2012年12月16日星期日

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AP: Workers say charity gave little money to vets

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:02 PM PST

In this Nov. 29, 2012 photo, Kerry Rankins, right, hands a paper to Racinto Lester, left, as a group of former employees of the Veterans Support Organization talk outside the organization's closed office in Nashville, Tenn. The Stuart, Fla.-based Veterans Support Organization had been fined by Tennessee for making false claims about the benefits it offered, and Connecticut lawmakers called for a federal investigation before the group's Tennessee branch closed last month. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)A veterans charity already under scrutiny for how it raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in Tennessee handed out only a fraction of the money in the form of gift cards and threatened to fire workers if they didn't meet fundraising quotas, former employees say.


Democrats call for ban on assault weapons, want commission to examine gun laws, mental health

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:00 PM PST

WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States.

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 04:22 PM PST

A child's message rests with a memorial for shooting victims, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States.


Democratic senators want ban on assault weapons

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:53 PM PST

A child's message rests with a memorial for shooting victims, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)Democratic lawmakers and Independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States.


Iraq: Bombs strike disputed northern area, kill 8

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:23 AM PST

Bombings rattled two cities in disputed areas in Iraq's north on Sunday, killing at least eight people and raising concerns that extremists are trying to exploit ethnic tensions in the country.

Iran urges election as step to halt Syria conflict

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:50 AM PST

Iran is backing presidential elections in Syria as part of a six-point plan outlined Sunday to halt the 21-month civil war in Tehran's main Middle East ally.

UK watchdog: Doctor dishonest in death of Iraqi

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST

A medical watchdog ruled Sunday that a former British army doctor failed to protect detainees and acted dishonestly following the death of an Iraqi civilian beaten and killed in the custody of U.K. troops in 2003.

Army struggles to hold on to war-time intelligence gains and lessons

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:31 AM PST

OTTAWA - The Canadian Army is trying to hold on to its intelligence-gathering capability and its ability to disrupt spying in the face of budget strain, say internal National Defence documents.

'Pilgrims' pour into Sandy Hook Village after massacre

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:11 AM PST

As church bells pealed and Sandy Hook residents on Sunday retreated to private church services to seek solace in the wake of the nation's worst-ever primary school shooting, hundreds of self-proclaimed "pilgrims" trudged stunned and red-eyed toward the massacre site to offer teddy bears and roses to the 20 first graders and six school staff who died Friday.

Series of blasts hits Iraq's Kirkuk, 6 killed

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:08 AM PST

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A series of blasts hit Iraq's Kirkuk on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding tens more in neighborhoods across the ethnically mixed city, security and hospital sources said. Kirkuk, which sits atop some of the world's largest oil reserves, is at the heart of a dispute between the Arab-led central government in Baghdad and ethnic Kurds who run their own autonomous region to the north of the country. ...

Senators want commission to look at mass shootings

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 09:40 AM PST

A child's message rests with a memorial for shooting victims, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)Two senators called Sunday for a national commission to examine mass shootings in the United States, while a third vowed to ban the sale of military-style assault weapons.


Pentagon front-runner has strong Obama ties

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 08:22 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 1, 2012 file photo shows former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel speaking in Omaha, Neb. He's a contrarian Republican moderate and a decorated Vietnam combat veteran. And he's likely to endorse a more rapid troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Hagel, President Barack Obama's top candidate for defense secretary, also has another credential that's arguably even more important to this president: Hagel and Obama have a personal relationship, forged in the Senate and strengthened during overseas trips they took together. Hagel, 66, emerged as the front-runner for the Pentagon chief last week, four years after retiring from a Senate career in which he carved out a reputation as an independent thinker and blunt speaker. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.


Blasts kill two Kurdish army recruits in Iraq's disputed area

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 06:51 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs planted inside a car killed two Kurdish Peshmerga military recruits on Sunday in a disputed region of northern Iraq where Baghdad and autonomous Kurdistan are caught up in a military stand-off. Baghdad's Arab-led central government and the Kurdistan region are embroiled in a long-running dispute over oil and land and both dispatched troops last month to the so-called "Disputed Territories" over which both claim jurisdiction. ...

Car bomb kills 2 in disputed northern Iraq region

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 03:02 AM PST

Iraqi authorities say a car bomb explosion near a Kurdish party office has killed two people in a disputed city north of the capital.

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