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• Official: No sign French suspect had al-Qaida ties
• French gunman's brother faces legal proceedings
• Daily headaches common in soldiers after concussion
• U.S. soldier charged with 17 murders in Afghan killings
• Army sergeant charged in Afghan massacre
• Sgt. Robert Bales charged with premeditated murder of 17 Afghans
• In Afghan Shooting Case, a CSI Defense
• French intelligence under fire over al Qaeda shooter
• Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war
• US soldier charged in Afghan shooting rampage
• US Army sergeant charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder in massacre of Afghan villagers
• Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent
• Paul Ryan's Budget Draws Fire For Foreign Affairs Cuts
• Army on trial too as Sgt. Robert Bales faces charges for Afghanistan shootings
• Annan heading to Moscow, Beijing for Syria talks
• Bales Charged 17 Counts of Pre-Meditated Murder
• Soldier accused of Afghan killings has memory gaps: lawyer
• Sgt. Robert Bales and multiple tours of duty: How many is too many?
• US eager to send foreign aid to Yemen, a land battling poverty and Al Qaeda
• Summit lockdown frustrates Baghdad residents
• Iraq must probe claims VP's guard tortured: HRW
• Syrian activists: Clashes near Turkish border
• Displaced Iraqis still suffering from sectarian war
• 19 detainees flee north Iraq prison
• Libya restores diplomatic ties with Iraq: official
• A survivor's tale of torture in Iraq
• Former president of transitional Somali gov't dies
• Army reviewing traumatic stress diagnostic practices
• Afghan relatives demand local trial for US shooter
• Nineteen prisoners escape jail in Iraq's Kirkuk
• Mariners, A's arrive in Japan for opening series
• Displaced Iraqis still suffering from sectarian war
• 19 detainees flee north Iraq prison
• 10 things you should know today: March 23, 2012
• 17 detainees escape in Iraq prison break
• Sprout Healthy Vending Captures New Territory and Lands Machines in Boise, Idaho

Official: No sign French suspect had al-Qaida ties Posted: Investigators have found no signs the suspected gunman behind a deadly string of attacks in southern France was under orders from al-Qaida or any militant group, a top French official said Friday — disputing Mohamed Merah's claim of terrorist ties before he died in a shootout with commandos.

French gunman's brother faces legal proceedings Posted: PARIS (Reuters) - The brother of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman who killed seven people in France faces legal proceedings along with his girlfriend as police investigate the case, but his mother should soon be released from custody, a legal source said on Friday. Mohamed Merah's mother, his elder brother Abdelkader and that brother's girlfriend were detained by police on Tuesday in the southern city of Toulouse as negotiators sought their help trying to persuade Merah to turn himself in. ...

Daily headaches common in soldiers after concussion Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in five soldiers who returns from Iraq or Afghanistan having suffered a concussion develops chronic headaches that occur at least half the days of each month, according to a new survey. Army researchers examined nearly 1,000 soldiers with a history of deployment-related concussion and found 20 percent had suffered the frequent headaches diagnosed as "chronic daily headache" for three months or more. Of those, a quarter literally had the headaches every day. Concussion is considered a mild traumatic brain injury and is commonly followed by headaches. ...

U.S. soldier charged with 17 murders in Afghan killings Posted: KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant was formally charged with 17 counts of murder on Friday for killing eight adults and nine children in a pre-dawn shooting rampage in southern Afghanistan that further eroded U.S.-Afghan relations already frayed by a decade of war. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a decorated 38-year-old veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, also was charged with six counts each of assault and attempted murder for attacking two other adults and four children in the March 11 shooting spree, a U.S. armed forces statement said. ...

Army sergeant charged in Afghan massacre Posted: Charges filed Friday against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales reflect the horror of the crime: 17 counts of premeditated murder, more than half of them children, during a shooting rampage in southern Afghanistan. But while Afghans are calling for swift and severe punishment, it will likely be months, even years, before the public ever sees Bales in a courtroom.

