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• Iraqis under threat, Indian women in focus at Tribeca
• Pentagon official signals possible Army layoffs
• Marines discharging sergeant who criticized Obama on Facebook
• AP Interview: Forest Service officer says military training helped him spot Utah booby traps
• AP Interview: Booby traps found by bomb expert
• Gingrich Drop-out Leaves Voters with Romney as Republican John Kerry
• UN official: Myanmar can become Asian tiger
• Manning challenges US to prove he 'aided the enemy'
• US Marine discharged over anti-Obama Facebook posts
• New 'Romeo and Juliet' has an Iraqi spin
• WikiLeaks suspect Manning presses for dismissal of charges
• Accepting the Neocon Torch: Marco Rubio
• Iraq West Qurna-2 field to hit 150,000 bpd in 2013
• APInterview: Booby traps found by military expert
• Statement from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Response to Department of Veterans Affairs Increase of Mental Health Staffing
• I'm not that powerful, Rupert Murdoch tells judge
• AP Interview: Iraqi Kurd leader hints at secession
• Kurdish rebels kill four Iran Guards: report
• Accepting the Neo-Con Torch: Marco Rubio
• Rupert Murdoch's many high-placed friends
• The More Welcoming Side of the DMZ
• At inquiry, Rupert Murdoch defends 50-year record
• Al Qaeda Struggles with Training, Diminishing World Influence, says TRAC
• Crime, disorder are main Olympic risks: UK official
• Top Shiite cleric offices in Iraq attacked
• Crime, disorder are main Olympic risks: UK official
• Crime, disorder are main Olympic risks: UK official
• Russia's Lukoil starts drilling in Iraqi oil field
• Foreign firms vie for Libya oil industry revival
• Obama's Rolling Stone treatment -- politics to pop
• AP Interview: Crisis worries Iraqi Kurdish leader
• Philippines, U.S. stage war games in face of China warning
• Power Struggles in Baghdad and Beyond Mean Opportunities for Iraq's Kurds
• John Lithgow adds to his list of fascinating men
• Obama says Romney is stuck with conservative views
• Obama camp slams 'Back to the Future' Romney
• The USO and Toby Keith Celebrate a Decade of Touring the Globe in Support of Troops and Their Families
• NATO summit protesters to be kept away from leaders

Iraqis under threat, Indian women in focus at Tribeca Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iraqis living in danger after working with U.S. troops and diplomats and an examination of women in modern India are two subjects grabbing the attention of critics and audiences among documentaries showing at the Tribeca Film Festival this week. Both films are part of a lineup of 32 documentaries at the New York festival, which runs through Sunday, that tell true tales from inside and outside the United States. Documentaries, which have become more stylized in recent years with inexpensive hi-tech cameras, have traditionally been a strength at Tribeca. ...

Pentagon official signals possible Army layoffs Posted: A Pentagon official signaled on Wednesday that the Army could lay off as many as 24,000 enlisted personnel and up to 5,000 officers within five years to meet a projected reduction in the force driven by budget cuts and the winding down of two wars.

Marines discharging sergeant who criticized Obama on Facebook Posted: Add to cart Add to lightbox (My favourites) Download layout Edit The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto" align="left" title="<="" a="" border="0"> Add to cart Add to lightbox (My favourites) Download layout Edit The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto" border="0" />LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine sergeant who wrote on Facebook that he would not follow orders from President Barack Obama will be discharged from the military on "other than honorable" terms, a Marine spokesman said on Wednesday. California-based Sergeant Gary Stein, a 26-year-old Iraq war veteran, was advised of the decision after a commanding general upheld the recommendation by a review board, Major Michael Armistead said. "He was formally informed of that today, of the separating authority's decision. ...

AP Interview: Forest Service officer says military training helped him spot Utah booby traps Posted: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Forest Service Officer James Schoeffler is trained to spot the suspicious.

AP Interview: Booby traps found by bomb expert Posted: U.S. Forest Service Officer James Schoeffler is trained to spot the suspicious.

Gingrich Drop-out Leaves Voters with Romney as Republican John Kerry Posted: COMMENTARY| "It's clear Romney will be GOP nominee," Newt Gingrich told a room filled with North Carolina supporters. At the same time, the Associated Press reports that Gingrich plans to find ways to be helpful in the campaign to defeat President Barack Obama at the polls. Unless Ron Paul can pull an election rabbit out of the hat, Mitt Romney's nomination for the November ballot is virtually in the bag. It is doubtful that the Romney campaign will have a role for Gingrich after the latter officially suspends his campaign.

UN official: Myanmar can become Asian tiger Posted: The U.N. secretary-general's special adviser on Myanmar says the resource-rich but desperately poor nation has the potential to become an Asian tiger if it promotes investment, eases financial restrictions, and finds experts to develop the country.

