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BBC:Scottish referendum: Salmond to quit after Scots vote No
Scottish referendum: Salmond to quit after Scots vote No
Alex Salmond is to step down as Scottish first minister after voters rejected independence.
He will also resign as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), which he has led for a total of 20 years.
Scottish voters backed the country staying in the UK by 2,001,926 votes to 1,617,989 in Thursday's referendum.
Three arrests have been made after rival Union and independence supporters gathered in George Square in the centre of Glasgow.
BBC:Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta summoned by ICC to hearing
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta summoned by ICC to hearing
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has summoned Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to appear before the tribunal on 8 October.
Judges want to question him over claims that his government has withheld documents requested by prosecutors preparing his crimes against humanity trial.
The trial has already been delayed several times.
Mr Kenyatta denies organising ethnic massacres after elections in 2007.
BBC:Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone begins three-day lockdown
Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone begins three-day lockdown
A three-day curfew is under way in Sierra Leone to let health workers find and isolate cases of Ebola, in order to halt the spread of the disease.
Many people have been reluctant to seek medical treatment for Ebola, fearing that diagnosis might mean death as there is no proven cure.
A team of 30,000 people is going house-to-house to find those infected and distribute soap.
But critics say the lockdown will damage public trust in doctors.
BBC:Six Russian fighter jets intercepted by off Alaska
Six Russian fighter jets intercepted by off Alaska
Six Russian fighter jets were intercepted by American and Canadian planes off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday, US defence officials have confirmed.
They entered what is known as the Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), but did not enter US air space.
The planes, two of which were MiG 31 jets, left the area without incident.
Officials said this type of incident was not uncommon, and happens up to 10 times a year.
BBC:Islamic State crisis: Kerry says Iran can help defeat IS
Islamic State crisis: Kerry says Iran can help defeat IS
US Secretary of State John Kerry says Iran has a role to play in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants.
Despite not being invited to join the US-led military coalition, Iran - Mr Kerry said - could help "take out" IS.
Last week, the US said it would be inappropriate for Iran to join the coalition because of its "engagement in Syria and elsewhere".
The US and France have both carried out air strikes against IS, who control larges swathes of Iraq and Syria.
BBC:GlaxoSmithKline fined $490m by China for bribery
GlaxoSmithKline fined $490m by China for bribery
China has fined UK pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline $490m (£297m) after a court found it guilty of bribery.
The record penalty follows allegations the drug giant paid out bribes to doctors and hospitals in order to have their products promoted.
The court gave GSK's former head of Chinese operations, Mark Reilly, a suspended three-year prison sentence and he is set to be deported.
Other GSK executives have also been given suspended jail sentences.
Reuters:French jets strike in Iraq, expanding U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State
French jets strike in Iraq, expanding U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State
(Reuters) - French jets struck a suspected Islamic State target in Iraq for the first time on Friday, expanding a U.S.-led military campaign against militants who have seized a third of the country and also control large parts of neighboring Syria.
President Francois Hollande said Rafale jets hit "a logistics depot of the terrorists" near the city of Mosul, which has been held by Islamic State for more than three months. It promised more operations in coming days.
The French military action, which follows U.S. air strikes in northern Iraq and near the capital Baghdad, appeared to win qualified endorsement from Iraq's top Shi'ite leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
In a Friday sermon, delivered by one of his aides, the elderly cleric acknowledged Iraq needed foreign help but said Iraq must not become subservient to outside powers.
Reuters:Part of White House evacuated; Obama not present: witnesses
Part of White House evacuated; Obama not present: witnesses
(Reuters) - White House staff and reporters were evacuated on Friday night by the Secret Service because an intruder was spotted running on the grounds of the complex shortly after President Barack Obama had left the building, witnesses said.
Obama had just left aboard the Marine One helicopter for Camp David, the presidential retreat in nearby Maryland, when armed, uniformed Secret Service personnel ordered the press corps and members of the White House staff to evacuate.
There were no further details immediately available.
