash plan, and the Burj Hammoud landfill at the project site for nearly two weeks, bringing work there to a halt. Metn and Kesrouan produce 1,100 tons of waste daily, according to the company. Leaders of Metn district municipalities, Fanar, Jdeideh, Boushrieh and Ain Saade agreed over the weekend on an area to temporarily store the area's trash, until a recycling plant is established in the Nahr al-Mot area. ...

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Mourinho delighted with contribution of goal hero Rashford

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes that Marcus Rashford is proving his value to the side after the young striker scored the late goal that defeated Hull City Saturday. Rashford hit eight goals in 18 matches for United last season, having broken into the first team in February, and went on to win a place in England's Euro 2016 squad. However, the 18-year-old has been named as a substitute for all three of his club's Premier League matches so far this season and had not come on at all until Saturday's game, with Mourinho preferring new signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic in attack. Rashford has also dropped down to the England Under-21 squad, for whom he has been selected for a Euro 2017 qualifier against Norway on Sept. 6 . In his pre-match news conference Friday, Mourinho was quick to state that the teenager will get chances to play across all competitions this season. ...

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Humanities research absent at Lebanese universities

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The absence of high-level humanities research in Lebanon is widespread and brings with it consequences that go beyond academia. A main aspect of the poor state of humanities in Lebanon is the failure to bridge the gap between academia and a wider audience. The lack of public-academic engagement weakens the humanities' reputation as it gives off the impression that the humanities are of little worth to society. Ali said it was understandable "because this is a post-war society [and people] are very concerned about making a living". This reputation is reinforced by many parents who are well known for placing pressure on their children to study science, engineering, or medicine – a "serious problem," according to Selim Deringil, professor of History at LAU. Despite the 40 or so universities that Lebanon boasts, Abu-Husayn dismissed their ability to sustain and support an academic culture. The wider humanities culture at school is severely lacking and uninspiring Deringil explained. Currently not one professor at the AUB's history faculty is conducting sustained research into post-World War II Lebanese history. ...

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Body of retired Lebanese security official found inside his home

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FPM hints at quitting dialogue after boycott

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The Free Patriotic Movement Tuesday ramped up its campaign against the government, vowing to challenge all Cabinet decrees passed in the absence of its ministers, while hinting it might quit national dialogue if the concept of equal power sharing between Muslims and Christians was not clarified. The FPM's tough stance comes as senior party officials have been harping on alleged marginalization of Christians in state posts and the need to abide by the National Charter on equal power sharing between Muslims and Christians, and also questioning the legitimacy of the government since last week after the party decided to boycott a Cabinet session in protest against the extension of senior military officials' terms. Responding the FPM's escalating protests over alleged marginalization of Christians, the Future Movement's parliamentary bloc said that the election of a president is the key to restoring genuine equal power sharing between Muslims and Christians as provided for in the National Charter. The FPM and its key ally, Hezbollah, have argued that Michel Aoun, the founder of the FPM, is the most qualified candidate for the presidency because he enjoys the widest popular representation within the Christian community, especially after Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea has endorsed Aoun's presidential bid. ...

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Tele Liban to appoint new board

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Parliament's Information and Telecommunications Committee recommended Monday that a new board should be installed at Tele Liban to replace the temporary members now serving in a bid to improve the stagnant station. In attendance were Talal Makdessi, chairman and CEO of Tele Liban and Richard Rashid, the station's financial affairs manager. Makdessi said he agreed with the government's call for a new board. I support the call for a new board, but demand a team with significant experience and no political or monetary ambitions," Makdessi told The Daily Star. Asked when a new board would be appointed, he said it was up to the Cabinet to decide who is appointed and when. ...

