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• Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday, Oct 11
• Arizona 'jihadist' agrees to plead guilty to terrorism, conspiracy
• Unlike first, second debate doesn't set viewership record
• 'Snowden' director Stone warns of US bid to 'control the world'
• Trump, Clinton offer few plans for Syrian mess lying ahead
• Islamic State confirms death of propaganda chief: statement
• Special Report: In fight against Islamic State, Kurds expand their territory
• Iraqi court strikes down key element of PM's reform package
• US: Mosul talk helps civilians, encourages defectors
• Allies Saudi Arabia, Egypt in rare public spat over Syria
• Britain to begin taking Calais migrant children within days
• The Latest: Slovak president: EU obligated to take migrants
• Yazidi activist Nadia Murad wins rights prize
• Iraq court overturns PM decision to scrap VP posts
• For Clinton, Trump’s Campaign Is Better Alive and Flailing than Dead and Buried
• Top Iraqi court nixes PM's move to scrap mostly-ceremonial VP jobs
• AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Clinton and their debate claims
• Jordan to allow aid to refugees stuck on border
• British ex-war correspondent arrested in Bali drugs case
• Libyan forces push into last Islamic State area in Sirte
• Second presidential debate featured tough moderators
• Turkish military says killed 417 Kurdish militants since August
• Soccer-Japan to bring courage against Asia's best - Halilhodzic
• Trump's Promise to Jail Clinton Is a Threat to American Democracy
• Soccer-Australia coach Postecoglou keeps Cahill card up sleeve
• Cahill factor haunts Japan in Australia showdown
• Cooper, Raddatz tough during second presidential debate
• USA's Top Young Debaters Critique Trump, Clinton
• The Latest: Updates from the 2nd Clinton-Trump debate
• AP FACT CHECK: Clinton on US advisers in Iraq
• AP FACT CHECK: Trump on support for Iraq war
• 10 Things to Know for Monday

Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday, Oct 11 Posted: 10 Oct 2016 05:01 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Monday (times GMT): SOCCER 2018 World Cup qualifiers Europe (1845 unless stated) Czech Republic v Azerbaijan Germany v Northern Ireland Norway v San Marino Group E Kazakhstan v Romania (1600) Denmark v Montenegro Poland v Armenia Group F Lithuania v Malta Slovakia v Scotland Slovenia v England Rooney benched as England face Slovenia, Germany host Irish England visit Slovenia with captain Wayne Rooney relegated to the bench and replaced by holding midfielder Eric Dier, while world champions Germany host Northern Ireland as they aim to show they will be ...

Arizona 'jihadist' agrees to plead guilty to terrorism, conspiracy Posted: 10 Oct 2016 03:34 PM PDT An Arizona teenager who the FBI said professed himself to be an "American jihadist" has agreed to plead guilty to terrorism and conspiracy charges stemming from a suspected plot to bomb a state motor vehicle office, court documents showed on Monday. Mahin Khan, 18, jailed since his arrest in July, reached a deal with prosecutors in which they agreed to seek a prison term ranging from seven to 14 years, rather than the life term he potentially faced if tried and convicted. Under his plea deal, reached on Friday, Khan agreed to plead guilty to all three charges contained in the indictment against him - terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism and conspiracy to commit misconduct involving weapons.

Unlike first, second debate doesn't set viewership record Posted: 10 Oct 2016 02:37 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 66.5 million people watched the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, down from the record-setting audience who saw their first match but on par with the Obama-Romney contests four years ago.

'Snowden' director Stone warns of US bid to 'control the world' Posted: 10 Oct 2016 01:50 PM PDT US filmmaker Oliver Stone warned Monday that his country's desire to "control the world" by eavesdropping on the entire planet would end in disaster. The outspoken director of "JFK" and "Platoon" claimed Washington's war on terror was being used as cover to "dominate the world". "That desire to control the world is very dangerous," Stone warned as his latest movie "Snowden" is released across Europe and Asia.

Trump, Clinton offer few plans for Syrian mess lying ahead Posted: 10 Oct 2016 01:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Whoever wins the White House, he or she will inherit the war in Syria, one of the most complex and brutal crises in the world. But neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump has articulated a comprehensive or realistic proposal to deal with it

Islamic State confirms death of propaganda chief: statement Posted: 10 Oct 2016 01:03 PM PDT Islamic State on Monday confirmed the death of its propaganda chief, whom the Pentagon said was killed in a U.S.-led air strike in Syria's Raqqa province last month. An statement posted online by the militant group paid tribute to Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Furqan. The Pentagon said last month that a U.S.-led coalition air strike on Sept. 7 had killed al-Fayad.

Special Report: In fight against Islamic State, Kurds expand their territory Posted: 10 Oct 2016 12:35 PM PDT By Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin ZUMAR, Iraq (Reuters) - From the terrace of the house Abu Suhail occupies, you can see Iraq's ethnic fault lines widening. Abu Suhail, a Kurd who owns a small shop, lived down the block. Two months later, the Kurds hit back, pushing Islamic State out.