Manning challenges US to prove he 'aided the enemy' Posted: WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning challenged US prosecutors Wednesday to prove he intended to "aid the enemy" by turning over documents to the whistleblower website, arguing that spilling secrets could not be treated as a plot to help Al-Qaeda.

US Marine discharged over anti-Obama Facebook posts Posted: A US Marine sergeant has been given an "other than honorable" discharge after posting remarks critical of President Barack Obama on Facebook, the Marine Corps announced Wednesday.

New 'Romeo and Juliet' has an Iraqi spin Posted: In a new staging of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," a Baghdad theater director has transformed the Montagues and Capulets into religious rivals in war-torn Iraq.

WikiLeaks suspect Manning presses for dismissal of charges Posted: FORT MEADE, MD (Reuters) - Bradley Manning, the U.S. intelligence analyst charged with leaking thousands of classified U.S. government cables to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, called on a military court on Wednesday to dismiss the charge that he aided an enemy of the United States, identified as Al Qaeda. Manning, 24, who faces a military trial in September, is accused of downloading more than 700,000 classified or confidential files from the military while serving in Iraq in what would be the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history. ...

Accepting the Neocon Torch: Marco Rubio Posted: In the end, the major foreign-policy pronouncement felt like a generational passing of the torch from a retiring senator and former vice presidential candidate to a newly minted colleague with apparent aspirations to second Mitt Romney on the Republican ticket. That the two senators came from different parties hardly seemed to matter. Both Sens. Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., clearly share a vision of a particularly robust brand of American global leadership, one that finds common cause with "freedom fighters" everywhere and is unafraid to confront "evil" anywhere.

Iraq West Qurna-2 field to hit 150,000 bpd in 2013 Posted: The West Qurna-2 field in south Iraq, which is being developed by Russia's Lukoil, will reach an output of 150,000 barrels per day by the end of 2013, Iraq's oil minister said on Wednesday.

APInterview: Booby traps found by military expert Posted: U.S. Forest Service Officer James Schoeffler is trained to spot the suspicious.

Statement from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Response to Department of Veterans Affairs Increase of Mental Health Staffing Posted: LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology applauds the Department of Veterans Affairs for its decision to hire roughly 1,900 mental health professionals to handle the growing number of returning war veterans, who require long-term mental health services. It is critical that effective mental health services be made available to all veterans to support their safe return to their families and communities. ...

I'm not that powerful, Rupert Murdoch tells judge Posted: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday that his globe-spanning TV and newspaper empire doesn't carry as much political sway as is often believed, telling a British inquiry into media ethics that he wasn't the power behind the throne often depicted by his enemies.

AP Interview: Iraqi Kurd leader hints at secession Posted: The president of Iraq's self-rule Kurdish region demanded Wednesday that Shiite leaders agree on sharing power with their political opponents by September or else the Kurds could consider breaking away from Baghdad.

Kurdish rebels kill four Iran Guards: report Posted: Kurdish rebels have killed four members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards in the country's west, a provincial official told the Mehr news agency on Wednesday.

Accepting the Neo-Con Torch: Marco Rubio Posted: In the end, the major foreign-policy pronouncement felt like a generational passing of the torch from a retiring senator and former vice presidential candidate to a newly minted colleague with apparent aspirations to second Mitt Romney on the Republican ticket. That the two senators came from different parties hardly seemed to matter. Both Sens. Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., clearly share a vision of a particularly robust brand of American global leadership, one that finds common cause with "freedom fighters" everywhere and is unafraid to confront "evil" anywhere.

Rupert Murdoch's many high-placed friends Posted: The phone hacking scandal roiling Britain has cast a fresh light on the cozy ties and outsized political clout of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, the executive chairman of the sprawling News Corp. empire, which includes extensive media properties in Britain, the United States and other countries.

The More Welcoming Side of the DMZ Posted: Last week, when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said "we're within an inch of war almost every day" he was talking about the narrow strip of land that divides North and South Korea. Turns out, that swath of ground is actually a merry little tourist trap.

At inquiry, Rupert Murdoch defends 50-year record Posted: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch defended his globe-spanning, half-a-century long media career Wednesday, telling an inquiry into U.K. media ethics that he never called in favors from the powerful people his papers covered.

Al Qaeda Struggles with Training, Diminishing World Influence, says TRAC Posted: A year after bin Laden's death, Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium comments on the impact to his terrorist networkWashington, D.C. (PRWEB) April 25, 2012 May 2nd marks of the first anniversary of the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The experts behind Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC), one of the world's most comprehensive encyclopedic reference research centers for studying political violence, say his death along with those of several other of the group's leaders have had a significant impact on Al Qaeda's warfare operations. ...

Crime, disorder are main Olympic risks: UK official Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - Crime and disorder similar to Britain's 2011 summer riots are the most likely serious threats to the London Olympics although Islamist militants and al Qaeda offshoot groups pose a growing challenge, a British official said on Wednesday. Charles Farr, Director-General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Home Office (interior ministry), told a security conference that while al Qaeda's south Asia-based core leadership had weakened following the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the clout of its offshoot groups was rising. ...

