2012年8月25日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Syrian rebels release Lebanese hostage

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 12:29 PM PDT

RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATIVE CROP -- Hussein Ali Omar, 60, one of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims that Syrian rebels have been holding for three months in Syria, hugs his mother, right, upon arrival at his house in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, 2012. Syrian rebels freed Omar on Saturday in a move aimed at easing cross-border tensions after a wave of abductions of Syrian citizens in Lebanon. The Shiite pilgrims were abducted May 22 after crossing into Syria from Turkey on their way to Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Turkey on Saturday secured the release of one of 11 Shiite Lebanese hostages held for three months by Syrian rebels, a move that underlined Ankara's growing influence in the Arab world. In Syria itself, activists reported the discovery of up to 50 bodies in a Damascus suburb stormed by government forces after heavy clashes this week.


AP interview transcript with President Obama

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 10:06 AM PDT

Question: Mr. President, thank you for the opportunity.

Quotes from AP interview with Obama

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 10:06 AM PDT

Some quotes of President Barack Obama in an interview with The Associated Press:

Sign-of-the-times stats on eve of the conventions

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 10:04 AM PDT

A look at the U.S, past and present, by the numbers:

Syrian rebels set free a kidnapped Lebanese

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 08:23 AM PDT

A Syrian man walks by a house destroyed in a Syrian government bombing last week that killed more than 40 people, in Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Syrian rebels on Saturday freed one of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims they have been holding for three months, in a move aimed at easing cross-border tensions after a wave of abductions of Syrian citizens in Lebanon.


Sri Lanka arrests 98 Australia-bound boatpeople

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 06:42 AM PDT

Sri Lankans pay up to $3,000 for a place on trawlers run by people smugglers who promise to take them to AustraliaSri Lanka's navy on Saturday detained 98 would-be asylum-seekers making for Australia, an official said, the largest group since Canberra tightened restrictions on boatpeople headed to its shores.


Turkish minister plays down Syria link to Turkey attacks

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 06:39 AM PDT

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has played down possible Syrian links to a recent rise in guerrilla attacks in Turkey, saying unrest across the border was not the cause of Turkey's problems. Turkey has seen an upsurge in attacks over the past few weeks, including a car bombing in the southern city of Gaziantep on Monday that killed nine people. Some Turkish officials have blamed the attacks on the conflict in Syria. ...

Three killed in north Iraq attacks

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 06:35 AM PDT

Gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint in Mosul today killing a policeman and a civilianSeparate shootings in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul on Saturday left three people dead, including a local councillor, security and medical officials said.


Iraqi officials: gunmen kill 3 in country's north

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 06:15 AM PDT

Iraqi authorities say gunmen have killed three people, including a local official, in the country's north.

Security America Mortgage is proud to announce the acceptance of Steve Otero as the VA Lending Company's PR Director, Building Value on VA Mortgage Services in Houston

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 05:04 AM PDT

Security America Mortgage, Inc. is proud to announce the acceptance of Steve Otero, Security America's Public Relations DirectorHOUSTON, TEXAS (PRWEB) August 25, 2012 Security America Mortgage, Inc. is proud to announce the acceptance of Steve Otero, Security America's Public Relations Director, as the Vice President of Public Relations for The Association of the United States Army, Houston Sub-Chapter, at a dinner event held at Maggianno's Restaurant, Houston, Tx, Aug. 21. ...

Death metal, the sound of Tampa, won't be heard at Republican convention

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 04:30 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney speaks at a campaign rally at the Long Family Orchard and Farm in CommerceWASHINGTON (Reuters) - When they convene in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney for president next week, Republicans will not hear a note from the city's most notable musical exports: death-metal bands such as Deicide and Obituary. The South Bronx hatched hip-hop and Seattle birthed grunge rock. Tampa gave the world death metal, a boundary-pushing style of heavy rock that features lyrics that can be decidedly anti-Christian. ...


Two wounded as Jordan protest turns unruly

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 04:02 AM PDT

Salafists reportedly marched on the Maan security force headquarters to demand the release of prisonersAn exchange of fire between armed protesters and police during a demonstration in the restive Jordanian town of Maan left two people wounded, the official Petra news agency reported on Saturday.


Turkish jets 'bomb Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq'

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 02:31 AM PDT

Four Turkish planes bombed the Iraqi villages of Silliyeh and Sargal early today, Kurdish rebels sayTurkish warplanes bombed areas of northern Iraq early Saturday in a bid to target rear bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) , a spokesman for the rebel group said.


Chief of UN observers leaves Syria

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 02:14 AM PDT

A Syrian man walks by a house destroyed in a Syrian government bombing last week that killed more than 40 people, in Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)The head of a team of United Nations observers tasked to monitor a cease-fire in Syria that failed has left Damascus.


10 things you need to know today: August 25, 2012

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 01:30 AM PDT

Romney cracks a birther joke, Apple wins a major patent lawsuit, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making the news and driving opinion

Body of Japanese reporter killed in Syria flown home

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:57 PM PDT

Veteran Japanese war reporter Mika Yamamoto had covered several armed conflicts, including those in Afghanistan and IraqThe body of a veteran Japanese war reporter killed while covering the anti-regime movement in Syria's second city was flown home on Saturday.


Remains found in Mont. area where vet last seen

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:03 PM PDT

Human remains have been found in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in northwest Montana, where a team has been searching for an Iraq war veteran who disappeared two years ago, a sheriff said Friday.

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