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Government seeks parliament's approval for $15.4 billion extra spending
6:55:55 AM

A money lender counts Indian rupee currency notes at   his shop in AhmedabadNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government on Monday sought parliament's approval to spend an extra 1.03 trillion rupees ($15.43 billion) in the fiscal year ending in March 2017. In a supplementary demand for grants laid before parliament by the finance ministry, the government said net cash outgo would be 209.48 billion rupees. The additional expenditure includes 50 billion rupees for a rural jobs programme, about 42 billion for road construction and 20 billion rupees for disaster management. ($1 = 66. ...




Meet Nigeria's curious Cupid - matchmaking for HIV patients looking for love
6:49:40 AM
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA, August 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting in his dimly-lit office in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, surrounded by files and boxes of condoms, matchmaker Ugochukwu Michael talks passionately about the part he has played in the marriages of around 100 couples in recent years. While the popularity of dating apps and websites may make Michael's efforts to play Cupid seem old-fashioned, his matchmaking service stands out from the rest. All of his clients are living with HIV.


Head of Australian prison abuse inquiry quits, replaced by aboriginal leader
5:33:22 AM
The Royal Commission will now be conducted by two commissioners, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda and retired Supreme Court judge Margaret White, Attorney-General George Brandis said Monday. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ordered the probe last week, after prison CCTV footage showed guards teargassing six aboriginal teenage inmates and strapping a half-naked, hooded boy to a chair at a Darwin youth prison in the Northern Territory. The footage sparked renewed criticism of Australia's treatment of Aborigines and their high imprisonment rate.


Turkey captures 11 involved in bid to seize Erdogan during coup attempt - media
5:29:27 AM

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the   audience as he visits the Turkish police special forces base damaged by fighting   during a coup attempt in AnkaraTurkish special forces captured 11 fugitive commandos who were involved in a bid to seize President Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup attempt last month, state-run Anadolu Agency said on Monday. The 11 soldiers were part of a group which launched an attack on a hotel where Erdogan was holidaying on the night of July 15 in the southwestern resort of Marmaris. Anadolu said the fugitives were caught in the Ula district of Mugla province after gendarmerie special forces, supported by helicopters and drones, were sent to the area after a tip-off from a local.




Gunman in Austin, Texas, kills one woman, wounds three - officials
4:51:17 AM
A gunman killed a woman and seriously wounded three others in Austin early on Sunday when he shot into a crowd leaving nightclubs in the Texas capital's downtown area, police said. The gunman opened fire at about 2:15 a.m. local time before fleeing, Austin police chief of staff Brian Manley told reporters. "It was a very chaotic scene," Manley said.


Pope says will withhold judgement on Cardinal Pell over sex abuse
3:13:19 AM

Pope Francis speaks to journalists during a press   conference on the plane after his visit to Krakow, for the World Youth DaysBy Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that he will wait until Australian justice takes its course before taking a position on Cardinal George Pell, who is under investigation in his homeland over sexual abuse allegations. Victoria state Police Commissioner Graham Ashton said on a Melbourne radio station program on Thursday that Victoria police had been investigating allegations against Pell for more than a year. Victims groups have called on the pope to sack Pell, the highest-ranking Vatican official to be accused of sexual abuse, or for him to resign.




Pope says it wrong to identify Islam with violence
3:11:45 AM

Pope Francis speaks to journalists during a press   conference on the plane after his visit to Krakow for the World Youth DaysBy Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that it was wrong to identify Islam with violence and that social injustice and idolatry of money were among the prime causes of terrorism. "I think it is not right to identity Islam with violence," he told reporters aboard the plane taking him back to Rome after a five-day trip to Poland. "This is not right and this is not true." Francis was responding to a question about the killing on July 26 of an 85-year-old Roman Catholic priest by knife-wielding attackers who burst into a church service in western France, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat.




Muslims attend mass in France and Italy after priest killing
3:07:17 AM

A view shows the bell tower of the church in   Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in NormandyMuslims in several parts of France and Italy attended Catholic masses on Sunday in a gesture of solidarity after the killing of a French priest in Normandy by Islamist militants. The knife-wielding attackers burst into a Catholic church service in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, western France, on July 26, forced a 85-year-old Roman Catholic priest to his knees and slit his throat. The attack was claimed by Islamic State.




Armed men who seized Armenian police station surrender
2:57:24 AM

Armed men stand inside the Erebuni police station   seized by "Sasna Tsrer" movement members in YerevanBy Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armed men who seized a police station in the Armenian capital Yerevan surrendered to the authorities on Sunday after a two-week stand-off, the country's National Security Service said. "The anti-terrorist operation is over," the service said in a statement, adding that the authorities had "forced the members of the armed group to lay down their arms". A group of around 30 gunmen had originally seized the police station on July 17, killing a police officer, wounding two others and taking nine people hostage.




Australians report theft of computer and shirts from village
2:54:50 AM

Members of Australian delegation pose for a selfie   photo at Olympics village in Rio de JaneiroBy Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Team shirts and a laptop computer belonging to a cycling official have been stolen from the Australian building in the athletes' village at the Rio Olympics, team chief Kitty Chiller said on Sunday. The theft is the latest in a string of incidents affecting the Australians, their woes perhaps highlighted by the team holding daily briefings where others have not.




Clinton says Russia behind DNC hacking, draws line to Trump
2:48:42 AM

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton   speaks at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center in Columbus, OhioBy Doina Chiacu and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that Russian intelligence services hacked into Democratic National Committee computers and she questioned Republican rival Donald Trump's overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We know that Russian intelligence services hacked into the DNC and we know that they arranged for a lot of those emails to be released and we know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up Putin, to support Putin," Clinton said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday." The White House has declined to speculate on who was behind the hack of Democratic Party computers, referring to an ongoing investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.




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