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• Iraq may need three years to restructure and rebuild military: PM
• Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Monday, Jan 12
• Video of Paris gunman raises questions of affiliations
• Internet and border monitoring needed to thwart further attacks
• Paris attacks: US will host summit to counter international terrorism
• Saudi named as Iraq border suicide bomber
• Both brothers behind Paris attack had weapons training in Yemen: sources
• Paris gunman appears in video, declares loyalty to Islamic State
• Lawmakers defend Petraeus over leak probe
• Attorney General Holder concerned about lone wolf attacks in U.S.
• Ex-guru to Charlie Hebdo killer nurse at victims' hospital
• No 'credible information' yet Al-Qaeda behind French attacks: US
• Attack on German newspaper raises tension before anti-Islam rally
• Egyptian police officer kidnapped in Sinai: security sources
• Islamic State carried out Lebanon cafe attack - minister
• U.S., allies carry out 19 air strikes in Syria and Iraq
• Official: Islamic State group battle in Iraq kills 30 Kurds
• Pakistani soldier beheaded by Afghan, Pakistani IS supporters: video
• Paris attacks boost support for Dutch anti-Islam populist Wilders
• Islamic State kills 24 Kurds in surprise attack in North Iraq
• Official: Battle between Islamic State group, Kurdish forces in north Iraq kills 30 peshmerga
• Asian soccer tournament is field of dreams for Palestine's players
• Soccer-Asian Nations Finals group stage results and standings
• Germany arrests suspected Islamic State militant after return from Syria
• Asian Cup set for 2 games Monday with Japan vs Palestinians
• China bad boy Wang puts dog days behind him
• Brothers by blood can become brothers in arms
• Iran, UAE turn on the style at Asian Cup

Iraq may need three years to restructure and rebuild military: PM Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST By Malak Ghobrial CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq may need three years to rebuild and restructure its military, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday, as the country battles Islamic State militants who pose the biggest threat to its security since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The ultra-hardline militant group seeking to redraw the map of the Middle East swept through the north last June virtually unopposed by the army, raising alarm bells among Baghdad's Western allies and in Arab capitals. ...

Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Monday, Jan 12 Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Monday: - - - - NFL Rodgers rallies Packers past Cowboys GREEN BAY, Wisconsin - Aaron Rodgers battled through pain to rally the Green Bay Packers to a thrilling 26-21 playoff victory over the Dallas Cowboys, sending them to the NFC title game to face defending Super Bowl champions Seattle. ...

Video of Paris gunman raises questions of affiliations Posted: 11 Jan 2015 03:22 PM PST PARIS (AP) — Two days after his death, a video emerged Sunday of one of the Paris gunmen pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group, while his two fellow militants have claimed to be from al-Qaida — a fiercely rival extremist organization.

Internet and border monitoring needed to thwart further attacks Posted: 11 Jan 2015 01:43 PM PST Increased Internet surveillance and tighter border checks are "urgently" needed to foil jihadist attacks of the sort that rocked Paris this week, European, US and Canadian security ministers agreed Sunday. The gathering of interior and justice ministers at the French interior ministry was held before a massive anti-terror march in Paris that included dozens of foreign leaders. A joint statement by the ministers -- representing 11 EU nations including France, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Poland, as well as the European commissioner for migration and home affairs, and US Attorney General Eric Holder -- emphasised their "determination to fight together against terrorism". They said it was "essential" that major Internet providers cooperate with governments in closely monitoring and, if necessary, removing online content "that aims to incite hatred and terror".

Paris attacks: US will host summit to counter international terrorism Posted: 11 Jan 2015 01:39 PM PST The United States has been at war with the likes of the Paris terrorists who shook up the world last week since September 11, 2001 – back when the Bush administration dubbed it the "Global War on Terror" or GWOT.

Saudi named as Iraq border suicide bomber Posted: 11 Jan 2015 01:32 PM PST A suicide bomber who carried out an attack on Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq that killed three guards was a national of the kingdom, the interior ministry said Sunday. His name is Salim Mohammed Faheed al-Shamry," the ministry said, quoted by the official Saudi Press Agency. No group has claimed responsibility, but Saudi Arabia is among Arab countries taking part in US-led air strikes against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria. In details released earlier, the interior ministry said two attackers were shot dead and two detonated belts of explosives when the border patrol in the northern Arar region came under fire.

Both brothers behind Paris attack had weapons training in Yemen: sources Posted: 11 Jan 2015 11:43 AM PST By Yara Bayoumy and Mohammed Ghobari DUBAI/SANAA (Reuters) - Both brothers who carried out the attack against satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo traveled to Yemen via Oman in 2011 and had weapons training in the deserts of Marib, where al Qaeda has a presence, two senior Yemeni sources said on Sunday. This is the first confirmation by Yemeni officials that both Cherif and Said Kouachi, who carried out one of the bloodiest Islamist attacks on the West in years, had visited Yemen where al Qaeda's deadliest franchise, AQAP, is based. U.S. ...

