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• New Iran sanctions: why President Obama is tightening the screws
• India duo promise record boxing medal haul
• Army reinstates medical center head in PTSD probe
• House, Senate negotiators back new Iran sanctions
• Baghdad bombs kill 19, police battle suicide attackers
• Obama tightens sanctions on banks helping Iran sell oil
• By the Numbers: Is Romney or Obama More Accessible to the Press?
• Al Qaeda decline hard to reverse after Bin Laden killing: U.S.
• Boxing: U.S. Marine determined to keep team spirits up
• US imposes new sanctions on Iran oil sector
• Sharp Decline in Terror Attacks After Bin Laden Death
• US warns Al-Qaeda branches on rise, as Iran stirs terror
• Texas Senate runoff gives GOP voters stark choice
• Obama orders new sanctions on Iran
• Air Force: There Never Was a 'Smoking Gun' for F-22 Fighter Problems
• What Iraq Vets Have to Say About Iraq
• Bombs kill 21, underlining Iraq chaos
• Stark choice for GOP voters in Texas Senate runoff
• Soccer: Cold War edge as U.S. women beat North Korea
• New alliance further fractures Syria opposition
• Obama orders new sanctions on Iran in face of election year criticism from Romney
• US wants tougher Pakistani action against Haqqanis
• Man assaults girlfriend after seeing Romney photo on her Facebook page
• Romney visit: 'Poland stands as defender of freedom'
• 22 PKK militants killed in Turkey clashes: TV
• Iraq car bombs kill 14: officials
• Iraq says will force out Iran dissident group
• Soccer: British Marxist roots for North Korean women
• French Total signs Iraqi Kurdistan oil deal
• US vets mix regret, detachment on Iraq violence
• Total to hunt for oil in Iraq's Kurdish north
• Hiring Trend Update: ABS Adds More Military Veterans to Service Desk Team
• France's Total buys stakes in Iraqi Kurdish oil
• Thousands of Syrians trapped in Aleppo: UNHCR
• Humanitarian problems grow in besieged Aleppo
• In southern Iraq, heritage of other eras decays
• Officials: 14 killed in twin Iraq car bombs
• Romney praises Polish spirit, creativity in Warsaw
• AP PHOTOS: US vets on renewed Iraq violence
• 10 Things to Know for Tuesday

New Iran sanctions: why President Obama is tightening the screws Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:55 PM PDT Appearing anything but brutally tough with Iran over its nuclear program is one of the last things President Obama wants going into the politically critical month of August in an election year.

India duo promise record boxing medal haul Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:20 PM PDT India's two boxers at the Olympics both won through to the second round on Tuesday to keep alive hopes of a record Games medal haul.

Army reinstates medical center head in PTSD probe Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:50 PM PDT The Army has reinstated the head of a West Coast medical center and changed its screening system after an investigation into whether officials reversed soldiers' post-traumatic stress diagnoses to save money, senior leaders announced Tuesday.

House, Senate negotiators back new Iran sanctions Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:11 PM PDT A new package of severe sanctions on Iran's energy, shipping and financial sectors gained strong congressional support Tuesday as lawmakers sought to ratchet up the economic pressure in hopes of halting Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program.

Baghdad bombs kill 19, police battle suicide attackers Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:04 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twin car bombs hit central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 19 people, and security forces fought off a separate attack inside a police station by two suicide bombers trying to free al Qaeda prisoners. The major assault underscored the seriousness of Iraq's struggle with insurgents more than seven months after the last U.S. troops left behind a country still grappling with political instability and sectarian tensions. ...

Obama tightens sanctions on banks helping Iran sell oil Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced new U.S. sanctions on Tuesday against foreign banks that help Iran sell its oil and said the measure would increase pressure on Tehran for failing to meet its international nuclear obligations. Obama's decision, in an executive order, came ahead of congressional votes on new sanctions intended to further strip Iran of its oil-related revenues. It also followed criticism from Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney that the White House is failing to act strongly enough to stop Iran's suspected pursuit of a nuclear weapon. ...

By the Numbers: Is Romney or Obama More Accessible to the Press? Posted: 31 Jul 2012 02:58 PM PDT Mitt Romney concluded his trip overseas to England, Israel, and Poland Tuesday and the headlines reverberating across the pond are not of his foreign policy pronouncements, but of gaffes and, today, limited press access. During his three nation trip, the presumptive GOP nominee held one...

Al Qaeda decline hard to reverse after Bin Laden killing: U.S. Posted: 31 Jul 2012 02:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's death sent al Qaeda into a decline that will be hard to reverse, the United States said on Tuesday in a report that found terrorist attacks last year fell to their lowest level since 2005. Describing 2011 as a "landmark year," the United States said other top al Qaeda members killed last year included Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, reportedly the militant organization's No. 2 figure after bin Laden's death, and Anwar al-Awlaki, who led its lethal affiliate in Yemen. ...

