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All rights reservedSun, 15 Sep 2013 11:06:41 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/world/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-russia-agree-syria-weapons-obama-says-force-053226538.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bR5qKBGnBn.F_8gNj.fXVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-15T150641Z_7_CBRE98B1E7O00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-ASSAD-CONVENTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Image from RU24 video footage shows Syria&#039;s President Assad speaking during an interview in Damascus" align="left" title="Image from RU24 video footage shows Syria&#039;s President Assad speaking during an interview in Damascus" border="0" /></a>By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria&#039;s government hailed as a &quot;victory&quot; a Russian-brokered deal that has averted U.S. strikes, while President Barack Obama defended a chemical weapons pact that the rebels fear has bolstered their enemy in the civil war. As President Bashar al-Assad&#039;s warplanes and artillery hit rebel suburbs of the capital again on Sunday, minister Ali Haidar told Moscow&#039;s RIA news agency: &quot;These agreements ... are a victory for Syria, achieved thanks to our Russian friends. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-russia-agree-syria-weapons-obama-says-force-053226538.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 11:06:41 -0400Reutersu-russia-agree-syria-weapons-obama-says-force-053226538<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-russia-agree-syria-weapons-obama-says-force-053226538.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bR5qKBGnBn.F_8gNj.fXVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-15T150641Z_7_CBRE98B1E7O00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-ASSAD-CONVENTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Image from RU24 video footage shows Syria&#039;s President Assad speaking during an interview in Damascus" align="left" title="Image from RU24 video footage shows Syria&#039;s President Assad speaking during an interview in Damascus" border="0" /></a>By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria&#039;s government hailed as a &quot;victory&quot; a Russian-brokered deal that has averted U.S. strikes, while President Barack Obama defended a chemical weapons pact that the rebels fear has bolstered their enemy in the civil war. As President Bashar al-Assad&#039;s warplanes and artillery hit rebel suburbs of the capital again on Sunday, minister Ali Haidar told Moscow&#039;s RIA news agency: &quot;These agreements ... are a victory for Syria, achieved thanks to our Russian friends. ...</p><br clear="all"/>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car and roadside bombs in Baghdad and predominantly Shi'ite provinces of Iraq killed at least 21 people on Sunday, police sources said. No group immediately claimed responsibility of Sunday's the attacks, which appeared coordinated, but Sunni Islamist insurgents, including an al Qaeda affiliate, have been regaining momentum in recent months. More than two years of civil war in neighboring Syria have aggravated deep-rooted sectarian divisions in Iraq, fraying an uneasy government coalition of Shi'ite, Sunni and ethnic Kurdish factions. ...http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-across-iraq-kill-least-21-people-police-085539170.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 06:22:53 -0400Reutersbombings-across-iraq-kill-least-21-people-police-085539170CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian army is clearing buildings deemed a security threat at a distance of up to one km (0.6 miles) from the Gaza border, an army spokesman said on Sunday, accusing groups in the Hamas-run territory of mounting joint attacks with Sinai militants. Ahmed Ali, the spokesman, said the move did not amount to a buffer zone which Hamas fears Egypt is creating along the border to further isolate Gaza, whose economy is propped up by smuggling through tunnels to Sinai. ...http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-secures-gaza-border-presses-sinai-campaign-150846577.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 11:08:46 -0400Reutersegypt-secures-gaza-border-presses-sinai-campaign-150846577<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-hopes-election-boost-bavarian-vote-064644424--business.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JaaWfQ8CBDPVdXwAI9dXrA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-15T163538Z_1_CBRE98E1A3J00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-BAVARIA-ELECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party to Christian Democrats (CDU), react as they watch exit polls in Munich" align="left" title="Members of Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party to Christian Democrats (CDU), react as they watch exit polls in Munich" border="0" /></a>By Christiaan Hetzner MUNICH (Reuters) - Angela Merkel&#039;s allies swept to victory in a state poll in Bavaria on Sunday, winning enough support to regain the absolute majority they had lost in 2008 and boosting the chancellor and her conservatives a week before a German federal election. The Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party of Merkel&#039;s Christian Democrats (CDU), won 49 percent according to a TV exit poll. Their coalition partner, the Free Democrats (FDP), polled just 3 percent, crashing out of the state assembly. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-hopes-election-boost-bavarian-vote-064644424--business.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:35:38 -0400Reutersmerkel-hopes-election-boost-bavarian-vote-064644424--business<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-hopes-election-boost-bavarian-vote-064644424--business.