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• Officials: US, Russia still at odds over Syria
• Key Syria Islamist rebels say do not recognise National Coalition
• Obama: Syrian chemical weapon ban must be enforced
• Commentary: In Shadow of Russian Obstruction, Obama's UN Address Just More 'Hope and Change'
• Shale oil poses threat to Gulf exports
• Trial delayed for Army general facing sex charges
• Rouhani blasts sanctions against Iran in U.N. speech
• US does about-face on Afghan War ally's visa status
• Obama's UN speech can't quash fears of 'messed-up, broken' world
• Commentary: Obama Delivers 'Peace' Speech to UN
• Shot killed British soldier in Afghanistan: inquest
• Al Qaeda-Linked Syria Group Enjoying USAID? You’ve Got to See This to Believe It
• Obama speech at UN: Mideast diplomacy remains top focus
• Iraq violence kills 27
• Commentary: Obama Highlights Hopes of New Diplomacy with Iran
• ‘White Widow’ Involved in Terrorist Attack?
• Gunmen attack Sunni town in Iraq
• Bahrain FM slams Hezbollah chief as 'criminal'
• In Baghdad bastion, grieving Shi'ites call for revenge
• The cost of the Nairobi mall attack
• For U.S.-Iran, it's all in the timing
• Spanish war journalist kidnapped in Syria
• UN chief warns against fuelling Syria bloodshed
• With Rouhani as president, time for US to try new approach on Iran
• Easing sanctions no easy goal for Iran's president
• U.N. envoy for Somalia seeks more resources to combat al Shabaab
• Saudi vows to cover any global oil shortage
• Q+A: Russia, West at odds over plan to rid Syria of chemical arm
• Militants kill nine policemen in bomb and rocket assault in Iraq
• Insight: Syria's Assad is fortunate in his enemies
• Obama Outlines Five Tenants for U.S. Foreign Policy in Middle East
• 'Outdated' UN Security Council 'undemocratic': Zuma
• Once notable NJ lawyer given life sentence
• Iraq Kurds dream of independence but differ on details
• Democrats Need to Keep an Eye on Republican-Tilting Independent Voters
• New U.S. envoy to Hong Kong vows to push for democracy
• Gunfire, blast as Kenya forces battle militants
• Kenyan mall: Gunfire, blast at daybreak Tuesday
• Look back at Ahmadinejad's memorable UN speeches
• Cherokee child handed over to adoptive parents

Officials: US, Russia still at odds over Syria Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:25 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. and Russian negotiators remain at odds on a U.N. Security Council resolution that would hold Syria accountable if it fails to live up to pledges to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles, American officials said Tuesday, as President Barack Obama warned the world body that it risks its credibility and reputation if it does not act.

Key Syria Islamist rebels say do not recognise National Coalition Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:03 PM PDT BEIRUT (AFP) - Key Syrian Islamist rebel groups said late Tuesday that they do not recognise any foreign-based opposition group including the National Coalition.

Obama: Syrian chemical weapon ban must be enforced Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:12 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged the U.N. Security Council to hold Syria accountable if it fails to live up to pledges to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles. He said the United Nations' credibility and reputation is at stake.

Commentary: In Shadow of Russian Obstruction, Obama's UN Address Just More 'Hope and Change' Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:02 PM PDT Yahoo asked Americans to respond to Barack Obama's address to the United Nations on Tuesday and pinpoint one specific international issue they'd like the country to focus on. Here are one reader's thoughts.

Shale oil poses threat to Gulf exports Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:58 PM PDT DUBAI (AFP) - Shale oil production could pose a threat to exports from the Gulf region, whose energy wealth has given it pivotal role in the global market and a geopolitical importance, experts say.

Trial delayed for Army general facing sex charges Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:43 PM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The court-martial of a U.S. Army general facing sexual assault charges has been postponed for a second time.

Rouhani blasts sanctions against Iran in U.N. speech Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:40 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, blasted international sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, comparing them to the widely criticized punitive measures against Iraq while the late Saddam Hussein was in power. "These sanctions are violent, pure and simple," he told the U.N. General Assembly, adding that normal people, not political elites, ended up suffering because of them. "The negative impact is not nearly limited to the intended victims of sanctions." (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Sandra Maler)

US does about-face on Afghan War ally's visa status Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:06 PM PDT Janis Shinwari, an interpreter for U.S. military forces in Afghanistan for nearly seven years, learned in early September the State Department had finally granted him and his family visas after a two-year application process and background check. But 14 days later the Shinwaris' request to seek refuge in the U.S. was put on hold again.

Obama's UN speech can't quash fears of 'messed-up, broken' world Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:40 PM PDT Yahoo asked Americans to respond to President Barack Obama's address to the United Nations and pinpoint one specific international issue they'd like the country to focus on. Here are excerpts from thoughts shared with us this morning.