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Turkey sends more tanks into Syria after ISIS-held town capture

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Turkey Saturday sent six more tanks into Syria as pro-Ankara forces pressed on with de-mining work in a town captured from ISIS this week, an AFP correspondent said. The Turkish military Wednesday launched an operation codenamed "Euphrates Shield" inside Syria to oust ISIS from the border region and also counter advances by a Kurdish militia detested by Ankara. The Hurriyet daily had reported earlier that the Turkish armed forces had 50 tanks and 380 personnel on the ground in Syria after three days of operations. Turkish troops are supporting an even larger force of hundreds of Syrian rebels. ...

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Erdogan says Turkey to keep up fight against terrorist groups

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Striking Bolivia miners kidnap, kill deputy interior minister

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Striking miners in Bolivia armed with dynamite seized highways in a protest over mining laws and then kidnapped, possibly tortured and beat to death the country's deputy interior minister in a killing President Evo Morales characterized Friday as a "political conspiracy". Government Minister Carlos Romero called it a "cowardly and brutal killing" and asked that the body of Illanes, whose formal title is vice minister of the interior regime, be turned over to authorities. Earlier, Romero had said that Illanes had been kidnapped and possibly tortured, but wasn't able to confirm reports that he had been killed by the striking informal miners, who are demanding the right to associate with private companies. ...

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Iraq plans to sell oil through Iran if talks with Kurds fail

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Iraq's government would consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry official in Baghdad told Reuters. An agreement between Iran and Iraq could function in a similar fashion as oil-swap deals Tehran has had with Caspian Sea nations, according to an oil official who asked not to be identified. Iran would import Iraqi oil to its refineries and export an equivalent amount of its own crude on behalf of Baghdad from Iranian ports on the Gulf. Nema said about 20,000 bpd would be supplied to the refinery of Suleimaniya, in the Kurdish region, and 30,000 bpd would be refined locally in Kirkuk. The pipeline carries crude to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, where the Kurds have been selling it independently on the international market, along with oil produced in their northern region. ...

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Mosul fight redrawing the map of Iraq

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The moves are further straining relations between the Kurds and the Baghdad government and Shiite militias, all ostensibly allies in the fight against Daesh (ISIS). The new de facto borders established by the Kurdish fighters, known as peshmerga, raise the potential for conflict between Iraq's Kurds and Arabs after any eventual defeat of Daesh – just as in neighboring Syria, where Kurds have also dramatically expanded their zone of control. Ostensibly, the move was to protect the city from Daesh, but Kurdish President Massoud Barzani quickly said the Kurds would keep it. Both the peshmerga and the Shiite Arab militias have steadily grown more powerful as the United States and Iran have funneled weapons, training and money into Iraq to back the fight against Daesh. Some 230 kilometers southeast of Mosul, deadly clashes broke out in April between Kurdish fighters and Shiite militias in the town of Tuz Khormato, home to Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Shiite Turkmens. Shiite fighters accuse the Kurdish forces of destroying homes belonging to the town's Turkmen residents. Kurdish forces in turn accuse the Shiite fighters of arbitrarily detaining Sunni Arab residents. ...

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Irish finance minister says EU Apple tax ruling bizarre, political

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Lazy officials criticized as China launches inspection to ensure growth on track: Xinhua

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This picture taken on July 29, 2016 shows a general view of the water park, featuring a concrete beach, inside the worlds largest building in Chengdu. Claiming to be the world's largest building by floor space, the 1,760,000 square meters of the New Century Global Center are a monument to growing Chinese consumer power, packed with shoppers -- and beach bathers a thousand kilometers from the coast. / AFP / FRED DUFOUR

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May gathers ministers for Brexit talks

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Finance minister Philip Hammond reportedly wants Britain to negotiate a deal that would allow Britain to stay in the EU single market, while other ministers who campaigned for Brexit favor leaving. Britain voted to leave the EU in a June referendum, prompting the resignation of May's predecessor David Cameron, who led the campaign to remain in the 28-nation bloc. The new premier has appointed a trio of anti-EU ministers to the most important Brexit departments, including Boris Johnson as foreign minister. However, she will not trigger Article 50 -- the formal process for leaving the EU -- before the start of next year, despite pressure from other European nations to move faster. Speaking Tuesday, May's spokesman confirmed there would be no second referendum or snap general election, despite the hopes of some "Remain" campaigners that the process of leaving the EU could be stalled. ...