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JaaWfQ8CBDPVdXwAI9dXrA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-15T163538Z_1_CBRE98E1A3J00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-BAVARIA-ELECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party to Christian Democrats (CDU), react as they watch exit polls in Munich" align="left" title="Members of Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party to Christian Democrats (CDU), react as they watch exit polls in Munich" border="0" /></a>By Christiaan Hetzner MUNICH (Reuters) - Angela Merkel&#039;s allies swept to victory in a state poll in Bavaria on Sunday, winning enough support to regain the absolute majority they had lost in 2008 and boosting the chancellor and her conservatives a week before a German federal election. The Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party of Merkel&#039;s Christian Democrats (CDU), won 49 percent according to a TV exit poll. Their coalition partner, the Free Democrats (FDP), polled just 3 percent, crashing out of the state assembly. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Police used teargas, smoke grenades and water cannon to disperse demonstrators after a rally in Cambodia on Sunday to push for an investigation into a July election they say was fixed to favor the ruling party. A human rights worker said he saw one protester shot dead and two others sustain bullet wounds to the legs as police moved in to arrest and disperse demonstrators. Police could not confirm the witness account. ...http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-clash-police-tension-rises-over-cambodia-poll-112429493.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:41:44 -0400Reutersprotesters-clash-police-tension-rises-over-cambodia-poll-112429493By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a Pakistani general and another officer on Sunday near the border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani army said, rare high-ranking casualties in Pakistan's war against militants. Major General Sanaullah Khan, along with a lieutenant colonel and another soldier, were killed in the Upper Dir district after visiting an outpost near the border, the army said. Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid claimed responsibility for the bombing, which Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said would not affect the fight against militants. ...http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-general-other-officer-killed-bomb-blast-093012797.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 09:56:59 -0400Reuterspakistani-general-other-officer-killed-bomb-blast-093012797<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-kill-58-south-central-iraq-170213438.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dRk5x_8KFFHxNR4Uzjao4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/16ef2b60263d721f3d0f6a7067009eda.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government&#039;s failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-kill-58-south-central-iraq-170213438.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 13:02:13 -0400Associated Pressbombings-kill-58-south-central-iraq-170213438<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-kill-58-south-central-iraq-170213438.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dRk5x_8KFFHxNR4Uzjao4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/16ef2b60263d721f3d0f6a7067009eda.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government&#039;s failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-seeks-laptops-lederhosen-election-lift-033152729.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AqYF17drWADKaf1xn00EGQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379264317911-5-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bavarian State Premier Horst Seehofer delivers a speech after exit polls on September 15, 2013 in Munich" align="left" title="Bavarian State Premier Horst Seehofer delivers a speech after exit polls on September 15, 2013 in Munich" border="0" /></a>German Chancellor Angela Merkel&#039;s Bavarian allies scored a resounding win in a state vote Sunday, estimates showed, giving her a strong boost one week ahead of a general election.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-seeks-laptops-lederhosen-election-lift-033152729.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 13:00:28 -0400AFPmerkel-seeks-laptops-lederhosen-election-lift-033152729<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-seeks-laptops-lederhosen-election-lift-033152729.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AqYF17drWADKaf1xn00EGQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379264317911-5-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bavarian State Premier Horst Seehofer delivers a speech after exit polls on September 15, 2013 in Munich" align="left" title="Bavarian State Premier Horst Seehofer delivers a speech after exit polls on September 15, 2013 in Munich" border="0" /></a>German Chancellor Angela Merkel&#039;s Bavarian allies scored a resounding win in a state vote Sunday, estimates showed, giving her a strong boost one week ahead of a general election.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/frances-hollande-meet-kerry-hague-monday-160542901.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_qJ8_CcUi2_2jYcmrP3GCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379261044497-2-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="French President Francois Hollande (C) greets visitors in the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on September 14, 2013" align="left" title="French President Francois Hollande (C) greets visitors in the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on September 14, 2013" border="0" /></a>Sidelined from the US-Russia negotiations on chemical weapons, France is determined that demands for President Bashar al-Assad to be tried for war crimes do not drop off the rapidly shifting international agenda.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/frances-hollande-meet-kerry-hague-monday-160542901.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:59:22 -0400AFPfrances-hollande-meet-kerry-hague-monday-160542901<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/frances-hollande-meet-kerry-hague-monday-160542901.