Sgt. Robert Bales charged with premeditated murder of 17 Afghans Posted: The US military has charged Staff Sgt. Robert Bales with 17 counts of premeditated murder and the assault and attempted murder of six other civilians in southern Afghanistan.

In Afghan Shooting Case, a CSI Defense Posted: Staff Sgt. Robert Bales' alleged massacre of 17 Afghan civilians has made headlines around the globe, fueled growing – and perhaps irreparable - tensions between the U.S. and Afghan governments, and raised new questions about the Obama administration's handling of the long and unpopular Afghan war.

French intelligence under fire over al Qaeda shooter Posted: PARIS (Reuters) - France's prime minister was forced to reject accusations on Friday that intelligence lapses allowed a young Muslim with a violent criminal record, spotted twice in Afghanistan, to become the first al Qaeda-inspired killer to strike on its soil. Hardened by battling Islamic militants from its former North African colony of Algeria, France's security services have long been regarded as among the most effective in Europe, having prevented militant attacks on French soil for the last 15 years. ...

Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war Posted: It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder — but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war.

US soldier charged in Afghan shooting rampage Posted: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged on Friday with 17 counts of premeditated murder, a capital offense that could lead to the death penalty in the massacre of Afghan civilians, the U.S. military said.

US Army sergeant charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder in massacre of Afghan villagers Posted: KABUL - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged on Friday with 17 counts of premeditated murder, a capital offence that could lead to the death penalty in the massacre of Afghan civilians, the U.S. military said.

Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent Posted: The United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran's nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear warhead.

Paul Ryan's Budget Draws Fire For Foreign Affairs Cuts Posted: The budget unveiled this week by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, is drawing fire from critics who contend it would cut too much from foreign aid programs, stripping the president of tools they say are crucial to national security.

Army on trial too as Sgt. Robert Bales faces charges for Afghanistan shootings Posted: Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier suspected in the most violent shooting rampage against civilians in the Afghanistan war, has now been charged with 17 counts of murder. As more is learned about his background and the events of March 11, much of the media has focused on one question: Why?

Annan heading to Moscow, Beijing for Syria talks Posted: GENEVA (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, joint special envoy of the United Nations and Arab League, will leave this weekend on a trip to Moscow and Beijing for talks with senior Russian and Chinese officials on the crisis in Syria, his spokesman said on Friday. A team sent by Annan has returned from three days of "intensive and businesslike" talks in Damascus on implementing his six-point peace plan aimed at stopping the killing, securing humanitarian aid and launching a political dialogue with the Syrian opposition, spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said in a statement. ...

Bales Charged 17 Counts of Pre-Meditated Murder Posted: Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has been charged Friday with murdering 17 civilians and wounding six others, paving the way for what will be a long and politically-charged trial.

Soldier accused of Afghan killings has memory gaps: lawyer Posted: (Reuters) - The attorney for the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians said on Friday his client has memory gaps and does not fully understand the allegations against him. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a four-tour combat veteran accused of killing the Afghans in a shooting rampage in Kandahar last week, is expected to be charged on Friday with 17 counts of murder, a U.S. official said on Thursday. Earlier accounts of the incident had tallied 16 victims, including nine children and three women. ...

Sgt. Robert Bales and multiple tours of duty: How many is too many? Posted: The tremendous burden that battle places on soldiers – and the notion that it can push some to their breaking point – has long been one of the fatalistically accepted miseries of war.

US eager to send foreign aid to Yemen, a land battling poverty and Al Qaeda Posted: As the dust settles on a year of popular revolt in Yemen, international actors are looking to shore up the new president as he tackles long-standing humanitarian and security problems – not least of all, one of the world's most worrisome Al Qaeda franchises.

Summit lockdown frustrates Baghdad residents Posted: Hosting an Arab summit may be Iraq's way of opening up after years of conflict, but Baghdad residents have been left smarting as swathes of the city have been largely shut down for it to do so.

