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News: At least 36 dead after Hong Kong ferry sinks following collision Analysis: Obama, Netanyahu got what they hoped for at U.N. meeting Colombian president to have surgery for prostate cancer Factbox: Key facts about Colombian President Santos Georgian opposition celebrates as both sides see victory British opposition pitches class at "posh boy" PM Kin of Colorado theater victims want guns discussed in presidential debate Moroccan court upholds jail time for terrorism suspect Ahead of debate, Romney calls Obama weak on foreign policy Colombian president says to have prostate cancer surgery Mexican leftists free 80 prisoners in anger at vote loss Once-reclusive billionaire eyes power in Georgia Geopolitics, resources put maritime disputes back on map At least 25 dead after Hong Kong ferry sinks Wrecked ship's owners settle New Zealand claims Georgian opposition leader predicts election victory Undersea 6.2 magnitude quake strikes off northeast Japan Korea peninsula could face "thermonuclear war," North tells U.N. At least 14 killed in suicide attack on NATO patrol in Afghanistan Kenyan police post targeted, al Shabaab suspected Exclusive: Spain ready for bailout, Germany signals "wait"- sources Venezuela's Capriles vows to help Colombian peace talks Canadian parliament to debate motion on CNOOC bid for Nexen Iran rial plunges as Western sanctions bite U.S. says Iran economy under strain, urges new nuclear policy Fighting spreads in Aleppo Old City, Syrian gem Nigeria's Boko Haram says no peace talks, spokesman arrested Haiti plastics ban gets mixed reaction from cost-conscious poor Guantanamo detainee having tough time back in Canada: lawyer U.S. tells Rwanda to denounce Congo M23 rebels EU states lagging in aid transparency: watchdog Eight dead, dozen missing after Hong Kong ferry sinks 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits off Mexico's Pacific coast: USGS NATO-led forces resume most joint Afghan operations Leftist rival says Germany has lost direction under Merkel More than a dozen missing after Hong Kong ferry sinks South Africa mine bosses talk tough with strikers Syria accuses U.S., France of arming, funding "terrorists" Russian court adjourns punk band appeal hearing Ukraine's Tymoshenko says to return to jail, but officials deny At least 36 dead after Hong Kong ferry sinks following collision Mon,1 Oct 2012 10:16 PM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - At least 36 people died and dozens were injured when a ferry carrying more than 120 revelers on a company outing collided with another ferry and sank near an island south of Hong Kong on Monday night, in one of the city's worst maritime accidents. The ferry belonging to the Hongkong Electric Company, controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, was taking staff and family members to watch fireworks in the city's Victoria Harbour to celebrate China's National Day and mid-autumn festival when it hit the other ship and began sinking near Lamma island. ... Full Story Top Analysis: Obama, Netanyahu got what they hoped for at U.N. meeting Mon,1 Oct 2012 08:09 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to get what they hoped for at the annual U.N. General Assembly after closing ranks to send a message to Iran that it may face war over its nuclear program. Obama and Netanyahu did not meet with each other at the United Nations, where leaders and foreign ministers from the world body's 193 member states have gathered since last week to give speeches and hold private talks to resolve conflicts and boost trade. But the two men left the U.N. ... Full Story Top Colombian president to have surgery for prostate cancer Mon,1 Oct 2012 07:59 PM PDT Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday he would undergo surgery for a non-aggressive prostate cancer in a health scare that seemed unlikely to derail his government's imminent talks with Marxist rebels to end decades of war. Santos, 61, said the tumor was discovered as part of a routine checkup and will be removed on Wednesday. "It's a small tumor located on the prostate gland and it's a good prognosis. It's not aggressive," he said at the presidential palace in Bogota, flanked by his doctor and his wife. "There's a 97 percent chance of being totally cured. ... Full Story Top Factbox: Key facts about Colombian President Santos Mon,1 Oct 2012 07:03 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is to be operated on Wednesday for a small cancerous tumor in the prostate. Here are some facts about Santos: * Born into one of Colombia's most powerful families, Santos is the consummate political insider. His great uncle, Eduardo Santos, served as president. A cousin was a vice president. Before moving into politics, Santos was an editor at the country's leading newspaper, El Tiempo, once owned by his family. ... Full Story Top Georgian opposition celebrates as both sides see victory Mon,1 Oct 2012 06:15 PM PDT Reuters - TBILISI (Reuters) - An opposition coalition led by a billionaire tycoon claimed victory in a parliamentary election in Georgia and initial results released on Tuesday put it ahead of President Mikheil Saakashvili's ruling party in the former Soviet republic. Thousands of supporters of the Georgian Dream coalition celebrated in the streets of the capital Tbilisi after the election on Monday, sounding car horns and carrying blue party banners and red-on-white national flags over their heads. ... Full Story Top British