| CIA interrogation helped get bin Laden: senator Posted: 03 Aug 2014 01:02 PM PDT  By Sarah N. Lynch and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee will soon release a report asserting the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques helped bring down Osama bin Laden and disrupt terrorist plots, the panel's top Republican said on Sunday. "Information gleaned from these interrogations was in fact used to interrupt and disrupt terrorist plots, including some information that took down bin Laden," Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia said on CBS's "Face the Nation." Democrats who control the Senate Intelligence Committee are expected to issue their own report that alleges the CIA techniques, such as "waterboarding," did not help yield valuable intelligence and were not necessary. It is unclear when the Democrats' report will be released because Senator Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the committee, has said she may challenge some redactions made by the Obama administration. President Barack Obama, who banned the practices after taking office in 2009, said on Friday the CIA had "tortured some folks" during former President George W. Bush's administration.
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| Northeast California wildfire destroys 8 homes Posted: 03 Aug 2014 12:46 PM PDT  BURNEY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a wildfire in northeast California that nearly quadrupled in size over the weekend has destroyed eight homes and prompted the precautionary evacuation of a small long-term care hospital.
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| Israel withdraws most troops from Gaza Posted: 03 Aug 2014 12:01 PM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel withdrew most of its ground troops from the Gaza Strip on Sunday in an apparent winding down of the nearly monthlong operation against Hamas that has left more than 1,800 Palestinians and 60 Israelis dead.
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| Obama to decide on immigration by end of summer Posted: 03 Aug 2014 10:10 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior White House adviser says President Barack Obama will make a decision by the end of the summer on how to use his authority to address immigrants living illegally in the U.S.
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| Turks & Caicos, south Bahamas buffeted by Bertha Posted: 03 Aug 2014 08:52 AM PDT  PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands (AP) — Tropical Storm Bertha took aim at the Turks & Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas on Sunday after emerging from the eastern Dominican Republic where authorities evacuated dozens of families living in flooded areas.
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| Strong quake kills at least 175 in southern China Posted: 03 Aug 2014 07:49 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 175 people and injuring more than 1,400.
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| More tests needed before Ohio city gets water back Posted: 03 Aug 2014 07:16 AM PDT  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The mayor of Toledo, Ohio, is telling residents that more tests must be done to ensure toxins are out of the city's water supply.
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| Ukraine's army on outskirts of rebel stronghold Posted: 03 Aug 2014 07:01 AM PDT  DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting raged Sunday on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tried to seize control of the rebel stronghold. In danger of being encircled, the separatists renewed their calls for Russia to send troops to their aid.
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| Strong quake kills at least 150 in southern China Posted: 03 Aug 2014 06:29 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province has killed at least 150 people and injured more than 1,400.
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| Death toll in southwest China quake reaches at least 150 Posted: 03 Aug 2014 05:41 AM PDT  A magnitude 6.3 earthquake killing at least 26 people in a remote mountainous area of Yunnan province, causing some buildings to collapse, including a school.
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| Strike near UN school in Gaza leaves 10 dead Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:38 AM PDT  RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A United Nations school sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip was hit Sunday by what a U.N. official said appeared to be an Israeli airstrike, as the military struck the Hamas-ruled territory despite signaling a possible scaling back of its 27-day offensive.
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| 8 troops killed as Syria rebels raid Lebanese town Posted: 03 Aug 2014 03:50 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels who crossed into Lebanon and raided a border town have killed eight Lebanese soldiers, the military said Sunday, as clashes there continued overnight in the most serious spillover yet in the tiny country from its neighbor's civil war.
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| Lebanon army: 8 soldiers killed in clashes Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:47 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's army says eight soldiers have been killed in clashes with Syrian rebels in and around an eastern Lebanese border town. |
| Israel strikes Gaza as troops start redeploying Posted: 03 Aug 2014 01:59 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck several targets in Gaza on Sunday as ground troops began a gradual redeployment in some locations along the border area, a day after the government signaled it would scale back its 27-day-old offensive.
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| Atlanta hospital deemed 1 of safest for Ebola care Posted: 03 Aug 2014 01:44 AM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — The Ebola virus has killed more than 700 people in Africa and could have catastrophic consequences if allowed to spread, world health officials say. So why would anyone allow infected Americans to come to Atlanta?
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| Israel renews Gaza shelling Posted: 03 Aug 2014 01:28 AM PDT  Netanyahu vows to keep up pressure on Hamas even after the army completes its core mission of destroying a tunnel network that extends into Israel.
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| Israeli begins redeploying along Gaza border Posted: 03 Aug 2014 12:10 AM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's military has begun redeploying along its border with Gaza after the government signaled it would reassess its operations. |
| Libya: 22 killed in Tripoli airport clashes Posted: 02 Aug 2014 11:55 PM PDT  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's interim government says a day of militia fighting for control of the international airport in the capital Tripoli has killed 22 people.
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| AP Photos: A Belgian landscape shaped by war Posted: 02 Aug 2014 11:23 PM PDT  One hundred years on, World War I resonates across Belgium in countless monuments and cemeteries along with relics of long-abandoned bunkers and trenches that dot the landscape.
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| Ohio's 4th largest city has no drinking water Posted: 02 Aug 2014 10:52 PM PDT TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Long lines formed at water distribution centers and store shelves were quickly emptied of bottled water after Ohio's fourth-largest city told residents not to drink from its water supply that was fouled by toxins possibly from algae on Lake Erie. |
| California governor declares emergency amid fires Posted: 02 Aug 2014 10:19 PM PDT  ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) — More than a dozen wildfires in California, some of which destroyed homes, forced evacuations and damaged infrastructure, prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency on Saturday.
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| TS Bertha aims for Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Posted: 02 Aug 2014 09:32 PM PDT  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bertha aimed for the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands early Sunday as its heavy rains and wind led to the cancellation of flights and caused power outages in parts of the Caribbean.
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| China car parts plant blast kills 69, hurts 187 Posted: 02 Aug 2014 08:44 PM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, most with severe burns, state media reported Sunday.
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| Israeli soldier thought captured is declared dead Posted: 02 Aug 2014 05:04 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier the military feared had been abducted by Palestinian gunmen in a firefight that shattered a temporary ceasefire in Gaza has been declared dead, ending what could have been a nightmare scenario for Israel hours after it signaled it plans to scale back its operation against Hamas militants.
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| Israel: Soldier thought captured is dead Posted: 02 Aug 2014 04:47 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military has declared dead a soldier who was previously believed captured by Hamas gunmen in Gaza violence that shattered a temporary ceasefire.
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