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_qJ8_CcUi2_2jYcmrP3GCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379261044497-2-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="French President Francois Hollande (C) greets visitors in the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on September 14, 2013" align="left" title="French President Francois Hollande (C) greets visitors in the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on September 14, 2013" border="0" /></a>Sidelined from the US-Russia negotiations on chemical weapons, France is determined that demands for President Bashar al-Assad to be tried for war crimes do not drop off the rapidly shifting international agenda.</p><br clear="all"/>By Ingrid Melander MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - France's far-right National Front, buoyed by improving poll numbers, is aiming for big gains in municipal elections next year and the top spot in the European parliament ballot, its leaders said at the party's annual convention. The two 2014 elections, the first since the Socialists came to power in 2012, will dominate the political agenda in the euro zone's second-largest country for the next nine months. ...http://news.yahoo.com/french-far-aims-success-local-eu-elections-165633624--business.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:56:33 -0400Reutersfrench-far-aims-success-local-eu-elections-165633624--business<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-tops-agenda-kerry-lands-israel-105456892.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jsGRUyApgeuaYPZj8cq3BQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379263666683-5-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="US Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on September 15, 2013" align="left" title="US Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on September 15, 2013" border="0" /></a>Washington&#039;s top diplomat on Sunday, after talks with Israel&#039;s Benjamin Netanyahu, warned Syria that it was not off the hook following a US-Russian deal to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-tops-agenda-kerry-lands-israel-105456892.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:50:36 -0400AFPsyria-tops-agenda-kerry-lands-israel-105456892<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-tops-agenda-kerry-lands-israel-105456892.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jsGRUyApgeuaYPZj8cq3BQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379263666683-5-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="US Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on September 15, 2013" align="left" title="US Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on September 15, 2013" border="0" /></a>Washington&#039;s top diplomat on Sunday, after talks with Israel&#039;s Benjamin Netanyahu, warned Syria that it was not off the hook following a US-Russian deal to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile.</p><br clear="all"/>A protester was killed during clashes with security forces in the Cambodian capital late Sunday, witnesses said, while several other supporters of the opposition party who dispute premier Hun Sen's election win were injured.http://news.yahoo.com/clashes-cambodia-opposition-rally-keeps-heat-hun-sen-152608851.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:43:15 -0400AFPclashes-cambodia-opposition-rally-keeps-heat-hun-sen-152608851<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exit-polls-big-win-merkel-allies-bavaria-163628893--politics.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B1JhuWwJWdG7X2MVw4bUsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6a1a626d2758771f3d0f6a706700e8e5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves during an election campaign event of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Bad Koestritz, central Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Word in background reads: &#039;Germany&#039;. Merkel, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) and top candidate of her party will be challenged by Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate Peer Steinbrueck at Germany&#039;s general elections on Sept. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)" align="left" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves during an election campaign event of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Bad Koestritz, central Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Word in background reads: &#039;Germany&#039;. Merkel, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) and top candidate of her party will be challenged by Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate Peer Steinbrueck at Germany&#039;s general elections on Sept. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (AP) ? Chancellor Angela Merkel&#039;s conservative allies triumphed in Bavaria&#039;s state election Sunday, though her partners in government suffered a painful setback just a week before Germany&#039;s national vote, exit polls indicated.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/exit-polls-big-win-merkel-allies-bavaria-163628893--politics.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:36:28 -0400Associated Pressexit-polls-big-win-merkel-allies-bavaria-163628893--politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exit-polls-big-win-merkel-allies-bavaria-163628893--politics.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B1JhuWwJWdG7X2MVw4bUsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6a1a626d2758771f3d0f6a706700e8e5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves during an election campaign event of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Bad Koestritz, central Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Word in background reads: &#039;Germany&#039;. Merkel, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) and top candidate of her party will be challenged by Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate Peer Steinbrueck at Germany&#039;s general elections on Sept. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)" align="left" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves during an election campaign event of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Bad Koestritz, central Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Word in background reads: &#039;Germany&#039;. Merkel, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) and top candidate of her party will be challenged by Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate Peer Steinbrueck at Germany&#039;s general elections on Sept. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (AP) ? Chancellor Angela Merkel&#039;s conservative allies triumphed in Bavaria&#039;s state election Sunday, though her partners in government suffered a painful setback just a week before Germany&#039;s national vote, exit polls indicated.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/costa-concordia-salvage-operation-ahead-monday-134446321.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mUOWRfjgjlw16CDWPWU0RA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379252586627-2-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The rusting 290-metre hulk of the Costa Concordia is bigger than the Titanic&#039;s" align="left" title="The rusting 290-metre hulk of the Costa Concordia is bigger than the Titanic&#039;s" border="0" /></a>The Italian island of Giglio made final preparations Sunday on the eve of an unprecedented attempt to raise the 114,500-ton Costa Concordia cruise ship from its watery grave.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/costa-concordia-salvage-operation-ahead-monday-134446321.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:32:57 -0400AFPcosta-concordia-salvage-operation-ahead-monday-134446321<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/costa-concordia-salvage-operation-ahead-monday-134446321.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mUOWRfjgjlw16CDWPWU0RA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379252586627-2-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The rusting 290-metre hulk of the Costa Concordia is bigger than the Titanic&#039;s" align="left" title="The rusting 290-metre hulk of the Costa Concordia is bigger than the Titanic&#039;s" border="0" /></a>The Italian island of Giglio made final preparations Sunday on the eve of an unprecedented attempt to raise the 114,500-ton Costa Concordia cruise ship from its watery grave.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-official-says-chemical-deal-victory-152304674.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MYhMxDvU8nkPbuwWbnRqVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a32b5da02731771f3d0f6a706700f623.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israel&#039;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after speaking to the media at the prime minister&#039;s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying &#039;the threat of force is real&#039; if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israel&#039;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after speaking to the media at the prime minister&#039;s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying &#039;the threat of force is real&#039; if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? A high-ranking Syrian official on Sunday welcomed the U.S.-Russian agreement to secure and destroy Syria&#039;s chemical weapons arsenal, calling it a &quot;victory&quot; for Damascus.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-official-says-chemical-deal-victory-152304674.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:32:19 -0400Associated Presssyrian-official-says-chemical-deal-victory-152304674<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-official-says-chemical-deal-victory-152304674.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MYhMxDvU8nkPbuwWbnRqVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a32b5da02731771f3d0f6a706700f623.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israel&#039;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after speaking to the media at the prime minister&#039;s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying &#039;the threat of force is real&#039; if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israel&#039;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after speaking to the media at the prime minister&#039;s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying &#039;the threat of force is real&#039; if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? A high-ranking Syrian official on Sunday welcomed the U.S.-Russian agreement to secure and destroy Syria&#039;s chemical weapons arsenal, calling it a &quot;victory&quot; for Damascus.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italy-ok-shipwrecked-costa-concordia-124106773.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8pfO4UCf231rRdjNiVLaIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aa8097c6263e721f3d0f6a7067004fb2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Tow boats sail past the Costa Concordia ship as it lies on its side near the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. An international team of engineers is expected on Monday, Sept. 16 a to try a never-before attempted strategy to right the luxury liner, which capsized after striking a reef in 2012 killing 32 people. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)" align="left" title="Tow boats sail past the Costa Concordia ship as it lies on its side near the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. An international team of engineers is expected on Monday, Sept. 16 a to try a never-before attempted strategy to right the luxury liner, which capsized after striking a reef in 2012 killing 32 people. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)" border="0" /></a>GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) ? Authorities have given the final go-ahead for a daring attempt Monday to pull upright the crippled Costa Concordia cruise liner from its side in the waters off Tuscany, a make-or-break engineering feat that has never before been tried in such conditions.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/italy-ok-shipwrecked-costa-concordia-124106773.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:32:18 -0400Associated Pressitaly-ok-shipwrecked-costa-concordia-124106773<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italy-ok-shipwrecked-costa-concordia-124106773.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8pfO4UCf231rRdjNiVLaIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aa8097c6263e721f3d0f6a7067004fb2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Tow boats sail past the Costa Concordia ship as it lies on its side near the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. An international team of engineers is expected on Monday, Sept. 16 a to try a never-before attempted strategy to right the luxury liner, which capsized after striking a reef in 2012 killing 32 people. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)" align="left" title="Tow boats sail past the Costa Concordia ship as it lies on its side near the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. An international team of engineers is expected on Monday, Sept. 16 a to try a never-before attempted strategy to right the luxury liner, which capsized after striking a reef in 2012 killing 32 people. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)" border="0" /></a>GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) ? Authorities have given the final go-ahead for a daring attempt Monday to pull upright the crippled Costa Concordia cruise liner from its side in the waters off Tuscany, a make-or-break engineering feat that has never before been tried in such conditions.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tropical-storm-ingrid-becomes-hurricane-us-forecasters-211009349.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KloY0vchkHPZJx3t_6N0_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379222920954-5-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Vendors at the beach of Veracruz pack up on September 14, 2013 as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Ingrid" align="left" title="Vendors at the beach of Veracruz pack up on September 14, 2013 as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Ingrid" border="0" /></a>Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico&#039;s Pacific coast on Sunday, leaving at least nine people dead, while Hurricane Ingrid forced thousands to evacuate the east coast ahead of an expected landfall.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tropical-storm-ingrid-becomes-hurricane-us-forecasters-211009349.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:27:05 -0400AFPtropical-storm-ingrid-becomes-hurricane-us-forecasters-211009349<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tropical-storm-ingrid-becomes-hurricane-us-forecasters-211009349.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KloY0vchkHPZJx3t_6N0_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379222920954-5-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Vendors at the beach of Veracruz pack up on September 14, 2013 as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Ingrid" align="left" title="Vendors at the beach of Veracruz pack up on September 14, 2013 as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Ingrid" border="0" /></a>Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico&#039;s Pacific coast on Sunday, leaving at least nine people dead, while Hurricane Ingrid forced thousands to evacuate the east coast ahead of an expected landfall.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/baghdad-official-escapes-bombing-attacks-kill-8-090108113.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KE8A3X..UGiofxhAz8ZYAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379235455652-6-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A car is removed from the site of a car bomb targetting Riyadh al-Adhadh&#039;s convoy, north Baghdad, September 15, 2013" align="left" title="A car is removed from the site of a car bomb targetting Riyadh al-Adhadh&#039;s convoy, north Baghdad, September 15, 2013" border="0" /></a>Attacks across Iraq, including more than a dozen car bombs, killed 43 people on Sunday while the head of Baghdad&#039;s provincial council escaped an assassination attempt on his convoy.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/baghdad-official-escapes-bombing-attacks-kill-8-090108113.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:15:19 -0400AFPbaghdad-official-escapes-bombing-attacks-kill-8-090108113<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/baghdad-official-escapes-bombing-attacks-kill-8-090108113.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KE8A3X..UGiofxhAz8ZYAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379235455652-6-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A car is removed from the site of a car bomb targetting Riyadh al-Adhadh&#039;s convoy, north Baghdad, September 15, 2013" align="left" title="A car is removed from the site of a car bomb targetting Riyadh al-Adhadh&#039;s convoy, north Baghdad, September 15, 2013" border="0" /></a>Attacks across Iraq, including more than a dozen car bombs, killed 43 people on Sunday while the head of Baghdad&#039;s provincial council escaped an assassination attempt on his convoy.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/german-anti-euro-party-could-derail-merkel-coalition-160852936.