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Monday, August 6, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Reuters World News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Sikh temple gunman was ex-soldier linked to racist group Manila's Aquino crosses one hurdle in pushing contraceptive bill Guatemalan court orders extradition of suspected drug kingpin Mars rover landing "miracle of engineering," scientists say Ernesto strengthens, takes aim at Mexico's Yucatan White House says Assad losing his grip on power Entrepreneurs serving Afghan expats see good times ending Standard Chartered may lose NY license over Iran ties Head-on collision kills 16 in northern Mexico Flash, boom, New Zealand volcano roars to life Egypt vows crackdown on "infidels" after border massacre Syria premier defects to opposition Jamaica celebrates 50th anniversary to mixed reviews Villain or scapegoat? Gu Kailai faces trial in China Six dead in pre-dawn raid on Ivory Coast military camp Enbridge to restart Line 14 on Tuesday Blast kills four in Russia's volatile Chechnya France to hunt sharks after Reunion island attacks Egypt's Brotherhood says Mossad behind Sinai attack Israel dismisses accusation of involvement in Egypt attack Sinai spree prods Hamas to act against Gaza jihadis Greece to sell gas firm, grid operator this year: source Four killed, police station attacked in Sudan's Darfur UK coalition in crisis over parliamentary reform Israel backtracks on tax hike to secure austerity package approval "Super volcano", global danger, lurks near Pompeii Sudan says to resume South Sudan talks on August 26 Sri Lanka denies release of 37 Chinese fishermen Twitter user sends hoax message on Assad's health International rights groups seek access to monitor Saudi courts Yemen seizes six militants in suicide bomb town Syrian rebels: govenment attack kills 3 Iranian captives Syrian cabinet meets, all ministers attend: information minister Swazi king chides West for "regime change" hopes Russia denies issuing statement on Assad health U.N. concerned about plight of civilians in Syria's Aleppo Pipeline blast stops Iraq oil flow to Turkey Iran plans to host meeting on Syria Malian youth, Islamists clash over planned amputation Romania PM reshuffles government, central bank warns on budget Sikh temple gunman was ex-soldier linked to racist group Mon,6 Aug 2012 07:33 PM PDT Reuters - OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (Reuters) - The gunman who killed six worshipers at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin was identified as a 40-year-old U.S. Army veteran and authorities said they were investigating possible links to white supremacist groups and his membership in skinhead rock bands. The assailant, shot dead by police at the scene on Sunday, was identified as Wade Michael Page. He served as a soldier in the Army from 1992 to 1998, said police chief John Edwards in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek where the 400-member temple is located. ... Full Story Top Manila's Aquino crosses one hurdle in pushing contraceptive bill Mon,6 Aug 2012 07:30 PM PDT Reuters - MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine lawmakers have agreed to suspend debate on a health bill promoting state-funded contraception and speed up its passage in Congress after President Benigno Aquino urged them to adopt the measure opposed by the powerful Roman Catholic church. The lawmakers approved a motion to end debate on the bill by a voice vote late on Monday. Earlier in the day, Aquino told about 180 legislators that the debates that have delayed the reform over the last 17 months must end. ... Full Story Top Guatemalan court orders extradition of suspected drug kingpin Mon,6 Aug 2012 07:25 PM PDT Reuters - GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan court decided on Monday to extradite a 72-year-old suspected drug trafficker to the United States because of his alleged ties to Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel. Waldemar Lorenzana, who has said he is innocent, was arrested last year while driving in the town of El Jicaro, 40 miles northeast of Guatemala City. Authorities accuse Lorenzana of running a large cocaine smuggling racket for the Sinaloa Cartel, pushing drug shipments from Colombia to the United States. The U.S. ... Full Story Top Mars rover landing "miracle of engineering," scientists say Mon,6 Aug 2012 06:55 PM PDT Reuters - PASADENA, California (Reuters) - NASA scientists hailed the Mars rover Curiosity's flawless descent and landing as a "miracle of engineering" on Monday as they scanned early images of an ancient crater that may hold clues about whether life took hold on Earth's planetary cousin. The one-ton, six-wheeled laboratory nailed an intricate and risky touchdown late on Sunday, much to the relief and joy of scientists and engineers eager to conduct NASA's first astrobiology mission since the 1970s Viking probes. ... Full Story Top Ernesto strengthens, takes aim at Mexico's Yucatan Mon,6 Aug 2012 06:24 PM PDT Reuters - TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ernesto picked up speed in the western Caribbean on Monday as it moved toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, dousing Honduras and Belize on its way. U.S. forecasters said Ernesto had top sustained winds of 65 miles per hour on Monday afternoon and could cross the 74 mph threshold to become a hurricane by Tuesday morning. Hurricane warnings were issued for part of the Yucatan's east coast and the entire coast of Belize. Tropical storm watches