Paris gunman appears in video, declares loyalty to Islamic State Posted: 11 Jan 2015 11:31 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - One of three gunmen behind the worst militant attacks in France for decades appeared in a video released online on Sunday, declaring his allegiance to the Islamic State armed group and urging French Muslims to follow his example. In the seven-minute video apparently intended for release after the actions, Amedy Coulibaly, who staged the attack on a Jewish deli, said the planned assaults on a satirical journal and a Jewish target were justified by French military interventions overseas. ...

Lawmakers defend Petraeus over leak probe Posted: 11 Jan 2015 10:55 AM PST Two prominent US lawmakers came to the defense Sunday of David Petraeus, the retired general and former CIA chief under an FBI investigation for allegedly leaking classified information to his former mistress. The New York Times reported on Friday that the FBI and federal prosecutors have recommended that felony charges be brought against Petraeus, whose exploits as the top US commander in Iraq and Afghanistan made him one of America's most celebrated generals. Attorney General Eric Holder said in television interviews Sunday no decision would be made in the case until all the evidence was in, but declined further comment. "This man has suffered enough, in my view," said Senator Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who told CNN's "State of the Union" that he should not be indicted.

Attorney General Holder concerned about lone wolf attacks in U.S. Posted: 11 Jan 2015 10:43 AM PST Eric Holder said he's concerned about so-called lone wolf attacks by Islamist militants in the U.S. Holder met with his European counterparts in Paris on Sunday to discuss ways to prevent violent extremism, after Islamist militants killed 17 people in several attacks in the French capital. ...

Ex-guru to Charlie Hebdo killer nurse at victims' hospital Posted: 11 Jan 2015 10:40 AM PST PARIS (AP) — In a bizarre twist, the former spiritual guide to one of the gunmen behind the mass killing at French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo was working at the same hospital where some of the massacre's victims were taken.

No 'credible information' yet Al-Qaeda behind French attacks: US Posted: 11 Jan 2015 09:33 AM PST US Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday there was no "credible information" as yet that Al-Qaeda was behind the attacks in France that killed 17 people. Holder spoke as dozens of heads of states joined hundreds of thousands of people in a massive display of unity and defiance against terrorism on the streets of Paris.

Attack on German newspaper raises tension before anti-Islam rally Posted: 11 Jan 2015 08:55 AM PST By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - A Hamburg daily that reprinted satirical cartoons from French newspaper Charlie Hebdo was hit by arsonists at the weekend, raising security concerns in Germany on the eve of a planned mass rally against Islam in the city of Dresden. Islamist militant attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a kosher deli in Paris this week that killed 17 people have fuelled fears of similar assaults in other European countries and prompted a warning from German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere. ...

Egyptian police officer kidnapped in Sinai: security sources Posted: 11 Jan 2015 08:03 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped an Egyptian police officer on Sunday in the Sinai Peninsula, home to Islamist militants seeking to topple the country's government, security sources and the state news agency said. The policeman was traveling in a bus from the north Sinai city of Rafah to Al-Arish when the gunmen stopped the vehicle and took him away. "This seems like a terrorist operation, not a criminal one, but we are not sure if it is Ansar yet," a security official told Reuters. ...

Islamic State carried out Lebanon cafe attack - minister Posted: 11 Jan 2015 07:18 AM PST By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - A double suicide attack that killed eight people at a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli was carried out by the Islamic State group, the interior minister said on Sunday, contradicting a claim of responsibility by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. Nohad Machnouk also said he expected more instability linked to the Syrian civil war that has been at the heart of repeated violence in Lebanon over the last four years. ...

U.S., allies carry out 19 air strikes in Syria and Iraq Posted: 11 Jan 2015 07:11 AM PST (Reuters) - American-led forces launched 19 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. military said on Sunday. Of the 10 air strikes in Syria, nine hit Islamic State targets near the town of Kobani on the Turkish border, the U.S. military said in a statement. The other Syria strike hit an Islamic State position near Albu Kamal, close to Iraq. The nine air strikes inside Iraq hit Islamic State forces near Arbil, Mosul, Sinjar and al Asad, the statement said. All the air strikes took place between Saturday morning and Sunday morning, the statement said. ...

Official: Islamic State group battle in Iraq kills 30 Kurds Posted: 11 Jan 2015 06:45 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group fighters attempting to retake a town in northern Iraq held by Kurdish peshmerga forces have killed at least 30 Kurds, an Iraqi military spokesman said Sunday.

Pakistani soldier beheaded by Afghan, Pakistani IS supporters: video Posted: 11 Jan 2015 05:38 AM PST By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A group of Pakistani and Afghan militants have beheaded a Pakistani soldier after pledging allegiance to Islamic State, according to a new video released online, copying execution tactics used by the Middle East jihadist group. Islamic State, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, has gained a foothold in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the past year, with a number of former Taliban militants setting up a new group purporting to represent IS interests in the region. Little is known about its activities or its size. ...

