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• SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR THREATENS ENTIRE REGION
• Colombian artist Botero returns home with a gift
• Are Gold Price Spikes Due to Fears About Obama’s Potential Re-Election?
• Zac Efron's Rules For Big Screen Kissing: No Tuna Sandwiches!
• Zac Efron's Rules For Big Screen Kissing: No Tuna Sandwiches!
• Iraq rows with Kurds over oil and fugitive VP
• 'Friends of Syria' hit brakes to avoid conflict: analysts
• Oil rises on bullish US manufacturing data
• Tom Ridge Set To Speak At Upcoming Stability, Security, Transition & Reconstruction Operations (SSTRO) Conference
• Gulf plan could be blank check for Syrian rebels
• JetBlue Pilot Held in Jail Following First Court Appearance
• Research Roundtable Caps VA Celebration of Women’s History Month
• FreedomWorks PAC Endorses Josh Mandel for Ohio Senate
• Iraq's Kurds halt oil exports over payment row
• Iraq wants Qatar to hand over fugitive VP
• Iraq calls on Qatar to hand over fugitive vice-president
• Senator Jack Reed Presents Joshua Chiarini Z-Medica® Corporation’s Thomas “Doc” Eagles Award and the Francis X. Hursey Award
• Iraq tells Qatar to return fugitive VP Hashemi
• Aung San Suu Kyi's win: Is Myanmar embracing democracy?
• Iraq to ask FIFA to lift ban on home matches
• Top Journalists Honor Legacy of Anthony Shadid at Cambridge Friends School
• 10 things you need to know today: April 2, 2012
• March deaths Iraq's lowest since 2003
• Brent rises above $123 on China data, Mideast supply

SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR THREATENS ENTIRE REGION Posted: WASHINGTON -- The headlines tell daily of more deaths in what is becoming a Syrian civil war. Underneath the surface, an increasingly worried "conversation" has been going on in the region's newspapers and among the Arab intelligentsia.To oversimplify, the concern is growing rapidly that, led by Syria, much of the Middle East is essentially forsaking its colonially imposed borders and devolving into its original historical forms.Writing recently in the Daily Star in Beirut, Michael Young, the paper's opinion editor, expressed the idea that this would take the form of "ethnic statelets. ...

Colombian artist Botero returns home with a gift Posted: Famed Colombian artist Fernando Botero donated his sculpture "The Cat" to his hometown of Medellin Monday as the city prepares to celebrate his 80th birthday on April 19.

Are Gold Price Spikes Due to Fears About Obama’s Potential Re-Election? Posted: COMMENTARY | Gold prices rose again today, to $1,680 an ounce, according to Reuters. Prices in the first quarter increased 6.6 percent, a bigger jump than in most calendar years. Such a spike is unprecedented, given the improvement in the U.S. economy, which usually signals less of a demand for gold, a hedge against an improving market.

Zac Efron's Rules For Big Screen Kissing: No Tuna Sandwiches! Posted: Zac Efron has locked lips with a slew of Hollywood leading ladies from Vanessa Hudgens to Michelle Pfeiffer - and he's learned a few tricks about keeping fresh for his co-stars. In "The Lucky One," Zac and co-star Taylor Schilling are featured in quite a few intimate scenes, something the 24-year-old was conscious of when ordering lunch on the movie set.

Zac Efron's Rules For Big Screen Kissing: No Tuna Sandwiches! Posted: Zac Efron has locked lips with a slew of Hollywood leading ladies from Vanessa Hudgens to Michelle Pfeiffer - and he's learned a few tricks about keeping fresh for his co-stars. In "The Lucky One," Zac and co-star Taylor Schilling are featured in quite a few intimate scenes, something the 24-year-old was conscious of when ordering lunch on the movie set.

Iraq rows with Kurds over oil and fugitive VP Posted: Iraq was at loggerheads with Kurdistan Monday over the autonomous region's move to stop oil exports and allow Baghdad's fugitive vice president to visit Qatar despite terror charges against him.

'Friends of Syria' hit brakes to avoid conflict: analysts Posted: Sunday's "Friends of Syria" conference sidestepped solid measures against the Damascus regime for fear of getting sucked into a conflict that could defy control, analysts and experts said.

Oil rises on bullish US manufacturing data Posted: Oil rose the most since late February after a report said that U.S. factories have cranked into a higher gear.

