Ukraine and rebels back peace plan, ceasefire from Friday
 By Adrian Croft and Gabriela Baczynska NEWPORT Wales/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires on Friday, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five month war in Ukraine's east. The breakthrough came after a week in which the pro-Moscow separatists scored major victories with what NATO says is the open support of thousands of Russian troops. Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Wales, Poroshenko said the ceasefire would be conditional on a planned meeting going ahead in Minsk on Friday of envoys from Ukraine, Russia and Europe's OSCE security watchdog.
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Islamic State kidnaps 40 men in Iraq's Kirkuk region: residents
 Islamic State militants kidnapped 40 men from a town in Iraq's **rthern province of Kirkuk on Thursday, dragging the men into cars before driving off, residents said. Residents of the Sunni Muslim town of Hawija said by telephone they did **t k**w why the men had been taken, from a district on the edge of the town. They added that Islamic State, which controls Hawija, had **t faced any resistance from its inhabitants. Islamic State has seized hundreds of Iraqi and Syrian soldiers as well as members of other insurgent groups, journalists and civilians.
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Palestinians put Gaza reconstruction cost at $7.8 billion
 By **ah Browning RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) - Rebuilding Gaza will cost $7.8 billion, the Palestinian Authority said on Thursday, in the most comprehensive assessment yet of damage from a seven-week war with Israel during which whole neighborhoods and vital infrastructure were flattened. "The attack on Gaza this time had ** precedent, Gaza has been hit with a catastrophe and it needs immediate help because many things can't wait long," Mohammed Shtayyeh, a Palestinian eco**mist and a senior member of the West Bank's dominant Fatah party, told reporters in Ramallah. Rebuilding Gaza would depend heavily on foreign aid and would require an end to Palestinian rivalry and Israel opening its border crossings, said Shtayyeh, who heads the Palestinian Eco**mic Council for Research and Development (PECDAR) which ran the survey. A do**r conference in Cairo has yet to be formally scheduled, Palestinian institutions remain divided between Gaza and the West Bank and Israel has yet to fundamentally ease the movement of people and goods at its Gaza border.
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Israel says close to *****ing Hamas cell behind teens' slaying
 By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has arrested eight Palestinians who had supporting roles in the abduction and killing of three Jewish teenagers in June but the two kidnappers themselves remain at large, Israeli officials said on Thursday. They said interrogation of the suspects, all from the West Bank city of Hebron and linked to Hamas, had turned up evidence of funding from the Gaza Strip, which the Islamist faction controls, but **t yet of any direct orders by Hamas leaders. The account underscored the often diffuse structure of Hamas, hundreds of whose activists were rounded up by Israeli forces in the West Bank after the abductions, stoking hostilities from Gaza that led to a seven-week-long war there. After initially denying involvement in the deaths of Jewish seminary students Eyal Yifrach, 19, and 16-year-olds Gilad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel, Hamas last month ack**wledged responsibility.
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EU's Juncker reaches target for woman commissioners
 By Alastair Macdonald and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two **minations on Thursday for seats on the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, should allow its president, Jean-Claude Juncker, to appoint as many women as in the outgoing team, meeting a demand from legislators. Juncker's ****** confirmed that Belgium and Romania had put forward Marianne Thyssen and Corina Cretu respectively for their countries' places on the 28-strong Commission, bringing the total of women **minated to nine, the same number as in the present team headed by outgoing president, Jose Manuel Barroso. The European Parliament had threatened to deny confirmation to the new team if it contained significantly more than the 19 men on the present panel.
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Rival Afghan candidates pledge to work for political agreement
 Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates, Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, sent a message to NATO leaders saying that they will do their utmost to reach a political agreement that would end a crisis over disputed elections. "I can confirm that we received a message from the two presidential candidates indicating that they will do all they can to reach a political agreement and if that materializes we would warmly welcome it," Rasmussen told a news conference at a NATO summit in Wales on Thursday. "Afghanistan deserves a rapid completion of the electoral process with an outcome that can be accepted by the Afghan people," he said.
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Afghan political uncertainty clouds NATO summit
- NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — Time is short for Afghan leaders to resolve their presidential election and sign a security agreement so allied troops can remain in the country after the end of the year, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned Thursday.
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Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati dies
- BUE**S AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati has died, four years after a stroke put him in a coma.
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British brain cancer boy's parents fight for custody
 A day after being released from jail near Madrid, where they had initially faced cruelty accusations, Brett King, 51, and his wife Neghemeh King, 45, waited at Ashya's bedside for British authorities to make a custody ruling. I've got to just concentrate on my family **w," Brett King told AFP, looking tired and stressed as he took the elevator to visit Ashya in hospital in the southern Spanish city of Malaga. A friend acting as a spokesman for the family, Daniel Pask, said the family would talk with doctors and hoped to decide Thursday on what treatment Ashya would receive next. He is being well looked after," Pask told reporters outside Malaga's Maternity and Children's Hospital.
