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| U.N. envoy wins Syria government green light for aid convoys - U.N. | |  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian government has approved access to seven besieged areas and U.N. convoys are expected to set off in days, the United Nations said on Tuesday after crisis talks in Damascus. U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, who won the green light at talks with Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem, said the world body would test the government commitment to allow access on Wednesday but gave no details. De Mistura said they had discussed the issue of humanitarian access to areas besieged by all sides in the five-year war.
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| Obama says ASEAN summit discussed need to lower tensions in South China Sea | |  U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he and leaders of Southeast Asian countries meeting in a California summit discussed the need to ease tensions in the South China Sea, and agreed that any territorial disputes there should be resolved peacefully and through legal means. "The United States and ASEAN are reaffirming our strong commitment to a regional order where international rules and norms and the rights of all nations, large and small, are upheld," Obama said at the end of the summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. "We discussed the need for tangible steps in the South China Sea to lower tensions including a halt to further reclamation, new construction and militarization of disputed areas," he said.
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| U.S. planned major cyber attack on Iran if diplomacy failed - NYT | | | The United States had a plan for an extensive cyber attack on Iran in case diplomatic attempts to curtail its nuclear programme failed, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a forthcoming documentary and military and intelligence officials. Code-named Nitro Zeus, the plan was aimed at crippling Iran's air defences, communications systems and key parts of its electrical power grid, but was put on hold after a nuclear deal was reached last year, the Times said. The plan developed by the Pentagon was intended to assure President Barack Obama that he had alternatives to war if Iran moved against the United States or its regional allies, and at one point involved thousands of U.S. military and intelligence personnel, the report said. |
| Senegal's president says will stick to seven-year mandate | |  Senegal's President Macky Sall said on Tuesday he will complete a seven-year mandate that runs until 2019, ditching a promise made during his election campaign to cut the term to five years. Senegal is viewed as a bulwark of democracy in Africa, and that pledge would have brought it into line it with former colonial power France at a time when several other leaders across the continent have sought to extend their rule. Such actions have often triggered unrest, most recently in Burundi, where President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term has triggered months of violence, killing over 400 people.
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| Key U.S. senator undecided on hearing for Obama high court pick | |  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican head of the Senate panel that weighs U.S. Supreme Court nominations said on Tuesday he will wait until President Barack Obama names his pick to fill the vacancy left by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia's death before deciding whether to hold confirmation hearings. "I would wait until the nominee is made before I would make any decisions" about confirmation hearings, Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said, according to Radio Iowa. "In other words, take it a step at a time." Grassley has offered mixed messages since Scalia's death on how the Senate should proceed on the vacancy, alternating hardline views on blocking any nominee with comments not ruling out hearings.
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| Large crowds to cross U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso for Pope visit | |  By Lisa Maria Garza EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 Catholics are expected to cross four bridges from El Paso, Texas into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Wednesday to see Pope Francis in a massive pilgrimage likely to choke roads and immigration offices, U.S. officials said. The visit to the northern Mexican city has been a huge draw in neighbouring El Paso, where school districts, city government offices and businesses plan to shut ahead of what many in the city with a large Hispanic and Catholic population view as a once in a lifetime chance to see the leader of the Catholic Church. The federal law enforcement agency said those numbers should at least triple as crowds gather to greet the Pope during his motorcade along the streets or attend the Mass at "El Punto," a large field near Benito Juarez Stadium.
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| Released American journalists have left Bahrain - relatives | |  By Yara Bayoumy DUBAI (Reuters) - An American journalist and her camera crew who were arrested in Bahrain and accused of participating in an illegal gathering have left the country after being released on Tuesday, their families said in a statement. Bahrain had said security forces arrested four U.S. citizens on Sunday while they were "participating with a group of saboteurs who were carrying out riot acts" in the village of Sitra. Demonstrators in Sitra, a Shi'ite village east of the capital, Manama, have clashed with security forces in recent days as the country marked the fifth anniversary of Arab Spring protests.
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| Lawsuit accuses Jessica Alba's Honest Co of dishonest labelling | |  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Honest Co, the shopping website cofounded by actress Jessica Alba, has been accused of fraudulently labelling dozens of home and personal care products as natural, plant-based or chemical-free, causing consumers to overpay.
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| Western-backed Ukrainian government survives no confidence vote | |  By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Western-backed government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, staving off the immediate prospect of a snap election in a country fighting a deep recession and a pro-Russian separatist insurgency. The vote took place just hours after President Petro Poroshenko publicly urged the prime minister to resign, a move that underscored the level of political infighting that has derailed efforts to implement lasting reforms. Ukraine's international backers have invested much money and political capital backing the government in its stand-off with Moscow after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 following the overthrow of Kiev's pro-Russian president by protesters.
