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| U.S. Senate rejects tying terrorism support to Iran sanctions relief | | | By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate rejected an effort on Wednesday to tie sanctions relief for Iran under an international nuclear agreement to a requirement that President Barack Obama certify that Tehran is not supporting acts of terrorism against Americans. A handful of Republicans joined Senate Democrats to reject by a 54-45 vote a proposed amendment offered by Republican Senator John Barrasso that would have added the terrorism clause to a bill subjecting an international nuclear agreement to review by the U.S. Congress. The Senate has been engaged in intense debate over the legislation, a compromise version of the bill reached in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week in an effort to avoid a presidential veto. |
| Iran suggests U.S. intelligence operative may have taken advantage of detained reporter | |  By Louis Charbonneau NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday suggested that an intelligence operative, possibly linked to the U.S. government, may have taken advantage of Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, who has been charged in Iran with espionage and other crimes. "The fact is there are people who take advantage of the needs of some people who try to get a visa to come to the United States or for their wives to come to the United States and make demands that are illegal and dangerous and damaging to the professionalism of a journalist," said Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif. Zarif participated in a discussion hosted by New York University's Centre on International Cooperation and the think tank New America and moderated by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. Rezaian was detained last year in Iran.
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| Former Colombia midfielder Rincon wanted by Interpol | | | BOGOTA (Reuters) - Former Colombia, Real Madrid and Corinthians midfielder Freddy Rincon is wanted for questioning about drug crimes in Panama, Interpol said on Wednesday. Rincon, 48, has allegedly been involved in money-laundering and criminal conspiracy relating to drugs, Interpol said. He has business and property interests in Panama bought in partnership with Colombian drug lord Pablo Rayo Montano, Colombian media reported. Rincon made his name with America de Cali before spending successful spells in Brazil, Italy and Spain. ... |
| Jury told of Boston bomber's bright childhood | |  By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - Convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was once a bright, hardworking child who won the adoration of his teachers and classmates alike, his former instructors testified on Wednesday for defense attorneys trying to spare him the death penalty. During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now-deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon. Tracey Gordon, who taught Tsarnaev in fifth and sixth grade at a Cambridge school, described him as an exceptionally intelligent child who easily mastered English after arriving in the United States from Russia and "was eager to learn whatever school had to offer." "He was a person who you enjoyed being around," Gordon testified, adding that he would "befriend anybody and help anybody in need." Jurors were also shown photos of a young Tsarnaev smiling as he learned how to dance, did classroom chores and cradled a teacher's newborn.
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| Baltimore finds fragile calm while awaiting answers to man's death | |  By Scott Malone, Ian Simpson and Warren Strobel BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Reeling from its worst civil unrest in decades, Baltimore found a semblance of calm on Wednesday, but police dashed expectations they would release a report this week on the death of a 25-year-old black man that set off rioting. Citizens await answers about the fate of Freddie Gray, who died after suffering spinal injuries while in police custody, while also highlighting the need to reform policing practices in the largely black city. The violence in Baltimore prompted national figures - from the new U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton - to weigh in on Wednesday and vow to work on improving law enforcement and criminal justice in minority communities nationwide. At a news briefing on Wednesday afternoon, police spokesman Captain Eric Kowalczyk said the conclusions would not be made public.
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| U.S. diplomat in Burundi amid anti-president protests | |  By Edmund Blair and Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat arrived in Burundi on Wednesday to try to help halt escalating unrest and defuse the country's biggest crisis in years, set off by President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term. Police in the east African nation have clashed for four days with protesters who say Nkurunziza's plan to run again in the June 26 election violates the constitution and threatens a peace deal that ended the ethnically fuelled civil conflict. Before arriving, Tom Malinowski, U.S. assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labour, wrote on Twitter: "Disappointed President Nkurunziza violating Arusha Accord." He added it was not too late for a "peaceful democratic path." In response, presidential media adviser Willy Nyamitwe told Reuters: "This is not neutral, but we are in a democratic process and anyone is free to have his own point of view." A senior State Department official said U.S. concerns about Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term had been raised with government officials in Burundi and in the region.
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| Militants kill two Tunisian reporters kidnapped last year in Libya | | | TRIPOLI/TUNIS (Reuters) - Islamic State militants in Libya have killed two Tunisian journalists kidnapped last year, Libyan officials said on Wednesday, following the murder of five television reporters discovered this week. The Tunisian government will immediately send a delegation to Libya to discuss the case, said a Tunis official, declining to confirm the deaths of Sofian Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari who were kidnapped about eight months ago. A spokesman for Libya's official government based in eastern Libya said an arrested militant had admitted that his group had killed the two reporters. The spokesman said that was the same group of Islamic State militants that had killed five journalists - an Egyptian and four Libyans - working for Libya Barqa TV channel. |
| France to set up centre for returning young jihadists by year-end | | | France will open a centre late this year to help reintegrate young French citizens who return from conflict zones such as Syria but are not subject to prosecution, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday. France is a top Western source country for jihadi volunteers and more than 100 have returned home after fighting in Syria and Iraq, which can land them in prison. |
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