opposition pitches class at "posh boy" PM Mon,1 Oct 2012 06:03 PM PDT Reuters - MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - British opposition leader Ed Miliband will cast himself as a humble man of the people on Tuesday in a bid to underscore Prime Minister David Cameron's image as a privileged 'posh boy' whose government is out of touch with voters. Miliband, who is betting voters will punish the coalition government for the recession and hand Labour power in the 2015 election, is grappling with polls which show he is less popular than his own party or seen as a worse leader than Cameron. ... Full Story Top Kin of Colorado theater victims want guns discussed in presidential debate Mon,1 Oct 2012 05:32 PM PDT Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - Relatives of victims of a Colorado movie theater shooting rampage demanded on Monday that President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney address gun violence in their first presidential debate this week in Denver. In a letter to debate moderator Jim Lehrer, relatives of eight of the 12 people who died at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in July urged him to ask the men who want to lead the country about mass shootings in Colorado at Wednesday night's debate. "To ignore the problem of gun violence where two of the worst shootings in U.S. ... Full Story Top Moroccan court upholds jail time for terrorism suspect Mon,1 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT Reuters - RABAT (Reuters) - A Moroccan appeal court on Monday upheld the conviction of a dual Belgian-Moroccan national for terrorism charges that included plotting to train militants in Algeria, in a case that revived allegations about the use of torture to extract confessions. The court of appeal in Rabat's twin city, Sale, sentenced Ali Aarrass to 12 years in prison, reducing by three years an earlier sentence against him in November 2011, said Nicholas Cohen, one of his lawyers. "The masquerade continues," Cohen told Reuters after attending the trial in Sale. ... Full Story Top Ahead of debate, Romney calls Obama weak on foreign policy Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:59 PM PDT Reuters - BURLINGTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Republican challenger Mitt Romney launched a fresh attempt on Monday to paint President Barack Obama as weak on foreign policy, saying he has let U.S. leadership atrophy, while the two candidates prepared for Wednesday's critical first debate. Romney's aides said the weak U.S. economy remains his chief priority heading into the November 6 election, but the Democratic president's handling of national security is also fair game. ... Full Story Top Colombian president says to have prostate cancer surgery Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:57 PM PDT Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday that he would undergo surgery for non-aggressive prostate cancer and that the tumor was caught "in time". "It's a small tumor located on the prostate gland and it's a good prognosis, it's not aggressive," he said in an address to the nation. (Reporting by Eduardo Garcia and Jack Kimball) Full Story Top Mexican leftists free 80 prisoners in anger at vote loss Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:55 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Supporters of a Mexican leftist party, angry at losing a local election, went on the rampage and set 80 prisoners free from a detention center in the southern state of Chiapas. Activists from the Party of the Democratic Revolution also set fire to the town hall in the town of Motozintla, near Mexico's border with Guatemala, in the rampage on Sunday, said Chiapas state interior minister Noe Castanon. ... Full Story Top Once-reclusive billionaire eyes power in Georgia Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:51 PM PDT Reuters - TBILISI (Reuters) - Until a year ago, few people in Georgia knew what billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili looked like. The 56-year-old tycoon was best known in the former Soviet republic as a free-spending philanthropist with a spectacular home overlooking Tbilisi, and for keeping penguins, kangaroos and lemurs at a private zoo at another home outside the capital. But he hated publicity and avoided photographers. When he bought Pablo Picasso's "Dora Maar au Chat" for $95. ... Full Story Top Geopolitics, resources put maritime disputes back on map Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:33 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Small and occupied largely by seabirds, goats and a unique indigenous species of mole, the islands named Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China have long been largely ignored. But as rising powers face off against each other in a battle not just for influence but also vital resources, such disputed islets, reefs, and areas of seabed are swiftly growing in importance; and not just in Asia. ... Full Story Top At least 25 dead after Hong Kong ferry sinks Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:31 PM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - At least 25 people died after a Hong Kong ferry packed with more than 120 people collided with another ferry and sank near Lamma island on Monday night in one of the city's worst maritime accidents. Low visibility hampered rescue efforts, with many passengers trapped in the flooded upturned ferry before it sank, said survivors. Nine people suffered