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Israel charges chief suspect in W.Bank teens' kidnap
- A prime suspect in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank has been charged with organising and financing the crime, Israeli security officials said Thursday. The deaths, which Israel immediately blamed on Hamas, triggered a ****** of events that led to a devastating 50-day war in Gaza that killed more than 2,100 Palestinians and 71 Israelis. Israel's internal security service Shin Bet accused Hossam Qawasmeh, who was arrested on July 11, of organising the June 12 kidnapping and spending some 220,000 shekels ($61,300, 47,200 euros) on ******* and cars used in the crime. According to the charge sheet seen by AFP, Qawasmeh was charged in a military court for "transferring enemy funds", carrying out services for an illegal organisation (Hamas) and "deliberately causing the death" of the three Israelis.
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Hurricane **rbert heads up Mexico's Pacific coast
- MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane **rbert scattered rain along Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday as it headed for a brush with the Los Cabos resorts.
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Top Asian News at 5:00 p.m. GMT
- NEW DELHI (AP) — Promising to "storm your barricades with cars packed with gunpowder," al-Qaida an**unced Thursday it had created an Indian branch that the terror network vowed would bring Islamic rule to the entire subcontinent. The an**uncement by al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri brought few signs of increased security in India even after the government ordered states to be on alert. Instead, al-Zawahri's an**uncement by online video appeared directed more at his own rivals in the international jihad movement, analysts said.
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Sunni militants kidnap dozens of men in Iraq
- BAGHDAD (AP) — Residents say militants affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group have kidnapped dozens of men from a Sunni village **rth of Baghdad.
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Ukraine reinforces defense of key port, shelling rocks Donetsk
- By Aleksandar Vasovic and Gabriela Baczynska MARIUPOL/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine reinforced its defenses at the port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov on Thursday in anticipation of a rebel attack amid reports that pro-Russian separatists were advancing on the city with tanks and artillery. Further **rth, in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, renewed shelling killed at least one woman and blew huge holes in residential buildings, a day before talks between Kiev and the separatists on a possible ceasefire. A Ukrainian soldier told Reuters he had seen the separatists advancing on Mariupol, a city of about 500,000, with tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery. A Reuters witness heard about a dozen blasts and saw plumes of black ***** rising a few km (miles) to the east of Mariupol.
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Mozambique rebel leader arrives in Maputo to cement peace deal
 Maputo (AFP) - Mozambican rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama came out of hiding Thursday, returning to Maputo in a symbolic end to a two-year conflict that has rekindled memories of a brutal civil war and spooked investors.
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Children face 'education emergency' in **rth Iraq
 Hundreds of thousands of children in Iraq's **rthern Kurdish region are facing an "education emergency" after being forced from their homes, with hundreds of schools used to shelter displaced families. "It is a major disaster for children," said Brenda Haiplik, an education expert from the UN children's agency, UNICEF. The United Nations says up to 1.8 million Iraqis have been displaced since January, with around 850,000 seeking refuge in auto**mous, three-province Kurdistan. Swathes of Iraq have been seized by militants since the beginning of the year, especially in a major jihadist-led offensive launched in June, causing widespread displacement of people desperate to escape the unrest.
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Oops: College exams already had all the answers
- VIENNA (AP) — Students in Austria sitting down to take university entrance exams this week found themselves with a guaranteed pass — at least for a minute or two. The answers were already filled in.
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London shares flat as BP fall offsets gain from ECB rate cut
 London shares closed little changed on Thursday as a plunge in market-heavyweight BP offset a boost from a surprise ECB rate cut, dealers said. The benchmark FTSE 100 index edged up 4.39 points or 0.06 percent to 6,877.97 points. BP tumbled 5.94 percent in late trade to close at 455 pence after a US court judgement that may reportedly cost the oil giant a**ther $18 billion in fines linked to the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2011. US District Judge Carl Barbier ruled that BP is "subject to enhanced civil penalties" after concluding that the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was largely the result of the British company's "gross negligence" and "willful misconduct."
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Six survive as bus carrying 50 plunges into gorge in India
 Flood waters swept an overcrowded bus carrying a wedding party into a gorge on Thursday with all but six of the 50 on board feared dead in Indian Kashmir, officials said. Rescue teams have been deployed to the flooded gorge south of Kashmir's main city of Srinagar but they have so far been unable to reach the bus, police said. "Six passengers managed to swim to safety and they were rescued from the gorge," director general of police, Rajendra Kumar told AFP. "Airforce rescue helicopters are also ready, but heavy rains and a strong current in the stream make it difficult," police inspector general, Rajesh Kumar said.
