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• French minister says stolen art may fund terror via 'free ports'
• Son Heung-min delivers again for SKorea in WCup qualifying
• Factbox: Clinton's policies on economy, Islamic State, other issues
• Factbox: Trump's policies on immigration, economy, other issues
• Saudis deny Australia with late equaliser
• Japan, Korea survive World Cup scares as China crash
• Assad offers rebels amnesty if they surrender Aleppo
• Turkish troops to stay in Iraq despite Baghdad's objections: PM
• Aleppo will eventually fall, but Syrian war will go on
• Soccer-Japan hit late winner, Australia held by Saudis
• Hurricane Matthew: International Medical Corps Emergency Response Teams on the Ground in Southern Haiti and Bahamas
• Years later Obama's peace prize still tangled in war debates
• Recreated treasures of Iraq and Syria on show at Colosseum
• Pentagon chief's aide visited strip clubs: probe
• Iraq requests U.N. emergency meeting on Turkish troops in north
• Turkish minister says does not see Iraq Bashiqa camp problem as serious
• Syria's Assad vows to retake Aleppo and rest of country: Danish TV
• UNESCO-backed exhibit in Rome features 3 destroyed treasures
• OPEC and Russian officials plan informal talks in Istanbul
• Obama weighs fresh Syria sanctions
• Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Thursday, Oct 6
• Soccer-Japan snatch late winner against Iraq
• Upset with Turkey, Iraq seeks UN Security Council session
• 'Inclusive and equitable' education calls for 69 million more teachers, says UN
• Info from Iraq forces led to deadly friendly fire: military
• Yamaguchi rescues Japan against Iraq in World Cup qualifier
• Women activists held for trying to break Gaza blockade
• We're Still Dining on Christopher Columbus' Culinary Legacy
• The Lawyer Finishing What Snowden Started
• Iraq calls for U.N. emergency meeting on Turkey's military deployment
• Once lauded as a peacemaker, Obama's tenure fraught with war
• Reuters Sports Schedule at 0615 GMT on Thursday, Oct 6
• Next U.S. president, Putin's fourth, inherits sinking Russia ties
• Syrian army warns rebels and families to leave eastern Aleppo
• With US focused on vote, Russia takes advantage in Syria

French minister says stolen art may fund terror via 'free ports' Posted: 06 Oct 2016 02:59 PM PDT French Finance Minister Michel Sapin on Thursday called on the Group of 20 to prevent the use of so-called "free ports" in the sale of stolen art to fund terrorism. "We have to fight the trade in works of art as part of the fight against terrorist financing," he said before a meeting of G20 finance ministers, held in conjunction with annual meetings in Washington of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. In countering terrorist financing, "there is a weak link, which is the existence of free ports," he said, places where works of art stolen in Iraq or Syria could be sold to support the Islamic State group.

Son Heung-min delivers again for SKorea in WCup qualifying Posted: 06 Oct 2016 02:58 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Son Heung-min can't seem to do anything wrong.

Factbox: Clinton's policies on economy, Islamic State, other issues Posted: 06 Oct 2016 02:50 PM PDT (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has pledged to raise taxes on the wealthy, preserve the Dodd-Frank financial reform law and provide a path to citizenship for undocumented workers. Here are the proposals the former secretary of state has made as part of her argument that she is best qualified to occupy the Oval Office. Clinton has also called for an additional 4 percent tax on those making more than $5 million annually.

Factbox: Trump's policies on immigration, economy, other issues Posted: 06 Oct 2016 02:49 PM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to build a wall on the border with Mexico, boost spending on the military and slap trade tariffs on China. Here are those positions and others the New York businessman, who has never held elective office, has put forward to convince the American people that he should be the next U.S. chief executive. Trump has proposed increasing spending on the U.S. military and infrastructure but says he would reduce spending on other categories by 1 percent each year.