Commentary: Obama Delivers 'Peace' Speech to UN Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:25 PM PDT Yahoo asked Americans to respond to Barack Obama's address to the United Nations on Tuesday and pinpoint one specific international issue they'd like the country to focus on. Here are one reader's thoughts.

Shot killed British soldier in Afghanistan: inquest Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:14 PM PDT LONDON (AFP) - A British soldier killed by a rogue member of the Afghan army as he played in a Remembrance Day football match died instantly from a gunshot wound to the chest, an inquest heard Tuesday.

Al Qaeda-Linked Syria Group Enjoying USAID? You’ve Got to See This to Believe It Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:40 PM PDT Are terrorists enjoying the small comforts of U.S. equipment and supplies meant to aide legitimate rebels?

Obama speech at UN: Mideast diplomacy remains top focus Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:13 PM PDT President Obama presented a vigorous defense of America's role in the world at the United Nations Tuesday, saying the United States always prefers diplomacy but will not flinch at taking military action if the international community proves unable to address pressing security challenges.

Iraq violence kills 27 Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:59 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AFP) - Violence in Iraq killed 27 people on Tuesday as the United Nations warned that an upsurge in sectarian attacks threatens to displace more civilians from their homes.

Commentary: Obama Highlights Hopes of New Diplomacy with Iran Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:26 AM PDT Yahoo asked Americans to respond to Barack Obama's address to the United Nations on Tuesday and pinpoint one specific international issue they'd like the country to focus on. Here are one reader's thoughts.

‘White Widow’ Involved in Terrorist Attack? Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:25 AM PDT Nico Hines on Samantha Lewthwaite, a British suspect in the Kenya shopping mall attack.

Gunmen attack Sunni town in Iraq Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:21 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen on Tuesday tried to take over a small Sunni town in Iraq's west, sparking battles that left 11 people including six attackers dead, said an official.

Bahrain FM slams Hezbollah chief as 'criminal' Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:56 AM PDT DUBAI (AFP) - Bahrain's foreign minister on Tuesday lashed out at Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, calling him a "criminal" with no right to criticise the kingdom over its treatment of its Shiite opposition.

In Baghdad bastion, grieving Shi'ites call for revenge Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:53 AM PDT By Suadad al-Salhy and Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The red flag of revenge flies over a house in Baghdad's Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City, where residents are mourning the victims of a triple bombing that killed 85 people at a funeral in the same place at the weekend. Young men with pistols tucked into their belts or rifles slung over their shoulders patrol the streets of the sprawling, impoverished swathe of the Iraqi capital, no longer trusting official security forces to keep Sadr City's three million people safe. ...

The cost of the Nairobi mall attack Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:41 AM PDT The murderous rampage at Nairobi's Westgate Mall has taken at least 60 lives so far and put the militant Somali group, Al Shabab, back in the headlines.

For U.S.-Iran, it's all in the timing Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:40 AM PDT By Trita Parsi Four years after President Barack Obama famously extended his hand of friendship to Iran, Tehran finally seems willing to unclench its fist. The most decisive geopolitical handshake of this decade may take place today at the United Nations. Iran's new president Hassan Rouhani and Obama may have this encounter at the luncheon of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday or in the U.N building's corridors. This new opening has taken the world by surprise. ...

Spanish war journalist kidnapped in Syria Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:31 AM PDT Spain's interior minister says a correspondent from the Spanish newspaper El Periodico has been kidnapped in Syria by an organization linked to al-Qaida. Jorge Fernandez Diaz said Tuesday his ministry ...

UN chief warns against fuelling Syria bloodshed Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:07 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on states to stop sending weapons to the Syria conflict as the United States and Russia wrangled over destroying Syria's chemical weapons.

With Rouhani as president, time for US to try new approach on Iran Posted: 24 Sep 2013 07:56 AM PDT The visit of Iran's new President Hasan Rouhani to the United Nations today helps mark his return to the diplomatic frontline, along with Iran's new foreign minister, Javad Zarif. Their reemergence has raised hopes that Western concerns over Iran's nuclear program might at last be allayed. Both men are Western-educated and understand American ways; both have proved to be tough but pragmatic diplomats.

Easing sanctions no easy goal for Iran's president Posted: 24 Sep 2013 07:36 AM PDT Near Iran's border with Iraq, work crews are putting finishing touches on a petrochemical plant expected to pump out hundreds of tons a year of oil-based products that the country hopes can slip through ...

U.N. envoy for Somalia seeks more resources to combat al Shabaab Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:42 AM PDT By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - African troops in Somalia require helicopters and armored vehicles to counter al Shabaab, the Islamist group that has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a Kenyan shopping mall, the U.N. envoy for Somalia said on Tuesday. Nicholas Kay, U.N. special representative for Somalia, said more troops may also be necessary and called specifically for targeting three ports along the Somali coast that he said were operated by al Shabaab for illicit trade. ...