serious injuries or remain in a critical condition, the government said in a statement. The accident occurred on Monday night in the waters off Lamma, an island south of Hong Kong popular with tourists and expatriates. ... Full Story Top Wrecked ship's owners settle New Zealand claims Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The owners of a ship which smashed into a reef off a popular New Zealand holiday spot causing the country's worst environmental disaster in decades have reached a multi-million dollar settlement with authorities, the government said on Tuesday. Daina Shipping, a unit of Greece's Costamare Inc., will contribute NZ$27.6 million ($22.8 million) to the government's costs over the grounding of the company's 47,230-tonne Liberian-flagged Rena on a reef a year ago. ... Full Story Top Georgian opposition leader predicts election victory Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili said he believed his opposition coalition had won a parliamentary election on Monday, despite the ruling party's own claim of victory. Shortly after a spokeswoman for President Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement said the ruling party would have a majority in the 150-seat parliament, Ivanishvili said he expected his Georgian Dream to win at least 100 seats. The rival claims could open the way to a post-election standoff. ... Full Story Top Undersea 6.2 magnitude quake strikes off northeast Japan Mon,1 Oct 2012 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - SYDNEY (Reuters) - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake was centered 96 km (60 miles) east-northeast off Miyako at a depth of 9.7 km (6.0 miles). The was no immediate tsunami warning issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (Reporting by John Mair; Editing by Michael Perry) Full Story Top Korea peninsula could face "thermonuclear war," North tells U.N. Mon,1 Oct 2012 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. policy toward North Korea has made the Korean peninsula the most dangerous place on the planet because a "spark" there could ignite a nuclear war, a senior North Korean official told the U.N. General Assembly on Monday. One of the last speakers at the 193-nation assembly's annual gathering in New York, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Pak Kil-yon was also full of praise for Kim Jong-un, the reclusive communist country's young new leader. "Today, due to the continued U.S. ... Full Story Top At least 14 killed in suicide attack on NATO patrol in Afghanistan Mon,1 Oct 2012 03:13 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 14 people, including three NATO soldiers and four police, and wounded 37 in volatile Khost province in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, a NATO spokeswoman and local officials said. A U.S. official in Washington confirmed the three soldiers killed were Americans serving in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. Six civilians and an Afghan interpreter also died in the attack. A witness told Reuters a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform struck as U.S. soldiers patrolled the city of Khost. ... Full Story Top Kenyan police post targeted, al Shabaab suspected Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT Reuters - GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Suspected al Shabaab militants threw a hand grenade at a Kenyan police post on Monday in the northern town of Garissa close to the border with Somalia, police said, a day after two police officers were shot dead in the same town. Kenya has been rocked by a series of grenade and gun attacks since it sent troops into Somalia last October in pursuit of Islamist al Shabaab rebels whom it blamed for kidnapping its security personnel and Western tourists. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: Spain ready for bailout, Germany signals "wait"- sources Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:11 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is ready to request a euro zone bailout for its public finances as early as next weekend but Germany has signaled that it should hold off, European officials said on Monday. The latest twist in the euro zone's three-year-old sovereign debt crisis comes as financial markets and some other European partners are pressuring Madrid to seek a rescue program that would trigger European Central Bank buying of its bonds. "The Spanish were a bit hesitant but now they are ready to request aid," a senior European source said. ... Full Story Top Venezuela's Capriles vows to help Colombian peace talks Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:08 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles pledged to help Colombia in its peace talks with rebels and distance himself from Iran should he defeat President Hugo Chavez in an increasingly tight race ahead of Sunday's election. The government of neighboring Colombia is due to start talks with Marxist FARC guerrillas this month in Oslo to try to end five decades of conflict. Chavez's government, accused by Bogota of backing the rebels in the past, supports the talks. ... Full Story Top Canadian parliament to debate motion on CNOOC bid for Nexen Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's House of Commons will vote on an opposition motion on Wednesday demanding that the government hold public consultations on the $15.1 billion bid by China's CNOOC Ltd to take over Canadian oil company Nexen Inc, the opposition New Democratic