and warnings were in effect for other parts of the Yucatan, Honduras and the Bay Islands. ... Full Story Top White House says Assad losing his grip on power Mon,6 Aug 2012 05:57 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday the defection of Syria's prime minister showed that President Bashar al-Assad's government was "crumbling from within" and repeated the U.S. call for him to step aside and end the violence gripping the country. "This is a sign that Assad's grip on power is loosening. If he cannot maintain cohesion within his own inner circle, it reflects on his inability to maintain any following among the Syrian people that isn't brought about at the point of a gun," White House spokesman Jay Carney told a news briefing. ... Full Story Top Entrepreneurs serving Afghan expats see good times ending Mon,6 Aug 2012 05:01 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Behind high villa walls in Kabul's heavily guarded diplomatic district, restaurant owner Saju D'Cruz sits in a sun-washed courtyard and gives himself two more years in a country he has called home for a decade. Like many other entrepreneurs in an Afghanistan bracing for an exodus of foreign troops and aid workers in two years, D'Cruz thinks business can only get worse at his popular Namaste Indian restaurant, as expat customers vanish. "Our customer base has decreased already. ... Full Story Top Standard Chartered may lose NY license over Iran ties Mon,6 Aug 2012 04:52 PM PDT Reuters - (Please be advised that paragraph 6 contains reference to language some readers may find offensive) NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a rare move, New York's top bank regulator threatened to strip the state banking license of Standard Chartered Plc, saying it was a "rogue institution" that hid $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran, in violation of U.S. law. ... Full Story Top Head-on collision kills 16 in northern Mexico Mon,6 Aug 2012 04:13 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Sixteen people died Monday in the northern Mexican state of Sonora when a tractor-trailer collided head-on with a pickup truck filled with passengers, an official with the state government said. The collision occurred on the Caborca-Sonoyta state highway when the Ford pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic, crashing into the Kenworth tractor-trailer. Upon impact, the pickup truck burst into flames, killing 14 people inside the vehicle, according to Sandra Hurtado, a spokeswoman with the Sonora state police. ... Full Story Top Flash, boom, New Zealand volcano roars to life Mon,6 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand volcano dormant for more than a century has spewed boulders and spread an ash cloud over the center of the country, disrupting air traffic but causing no other damage or injuries. Mount Tongariro, one of three volcanic peaks in the central North Island, roared into life late on Monday night, as craters on the mountain located in a national park near popular hot springs, exploded with bright flashes and thunderous booms. ... Full Story Top Egypt vows crackdown on "infidels" after border massacre Mon,6 Aug 2012 03:31 PM PDT Reuters - RAFAH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt branded Islamist gunmen who killed 16 police near the Israeli border as "infidels" and promised on Monday to launch a crackdown following the massacre that has strained Cairo's ties with both Israel and Palestinians. An Egyptian official said insurgents crossed into Egypt from the Gaza Strip before attacking the border station on Sunday. They then stole two vehicles and headed to nearby Israel, where they were eventually killed by Israeli fire. ... Full Story Top Syria premier defects to opposition Mon,6 Aug 2012 03:12 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces pressed on with their offensive against rebels in the largest city Aleppo after the prime minister fled the country, denouncing the "terrorist regime" of Bashar al-Assad. The defection of Riyad Hijab - who like most of the opposition hails from the Sunni Muslim majority - was a further sign of the isolation of Assad's government around an inner core of powerful members of his minority Alawite sect. ... Full Story Top Jamaica celebrates 50th anniversary to mixed reviews Mon,6 Aug 2012 02:21 PM PDT Reuters - KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - The timing could hardly have been better, with Jamaicans celebrating the 50th anniversary of their independence from Britain on Monday on the heels of a stunning display of the Caribbean island's athletic prowess at the London Olympics. Monday was a national holiday in Jamaica to mark the anniversary, and it was just as well since many celebrated late into the night after the country's sprinters captured four out of the six medals in the men's and women's 100 meters finals, winning gold in both races as well as a silver and a bronze. ... Full Story Top Villain or scapegoat? Gu Kailai faces trial in China Mon,6 Aug 2012 02:10 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Cold-blooded killer or scapegoat, China's Lady MacBeth or over-protective mother -- Gu Kailai remains an enigma as she is tried for murder in a case that has shaken the ruling Communist Party and placed its secretive world of political privilege under intense scrutiny. The wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai will be tried this week in the central city of Hefei. There's little doubt a pliant court will find her guilty of murdering Neil Heywood, the