Boxing: U.S. Marine determined to keep team spirits up Posted: 31 Jul 2012 02:47 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - His London Olympics may have only lasted nine minutes but Jamel Herring will not be getting down about it. A veteran Marine of two tours of duty in Iraq, the U.S. team boxing captain knows he has his men to think about. The 26-year-old sergeant, who served as a field electrician during the Iraq war, is just part of the military backbone of an American team led by officer Basheer Abdullah, head coach of the army's boxing program for 15 years. ...

US imposes new sanctions on Iran oil sector Posted: 31 Jul 2012 02:46 PM PDT US President Barack Obama on Tuesday imposed new economic sanctions on Iran's oil export sector and on a pair of Chinese and Iraqi banks accused of doing business with Tehran.

Sharp Decline in Terror Attacks After Bin Laden Death Posted: 31 Jul 2012 02:39 PM PDT The number of worldwide terror attacks fell to 10,283 last year, down from 11,641 in 2010 and the lowest since 2005, the State Department reported today. What's made the difference? The State Department cites the killing of Osama bin Laden and other top al Qaeda members...

US warns Al-Qaeda branches on rise, as Iran stirs terror Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:25 PM PDT Al-Qaeda affiliates pose a rising threat exploiting poverty and upheavals in the world's most vulnerable regions even as the core network is on the decline, the US State Department warned Tuesday.

Texas Senate runoff gives GOP voters stark choice Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:10 PM PDT The question for voters in Tuesday's Texas runoff isn't whether a Republican will likely succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate, but what kind of Republican? The answer figures to reverberate far beyond the Lone Star State.

Obama orders new sanctions on Iran Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:09 PM PDT Seeking to ratchet up pressure on Iran, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered new sanctions on Iran's energy sector and on foreign banks in China and Iraq that the U.S. says help the Islamic republic evade international penalties.

Air Force: There Never Was a 'Smoking Gun' for F-22 Fighter Problems Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:58 PM PDT Top Official Says Potentially Deadly Air Problems Solved, But No Single Malfunction to Blame

What Iraq Vets Have to Say About Iraq Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:34 PM PDT A feature that ran Tuesday on The Associated Press, in which combat veterans share their impressions of the war in Iraq now that the U.S. mission there is over, does exactly what that wire service is best at: Collect interesting information and present it simply and directly, without editorial comment. If you've ever wanted to ask a bunch of combat vets exactly how they feel about the war in Iraq, the violence there now, and how that makes them feel about their mission, but you don't know a bunch of combat vets, this is the closest you'll come.

Bombs kill 21, underlining Iraq chaos Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:29 PM PDT A double bombing struck at an upscale neighborhood Iraq's capital Tuesday, killing at least 21 even though police stopped three attackers storming a counterterror unit, as the government strained to control al-Qaida-based chaos gripping the country.

Stark choice for GOP voters in Texas Senate runoff Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:10 PM PDT The question for voters in Tuesday's Texas runoff isn't whether a Republican will likely succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate, but what kind of Republican? The answer figures to reverberate far beyond the Lone Star State.

Soccer: Cold War edge as U.S. women beat North Korea Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The U.S. women's soccer team beat North Korea 1-0 on Tuesday in a politically charged Olympic clash between the isolated Asian country and the global superpower it has loathed since they fought a Cold War conflict six decades ago. A mixture of curious Britons and enthusiastic Americans piled into the stands at Old Trafford, home of English Premier League club Manchester United, to watch the contest, with no North Korean spectators in evidence. ...

New alliance further fractures Syria opposition Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:59 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A group of exiled Syrian activists announced a new opposition alliance on Tuesday that aims to form a transitional government - a challenge to the Syrian National Council (SNC), a longer established group that they said had failed. The launch of the "Council for the Syrian Revolution" marks the latest effort by Syria's divided opposition to forge a political alternative to President Bashar al-Assad whose forces are trying to put down a 16-month armed uprising. ...

Obama orders new sanctions on Iran in face of election year criticism from Romney Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:58 AM PDT WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is levelling new sanctions on banks in China and Iraq that the White House says have helped Iran evade international sanctions.

US wants tougher Pakistani action against Haqqanis Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:48 AM PDT The Obama administration expressed renewed frustration with Pakistan on Tuesday, urging its reluctant counterterrorism ally to break remaining links between its security services and the Haqqani network and stem the flow of bomb-making material into Afghanistan.

Man assaults girlfriend after seeing Romney photo on her Facebook page Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:48 AM PDT Lowell Turpin of Claxton, Tenn., suspected that his girlfriend was planning to cheat on him. His fears were confirmed — or so he thought — when he looked at her Facebook page and saw a photo of another man.

