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| Spanish diplomat found stabbed to death at home in Khartoum - police |
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| KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Spanish diplomat was found stabbed to death in his home in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Monday, Sudanese police said. The 61-year-old official headed the Spanish embassy's visa section and had worked in the country for three years, a police statement said. A diplomatic source in Spain confirmed the death, telling Reuters: "Local authorities have opened a police investigation at the highest level." Attacks on foreigners are rare in the desert city sited at the meeting point of the Blue and White Niles. ... |
| U.S. envoy says North Korea rejects talks on prisoners |
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 BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea has rejected U.S. efforts to discuss the detention of three Americans, a U.S. diplomat said on Monday, adding the secretive state was missing a chance to build relations with Washington. North Korea, which periodically accuses the United States of military hostility and conspiracy to overthrow its leadership, has held a number of U.S. citizens in the past, using them as tools to extract visits by high-profile figures, including former President Bill Clinton. The most high profile case is that of U.S. ...
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| German captives plead to be set free in southern Philippines |
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| MANILA (Reuters) - Two Germans being held by an Islamist group in the southern Philippines appealed to the Philippine and German governments to secure their release through a message on local radio on Monday, days after the militants threatened to kill them. The Abu Sayyaf group has demanded that the German government stop supporting U.S. action against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and wants a ransom paid for the captives. It has said it would behead one of them if the demands are not met by Oct. 10. ... |
| Bangladesh arrests Briton for suspected Islamic State recruitment |
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| By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - A 24-year-old British citizen has been arrested in Bangladesh on suspicion of recruiting people to fight alongside Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, police said on Monday. Samiun Rahman, a resident of London, arrived in Bangladesh in February to recruit for both IS and the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of the Detective and Criminal Intelligence Division (DCID) said. "He has plans to recruit and send a team from Bangladesh to fight in Syria," Monirul told a news conference in Dhaka, the South Asian country's capital. ... |
| Police arrest 140 for religious clashes in Vadodara as Modi tours U.S. |
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 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police in Vadodara have arrested 140 people after two men were stabbed during violence between Hindus and Muslims that left more than a dozen injured and was triggered by an image posted on Facebook, officials said on Monday. The violence in Gujarat coincides with a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set to meet President Barack Obama later on Monday on a trip emphasizing India's economic potential. ...
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| China says opposes support for Occupy Central |
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 BEIJING (Reuters) - China opposes any external force supporting "illegal movements" such as Occupy Central, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday in reference to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, amid massive protests in the former British colony. Hua Chunying, China's foreign ministry spokeswoman, said Beijing was also opposed to external interference in China's affairs by any foreign country. ...
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