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Police detain man dressed as Zorro just before LA airport panic

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A false report of gunshots that sent panicked travelers fleeing from Los Angeles International Airport came right after officers with weapons drawn detained a masked man dressed in black and possibly carrying a sword, officials said. Video shows at least six officers confronting the man, who was dressed as the fictional crime fighter Zorro, outside Terminal 7 around 8:40 p.m. Sunday. False reports of an active shooter quickly spread, and passengers in five terminals evacuated or pushed through security checkpoints, airport police said. About 280 flights were delayed, while at least 27 flights were diverted to other airports and two were canceled, airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles said. Police officers, including one with a shotgun, eventually led passengers out of the terminal, through a security gate and into a parking lot, where several hundred people waited. ...

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Tunisia's new unity government takes office

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The new Tunisian unity government took office in the birthplace of the Arab Spring Monday, with Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, the country's youngest-ever leader, facing major economic and security challenges. At 40, Chahed is Tunisia's youngest premier since independence from France in 1956, and the seventh in less than six years since the 2011 uprising that ousted strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Analysts say it is too soon to tell if Chahed can restore security and revitalize Tunisia's battered economy which grew by just 0.8 percent last year compared with 2.3 percent in 2014 . Chahed was appointed by President Beji Caid Essebsi early this month after lawmakers passed a vote of no confidence in Essid's government following just 18 months in office. ...

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Syrian Kurdish YPG says Turkish troops fire at their fighters along border

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U.S. lauds Turkish-Kurdish respite in Syria

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The United States welcomed an apparent pause in fighting between Turkish-backed forces and Kurdish militia fighters in Syria Tuesday, both of them members of the coalition fighting Daesh (ISIS), but it was far from clear that any truce would hold. Washington has been alarmed by NATO ally Turkey's incursion into northern Syria, launched almost a week ago. The operation, dubbed "Euphrates Shield," aims to push back Daesh but also to prevent U.S.-backed Kurdish militia fighters from seizing more territory along the Turkish border. A Kurdish military official said a cease-fire between Turkey and Kurdish-backed militia fighters was holding. But Turkish military sources denied there was any such agreement, while a Turkish-backed Syrian rebel commander characterized it only as a "pause" and said that military operations would soon resume. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said Tuesday military operations in Syria would continue until all threats to Turkish security were removed and that U.S. comments on Turkey's targets in the operation were "unacceptable". ...

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In Egypt, ecstatic pilgrims start journey to Mecca

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Every year tens of thousands of Egyptians apply for visas to travel to Mecca to join more than a million Muslims from across the world at the pilgrimage. Muslims have traveled to Mecca for the hajj since the 7th Century, when God is believed to have ordained it in the Koran. Last year an estimated 2,300 pilgrims – among them 464 Iranians and 182 Egyptians – died in a stampede at the hajj, according to tallies from foreign officials. Many Muslims still dream of going – even those who have already made repeated pilgrimages, such as 93-year-old Salem Ibrahim Rahmo. The rituals, believed to date to the time of Abraham – who Muslims believe built the original Kaaba as the first house of worship – will begin on Sept. 9 and last for six days. ...

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Three Thai royal insult prisoners freed after pardon

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Three Thai women convicted of insulting the monarchy were released from jail Saturday after receiving royal pardons, a human rights lawyer said, following years spent behind bars for violating the draconian law. Thailand's lese majeste law is among the world's harshest, punishing any perceived criticism of the monarchy with up to 15 years per offence. On Saturday three lese majeste convicts were included in a royal pardon that saw over 100 female prisoners released from a Bangkok jail. Patiwat was released earlier this month after receiving a royal pardon on Queen Sirikit's birthday. Open discussion of the monarchy and its future is impossible due to the royal insult law. ...

