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6B Daily News – Wednesday, September 25, 2013 WORLD BRIEFING Iran prepared to engage in nuclear negotiations UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his nation is prepared to immediately engage in stalled negotiations over its disputed nuclear program — but only under certain conditions. Rouhani told the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday that he is also open to talks with the United States ''to manage differences.'' It was his first appearance on the world stage since he was elected in the summer. Nuclear negotiations between Iran and six world powers have been stalled for months but Iran agreed to a new meeting this Thursday on the sidelines of the General Assembly. Rouhani said every issue can be resolved through moderation and rejection of violence. Kenyan president: Terrorists defeated after 4 days of fighting NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president proclaimed victory Tuesday over the terrorists who stormed a Nairobi mall, saying security forces had ''ashamed and defeated our attackers'' following a bloody four-day siege in which dozens of civilians were killed. President Uhuru Kenyatta said the dead included 61 civilians whose bodies have been recovered so far and six security forces, while some 175 were injured, including 62 who remain hospitalized. Three floors of the mall collapsed and several bodies were trapped in the rubble, said Kenyatta. His office later said a terrorist's body was among those in the debris. Five other extremists were killed by gunfire and another 11 other suspects had been arrested, he said; authorities had previously announced the arrest of seven at the airport and three elsewhere. ''These cowards will meet justice as well their accomplices and patrons, wherever they are,'' Kenyatta said, in a televised address to the nation. Kenya mall attack follows internal power struggle JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Islamic extremists of al-Shabab, who claimed responsibility for the Nairobi shopping mall siege, have gone through a deadly power struggle within their ranks in which at least two leaders were assassinated in Somalia. Because of that internal discord, analysts say the al-Qaida-linked group is now led by hard-liners who are dedicated to global jihad and are putting the region on notice that it could see other similarly spectacular assaults. ''It shows that al- Shabab is not an ethnic organization but an ideologically driven outfit and branch of al-Qaida in the Horn of Africa,'' said Abdirasjid Hashi, deputy director of the Heritage Initiative for Policy Studies, a think tank in Mogadishu, Somalia. The attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi — in which gunmen have killed scores of men, women and children — also counters a narrative that al-Shabab has been on the wane since U.N.backed African peacekeepers had pushed them out of the Somali capital of Mogadishu and major towns in the country since 2011. ''This attack allows the group to reinstate itself as a force to be reckoned with ... and offset reports that the group no longer is relevant,'' said Natznet Tesfay, head of the Africa country risk team for the IHS business intelligence group. Kenya attack unfolded in multiple Twitter feeds PARIS (AP) — As the deadly attack unfolded inside Kenya's Westgate mall, the militants who claimed responsibility for the spreading mayhem sent out tweet after tweet, taunting the Kenyan military, defending the mass killings and threatening more bloodshed. Each time Twitter shut the account down — a total of five times, according to a U.S.-based security analyst — al-Shabab started a new feed. The sixth account included a post on Tuesday linking to a photo that purported to be two of the attackers ''unruffled and strolling around the mall in Honor your female employees! such sangfroid manner'' and mocking Kenya's security forces for their repeated assurances over two days — also tweeted — that the siege was nearly over. It wasn't the first time alShabab has live-tweeted a terrorist attack, according to J.M. Berger, a U.S. based terrorism analyst who monitors the group's online presence. The militants offered comments in real time or nearly so in recent attacks in Mogadishu and the attempted assassination of the Somali president. But the drawn-out Kenya attack, which left at least dozens dead, brought the group to a much wider stage, amplified by its social media savvy. ''The person who runs their Twitter account has obviously invested a lot of energy in the process of grabbing headlines, and for Shabab, the account allows them to amplify the message that they wish to send with the attack itself,'' Berger told The Associated Press. The al-Shabab message, at least according to the tweets, appeared directed at the international community and Kenya specifically to leave Somalia to the militant Islamic group. But there may have been a broader message, analysts say: Al-Shabab has allied itself with al-Qaida's global message and its global war. Tea party conservative Cruz vows to speak at length against Obamacare WASHINGTON (AP) — Tea party conservative National Business Women's Week October 21-25 Run photo and bio on your business, career, community involvement. Magazine-size supplement to The Daily News Published Wednesday, October 23 Advertising Space Reservations Deadline Monday, October 14 Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday vowed to speak in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law until he's ''no longer able to stand,'' even though fellow Republicans privately urged him to back down from his filibuster for fear of a possible government shutdown in a week. ''This grand experiment is simply not working,'' the Texas freshman told a largely empty chamber of the president's signature domestic issue. ''It is time to make D.C. listen.'' Egged on by conservative groups, the potential 2016 presidential candidate excoriated Republicans and Democrats in his criticism of the three-yearold health care law and Congress' willingness to gut the law. Cruz supports the House-passed bill that would avert a government shutdown and defund Obamacare, as do many Republicans. However, they lack the votes to stop Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., from moving ahead on the measure, stripping the health care provision and sending the spending bill back to the House. That didn't stop Cruz' quixotic filibuster. Standing on the Senate floor, with conservative Sen. Mike Lee of Utah nearby, Cruz talked about the American revolution, Washington critics and the impact of the health care law. Mass starvation feared in Syria BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition groups and international relief orga- "Honey, when we get back home, let's look into choosing a Realtor to find us some acreage with a house on it." This special edition will be pre-promoted in the Daily News and will be published on high-bright paper. It will feature articles of interest to women in the business and professional workforce, featuring a locally produced article on two local business women of outstanding success and international reputation! 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The Pakistani military said it was rushing troops and helicopters to Baluchistan province's Awaran district, where the quake was centered, and the nearby area of Khuzdar. Local officials said they were sending doctors, food and 1,000 tents for people who had nowhere to sleep as strong aftershocks continued to shake the region. Most of the victims were killed when their houses collapsed, according to the chief spokesman for the country's National Disaster Management Authority, Mirza Kamran Zia, who gave the death toll. He warned that the toll might rise and said the agency was still trying to get information from the stricken area. Lindsay Lohan's mother pleads not guilty to DWI charge Prices (2.4" x 2.3") (4.9" x 2.3") (4.9" x 4.75") (vertical 4.9" x 9.65") (horizontal 10" x 4.75") (10" x 9.65") (10" x 9.65") nizations are warning of the risk of mass starvation across the country, especially in the besieged Damascus suburbs where a gas attack killed hundreds last month. With the world's attention focused on the regime's chemical weapons, activists said six people — including an 18-month girl — have died for lack of food in one of the stricken suburbs in recent weeks. Save the Children said in an appeal Monday that more than 4 million Syrians, more than half of them children, do not have enough to eat. Food shortages have been compounded by an explosion in prices. ''The world has stood and watched as the children of Syria have been shot, shelled and traumatized by the horror of war,'' said Roger Hearn, Save the Children's regional director for the Middle East. ''The conflict has already left thousands of children dead, and is now threatening their means of staying alive.'' Thousands of people are believed trapped in suburbs east and west of the capital that have been held for months by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. Regime troops are besieging the areas, and residents say food is increasingly had to find. Rebels say they are trying to break the blockade. Enchanted visitors can become our new neighbors. You know some who've done it. HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Her license suspended, Dina Lohan left a suburban New York courthouse in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce on Tuesday after entering a not guilty plea on speeding and drunken driving charges. Lohan, 50, was surrounded by a media throng usually associated with her troubled actress daughter, Lindsay, as she left a Long Island courthouse following her arraignment. She was released without bail until her next court appearance Oct. 23. The only apparent family member accompanying Lohan to court was her mother, Ann Sullivan.