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• Army drops one charge against soldier accused in Afghan massacre
• Danger sign for US economy: Job growth disappoints
• Army adds charges against Afghan shooting suspect
• Court: US must decide terrorist designation
• U.S. told to decide Iranian group's fate in four months
• Key U.S. lawmaker doubts Russia will help ease out Assad
• Obama says could end Washington gridlock in second term
• NY court: Gold tablet must return to German museum
• US Navy establishes Coastal Riverine Force command
• Obama says economy will come back stronger
• Day 14: Olympic Flame to Visit Knowsley Safari Park and Cross The Mersey on Journey from Bolton to Liverpool
• U.S. asks Iraq to extradite Hezbollah suspect
• Iraq attacks kill four: officials
• Obama 2012: why weak jobs report is especially painful
• Obama 2012: why weak jobs report is especially painful
• Meet Joe Biden's Future Son-in-Law
• Nimmons named AP assistant international editor
• Travel Postcard: London for the Jubilee
• Current and former Officials and Lawmakers Demand Improvements at Camp Liberty in Iraq, before any more Iranian dissidents are relocated there
• Rebel alliances strengthen in Mali's north, rattling neighboring countries
• Beer Bikes, the Voice of Hockey, and Rodents Walk Again
• House passes veterans funding bill
• Iran's sanction-beating grain trade seen ready to help Syria
• As violence rises, U.S. and allies pulled into Yemen
• UN report predicts increase in world's displaced
• House OKs veterans' health care, disability bill
• Judge hears challenge to 2004 NY police mass arrests

Army drops one charge against soldier accused in Afghan massacre Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:29 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Army on Friday dropped one of the murder charges against the soldier originally accused of killing 17 Afghan villagers in March, reducing the number of murder counts to 16 due to the double-counting of one of the dead, officials said. The amended complaint now also accuses Staff Sergeant Robert Bales of wrongfully possessing and using steroids and unlawfully consuming alcohol while deployed. The March 11 mass shooting in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan further eroded U.S.-Afghan relations, already frayed by a decade of war. ...

Danger sign for US economy: Job growth disappoints Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:11 PM PDT The American economy is in trouble again.

Army adds charges against Afghan shooting suspect Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:16 PM PDT The Army dropped a murder charge, but added others, including steroid use, against a soldier accused in a deadly shooting rampage in Afghanistan, his lawyer said Friday.

Court: US must decide terrorist designation Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:36 PM PDT A federal appeals court on Friday gave Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton four months to decide whether a group opposed to Iran should be removed from a list of foreign terrorist organizations.

U.S. told to decide Iranian group's fate in four months Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to decide within four months whether to remove an Iranian dissident group from a U.S. terrorism list. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled for the group, Mujahadin-e Khalq, or MEK, which has sought to force the State Department to take it off the list or decide within a specified time period on its request to be removed. The appeals court ordered Clinton to either grant or deny the group's petition in four months. ...

Key U.S. lawmaker doubts Russia will help ease out Assad Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee expressed doubt on Friday that Russia could be convinced to help ease Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad out of power. Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said she hoped the Obama administration would be able to use diplomacy to "get Russia to do the right thing" - at least by stopping arms sales to Assad's government, which is using deadly force against an uprising in Syria. ...

Obama says could end Washington gridlock in second term Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:31 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told his supporters on Friday he could break Washington's gridlock in a second term, and pushed Congress to enact his "to-do list" prescriptions to heal the economy in spite of it being an election year. At a political fundraiser in Minneapolis, Obama said that if he won re-election in November, Republicans in Congress who now oppose his every move would be more inclined to work with him. "I believe if we are successful in this election - when we're successful in this election - that the fever may break," Obama told the campaign event. ...

NY court: Gold tablet must return to German museum Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:28 PM PDT There's been speculation that sometime in the 1940s, Holocaust survivor Riven Flamenbaum may have swapped a pack of smokes for a gold tablet no bigger than a Post-it note, which he kept until his death.

US Navy establishes Coastal Riverine Force command Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:24 PM PDT The Navy set up a new command on Friday for patrolling inland waterways at home and abroad, recreating a Vietnam-era force that had to be resurrected for the war in Iraq.

Obama says economy will come back stronger Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT President Barack Obama said Friday the latest employment report shows that the economy is not creating jobs "as fast as we want," but he pledged that the economy will improve.

Day 14: Olympic Flame to Visit Knowsley Safari Park and Cross The Mersey on Journey from Bolton to Liverpool Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:56 AM PDT On Friday 1 June, the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay – presented by Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung – will travel from Bolton to Liverpool. The Olympic Flame will travel 93.82 miles through 17 communities.(PRWEB) June 01, 2012 On Friday 1 June, the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay – presented by Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung – will travel from Bolton to Liverpool. The Olympic Flame will travel 93.82 miles through 17 communities. On Day 14 the Relay will travel 93. ...

