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• US denies Obama knew of Merkel spying
• Kurdish militants tighten grip on Syria's northeast
• Iran sends out feelers for any return to oil markets
• As Iraq seeks U.S. arms, bombs kill another 55
• German paper says Obama aware of spying on Merkel since 2010
• Watchdog: Syria has filed chemical weapon details
• Spate of attacks kills 65 in Iraq
• Wave of attacks kills at least 66 people in Iraq
• In Libya's east, a former rebel commander tests Tripoli
• Two Republican congressmen defend U.S. spying abroad
• Syria rebel groups brand Geneva talks 'treason'
• Egypt's constitutional panel votes on draft
• Wave of bombings kill at least 62 people in Iraq
• Kuwait telco Zain looks to expand into North Africa
• Car bombs kill at least 56 people in Iraq
• Activists: Rocket kills 5 in Syrian town
• Suicide car bomb kills 12 in northern Iraq
• Car bombs kill at least 42 people in Baghdad
• Car bombs kill at least 39 people in Baghdad

US denies Obama knew of Merkel spying Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The imbroglio over the tapping of Angela Merkel's phone deepened Sunday, after a US denial that President Barack Obama was personally informed for years of electronic surveillance against the German chancellor.

Kurdish militants tighten grip on Syria's northeast Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:43 PM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Kurdish militants sought to consolidate their control of an oil-producing region in northeastern Syria on Sunday after seizing a border crossing with Iraq from Islamist rebels, activists said. Fighters linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has fought in neighboring Turkey for decades, were clearing pockets of resistance of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, al-Nusra Front, and Ahrar al-Sham in the border town of Yarubiya, Syrian opposition sources said. "The Kurds are now in control of the Yarubiya border post. ...

Iran sends out feelers for any return to oil markets Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:29 PM PDT By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Peg Mackey and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - Iran is reaching out to its old oil buyers and is ready to cut prices if Western sanctions against it are eased, promising a battle for market share in a world less hungry for oil than when sanctions were imposed. New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's "charm offensive" at the United Nations last month, coupled with a historic phone call with U.S. ...

As Iraq seeks U.S. arms, bombs kill another 55 Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:02 PM PDT By Kareem Raheem and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A dozen bombings in Iraq killed 55 people on Sunday as the prime minister prepares to travel to Washington to seek President Barack Obama's help in confronting a wave of sectarian violence fuelled by Syria's civil war. Killings, mostly blamed by the Shi'ite-led government on Sunni Islamists from al Qaeda, are running at daily rates not seen in five years and Nuri al-Maliki will ask Obama on Friday to speed up promised deliveries of drones and F-16 jets that he believes can help staunch the long desert border with Syria. ...

German paper says Obama aware of spying on Merkel since 2010 Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:00 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - A German newspaper said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama knew his intelligence service was eavesdropping on Angela Merkel as long ago as 2010, contradicting reports that he had told the German leader he did not know. Germany received information this week that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had bugged Merkel's mobile phone, prompting Berlin to summon the U.S. ambassador, a move unprecedented in post-war relations between the close allies. Reuters was unable to confirm Sunday's news report. ...

Watchdog: Syria has filed chemical weapon details Posted: 27 Oct 2013 11:40 AM PDT THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Syria has filed details of its poison gas and nerve agent program and an initial plan to destroy it to the world's chemical weapons watchdog, the organization said Sunday.

Spate of attacks kills 65 in Iraq Posted: 27 Oct 2013 11:24 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Ten bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province killed at least 41 people on Sunday, while 24 died in other attacks in Iraq, officials said.

Wave of attacks kills at least 66 people in Iraq Posted: 27 Oct 2013 11:16 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks including car bombings in Baghdad, an explosion at a market and a suicide assault in a northern city killed at least 66 people Sunday across Iraq, officials said, the latest in a wave of violence washing over the country.

In Libya's east, a former rebel commander tests Tripoli Posted: 27 Oct 2013 10:13 AM PDT By Ulf Laessing and Ghaith Shennib BREGA, Libya (Reuters) - For Libyan militia leader Ibrahim al-Jathran, shutting down half the country's oil production with an armed militia is not a crime, it is the start of a just battle for a fair share of country's petroleum wealth. From his base near the Mediterranean oil terminal of Brega, the 33-year-old war hero from the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi has taken control of the main oil ports to demand more autonomy and oil for his eastern region from faraway Tripoli. ...

Two Republican congressmen defend U.S. spying abroad Posted: 27 Oct 2013 09:49 AM PDT By Aruna Viswanatha and Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican congressmen on Sunday defended Washington's surveillance programs abroad in reaction to protests from allies, after the wide scope of the eavesdropping was revealed this year by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House of Representatives intelligence committee, said much of the public information on those efforts, including allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency had spied on millions of French citizens, was misguided. ...

Syria rebel groups brand Geneva talks 'treason' Posted: 27 Oct 2013 09:31 AM PDT Damascus (AFP) - Powerful armed groups in Syria said attending peace talks or negotiating with the regime would be an act of "treason," as fighting raged on Sunday near Iraq and in Homs.

Egypt's constitutional panel votes on draft Posted: 27 Oct 2013 08:58 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The panel offering amendments to Egypt's suspended constitution began voting Sunday on a series of changes to the document, as deep divisions remain over portions on the effect Islamic law has on lawmaking and the powers of the military.

Wave of bombings kill at least 62 people in Iraq Posted: 27 Oct 2013 08:11 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of car bombings in Baghdad, an explosion at a market and a suicide assault in a northern city killed at least 62 people Sunday across Iraq, officials said, the latest in a wave of attacks washing over the country.

Kuwait telco Zain looks to expand into North Africa Posted: 27 Oct 2013 05:26 AM PDT By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT (Reuters) - Mobile telecommunications group Zain wants to expand in North Africa by taking controlling stakes in companies or winning management contracts in the region, the Kuwaiti group's chief executive said. Expanding abroad would appear to mark a reversal of Zain's strategy after it sold most of its Africa assets to India's Bharti Airtel for $9 billion in 2010, and attempted unsuccessfully to offload its stake in Saudi affiliate Zain Saudi in 2011. ...

Car bombs kill at least 56 people in Iraq Posted: 27 Oct 2013 05:22 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A new wave of car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad and a suicide bomber targeted soldiers in a northern city in attacks that killed at least 56 across Iraq on Sunday, officials said.

Activists: Rocket kills 5 in Syrian town Posted: 27 Oct 2013 04:52 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A rocket smashed into the home of a family in the embattled Christian town of Sadad in central Syria, killing five people as al-Qaida-linked rebels and soldiers clashed for control on Sunday, activists said.

Suicide car bomb kills 12 in northern Iraq Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:42 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a suicide bomber has hit a group of soldiers guarding a street in northern Iraq, killing at least 12 people.

Car bombs kill at least 42 people in Baghdad Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:58 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A new wave of car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 42 people and wounding dozens, officials said. It was the latest in a series of coordinated attacks targeting civilian areas that has killed hundreds in recent months.

Car bombs kill at least 39 people in Baghdad Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:13 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 39 people and wounding dozens, officials said. It was the latest in a series of coordinated attacks targeting civilian areas that has killed hundreds in recent months.

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