Iraqi court strikes down key element of PM's reform package Posted: 10 Oct 2016 11:56 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's supreme court struck down key reforms proposed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday, marking another setback for the increasingly isolated leader as he seeks to unite the country ahead of a march on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul.

US: Mosul talk helps civilians, encourages defectors Posted: 10 Oct 2016 11:49 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition helping the Iraqi military on Monday defended recent pronouncements that the operation to retake Mosul is imminent, saying the advanced warning gives civilians hope they will soon be liberated and encourages defections of extremist fighters.

Allies Saudi Arabia, Egypt in rare public spat over Syria Posted: 10 Oct 2016 10:46 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Close allies and Arab powerhouses Egypt and Saudi Arabia are having their first public spat since Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi took office two years ago, a quarrel over Syria that points to a wider, but mostly muted, divergence in the handling by Cairo and Riyadh of regional issues.

Britain to begin taking Calais migrant children within days Posted: 10 Oct 2016 09:40 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Within days, Britain will begin admitting hundreds of children from a border refugee camp on the French side of the English Channel, the U.K. government said Monday.

The Latest: Slovak president: EU obligated to take migrants Posted: 10 Oct 2016 09:10 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the influx of asylum seekers and migrants in Europe (all times local):

Yazidi activist Nadia Murad wins rights prize Posted: 10 Oct 2016 08:55 AM PDT The Council of Europe on Monday awarded its Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize to Iraqi activist Nadia Murad, who was a an IS sex slave before becoming the face of a campaign to protect her Yazidi people. The award, which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights, comes with prize money of 60,000 euros ($67,000). The slight, softly spoken young woman was taken by IS from her home village of Kocho near Iraq's northern town of Sinjar in August 2014 and brought to the city of Mosul.

Iraq court overturns PM decision to scrap VP posts Posted: 10 Oct 2016 07:46 AM PDT Iraq's top court on Monday overturned Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's decision to abolish the vice presidency, declaring it unconstitutional in a blow to the premier's problem-plagued reform efforts. The ruling may return Nuri al-Maliki, Abadi's predecessor and rival in the Dawa party, to a vice presidential post, of which there were three when the premier sought to abolish them last year. The court ruled that "the existence of one or more vice presidents of the republic is required by the constitution," judicial spokesman Abdelsattar Bayraqdar said in a statement.

For Clinton, Trump’s Campaign Is Better Alive and Flailing than Dead and Buried Posted: 10 Oct 2016 07:17 AM PDT Many had expected -- and Hillary Clinton's supporters had dearly hoped -- that last night's second presidential debate would be something like the climactic moment of a bullfight. Republican Donald Trump, already dazed and bloodied, would wobble toward his opponent and make some final, desperate lunge, at which point Clinton would, at long last, deliver the coup de grace. The truth is that Trump is now so badly wounded, so blindly angry, and so out of control that he is doing more damage to his own party than Clinton and her fellow Democrats could dream of doing on their own, all in the month before a general election.

Top Iraqi court nixes PM's move to scrap mostly-ceremonial VP jobs Posted: 10 Oct 2016 07:12 AM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a decision by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to scrap three vice-president positions, weakening his political standing by overruling one of his most important measures to streamline the government. One of the VPs was former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki. Abadi was elected in 2014 with the support of Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Ali al-Sistani, on a pledge to fight corruption, reform the government and defeat Islamic State.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Clinton and their debate claims Posted: 10 Oct 2016 07:04 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump mischaracterized the record on Hillary Clinton's defense of her husband and her own treatment of women when he brought up Bill Clinton's sexual history and other episodes of the past. Clinton didn't give a square account of the fallout from her email practices.

Jordan to allow aid to refugees stuck on border Posted: 10 Oct 2016 04:54 AM PDT Jordan said Monday it will allow aid deliveries to tens of thousands of refugees on its border with Syria, which has been closed since a deadly attack on soldiers in June. "In the coming weeks we will resume allowing humanitarian organisations to deliver aid to those stranded on the border," Information Minister Mohamed Momani, who is also government spokesman, told AFP. The United Nations said in September that more than 70,000 Syrians were trapped in no-man's land near the Rukban border crossing in "dire" conditions.

British ex-war correspondent arrested in Bali drugs case Posted: 10 Oct 2016 04:11 AM PDT The Briton, David Fox, and Australian, businessman Giuseppe Serafino, were detained on Saturday for allegedly possessing small quantities of the drug. Fox, who has covered conflicts and natural disasters around the world, told police he had been using hashish for years due to the stress of covering war zones. "He started using hashish because of a work assignment as a Reuters journalist reporting from a conflict zone in Somalia," said Nyoman Artana, deputy police chief in the Balinese capital Denpasar.