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Man City go top with win over West Ham

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Manchester City, Premier League champions in 2012 and 2014, went to the top of the table with a 3-1 victory over West Ham United Sunday. Superior goal difference took them above Chelsea and neighbors Manchester United, who have also won their three opening games. City could have leading scorer Sergio Aguero banned for the derby match against United next month if retrospective action is taken after he appeared to swing an arm at West Ham's Winston Reid, who had to go off after taking a blow to the throat. "Reid got a little injured so we took him off," Bilic said. For his third league game in charge of City, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager again picked Willy Caballero in goal rather than Joe Hart, and the Argentine was not troubled for almost an hour until Antonio's unexpected intervention. ...

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Murray beats Raonic, to play Cilic in Cincinnati final

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Cilic overcame Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 4-6 6-3 7-5, coming back twice from a break down in the third set in a match that ended past 1:30 AM ET (0530 GMT) following a two-hour rain delay after play was stopped in the second game. Murray has won 11 of 13 matches against 12th seed Cilic. The second set went on serve until the eighth game, when Raonic committed another double fault, elected not to volley a lob that fell well within the baseline and netted a forehand on break point, one of his 31 unforced errors. ...

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China's Xi reshuffles key party posts ahead of congress

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has reshuffled three top provincial-level Communist Party posts as he seeks to place his men in key positions ahead of a once-every-five-years congress next year, and more new appointments are likely soon. The year leading up to that will focus on Xi appointing more new people into major provincial party and government positions, sources with ties to the leadership say. In a brief dispatch Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency named two people with whom Xi had previously worked as the new party chiefs in the strategically located southwestern province of Yunnan and the populous southern province of Hunan. Xi and Lou worked together when Xi was party boss in the eastern province of Zhejiang from 2003 until early 2007 . ...

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Brazil police recommend corruption charges against ex-president Lula newspaper

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Russia holding Crimean Tatar activist in psychiatric ward

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International rights groups and Ukrainian officials protested Friday against the incarceration in a psychiatric hospital of a prominent Crimean Tatar activist charged with extremism in the Russian-annexed peninsula. Since Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Russian authorities have harshly cracked down on the Crimean Tatars, a Muslim minority group whose members largely opposed the takeover of the peninsula and who were persecuted under Stalin. Umerov was a longtime head of the peninsula's Bakhchysaray district, resigning when it moved under Moscow's control. He was also the deputy chairman of the Crimean Tatars' elected governing body, which the Russian authorities have declared extremist. Polozov stressed that Umerov is mentally "totally healthy" and that he should have had the right to refuse psychiatric testing. ...

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Taliban fighters overrun district in eastern Afghanistan

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Taliban insurgents overran a district in eastern Afghanistan, killing and wounding dozens of police and soldiers and threatening strategically important road routes to Pakistan, officials said Saturday. Abdul Rahman Solamal, governor of Jani Khel district, in the eastern province of Paktia said that after heavy overnight fighting, security forces had pulled out of the district, which sits at an intersection linking eight districts and which connects Paktia with neighboring Khost province and Pakistan. More than 20 soldiers and police were killed and another 20 wounded in the fighting overnight, while some 200 Taliban insurgents were killed, Solamal said. ...

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South Sudanese opposition leader leaves hospital, to stay in Khartoum

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Kill drug lords, Philippines' top cop tells addicts

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Dela Rosa was speaking Thursday to several hundred drug users who had surrendered in the central Philippines. When asked if Duterte supported Dela Rosa's call to murder and commit arson, presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella denied that was the police chief's intent. Duterte, 71, won May elections in a landslide on a promise to kill tens of thousands of suspected criminals in an unprecedented blitz that would eliminate illegal drugs in six months. When he took office on June 30, Duterte told a crowd in Manila: "If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself as getting their parents to do it would be too painful". Days after his election win, Duterte also offered security officials bounties for the bodies of drug dealers. ...