Saudis deny Australia with late equaliser Posted: 06 Oct 2016 02:12 PM PDT Saudi Arabia's Nassir Al Shamrani scored late to deny Australia a crucial victory in Thursday's World Cup 2018 qualifier between the top two sides in Asian zone Group A. Shamrani struck in the 79th minute, sweeping home from close range just eight minutes after Tomi Juric had finished a well-constructed move to put the Socceroos on the verge of claiming victory. Shamrani was playing his first game for Saudi Arabia for 18 months.

Japan, Korea survive World Cup scares as China crash Posted: 06 Oct 2016 01:28 PM PDT South Korean sharpshooter Son Heung-Min kept Qatar's World Cup ambitions on hold and Japan also survived a scare as China suffered a potentially calamitous defeat to Syria on Thursday. Iran, meanwhile stayed on course for a Russia 2018 spot after shifting Uzbekistan from the top of Group A on goal difference with a 1-0 victory in Tashkent.

Assad offers rebels amnesty if they surrender Aleppo Posted: 06 Oct 2016 01:27 PM PDT By Ellen Francis and Tom Miles BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Rebels holed up in Aleppo can leave with their families if they lay down their arms, President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday, vowing to press on with the assault on Syria's largest city and recapture full control of the country. The offer of amnesty follows two weeks of the heaviest bombardment of the five-and-a-half-year civil war, which has killed hundreds of people trapped inside Aleppo's rebel-held eastern sector and torpedoed a U.S.-backed peace initiative. Fighters have accepted similar government amnesty offers in other besieged areas in recent months, notably in Daraya, a suburb of Damascus that was under siege for years until rebels surrendered it in August.

Turkish troops to stay in Iraq despite Baghdad's objections: PM Posted: 06 Oct 2016 01:05 PM PDT Turkey said Thursday that its troops will remain in Iraq despite Baghdad's growing anger ahead of a planned operation to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State group jihadists. Baghdad has accused Ankara of risking a regional war by keeping its forces inside Iraq and called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss the dispute, which has complicated plans for the ambitious American-backed Mosul operation. "No matter what the Iraqi government in Baghdad says, a Turkish presence will remain there to fight against Daesh (IS), and to avoid any forceful change of the demographic composition in the region," Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said in televised comments.

Aleppo will eventually fall, but Syrian war will go on Posted: 06 Oct 2016 01:02 PM PDT (This Oct. 6 story removes extraneous reference to Iraq in 31st paragraph) By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - It may take weeks or months, but Aleppo is likely to fall to Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power and the most lethal bombardment in nearly six years of war. Capturing the strategically important city, an economic and trading center which is key to controlling Syria's northwest, would be an important military triumph for President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies. It would be a crippling setback for the Western-backed Syrian rebels who, without quick reinforcements from their foreign backers, look set to be bombed out of their stronghold.

Soccer-Japan hit late winner, Australia held by Saudis Posted: 06 Oct 2016 12:58 PM PDT (Adds Saudi-Australia result, changes headline) Oct 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Hotaru Yamaguchi scored five minutes into stoppage time at Saitama Stadium to secure a 2-1 win over Iraq in 2018 World Cup qualifying on Thursday. The victory gave them six points from three games, along with United Arab Emirates, but Saudi Arabia and Australia moved ahead of them with seven points in Group B, staying unbeaten after a 2-2 draw in Jeddah. Australia are top on goal difference.

Hurricane Matthew: International Medical Corps Emergency Response Teams on the Ground in Southern Haiti and Bahamas Posted: 06 Oct 2016 12:01 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With travel by road restricted by damage from Hurricane Matthew, International Medical Corps' Emergency Response Team arrived by helicopter in Les Cayes, a city in the area of southwestern Haiti that bore the brunt of the storm. "Heavy rainfall and flooding create fertile ground for disease outbreaks like cholera, which our teams have been treating in Haiti since 2010," says Sean Casey, International Medical Corps' Emergency Response Team Leader in Haiti. While the full scale of the damage in Haiti is still unclear, the UN estimates 350,000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance following the storm, while a reported 21,000 people are staying in shelters and preliminary assessments found some 28,000 houses were damaged.