Libyan forces push into last Islamic State area in Sirte Posted: 10 Oct 2016 03:40 AM PDT By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan pro-government forces are advancing into the last area controlled by Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, surrounding the militants after a five-month campaign backed by U.S. air strikes, military officials say. At least eight pro-government fighters were killed over the weekend as their forces pushed into the 600 block, an area in central Sirte, with snipers and boobytraps posing the main obstacles to their advance, the officials said. Islamic State took over Sirte a year ago, exploiting the chaos and violence that have dogged Libya since the overthrow of leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 in order to carve out a new base, far from its main territory in Iraq and Syria.

Second presidential debate featured tough moderators Posted: 10 Oct 2016 03:33 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Moderators Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz teamed to ask sharp questions of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and to keep them corralled during many contentious exchanges during the second presidential debate.

Turkish military says killed 417 Kurdish militants since August Posted: 10 Oct 2016 03:14 AM PDT The announcement came a day after suspected Kurdish militants set off a truck bomb, killing 15 people at a military checkpoint in Hakkari province, a region bordering Iran and Iraq that has borne the brunt of the conflict with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). There has not yet been a claim of responsibility for the bombing - the PKK usually issues such statements more than a day after an event. A two-year ceasefire with the PKK collapsed in July last year, adding to the turmoil in a region already struggling with the civil war in neighboring Syria and the rise of Islamic State there and in Iraq.

Soccer-Japan to bring courage against Asia's best - Halilhodzic Posted: 10 Oct 2016 01:37 AM PDT By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic has shrugged off injury concerns ahead of Tuesday's 2018 World Cup qualifier against Australia and defended his team's slow start to the final phase for Russia. Japan opened their campaign with a surprise home loss to United Arab Emirates and their last-gasp win over Iraq in Saitama on Thursday did little to ease the pressure on the 63-year-old Bosnian, who has endured heavy criticism from a disgruntled home media. Having already lost forward Yoshinori Muto and attacking midfielder Takashi Usami to injuries before the Iraq game, Halilhodzic may be without Shinji Okazaki in Melbourne, with the Leicester City striker missing training on Sunday after hurting his ankle in the Saitama match.

Trump's Promise to Jail Clinton Is a Threat to American Democracy Posted: 09 Oct 2016 11:00 PM PDT "If I win," Donald Trump threatened Hillary Clinton during Sunday night's debate, "I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation." And he left no ambiguity as to the intended result. "People have been, their lives have been destroyed for doing one fifth of what you have done. And it's a disgrace."

Soccer-Australia coach Postecoglou keeps Cahill card up sleeve Posted: 09 Oct 2016 10:58 PM PDT By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Australia coach Ange Postecoglou will unleash Japan's bogeyman Tim Cahill at some point during their World Cup qualifier in Melbourne on Tuesday but said the veteran striker remains short of match fitness. Cahill played only a few minutes of the Socceroos' 2-2 draw against Saudi Arabia in their previous qualifier in Jeddah and has started just one competitive match in the last few months for new A-League club Melbourne City. At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Cahill came off the bench to score twice in the Socceroos' 3-1 defeat of Japan in a group match and also scored a brace in their last qualifier in Melbourne in 2009.

Cahill factor haunts Japan in Australia showdown Posted: 09 Oct 2016 10:27 PM PDT The Tim Cahill factor threatens Japan's hopes of re-energising their World Cup campaign in a crucial qualifier against Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday. Talismanic Cahill is in line for a recall for the Socceroos against the Blue Samurai in the Asia qualifying Group B encounter after playing only a few minutes as substitute in Australia's 2-2 draw with Saudi Arabia in Jeddah last week. It is also an important night elsewhere in Asia with China desperately needing a win against Uzbekistan in Group A in Tashkent to keep their faint hopes alive and the so far point-less 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar at home to Syria.

Cooper, Raddatz tough during second presidential debate Posted: 09 Oct 2016 09:41 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Moderators Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz teamed to ask sharp questions of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Sunday night and to keep them corralled during many contentious exchanges during the second presidential debate.

USA's Top Young Debaters Critique Trump, Clinton Posted: 09 Oct 2016 09:00 PM PDT "As a female in debate, one of the first lessons we are taught is how to handle male competitors who feel entitled to yell and complain instead of actually debate," says Harvard-Westlake student Liz Yount.

The Latest: Updates from the 2nd Clinton-Trump debate Posted: 09 Oct 2016 08:50 PM PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on the second presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (all times EDT):

AP FACT CHECK: Clinton on US advisers in Iraq Posted: 09 Oct 2016 08:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A claim from the second presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts:

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on support for Iraq war Posted: 09 Oct 2016 07:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A claim from the second presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts:

10 Things to Know for Monday Posted: 09 Oct 2016 06:01 PM PDT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. TRUMP MEETS PUBLICLY WITH BILL CLINTON ACCUSERS AHEAD OF DEBATE The Trump pre-debate event was ...

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