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| Hundreds run from gathering in central Paris, reason unknown - Reuters witness | |  PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of people who had been gathered at Place de la Republique in central Paris dispersed suddenly on Sunday evening for reasons that were not clear, a Reuters witness said. The people suddenly all began running away from the square. TV pictures that had earlier been showing people gathered around a monument to commemorate those killed in Friday's Islamist militant shootings later showed the scene nearly empty. An official from the emergency services said some members of the public believed they had heard gunfire, however they had no confirmation of any shooting. ...
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| Doping threatens Kenya's credibility at Rio Olympics - Rudisha's coach | |  By Drazen Jorgic ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) - Doping could cast a shadow over Kenya at the 2016 Rio Olympics unless the East African nation implements credible systems to root out drugs cheats, said veteran Kenya-based coach Brother Colm O'Connell. O'Connell, who trains 800m world record holder David Rudisha, has coached more than 30 world champions and five Olympic gold medallists during nearly 40 years in Iten, a small village 8,000 feet above sea level in western Kenya's Rift Valley. O'Connell said elite Kenyan runners - who topped the table at the world championships in Beijing in August with seven gold medals - were concerned their reputations were being tarnished by an international doping scandal and a spate of failed tests by Kenyan athletes.
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| Two more Frenchmen identified as Paris attackers - prosecutor | | | Police have identified two more French nationals who blew themselves up in the coordinated attacks in Paris on Friday, the prosecutor said, and also put out a request for a Belgian-born man they warned was dangerous. "Two more terrorists killed in the night of Nov. 13 were today formally identified through finger prints," the prosecutor said in a statement, adding they were French and living in Belgium. |
| Green groups re-think massive Paris climate march after attacks | |  By Bate Felix PARIS (Reuters) - A massive demonstration planned by environmental activists for the eve of this month's U.N. climate summit in Paris is in doubt as organisers weigh the security risks - and the propriety - of gathering in huge numbers in a city where attacks killed 129 people. Environmental groups will meet on Monday to decide a course of action, with mainstream activists saying they will abide by any ban on public gatherings if the state of emergency decreed by French President Francois Hollande is still in place. Organisers from about 130 non-governmental organisations had hoped to draw 200,000 people to the march on Nov. 29, anticipating a carnival-like atmosphere that would pressure world leaders to take action to combat global warming.
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| Belgium arrests seven as French attacks rekindle refugee row | |  By Bate Felix and Robert-Jan Bartunek PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two of the attackers who brought carnage to Paris were French nationals living in Belgium, officials said on Sunday, as a row over Europe's refugee crisis re-ignited, with conservatives demanding an end to "the days of uncontrolled immigration". Three jihadist cells staged the co-ordinated hits on Friday night at bars, a concert hall and soccer stadium, killing 129 people and injuring 352, including 99 who were in a serious condition, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said. French authorities said they found the bodies of seven killers but Islamic State, which claimed responsibility as revenge for French military action in Syria and Iraq, said there were eight, raising questions over whether one was on the loose.
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| French Muslims fear repercussions from Paris attacks | |  By Ingrid Melander and Tom Heneghan PARIS (Reuters) - For the second time this year France's Muslims have seen carnage brought to the streets of Paris by a few radical Islamists and fear that they will now suffer as a consequence. Muslim community leaders promptly denounced the massacre and politicians clearly blamed the radical Islamic State movement for the violence. "When you look like a Muslim, it's tough," said Marjan Fouladvind, an Iranian doctoral student in Paris.
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| French attacks cast uncomfortable spotlight on Brussels district | |  By Robert-Jan Bartunek and Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two of the attackers behind Friday's assault on Paris were French nationals who had been in living in Brussels, Belgian officials said on Sunday as Prime Minister Charles Michel declared his nation was no place for "preachers of hatred". One lived in central Brussels and one in Molenbeek, a poor, immigrant quarter of the Belgian capital already viewed as a possible launch pad for Islamist violence due to links with previous attacks in France and elsewhere. Michel said Belgium needed to do more to crack down on radicalisation and said the Molenbeek district's links to violent extremism were a "gigantic problem".
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| Corrected - Bulgaria detains more for illegal entry, urges change in EU policy | | | Bulgaria's security forces have detained 315 people for entering the country illegally and held another 11 accused of people trafficking, the interior ministry said on Sunday. "This is the new September 11 for Europe," Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said of the Paris killings, adding that European Union countries should reconsider their border policies. |
| British jihadist may have planned Paris-style attack in Istanbul - sources | | | By Orhan Coskun and Humeyra Pamuk BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish authorities suspect a high-profile British jihadist detained in Turkey last week may have been planning attacks in Istanbul similar to those in Paris, two security sources told Reuters on Sunday. A man thought to be Aine Lesley Davis, an associate of the Islamic State militant dubbed "Jihadi John", was detained in Istanbul last week, senior Turkish officials said on Friday. Davis was detained with a group of others who could have been planning an attack in Istanbul in parallel with the gun and bomb rampage in the French capital that left at least 129 people dead, a separate source said on Sunday. |
| Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets parliament boss after victory | |  By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with parliament's powerful chairman on Sunday after an election landslide set to usher in democracy and sweep out much of the military old guard. With only three seats in the bicameral parliament yet to be declared, the victory allows the National League for Democracy (NLD) to form the next government after years of disenfranchisement under the military's 1962-2011 rule. On the eve of what could be the last session of the current parliament, lower house chairman Shwe Mann, who lost his seat in the Nov. 8 vote and was ousted in August as head of the ruling party, said Suu Kyi had sought help in the transition period.