U.S. asks Iraq to extradite Hezbollah suspect Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:19 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has formally asked Iraq to extradite a suspected Hezbollah operative accused of killing American troops, a U.S. official told Reuters, amid heightened concerns in Washington that he may go free. It was not immediately clear when the request was filed and Iraqi officials approached by Reuters denied knowledge of it, casting doubt on whether an extradition was seriously being considered at this point in Baghdad. ...

Iraq attacks kill four: officials Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:04 AM PDT Bomb attacks and shootings in central Iraq on Friday killed four people, including a police colonel and an army officer, security and medical officials said.

Obama 2012: why weak jobs report is especially painful Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:02 AM PDT No incumbent president likes to see the unemployment rate go up, ever. But for President Obama, fighting for his political life in a tight reelection race, now is a particularly risky time for a bad jobs report.

Obama 2012: why weak jobs report is especially painful Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:02 AM PDT No incumbent president likes to see the unemployment rate go up, ever. But for President Obama, fighting for his political life in a tight reelection race, now is a particularly risky time for a bad jobs report.

Meet Joe Biden's Future Son-in-Law Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:18 AM PDT The Vice President's daughter Ashley, 31, is getting married this Saturday at a picturesque Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., St. Joseph's of the Brandywine. Biden, a social worker, is marrying Dr. Howard Krein, 45.

Nimmons named AP assistant international editor Posted: 01 Jun 2012 07:54 AM PDT Ellen Nimmons, a veteran editor for The Associated Press, has been named Assistant International Editor, helping shape the news cooperative's daily international news report.

Travel Postcard: London for the Jubilee Posted: 01 Jun 2012 07:08 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Got an extra long weekend to explore the British capital where Queen Elizabeth II will be celebrating her 60th year on the throne with a massive Diamond Jubilee party? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors explore London amid the royal hoopla. Friday 6 p.m. You'd better arrive at least a day or two ahead of the main festivities. Many people will get to London even earlier and will already be staking out places for Sunday's 1,000-boat flotilla along the Thames, Monday's pop concert outside Buckingham Palace and Tuesday's royal procession along the Mall. ...

Current and former Officials and Lawmakers Demand Improvements at Camp Liberty in Iraq, before any more Iranian dissidents are relocated there Posted: 01 Jun 2012 07:04 AM PDT WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The remaining 1,200 Iranian dissidents housed at Camp Ashraf in Iraq are justified in refusing to be relocated to a new temporary facility called Camp Liberty until basic living conditions there improve, current and former federal officials said, calling for the U.S. government to push for those changes and improvements.

Rebel alliances strengthen in Mali's north, rattling neighboring countries Posted: 01 Jun 2012 05:37 AM PDT Here in Mali's capital city, after a military coup, it's not entirely clear who is in charge.

Beer Bikes, the Voice of Hockey, and Rodents Walk Again Posted: 01 Jun 2012 05:17 AM PDT Now that The New York Times pay wall is live, you only get 10 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

House passes veterans funding bill Posted: 01 Jun 2012 05:10 AM PDT The Republican-controlled House approved legislation Thursday to boost health care spending for veterans and provide more money to compensate record numbers of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans claiming service-related disabilities as they return home.

Iran's sanction-beating grain trade seen ready to help Syria Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:03 AM PDT LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Iran is poised to offer the Syrian authorities a short-term food lifeline with vital grains purchases as Western sanctions and mounting violence deter trade houses from doing deals with Damascus, international traders say. Both are targets of Western sanctions that, while not intended to disrupt food imports, have hurt shipments of all kinds by complicating financial transactions. Richer and more practiced in the ways of sidestepping such embargoes, Iran seems set to help its struggling ally, though its own means are limited. ...

As violence rises, U.S. and allies pulled into Yemen Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:37 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters)- U.S. policymakers might talk down "boots on the ground" in Yemen but with an estimated several hundred military advisers already deployed, Washington and its allies are already being drawn ever deeper into the country. Western security and intelligence officials have long seen Yemen as central to their fight against Islamist militancy, viewing local franchise Al Qaeda on the Arabic Peninsula (AQAP) as the most dangerous single foreign group plotting attacks against the West. U.S. ...

UN report predicts increase in world's displaced Posted: 31 May 2012 09:44 PM PDT The number of people fleeing their homes and becoming refugees or displaced in their own countries will increase in the next 10 years as a result of a host of intertwined causes ranging from conflict and climate change to population growth and food shortages, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. refugee agency.

House OKs veterans' health care, disability bill Posted: 31 May 2012 07:10 PM PDT The Republican-controlled House has approved legislation to boost health care spending for veterans and provide more money for record numbers of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans claiming service-related disabilities as they return home.

Judge hears challenge to 2004 NY police mass arrests Posted: 31 May 2012 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police did not have probable cause to justify mass arrests outside the 2004 Republican National Convention, lawyers for some of those detained told a U.S. judge on Thursday. In a crowded courtroom in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Judge Richard Sullivan heard oral arguments over cases that were filed over seven years ago and raised questions about police tactics well before the Occupy Wall Street movement. ...

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