Party said on Monday. The NDP motion, to be debated on Tuesday, will also call on the Conservative government to fulfill its promise to clarify what the Investment Canada Act means when it says major foreign investments must be of "net benefit" to Canada to win government approval. ... Full Story Top Iran rial plunges as Western sanctions bite Mon,1 Oct 2012 12:45 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's rial plunged against the U.S. dollar in open-market trade on Monday, taking its loss in value over the past week to more than a quarter in further evidence that Western sanctions are shattering the economy. The freefall suggests sanctions imposed over Iran's nuclear program are undermining its ability to earn foreign exchange and that its reserves of hard currency may be running low. The rial traded at 34,200 per dollar according to currency-tracking website Mazanex, down from about 29,720 on Sunday. It was trading at 24,600 last Monday, according to website Mesghal. ... Full Story Top U.S. says Iran economy under strain, urges new nuclear policy Mon,1 Oct 2012 12:45 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A precipitous drop in Iran's currency, the rial, shows that sanctions are cutting "deeper and deeper" into its economy, the United States said on Monday, reiterating Iran must rein in its nuclear program. The rial plunged against the U.S. dollar in open-market trading on Monday, and has lost more than a quarter of its value over the past week. ... Full Story Top Fighting spreads in Aleppo Old City, Syrian gem Mon,1 Oct 2012 12:43 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fires that gutted a vast historic market have broken out in other areas of the Old City of Aleppo, a world heritage site, as rebels and government forces fight for the ancient heart of Syria's biggest city, opposition activists said on Monday. The rebels last week announced a fresh attempt to seize the wider city, home to 2.5 million people, which was until July firmly under the control of President Bashar al-Assad. ... Full Story Top Nigeria's Boko Haram says no peace talks, spokesman arrested Mon,1 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT Reuters - KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - The purported leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist sect in Nigeria, has denied government statements the group is involved in peace talks and has said its spokesman Abu Qaqa has been captured by security forces. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said the authorities were in dialogue with Boko Haram via back channels and that this was helping neutralize the threat the sect posed. But Abubakar Shekau, the group's leader, said in a video posted on YouTube on Sunday that no such talks were going on. ... Full Story Top Haiti plastics ban gets mixed reaction from cost-conscious poor Mon,1 Oct 2012 12:02 PM PDT Reuters - PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti imposed a ban on plastic and foam food containers as well as black polyethylene bags on Monday, amid concern that the country's poorest consumers would not be able to afford the substitutes. The ban is the first in a series of government measures aiming to help the environment of the poorest country in the hemisphere. A broader prohibition on plastic and petroleum-based products in the Caribbean country could be combined with the eventual local production of biodegradable alternatives. ... Full Story Top Guantanamo detainee having tough time back in Canada: lawyer Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:47 AM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr, who was transferred to a prison in his Canadian homeland over the weekend, is having a difficult time adapting to his new circumstances, one of the inmate's lawyers said on Monday. Khadr, the youngest prisoner and last Westerner held in the U.S. military prison on Cuban soil, returned to Canada on Saturday to finish his sentence. He had spent almost 10 years in Guantanamo. He was 15 years old when captured in Afghanistan and later confessed to killing a U.S. soldier and conspiring with al Qaeda. ... Full Story Top U.S. tells Rwanda to denounce Congo M23 rebels Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT Reuters - NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States on Monday called on Rwanda to publicly denounce rebels who have seized swathes of eastern Congo in an appeal that highlighted its frustration over Kigali's alleged role in its neighbor's conflict. Rwanda has repeatedly denied supporting the M23 rebel movement in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, blaming Kinshasa and major world powers for failing to tackle the problems that led to the uprising. ... Full Story Top EU states lagging in aid transparency: watchdog Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union member states France, Germany and Italy should be more open about their financing of aid and development projects, a survey of international aid donors, published on Monday, said. London-based watchdog "Publish What You Fund" ranked the European Commission's development branch fifth out of 72 organizations in its 2012 report on financial transparency in aid. ... Full Story Top Eight dead, dozen missing after Hong Kong ferry sinks Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:20 AM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - At least eight people died and more than a dozen are missing after a ferry packed with more than 