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News: Venezuela restarts two refinery units after blast Mexico's Pena Nieto confirmed president-elect, rival defiant Brazil presses Venezuela on alleged Amazon massacre Congo asks U.N. to sanction Rwanda officials for rebel support U.S.-Israeli military exercise to be smaller than first planned Turkey to keep pushing for UN-backed Syria safe zones Mexico extradites last Arellano Felix brother on drug charges Clinton seeks to boost U.S. Pacific ties as China expands U.N. says Haiti struggling to cope with cholera as aid withdrawn As Isaac fades, sparring over disaster funding U.N. chief defends Iran visit, says pushed for change Russia "optimistic" on U.S. trade vote, officials say U.N. presses Syria to allow more access to aid Syria opposition to expand, improve organization, leader says Rebels say hold half of Aleppo despite air strikes Egypt says Syria's "oppressive regime" must go Civilians face dramatically worsening conditions in Syria Dozens feared dead in Guinea boat accident Thousands join peaceful Bahrain anti-government protest Three dead in shooting at New Jersey grocery store Angolans vote peacefully despite anger over inequality Russia's Putin calls for Stalin-style "leap forward" Armenia says suspends Hungary ties in soldier row U.S. drone strike kills 8 suspected militants: Yemeni officials Mexico electoral tribunal confirms Pena Nieto as president-elect France's Hollande speeds launch of state investment bank Cuba growing less food than 5 years ago despite agriculture reforms Two Afghan children beheaded in separate incidents Former papal candidate, Milan archbishop Martini dies at 85 Analysis: Mexico's Pena Nieto to focus first on clean government Argentina strikes back at U.S. in WTO beef row Canada Q2 growth tops G7 but government sees dangers Guatemala's ex-police chief arrested in Geneva over murders Ivorian opposition figure gets 6-month jail term Russian killer wrote Pussy Riot on wall to fool police Major quake off Philippines causes panic but minor damage Former papal candidate and Milan archbishop Martini dies at 85 Sudan army clashes with rebels ahead of border talks French business leaders lambast Hollande South Sudan to move capital despite oil shutdown: minister Venezuela restarts two refinery units after blast Fri,31 Aug 2012 06:32 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Workers have restarted two key production units at Venezuela's biggest refinery after an explosion a week ago that killed nearly 50 people, sparked a huge fire and halted operations at the facility, state oil company PDVSA said on Friday. Firefighters battled for days to put out burning storage tanks. None of the production units were affected, but were temporarily taken off line at the 645,000 barrel per day Amuay refinery, which is part of the second-biggest refinery complex in the world. ... Full Story Top Mexico's Pena Nieto confirmed president-elect, rival defiant Fri,31 Aug 2012 06:12 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's electoral tribunal confirmed Enrique Pena Nieto as president-elect on Friday, but his rival refused to accept defeat and held out the possibility of further protests that could hamper reform efforts. The tribunal threw out an attempt to overturn the election result by leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who had accused Pena Nieto of laundering money and buying votes in the July election. Centrist Pena Nieto, 46, will be sworn in on December 1 and has pledged a raft of fiscal, labor and energy reforms, which Lopez Obrador is likely to resist. ... Full Story Top Brazil presses Venezuela on alleged Amazon massacre Fri,31 Aug 2012 06:09 PM PDT Reuters - Caracas (Reuters) - Brazil said on Friday it is pressing Venezuela to determine whether Brazilian gold miners crossed the border and massacred a village of about 80 indigenous people from a helicopter. The alleged assault, which a tribal group says could have killed more than 70 people in early July, came to light earlier this week when the group asked Venezuela's government to investigate. Because of the remoteness of the region and the scattered nature of the native settlements, fellow tribe members were able to alert the government only on Monday. ... Full Story Top Congo asks U.N. to sanction Rwanda officials for rebel support Fri,31 Aug 2012 04:10 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday it has asked the U.N. Security Council to place sanctions on Rwanda's defense minister and two top military officials for backing an army mutiny in the country's east. M23 rebels, who have links to Bosco Ntaganda, a warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, have been fighting government soldiers in North Kivu province since April, displacing some 470,000 civilians. ... Full Story Top U.S.-Israeli military exercise to be smaller than first planned Fri,31 Aug 2012 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-Israeli ballistic missile exercise postponed until this autumn will involve fewer U.S. military personnel than initially planned, the Pentagon said on Friday, but it rejected a media report portraying the decision as a sign of U.S. mistrust. The exercise is being planned amid rising war talk in the Israeli media and reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are debating a unilateral attack on Iran to knock out its nuclear installations. Washington has cautioned Israel against going it alone. ... Full Story Top Turkey to keep pushing for UN-backed Syria safe zones Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turkey will continue to seek international backing for a foreign-protected safe zone inside Syria after a U.N. Security Council meeting this week failed to deliver much beyond a French plan to channel more aid to rebel-held areas. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France and Turkey had identified "liberated zones" in the north and south that had escaped President Bashar al-Assad's control and which, if given funding and properly administered, could serve as a refuge for civilians caught in the chaos. ... Full Story Top Mexico extradites last Arellano Felix brother on drug charges Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government on Friday extradited alleged drug kingpin Eduardo Arellano Felix to the United States, the third brother from the Tijuana-based family to be taken into U.S. custody. Arellano Felix, 55, was taken to San Diego, where he faces charges of racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking. He had been arrested in Mexico in 2008, following a gun battle with Mexican special forces. ... Full Story Top Clinton seeks to boost U.S. Pacific ties as China expands Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:21 PM PDT Reuters - RAROTONGA (Reuters) - The United States will expand security partnerships across the Pacific as it strengthens ties with island nations that sit at the intersection of vast maritime resources and key shipping routes, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. Clinton arrived in the tiny Pacific outpost of the Cook Islands to participate in this year's Pacific Island Forum, part of Washington's growing effort to woo nations across the Asia-Pacific which are increasingly coming under China's shadow. ... Full Story Top U.N. says Haiti struggling to cope with cholera as aid withdrawn Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:15 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Friday that Haiti was struggling to cope with a cholera epidemic that has killed thousands and deteriorating conditions in tent camps as aid groups withdraw from the impoverished country due to a lack of funding. In a report to the U.N. Security Council, Ban said there had been an increase in the number of cholera cases since the rainy season began in early March and the World Health Organization had projected there could be up to 112,000 cases during 2012. ... Full Story Top As Isaac fades, sparring over disaster funding Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Isaac brought heavy rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the Mississippi Valley on Friday as Gulf Coast residents cleaned up and energy facilities prepared to grind back into operation. Major offshore oil drillers returned staff to their platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, although operations were expected to take several days to ramp up. One Louisiana refinery tapped into the U.S. government's emergency crude oil stockpile to speed up its output. ... Full Story Top U.N. chief defends Iran visit, says pushed for change Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:49 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has defended his controversial visit to Iran, saying on Friday that he had used this week's trip to push hard for human rights and transparency from Tehran over its nuclear program. "I believe in the power of diplomacy and I believe in dialogues and I believe in engagement. This is exactly what I did during my visit to Tehran," Ban told Reuters on a stopover in Dubai before flying back to U.N. headquarters in New York. ... Full Story Top Russia "optimistic" on U.S. trade vote, officials say Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:23 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Russian government remains hopeful the U.S. Congress will approve a bill to upgrade bilateral trade relations, despite a potentially tough political climate heading into U.S. elections in November, Russian officials said on Friday. "We are optimistic. We need to be optimistic," Alexey Drobinin, senior counselor at the Russian Embassy in Washington, told reporters. "We think that expanding trade relations is a good way to broaden our overall relationship. ... Full Story Top U.N. presses Syria to allow more access to aid Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he had pressed the Syrian government to allow international aid workers more access, and received a positive reply. Better access would allow civilian aid organizations to deal with a humanitarian crisis that has pushed about 250,000 refugees out of Syria and affected at least 2.5 million people inside the country. ... Full Story Top Syria opposition to expand, improve organization, leader says Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Syria's main opposition body will expand to include more groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad, part of a reorganization aimed at making it more representative and effective, its leader said on Friday. Abdulbaset Sieda, leader of the Syrian National Council, said changes would include elections for his successor, to be held among a wider group of activists. He was responding to criticism from prominent member Basma Kodmani, who quit on Tuesday saying the SNC was divided internally and not up to the challenge of uniting opposition to Assad. ... Full Story Top Rebels say hold half of Aleppo despite air strikes Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - A local rebel commander in Aleppo said rebels still control more than half of Syria's biggest city after a month of fighting and aerial