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• Balloonists recount harrowing flight over Oregon
• Syrian battles rage in capital, Russia pressed
• Reid: Cheney pushing GOP against automatic defense cuts because of Halliburton [VIDEO]
• Iran Policy Committee: Violations of Human Rights of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq and the Unwarranted Terrorist Designation of Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK)
• Ex-Navy SEAL gets nearly 18 years in weapons case
• Ohio suspect in Michigan slayings was in military
• Clashes spread to new areas in Syrian capital
• Rebels battle to 'liberate' Syria capital
• Arizona State University Startup Company, AlphaStripe, Accepted Into Techstars Patriot Boot Camp
• Hollande: Syrian general who defected is in Paris
• Fearing boycott, Israeli academics warn against accrediting West Bank school
• Judge won't remove himself from Cole bombing case
• Can't Funny and Serious Get Along?
• Iraq PM for 'militarisation': Kurd official
• Motley Rice Strengthens Securities Fraud And SEC Whistleblower Practice
• Passport Asset and Inventory Management Software Helps Segs4Vets Track Thousands of Segways Donated to Veterans Throughout the U.S.
• Romney Embraces Cheney, Sort Of
• Iraq tells its citizens in Syria to return home
• Pentagon warns that US faces IED threat at home
• Iraq urges citizens to flee violence in Syria
• The Aspen Security Forum Releases Select 2012 Forum Panels
• Syria uses helicopters to battle rebels in capital
• Syrian troops backed by helicopter gunships battle rebels in Damascus, activists say
• Iraq warns Turkey against 'violations' of territory
• Iraq warns Turkey against violating airspace
• Baghdad urges Iraqis to leave Syria
• Iraq tells citizens to flee violence in Syria
• Russia's Lukoil-led group signs oil deal with Iraq
• A year since famine, 2.5 mn at risk in Somalia: UN
• Defector Says Syria is Working with Al-Qaeda; Will Use Chemical Weapons
• UN says Syrian refugees almost tripled to 112,000
• Journalstone Publishing Announces the Release of "The Donors" by Jeffrey Wilson
• Is Mitt Serious About Condi?
• Today in History
• UN urges peaceful solution to Camp Ashraf standoff
• China paper decries "pretext" to intervene in Syria
• Afghanistan detainees get their day in US court, again. Why they're back
• Joyful crews unite aboard space station
• Assad will use chemical weapons: top defector

Balloonists recount harrowing flight over Oregon Posted: 17 Jul 2012 04:26 PM PDT Two men flying matching lawn chairs suspended by helium-filled party balloons over Central Oregon last weekend said Tuesday they were floating along peacefully at 14,000 feet when thunderstorms grabbed control of their homemade craft like a giant hand.

Syrian battles rage in capital, Russia pressed Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:41 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they shot down an army helicopter on Tuesday as they battled government forces backed by air power and artillery in the fiercest fighting to hit Damascus since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad erupted last year. Rebel officers said thousands of fighters had converged on the capital, a government stronghold during 16 months of turmoil, to bring the battle from Syria's turbulent provinces into Assad's power centre. ...

Reid: Cheney pushing GOP against automatic defense cuts because of Halliburton [VIDEO] Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:16 PM PDT Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters that former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to Capitol Hill is intended to "spur" Republicans on to oppose automatic defense cuts included in the "sequester," because of Cheney's ties to Halliburton.

Iran Policy Committee: Violations of Human Rights of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq and the Unwarranted Terrorist Designation of Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On 17 July 2012, the Iran Policy Committee (IPC) issued a press release. A State Department teleconference on 6 July 2012 prompted the release. Briefing the media were Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Daniel Benjamin as well as Special Advisor to the Secretary on Camp Ashraf, Ambassador Daniel Fried. They briefed on the situation at Camp Ashraf, Iraq and the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) designation. Developments over the past few days also stimulated the release.