Iraq must probe claims VP's guard tortured: HRW Posted: Human Rights Watch on Friday called for Iraq to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that a bodyguard of the country's fugitive Sunni vice president who died in custody was tortured.

Syrian activists: Clashes near Turkish border Posted: Syrian government forces fired machine guns and mortars Friday in fierce clashes with army defectors in a town near the Turkish border, an activist group reported, as European Union foreign ministers imposed sanctions on the wife and three other close relatives of President Bashar Assad.

Displaced Iraqis still suffering from sectarian war Posted: Talib al-Ajami stands near his makeshift house in a garbage and sewage-filled slum in north Baghdad holding a torn, creased letter from insurgents who drove him from his home in 2006.

19 detainees flee north Iraq prison Posted: Nineteen detainees, including two men sentenced to death and several alleged Al-Qaeda leaders, escaped from a prison in northern Iraq on Friday, in what one politician said was an inside job.

Libya restores diplomatic ties with Iraq: official Posted: Libya has restored full diplomatic relations with Iraq and plans to send an ambassador to Baghdad more than eight years after cutting off ties, Iraq's deputy foreign minister said Friday.

A survivor's tale of torture in Iraq Posted: Peter Moore endured 947 days of torture by Shiite terrorists, says Hampton Sides, and lived to tell about it

Former president of transitional Somali gov't dies Posted: Abdullahi Yusuf, who rose from a guerrilla warrior to president of Somalia only to watch his administration crumble under a ferocious Islamic insurgency, died Friday in Dubai. He was 78.

Army reviewing traumatic stress diagnostic practices Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has started a system-wide review to ensure its mental healthcare facilities are not engaging in the "unacceptable" practice of considering treatment costs in making a diagnosis, Army Secretary John McHugh told a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday. Lieutenant General Patricia Horoho, the Army surgeon general, initiated the review in response to the discovery that hundreds of soldiers being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder had their diagnoses reversed after being seen by psychiatrists at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington State. ...

Afghan relatives demand local trial for US shooter Posted: Relatives of Afghans killed in a shooting massacre demanded Friday a public trial in Afghanistan for a US soldier expected to be formally charged with 17 counts of murder.

Nineteen prisoners escape jail in Iraq's Kirkuk Posted: KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Nineteen prisoners, most facing terrorism charges, escaped from a temporary prison in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk through a ventilation window on Friday, a senior local police official said. Police patrols had been deployed around the city, which sits 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, and a search was on for the escapees, police sources said. "Nineteen detainees escaped. They removed the ventilator in the bathroom and used blankets to jump from the opening," Deputy Police Chief Major-Gen. Torhan Abdulrahman Youssef told Reuters. ...

Mariners, A's arrive in Japan for opening series Posted: The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics arrived in Japan on Friday, five days before opening Major League Baseball's 2012 season at Tokyo Dome.

Displaced Iraqis still suffering from sectarian war Posted: Talib al-Ajami stands near his makeshift house in a garbage and sewage-filled slum in north Baghdad holding a torn, creased letter from insurgents who drove him from his home in 2006.

19 detainees flee north Iraq prison Posted: Nineteen detainees, including two men sentenced to death and several alleged Al-Qaeda leaders, escaped from a prison in northern Iraq on Friday, in what one politician said was an inside job.

10 things you should know today: March 23, 2012 Posted: Afghan massacre suspect to be charged, a big victory likely for Santorum in Louisiana, and more in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion

17 detainees escape in Iraq prison break Posted: An Iraqi police official says 17 detainees have broken out of prison in a northern city.

Sprout Healthy Vending Captures New Territory and Lands Machines in Boise, Idaho Posted: New Local Operator, Corey Buckles, Serves Community In More Ways Than OneIrvine, CA (PRWEB) March 23, 2012 Sprout Healthy Vending welcomes newest operator to the family, Corey Buckles. Sprout Healthy Vending is a national leader in taking the vending industry in a healthy direction at work, school and in the community. Buckles will be placing his machines in and around the Greater-Boise, Idaho community, which will extend into the Mountain Home Air Force Base. ...

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