British businessman who helped get her son into Harrow, the exclusive boarding school, and then into Oxford University. ... Full Story Top Six dead in pre-dawn raid on Ivory Coast military camp Mon,6 Aug 2012 02:03 PM PDT Reuters - ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Gunmen killed five soldiers and seized weapons in a pre-dawn raid on an army camp in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan on Monday, military officials said, heightening fears of renewed instability in the world's top cocoa-growing country. The West African state, where five soldiers were killed in a similar attack on a police station and army roadblock in another part of Abidjan only the day before, is emerging from years of political turmoil but remains awash with illegal weapons. ... Full Story Top Enbridge to restart Line 14 on Tuesday Mon,6 Aug 2012 01:51 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc plans to restart on Tuesday a pipeline that leaked more than 1,000 barrels of crude onto a Wisconsin field after receiving the greenlight from U.S. regulators. U.S. pipeline regulators last week issued Enbridge a corrective action order, calling for measures to be taken before it would allow the resumption of flows along Line 14, which was halted after a leak was discovered on July 27. ... Full Story Top Blast kills four in Russia's volatile Chechnya Mon,6 Aug 2012 01:32 PM PDT Reuters - GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - A suicide bomb blast that killed at least four soldiers and injured three other people in the capital of Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Monday may have been organized by an Islamist militant group headed by two brothers, a regional official said. The explosion, which Interfax news agency said happened as the soldiers left an armored vehicle near their garrison quarters, shattered the fragile peace of the broader North Caucasus region, where militants trying to create an Islamist state still use violence daily. ... Full Story Top France to hunt sharks after Reunion island attacks Mon,6 Aug 2012 12:43 PM PDT Reuters - SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION, France (Reuters) - France will hire professional fishermen to kill some 20 sharks off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion this week in an effort to understand the reasons for a series of attacks in the surfing hotspot. Two surfers have been attacked by sharks within a week. One narrowly survived the loss of a hand and a foot in a mauling on Sunday while the other died from his injuries last Monday. ... Full Story Top Egypt's Brotherhood says Mossad behind Sinai attack Mon,6 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on its website that the attack on a police station in Sinai on Sunday in which 16 policemen were killed "can be attributed to Mossad" and was an attempt to thwart Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. The statement said Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, was trying to abort the Egyptian uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak last year and that it was "imperative to review clauses" of the agreement between Egypt and Israel. ... Full Story Top Israel dismisses accusation of involvement in Egypt attack Mon,6 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Monday dismissed a claim by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood that it was in any way involved in a deadly attack on a police station in Sinai a day earlier in which 16 policemen were killed. "Even the person who says this when he looks at himself in the mirror does not believe the nonsense he is uttering," Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said. The Muslim Brotherhood had said that the attack "can be attributed to Mossad", referring to the Israeli intelligence agency. (Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Michael Roddy) Full Story Top Sinai spree prods Hamas to act against Gaza jihadis Mon,6 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT Reuters - GAZA (Reuters) - Tensions between Hamas and Gaza's more radical Islamists were strained to breaking point by a gun attack in Egypt blamed in part on infiltrators from the Palestinian enclave. Hamas, once hopeful of building an alliance with Egypt now ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood, its ideological kin, and of ending the blockade on the Gaza Strip, is now under pressure to show it can bring Salafi militants under control. ... Full Story Top Greece to sell gas firm, grid operator this year: source Mon,6 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece wants binding bids for its state-owned natural gas company and gas grid operator by the end of September and hopes to complete their sale in late autumn as it revives its privatization drive, a government official told Reuters on Monday. Hoping to regain credibility with international lenders keeping Greece afloat, the new conservative-led government has made speeding up privatizations a priority but has admitted delays from repeat elections in May and June. ... Full Story Top Four killed, police station attacked in Sudan's Darfur Mon,6 Aug 2012 12:03 PM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Four people were killed when gunmen looted a market and set fire to a police station during several days of violence in Sudan's Darfur region, international peacekeepers said on Monday. Mainly non-Arab rebels took up arms in Darfur in 2003, complaining the central government in Khartoum had neglected the remote western region. Violence has since subsided from its peak, but law and order has collapsed in many parts of the vast territory and clashes have continued to erupt between rebels and government forces. ... Full Story Top UK coalition in crisis over parliamentary reform Mon,6 Aug 2012 11:56 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's coalition government suffered its worst crisis to date on Monday when the junior partner in the two-party administration rebelled after its ally in power, the Conservatives, killed its plans to reform the House of Lords. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, said the coalition formed in 2010 had now entered new territory, though he said he would not bring down the government by withdrawing his party's overall support. ... Full Story Top Israel backtracks on tax hike to secure austerity package approval Mon,6 Aug 2012 11:39 AM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's parliament gave final approval to a package of unpopular tax hikes aimed at reining in the budget deficit on Monday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backtracked on a planned income tax hike for middle-income earners. To ensure support for the austerity package, Netanyahu on Monday scaled back a planned 1 percentage point income tax increase on those earning more than the average salary of 8,881 shekels ($2,231) a month from 2013, saying the increase would now not apply to those earning less than 14,000 shekels a month. ... Full Story Top "Super volcano", global danger, lurks near Pompeii Mon,6 Aug 2012 11:26 AM PDT Reuters - POZZUOLI, Italy (Reuters) - Across the bay of Naples from Pompeii, where thousands were incinerated by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, lies a hidden "super volcano" that could kill millions in a catastrophe many times worse, scientists say. The boiling mud and sulphurous steam holes of the area west of Naples known as the Campi Flegrei or Phlegraean Fields, from the Greek word for burning, are a major tourist attraction. ... Full Story Top Sudan says to resume South Sudan talks on August 26 Mon,6 Aug 2012 11:05 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will resume talks with South Sudan on August 26 to resolve remaining conflicts after reaching an interim oil agreement, the Sudanese state news agency SUNA said on Monday. On Friday, the arch-adversaries reached an interim deal on how much South Sudan should pay to export its crude via Sudan, ending a row that led to the shutdown of southern oil production in January. Oil is the lifeline for both economies. The accord marked a step forward towards ending hostilities between the nations that came close to outright war after border fighting flared in April. ... Full Story Top Sri Lanka denies release of 37 Chinese fishermen Mon,6 Aug 2012 10:49 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING/COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's navy said on Monday it was still holding 37 Chinese fishermen to appear in court on charges of fishing within its waters, contradicting a report by China's Xinhua state news agency that they had been released. Sri Lanka arrested the fishermen on Sunday night for fishing in Sri Lankan waters. They were aboard two trawlers off the country's east coast town of Batticaloa, Xinhua said. "They are in our custody and they have not been released yet," Sri Lankan Navy spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya told Reuters. ... Full Story Top Twitter user sends hoax message on Assad's health Mon,6 Aug 2012 10:47 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Twitter user sent a hoax message on Monday that quoted Russia's ambassador to Damascus as saying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have been killed, forcing Russian officials to quickly deny the report. A user on the social networking site apparently pretending to be Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev quoted the envoy, Sergei Kirpichenko, as saying Assad "has been killed or injured." The ministry and the embassy denied the veracity of the report and a message later appeared on the same Twitter account saying "this account is a hoax. ... Full Story Top International rights groups seek access to monitor Saudi courts Mon,6 Aug 2012 10:43 AM PDT Reuters - JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - International human rights groups have asked Saudi Arabia for permission to observe the court cases of four rights activists in a country they have accused of conducting unfair trials. Saudi lawyer Walid Abu al-Khair, writer Mikhlif al-Shammari, and professors and rights advocates Abdullah al-Hamid and Mohammad al-Qahtani face charges that include tarnishing the reputation of the state, cooperating with international rights organizations and encouraging protests, according to court documents seen by Reuters. ... Full Story Top Yemen seizes six militants in suicide bomb town Mon,6 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemeni security forces seized six suspected Islamist militants on Monday in a flashpoint town where a suicide bomber killed 45 people last week, a security source said. The suspected members of the Ansar al-Sharia group, were taken from a building in the southern town of Jaar in possession of explosives and other equipment used for suicide bombs, the source said. ... Full Story Top Syrian rebels: govenment attack kills 3 Iranian captives Mon,6 Aug 2012 09:42 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said three Iranian captives were killed on Monday during an air attack in