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LONDON (AP) — West Ham says that is has signed Brazilian forward Nene until the end of the season, subject to the Premier League club securing his international clearance. Continue reading...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has screened about 1,200 moderate Syrian rebels who could participate in a new training program so they eventually can return to the fight against Islamic State insurgents who have taken control of large portions of Syria, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Continue reading...

[attach=full]17743[/attach] CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential prospect Jeb Bush said Wednesday that "there were mistakes made in Iraq" during his brother's administration, offering the critique during a wide-ranging speech on foreign policy that comes as part of his run-up to a likely campaign for the White House. Continue reading...

[attach=full]17733[/attach] MIAMI (AP) — An Australian once held at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, won a challenge Wednesday to his terrorism conviction before a military court. Continue reading...

French prosecutors called Wednesday for five teenagers suspected of vandalising hundreds of Jewish graves to be charged, arguing there was a clear "anti-Semitic motive" behind their alleged act. Some 250 tombs were vandalised last week at a Jewish cemetery in the northeastern town of Sarre-Union. The youngest came forward earlier this week after being taken aback by the scale of the reaction across the country to the vandalism. Continue reading...

[attach=full]17732[/attach] CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — One year has passed since Venezuela's streets were rocked by anti-government protests that left 43 people dead and neighborhoods choked by flaming barricades. Continue reading...

[attach=full]17731[/attach] Greece's parliament on Wednesday elected pro-European conservative Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the country's new president, a move calculated to bolster the hard-left government in its critical EU bailout talks. The former minister and expert in public law was put forward for the post in a bid to draw much-needed cross-party support as debt-laden Greece races to negotiate a new loan deal with its international creditors. Pavlopoulos, 64, who takes up a largely honorary post, was elected to a five-year term with 233 yes votes in the 300-seat chamber. He was considered a safe choice, being largely untainted by the controversy surrounding the country's loathed bailout obligations, agreed to by the former conservative government. Continue reading...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Second-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania reached the quarterfinals of the Rio Open on Wednesday, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States 6-2, 6-4. Continue reading...