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U.S. urges halt to Turkish, Kurdish clashes in Syria’s north

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The U.S. Monday urged Turkish troops and Kurdish forces in northern Syria to halt their fighting, saying it hinders efforts to defeat Daesh (ISIS). But Turkey's president vowed to press ahead with the military operation until Daesh and Kurdish Syrian fighters no longer pose a security threat to Ankara. The battle now pits Turkey against the Kurdish-led force known as the Syria Democratic Forces – a U.S.-backed proxy that is the most effective ground force battling Daesh militants in Syria's 5-year-old civil war. The U.S. has supported Turkey in its demand that the SDF withdraw east of the Euphrates, which cuts into Jarablus. The goal is to clear the region south of Jarablus of Kurdish forces, thus keeping them from linking with other Kurdish-controlled areas in Afrin in Syria's northwestern corner. Cook said the U.S. doesn't support reported Turkish airstrikes and artillery shelling of U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters – or Kurdish attacks on Turkish troops – in areas where Daesh fighters no longer operate. Syrian opposition activists have said at least 35 civilians were killed in northern Syria in the Turkish-led operation so far. ...

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Turkish military sources deny that truce reached with Kurdish forces in Syria

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FITBIT makes exercise even more of a game

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The new motivational feature, called Adventures, will be available to all FITBIT users through a free app update Monday. One of FITBIT's most popular features has been its ability to let friends and family compare steps they've taken throughout the day. FITBIT, the market leader in wearable devices, is also updating two older devices, the 2013 Flex and the 2014 Charge, mostly to bring them in line with what newer devices and rivals offer. Besides tracking steps and sleep, the Flex 2 and the Charge 2 will remind people to take moving breaks throughout the day. The Charge 2 is expected to ship in September for $150, while the Flex 2 will come in October for $100 . ...

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Cyber threat grows for bitcoin exchanges

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When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. Not only does that approach cast the cybersecurity risk in stark relief, but it also exposes the fact that bitcoin investors have little choice but to do business with undercapitalized exchanges that may not have the capital buffer to absorb these losses the way a traditional and regulated bank or exchange would. No technology, cryptocurrency, or financial mechanism can be made safe from hacks," said Tyler Moore, assistant professor of cybersecurity at the University of Tulsa's Tandy School of Computer Science, who will soon publish the new research on the vulnerability of bitcoin exchanges. His study, funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and shared with Reuters, shows that since bitcoin's creation in 2009 to March 2015, 33 percent of all bitcoin exchanges operational during that period were hacked. In the most recent study, the rate of closure for bitcoin exchanges in Moore's research edged up to 48 percent among those operating from 2009 to March 2015 . Bitcoin exchanges overall could be launched for as low as $100,000 up to $1 million, said Erik Voorhees, founder and chief executive officer of digital currency exchange ShapeShift. ...

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Turkey sends more tanks to Syria, demands Kurdish fighters retreat

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Turkey sent more tanks into northern Syria Thursday and demanded Kurdish militia fighters retreat within a week as Russia said it is prepared to work with the United States at the United Nations on how to respond to a report that blamed Syrian government forces and Daesh (ISIS) militants for using chemical weapons. Syrian rebels backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes Wednesday entered and took control of Jarablus, one of last strongholds of Daesh on the Turkish-Syrian border, the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement Thursday. A senior Turkish official said there were now more than 20 Turkish tanks inside Syria and that additional tanks and construction machinery would be sent in to Jarablus as required. A Reuters witness saw at least nine tanks enter Thursday, and 10 more were waiting outside a military outpost on the Turkish side. There were no casualties among the Turkish troops. The Kurdish militia had moved west of the river earlier this month as part of a U.S.-backed operation, now completed, to capture the city of Manbij from Daesh. ...

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