Ex-Navy SEAL gets nearly 18 years in weapons case Posted: 17 Jul 2012 01:34 PM PDT A former U.S. Navy SEAL was sentenced Tuesday to 17½ years in prison after prosecutors said he led a scheme to sell machine guns, explosives and military hardware smuggled into the U.S. from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Ohio suspect in Michigan slayings was in military Posted: 17 Jul 2012 01:31 PM PDT A man being sought nationwide Tuesday in the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her pregnant sister in Michigan is a former military police specialist who served nearly a year in Iraq and later was jailed in Ohio for sexual battery.

Clashes spread to new areas in Syrian capital Posted: 17 Jul 2012 01:23 PM PDT Syrian government forces attacked rebels with helicopter gunships in the heart of Damascus on Tuesday, escalating a campaign to crush their opponents as clashes spread to new areas, illustrating the rebels' growing reach.

Rebels battle to 'liberate' Syria capital Posted: 17 Jul 2012 01:08 PM PDT Rebels declared the battle to "liberate" Damascus has begun as heavy fighting raged across the city on Tuesday and Russia said an agreement is possible for a UN resolution on the Syria crisis.

Arizona State University Startup Company, AlphaStripe, Accepted Into Techstars Patriot Boot Camp Posted: 17 Jul 2012 01:02 PM PDT AlphaStripe provides a space for Veterans to share videos, pictures, and memories on an online social media platform.Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) July 17, 2012 AlphaStripe, one of the new ASU student startups being supported by the Edson program in ASU SkySong, has been accepted into a special boot camp being run in Washington DC. The Patriot Boot Camp is hosted by Techstars and takes place in the Nation's capital from July 18-20. The objective of the boot camp is to educate and mentor Veterans and Service Members to enable them to create companies, build a team, and develop as entrepreneurs. ...

Hollande: Syrian general who defected is in Paris Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:59 PM PDT French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Tuesday that Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass, one of the highest ranking officials to defect from the Syrian regime, is in Paris.

Fearing boycott, Israeli academics warn against accrediting West Bank school Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:03 PM PDT Perched on a hilltop range in the northern West Bank, the Ariel University Center (AUC) looks west toward the Tel Aviv skyline 20 miles away and north to the minarets of Palestinian villages a few miles off.

Judge won't remove himself from Cole bombing case Posted: 17 Jul 2012 11:52 AM PDT The military judge presiding over the war crimes trial of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner charged in the attack on the USS Cole rejected a motion Tuesday by defense attorneys that he remove himself from the case.

Can't Funny and Serious Get Along? Posted: 17 Jul 2012 11:06 AM PDT Steve Almond's take-down of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart in The Baffler further proves that serious people seem to like when funny people are serious, but funny people aren't much in the market for serious people to join their ranks, and serious people hate that.

Iraq PM for 'militarisation': Kurd official Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:46 AM PDT The spokesman for Iraq's Kurdish regional president sharply criticised national premier Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday for allegedly militarising Iraqi society and using violence for political ends.

Motley Rice Strengthens Securities Fraud And SEC Whistleblower Practice Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:38 AM PDT One of largest U.S. plaintiffs' law firms welcomes new member Rebecca M. Katz

Passport Asset and Inventory Management Software Helps Segs4Vets Track Thousands of Segways Donated to Veterans Throughout the U.S. Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:32 AM PDT Passport uses barcode and RFID technology with Motorola hand-held computers to give users an efficient way to collect data in and outside the warehouse.San Jose, CA (PRWEB) July 17, 2012 ASAP Systems http://www.asapsystems.com, the market leader in inventory and asset tracking software, is helping nonprofit Segs4Vets to track and manage more than 1,000 Segway electric personal transportation units given to veterans who are permanently disabled after suffering sustained injuries while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. ...

Romney Embraces Cheney, Sort Of Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:24 AM PDT He came back from five heart attacks, multiple major medical procedures, a heart transplant, a botched war, and some of the lowest approval ratings ever recorded for a vice president. And now Dick Cheney has come out of the political shadows to embrace the candidacy of Mitt Romney. And, to no one's surprise, Democrats have wasted little time trying to make sure no voter missed seeing the two Republicans together, linking Romney to what they routinely label the "failed policies of Bush-Cheney."

