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• Aide says Cheney had heart transplant
• US former vice president Dick Cheney gets heart transplant
• Iraqi woman attacked in California home; threat left
• EU names 17 Iranians sanctioned over human rights
• Iraqi woman beaten in Calif.; threat note at scene
• French police grill gunman's 'proud' brother
• Syrian forces shell towns, clash with rebels
• French investigators focus on gunman's brother
• Syrian forces shell towns and clash with rebels; dozens killed
• French gunman's brother quizzed at Paris intelligence HQ
• Turkey: 15 female Kurdish rebels killed
• View from abroad: US facing woes, but still No. 1
• US still fixated by nuclear terror
• Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans
• Hosting Arab leaders, Iraq tries to return to fold
• Turkish forces kill 15 women Kurd rebels
• French gunman's brother whisked to Paris intelligence HQ
• Lawyer says French gunman's mother is released
• Activists: Syrian troops storm northwestern town
• Official: French gunman's mother released
• Iraq detains 22 policemen after jailbreak
• French judicial official: Mother of man who allegedly killed 7 released Friday without charge
• Officials: Gunman's brother transferred to Paris
• Iraq prison staff detained over jailbreak
• Official: Gunman's brother transferred to Paris
• 10 things you need to know today: March 24, 2012
• Bipartisan Political Leaders Urge Removal of MEK from Terrorist List, Denounce Attempt to Silence State Department Policy Critics
• US soldier charged over Afghan village massacre
• Woman says Afghan shooting suspect was "obnoxious drunk"
• Air Force holds Ohio memorial for military dog

Aide says Cheney had heart transplant Posted: Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday and is recovering at a Virginia hospital, his office said.

US former vice president Dick Cheney gets heart transplant Posted: Former US vice president Dick Cheney was in recovery Saturday after getting a heart transplant at a hospital in Virginia, his spokeswoman said.

Iraqi woman attacked in California home; threat left Posted: EL CAJON, California (Reuters) - A mother from Iraq was gravely injured after being attacked in her home in this southern California city and left with a threatening note nearby, police said on Saturday. Shaima Alawadi, 32, was found unconscious in the dining room of her home in El Cajon, near San Diego, on Wednesday morning by her 17-year-old daughter, said El Cajon police spokesman Lieutenant Mark Coit. She was taken to a local trauma center, where she was not expected to survive her injuries, he added. ...

EU names 17 Iranians sanctioned over human rights Posted: BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) - The European Union has imposed sanctions on 17 Iranian officials, including prominent members of the government and the judiciary it says play a key role in serious human rights violations. Agreed by EU foreign ministers on Friday, the new sanctions list, published on Saturday, includes the minister of information and communication, Reza Taqipour, and the head of Iran's state broadcasting network (IRIB), Ezzatollah Zarghami. ...

Iraqi woman beaten in Calif.; threat note at scene Posted: A 32-year-old woman from Iraq was critically injured after being severely beaten in her Southern California home, and police said a threatening note was discovered at the scene.

French police grill gunman's 'proud' brother Posted: The brother of the gunman who killed seven people including young children in a shooting spree that shocked France, has boasted that he is "proud" of his sibling's actions, police said Saturday.

Syrian forces shell towns, clash with rebels Posted: Syrian troops shelled rebellious areas in central and northern Syria on Saturday in the latest push to quash the uprising against President Bashar Assad, but faced fierce resistance from army defectors, activists said.

French investigators focus on gunman's brother Posted: The brother of an Islamist fanatic behind a deadly shooting rampage in France celebrated his martyr-like death and may have helped him, police and a lawyer said Saturday.

Syrian forces shell towns and clash with rebels; dozens killed Posted: BEIRUT - Syrian troops shelled rebellious areas in central and northern Syria on Saturday in the latest push to quash the uprising against President Bashar Assad, but faced fierce resistance from army defectors, activists said.

French gunman's brother quizzed at Paris intelligence HQ Posted: The brother of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman who murdered seven people was whisked to Paris on Saturday for further questioning and a police source disclosed he had said he was "proud" of his late sibling's killing spree. President Nicolas Sarkozy summoned ministers and police chiefs to a meeting on Saturday to discuss the consequences of Mohamed Merah's massacre, which has raised troubling national security questions four weeks ahead of a presidential election. ...

Turkey: 15 female Kurdish rebels killed Posted: Turkish forces killed 15 female Kurdish rebel fighters in clashes in southeast Turkey, officials said Saturday, in what is believed to be the largest one-day casualty toll for women since their guerrilla group began fighting for autonomy nearly 28 years ago.