Paris attacks boost support for Dutch anti-Islam populist Wilders Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:51 AM PST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Support for the anti-Islamic Freedom Party of Dutch populist Geert Wilders has jumped to its highest level in more than a year after the Islamist militant attacks in Paris. Wilders, known for his inflammatory rhetoric, said after the Paris bloodshed that the West was "at war" with Islam, drawing a rebuke from Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday. If elections were held now, his party would be the single largest in the Netherlands, with 31 seats in the 150-member parliament, more than twice as many as it won in the last elections, according to a Sunday poll. ...

Islamic State kills 24 Kurds in surprise attack in North Iraq Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:21 AM PST ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have killed at least 24 members of the Kurdish security forces in a surprise attack in northern Iraq, Kurdish officials said, in one of the deadliest single battles for the Kurds since last summer. Three Kurdish officers reported continued clashes with Islamic State on Sunday, one day after the deaths, near Gwer, a town some 40km (25 miles) southwest of the autonomous Kurdish region's capital Arbil. ...

Official: Battle between Islamic State group, Kurdish forces in north Iraq kills 30 peshmerga Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:12 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Official: Battle between Islamic State group, Kurdish forces in north Iraq kills 30 peshmerga.

Asian soccer tournament is field of dreams for Palestine's players Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST It was an unorthodox pre-match workout: scampering up and down rocky hillsides to avoid Israeli soldiers.

Soccer-Asian Nations Finals group stage results and standings Posted: 11 Jan 2015 03:01 AM PST Jan 11 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Asian Nations Finals Group Stage matches on Sunday Group A Saturday, January 10South Korea 1 Oman 0 Group A Friday, January 9Australia 4 Kuwait 1 Group B Saturday, January 10Saudi Arabia 0 China 1 Uzbekistan 1 North Korea 0 Group C Sunday, January 11Iran 2 Bahrain 0 United Arab Emirates 4 Qatar 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts Group A1 Australia 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 2 South Korea 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 Oman 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Kuwait 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 Group B1 China 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 Uzbekistan 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 North Korea 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 0 1 ...

Germany arrests suspected Islamic State militant after return from Syria Posted: 11 Jan 2015 02:53 AM PST BERLIN (Reuters) - German police arrested a suspected supporter of the insurgent group Islamic State (IS) who was recently in Syria and raided his apartment in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, federal prosecutors said on Sunday. The 24-year-old suspect, who has German citizenship, was suspected of having joined Islamic State during a stay in Syria from October 2013 until November 2014, a spokeswoman of the federal prosecutor general said. There were no indications, however, that the man identified as Nils D. had concrete plans for an attack and there was also no connection to the Jan. ...

Asian Cup set for 2 games Monday with Japan vs Palestinians Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:00 PM PST Defending champion Japan plays the newcomer Palestinians at Newcastle in its opening match at the Asian Cup on Monday, while Jordan takes on 2007 winner Iraq in Brisbane. Here's a look at those Group D matches:

China bad boy Wang puts dog days behind him Posted: 10 Jan 2015 09:47 PM PST Goalkeeper Wang Dalei was once plagued by controversy, but the former bad boy of Chinese football made a dream start to the Asian Cup with a man-of-the-match display against Saudi Arabia. Tattooed Wang was branded a national disgrace in 2010 when he called fans "dogs" and "morons" after China's defeat to Japan at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, earning a suspension despite a grovelling apology. Wang's joy was obvious after he saved Naif Hazazi's hesitant spot-kick with his legs, a triumphant moment providing the icing on the cake on his 26th birthday. China cashed in on Wang's heroics when Yu Hai's deflected free-kick sailed into the Saudi goal, giving ex-Lyon coach Alain Perrin the perfect start to his first Asian Cup.

Brothers by blood can become brothers in arms Posted: 10 Jan 2015 07:09 PM PST The fact that Said and Cherif Kouachi, the two men accused of carrying out the deadly attacks at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, were brothers should come as no surprise, experts say. "The history of terrorism is replete with pairs of brothers and sisters operating together," University of Massachusetts Lowell criminology professor John Horgan told AFP. After Mohammed Merah killed seven people at a Jewish school in Toulouse in March 2012, his brother was arrested as an accomplice. "We have plenty of examples across the terrorism spectrum, of multiple kinds of terrorism in Indonesia, Northern Ireland, Middle East," said Horgan, who previously directed a center for terrorism and security studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Iran, UAE turn on the style at Asian Cup Posted: 10 Jan 2015 04:35 PM PST Ehsan Hajsafi's glorious volley fired Iran to victory over Bahrain and Omar Abdulrahman starred for UAE as the region's brightest stars turned on the style at the Asian Cup Sunday. Hajsafi's swift control and scything strike from the corner of the box raised the roof at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium as Team Melli opened with a pulsating 2-0 win. Earlier UAE's top-rated midfielder Oman Abdulrahman bewitched Gulf rivals Qatar in a 4-1 rout achieved through braces to both Ahmed Khalil and Ali Mabkhout in Canberra.

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