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• Father of Kansas plane crash survivor speaks
• Saudi and Bahrain expected to seek union: minister
• Gulf Arabs to weigh unity vs perceived Iran threat
• AP Exclusive: Drawing focuses on Iran's nuke work
• Bahrain PM for Gulf union, opposition wants referendum
• Mandy Patinkin talks peace in Israel
• How Iraq is Using Reality TV and Facebook to Inspire a Generation of Peacemakers
• Dems, GOP using popular bills to hurt other party
• US insists Iraq police training not being scrapped
• AP Exclusive: Drawing of structure said to shed light on Iran's secret nuclear work
• US insists Iraq police training not being scrapped
• US affirms Iraqi police training program
• Iraq bomb attacks against security kill five
• Suicide bomber, car bombs hit Iraq security forces
• Drowned Libya oil chief feared going home
• Attacks against security forces across Iraq kill 4
• Drowned Libya oil chief feared going home
• Car bomb kills policeman in western Iraq
• Weary warriors favor Obama
• Connecticut, Wisconsin parties consider Senate nominees
• WWII-era battleship USS Iowa being refitted to move to new home as naval museum in SoCal
• Biden To Students: You’re the Best Generation America Has ‘Ever, Ever, Ever Produced’ and You’ll See Solar Energy ‘Cheap as Gas’ in Your Lifetimes
• Philippine workers free to go to Iraqi Kurdistan

Father of Kansas plane crash survivor speaks Posted: Ron Luce didn't recognize the voice of the woman who phoned Friday to say his daughter Hannah was with her, and was fine.

Saudi and Bahrain expected to seek union: minister Posted: DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are expected to announce closer political union at a meeting of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday, a Bahraini minister said, a move dismissed by the opposition as a ruse to avoid political reform. The decision is part of a strategy to increase integration within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as the organization's six nations fret about Iran's power in the region and the presence of al Qaeda after the Arab uprisings. ...

Gulf Arabs to weigh unity vs perceived Iran threat Posted: RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will weigh closer political union at a summit of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday aimed at pooling efforts to neutralize Shi'ite Muslim protests in the region that they believe is instigated by Iran. Iran denies that it is behind unrest among Shi'ites in oil-producing, Sunni Muslim-led monarchies across the Gulf. But after popular uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world over the past year, U.S.-allied Gulf Arab leaders are increasingly concerned that an uprising in Bahrain could bring a Gulf Arab nation under Iranian sway. ...

AP Exclusive: Drawing focuses on Iran's nuke work Posted: A drawing based on information from inside an Iranian military site shows an explosives containment chamber of the type needed for nuclear arms-related tests that U.N. inspectors suspect Tehran has conducted there. Iran denies such testing and has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of such a chamber.

Bahrain PM for Gulf union, opposition wants referendum Posted: Bahrain's premier has backed Saudi Arabia's plan for the creation of a Gulf union, a report said Sunday, but the nation's Shiite opposition is demanding the proposal be put to a referendum.

Mandy Patinkin talks peace in Israel Posted: "Homeland" star Mandy Patinkin has made a small push for peace while filming episodes of the hit TV show in Israel.

How Iraq is Using Reality TV and Facebook to Inspire a Generation of Peacemakers Posted: Educational reality TV and social media are the drivers inspiring a group of Iraqi youth demanding a different future -- one with peaceful resolutions and equality.

Dems, GOP using popular bills to hurt other party Posted: Congress is producing little this election year that will become law, yet both parties are churning out bills designed to make the other side look bad.

US insists Iraq police training not being scrapped Posted: The US embassy in Baghdad insisted on Sunday it had no plans to shut down a multi-billion-dollar police training programme that it said was a "vital part" of its enormous civilian mission here.

AP Exclusive: Drawing of structure said to shed light on Iran's secret nuclear work Posted: VIENNA - An image said to come from inside an Iranian military site shows an explosives containment chamber of the type needed for nuclear arms-related tests that U.N. inspectors suspect Tehran has conducted at the site. Iran denies such testing and has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of such a chamber.

