2012年4月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Netyanahu Frienship Means Better Israeli Relations Under Romney

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COMMENTARY | International diplomacy is often enhanced if leaders of various countries have a warm, personal relationship. The friendship between President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is often cited as an example.

Ex-Syrian army commander calls for air strikes on Assad troops

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APAYDEN, Turkey (Reuters) - A former army commander who now leads a military council trying to organize armed resistance to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said air strikes on forces spearheading his military crackdown would be the only way to avoid a protracted civil war. Western and regional powers grappling with how to support the year-long uprising against Assad should shed a reluctance for military action and consider air strikes to force out the Alawite ruling elite, General Mustafa al-Sheikh told Reuters. ...

Terror convict writes judge before sentencing

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A Massachusetts man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida is asking a judge to consider another side of him as the judge prepares to sentence him on terror-related charges.

Factbox: Journalists killed in Syrian unrest

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(Reuters) - Syria has banned almost all foreign journalists from the start of the uprising, but authorities have started issuing short-term visas for a limited number of journalists, who are allowed to move around accompanied by government minders. Syrian security forces have killed more than 9,000 people, according to the United Nations, while the government of President Bashar al-Assad says more than 2,500 soldiers and security agents have been killed. ...

Fugitive Iraqi VP Hashemi arrives in Istanbul: sources

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Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-HashemiFugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who is accused of running a death squad in Iraq, arrived in Istanbul Monday from Saudi Arabia, diplomatic sources told AFP.


Defense: Terror convict should get 6.5 years max

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A Massachusetts man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida has written a letter to the judge who will sentence him, highlighting his work as a teacher and his plan — before his arrest — to set up a diabetes treatment clinic in Saudi Arabia.

Study: Obesity Weighs in at 21 Percent of Medical Care Costs

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A new study from Cornell University indicates that an obese individual not only racks up higher medical costs per capita, but the costs associated with obesity make up 21 percent of all medical care costs.

US Navy deploys 2nd aircraft carrier to Gulf

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 29, 2012 file photo, a small boat pass in front of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is seen anchored of the coast of Faliro, near Athens. The U.S. Navy said Monday, April 9, 2012 that it has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf region amid rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear program. The deployment of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise along the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group marks only the fourth time in the past decade that the Navy has had two aircraft carriers operating at the same time in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, said Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)The U.S. Navy says it has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear program.


From gaffes to glory, Boris keeps Britain guessing

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(Blank Headline Received)LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Johnson is one of a kind: a Conservative who has turned upper-class English eccentricity into a political asset in a country where being posh is an electoral liability. Instantly recognizable thanks to his messy mop of platinum blond hair, the mayor of London has perfected a personal brand based on a comic talent and a likeable, shambolic style that conceal a hard core of self-belief and ambition. The power of his brand is such that his name has entered the national vocabulary. ...


Annan to visit Syrian refugees in Turkey before Iran

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GENEVA (Reuters) - International mediator Kofi Annan will visit a camp for Syrian refugees in Turkey on Tuesday en route for talks with senior officials in Iran, his spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said on Monday. "Mr Annan will visit a refugee camp in Turkey tomorrow (Tuesday) on his way to Iran," Fawzi told Reuters in Geneva. Annan will visit Syrian refugees staying in a camp in Hatay, he said. Thousands of Syrian refugees are sheltering in eight camps set up in Turkey's southern provinces of Hatay and Gaziantep, and others have crossed into Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. ...

10 things you need to know today: April 9, 2012

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North Korea prepares to launch a rocket, CBS remembers Mike Wallace, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Former US Officials Reiterate Backing for Delisting the Iranian Opposition Group, Say They Will Not be Intimidated or Silenced, According to Iranian-American Community of Northern California

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WASHINGTON, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of prominent former officials say they refuse to abandon their support for the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and their efforts to have the group removed from the State Department's terrorist list, despite indirect warnings from the Treasury Department that their support for the group could constitute a crime.

A northern Iraqi Easter

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In the small church of St. Addaie the Messenger, the crucifixion and resurrection, retold in the village for the past 2,000 years, was re-enacted in elaborate Easter celebrations by a community holding fast to its ancient traditions but uneasy about its future.

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