Tom Ridge Set To Speak At Upcoming Stability, Security, Transition & Reconstruction Operations (SSTRO) Conference Posted: Tom Ridge, the first Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is scheduled to speak on "Global Leadership and the Use of Smart Power" at the Stability, Security, Transition & Reconstruction Operations (SSTRO) Conference, June 18-19, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City.Arlington, VA (PRWEB) April 02, 2012 Tom Ridge, the first Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and the first Secretary of the U.S. ...

Gulf plan could be blank check for Syrian rebels Posted: A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels — payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters — could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say.

JetBlue Pilot Held in Jail Following First Court Appearance Posted: Captain Clayton Osbon Yelled About September 11 and Terrorists During Meltdown

Research Roundtable Caps VA Celebration of Women’s History Month Posted: Improving the health and health care of women Veterans is a high priority within the Department of Veterans Affairs, said a panel of leading researchers on March 27.

FreedomWorks PAC Endorses Josh Mandel for Ohio Senate Posted: WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FreedomWorks PAC officially endorses Josh Mandel for U.S. Senate in Ohio as the clear choice for voters who support free markets, fiscal responsibility, and constitutionally limited government.

Iraq's Kurds halt oil exports over payment row Posted: Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region has halted oil exports over a payment row with the central government in Baghdad, the latest dispute in a long-troubled relationship between the two administrations.

Iraq wants Qatar to hand over fugitive VP Posted: Iraq's deputy prime minister called on Qatar Monday to hand over Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president to face terror charges, a move likely to further strain ties between Shiite-led Iraq and Gulf Arab states.

Iraq calls on Qatar to hand over fugitive vice-president Posted: BAGHDAD - Iraq's deputy prime minister called on Qatar Monday to hand over Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice-president to face terror charges, a move likely to further strain ties between Shiite-led Iraq and Gulf Arab states.

Senator Jack Reed Presents Joshua Chiarini Z-Medica® Corporation’s Thomas “Doc” Eagles Award and the Francis X. Hursey Award Posted: Z-Medica® Corporation, a medical device company which develops and distributes innovative hemostatic agents, announced today that the office of U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) presented Navy Petty Officer Third Class Joshua Chiarini with Z-Medica's Thomas "Doc" Eagles and Francis X. Hursey awards. The awards were given in recognition for Chiarini's heroic and life-saving actions as a medic with the 1st Platoon, 2nd Marine Division in Iraq and his current role as an EMT/firefighter in West Greenwich, RI.

Iraq tells Qatar to return fugitive VP Hashemi Posted: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Baghdad told Qatar on Monday to return fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, whose case has fuelled political tensions that are threatening to upset Iraq's fragile sectarian balance. Hashemi, one of Iraq's top Sunni politicians, has been sheltering in the autonomous northern Kurdistan region after the Shi'ite-led central government issued an arrest warrant for him in December on charges he ran death squads. On Sunday, he left Iraqi Kurdistan to visit the predominantly Sunni Arab Gulf state of Qatar, which Iraq said was in breach of Iraqi law. ...

Aung San Suu Kyi's win: Is Myanmar embracing democracy? Posted: The famous activist and her party dominate parliamentary elections, signalling a potentially major shift for the notoriously repressive Asian nation

Iraq to ask FIFA to lift ban on home matches Posted: The Iraqi Football Association will ask FIFA to lift the ban on home international matches at stadiums across the country.

Top Journalists Honor Legacy of Anthony Shadid at Cambridge Friends School Posted: Cambridge Friends School will host an evening discussion honoring the legacy of Anthony Shadid, the late journalist who uniquely captured the spirit of the people of the Middle East, employing insight and elegant prose to move readers to a greater understanding of the human impact of war and the remarkable events of the Arab Spring. ...

10 things you need to know today: April 2, 2012 Posted: Audio experts analyze the Trayvon Martin 911 recording, Arab states offer paychecks for Syrian rebels, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

March deaths Iraq's lowest since 2003 Posted: Official figures showed that 112 people were killed by violence in Iraq in March, the lowest monthly death toll for Iraqis since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

Brent rises above $123 on China data, Mideast supply Posted: SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude rose above $123 on Monday after positive manufacturing data from China eased fears of a sharp economic slowdown in the world's second-largest oil consumer and continuing tension in the Middle East threatened crude supplies. China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which highlights activity at large factories, beat expectations to hit an 11-month high of 53.1 in March, data showed on Sunday. Investors have been worried about Chinese growth losing steam as policymakers aim for a more sustainable economy that is less vulnerable to rising prices. ...

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