120 passengers collided with a tugboat and sank south of Hong Kong on Monday night. More than 100 have been lifted so far from waters off Lamma, an island south of Hong Kong popular with tourists and expatriates, but it was not immediately clear how many were dead, a government spokeswoman said. A spokesman for the Hospital Authority said: "Eight are dead so far, we do not have their identities and it is not clear how many are adults or children. ... Full Story Top 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits off Mexico's Pacific coast: USGS Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:15 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck off Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday, with an epicenter 173 miles west southwest of Cihuatlan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake occurred at a depth of 13.2 miles at 10:32 a.m. local time (1732 GMT). There were no immediate reports of damage or injury. No tsunami warning was issued. The preliminary magnitude of 5.7 had been reported earlier. (World Desk, Americas) Full Story Top NATO-led forces resume most joint Afghan operations Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:13 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO-led forces have resumed almost all operations alongside their Afghan counterparts, the NATO chief said on Monday, after commanders cut back joint missions because of a surge in insider attacks on foreign troops. NATO announced curbs on joint operations on September 18 in response to the rise in "rogue" attacks and anger across the Muslim world over a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said commanders in the field had now restarted most joint operations. ... Full Story Top Leftist rival says Germany has lost direction under Merkel Mon,1 Oct 2012 10:26 AM PDT Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's main challenger in next year's German election said on Monday the chancellor had failed to set out a clear vision for Europe and likened her to a plane pilot who has forgotten to tell her passengers where they will land. Peer Steinbrueck, a feisty former finance minister who served under Merkel in her first term, was formally nominated on Monday by leaders of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) to take her on in a vote one year from now that is likely to be dominated by the euro crisis. ... Full Story Top More than a dozen missing after Hong Kong ferry sinks Mon,1 Oct 2012 10:02 AM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Divers searched through the night for more than a dozen people missing after a ferry carrying more than 120 passengers sank south of Hong Kong after a collision with a tugboat late on Monday, a government spokeswoman said. She said 101 people had been rescued so far off Lamma island, an area popular with tourists and expatriates. Television pictures showed the red and blue bow of the ferry pointing skyward, surrounded by rescue vessels as government helicopters with search lights circled overhead. ... Full Story Top South Africa mine bosses talk tough with strikers Mon,1 Oct 2012 09:55 AM PDT Reuters - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Top global platinum producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) said on Monday it would fire all strikers who did not attend disciplinary hearings the following day as an illegal strike continued at 4 of its South African mines. With no end in sight to a spate of wildcat strikes in South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti warned that an illegal stoppage could lead to cuts in its operations there and said it might also have to fire workers. ... Full Story Top Syria accuses U.S., France of arming, funding "terrorists" Mon,1 Oct 2012 09:49 AM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria accused the United States, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey on Monday of hijacking the country's 18-month conflict between government forces and pro-democracy rebel groups by supporting "terrorism" with arms, money and foreign fighters. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem told the U.N. General Assembly that outside calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step down were a "blatant interference in the domestic affairs of Syria, and the unity of its people and its sovereignty." Earlier on Monday, U.N. ... Full Story Top Russian court adjourns punk band appeal hearing Mon,1 Oct 2012 09:47 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Monday adjourned until October 10 an appeal hearing for the three members of the Pussy Riot punk band jailed over a profanity-laced anti-Kremlin protest in a church after one of the trio dismissed her lawyers. Supporters of the group in colorful T-shirts let off red, white and blue balloons saying "Pussy Riot" outside the court as Russian Orthodox Christians sang hymns and accused the women of blasphemy. ... Full Story Top Ukraine's Tymoshenko says to return to jail, but officials deny Mon,1 Oct 2012 09:24 AM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday said the authorities had told her they planned to discharge her from hospital and send her back to prison, a move she said amounted to "another act of revenge". But the state prison service, which said last week it planned to ask the former premier's doctors whether she needed further treatment, denied it had handed her any such notification. ... Full Story Top

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