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Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country's armed forces have not used all their capabilities in Syria and if necessary may use "more military means". Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country's armed forces have not used all their capabilities in Syria and if necessary may use "more military means". Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country's armed forces have not used all their capabilities in Syria and if necessary may use "more military means". Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country's armed forces have not used all their capabilities in Syria and if necessary may use "more military means". Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Kurt Masur, the German conductor who revitalized the New York Philharmonic and played a key role in peaceful protests in Leipzig that paved the way for the 1990 reunification of postwar Germany, died on Saturday at age 88.

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's government has arrested nine military officers for planning a coup, the interior minister said on Saturday, more than doubling the number of arrests reported earlier this week.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has acknowledged a "miscommunication" with Iraq over its deployment of troops to the Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq, Turkey's foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Astronauts on board the International Space Station send their holiday greetings to Earth. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Astronauts on board the International Space Station send their holiday greetings to Earth. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Astronauts on board the International Space Station send their holiday greetings to Earth. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Astronauts on board the International Space Station send their holiday greetings to Earth. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

(Reuters) - Aston Villa displayed some fight to earn a 1-1 draw in torrential rain at Newcastle United on Saturday but their Premier League survival hopes grow bleaker by the week.

DOHA (Reuters) - Islamic State threatened to attack Saudi Arabia for "colluding with crusaders" after the oil-rich kingdom said it had established a 34-state Islamic military coalition to target the militants.

DOHA (Reuters) - Islamic State threatened to attack Saudi Arabia for "colluding with crusaders" after the oil-rich kingdom said it had established a 34-state Islamic military coalition to target the militants.

Ballot boxes are set up at polling stations around Spain as the country prepares for an uncertain general election on Sunday. Nathan Frandino reports.

Ballot boxes are set up at polling stations around Spain as the country prepares for an uncertain general election on Sunday. Nathan Frandino reports.

Ballot boxes are set up at polling stations around Spain as the country prepares for an uncertain general election on Sunday. Nathan Frandino reports.

Ballot boxes are set up at polling stations around Spain as the country prepares for an uncertain general election on Sunday. Nathan Frandino reports.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Champions Bayern Munich opened up an eight-point lead in the Bundesliga at the start of the German season's one-month winter break by beating Hanover 96 1-0 on Saturday amid mounting speculation over the future of coach Pep Guardiola.

Ralph Blakely, a longtime downtown Charleston resident, is proficient in six languages, has worked as an organist and choirmaster, a private investor, is a collector of African art and a member of the board of directors of the Gibbes Museum of Art.

LONDON (Reuters) - British peer Greville Janner, a prominent campaigner for Holocaust victims who was later accused of child sex abuse, has died aged 87, British media reported on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - British peer Greville Janner, a prominent campaigner for Holocaust victims who was later accused of child sex abuse, has died aged 87, British media reported on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - British peer Greville Janner, a prominent campaigner for Holocaust victims who was later accused of child sex abuse, has died aged 87, British media reported on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho will be back in management soon because big clubs want him and because he lives and breathes football, his former Chelsea assistant Steve Holland said on Saturday.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria should step up deportations of people who do not qualify for asylum, Chancellor Werner Faymann said in remarks published on Saturday, striking a tougher tone on migrants as he comes under pressure from his conservative coalition partners.