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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Former Israeli Prime Minister Shamir dies at 96

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 04:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 10, 1989 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir gestures during a news conference in Chicago. Shamir detailed some of the issues he discussed last week in his meeting with President Bush and Secretary of State James Baker III. Shamir was wrapping up a weekend visit to Chicago. Israeli media are reporting that former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has died. He was 96. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayhau mourned Shamir's death Saturday, saying in a statement that Shamir "led Israel with a deep loyalty to the nation." (AP Photo/Charles Bennett, File)Yitzhak Shamir was a fighter for the Jews long before Israel's creation, an underground leader who led militias against the Arabs and British.

Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 04:43 PM PDT

SPECIAL FOR SYDNEY MORNING HERALDJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who two decades ago first balked at U.S. calls to trade occupied land for Middle East peace, died on Saturday after a long illness. He was 96. The second longest-serving prime minister after Israel's founder, David Ben-Gurion, Shamir clung to the status quo. Admirers saw strength and resolve in his position, while critics called him an intransigent naysayer who allowed Arabs to cast Israel as obstructing reconciliation. ...

Former Israeli PM Shamir dies at 96

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 10, 1989 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir gestures during a news conference in Chicago. Shamir detailed some of the issues he discussed last week in his meeting with President Bush and Secretary of State James Baker III. Shamir was wrapping up a weekend visit to Chicago. Israeli media are reporting that former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has died. He was 96. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayhau mourned Shamir's death Saturday, saying in a statement that Shamir "led Israel with a deep loyalty to the nation." (AP Photo/Charles Bennett, File)Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who clung throughout his life to the belief that Israel should hang on to territory and never trust an Arab regime, has died. He was 96.

Ecuador still deciding on Assange asylum: Correa

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:18 PM PDT

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, pictured on June 29Ecuador is still considering whether to grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, President Rafael Correa said Saturday.

World powers agree Syria deal, US eyes post-Assad regime

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:23 PM PDT

UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi AnnanWorld powers on Saturday agreed a plan for a transition in Syria that could include current regime members, but the West did not see any role for President Bashar al-Assad in a new unity government.

Surge in violence spurs new fears in Iraq

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, June 28, 2012, file photo, people carry the body of a victim of a car bomb attack in the Washash neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. June was the second-deadliest month since U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq in mid-December, but more significant than the numbers was the fact that insurgents appeared able to sustain the level of violence over a longer period than usual. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)A half year after the U.S. military left Iraq, dire predictions seem to be coming true: The country is mired in violence and the government is on the verge of collapsing. With no relief in sight, there's growing talk of Iraq as a failed state as al-Qaida's local wing staged near daily attacks that killed at least 234 people in June.

Iraq attacks kill 11 people

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 12:47 PM PDT

Iraqis inspect the site of a car bomb that exploded in a popular market in Baghdad on June 28Bombings and shootings in Iraq killed four police, two soldiers and five civilians on Saturday, security and medical officials said.

Syria troops regain key Damascus suburb

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 12:05 PM PDT

Kofi Annan, right, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, before a dinner hosted by Swiss authorities after a meeting of the Action Group for Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, June 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Laurent Gillieron, Pool)Syrian troops flushed out rebels from a key Damascus suburb Saturday, regaining control of a key area just outside the capital after a 10-day assault that left dozens dead, hundreds wounded and caused a major humanitarian crisis.

Tables turn as Egypt's Islamist president sworn in

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Egypt's first Islamist president Mohamed Mursi attends his swearing in ceremony in this still image from a video footage in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - In a day full of memorable images, none on Saturday was more powerful than that of Egypt's first Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, flanked by generals at a military parade where he was formally handed authority to govern the nation. For six decades, Mursi's seat had been filled by presidents drawn from the ranks of the military. And for half that time, it was occupied by one man, Hosni Mubarak, a former air force chief who hounded and jailed members of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood. ...

Israeli media says former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has died at 96

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 11:31 AM PDT

JERUSALEM - Israeli media are reporting that former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has died. He was 96.