Top Shiite cleric offices in Iraq attacked Posted: Unknown people have attacked the offices of two of Iraq's top four Shiite clerics in the central city of Najaf with sound bombs, a security official there said on Wednesday.

Crime, disorder are main Olympic risks: UK official Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - Crime and disorder similar to Britain's 2011 summer riots are the most likely serious threats to the London Olympics although Islamist militants and al Qaeda offshoot groups pose a growing challenge, a British official said on Wednesday. Charles Farr, Director-General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Home Office (interior ministry), told a security conference that while al Qaeda's south Asia-based core leadership had weakened following the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the clout of its offshoot groups was rising. ...

Crime, disorder are main Olympic risks: UK official Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - Crime and disorder similar to Britain's 2011 summer riots are the most likely serious threats to the London Olympics although Islamist militants and al Qaeda offshoot groups pose a growing challenge, a British official said on Wednesday. Charles Farr, Director-General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Home Office (interior ministry), told a security conference that while al Qaeda's south Asia-based core leadership had weakened following the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the clout of its offshoot groups was rising. ...

Russia's Lukoil starts drilling in Iraqi oil field Posted: Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil has begun drilling in one of Iraq's biggest and most promising oil fields in the south.

Foreign firms vie for Libya oil industry revival Posted: TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's first post-war oil and gas exhibition attracted dozens of foreign companies to Tripoli this week, avid to win new business and hopeful that questions about contracts and security will ultimately be resolved in their favour. After a virtual shutdown last year, Libyan oil output has climbed to near pre-war levels of 1.6 million barrels per day since the conflict that ousted Muammar Gaddafi ended, but concerns remain over security and how the North African country's new rulers will treat foreign companies. ...

Obama's Rolling Stone treatment -- politics to pop Posted: Offering riffs on Mick Jagger and reflections on race, President Barack Obama is capping a week devoted to courting young votes with a Rolling Stone magazine cover interview that segues from presidential musings on politics to foreign policy to pop culture.

AP Interview: Crisis worries Iraqi Kurdish leader Posted: Time is running out for the Iraqi government to decide on a power-sharing agreement to end a political crisis roiling the country, the president of Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region warned Wednesday.

Philippines, U.S. stage war games in face of China warning Posted: ULUGAN BAY, Philippines (Reuters) - U.S. and Philippine commandos waded ashore on Wednesday in a mock assault to retake a small island in energy-rich waters disputed with China, part of a drill involving thousands of troops Beijing had said would raise the risk of armed conflict. The exercises, part of annual U.S.-Philippine war games on the southwestern island of Palawan, coincide with another standoff between Chinese and Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal in a different part of the South China Sea. ...

Power Struggles in Baghdad and Beyond Mean Opportunities for Iraq's Kurds Posted: The thriving Kurdish mini-state in northern Iraq is a monument to the ability of the nationalist Kurdish-Iraqi leadership to parlay the conflict between more powerful geopolitical forces around them to maximum advantage. And the escalating power struggle in Baghdad, combined with the regional conflict between Iran, Turkey and the Gulf Arab states being played out in Syria, may offer the Kurdish leadership in Erbil new opportunities to strengthen foundations for independence from Iraq. ...

John Lithgow adds to his list of fascinating men Posted: There is a certain cosmic sense of humor in John Lithgow's latest role on Broadway.

Obama says Romney is stuck with conservative views Posted: Mitt Romney can't disavow the conservative views he embraced as candidate during the Republican presidential primaries, President Barack Obama says in a new interview. However, Obama acknowledges that he too is struggling against public skepticism because of the slow economic recovery.

Obama camp slams 'Back to the Future' Romney Posted: President Barack Obama's camp greeted Mitt Romney's coronation as Republican nominee, warning he would turn America "Back to the Future" to crisis-causing economic policies.

The USO and Toby Keith Celebrate a Decade of Touring the Globe in Support of Troops and Their Families Posted: Country music singer/songwriter Toby Keith commemorates a decade of visiting, entertaining and uplifting troops and their families with a 12-day USO tour abroad.Arlington, VA (PRWEB) April 24, 2012 Award-winning singer/songwriter Toby Keith celebrates a decade of touring the globe, performing shows and visiting troops with the USO during five-country, 12-day USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour. ...

NATO summit protesters to be kept away from leaders Posted: CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday told Chicago anti-war demonstrators they will have to stay blocks from next month's NATO summit for security reasons, which protest leaders said violates their right to be within sight and sound of the delegates. "We'll be blocks away" said Andy Thayer of the Coalition Against NATO/G-8 War & Poverty Agenda, after meeting with the Secret Service, which is in charge of security for the two-day summit. Protesters had expected to be about one city block from the meeting site and now will be at least two. ...

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