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/I1gJGPk6_fV6kWgXNbmgNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-15T160852Z_1_CBRE98E18UY00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-ELECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor and CDU party head Merkel delivers a speech at a CDU election campaign event in Dresden" align="left" title="German Chancellor and CDU party head Merkel delivers a speech at a CDU election campaign event in Dresden" border="0" /></a>By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - A new anti-euro party could enter Germany&#039;s national parliament after an election next week, pollsters said on Sunday, potentially upsetting Chancellor Angela Merkel&#039;s hopes of returning to power with her current coalition partner. The Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD), which calls for an &quot;orderly dismantling&quot; of the euro zone, gained one point to 4 percent in an Emnid poll published on Sunday, taking it close to the 5 percent threshold needed to enter parliament. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/german-anti-euro-party-could-derail-merkel-coalition-160852936.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:08:52 -0400Reutersgerman-anti-euro-party-could-derail-merkel-coalition-160852936<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/german-anti-euro-party-could-derail-merkel-coalition-160852936.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/I1gJGPk6_fV6kWgXNbmgNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-15T160852Z_1_CBRE98E18UY00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-ELECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor and CDU party head Merkel delivers a speech at a CDU election campaign event in Dresden" align="left" title="German Chancellor and CDU party head Merkel delivers a speech at a CDU election campaign event in Dresden" border="0" /></a>By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - A new anti-euro party could enter Germany&#039;s national parliament after an election next week, pollsters said on Sunday, potentially upsetting Chancellor Angela Merkel&#039;s hopes of returning to power with her current coalition partner. The Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD), which calls for an &quot;orderly dismantling&quot; of the euro zone, gained one point to 4 percent in an Emnid poll published on Sunday, taking it close to the 5 percent threshold needed to enter parliament. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exit-poll-big-win-merkel-allies-bavaria-160653947.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jbtaYMPa33HUogivhMSuvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5fc76ae9086d5f1f3d0f6a706700d885.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks at an election campaign event in Heilbronn,?Germany, Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. A state election Sunday in Bavaria gives Germany?s politicians their last test before next week?s national vote, with Chancellor Angela Merkel?s conservative allies hoping to provide momentum with a big win in the prosperous region. It?s hard to predict how the outcome in Bavaria might influence the Sept. 22 national election but governor Horst Seehofer, the leader of the Merkel-allied Christian Social Union, has pledged to ?sound the signal for victory nationwide.? Polls suggest that his party, which has led Bavaria since 1957, can hope to win back an absolute majority in the state legislature it lost five years ago. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Weissbrod)" align="left" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks at an election campaign event in Heilbronn,?Germany, Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. A state election Sunday in Bavaria gives Germany?s politicians their last test before next week?s national vote, with Chancellor Angela Merkel?s conservative allies hoping to provide momentum with a big win in the prosperous region. It?s hard to predict how the outcome in Bavaria might influence the Sept. 22 national election but governor Horst Seehofer, the leader of the Merkel-allied Christian Social Union, has pledged to ?sound the signal for victory nationwide.? Polls suggest that his party, which has led Bavaria since 1957, can hope to win back an absolute majority in the state legislature it lost five years ago. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Weissbrod)" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (AP) ? An exit poll is pointing to a triumph for Chancellor Angela Merkel&#039;s conservative allies in the Bavaria state election ? just a week before Germany&#039;s national vote.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/exit-poll-big-win-merkel-allies-bavaria-160653947.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:06:53 -0400Associated Pressexit-poll-big-win-merkel-allies-bavaria-160653947<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exit-poll-big-win-merkel-allies-bavaria-160653947.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jbtaYMPa33HUogivhMSuvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5fc76ae9086d5f1f3d0f6a706700d885.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks at an election campaign event in Heilbronn,?Germany, Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. A state election Sunday in Bavaria gives Germany?s politicians their last test before next week?s national vote, with Chancellor Angela Merkel?s conservative allies hoping to provide momentum with a big win in the prosperous region. It?s hard to predict how the outcome in Bavaria might influence the Sept. 22 national election but governor Horst Seehofer, the leader of the Merkel-allied Christian Social Union, has pledged to ?sound the signal for victory nationwide.? Polls suggest that his party, which has led Bavaria since 1957, can hope to win back an absolute majority in the state legislature it lost five years ago. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Weissbrod)" align="left" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks at an election campaign event in Heilbronn,?Germany, Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. A state election Sunday in Bavaria gives Germany?s politicians their last test before next week?s national vote, with Chancellor Angela Merkel?s conservative allies hoping to provide momentum with a big win in the prosperous region. It?s hard to predict how the outcome in Bavaria might influence the Sept. 22 national election but governor Horst Seehofer, the leader of the Merkel-allied Christian Social Union, has pledged to ?sound the signal for victory nationwide.? Polls suggest that his party, which has led Bavaria since 1957, can hope to win back an absolute majority in the state legislature it lost five years ago. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Weissbrod)" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (AP) ? An exit poll is pointing to a triumph for Chancellor Angela Merkel&#039;s conservative allies in the Bavaria state election ? just a week before Germany&#039;s national vote.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rise-british-anti-eu-party-threatens-pms-election-160324307.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m5HsniReI2H7qu8J20IcYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-15T160324Z_1_CBRE98E18MI00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s PM Cameron waits to meet Palestinian President Abbas outside of 10 Downing Street in London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s PM Cameron waits to meet Palestinian President Abbas outside of 10 Downing Street in London" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron&#039;s hopes of being re-elected in 2015 suffered a setback on Sunday when a poll showed an anti-European Union party had split the center-right vote in dozens of decisive constituencies. The poll focused on 40 of Britain&#039;s 650 parliamentary seats where Cameron&#039;s Conservative party won with the slimmest of margins at the last national election in 2010. It showed the main opposition Labour party had made little progress in the constituencies despite being ahead in opinion polls nationwide. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rise-british-anti-eu-party-threatens-pms-election-160324307.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 12:03:24 -0400Reutersrise-british-anti-eu-party-threatens-pms-election-160324307<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rise-british-anti-eu-party-threatens-pms-election-160324307.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m5HsniReI2H7qu8J20IcYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-15T160324Z_1_CBRE98E18MI00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s PM Cameron waits to meet Palestinian President Abbas outside of 10 Downing Street in London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s PM Cameron waits to meet Palestinian President Abbas outside of 10 Downing Street in London" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron&#039;s hopes of being re-elected in 2015 suffered a setback on Sunday when a poll showed an anti-European Union party had split the center-right vote in dozens of decisive constituencies. The poll focused on 40 of Britain&#039;s 650 parliamentary seats where Cameron&#039;s Conservative party won with the slimmest of margins at the last national election in 2010. It showed the main opposition Labour party had made little progress in the constituencies despite being ahead in opinion polls nationwide. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rough-landing-camera-drone-sets-down-near-merkel-155054027.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.NYkgulMQFpvuFJ7_wV5Ug--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3dec4991274e771f3d0f6a706700df09.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="German chancellor Angela Merkel , left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate for the federal elections, Arnold Vaatz, second left, Dresden mayor Helma Orosz and German defense minister Thomas de Maiziere , right, attend an election campaign event in Dresden , eastern Germany Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. A camera drone had a rough landing in front of Chancellor Angela Merkel at the event in Germany after police told its operator to bring down the craft. Merkel looked on in amusement as the small orange drone went down on its side about 2 meters (7 feet) in front of where she was sitting.. City police said a 23-year-old man had sent up the drone at the open-air event Sunday in hopes of taking photos that he could then sell; officers told him to land the drone, which he apparently did in great haste. The man was briefly detained but quickly let go as police determined that he and the drone posed no danger . (AP Photo/dpa,Jan Woitas)" align="left" title="German chancellor Angela Merkel , left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate for the federal elections, Arnold Vaatz, second left, Dresden mayor Helma Orosz and German defense minister Thomas de Maiziere , right, attend an election campaign event in Dresden , eastern Germany Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. A camera drone had a rough landing in front of Chancellor Angela Merkel at the event in Germany after police told its operator to bring down the craft. Merkel looked on in amusement as the small orange drone went down on its side about 2 meters (7 feet) in front of where she was sitting.. City police said a 23-year-old man had sent up the drone at the open-air event Sunday in hopes of taking photos that he could then sell; officers told him to land the drone, which he apparently did in great haste. The man was briefly detained but quickly let go as police determined that he and the drone posed no danger . (AP Photo/dpa,Jan Woitas)" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (AP) ? A camera drone had a rough landing in front of Chancellor Angela Merkel at an election campaign event in Germany after police told its operator to bring down the craft.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rough-landing-camera-drone-sets-down-near-merkel-155054027.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 11:50:54 -0400Associated Pressrough-landing-camera-drone-sets-down-near-merkel-155054027<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rough-landing-camera-drone-sets-down-near-merkel-155054027.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.NYkgulMQFpvuFJ7_wV5Ug--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3dec4991274e771f3d0f6a706700df09.