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- Slight rise in U.S. military sex assault cases
- Lawyer: Bales won't participate in 'sanity board'
- Outrage Over 'War on Moms' Outrage Outrageously Overblown
- Ex-UN chief Annan back on front line in Syria
- Electoral officials' arrest inflames Iraq tension
- Judge won't block discharge effort against Marine
- FIFA weighs letting Iraq host World Cup qualifiers
- Iraqi al Qaeda group says behind prison break of terror suspects
- 5 curious Titanic stories you may have missed
- Episode 6: The future is now as wounded Marine Kyle gets guidance from Bob Woodruff
- 2 Iraqi officials held on corruption allegations
- Analysis: With echoes of Saddam, Syria's Assad may endure
- Iraq's Saddam-era culture minister released
- Gunmen kill seven Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq ambushes
- First Assange TV show to be aired next week
- Assange TV show to be aired next week
- Qaeda battles to create safe haven in Yemen
- 10 things you need to know today: April 13, 2012
- Criminal Defense Attorneys to Have New Tool When Handling Veterans Cases
- Leader of third force in Aussie politics resigns
- ‘My God Will Wipe This Country From the Face of the Earth’: The Real Louis Farrakhan in His Own Words on GBTV
- JetBlue pilot indictment offers view from cockpit: Osbon gave 'a sermon'
- Iran nuclear talks: Why the trust gap is so great
- Fragile UN-brokered cease-fire takes hold in Syria but scattered violence reported
- How bravery on the ground won controller an Air Force Cross
- The danger that Saudi Arabia will turn Syria into an Islamist hotbed
Slight rise in U.S. military sex assault cases Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of sexual assault cases reported to U.S. military authorities edged up last year, with most involving a member of the armed forces attacking another, the Pentagon said in an annual report released on Friday. The 3,192 cases in 2011 amounted to a 1 percent increase over the 3,158 reported in 2010. Some 56 percent of the cases involved one service member attacking another, 26 percent a member of the military attacking a civilian, 6 percent a civilian attacking a service member and 12 percent an unidentified person attacking a service member, the report said. ... |
Lawyer: Bales won't participate in 'sanity board' Posted: The U.S. soldier charged in the shooting deaths of 17 Afghan villagers last month will not participate in an Army review aimed at determining his mental state, his attorney said Friday. |
Outrage Over 'War on Moms' Outrage Outrageously Overblown Posted: For 24 hours, people cared so much about a mean thing Hilary Rosen said about Ann Romney that more people searched for "Ann Romney" on Twitter than "Justin Bieber," the tween Twitter god. This fake outrage -- the "Umbrage Wars"! -- is a terrible thing, according to lots of hand-winging reporters, and getting worse thanks to the speed of social media. They're wrong. |
Ex-UN chief Annan back on front line in Syria Posted: |
Electoral officials' arrest inflames Iraq tension Posted: |
Judge won't block discharge effort against Marine Posted: A federal judge denied a request Friday to block military discharge proceedings against a Camp Pendleton Marine who called President Barack Obama an enemy on Facebook. |
FIFA weighs letting Iraq host World Cup qualifiers Posted: FIFA will decide soon if Iraq is safe enough to host 2014 World Cup qualifying games again. The country has been barred from holding home games since last September. |
Iraqi al Qaeda group says behind prison break of terror suspects Posted: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate has said it was behind last month's prison escape involving 19 inmates in the northern city of Kirkuk, a group that monitors online communications among insurgents said on Friday. The inmates, most of whom were terrorist suspects, escaped from a temporary prison on March 23 by dismantling the extractor fan in a bathroom and by then using blankets to escape through the opening. Twenty-two policemen and guards employed at the jail were arrested in connection with the escape. On Friday, the U.S. ... |
5 curious Titanic stories you may have missed Posted: Teens are shocked to learn the Titanic was real, Chinese moviegoers are barred from "touching" Kate Winslet's breasts in 3D, and more |
Episode 6: The future is now as wounded Marine Kyle gets guidance from Bob Woodruff Posted: Wounded veteran Kyle meets ABC News reporter and war correspondent Bob Woodruff, who was also injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Bob, Kyle and other veterans talk about their shared experiences and why and how they decided to go to college or get a job. Is Kyle ready to take his next big step? |
2 Iraqi officials held on corruption allegations Posted: |
Analysis: With echoes of Saddam, Syria's Assad may endure Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - Having crushed a popular uprising, he rules by force over an Arab land shattered by conflict and sanctions, his people too exhausted and cowed to resist. Is this the fate awaiting Syria under Bashar al-Assad? Saddam Hussein lasted for 12 years after his defeat in the 1991 Gulf War until a U.S.-led invasion unleashed chaos and carnage from which Iraq, for all its oil, has yet to recover. ... |
Iraq's Saddam-era culture minister released Posted: |
Gunmen kill seven Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq ambushes Posted: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Armed men killed seven Shi'ite pilgrims in ambushes on Friday, police and hospital sources said, in the latest attacks to highlight underlying sectarian and ethnic tensions in Iraq. Political tensions in the country have been high since U.S. troops withdrew in December, when Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government moved against two top Sunni officials - seeking the arrest of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and the removal of Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq. ... |
First Assange TV show to be aired next week Posted: |
Assange TV show to be aired next week Posted: |
Qaeda battles to create safe haven in Yemen Posted: |
10 things you need to know today: April 13, 2012 Posted: North Korea's rocket launch fails, Syria's ceasefire falters, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion |
Criminal Defense Attorneys to Have New Tool When Handling Veterans Cases Posted: As Shad Meshad, President of the National Veterans Foundation has been saying for a long time: "There is a tsunami coming and our police and criminal courts are not equipped to handle the onslaught." Returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan (not unlike those from Vietnam and Desert Storm) are finding themselves dealing with the often-harsh realities and challenges of civilian life. For many, there are issues related to diagnosed and undiagnosed PTSD, TBI and other combat-related issues, including over-medicating. ... |
Leader of third force in Aussie politics resigns Posted: |
Posted: Glenn Beck's highly anticipated special exposing the true face of Nation of Islam leader of over 30 years, Louis Farrakhan, aired Thursday evening on GBTV. What was revealed might shock you. |
JetBlue pilot indictment offers view from cockpit: Osbon gave 'a sermon' Posted: The JetBlue pilot who was subdued by passengers on March 27 after he ran up and down the aisles of his aircraft shouting has been indicted by a grand jury for attempting to interfere with the performance of a flight crew. |
Iran nuclear talks: Why the trust gap is so great Posted: Any "success" in new nuclear talks between Iran and world powers will depend on bridging a trust gap that has widened since the last round of talks failed 15 months ago. |
Fragile UN-brokered cease-fire takes hold in Syria but scattered violence reported Posted: BEIRUT - A fragile cease-fire brokered by the U.N. took hold in Syria on Thursday with regime forces apparently halting widespread attacks on the opposition. But scattered violence was reported and the government defied demands to pull troops back to barracks, drawing criticism from international envoy Kofi Annan. |
How bravery on the ground won controller an Air Force Cross Posted: As a barrage of bullets erupted around him during an attack by "well over" 100 enemy snipers and machine gunners, Capt. Barry Crawford Jr., then an Air Force combat air controller assigned to an Army Special Forces unit, watched as his own radio antenna was shot off "mere inches from his face." |
The danger that Saudi Arabia will turn Syria into an Islamist hotbed Posted: Even as a tentative ceasefire brings an uneasy calm to Syria, opposition leaders and US officials express skepticism that it will hold, particularly in the face of the Assad regime's record of broken promises. Demonstrations planned for April 13 will test that commitment to stop the violence. |
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