Beijing faces defiance in Hong Kong on vote reform
Pro-democracy lawmakers disrupt a Beijing official's speech on tightly limited voting reforms.Read More ...
6 dead in Paris suburb building explosion
Rescue
workers searched throughout the night for two people missing after an
explosion ripped through an apartment building outside Paris, killing
six and reducing half a residential block to rubble. Firefighters were
combing the wreckage for two other missing people, Mayor Claude Capillon
said. The building was practically scythed in two.Read More ...
Tony Stewart's return to race track ends early
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Tony Stewart climbed from his battered car, took a big gulp of water, and surveyed the damage.Read More ...
Judge temporarily blocks law that could close all Louisiana abortion clinics
The
measure, signed into law by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in June and
due to take effect Sept. 1, would require doctors who perform abortions
to have patient admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of
their practice. "Plaintiffs will be allowed to operate lawfully while
continuing their efforts to obtain privileges," Federal Judge John
deGravelles wrote in the decision. Abortion rights activists applauded
the decision, the latest in a string of rulings against similar
measures, saying it would give doctors more time to seek hospital
privileges. "Today’s ruling ensures Louisiana women are safe from an
underhanded law that seeks to strip them of their health and rights,"
said Nancy Northup, president and chief executive of the Center for
Reproductive Rights, which sued to block the law on behalf of three of
the state's five clinics.Read More ...
All five aboard small plane killed in crash at Colorado airport
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - All five people aboard a single-engine airplane died after it crashed on Sunday in a field beside a runway during an attempt to land at a northern Colorado airport, authorities said. Peter Knudson, spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said the Piper PA-46 aircraft went down shortly before noon near the Erie Municipal Airport, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Denver. Knudson said the plane took off from Centennial Airport, south of Denver, with five people aboard, and was landing in clear weather at the Erie airport when it crashed. Emergency crews found three people dead inside the wreckage of the six-seat airplane when they arrived at the scene, said Roger Rademacher, assistant fire chief with Mountain View Fire Rescue.
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NY storms end Electric Zoo music festival, halt U.S. Open, delay flights
Severe
thunderstorms on Sunday forced an early end to New York's Electric Zoo
music festival, delayed flights at area airports and injured two people
after a lightning strike near a Bronx beach. Open in Queens, New York,
interrupted the Made In America outdoor concert in Philadelphia and shut
down the Electric Zoo electronic music festival on Randalls Island in
New York, which ended early for a second year in a row. "We apologize to
fans, but your safety is our main concern," Electric Zoo organizers
said in a Tweet explaining why the three-day festival was cut short by
"extreme weather." Thousands of concertgoers were told to leave.Read More ...
Sweden discovers suspected case of Ebola: official
A
suspected case of the Ebola virus has been discovered in the Swedish
capital Stockholm, a local official told AFP on Sunday. Aake Oertsqvist,
a specialist in infection control responsible for the Stockholm area,
was quoted as saying the risk of an Ebola outbreak in Sweden was "very
low".Read More ...
ISIL fighters more discreet force
Militants in Iraq are starting to blend in with residents, making them harder to target.Read More ...
Islamist militia now guards US Embassy in Libya
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than a month after American personnel evacuated from the country over
ongoing fighting, an Islamist-allied militia group says it has "secured"
a U.S. Embassy compound in Libya's capital.Read More ...
China slams door on full Hong Kong democracy in 2017 vote
By
Michael Martina and James Pomfret BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -
Pro-democracy activists vowed on Sunday to bring Hong Kong's financial
hub to a standstill after China's parliament rejected their demands for
the right to freely choose the former British colony's next leader in
2017. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC)
endorsed a framework to let only two or three candidates run in the 2017
leadership vote. All candidates must first obtain majority backing from
a nominating committee likely to be stacked with Beijing loyalists. The
relatively tough decision by the NPC - China's final arbiter on the
city's democratic affairs - makes it almost impossible for opposition
democrats to get on the ballot.Read More ...
Israel claims West Bank land for possible settlement use, draws U.S. rebuke
By
Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel announced on Sunday a land
appropriation in the occupied West Bank that an anti-settlement group
termed the biggest in 30 years, drawing Palestinian condemnation and a
U.S. Some 400 hectares (988 acres) in the Etzion Jewish settlement bloc
near Bethlehem were declared "state land, on the instructions of the
political echelon" by the military-run Civil Administration. "We urge
the government of Israel to reverse this decision,” a State Department
official said in Washington, calling the move "counterproductive" to
efforts to achieve a two-state solution between Israel and the
Palestinians. Israel Radio said the step was taken in response to the
kidnapping and killing of three Jewish teens by Hamas militants in the
area in June.Read More ...
Officials: Iraqi forces break jihadist siege of Amerli
Iraqi
forces, aided by US air strikes, have broken through to the
jihadist-besieged Shiite town of Amerli where thousands have been
trapped for over two months with dwindling food and water supplies. It
is the biggest offensive success for the Iraqi government since
militants led by the Sunni jihadist group Islamic State (IS) overran
large areas of five provinces in June, sweeping security forces aside.
The breakthrough came on Sunday as the United States carried out limited
strikes in the area, the first time it has expanded its more than
three-week air campaign against militants outside of Iraq's north.Read More ...
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