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| Partying on a Friday, many Paris victims were bright young things | |  By Crispian Balmer PARIS (Reuters) - Standing before a makeshift memorial to the dead, strewn with candles, flowers and scribbled notes, Caroline Pallut hid her tears behind dark glasses. Two days after the worst attacks in France since World War Two, the names of many victims are starting to emerge, their smiling faces shining out from an array of social websites -- a cameraman, a foreign exchange student, lawyers, an artist, a journalist, tourists, two sisters at a birthday party. Friends of a young couple from eastern France, Marie Lausch and Mathias Dymarski, announced their deaths on Youtube.
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| Russia's athletics ban stirs fears in doping-hit Kenya | |  By Drazen Jorgic ITEN, Kenya (Reuters) - In Kenya's running heartlands, a spate of failed drug tests has fuelled fears the East African nation could follow Russia in being suspended from world athletics over doping violations, threatening the region's economic lifeline. The unprecedented move to suspend Russia from international track and field competitions follows an explosive report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) alleging sweeping, state-sponsored use of performance-enhancing drugs. Kenya's lush Rift Valley region, famous for churning out champion runners from high-altitude training camps, was shaken by a warning from a top official that WADA was "seriously considering" banning Kenya for four years, including from 2016 Rio Olympics.
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| At G20, Obama vows renewed effort to eliminate Islamic State | |  By Matt Spetalnick and David Dolan BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State in Syria and prevent it from carrying out attacks like those in Paris, while European leaders urged Russia to focus its military efforts on the radical Islamists. Speaking at a G20 leaders summit in Turkey, Obama described the killings in Paris claimed by Islamic State as an attack on the civilised world and said the United States would work with France to hunt down those responsible.
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| G20 leaders pledge robust fight against patchy economy - draft communique | |  By David Dolan BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - The heads of the world's 20 largest economies pledged to use all of their policy tools to tackle uneven economic growth that falls short of expectations, according to a draft Group of 20 (G20) communique seen by Reuters on Sunday. As the G20 leaders gathered in Turkey for a two-day meeting on how to boost global growth, the economic discussions were overshadowed by deadly attacks claimed by Islamic State in Paris on Friday that left more than 120 people dead. In a nod to uncertainty in financial markets and worries about lagging output in much of the world, the leaders said they would stick to a target to boost the G20's collective economic output by an additional 2 percent by 2018.
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| U.S. to work with France to intensify air strikes in Syria, Iraq - Rhodes | |  By Dasha Afanasieva BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - The United States will work with France to intensify air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, U.S. Deputy National security adviser Ben Rhodes said on Sunday, after attacks in Paris killed 129 people. Rhodes said getting arms directly to fighters on the ground in Syria and Iraq seemed to be working in the fight against Islamic State.
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| Belgian prosecutors say seven people detained following raids in Brussels | | | Belgian prosecutors on Sunday said seven people had been detained following raids in Brussels after the attacks on Friday in Paris and that two of the Paris assailants had been living in Belgium. Belgian police, in cooperation with the French authorities, carried out raids at the weekend after two cars with Belgian number plates were found in Paris, one near the Bataclan concert hall where the deadliest attacks took place, and the other near Pere Lachaise. |
| Oil prices seen under pressure as Paris attacks spark demand worries | |  By Ron Bousso and Libby George LONDON (Reuters) - Prices of oil and other commodities will come under renewed pressure on Monday on fears that Friday night's deadly attacks on Paris will further slow the global economy. Oil is already trading near its six-year lows and healthy demand has been a major factor preventing the prices from sliding any lower amid a worsening global oil glut due to abundant supplies. At least 129 people were killed on Friday evening in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris with Islamist militants claiming responsibility for the carnage. "Currently sentiment is really bearish, so this could be seen as hurting demand, so oil prices could fall further," said Amrita Sen from Energy Aspects.
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| Belgium public broadcaster says two Paris attackers were from Brussels | |  Two of the attackers involved in the wave of shooting in Paris on Friday came from Brussels, Belgian public broadcaster RTBF said on Sunday, quoting the federal prosecutor's office. In a short statement on its website, RTBF said "two of the assailants" were from Brussels. Belgian police at the weekend have carried out a series of searches focused on the Molenbeek district of Brussels and prosecutors said they were investigating a connection with a Belgian hire care found in Paris near the scene of the deadliest of the attacks.
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| Global markets brace for short-lived jolt after Paris attacks | |  By Christopher McCall, Hideyuki Sano and Lionel Laurent SYDNEY/TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) - Global stocks are set for a short-term sell-off on Monday after Islamist militants launched coordinated attacks across Paris that killed 129 people, but few strategists expect a prolonged economic impact or change in prevailing market directions. If anything, any initial damage to economic confidence, tourism and trade within Europe will likely reinforce the European Central Bank's resolve to easing monetary policy further next month, they reckon. President Francois Hollande has declared a state of emergency and set three days of official mourning after the attacks he called an "act of war" by Islamic State.