Years later Obama's peace prize still tangled in war debates Posted: 06 Oct 2016 12:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven years ago this week, when a young American president learned he'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize barely nine months into his first term — arguably before he'd made any peace — a somewhat embarrassed Barack Obama asked his aides to write an acceptance speech that addressed the awkwardness of the award.

Recreated treasures of Iraq and Syria on show at Colosseum Posted: 06 Oct 2016 10:53 AM PDT Exact replicas of three architectural treasures damaged or destroyed by the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria and Iraq went on show Thursday at the Colosseum in Rome. The full-scale reproductions of the winged human-headed bull from Nimrud in Iraq, part of the state archives hall from the ancient Syrian kingdom of Ebla, and half the roof of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra will be on display until December 11. "For several years we have been discussing the importance of Italy, and the world, taking action to protect the cultural heritage of war zones, and this exhibition bears extraordinary witness to this endeavour," Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said at the opening.

Pentagon chief's aide visited strip clubs: probe Posted: 06 Oct 2016 10:31 AM PDT A US Army general who was Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's top military advisor used government credit cards at strip clubs, drank to excess and engaged in behavior unbecoming an officer, says a probe released Thursday. Carter abruptly fired Major General Ron Lewis from his prestigious post following a tour of Asia in November 2015, after allegations emerged about events on that and other trips. The probe, carried out by the Inspector General for the Department of Defense, documented a series of incidents dating back to April 2015, shortly after Carter was named as President Barack Obama's fourth defense chief.

Iraq requests U.N. emergency meeting on Turkish troops in north Posted: 06 Oct 2016 09:38 AM PDT Iraq has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the presence of Turkish troops on its territory as a dispute with Ankara escalates. Turkey's parliament voted last week to extend the deployment of an estimated 2,000 troops across northern Iraq by a year to combat "terrorist organizations" - a likely reference to Kurdish rebels as well as Islamic State. Iraq condemned the vote, and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned Turkey risked triggering a regional war.

Turkish minister says does not see Iraq Bashiqa camp problem as serious Posted: 06 Oct 2016 09:18 AM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday Ankara did not regard a row with Baghdad over Turkey's military presence at the Bashiqa base in northern Iraq as a serious problem and that it could be resolved if Baghdad halts its "rhetoric". His comments, at a news conference with his Italian counterpart, came after Iraq requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the presence of the Turkish troops on its territory. (Reporting by Ece Toksabay; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Dominic Evans)

Syria's Assad vows to retake Aleppo and rest of country: Danish TV Posted: 06 Oct 2016 09:10 AM PDT President Bashar al-Assad said his forces would recapture all of Syria, including Aleppo, in a television interview on Thursday but added he would prefer to do so using local deals and amnesties that would allow rebels to leave for other areas. According to the transcript of an interview with Denmark's TV 2, he said there were no moderate rebels and that the United States was using the Nusra Front, which changed its name in July and broke allegiance to al Qaeda, as "a card" in Syria's war. Syria's government, backed by militias from Lebanon and Iraq and by Russia, has already agreed amnesties with rebel fighters in some other areas after long sieges accompanied by intense bombardment, a model some analysts say may be used in Aleppo.

UNESCO-backed exhibit in Rome features 3 destroyed treasures Posted: 06 Oct 2016 09:05 AM PDT ROME (AP) — Three archaeological treasures damaged or destroyed by fighting in Syria and Iraq have been reproduced for a UNESCO-sponsored exhibit at the Colosseum.

OPEC and Russian officials plan informal talks in Istanbul Posted: 06 Oct 2016 09:02 AM PDT Energy ministers from Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq will be among representatives of key OPEC producers meeting Russian officials for informal talks on oil output in Istanbul next week, OPEC sources and the Russian energy minister said on Thursday. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that he planned to meet OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo in Istanbul, RIA news agency reported, adding that the minister said he planned to discuss OPEC's output deal with ministers of other oil-producing countries.