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="German chancellor Angela Merkel , left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate for the federal elections, Arnold Vaatz, second left, Dresden mayor Helma Orosz and German defense minister Thomas de Maiziere , right, attend an election campaign event in Dresden , eastern Germany Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. A camera drone had a rough landing in front of Chancellor Angela Merkel at the event in Germany after police told its operator to bring down the craft. Merkel looked on in amusement as the small orange drone went down on its side about 2 meters (7 feet) in front of where she was sitting.. City police said a 23-year-old man had sent up the drone at the open-air event Sunday in hopes of taking photos that he could then sell; officers told him to land the drone, which he apparently did in great haste. The man was briefly detained but quickly let go as police determined that he and the drone posed no danger . (AP Photo/dpa,Jan Woitas)" align="left" title="German chancellor Angela Merkel , left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate for the federal elections, Arnold Vaatz, second left, Dresden mayor Helma Orosz and German defense minister Thomas de Maiziere , right, attend an election campaign event in Dresden , eastern Germany Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. A camera drone had a rough landing in front of Chancellor Angela Merkel at the event in Germany after police told its operator to bring down the craft. Merkel looked on in amusement as the small orange drone went down on its side about 2 meters (7 feet) in front of where she was sitting.. City police said a 23-year-old man had sent up the drone at the open-air event Sunday in hopes of taking photos that he could then sell; officers told him to land the drone, which he apparently did in great haste. The man was briefly detained but quickly let go as police determined that he and the drone posed no danger . (AP Photo/dpa,Jan Woitas)" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (AP) ? A camera drone had a rough landing in front of Chancellor Angela Merkel at an election campaign event in Germany after police told its operator to bring down the craft.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/york-police-open-fire-times-square-154038163.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/seVMNjITh5YZdFjskt1oPw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379259398562-1-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man was weaving in and out of traffic at the Manhattan crossroads, police said" align="left" title="A man was weaving in and out of traffic at the Manhattan crossroads, police said" border="0" /></a>New York police opened fire on a suspect in Times Square on Saturday night, injuring two bystanders in the city&#039;s busiest commercial district, police said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/york-police-open-fire-times-square-154038163.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 11:44:25 -0400AFPyork-police-open-fire-times-square-154038163<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/york-police-open-fire-times-square-154038163.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/seVMNjITh5YZdFjskt1oPw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379259398562-1-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man was weaving in and out of traffic at the Manhattan crossroads, police said" align="left" title="A man was weaving in and out of traffic at the Manhattan crossroads, police said" border="0" /></a>New York police opened fire on a suspect in Times Square on Saturday night, injuring two bystanders in the city&#039;s busiest commercial district, police said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-kill-53-south-central-iraq-154245412.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dRk5x_8KFFHxNR4Uzjao4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/16ef2b60263d721f3d0f6a7067009eda.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 53 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government&#039;s failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-kill-53-south-central-iraq-154245412.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 11:42:45 -0400Associated Pressbombings-kill-53-south-central-iraq-154245412<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-kill-53-south-central-iraq-154245412.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dRk5x_8KFFHxNR4Uzjao4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/16ef2b60263d721f3d0f6a7067009eda.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 53 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government&#039;s failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/damascus-calls-us-russia-deal-victory-syria-115237046.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BecA0SxzFoidVx6Nf_6xCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1379248033020-3-HD.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="File picture shows Syrian Minister for National Reconciliation Ali Haidar in Damascus on September 20, 2012" align="left" title="File picture shows Syrian Minister for National Reconciliation Ali Haidar in Damascus on September 20, 2012" border="0" /></a>A US-Russian plan to remove Syria&#039;s chemical weapons is a &quot;victory&quot; that averts war, a Syrian minister said Sunday, as Washington warned that the threat of US force &quot;remains real&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/damascus-calls-us-russia-deal-victory-syria-115237046.htmlSun, 15 Sep 2013 11:39:34 -0400AFPdamascus-calls-us-russia-deal-victory-syria-115237046<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/damascus-calls-us-russia-deal-victory-syria-115237046.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BecA0SxzFoidVx6Nf_6xCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E

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