Fort Bragg shooting victim identified as decorated war veteran

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:48 AM PDT

(Reuters) - A soldier at the Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Army base fatally shot by another member of his unit was identified on Saturday as Lieutenant Colonel Roy Tisdale, a highly decorated veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Tisdale, 42, commander of the 525th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, was killed on Thursday by another member of his unit, who then turned the gun on himself. The shooter, who has not been identified, was in critical condition. A third soldier, Specialist Michael Latham, 22, suffered a non-life threatening wound. ...

Iran calls for extraordinary OPEC meeting

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:11 AM PDT

The US and EU have tightened oil sanctions in a bid to force Iran to abandon its contested nuclear programmeSanctions-hit Iran on Saturday called for OPEC to hold an extraordinary meeting to rein in output going over its agreed total quota because oil prices have dipped to a "critical level" under $100 a barrel.

Some Dems still skittish on health care; GOP riled

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 09:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 17, 2012 file photo, Heidi Heitkamp, the North Dakota Democratic Party's endorsed candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks to delegates at the North Dakota Democratic state convention in Grand Forks, N.D. The constitutional win for President Barack Obama and Democrats on health care overhaul is reopening political cuts within the party over the unpopular law. Vulnerable Democratic incumbents and candidates, including Heitkamp, cautiously welcomed the court's judgment but argued that the law could be improved. (AP Photo/Shawna Noel Widdel, File)Victory at the Supreme Court for President Barack Obama and Democrats on health care is reopening political divisions within the party over the unpopular law.

Syrian troops recover rebellious Damascus suburb

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:43 AM PDT

This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Friday, June 29, 2012, purports to show shelling in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALSyrian troops have regained control of a rebellious Damascus suburb after a 10-day assault that left dozens dead, hundreds wounded and caused a major humanitarian crisis, activists said Saturday.

Iran urges emergency OPEC meet as price drops

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 07:35 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi urged OPEC's secretary general to call for an extraordinary meeting amid falling oil prices, Iranian Oil Ministry's website SHANA said on Saturday. "In 161st meeting of OPEC it was agreed if oil prices fall below $100 per barrel it means that prices are in crisis, so we have urged secretary general of OPEC...to make preparations for holding an emergency meeting," Qasemi told SHANA. International crude benchmarks Brent and U.S. ...

EU's Ashton hopeful of deal at U.N. Syria talks

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 05:25 AM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is hopeful that crisis talks on Syria will reach a good solution, she told reporters as the meeting broke for lunch after a first two hour-session on Saturday. When asked if he was optimistic, another participant, Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari, said: "Yes". (Reporting by Emma Farge)

Hoax prompts Taco Bell to serve up 10,000 tacos to Alaska town

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:30 AM PDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Residents of Bethel, Alaska, know from cable TV ads what the major fast-food chains offer: chicken at KFC, burgers at McDonald's and tacos at Taco Bell.

Russia, US key to last-ditch Syria talks in Geneva

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:22 AM PDT

Major-General Robert Mood, from Norway head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria and Chief Military Observer, right, talks to an unidentified perspon as he arrives for a meeting of the Action Group for Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations, UN, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, June 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)Russia's determination to preserve its last remaining ally in the Middle East collided head-on with U.S. and other Western powers' desire to replace Syrian President Bashar Assad with a democracy at a pivotal U.N.-brokered conference on Saturday.

Hague unsure of Syria deal over Russia-China dissent

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:17 AM PDT

William Hague stressed that "a stable future for Syria means (President Bashar al-Assad) leaving power"Foreign Secretary William Hague said Saturday he was uncertain that world powers could reach a power transition deal to halt the bloodshed in Syria, as Russia and China remain opposed.

WikiLeaks founder Assange faced tough choice: lawyer

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:09 PM PDT

Julian Assange faces questioning in Sweden over sexual assault allegationsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faced a "difficult choice" in defying a British police order for extradition to Sweden, one of his lawyers said Friday.

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