US insists Iraq police training not being scrapped Posted: The US embassy in Baghdad insisted on Sunday it had no plans to shut down a multi-billion-dollar police training programme that it said was a "vital part" of its enormous civilian mission here.

US affirms Iraqi police training program Posted: The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad says it is scaling back efforts to train Iraqi police officials but has no plans to end the program completely.

Iraq bomb attacks against security kill five Posted: A series of bomb attacks mostly targeting security forces, including a suicide car bombing, killed five people across Iraq and wounded several more on Sunday, security and medical officials said.

Suicide bomber, car bombs hit Iraq security forces Posted: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting a police checkpoint in Baghdad killed at least three people while car bombs hit army and police patrols in two other cities, killing three others, police and hospital sources said on Sunday. The attacks were the first serious violence since mid-April when a wave of bombings killed 36 people across the country, including an attack involving three car bombs and a suicide bomber in which 15 people died in Baghdad. ...

Drowned Libya oil chief feared going home Posted: VIENNA (Reuters) - Spat at in public by a fellow Libyan who called him a thief, watching his back on long walks through Vienna, eating poorly; Muammar Gaddafi's fugitive oil supremo was a troubled man in the months before he was found drowned in the Danube two weeks ago. Just whom, or what, Shokri Ghanem feared may hold a key to his mysterious sudden death, just as he was under mounting pressure to reveal what he knew of suspect deals with foreign oil buyers that made billionaires of the late dictator's family. ...

Attacks against security forces across Iraq kill 4 Posted: A series of bombings targeting security forces killed four people in two major Iraqi cities Sunday, officials said.

Drowned Libya oil chief feared going home Posted: VIENNA (Reuters) - Spat at in public by a fellow Libyan who called him a thief, watching his back on long walks through Vienna, eating poorly; Muammar Gaddafi's fugitive oil supremo was a troubled man in the months before he was found drowned in the Danube two weeks ago. Just whom, or what, Shokri Ghanem feared may hold a key to his mysterious sudden death, just as he was under mounting pressure to reveal what he knew of suspect deals with foreign oil buyers that made billionaires of the late dictator's family. ...

Car bomb kills policeman in western Iraq Posted: Iraqi officials say a car bomb has killed a policeman in the western city of Ramadi.

Weary warriors favor Obama Posted: COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a John Wayne poster, and an 1861 Springfield rifle from an ancestor who fought in the Civil War. But when it comes to the 2012 presidential election, Master Sergeant McDowell is no hawk. ...

Connecticut, Wisconsin parties consider Senate nominees Posted: (Reuters) - The Connecticut Democratic convention on Saturday endorsed Congressman Christopher Murphy for an open U.S. Senate seat, but former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson failed to win the Republican party convention endorsement in that state. With long-serving senators in Wisconsin and Connecticut retiring, those Senate seats more vulnerable to switching parties in November's general elections that will determine whether Republicans take back control of the Senate from Democrats. ...

WWII-era battleship USS Iowa being refitted to move to new home as naval museum in SoCal Posted: RICHMOND, Calif. - Firing its 16-inch (40.64-centimetre) guns in the Arabian Sea, the U.S.S. Iowa shuddered. As the sky turned orange, a blast of heat from the massive guns washed over the battleship. This was the Iowa of the late 1980s, at the end of its active duty as it escorted reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war.

Biden To Students: You’re the Best Generation America Has ‘Ever, Ever, Ever Produced’ and You’ll See Solar Energy ‘Cheap as Gas’ in Your Lifetimes Posted: "As coal, excuse me, as cheap as coal"

Philippine workers free to go to Iraqi Kurdistan Posted: The Philippines has lifted an eight-year ban on its nationals working in Iraq, but only for the Middle Eastern country's autonomous Kurdistan region, the foreign ministry said Sunday.

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