bombardment, and that the military stalemate was playing into the hands of President Bashar al-Assad's opponents. Assad sent reinforcements to the northern commercial hub in July to seize control back from rebel fighters who had swept into Aleppo from their rural strongholds, and authorities said the army's mission could be accomplished within days. ... Full Story Top Egypt says Syria's "oppressive regime" must go Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI/AMMAN (Reuters) - Egypt called on Thursday for intervention to halt bloodshed in Syria, telling a meeting of 120 nations it was their duty to stand against the "oppressive regime" of Bashar al-Assad, prompting a Syrian walkout. President Mohamed Mursi, elected two months ago after a popular uprising toppled Egypt's long-standing leader Hosni Mubarak, said Assad had lost legitimacy in his fight to crush a 17-month-old revolt in which 20,000 people have been killed. ... Full Story Top Civilians face dramatically worsening conditions in Syria Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian civilians' living conditions are worsening dramatically, as it becomes harder to obtain food and escape fighting which caused a record death toll of 1,600 in the past week, aid agencies said on Friday. The International Committee of the Red Cross, whose 50 aid workers in Syria are confined to Damascus because of the lack of security, has been unable to send out convoys with supplies for the past two weeks, ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan said. "The (humanitarian) situation in many parts of Syria is currently edging towards irreversible deterioration. ... Full Story Top Dozens feared dead in Guinea boat accident Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - CONAKRY (Reuters) - At least eight people were confirmed to have drowned and dozens more were feared dead after a boat carrying about 45 passengers capsized off the Guinean capital Conakry on Friday evening, authorities said. "We do not know yet the total number of deaths, but of the more than 45 passengers on board, there have been only a few survivors," said port official Fanyewa Soumah. The motorized wooden boat was ferrying passengers from Conakry to an island off the West African coast. Soumah said it was not clear why it had capsized. ... Full Story Top Thousands join peaceful Bahrain anti-government protest Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:06 PM PDT Reuters - ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people chanting anti-government slogans and holding up pictures of jailed activists took part on Friday in Bahrain's first authorized opposition protest since June. No clashes occurred at Friday's march along a 3-km (2-mile) stretch of a highway west of the capital of Manama. Protesters carried Bahraini flags and held up images of rights activist and protest leader Nabeel Rajab, calling for his release. Bahrain, where the U.S. ... Full Story Top Three dead in shooting at New Jersey grocery store Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:33 PM PDT Reuters - OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey (Reuters) - An employee at a suburban New Jersey supermarket opened fire in the store in the pre-dawn hours on Friday, killing two co-workers and then taking his own life, a prosecutor said. The 23-year-old shooter, identified as Terence S. Tyler by a police source, was on a night shift at the Pathmark grocery when he left the store about 3:30 a.m. EDT. He returned shortly after with an AK-47 automatic rifle and a handgun, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan told a news conference. ... Full Story Top Angolans vote peacefully despite anger over inequality Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolans voted on Friday in a one-sided election expected to prolong President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' nearly 33 years in power, but many citizens said they wanted to see a more equal share-out of wealth in Africa's second largest oil producer. Calls for better power, water, health and education services and demands for greater social equity were an insistent theme as voters cast their ballots peacefully in the seaside capital Luanda and across the southern African nation. ... Full Story Top Russia's Putin calls for Stalin-style "leap forward" Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT Reuters - NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) - Russia needs a "leap forward" to rejuvenate its sprawling defense industry, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, harkening back to the ambitious industrialization carried out by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the run-up to World War Two. "We should carry out the same powerful, all-embracing leap forward in modernization of the defense industry as the one carried out in the 1930s," Putin told his Security Council, without mentioning Stalin by name. ... Full Story Top Armenia says suspends Hungary ties in soldier row Fri,31 Aug 2012 12:28 PM PDT Reuters - YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia said it was suspending diplomatic relations with Hungary on Friday because it had allowed an Azeri soldier who killed an Armenian officer in 2004 to return home, where he was immediately pardoned and freed. "Hungarian authorities should understand that they have made a grave mistake," President Serzh Sarksyan told his Security Council in a statement posted on his website. "They de-facto made a deal with the Azeri authorities. ... Full Story Top U.S. drone strike kills 8 suspected militants: Yemeni officials Fri,31 Aug 2012 12:13 PM PDT Reuters - ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday in a remote part of Hadramout, a Yemeni official said, the third such strike in the eastern Yemeni province this week. Yemen's defense ministry said on its website that eight al Qaeda members were killed in an air strike on their vehicle in the isolated, desert district of Hawra. The local official, who declined to be named, said it was a drone strike. The men were heavily armed, carrying machine-guns and explosives, the ministry said. ... Full Story Top Mexico electoral tribunal confirms Pena Nieto as president-elect Fri,31 Aug 2012 12:09 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's electoral tribunal officially named centrist Enrique Pena Nieto as president-elect on Friday, ending a drawn-out dispute over the results of the July election. The 46-year-old former State of Mexico governor will be sworn in on December 1 and return the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to power after 12 years in opposition. The electoral tribunal on Thursday threw out a bid by leftist runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to annul the vote result after he accused the PRI of vote buying and money laundering. ... Full Story Top France's Hollande speeds launch of state investment bank Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:44 AM PDT Reuters - CHALONS-EN-CHAMPAGNE, France (Reuters) - France will launch a public investment bank within days to help cash-strapped companies obtain financing, President Francois Hollande said on Friday, bringing forward the date as his government speeds up efforts to fight a downturn. The bank, originally due to be launched in January of next year, is designed to support small- and medium-sized firms which are struggling to obtain financing from private lenders amid tight credit conditions. "A public investment bank will be created in the coming days," Hollande told journalists in north-eastern France. ... Full Story Top Cuba growing less food than 5 years ago despite agriculture reforms Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:31 AM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba is producing less food than it did five years ago despite efforts to increase agriculture production, the government reported on Friday. Some export crops and farm output aimed at substituting food imports registered minor gains, but overall output last year remained below 2007 levels, according to a report issued by the National Statistics Office (http://www.one.cu/aec2011/esp/20080618_tabla_cuadro.htm.). The government has also reported that food prices rose 20 percent in 2011. ... Full Story Top Two Afghan children beheaded in separate incidents Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:23 AM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - An adolescent boy and a young girl have been beheaded in two separate incidents in Afghanistan, local officials and police said on Friday, in the latest brazen attacks that have raised fresh questions about a splintering Taliban. A 12-year-old boy was kidnapped and killed in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, his severed head placed near his body to send a warning to police, said provincial governor spokesman Jawid Faisal. The brother of the boy, neither of whom were named by officials, was a member of the Afghan Local Police (ALP), a U.S. ... Full Story Top Former papal candidate, Milan archbishop Martini dies at 85 Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, former archbishop of Milan and a favorite of Vatican progressives to succeed Pope John Paul II in 2005, died on Friday aged 85, the Milan diocese said on its website. In a letter marking Martini's death, Pope Benedict remembered him as a "skilful teacher and preeminent biblical scholar," and recalled his dedication to Christian works. ... Full Story Top Analysis: Mexico's Pena Nieto to focus first on clean government Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:11 AM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Enrique Pena Nieto cast himself as an economic reformer to win the Mexican presidency but, after facing accusations of vote-rigging, his immediate focus is likely to be tackling his party's reputation for corruption. Pena Nieto is set to take office in December after the electoral tribunal on Thursday threw out a bid by leftist rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to annul the July 1 election. ... Full Story Top Argentina strikes back at U.S. in WTO beef row Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:54 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Argentina on Friday accused the United States of unfairly blocking imports of Argentine beef, ratcheting up trade tensions with its large neighbor to the north. The South American country is the world's third largest exporter of beef after Brazil and Australia. But it has been shut out of the United States for years because of restrictions imposed by Washington to block the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle. ... Full Story Top Canada Q2 growth tops G7 but government sees dangers Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty warned on Friday that Canadian economic growth may be set to weaken and undermine his budget projections even though second-quarter GDP data exceeded market expectations and was the strongest in the G7. Solid business investment in plant and equipment, along with inventory build-ups, helped Canada register annualized real growth of 1.8 percent in gross domestic product in the second quarter, data on Friday showed. That matched a recent Bank of Canada forecast and beat a market forecast of 1.6 percent. ... Full Story Top Guatemala's ex-police chief arrested in Geneva over murders Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:18 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss authorities said they had arrested Guatemala's former chief of police on Friday in connection with a series of murders committed in the Central American country between 2004 and 2007. Erwin Sperisen resigned in 2007 after eight murders raised fears that senior officials were linked to drug gangs. Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot said that Sperisen, who was arrested five years after criminal complaints were first lodged in the Swiss city for killings in Guatemala, will be questioned over his alleged role in the killing of prisoners at the El Infiernito and Pavon ... Full Story Top Ivorian opposition figure gets 6-month jail term Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:15 AM PDT Reuters - ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A court in Ivory Coast sentenced the number two of former president Laurent Gbagbo's political party to six months in prison on Friday, finding him guilty of disturbing the peace following a trial his lawyers claimed was politically motivated. A series of armed attacks on army and police installations this month has killed around 20 people, mainly soldiers, raising fears of renewed instability a year after a civil war in the world's top cocoa grower killed over 3,000 people. ... Full Story Top Russian killer wrote Pussy Riot on wall to fool police Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - A college teacher who confessed to killing two women in their Russian apartment says he scrawled "Free Pussy Riot" in blood on the wall to mislead investigators, police said on Friday. The initial hint that the killer was inspired by the jailed Pussy Riot punk band provoked new criticism by a Russian Orthodox Church official who said the group's supporters now had "blood on their conscience". But the police report said the crime was not inspired by the group or its protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral for which three band members were jailed. ... Full Story Top Major quake off Philippines causes panic but minor damage Fri,31 Aug 2012 09:55 AM PDT Reuters - MANILA (Reuters) - An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Friday killing one person, damaging roads and bridges and sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami, a politician and authorities said. The quake was centered off the east coast, 91 miles off the town of Guiuan in Samar province at a depth of about 20 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for much of the region, but cancelled it about two hours later. ... Full Story Top Former papal candidate and Milan archbishop Martini dies at 85 Fri,31 Aug 2012 09:24 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, former archbishop of Milan and a favorite of Vatican progressives to succeed Pope John Paul II in 2005, died on Friday aged 85, the Milan diocese said on its website. Martini retired on grounds of age in 2002 after 22 years as head of the diocese, revealing at the same time that he was suffering from a form of Parkinson's disease, which hurt his chances of becoming pope three years later. A Jesuit intellectual, Martini was reported to speak 11 languages. But his liberal opinions sometimes sent chills down the spines of Church conservatives. ... Full Story Top Sudan army clashes with rebels ahead of border talks Fri,31 Aug 2012 08:43 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels clashed with Sudanese government forces in the oil-producing border state of South Kordofan, both sides said on Friday, just days before Sudan and South Sudan are set to resume talks on securing their disputed and volatile frontier. South Sudan split away from Sudan last year under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war, but the two have remained at odds over a range of issues and conflict has continued to plague their borderlands. ... Full Story Top French business leaders lambast Hollande Fri,31 Aug 2012 08:32 AM PDT Reuters - JOUY-EN-JOSAS, France (Reuters) - French business leaders stepped up criticism of the new left-wing government on Friday, lamenting a perceived anti-corporate bias and lack of competitiveness, despite the prime minister's recent efforts to mollify them. The presidency of Socialist Francois Hollande, who has angered some in the corporate world for adopting what they say are "soak-the-rich" tax policies and anti-business rhetoric, came in for heavy scorn on the last day of the Medef business lobby's annual conference. ... Full Story Top South Sudan to move capital despite oil shutdown: minister Fri,31 Aug 2012 08:25 AM PDT Reuters - JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan will push ahead with a $10 billion plan to build a new capital despite losing nearly all its revenue when it shut oil production this year, a official said, a move that will dismay donors who see other priorities in the poor nation. Western diplomats had in the past said they hoped to persuade the war-ravaged country to drop the project and focus its limited resources on pulling its population out of poverty. South Sudan seceded from Sudan last year under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war. It is seen as one of the world's least developed countries. ... Full Story Top

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