View from abroad: US facing woes, but still No. 1 Posted: Anyone worried about an erosion of America's global status might consider this modest fact: Facebook is the dominant social network in Mongolia.

US still fixated by nuclear terror Posted: Visions of a mushroom cloud over a US city may have led America into a dubious war in Iraq, but the threat of nuclear terror has lost none of its power to fixate US leaders and shape foreign policy.

Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans Posted: As Afghanistan seizes more of the political spotlight, the Republican presidential candidates are quick to criticize President Barack Obama's handling of the war but struggle to explain how they would change the strategy they would inherit.

Hosting Arab leaders, Iraq tries to return to fold Posted: A summit of Arab leaders, held here for the first time in a generation, is a prime opportunity for Iraq to reassert itself as a political player in the Arab world after years of war, isolation and American occupation.

Turkish forces kill 15 women Kurd rebels Posted: Turkish security forces killed 15 rebel Kurds, all of them women, in fighting in the separatist heartland in the southeast of the country on Saturday, the interior ministry said.

French gunman's brother whisked to Paris intelligence HQ Posted: PARIS (Reuters) - The brother of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman who murdered seven people was whisked to Paris on Saturday for further questioning and a police source disclosed he had said he was "proud" of his late sibling's killing spree. President Nicolas Sarkozy summoned ministers and police chiefs to a meeting on Saturday to discuss the consequences of Mohamed Merah's massacre, which has raised troubling national security questions four weeks ahead of a presidential election. ...

Lawyer says French gunman's mother is released Posted: Authorities investigating France's deadly shooting rampage have released the mother of the Islamist fanatic blamed for the killings but were questioning his older brother to determine whether he served as an accomplice, officials said Saturday.

Activists: Syrian troops storm northwestern town Posted: Syrian troops backed by tanks stormed a northwestern town on Saturday in the latest of a series of pushes by regime forces into rebel-held areas, but faced strong resistance from defending army defectors, activists said.

Official: French gunman's mother released Posted: The mother of the Frenchman accused of killing seven people in a shooting rampage has been released without charge, a judicial official said Saturday.

Iraq detains 22 policemen after jailbreak Posted: Iraq detained 22 policemen on Saturday after 19 inmates, including two men on death row, escaped from a prison in the northern city of Kirkuk a day earlier, the local police chief said.

French judicial official: Mother of man who allegedly killed 7 released Friday without charge Posted: PARIS - The mother of the Frenchman accused of killing seven people in a shooting rampage has been released without charge, a judicial official said Saturday.

Officials: Gunman's brother transferred to Paris Posted: The mother of the man accused of killing seven people in a shooting rampage in France is set to be released, but his older brother has been transferred to Paris to face possible charges, a police union official said Saturday.

Iraq prison staff detained over jailbreak Posted: An Iraqi police official says prison officials and guards have been detained after 17 prisoners including 10 al-Qaida-affiliated detainees broke out of jail in a northern Iraqi city.

Official: Gunman's brother transferred to Paris Posted: A police official says the mother of the man accused of killing seven people in a gun rampage in France is set to be released, while his brother has been transferred in police custody to Paris.

10 things you need to know today: March 24, 2012 Posted: Geraldo Rivera makes a puzzling suggestion, Facebook gets tough, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Bipartisan Political Leaders Urge Removal of MEK from Terrorist List, Denounce Attempt to Silence State Department Policy Critics Posted: WASHINGTON, March, 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With a federal appeals court deadline looming for the U.S. State Department to answer why it has defied earlier court rulings requiring review of a decision to maintain the main Iranian opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khaq (MEK) on the terrorist list, top former US officials and Members of Congress are urging the Department to remove the group immediately.

US soldier charged over Afghan village massacre Posted: The US soldier accused of an Afghan village massacre that further strained already-frayed Afghan-US ties was charged with 17 premeditated murders, although he may not be tried for two years.

Woman says Afghan shooting suspect was "obnoxious drunk" Posted: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A woman living near the U.S. base of a soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians remembered him on Friday as an "obnoxious drunk" who pressed her hand into his crotch and picked a fight with her boyfriend. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, 38, was charged on Friday with murdering 17 civilians and trying to kill six more on the night of March 11 near his army base in Afghanistan. His lawyer has admitted that Bales had had something to drink on that night but played it down as a factor. ...

Air Force holds Ohio memorial for military dog Posted: A memorial service in southwest Ohio honored an Air Force dog that died earlier this month after a military career, which included serving in the Iraq War and helping federal authorities with more than 500 arrests.

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