Obama weighs fresh Syria sanctions Posted: 06 Oct 2016 09:02 AM PDT With diplomacy faltering and Aleppo under siege, President Barack Obama is considering fresh Syria sanctions that could claw deeper into the regime and target its Russian backers. The panel -- formed by the United Nations and the independent Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons -- has already pinned the blame on the Syrian Air Force. Supporters say the sanctions would send a signal that despite years of fighting, innumerable atrocities and at least 300,000 deaths, some small measure of accountability in Syria remains.

Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Thursday, Oct 6 Posted: 06 Oct 2016 07:00 AM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Thursday (times GMT): SOCCER 2018 World Cup qualifiers We continue our build-up to this week's World Cup qualifiers with player and manager news conferences plus all the latest team news. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP/) Asia South Koreans eye improvement after Syria stalemate South Korea, held to a surprise 0-0 draw with Syria in their last Group A game, bid to get their qualifying campaign back on track with a home tie against Qatar in Suwon. ...

Soccer-Japan snatch late winner against Iraq Posted: 06 Oct 2016 06:54 AM PDT Japan's Hotaru Yamaguchi scored five minutes into stoppage time at Saitama Stadium to give his side a 2-1 win over Iraq in 2018 World Cup qualifying on Thursday. Japan made a disappointing start to the final stage of Asian qualifying with a 2-1 home loss to the United Arab Emirates last month but victories over Thailand and the Iraqis have lifted them into second spot in Group B. Group leaders Australia face third-placed Saudi Arabia in Jeddah later on Thursday. Four-times Asian champions Japan took the lead in the 26th minute through Genki Haraguchi, who capped off a flowing Japanese counterattack with a sublime back-heel finish through his own legs from Hiroshi Kiyotake's near-post cross.

Upset with Turkey, Iraq seeks UN Security Council session Posted: 06 Oct 2016 06:42 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has requested an emergency U.N. Security Council session over the presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday, a development that highlights increasing tension between the two neighbors.

'Inclusive and equitable' education calls for 69 million more teachers, says UN Posted: 06 Oct 2016 06:36 AM PDT "Entire education systems are gearing up for the big push to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 by 2030," UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) director Silvia Montoya said in a statement, released on October 5, World Teachers Day. "But education systems are only as good as their teachers. Global progress will depend on whether there even is a teacher, or a classroom in which to teach with a manageable number of children instead 60, 70 or even more pupils.

Info from Iraq forces led to deadly friendly fire: military Posted: 06 Oct 2016 06:29 AM PDT Iraqi pro-government tribesmen provided information that resulted in a US-led coalition air strike that killed 21 of their fighters, an Iraqi military command said on Thursday. The coalition, which is bombing the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, announced that it was investigating the incident but did not confirm that it was responsible, while the Iraqi statement stated that the coalition carried out the strike. "The air strike carried out by the international coalition... built on information provided by (tribal fighters) indicating the presence of hostile fire from one of the houses in the village of Kharaib Jabr," Iraq's Joint Operations Command said.

Yamaguchi rescues Japan against Iraq in World Cup qualifier Posted: 06 Oct 2016 06:09 AM PDT Substitute Hotaru Yamaguchi's 95th-minute winner rescued Japan and their stuttering World Cup qualifying campaign as they escaped with a 2-1 victory over Iraq on Thursday. The Blue Samurai were headed for an ignominious draw in Saitama when Yamaguchi smashed a loose ball from a corner through a forest of legs and into the Iraqi goal. The result gave Japan their second win in three final-round qualifiers and boosted under-fire coach Vahid Halilhodzic, who has endured calls for his resignation and has suffered reported player unrest.

Women activists held for trying to break Gaza blockade Posted: 06 Oct 2016 04:00 AM PDT A group of women activists who tried to break Israel's decade-long blockade of the Gaza Strip were being held Thursday pending deportation after the Israeli navy intercepted their boat. Thirteen women, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire, were detained on Wednesday evening after their sailboat was stopped around 35 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza. The Israeli navy said it stopped them to prevent a "breach of the lawful maritime blockade" of the Palestinian enclave.

