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| UK blames Assad regime after watchdog documents chlorine attacks |
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 By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The global chemical-weapons watchdog found evidence that chlorine gas was used "systematically and repeatedly" as a weapon in northern Syria, where witnesses described poison barrel bombs crashing into their villages from the sky, the agency said Wednesday in a report obtained by Reuters. In a reaction to the report, Britain blamed the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which it said was the only party in the civil war with helicopters. ...
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| Brazil confirms Amazon deforestation sped up in 2013 |
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| By Marcelo Teixeira SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The destruction of the world's largest rainforest accelerated last year with a 29 percent spike in deforestation, according to final figures released by the Brazilian government on Wednesday that confirmed a reversal in gains seen since 2009. Satellite data for the 12 months through the end of July 2013 showed that 5,891 square km (3,360 square miles) of forest were cleared in the Brazilian Amazon, an area half the size of Puerto Rico. ... |
| Cyber breaches rare among U.S. state-registered investment advisers - study |
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 By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - Cyber security breaches are rare among investment advisory firms registered with U.S. states, but improvements to technology and procedures could still bolster protection of client information, state securities regulators said on Wednesday. Just 4 percent of advisers reported having a "cyber security incident" during the years in which they have been registered in their respective states, according to a study by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA). ...
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| Islamists kidnap 25 Libyan soldiers, Army says; PM seeks support |
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| By Maha El Dahan and Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Islamists militants in Libya have probably kidnapped up to 25 soldiers and killed five others in the eastern city of Benghazi, an army commander said on Wednesday, as the prime minister travelled to the United Arab Emirates to seek support for his embattled government. Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has called for the international community to help fight terrorism in the oil- producing country, which has slid towards anarchy three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. ... |
| Actor Shia LaBeouf pleads guilty to disorderly conduct |
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 By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty in court on Wednesday to a violation of disorderly conduct following his arrest in June for disturbing a performance of "Cabaret" on Broadway. The bearded 28-year-old, who starred in the "Transformer" films and with Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," was dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and tie as he told the court he understood the plea. Under the terms of the plea, he must complete a treatment program, attend all scheduled court appearances and have no new arrests for six months. ...
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| Israeli military opens five criminal investigations into Gaza war conduct |
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 By Maayan Lubell TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Wednesday it had opened five criminal investigations into its Gaza war operations, including attacks that killed four Palestinian children on a beach and 17 people at a U.N. school. The internal inquiries could help Israel challenge the work of a U.N. Human Rights Council commission of inquiry into possible war crimes committed by its forces and Palestinian militants in the 50-day conflict in July and August. ...
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| Islamist militants leave signed note on beheaded corpse in Sinai - residents |
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| By Youssri Mohammed ISMAILIA Egypt (Reuters) - Residents in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula said on Wednesday they found a beheaded corpse bearing a note signed by an Islamist militant group linked to the Syria and Iraq-based Islamic State, accusing the victim of being an Israeli spy. The beheading is the eighth claimed by the group in Sinai in under a month in a surge of brutal killings seemingly inspired by Islamic State, which has been internationally condemned for its atrocities and has been the target of U.S. air strikes. ... |
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