Saudi vows to cover any global oil shortage Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:34 AM PDT RIYADH (AFP) - OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia will compensate for any shortage in global energy markets, its Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi told reporters Tuesday.

Q+A: Russia, West at odds over plan to rid Syria of chemical arm Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:22 AM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and the United States put aside bitter differences over Syria this month to strike a deal to remove President Bashar al-Assad's chemical arsenal and avert U.S. military action against him. But efforts to forge a U.N. Security Council resolution endorsing that plan have run into difficulties due to disagreements between Russia on one side and the United States, Britain and France on the other, U.N. diplomats say. The U.S. ...

Militants kill nine policemen in bomb and rocket assault in Iraq Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:16 AM PDT RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants launched a coordinated assault against police and military sites with car bombs, rockets and machine guns in western Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least nine policemen, police and medical sources said. The attack, which took place in Anbar province, began with a barrage of rocket fire on a military headquarters in the town of Haditha. Meanwhile, militants in a convoy of seven vehicles, two of which were car bombs, gunned down six policemen at a checkpoint before making their way towards a police station inside the town. ...

Insight: Syria's Assad is fortunate in his enemies Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:29 AM PDT By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - Bashar al-Assad, who only a month ago faced the likelihood of U.S. missile strikes that could have tipped the balance of Syria's war against him, has won a reprieve. His supporters, political sources in Damascus say, are jubilant, convinced the threat of regime change has lifted and that the Assads can face down opponents they consider weak - U.S. President Barack Obama and France's President Francois Hollande among them - just as they saw off their predecessors. ...

Obama Outlines Five Tenants for U.S. Foreign Policy in Middle East Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:14 AM PDT President Obama used his speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to spell out the five tenants of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa. Obama did not detail the full Middle East strategy that his critics have demanded more than two years into the Arab spring. But the president, defying any sense of an American withdrawal from conflicts in the region, said the question over U.S. military intervention into Syria illustrates a deep divide over how the rest of the world sees U.S. engagement in the region: some wanting the U.S. ...

'Outdated' UN Security Council 'undemocratic': Zuma Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:22 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African President Jacob Zuma criticised the United Nations Security Council as 'outdated' and 'undemocratic' ahead of a world leaders' meeting in New York, according to a report Tuesday.

Once notable NJ lawyer given life sentence Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:38 AM PDT A defense attorney who once had a roster of celebrity clients and boasted of having tried hundreds of cases in federal court was sentenced there on Monday to life in prison without parole after his conviction ...

Iraq Kurds dream of independence but differ on details Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:05 AM PDT ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) - Voters in Iraq's Kurdish region may have had differing views at the ballot box during weekend polls, but there is one dream which unites virtually all of them: an independent state.

Democrats Need to Keep an Eye on Republican-Tilting Independent Voters Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:27 AM PDT A consistent topic in this column so far this year has been discussing what kind of election the 2014 midterm election will be and what it will be about. My theory has been that it could either be a continuation of the same GOP brand and image problems exhibited in 2012, particularly with women, younger, minority, and self-described moderate voters, or it could fit the pattern of second-term midterm elections since World War II, in which five out of six times, the party holding the White House has gotten clobbered in the House or Senate, or both. During second terms, a fatigue tends to set in. ...

New U.S. envoy to Hong Kong vows to push for democracy Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:23 AM PDT By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - The new U.S. envoy to Hong Kong insisted on Tuesday that Washington would not be silenced by China in calling for democracy in the global financial hub, vowing to continue speaking out for core rights and freedoms. U.S. Consul-General Clifford Hart's first public speech in the former British colony came amid rising political and diplomatic tensions that have included formal warnings from China that Western nations must not meddle in the city's politics. ...

Gunfire, blast as Kenya forces battle militants Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:11 AM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Sporadic gunfire rang out early Tuesday from inside a Nairobi mall as Kenyan security forces battled al-Qaida-linked terrorists into a fourth day in what they said was a final push to rescue the last few hostages in a siege that has left more than 60 people dead.

Kenyan mall: Gunfire, blast at daybreak Tuesday Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:40 PM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan security forces battled al-Qaida-linked terrorists in an upscale mall for a fourth day Tuesday in what they said was a final push to rescue the last few hostages in a siege that has left at least 62 people dead.

Look back at Ahmadinejad's memorable UN speeches Posted: 23 Sep 2013 10:22 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — He railed against Israel, condemned "rapacious capitalism" and predicted the collapse of the "American empire." He defended Holocaust revisionists and denied that Iran had any homosexuals. Whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the world stage, he was sure to inflame tensions.

Cherokee child handed over to adoptive parents Posted: 23 Sep 2013 08:35 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A South Carolina couple who vowed last month to not leave Oklahoma unless they went home with a 4-year-old Cherokee girl they have been trying to adopt since her birth were given custody of the girl Monday night after the Oklahoma Supreme Court said it didn't have jurisdiction over the child.

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