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| Kim Kardashian sues gossip website over reports of staged robbery | |  Reality television star Kim Kardashian sued the celebrity gossip website MediaTakeout on Tuesday for claiming that she lied about an armed robbery earlier this month in Paris. Kardashian, whose show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" is on hold following the robbery, filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York accusing the site of reporting that she staged the attack "without any factual support whatsoever." The 35-year-old was robbed of some $10 million in jewelry after masked men put a gun to her head and tied her up in a Paris apartment early on Oct. 3. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages for defamation, names both the site and its founder, Fred Mwangaguhunga, as defendants.
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| Exclusive: In Britain, some pro-Europe lawmakers now back EU divorce talks - Reuters poll | |  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - A number of lawmakers who opposed a British exit from the European Union in June's referendum would now back a start of formal divorce proceedings from the bloc - provided parliament gets to decide at all, a Reuters poll showed. Results of the online survey opened the possibility that Prime Minister Theresa May might be able to win a vote in what has been a predominantly pro-EU parliament, although her government remains determined to prevent such a vote from happening. May has said she will trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty - which begins an initial two-year period during which Britain must negotiate the terms of its exit - by the end of March next year without giving lawmakers a vote.
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| Exclusive: U.N. memo casts doubt on some Central African sex abuse accusations | |  By Tim Cocks, Michelle Nichols and Marine Pennetier DAKAR/UNITED NATIONS/PARIS (Reuters) - A draft United Nations memo seen by Reuters suggests that dozens allegations of sexual abuse against U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic have been fabricated by people seeking financial payoffs. In December an independent review panel criticised the United Nations for mishandling allegations of child sexual abuse by international peacekeepers, who were not under U.N. command, in Central African Republic. The 12,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force there, known as MINUSCA, has been dogged by allegations of sexual abuse since its deployment in April 2014 to curb fighting between the mostly Muslim Seleka rebels and the anti-balaka Christian militias.
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| South Africa's Zuma reaffirms support for Gordhan after fraud charges | |  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday that he backs Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan who was issued with a formal summons to appear in court on Nov. 2 over fraud charges. [nL8N1CH1PG] "The President has reaffirmed his support for the Minister," the Presidency said in a statement. "The President has urged the National Prosecuting Authority and other institutions concerned to conduct the matter with the necessary dignity and respect." (Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by James Macharia)
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| South Africa's Gordhan to appear in court over fraud charges | |  By Joe Brock PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African prosecutors on Tuesday ordered Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to appear in court on Nov. 2 to hear fraud charges against him, news that sent the rand and share prices reeling. The currency dropped as much as 3.4 percent against the dollar amid fears Gordhan's legal troubles could hurt investor confidence in South Africa, where he has stood out as a reliable figure for financial markets against a backdrop of corruption. The banking index fell as much as 5.12 percent, wiping 46.3 billion rand ($3.3 billion) off the market capitalisation of South Africa's six biggest banks.
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| Turkey has right to combat threats in Syria and Iraq - Erdogan | |  By Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq's prime minister he should "know his limits" after he criticised Turkey's military presence there and said the Turkish army, shaken by a failed coup bid, had not lost so much standing as to take orders from him. NATO member Turkey shares a 1,200 km (750-mile) border with Syria and Iraq and faces threats from Islamic State militants in both. The Turkish army, its senior ranks purged following a failed military attempt to overthrow Erdogan in July, launched an incursion into Syria in August to push back Islamic State and prevent U.S.-backed Kurdish militia fighters from seizing territory.
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| Lauded security boss in Rio quits as crime, violence surge | | | The state security secretary of Rio de Janeiro will step down from his post, according to an aide, as violence and crime rebound in the Brazilian city and erase many of the gains made during the near-decade he was in the job. Jose Mariano Beltrame, a former police officer who was lauded in recent years because of reduced violence and inroads against criminal gangs in Rio, met on Monday with the state governor and was expected to formalize his departure on Tuesday, the aide to Beltrame said. Beltrame brought more stability to once-dangerous slums and paved the way for Rio to host the 2014 World Cup and the recent Olympic Games but in recent months has increasingly criticized a lack of resources and political commitment by the state government. |
| Kurds in Iraq say committed to investigating alleged abuses | |  The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq said on Tuesday it is committed to investigating claims of abuses in areas occupied by both Kurds and Arabs, in response to an Oct. 10 report by Reuters. The story (www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/mideast-crisis-kurds-land/) detailed the case of a Kurd who said he had occupied a house formerly owned by an Arab family in the town of Zumar, after Kurdish Peshmerga fighters dislodged Islamic State militants from the region. The government repeated its past statements that it did not have a policy of pushing Arabs out of areas that Kurdish forces have retaken from Islamic State.
