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Israel

Teens' murder suspects killed

Israeli troops killed two Palestinians on Tuesday who were named as suspects in the June murders of three Jewish teenagers in the West Bank. That incicent sparked a deadly spiral of tit-for-tat violence. Amer Abu Eisha and Marwan Qawasmeh, whom Israel accused of carrying out the kidnappings and murders, died "in an exchange of fire" in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the Israeli army said. The two men were in a house in Hebron.

United Nations

Abbas seeks vote for pullout

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that he will demand an international resolution setting a timetable for ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories when he speaks to the UN General Assembly this week. If the UN rejects his appeal, Abbas said he will seek membership in international institutions and agencies to push for redress. His aides have said that would include the International Criminal Court.

United States

Climate change activists held

About 100 protesters were arrested on Monday in New York City during a demonstration that at one point blocked streets near the stock exchange to denounce what organizers said is Wall Street's contribution to climate change. The demonstration, called Flood Wall Street, drew hundreds of protesters, and came a day after a bigger action that brought 310,000 people to the streets of New York. Activists described the earlier march as the largest protest ever against climate change.

Russia

Nation plans 80 new warships

Russia will increase its Black Sea fleet by 2020 with more than 80 new warships and will complete a second naval base for the fleet near the city of Novorossiysk by 2016, its commander said on Tuesday.

In comments made to President Vladimir Putin as he visited the port city, Vice Admiral Alexander Vitko said a second Black Sea base was needed in addition to the main base on the Crimea peninsula annexed from Ukraine, because of NATO expansion. "Eighty ships and other vessels are expected to arrive before 2020," said Vitko.

Yemen

President warns of 'civil war'

Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi warned on Tuesday of "civil war" in the Sunni-majority country and vowed to restore state authority as Shiite rebels appeared to be in near-total control of the capital.

"Sanaa is facing a conspiracy that will lead towards civil war," Hadi said in a speech at the presidential palace, two days after the rebels took control of all other key state institutions in the city, overshadowing a UN-brokered peace deal.

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(China Daily 09/24/2014 page11)