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| U.S. says captures al Qaeda leader in Libya, also raids Somalia Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:22 PM PDT  By Mark Hosenball and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces launched raids in Libya and Somalia on Saturday, two weeks after the deadly Islamist attack on a Nairobi shopping mall, capturing a top al Qaeda figure wanted for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, U.S. officials said. The Pentagon said senior al Qaeda figure Anas al Liby was seized in the raid in Libya, but a U.S. official said the raid on the Somali town of Barawe failed to capture or kill the intended target from the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab movement. Liby, believed to be 49, has been under U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers, easing shutdown pain Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 06:24 PM PDT  By Phil Stewart and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall the vast majority of some 350,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the government shutdown, in a move that could greatly lessen the impact of the shutdown on America's armed forces. Civilian Pentagon employees comprise nearly half the 800,000 federal employees currently furloughed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suicide bombers target Iraq Shi'ites, killing 60 Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 02:10 PM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers targeted Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq on Saturday, killing 60 people on the eve of the anniversary of one of their imams' deaths, police and medics said on Saturday. In the northern city of Mosul, unidentified gunmen shot two Iraqi television journalists dead as they were filming, security sources said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for either of the bombings, but such attacks are the hallmark of Sunni Islamist al Qaeda, which views Shi'ites as non-believers and has been regaining momentum this year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Argentina's president to take month off for brain hematoma Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:12 PM PDT  By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has been told by doctors to take a month off because of a subdural hematoma on her brain, forcing her to abandon campaigning for important congressional elections taking place later this month. The 60-year-old president suffered trauma to the brain in August and had been given the all-clear at the time, her spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said, without elaborating. Vice President Amado Boudou cut short a journey to France to return to Argentina and take over the president's duties. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tropical Storm Karen drops to a depression off U.S. Gulf coast Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:37 PM PDT  By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Karen weakened to a depression as it hovered off the Louisiana coast on Saturday after earlier fears it would reach hurricane strength prompted the evacuation of some coastal areas and disrupted U.S. energy output in the Gulf of Mexico. Karen's top sustained winds dropped to 35 mph on Saturday night. That was down from 65 mph on Thursday and 50 mph on Friday, and National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami said Karen had lost its status as a tropical storm. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kenya says al Qaeda-trained Sudanese man helped lead mall attack Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 10:10 AM PDT  By James Macharia NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's government said a Sudanese man trained by al Qaeda was among the leaders of a raid on a Nairobi shopping mall in which at least 67 people were killed, the worst attack in the country in 15 years. Al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the assault two weeks ago on the Westgate center, saying it was an act of revenge for Kenya's military campaign in Somalia, but the identities of the gunmen have remained unclear. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt issues tough warning against anti-army protests Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 12:54 PM PDT  By Michael Georgy CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities said on Saturday anyone who protests against the army on Sunday when the country celebrates the anniversary of an attack on Israeli forces during the 1973 war will be regarded as agents of foreign powers. Presidential spokesman Ahmed al-Muslimani was speaking to the state news agency in anticipation of demonstrations by the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been staging protests against the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. open up five-point lead in Presidents Cup Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 06:28 PM PDT  By Mark Lamport-Stokes DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - The United States opened up a commanding five-point lead over the Internationals before play was suspended at the 10th Presidents Cup on Saturday with four matches yet to be completed after another day of foul weather. Needing 17-1/2 points to retain the trophy, the Americans ended a day of sporadic sunshine and occasionally heavy downpours leading the Internationals by 11-1/2 points to 6-1/2. ... Full Story | Top |
| Iran's Khamenei says part of diplomatic opening in New York 'not proper' Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 07:56 AM PDT  By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday he supported moderate President Hassan Rouhani's diplomatic opening to the United States at the U.N. General Assembly last week but some aspects of it were "not proper". Khamenei did not elaborate on his objections but also said he did not trust the United States as a negotiating partner, hinting at disapproval over an historic phone conversation between Rouhani and U.S. President Barack Obama. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tunisia's ruling Islamists start crisis talks with opposition Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 04:47 PM PDT  By Patrick Markey and Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ruling Islamists began talks with secular opponents on Saturday under a deal that calls for their government to step down and prepare elections to end months of political deadlock. The North African country, where an uprising two years ago began the "Arab Spring" revolts, has been in crisis since the July assassination of an opposition leader triggered street protests demanding the government's resignation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Memories of Facebook cloud Twitter's IPO Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 04:44 PM PDT  By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Facebook Inc was preparing to go public last year, the telephones at Granite Investment Advisors rang off the hook as clients called about the social media's company's highly anticipated debut. In stark contrast, the investment company has not fielded any calls about Twitter as of Friday morning. "Not a single call yet," said Tim Lesko, the principal at Granite Investment Advisors, who added that he himself will hold back until he sees a few more quarters of financial results. "We want to start seeing numbers," he said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hobbled Tropical Storm Karen hovers off U.S. Gulf Coast Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 04:47 PM PDT  By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A severely weakened Tropical Storm Karen crept toward the Louisiana coast on Saturday after earlier fears it would reach hurricane strength prompted the evacuation of some coastal areas and disrupted U.S. energy output in the Gulf of Mexico. Karen's top sustained were holding at 40 mph late Saturday afternoon. But that was down from 65 mph on Thursday and 50 mph on Friday, and National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami said data from an Air Force reconnaissance plane showed Karen could soon lose its status as a tropical storm. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. open up five-point lead in Presidents Cup Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 04:49 PM PDT  By Mark Lamport-Stokes DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - The United States opened up a commanding five-point lead over the Internationals when the third day of the Presidents Cup ended on Saturday with four matches still to be completed following another day of foul weather. Needing 17-1/2 points to retain the trophy, the Americans finished the day with 11-1/2 points to the International team's 6-1/2. The Internationals, in dire need of a resurgence before Sunday's concluding singles, did make some inroads late on Saturday before play was suspended at a soaked Muirfield Village because of fading light. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers, easing shutdown pain Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 02:26 PM PDT  By Phil Stewart and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall most of the roughly 400,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the government shutdown, in a move that could greatly lessen the impact of the shutdown on America's armed forces. The exact number to be recalled remained uncertain. Civilian Pentagon employees comprise about half the 800,000 federal employees currently furloughed. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. says captures al Qaeda leader in Libya, also raids Somalia Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 04:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces launched raids in Libya and Somalia on Saturday following the deadly attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last month, capturing a top al Qaeda figure wanted for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, a U.S. official said. Senior al Qaeda figure Anas al Liby was seized in the raid in Libya, but no militant was captured in the raid on the Somali town of Barawe, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brazil opposition leaders join forces against Rousseff Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 02:51 PM PDT  By Jeferson Ribeiro and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Two of Brazil's most popular opposition leaders joined forces on Saturday in an unexpected alliance that shakes up next year's election and could pose a major challenge to President Dilma Rousseff at a time when the economy is sputtering. Marina Silva, a colorful former environment minister who was running second in polls for next year's presidential vote, said she was setting aside her own presidential ambitions to join the center-left PSB Party and support its candidate, Pernambuco state Governor Eduardo Campos. ... Full Story | Top |
| Somali militants say Western forces raid base and kill fighter Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 02:15 PM PDT By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali al Shabaab militants said on Saturday British and Turkish special forces had raided a coastal town overnight, killing a rebel fighter, but that a British officer had also been killed and others wounded. A British Defence Ministry spokeswoman said: "We are not aware of any British involvement in this at all." A Turkish Foreign Ministry official denied any Turkish part in such an action. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kerry calls government shutdown a brief disruption Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 01:47 AM PDT  By Lesley Wroughton NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The partial shutdown of the U.S. government, which entered its fifth day on Saturday, is a "momentary episode" and does not change the U.S. commitment to Asia or elsewhere, Secretary of State John Kerry said. Kerry is acting as stand-in for President Barack Obama who canceled a tour of Asia, including a visit to the Indonesian resort island of Bali for a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders, because of the stalemate in Washington. "Do not mistake this momentary episode in American politics as anything more than a moment of politics. ... Full Story | Top |
| Upper Midwest struck by unusual autumn tornadoes, snowstorm Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:36 PM PDT  By Greg McCune CHICAGO (Reuters) - The upper Midwest was recovering on Saturday from an unusual autumn wallop from a fierce snowstorm that trapped dozens of people in vehicles in western South Dakota and a swarm of tornadoes that left at least 15 people injured in rural Nebraska and Iowa. More than 80 motorists remained stranded in western South Dakota after a blizzard rolled out of the Rocky Mountains and dumped up to three feet of snow on parts of the Northern Plains. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pentagon recalls most civilian defense employees idled by shutdown Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:16 PM PDT  By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall the vast majority of around 350,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the U.S. government shutdown, a move that could greatly lessen the impact of Washington infighting on the U.S. armed forces. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said a legal review of the "Pay Our Military Act," signed by President Barack Obama on Monday on the eve of the shutdown, would allow him to bring most civilians back to work next week. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former NYPD sergeant questions sister's killing by police in Washington Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 01:35 AM PDT  By Edward Upright NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police in Washington could have avoided shooting dead a woman pursued by officers in a car chase that led to the lockdown of the Capitol this week, the driver's sister, former New York police sergeant Valarie Carey, said late on Friday. The family of Miriam Carey, whose one-year-old daughter Erica was in the car with her during the encounter with police on Thursday, has said she suffered from post-partum depression. ... Full Story | Top |
| Disabled Chinese rights lawyer freed, vows to sue police Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 09:17 AM PDT  By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - A disabled Chinese rights lawyer whose imprisonment stirred international concern said on Saturday she had been released after serving her two and a half year sentence and pledged to sue the police as well as pursue redress for her case. Ni Yulan, who is renowned for defending people evicted from their homes, was sentenced to two years and eight month in prison in April 2012 for causing a disturbance and fraud. Activists contend the charges were trumped up in an effort to silence her. ... Full Story | Top |
| Midwest surveys damage from rare autumn tornadoes Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:12 PM PDT By Greg McCune (Reuters) - With daylight on Saturday, emergency responders began assessing the destruction from a series of more than a dozen rare autumn tornadoes that caused injuries and significant damage in rural areas of Iowa and Nebraska. The National Weather Service received 18 reports of tornadoes touching down in the two states on Friday night, including one or more that were a mile wide. The two hardest hit areas were Wayne County, Nebraska, and Woodbury County, Iowa, local officials said. ... Full Story | Top |
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