Romney visit: 'Poland stands as defender of freedom' Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:59 AM PDT In Gdansk, Poland yesterday, the final stop of his three-country overseas tour, Mitt Romney met with former Polish President and Nobel Prize winner Lech Walesa and the country's Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

22 PKK militants killed in Turkey clashes: TV Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:28 AM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Twenty-two Kurdish militants were killed during clashes in eastern Turkey over the last three days, CNN Turk television said on its website on Tuesday, adding to Ankara's concerns over gains by Kurdish groups in neighboring Syria. Fighting, including bombardment with helicopters and war planes, continued on the outskirts of the town of Semdinli, CNN Turk reported. ...

Iraq car bombs kill 14: officials Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:27 AM PDT Twin car bombs in Baghdad killed 12 people and wounded at least 47 others on Tuesday, while another attack west of the capital killed two and wounded three, security and medical officials said.

Iraq says will force out Iran dissident group Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:27 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Tuesday told an Iranian dissident group that was given a base in Iraq by Saddam Hussein but is now out of favor with a government that is close to Iran that it must move out of the camp immediately or be forced to leave. Iraqi authorities have been locked in a protracted row with the Mujahadin-e Khalq (MEK) over their plan to move 3,000 MEK members from Camp Ashraf to a large former U.S. military base - a step toward expelling the group from Iraqi territory. ...

Soccer: British Marxist roots for North Korean women Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:25 AM PDT MANCHESTER (Reuters) - North Korean fans were nowhere to be found at Manchester's Old Trafford stadium an hour before the pariah state's women's soccer team were scheduled to take on the United States in an Olympic pool match on Tuesday. But the North Koreans could count on the support of at least one fan: British pensioner David Greenhough, 70, an independent Marxist historian proudly carrying the North Korean flag. "There are 22 million North Koreans and they're not all Kim Jong-il, they're not all a scheming axis of evil," Greenhough told Reuters outside Old Trafford. Former U.S. ...

French Total signs Iraqi Kurdistan oil deal Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:25 AM PDT French energy giant Total said on Tuesday it has signed an oil exploration deal for areas in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, putting it on a collision course with the central government in Baghdad.

US vets mix regret, detachment on Iraq violence Posted: 31 Jul 2012 08:31 AM PDT Just months after the U.S. military departed, violence in Iraq is increasing. Hundreds of people have died in recent weeks in bombings and drive-by shootings, some claimed by al-Qaida insurgents.

Total to hunt for oil in Iraq's Kurdish north Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:58 AM PDT French oil giant Total S.A. said Tuesday it has acquired an interest in two oil exploration areas in Iraq's Kurdish north from Marathon Oil Corp., joining U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. in the self-rule region.

Hiring Trend Update: ABS Adds More Military Veterans to Service Desk Team Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:16 AM PDT ABS Veterans Leverage their Military Service Skills to Provide Outstanding Customer SupportSchaumburg, IL (PRWEB) July 31, 2012 As a 100% US based help desk outsourcing provider, ABS Associates, Inc. employs an all American staff from diverse backgrounds so it should be no surprise that many of its personnel are culled from the ranks of the United States Armed Forces. A company that prides itself in seeking service desk agents with Personality, Energy, and a Professional presence (PEP) returning service men and women have become a logical choice in ABS's own recruiting efforts. ...

France's Total buys stakes in Iraqi Kurdish oil Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:55 AM PDT Marathon Oil says it has sold an interest in two oil exploration areas in Iraq's northern Kurdish region to French oil giant Total.

Thousands of Syrians trapped in Aleppo: UNHCR Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:18 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Battles between the Syrian army and rebels in Aleppo have forced many terrified civilians to flee the city by perilous routes or take refuge in safer areas, a United Nations official said on Tuesday. "Thousands of frightened residents are seeking shelter in schools, mosques and public buildings," said Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ...

Humanitarian problems grow in besieged Aleppo Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:11 AM PDT Humanitarian conditions have grown even more dire in the besieged Syria city of Aleppo with activists reporting on Tuesday dwindling stocks of food and cooking gas and only intermittent electricity supplies as droves of residents flee 11 days of intense clashes between rebels and regime forces.

In southern Iraq, heritage of other eras decays Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:03 AM PDT Looking at the spray paint on the cross and the rusting scooter seat in the weeds, it is hard to argue with the local landowner who laments, "Iraq is not like Egypt -- here, nobody gives a damn about our heritage."

Officials: 14 killed in twin Iraq car bombs Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:19 AM PDT Iraqi officials say twin car bombings within five minutes of each other have killed 14 people in an upscale Shiite neighborhood in the nation's capital.

Romney praises Polish spirit, creativity in Warsaw Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:43 AM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) —

AP PHOTOS: US vets on renewed Iraq violence Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:30 AM PDT American military members who fought in the Iraq war are reacting to the increasing violence there since the U.S. military withdrawal in December.

10 Things to Know for Tuesday Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:55 AM PDT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):

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