2012年4月14日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iran, big powers agree - to keep talking

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - After a year of sanctions and saber-rattling over Iran's nuclear program, negotiators from Tehran and six world powers finally resumed talks and found at least enough common ground to agree to meet again next month. With threats of war hanging over an already unsettled Middle East, U.S. and other Western diplomats welcomed their Iranian counterparts willingness in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss their nuclear activities - something they had refused since early last year. But though they will meet again, in Baghdad on May 23, they remained poles apart. ...

Obama seeks to woo Latin America, scandal mars trip

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CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tried on Saturday to convince skeptical Latin Americans that Washington had not turned its back on them - but a prostitution scandal involving U.S. security personnel marred the charm offensive. Despite the host of weighty topics at the two-day Summit of the Americas in Colombia, corridor chatter revolved around a murky incident in a Cartagena hotel that led to U.S. Secret Service agents being sent home and five U.S. military members grounded. U.S. authorities said they were suspected of "misconduct" and an investigation was under way. ...

Mixed results for Obama openness with foreign foes

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President Barack Obama's willingness to engage with America's adversaries comes with promise and peril, a reality hammered home by signs of progress in nuclear talks with Iran and a setback in North Korea's provocative rocket launch.

Iraq political blocs accuse PM of dictatorship

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Key political factions accused the premier of moving towards a dictatorship with the arrest of Iraq's electoral commission chief, a charge the prime minister denied on Saturday.

44 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

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Big things have happened this week in the world of tech and social media -- Facebook acquired Instagram, Google redesigned Google+ and YouTubers rapidly shared yet another Herman Cain ad that doesn't make much sense. With all of this going on and more, it's understandable if you missed some of our latest resources. But now it's time to catch up with our weekly features roundup!

Iraq probes possible Arab summit corruption

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The Iraqi parliament is investigating possible corruption in preparations for the Arab summit which Baghdad hosted in March at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, an MP said Saturday.

Bomb kills one, wounds 14 in Iraq: sources

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and 14 others wounded on Saturday when a sticky bomb exploded near a vegetable market in Iraq's mainly Sunni Salahuddin province, local security and hospital sources said. The explosion occurred in the town of Baiji, home to Iraq's biggest oil refinery, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, the sources said. A source in the Salahuddin operations command said the bomb had been attached to a vegetable cart belonging to a police officer who worked at the market when he was off duty. ...

American-Born Man Sentenced for Terrorist Ambitions

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A 29-year-old man from Sundbury, Mass., was convicted Thursday to 17 1/2 years in prison for a number of charges stemming from his desire to train with al-Qaida to kill U.S. soldiers, according to the Associated Press. Here is some more information about this case.

Roadside bomb kills 2 policemen in Iraq

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Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb targeting a security patrol has killed two policeman in the western province of Anbar.

Cambodian tennis rises from the ashes at Davis Cup

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What's most remarkable about Cambodia's imminent Davis Cup debut is not that the small nation has finally made it to a top world tennis event. It's that the sport exists in Cambodia at all.

10 things you need to know today: April 14, 2012

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The West is pessimistic about its Iran nuke talks, Obama releases his tax return, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Mobile Business Concepts releases Grateful Patriots

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Mobile Business Concepts has released Grateful Patriots app that allows users to show their appreciation for the service of members of the armerd forces.Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) April 14, 2012 Grateful Patriots, an iPhone and Android app that allows users to send thank to armed forces verterans for their service to their country is available for free downloads in the App Store and the Android Market. The app was built by Mobile Business Concepts, an Atlanta based mobile app developer that generally focuses on businesses and making them more efficient through the use of mobility. ...

Memorial crosses at California Marine Corps base ignite debate

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SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Two crosses on a mountaintop in a California military base have touched off a fight between U.S. troops and veterans opposed to religious symbols on public lands and the families of slain Marines who set up the display. The two 13-foot (4-meter) crosses stand 3,000 feet above sea level on the dry and scrub-covered Mount San Onofre at Camp Pendleton, in the far northwest part of the Marine Corps base near San Diego. ...

Cockfighting in Iraq: a different kind of battle

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Iraq is no stranger to battles, but this is not one fought with rifles and rockets: when the bell sounds, trainers release cocks Daqduqa and Sammam into the ring.

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