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| Americans kidnapped in Iraq last month released | | | BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. citizens who were kidnapped in Baghdad last month have been released with the help of the Iraqi government, the State Department said on Tuesday. Unknown gunmen seized the trio from a private apartment in the capital's southeasterly Dora district in mid-January and were thought to be held by an Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia, though Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi later dismissed the likelihood of Iranian involvement. "We sincerely appreciate the assistance provided by the government of Iraq, and its whole-of-government effort to bring about the safe release of these individuals," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement. |
| Belgium charges three people in IS recruitment investigation | | | Belgian prosecutors have charged three of 10 people detained earlier on Tuesday on suspicion of operating a recruitment ring for militant group Islamic State. Belgium has been at the heart of investigations into the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris in which 130 people were killed as four of the suicide bombers had either been living in Belgium or were Belgian-Moroccans. The country has one of the highest per capita rates of participation in militant groups such as Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. |
| 9/11 suspect asks again to fire his lawyers in Guantanamo trial | |  By Lacey Johnson FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) - A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay moved to fire his attorneys for a second time on Tuesday, delaying a pre-trial hearing for five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Suspected al Qaeda training camp leader Walid bin Attash told Judge Army Colonel James Pohl he did not trust two of his three court-appointed lawyers. "I cannot work with someone who cheats me." In October, Pohl denied a request by bin Attash to fire Cheryl Bormann, his attorney in the death penalty case, saying he failed to show good cause.
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| In Mexico gangland, Pope urges Church to combat graft, violence | |  By Philip Pullella and Christine Murray MORELIA, Mexico (Reuters) - Pope Francis visited Mexico's gang-infested heartland on Tuesday, calling on priests to fan out and combat the scourges of corruption and drugs trafficking that have stoked a decade of bloodletting that the government has been unable to stop. Gang wars over the lucrative methamphetamine trade have torn the western state of Michoacan apart. The pope visited Morelia, Michoacan's picturesque capital known for its Spanish colonial architecture, amid tight security given scattered outbursts of violence in recent months.
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| U.N. staffer killed in Iraq, first since 2010 | | | A local U.N. staffer in Iraq was killed after he was abducted from the eastern province of Diyala last April, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Amer al-Kaissy, the Diyala representative for the U.N. mission, was found dead in November near the city of Baquba with a gunshot wound suggesting he had been executed, a statement said. Several Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias operate in Diyala, which lies between Baghdad and Iran. |
| Cameron defends EU deal as lawmakers offer no guarantees | |  By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - David Cameron fended off changes on Tuesday to a draft deal he has cut to help keep Britain in the EU, as other states demanded adjustments and the European Parliament said it could not guarantee to pass the reforms. After talks on Monday with President Francois Hollande, who argued the draft text may give British banks unfair advantages, the British prime minister visited Brussels to meet EU executive chief Jean-Claude Juncker and leaders of the EU legislature. Cameron made no public comment during his stay in Brussels and one person who met him said he appeared "very stressed".
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| Merkel ready to lift Russia sanctions if conditions met - party officials | |  German Chancellor Angela Merkel would like to lift European sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict sooner rather than later but does not yet see the basis to do so, deputies from her party said on Tuesday. Russia denies these accusations.
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| EU falling "silent" on Turkish abuses for help on migrants - rapporteur | |  By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Anxiety about refugees streaming to its shores has led the European Union to turn an apparent blind eye to rights abuses in Turkey, whose help the EU needs to reduce the migrant influx, the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey said on Tuesday. The number of Syrian war refugees in neighbouring Turkey has swelled to 2.6 million and the EU has promised Ankara 3 billion euros to help it cope with them in the hope this will dissuade many from making onward journeys to Europe. EU officials have also voiced renewed support for Turkey's long-held aspiration of joining the 28-nation bloc if it does more to stem the outflow of migrants to Europe.
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| U.N. envoy discusses ceasefire, aid with Syrian foreign minister - spokesman | |  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations will test the commitment of Syria's government to allow access for humanitarian aid on Wednesday, the UN Syria envoy said, indicating the world body is preparing to attempt to reach areas that have been cut off. Staffan de Mistura met Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem twice in Damascus on Tuesday at a time when government forces have been advancing rapidly with the aid of Russian air strikes, and just days before an internationally agreed pause in fighting is due to take effect. "The access to these areas is done by convoys, coordinated by the UN country team ... It is clear it is the duty of the government of Syria to want to reach every Syrian person wherever they are and allow the UN to bring humanitarian aid, de Mistura said.
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| Eagles of Death Metal to give Paris concert for attack survivors | |  By Anca Ulea and Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. band Eagles of Death Metal, on stage when Islamic State attacked their venue and killed 89 people in Paris last November, expressed sympathy with those too traumatised to attend their concert at another Paris hall on Tuesday. With armed police on guard, workers hung the band's name in big red letters outside the Olympia concert hall in Paris. The three militants who attacked the crowd at the Bataclan were part of a co-ordinated assault in which 130 people died in the French capital.
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| Athletics Kenya CEO to temporarily step aside over bribery allegations | | | By Edwin Waita NAIROBI (Reuters) - Athletics Kenya's chief executive has asked to step aside for 21 days pending an investigation into allegations that he sought bribes to reduce the doping bans of two Kenyan athletes who failed drugs tests, the federation said on Tuesday. Isaac Mwangi last week dismissed as "fabrication" accusations by Joy Sakari and Francisca Koki Manunga that he had asked each athlete for $24,000 to reduce their four-year bans. The two runners were caught doping in August at the world championships in Beijing, where Kenya topped the medals table. |
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