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• Syrian National Council elects Kurd as its new leader
• Dr. Jill Biden Shares her Family’s Deployment Experience with Children of the DC National Guard Members at USO of Metropolitan of Washington Book Reading
• Man charged in brother's death at Utah campground
• Bombs target Iraq oil pipelines, exports not hit
• Bombs hit Iraq pipelines, exports unhurt

Syrian National Council elects Kurd as its new leader Posted: 09 Jun 2012 04:37 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The main Syrian opposition umbrella group, the Syrian National Council, elected Kurdish activist Abdelbasset Sida as its leader at a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, a council statement said. Sida, who has been living in exile in Sweden for many years, was the only candidate for the three-month presidency of the SNC at a meeting of 33 members of the councils' general secretariat. The 56-year-old succeeds Burhan Ghalioun, a liberal opposition figure who had presided over the council since it was formed in August of last year. ...

Dr. Jill Biden Shares her Family’s Deployment Experience with Children of the DC National Guard Members at USO of Metropolitan of Washington Book Reading Posted: 09 Jun 2012 02:46 PM PDT Dr. Biden's Proceeds from her Book "Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops" will be Donated to the USO to Support the Education of Military ChildrenArlington, VA. (PRWEB) June 09, 2012 Today, the DC Armory, which is suited to host events and shows of up to 10,000 people, brought together a small band of military children for a reading of Dr. Biden's new children's book "Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops. ...

Man charged in brother's death at Utah campground Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:52 PM PDT A 27-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of his teenage brother during a camping trip in Utah.

Bombs target Iraq oil pipelines, exports not hit Posted: 09 Jun 2012 05:33 AM PDT KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded on Saturday close to minor oil pipelines carrying crude from a major oilfield near Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, according to security and oil sources who said exports to the Ceyhan port in Turkey were not affected. The attack occurred near pipelines which carry oil from Bai Hassan oilfield to a degassing station in Kirkuk, an oil ministry spokesman and officials at state-run North Oil Company said. "Two bombs blew up near two oil wells in Bai Hassan oilfield without causing a fire. ...

Bombs hit Iraq pipelines, exports unhurt Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:39 AM PDT Five bombs exploded at a northern Iraqi oil field on Saturday morning, damaging two pipelines without affecting the country's vital crude exports, officials said.

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