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| Escalation in Syria means EU less likely to soften stance on Russia | |  By Gabriela Baczynska and John Irish BRUSSELS/ PARIS (Reuters) - Outraged by Russia's intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, the European Union is now less likely to ease sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine, diplomats say, and some in the bloc are raising the prospect of more punitive steps against the Kremlin. While the EU says conflicts in Syria and Ukraine need to be kept separate, the latest military offensive by Damascus and its ally Moscow on rebel-held eastern Aleppo further clouds the strained ties between Moscow and the bloc.
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| G7 sets cyber-security guidelines for financial sector | |  By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven industrial powers said on Tuesday they had agreed on guidelines on how to protect the global financial sector from cyber attacks. Policymakers around the world have become increasingly concerned about financial companies falling victim to cyber criminals in recent years. "Cyber risks are growing more dangerous and diverse, threatening to disrupt our interconnected global financial systems," according to the guidelines agreed by G7 finance ministers and central bankers.
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| Chess master Garry Kasparov wins human rights case against Russia | |  Chess master Garry Kasparov on Tuesday won a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights for unlawful arrest and violation of his right to attend a rally he missed as a result of his detention. The complaint by the former world champion and political activist, a Russian national who lives in the United States, dates back to 2007, when Russian authorities confiscated his ticket and passport and detained him at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. The detention prevented him from attending an opposition political rally scheduled to be held at an EU-Russia summit in Samara.
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| Turkey says Kurdish militants enter new "heinous" phase, targeting ruling party | | | Kurdish militants claimed responsibility for the assassination of two officials in Turkey's southeast and the country's prime minister said the insurgency had entered a new "heinous" phase in targeting the AK Party founded by President Tayyip Erdogan. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said it had shot dead Deryan Aktert, AKP head in the city of Diyarbakir's Dicle district, in his office on Monday for his cooperation with the state in fighting the PKK, an organisation listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. On Sunday, assailants killed Aydin Mustu, the AK Party's deputy leader in the Ozalp district of Van, a city 350 km (215 miles) east of Diyarbakir. |
| Tax sugary drinks to fight obesity, U.N. health agency urges governments | |  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Governments should tax sugary drinks to fight the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. A 20 percent price increase could reduce consumption of sweet drinks by the same proportion, the WHO said in "Fiscal Policies for Diet and Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases", a report issued on World Obesity Day. Drinking fewer calorific sweet drinks is the best way to curb excessive weight and prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes, although fat and salt in processed foods are also at fault, WHO officials said.
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| Philippines set to roll out tough no-smoking law | |  By Kanupriya Kapoor and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia's second-most populous country, rolling out among the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the region. Public health campaigners who have long battled against the country's hefty tobacco lobby welcomed the push to end smoking in public places and said they believed Duterte, with his tough anti-vice record, was the man to do it. Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial told Reuters on Tuesday she hoped the president would sign the ban, which expands the definition of public places, into law before the end of October and that it would come into effect next month.
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| St. Jude warns of heart-device battery issue linked to 2 deaths | | | St. Jude Medical Inc warned on Tuesday that some of its implanted heart devices were at risk of premature battery depletion, a condition it said had been linked to two deaths. News of the issue surfaced late on Monday when short-selling firm Muddy Waters tweeted a copy of a physician advisory on the matter from St. Jude, which agreed in April to sell itself for $25 billion to Abbott Laboratories. The letter said problems with the lithium batteries that power the devices were rare and could be identified by patients using tools for monitoring battery levels at home. |
| What's a slum? In India, Dharavi's thriving informal economy defies the label | |  By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Malik Abdullah's plastic recycling business in Dharavi, the sprawling slum in Mumbai that is among the largest in Asia, has survived fire, building collapses, and the criminal underworld for decades. Thousands of small businesses like his thrive in Dharavi, creating an informal economy with an annual turnover of $1 billion by some estimates. Now, plans to replace the ramshackle workshops and decrepit homes with office blocks and high-rise apartments threaten the businesses that employ thousands of its 1 million residents.
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| Spanish police arrest 3 suspected of Islamist militant links | | | Spanish police have arrested two men accused of belonging to Islamic State and a third man accused of spreading Islamist militant messages on social media, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. Police detained a Spaniard of Moroccan origin and a Moroccan national said to have been communicating with leaders of the jihadist group and distributing recruitment material on social networks from their homes in Gijon and San Sebastian, it said. The third man, a 38-year-old Spaniard, was arrested after police linked him to social media postings glorifying Islamist militants and after two house raids turned up a cache of banned weapons. |
| Kurdish militants say behind killing of ruling party politician | | | The armed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Tuesday it was behind the killing of an official in Turkey's governing AK Party, the second such shooting in as many days in the country's restive southeast. Deryan Aktert, who headed the AKP branch in Diyarbakir's Dicle district, was shot and killed in his office late on Monday, the provincial governor's office said. The PKK's armed wing said on its website militants had targeted Aktert for his cooperation with the state in its fight against the PKK, listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. |
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