We're Still Dining on Christopher Columbus' Culinary Legacy Posted: 06 Oct 2016 03:52 AM PDT The September issue of Gourmet had been devoted to Latin American food and culture in the United States, and reaction from our readers was swift. The comment that really stuck with me, though, was from someone who felt that since we were an American magazine, along with the wealth of recipes we provided from Cuba, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico, we should have included some actual American food—you know, like corn on the cob and potato salad. What triggered this reminiscence is the imminent arrival of the holiday traditionally called Columbus Day, or—given the explorer's endlessly controversial legacy—what is increasingly celebrated as Indigenous Peoples' Day (apostrophe optional) and more.

The Lawyer Finishing What Snowden Started Posted: 06 Oct 2016 01:00 AM PDT Alex Abdo, 35, is taking on some of the hardest privacy cases for the ACLU.

Iraq calls for U.N. emergency meeting on Turkey's military deployment Posted: 06 Oct 2016 12:36 AM PDT Iraq has requested an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss Turkey's military presence on its soil, state television said on Thursday, as a dispute with Ankara over the troops escalated. Turkey's parliament voted last week to extend the deployment of an estimated 2,000 troops across northern Iraq by a year to combat "terrorist organizations" - a likely reference to Kurdish rebels as well as Islamic State. Iraq condemned the vote, and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned Turkey risked triggering a regional war.

Once lauded as a peacemaker, Obama's tenure fraught with war Posted: 06 Oct 2016 12:15 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven years ago this week, when a young American president learned he'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize barely nine months into his first term — arguably before he'd made any peace — a somewhat embarrassed Barack Obama asked his aides to write an acceptance speech that addressed the awkwardness of the award.

Reuters Sports Schedule at 0615 GMT on Thursday, Oct 6 Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:15 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0615 GMT on Thursday (times GMT): SOCCER 2018 World Cup qualifiers We continue our build-up to this week's World Cup qualifiers with player and manager news conferences plus all the latest team news. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP/) Asia South Koreans eye improvement after Syria stalemate South Korea, held to a surprise 0-0 draw with Syria in their last Group A game, bid to get their qualifying campaign back on track with a home tie against Qatar in Suwon. ...

Next U.S. president, Putin's fourth, inherits sinking Russia ties Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:11 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Confronted by Russia in Syria, Ukraine and cyberspace, the next U.S. president will be the fourth to face Vladimir Putin and the challenge of deterring a Kremlin often more willing than the White House to take risk and project power. Over the last four years, the Russian president has annexed Crimea and destabilized eastern Ukraine, stymied U.S. hopes to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and mounted cyber attacks that U.S. officials blame on hackers commanded or orchestrated by Russian intelligence agencies.

Syrian army warns rebels and families to leave eastern Aleppo Posted: 05 Oct 2016 09:30 PM PDT Syria's army has said that anybody who remains in the city of Aleppo after offering those who wish to leave an opportunity to do so would face their "inevitable fate". A statement issued late on Wednesday said the army had cut off insurgents' supply lines into the northern city and that it had accurate information about the location of all their positions and arms stores. Earlier on Wednesday, the army said it was reducing its air strikes and shelling of rebel-held eastern Aleppo to alleviate the humanitarian situation and allow people to depart for safer areas if they wanted to do so.

With US focused on vote, Russia takes advantage in Syria Posted: 05 Oct 2016 06:52 PM PDT With Barack Obama's presidency coming to a close and US policy for Syria at an impasse, Vladimir Putin's Russia has stepped up efforts to secure its ally Bashar al-Assad in power. US officials fear the Kremlin is racing to consolidate its gains in Syria before a new, possibly tougher administration takes charge, but there is little sign of a clear new policy emerging. "The small and bullying leader of Russia is now dictating terms to the United States," he complained.

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