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| Italy's defence minister to celebrate same-sex union in "powerful message" to armed forces | |  By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Italy's Defence Minister is to personally officiate a same-sex civil union, in a move she said would send a strong message against discrimination and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the armed forces. Italy in May became the last major Western country to legally recognise gay couples, but activists say homophobia and prejudice remain widespread, particularly in male-dominated environments like the military and police. "The fact that the defense minister decides to officiate a civil union sends a powerful message to all armed forces," Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti told Italian state broadcaster RAI Uno on Friday.
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| Moderate Islamists seek to keep office in Moroccan election | |  By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's moderate Islamists are favoured to win parliamentary elections on Friday, five years after they entered government when the kingdom introduced limited reforms in the wake of Arab Spring-style unrest. The Justice and Development Party (PJD), which has led the ruling coalition since 2011, is seeking to retain office in the ballot against its main rivals the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), whose opponents say is too close to the palace. During the Arab Spring uprisings, Morocco's palace introduced limited reforms granting more powers to parliament.
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| 'Newtown' paints a portrait of communal grief, recovery | | | By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly four years after the shocking massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, a new film, "Newtown," explores how a small Connecticut town has coped with the aftermath of the deadliest shooting of schoolchildren in U.S. history. "Newtown" shows how the event changed life in the town forever. "It is that feeling of a joyful summer and then boom it's gone," said Kim A. Snyder, the director of the film, which made its debut earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. |
| Philippines arrests 3 suspected militants over bomb in Duterte's hometown | | | Philippine security forces have arrested three men suspected of being behind last month's deadly attack on a street market in the president's home city, and found they were linked to Islamic State militants, the defence minister said on Friday. The suspects belonged to a radical faction of a Muslim rebel group and were arrested at a checkpoint while transporting improvised bombs, Delfin Lorenzana told a news conference. A video had been recovered in which the suspects were "trying to align themselves" with Islamic State, he said. |
| Sunni force pleads for Iraqi government help as Mosul fight looms | |  By Michael Georgy and Babak Dehghanpisheh BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) - Abu Mahmoud, part of a 2,500-man predominantly Sunni Arab force pulled together to launch an offensive against Islamic State in the Iraqi city of Mosul, has heard from relatives the group has been threatening to behead anyone who speaks of "liberation". "The most important thing we need is weapons and government support," said Abu Mahmoud, 42, who like others interviewed at a training camp in Bashiqa in northern Iraq, declined to give his full name for fear of reprisals. Abu Mahmoud, who covers his face so that Islamic State militants don't target his family, hopes he and other men in the National Mobilisation force will capture Mosul and rescue its residents in an operation expected to start within weeks.
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| Germany urges Russia, Iran to pressure Syria to end violence | |  The German government on Friday urged Russia and Iran as key backers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to use their influence to halt the escalation of violence in the Syria and allow humanitarian supplies to be delivered to civilians there. Asked if Germany supported imposing sanctions against Russia for its part in the bombardment, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Germany understood that all options needed to be reviewed, but Berlin's top priority was achieving a ceasefire.
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| Myanmar's strongest ethnic armed group says drug label "not fair" | |  By Yimou Lee and Shwe Yee Saw Myint PANGSAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's most powerful ethnic armed group, accused by the United States of running a narco-empire that has flooded Asia with illegal drugs, has rejected the allegation, saying Washington has blacklisted its leaders for political reasons. The United Wa State Army (UWSA) boasts some 30,000 soldiers who control a secretive, China-dominated statelet the size of Belgium in the remote hills on Myanmar's eastern border. After decades of isolation, leaders of the self-proclaimed Wa State invited a small group of foreign journalists to visit its territory - a first step in a tentative opening up to the outside world prompted by Aung San Suu Kyi's dramatic victory in a historic general election in Myanmar last year.
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| Thai crackdown on "zero dollar" Chinese tours hits Golden Week | | | By Orathai Sriring and Pairat Temphairojana BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai crackdown on cheap tour packages for Chinese tourists has hit arrivals in Thailand during China's peak "Golden Week" holiday, and dimmed prospects for an important sector in a sluggish economy. China's Golden Week break, which started last Saturday, sees millions of Chinese tourists travelling to overseas holiday spots including traditional favourite Thailand. The tours involve Chinese visitors paying Thai-based operators low prices for their package holiday. |
| Turkey orders 166 police detained in coup-related crackdown - media | | | Turkish authorities detained 120 police officers on Friday and issued warrants for 46 others, media reported, extending a nationwide clampdown launched following a failed coup in July. The operation was focused on Istanbul police headquarters but simultaneous raids were carried out in 35 provinces, targeting people who used a little-known smartphone messaging app called ByLock, state-run Anadolu Agency said. President Tayyip Erdogan blames the coup on followers of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a one-time Erdogan ally turned enemy, who has denied any involvement. |
| Thai junta under scrutiny amid allegations of exorbitant spending, nepotism | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's junta came under scrutiny this week after critics filed a petition asking the office of the auditor-general to investigate allegations of extravagant spending on a trip to Hawaii for a defence meeting. It is the latest in a series of allegations against the military government that seized power in May 2014, promising to root out entrenched corruption in state institutions and close Thailand's festering political divide. The government has defended allegations that a 20.9 million baht ($600,000) chartered flight taken by Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and his entourage to a meeting in Hawaii last week was exorbitant.
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| Russian forces say kill six militants, including IS fighter | | | Russian security forces on Friday killed six militants in the republic of Ingushetia, including one fighter from Islamic State who had been planning terrorist attacks, the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAK) said. Special forces of the FSB security police laid siege to a private house in Ingushetia's capital Nazran, NAK said in a statement. Four militants were killed in the shoot-out. |
| Lithuania's Social Democrats face battle to keep power | | | By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's ruling Social Democrats are likely to take the lead in the first round of a parliamentary election on Sunday after a campaign fought largely over Lithuania's sluggish economy. Opinion polls show Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius' centre-left party is best placed to win this round. "We hope to end up in the lead." If Butkevicius loses out, the opposition centre-right Homeland Union, led by Gabrielius Landsbergis, is likely to win power. |
| U.N. body tells Saudi Arabia to end child stonings, executions | |  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. human rights watchdog called on Saudi Arabia on Friday to end "severe" discrimination against girls and to repeal laws that allow the stoning, amputation, flogging and execution of children. The Committee on the Rights of the Child condemned the Saudi-led coalition's air strikes in Yemen, which it said had killed and maimed hundreds of children, and its "use of starvation" as a tactic in that war against Iran-backed Houthis. The committee's 18 independent experts examined the kingdom's record of compliance with a U.N. treaty protecting the rights of people under the age of 18.
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| Cambodian opposition resumes parliamentary boycott after "threats" | |  By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) resumed a months-long parliamentary boycott on Friday despite promising to return to parliament, after party members said they had received threats from the ruling party. The CNRP said this week it would end its boycott, sparked by what it considers trumped up charges against its leaders, and return to the National Assembly. "There was a positive sign that the CNRP members of parliament would be able to attend parliament but today, we did not," CNRP lawmaker Yim Sovann told reporters.
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| German official calls for sanctions against Russia over Syria | |  A German official on Friday called for new sanctions against Russia over its role in the bombardment of Syria, saying Moscow's involvement in war crimes could not go unpunished. Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power have stepped up an offensive on rebel-held parts of the city of Aleppo. Moscow and Damascus say they target only militants and deny they have bombed hospitals.
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