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• US to Iran exiles: quit Iraq to get off terror list
• U.S. steps up warnings on Iran dissident camp in Iraq
• US pushs Iran opposition group to vacate Iraq camp
• Car bomb kills seven, wounds 20 in central Iraq: police
• Iraq car bomb against anti-Qaeda fighter kills six
• 'Stand your ground’ loses ground
• Helicopters, police guard Iraqi holy city pilgrims
• Shiite Muslim rituals climax in Iraq
• Thousands flee Syria fighting, face food shortage
• Money, Cash, Jobs
• UAE checks for Syrian funds after economic sanctions: paper
• Zanzibar refugees return from Somalia
• Asylum seekers risk all for Australian dreamland
• Asylum seekers risk all for Australia dreamland
• Desktop Alert Notification Platform Deployed at MacDill Air Force Base 6th Medical Group

US to Iran exiles: quit Iraq to get off terror list Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:45 PM PDT The United States on Friday again urged members of an exiled Iranian opposition group to leave their long-time base in Iraq, saying a move could facilitate their removal from a US terror blacklist.

U.S. steps up warnings on Iran dissident camp in Iraq Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned an Iranian dissident group on Friday that time was running out for it to vacate its Iraqi base camp, and said its hope to be taken off the official U.S. blacklist of terrorist organizations could depend on its compliance. Daniel Benjamin, the State Department's coordinator for counter-terrorism, said the Mujahadin-e Khalq (MEK) must complete its move from the Camp Ashraf facility, which the Iraqi government has vowed to close by July 20. ...

US pushs Iran opposition group to vacate Iraq camp Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:29 PM PDT The State Department is warning an Iran opposition group that time is running short to vacate an encampment inside Iraq.

Car bomb kills seven, wounds 20 in central Iraq: police Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:45 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb in a parked car killed seven people and wounded 20 on Friday when it exploded in the central Iraqi city of Ramadi, police and hospital sources said. The blast in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, killed mainly women in a residential area, the sources said. "We heard a big explosion and when we arrived at the scene we found a parked car on fire," a police officer said. "Bodies were scattered everywhere and some houses were destroyed," he said, declining to be named. ...

Iraq car bomb against anti-Qaeda fighter kills six Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT A suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near an anti-Qaeda militiaman's home in western Iraq on Friday, killing six people, the latest victims of a spike in nationwide unrest.

'Stand your ground’ loses ground Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:24 PM PDT The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., last February has brought a national debate about whether the incident had racial overtones as well as whether it represented a reasonable use of a firearm in self-defense.

Helicopters, police guard Iraqi holy city pilgrims Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:32 AM PDT Thousands of police backed by helicopters patrolled Iraq's holy city of Karbala on Friday, assigned to prevent attacks against hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims observing an annual pilgrimage, officials said.

Shiite Muslim rituals climax in Iraq Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:28 AM PDT Millions of Shiite pilgrims commemorated the birth of a central figure in Shiite Islam on Friday morning under heavy security measures after a series of recent attacks targeting worshippers.

Thousands flee Syria fighting, face food shortage Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:58 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Thousands of families in Syria have fled their homes in the past two weeks due to heavy fighting between government forces and rebels and many face food shortages, the United Nations said on Friday. Food prices have tripled in parts of seven provinces where the livelihoods of farmers and livestock herders are at risk of collapse because the wheat harvest is being delayed by a shortage of diesel, needed for machinery, it said. "The overall situation is characterized by severe insecurity and ongoing fighting which means that U.N. ...

Money, Cash, Jobs Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:56 AM PDT By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) NOTABLES: BREAKING: ECONOMY 'STILL RUNNING IN PLACE': The U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent, ABC's Susanna Kim and Bill McGuire report. Economists expected that employers would add...

UAE checks for Syrian funds after economic sanctions: paper Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:49 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' central bank has asked lenders and financial institutions in the Gulf Arab state to start an investigation into any funds or investments by top Syrian officials, a local newspaper reported on Friday. The move, aimed at raising pressure on Syrian President Assad to stop a military crackdown on a popular uprising, was in keeping with sanctions imposed on Damascus by the Arab League, European Union and United States, according to the Khaleej Times, citing a central bank circular issued on Thursday. ...

Zanzibar refugees return from Somalia Posted: 06 Jul 2012 03:51 AM PDT Refugees from the palm-fringed spice islands of Zanzibar stranded in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu prepared to fly home Friday, more than a decade after fleeing political violence.

Asylum seekers risk all for Australian dreamland Posted: 06 Jul 2012 03:11 AM PDT Rahmatullah Afzaly says the thought of boarding a rickety Indonesian fishing boat in roiling seas, crammed with hundreds of other asylum seekers, is terrifying. But it's nothing compared to his fear of the Taliban.

Asylum seekers risk all for Australia dreamland Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:51 AM PDT Rahmatullah Afzaly says the thought of boarding a rickety Indonesian fishing boat in roiling seas, crammed with hundreds of other asylum seekers, is terrifying. But it's nothing compared to his fear of the Taliban.

Desktop Alert Notification Platform Deployed at MacDill Air Force Base 6th Medical Group Posted: 05 Jul 2012 09:07 PM PDT Mass notification system deployed in support of force protection, personnel accountability and health emergency preparednessChatham, New Jersey (PRWEB) July 06, 2012 Desktop Alert, Inc., (http://www.desktopalert.net) the provider of 'less than one minute' bi-directional network-centric emergency mass notification systems to military, government, healthcare, higher education, industrial and commercial organizations, today announced the U.S. ...

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