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| EU interior ministers to hold emergency meeting on Friday | | | Luxembourg, holder of the EU presidency, has called an emergency meeting of European interior ministers on Nov. 20 at France's request to discuss the European response to the attacks in Paris, it said in a statement. "Confronted with barbarism and terrorism, Europe stands united with France," the statement said. |
| Iran's Revolutionary Guards target popular messaging app in widening crackdown | | | By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Sam Wilkin DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have arrested administrators of more than 20 groups on the messaging app Telegram for spreading "immoral content", semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday, the latest detentions in a clampdown on freedom of expression. In recent weeks, Iran's powerful hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has rounded up a number of artists, journalists and U.S. citizens, citing fears of Western "infiltration". Telegram's Chief Executive Pavel Durov said last month that Iranian authorities had demanded he hand over "spying and censorship tools", and temporarily blocked the app when he refused. |
| Bavarian allies pressure Merkel to reverse refugee policy | |  By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Bavarian allies cranked up pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday to reverse her "open-door" refugee policy, saying the deadly attacks in Paris underlined the need for tougher measures to control the influx of migrants. The coordinated assault in the French capital, in which at least 129 people were killed, has fuelled a debate in Germany over Merkel's welcoming approach to refugees and on how to pin down better intelligence about people entering the country. The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen from Friday night's attacks passed through Greece in October, a Greek minister said, and another suspected attacker was thought to have entered Europe the same way.
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| Ukrainian soldier killed in violence in east | | | A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and eight were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as both sides reported renewed violence despite a ceasefire deal. The guns were mostly silent in September and October, but there has been an increase in ceasefire violations in recent weeks, with each side blaming the other. "The most difficult situation is still around Donetsk airport, where illegal groups cynically violated agreements, firing at Ukrainian positions using 120 calibre mortars," Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksander Motuzyanyk said in a daily televised briefing. |
| Bangladesh aims to rein in poverty to below 14 pct by 2021 | |  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh aims to cut its poverty rate to less than 14 percent by 2021 from 22.4 percent now, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday, as the country sets it sights on becoming a middle-income nation. Hasina was speaking at the opening of a two-day meeting where Bangladesh will seek up to $12 billion in assistance from funding partners to develop its ramshackle infrastructure. "We set a target to reduce the rate of poverty below 14 percent by 2021, when we also expect to become a middle-income country," Hasina said, adding that Bangladesh had already reined in the figure to 22.4 percent, from 56.7 percent in 1991.
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| From small French town to Syria: the journey of a Western jihadi | | | By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Georgy CAIRO (Reuters) - An online profile of one of the men in a video posted by Islamic State after mass shootings and suicide bombings in Paris shows how hard it is to predict where the next threat will emerge. Unlike the sons of Muslim immigrants wanting to reconnect with their identities, the blue-eyed man, who spoke from an undisclosed location in the online profile, said his family came from a small town in France. The profile of Abu Salman, the Frenchman's nom de guerre, is one of many slick videos aiming to recruit Westerners to Islamic State by trying to show that Western society's secularism fails to inspire young men like him. |
| France calls for EU security summit Friday | | | France called on Sunday for an emergency summit of European Union justice and internal affairs ministers to take place on Non. 20 aimed at speeding up and implementing security measures that are already under discussion. "Faced with atrocities and acts of terrorism that hit France on November 13 2015, our combat in the struggle against terrorism should, more than ever, be relentless and resolute," said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve in a statement after the Islamist militant attacks that killed 129 people in Paris on Friday. |
| Holder of Syrian passport found in Paris attack was asylum seeker | |  By Ivana Sekularac and Igor Ilic BELGRADE/ZAGREB (Reuters) - The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night's attacks in Paris was registered as a refugee in several European countries last month, authorities said. The man, identified by Serbian authorities only by his initials A.A., came into Europe through the Greek island of Leros, where he was processed on Oct. 3, Greek officials said on Saturday. Serbian authorities said on Sunday the same man had been registered at a border crossing from Macedonia into Serbia a few days later.
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| F1 drivers to wear black armbands for Paris victims | |  Drivers will wear black armbands as a tribute to the victims of the deadly Paris attacks when they are presented to Formula One fans before Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. A flatbed truck carrying drivers around the track on the normally joyous parade lap will also be decorated with a French flag with a black ribbon, according to changes made by the sport's governing International Automobile Federation (FIA), Paris-based and led by Frenchman Jean Todt. Sunday is the United Nations' World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
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| France's Sarkozy urges West, Russia tie-up vs Islamic State | |  Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy called on Sunday for the creation of a single international coalition to combat Islamic State in Syria following attacks in Paris that claimed 129 lives. Islamic State, also known as Daesh, claimed responsibility for the worst such attacks seen on French soil, carried out late on Friday at a concert, hall, stadium and restaurants. "We must draw on the consequences of the situation in Syria.
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