Damascus province by government forces, and threatened to kill the remaining Iranians in their custody unless the army stopped its attack. "They were killed when the aircraft attacked. One of the houses they were in collapsed over their heads," rebel spokesman Moutassam al-Ahmad told Reuters. "We will kill the rest if the army does not stop its assault. They have one hour." Ahmad said that a number of rebels were also killed in the attack. "Our losses are bigger than theirs. ... Full Story Top Syrian cabinet meets, all ministers attend: information minister Mon,6 Aug 2012 09:15 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's cabinet met briefly on Monday under caretaker Prime Minister Omar Ghalawanji in a session attended by all ministers, Information Minister Omran Zoabi said. Responding to claims by the opposition Syrian National Council that two ministers had defected along with former prime minister Riyad Hijab, he told Syrian television: "The meeting ... was attended by all ministers. There is no truth at all in what is spread about some of the ministers." Syrian television showed footage of the cabinet meeting. (by Dominic Evans, editing by Tim Pearce) Full Story Top Swazi king chides West for "regime change" hopes Mon,6 Aug 2012 09:07 AM PDT Reuters - MBABANE (Reuters) - King Mswati III of Swaziland taunted the West and his domestic political opponents on Monday, saying their dreams of a popular uprising in Africa's last absolute monarchy would not be realized. "Some from the Western world have been waiting patiently and nursing hopes that the people of Swaziland will revolt and bring about regime change," the polygamous, UK-educated monarch told a rare public meeting in the impoverished southern African nation. ... Full Story Top Russia denies issuing statement on Assad health Mon,6 Aug 2012 08:33 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Interior Ministry denied on Monday issuing any statement via Twitter on the health of Syrian President Bashar al-Assed, dismissing the validity of a tweeted message that had suggested the Syrian leader might have been killed. An Interior Ministry spokesman denied any knowledge of a Twitter account bearing the name of the interior minister on which a message was sent quoting Russia's ambassador to Syria as saying Assad might have been killed or wounded. The Russian embassy in Damascus said it could not comment on the report. (by Melissa Akin, editing by Tim Pearce) Full Story Top U.N. concerned about plight of civilians in Syria's Aleppo Mon,6 Aug 2012 08:29 AM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. observer mission in Syria on Monday said he was seriously worried about the escalating violence in the country, above all the situation in the besieged city of Aleppo. "I am extremely concerned about the continued violence in Syria, in particular the significant deterioration in Aleppo and its impact on the civilian population," Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, interim head of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria, said in a statement. ... Full Story Top Pipeline blast stops Iraq oil flow to Turkey Mon,6 Aug 2012 07:59 AM PDT Reuters - ANKARA (Reuters) - An explosion overnight on a pipeline carrying about a quarter of Iraqi crude exports from oilfields near the city of Kirkuk has knocked out flows and repairs are expected to take up to 10 days, Turkish Energy Ministry officials said on Monday. Exports at the terminus in Ceyhan on Turkey's Mediterranean coast were unaffected because of reserves that were held at the port, a source at the Iraqi North Oil Company said. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was behind the attack, according to Firat News, which is close to the rebels. ... Full Story Top Iran plans to host meeting on Syria Mon,6 Aug 2012 07:58 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran, a close ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, plans to host a meeting of regional and other countries this week on ways to resolve the country's conflict, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. However, only countries with a "realistic" stance on the conflict will be invited to the meeting on Thursday, IRNA quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian as saying. ... Full Story Top Malian youth, Islamists clash over planned amputation Mon,6 Aug 2012 07:46 AM PDT Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian youths clashed with ruling Islamists in the city of Gao in a protest against the planned punishment by amputation of a suspected robber and the beating of a journalist covering the demonstration, local residents said. The unrest followed the fatal stoning by Islamists of a couple accused of adultery and pointed to growing resistance to the imposition of sharia (Islamic law) by Islamist gunmen, some of whom are linked to al Qaeda, in control of Mali's north. ... Full Story Top Romania PM reshuffles government, central bank warns on budget Mon,6 Aug 2012 07:30 AM PDT Reuters - BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta reshuffled his cabinet on Monday after his interior minister quit, and the central bank governor warned that Ponta's feud with the president could weaken the leu and make it hard to finance the budget. Ponta's Social Liberal Union (USL) is embroiled in a battle to oust suspended President Traian Basescu that has stalled policymaking, drawn criticism from abroad and raised concerns over Romania's IMF-led aid deal. ... Full Story Top

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