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Zimbabwe president says **t to mess with family
- HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's president warned against messing with his family, amid a heated debate within the ruling party about his wife's entry into politics.
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Leba**n struggles to address captive troops crisis
- BEIRUT (AP) — Leba**n's government is forming a crisis committee to handle the case of some two dozen members of the security forces held captive by Syrian militants amid escalating criticism over the authorities' response to the hostage affair, an official said Thursday.
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John Degenkolb wins 12th Spanish Vuelta stage
- LOGRO**, Spain (AP) — John Degenkolb of Germany timed his sprint perfectly to win the 12th stage of the Spanish Vuelta as Alberto Contador retained the overall lead on Thursday.
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BP found 'grossly negligent' in 2010 U.S. spill, billions in fines loom
 By Terry Wade HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc was "grossly negligent" for its role in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico four years ago, a U.S. BP shares traded in London closed down nearly 6 percent, the worst one day slide in more than four years. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans held a trial without a jury last year to determine who was responsible for the April 20, 2010 environmental disaster. Barbier ruled that BP was mostly at fault and that two other companies in the case, Transocean Ltd and Halliburton , were **t as much to blame.
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US plans major border security program in Nigeria
- ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United States is preparing to launch a "major" border security program to help Nigeria and its neighbors combat the increasing number and scope of attacks by Islamic extremists, a senior U.S. official for Africa said Thursday.
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US stocks rise on European Central Bank stimulus
- NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Thursday after the European Central Bank surprised traders by trimming its main interest rate to a record low, and an**uncing that it would purchase asset-backed securities in an effort to stimulate the region's ailing eco**my.
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Top Asian News at 4:30 p.m. GMT
- NEW DELHI (AP) — Promising to "storm your barricades with cars packed with gunpowder," al-Qaida an**unced Thursday it had created an Indian branch that the terror network vowed would bring Islamic rule to the entire subcontinent. The an**uncement by al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri brought few signs of increased security in India even after the government ordered states to be on alert. Instead, al-Zawahri's an**uncement by online video appeared directed more at his own rivals in the international jihad movement, analysts said.
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On Ebola ward, Liberian nurses must improvise gear
- MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Nurses on an Ebola ward in Liberia must cut up old overalls to serve as makeshift head-coverings to protect themselves from infection, despite international promises of more equipment, a health worker said Thursday.
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Israel's Peres pitches "UN of Religions" to pope
- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired Israeli President Shimon Peres has proposed a new global peace initiative to Pope Francis: A "United Nations of Religions," given that most wars today have religious, **t nationalistic, undercurrents.
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ECB surprises with rate cuts, new stimulus plan
 FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European eco**my needs help. Most people didn't expect it would arrive quite this quickly.
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NATO says arms supply to Ukraine up to individual allies
- It is up to individual NATO members to decide whether to supply arms to Ukraine, which is battling an armed revolt by pro-Russian separatists, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday. "NATO as an alliance is **t involved in delivery of equipment because we do **t possess military capabilities," Rasmussen told a news conference at a NATO summit. "These are possessed by individual allies, so such decisions are national decisions and we are **t going to interfere with that," Rasmussen said when asked if NATO would supply arms to Ukraine.
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Netherlands wins jumping at worlds
- CAEN, France (AP) — The Netherlands held off a late charge from host France to win the team jumping at the World Equestrian Games on Thursday.
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Shelling of east Ukrainian city of Donetsk kills at least one: Reuters witness
- New shelling of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine killed at least one woman and blew huge holes in residential buildings, a day before talks between Kiev and the separatists on a possible ceasefire. A Reuters correspondent saw pools of blood in debris from damaged apartment blocks in the **rthern part of the city.
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South Africa tapes released to opposition party
- PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Taped phone conversations and documents about former corruption charges against South Africa's president were released Thursday to the opposition party, reviving a case that has plagued the leader since before he took ******.
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VENICE WATCH: War film shocks; Paci** reminisces
 VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Venice Film Festival is bringing 11 days of red carpet premieres, in**vative ****** and Hollywood glamour to the Italian city. Here's what has been catching the eye of The Associated Press.
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Leaders: US, UK will '**t be cowed' by militants
 NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — NATO leaders grappled Thursday with whether the alliance has a role in containing a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, as heads of state converged in Wales for a high-stakes summit also focused on the crisis in Ukraine and next steps in Afghanistan.
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Christie continues Mexico trade mission
 MEXICO CITY (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is continuing a trade mission to Mexico with more closed-door meetings and a visit to one of the country's most cherished Catholic sites.
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