Reuters:Exclusive: Asian buyers of U.S. LNG dial back as exuberance dims
Exclusive: Asian buyers of U.S. LNG dial back as exuberance dims
(Reuters) - A looming gas glut worldwide is prompting Japanese and Indian firms to resell to European traders and utilities big chunks of U.S. liquefied natural gas they had committed to buy several years ago, signaling tempered enthusiasm for U.S. energy.
The chance to ship LNG from the United States, where natural gas output is booming, was touted as the solution to Asia's soaring energy needs and mounting fuel import bill -- and firms rushed in to grab a slice of the affordable action.
But after splashing out billions of dollars to build numerous plants to liquefy and export the gas by ship, at least three buyers spooked by the scale of their commitments and risks of heavy financial losses want out, in part.
Moves to sell off supply are likely to boost global spot market liquidity as trading houses vie for the business and challenge the historical dominance of the oil majors.
Reuters:Japan PM Abe seeks summit with South Korea's Park amid frosty ties
Japan PM Abe seeks summit with South Korea's Park amid frosty ties
(Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked South Korean President Park Geun-hye for a summit meeting in a letter handed over on Friday, seeking a breakthrough in the two countries' frosty ties over Japan's wartime past, including running military brothels.
Abe, in the letter handed to Park by former Japanese premier Yoshiro Mori who was visiting Seoul, mentioned the 50th anniversary of the neighbors' diplomatic ties next year and said he hoped for efforts by the two sides to improve relations.
"Prime Minister Abe said in the letter ... that he eagerly hoped to be able to meet on the occasion of an international conference to be held this fall," Park's office said in a statement.
The two leaders are expected to attend the summit meeting of Asian and European leaders in Italy in October and of leaders of the APEC grouping in November in Beijing.
Reuters:Japan finance minister Aso: No talk on forex with U.S. Treasury Secretary Lew
Japan finance minister Aso: No talk on forex with U.S. Treasury Secretary Lew
(Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday there was no discussion on currency moves at his meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.
He also said the two agreed on the need to achieve sustainable economic growth in Japan and the United States as the euro-zone economy stagnates.
Aso made the remarks after meeting with Lew on the sidelines of the Group of 20 finance leaders' weekend gathering in the Australian city of Cairns.
The dollar scaled a six-year high against the yen due to growing expectations for higher interest rates in the United States, sending Tokyo stocks to a seven-year high on Friday on hopes the soft yen will boost exporters' earnings.
Reuters:Kiev, rebels agree to extra measures to ensure Ukraine cease-fire
Kiev, rebels agree to extra measures to ensure Ukraine cease-fire
(Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists and representatives from Kiev and Moscow agreed on Saturday on further measures to ensure a cease-fire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists.
Violations of a Sept. 5 cease-fire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, whom Kiev says have been reinforced by Russian weapons and soldiers crossing over the two countries' porous border, have kept Ukrainian troops on full alert.
Former president Leonid Kuchma, representing Kiev at talks of the "contact group", said the two sides had agreed to move artillery 15 kilometers (9 miles) away from the front line on both sides, to create a 30 kilometer (18 mile) buffer zone.
"Heavy artillery will be moved 15 kilometers away from the front line," said Kuchma after the talks that lasted several hours in a hotel in central Minsk.
Tech Times:Google bolsters Android L security with encryption by default strategy
Google bolsters Android L security with encryption by default strategy
The next iteration of Google's Android operating system, Android L, will encrypt data by default for the first time ever, meaning a stronger barrier between hackers and police and your data.
Data encryption has been optional on Android since 2011, but it has not been the default option.
The new security strategy comes hot on the heels of Apple announcing that users' data on iOS 8 is protected by passwords that even Apple cannot access.
"For over three years Android has offered encryption, and keys are not stored off of the device, so they cannot be shared with law enforcement," said Google in a statement. "As part of our next Android release, encryption will be enabled by default out of the box, so you won't even have to think about turning it on."