[ti:Iraqi Kurdish Fighters Enter Kobani]
[ar:Katy Weaver]
[al:In the News]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]Syrian activists say the first group 
[00:07.47]of Iraqi Kurdish fighters 
[00:09.50]has arrived in the Syrian town of Kobani. 
[00:13.11]They are to help Syrian Kurds 
[00:16.81]in their battle against Islamic State militants.
[00:20.91]A British human rights group said Thursday 
[00:24.71]that about 10 of the fighters 
[00:27.48]from Iraq's Kurdistan area 
[00:30.04]crossed into Kobani from Turkey. 
[00:33.21]Around 150 fighters in all 
[00:37.51]spent Wednesday 
[00:39.39]traveling across Turkey toward Syria. 
[00:42.70]The Turkish government 
[00:44.91]agreed earlier to let them pass through.
[00:48.52]The government of Burkina Faso says 
[00:53.62]it will no longer seek to extend 
[00:56.17]presidential term limits in the country. 
[00:59.38]Earlier this week, 
[01:01.92]lawmakers had proposed making 
[01:04.63]such a change to the constitution.
[01:07.18]The change would have permitted 
[01:10.72]Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore 
[01:14.60]to seek reelection next year. 
[01:17.74]He has ruled the country since 1987.
[01:22.72]Several thousand demonstrators 
[01:25.80]marched through the capital city, Ouagadougou, 
[01:29.53]Wednesday and Thursday 
[01:32.07]to protest the proposed extension.
[01:35.36]Ukraine says the European Union 
[01:40.07]will be the guarantor of any deal with Russia 
[01:44.30]to restart its supply of natural gas to Ukraine.
[01:49.39]Ukraine's prime minister announced the agreement 
[01:54.12]with the E-U on Thursday. 
[01:56.52]Russia's energy minister said Thursday 
[02:00.61]a gas supply deal could be signed very soon 
[02:05.09]if all documents are made final.
[02:08.14]Myanmar President Thein Sein 
[02:12.42]has called for a major meeting 
[02:15.34]with representatives of the country's military, 
[02:18.88]six top political parties and ethnic minority groups.
[02:23.95]The meeting will be held Friday in the capital, Naypyidaw. 
[02:29.77]The National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi 
[02:35.00]will be among the delegates.
[02:37.24]Ms. Suu Kyi's party is pushing for constitutional changes 
[02:43.27]that would limit the power of the military.
[02:47.34]The organization that develops the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, 
[02:55.62]is withholding test scores 
[02:58.41]for thousands of South Korean and Chinese students. 
[03:02.95]The Educational Testing Service says 
[03:07.28]it has received reports of cheating in SAT tests 
[03:12.50]given on October 11th.
[03:14.99]In May of 2013, 
[03:18.29]SAT officials cancelled testing in South Korea 
[03:23.22]after some students saw the test questions 
[03:27.45]before taking the exam.