Iraq tells its citizens in Syria to return home Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:04 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Tuesday called on tens of thousands of its citizens still living in Syria to return home because of escalating violence in its neighbor, after police said two Iraqi journalists had been killed in Damascus. The Iraqi cabinet voiced concern about the "increasing incidents of murder and assault on Iraqis living in Syria", government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement. "The Iraqi government calls on them to come home," the statement said, adding that Iraqi authorities would do everything in their power to help citizens return. ...

Pentagon warns that US faces IED threat at home Posted: 17 Jul 2012 09:55 AM PDT What is the danger that improvised explosive devices – the sorts of roadside bombs routinely used in Afghanistan, for example – could be used on highway overpasses in the United States?

Iraq urges citizens to flee violence in Syria Posted: 17 Jul 2012 09:32 AM PDT Iraq's government called Tuesday for all its citizens living in Syria to return home immediately to escape the escalating civil war after the recent killing of two Iraqi journalists covering the conflict.

The Aspen Security Forum Releases Select 2012 Forum Panels Posted: 17 Jul 2012 09:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Aspen Institute Homeland Security Program today releases its agenda for the third annual forum on homeland security and counterterrorism, the Aspen Security Forum, to be held July 25-28 in Aspen, CO. A full schedule is available on the forum website, www.aspensecurityforum.org. The forum is co-presented by CNN.com's "Security Clearance" and The New York Times.

Syria uses helicopters to battle rebels in capital Posted: 17 Jul 2012 09:01 AM PDT Intense clashes between Syrian rebels and government forces backed by helicopters spread to new areas of the capital Damascus Tuesday, including a brief firefight near Parliament. It was the third straight day of fighting that has posed an unprecedented challenge to government rule in the seat of President Bashar Assad's power.

Syrian troops backed by helicopter gunships battle rebels in Damascus, activists say Posted: 17 Jul 2012 07:40 AM PDT BEIRUT - Syrian government forces backed by helicopter gunships battled rebels in heavy clashes in Damascus, a clear escalation in the most serious fighting in the capital since the country's conflict began last year, activists said.

Iraq warns Turkey against 'violations' of territory Posted: 17 Jul 2012 07:40 AM PDT Iraq's government on Tuesday warned Ankara against "any violations" of its territory and airspace, and instructed the foreign ministry to register a complaint at the UN Security Council.

Iraq warns Turkey against violating airspace Posted: 17 Jul 2012 07:29 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq warned Turkey against violating its airspace and territory and said on Tuesday it planned to protest to the U.N. Security Council after its radars had repeatedly detected Turkish warplanes, in a deepening a rift with its neighbor. Over the past four weeks, Turkish warplanes and attack helicopters have carried out repeated strikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq, according to Turkish military command, after clashes on the Iraqi side of the border. ...

Baghdad urges Iraqis to leave Syria Posted: 17 Jul 2012 07:27 AM PDT The Iraqi government on Tuesday urged its citizens in strife-hit Syria, mainly refugees from their country's own violence, to return home because of "increasing attacks" on them.

Iraq tells citizens to flee violence in Syria Posted: 17 Jul 2012 06:59 AM PDT Iraq's government on Tuesday urged all its citizens living in Syria to return home immediately to escape the escalating civil war.

Russia's Lukoil-led group signs oil deal with Iraq Posted: 17 Jul 2012 05:38 AM PDT A consortium led by Russia's private oil giant Lukoil has signed a preliminary deal with Iraq to explore for oil in the south, boosting the company's portfolio in the war-torn country.

A year since famine, 2.5 mn at risk in Somalia: UN Posted: 17 Jul 2012 04:52 AM PDT Over 2.5 million people in war-torn Somalia remain in crisis despite huge global aid efforts and the situation may worsen, the UN warned Tuesday, one year after famine zones were declared there.

Defector Says Syria is Working with Al-Qaeda; Will Use Chemical Weapons Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:43 AM PDT The most prominent Syria defector to date says that his country's "wounded" regime may have already used chemical weapons on its people and has collaborated with Al-Qaeda terrorists to orchestrate high profile bombings across the country. Nawaf Fares was Syria's ambassador to Iraq before quitting his post last week. This week he sat down with the BBC to reveal details about the regime that many people will find quite alarming if they turn out to be true.

UN says Syrian refugees almost tripled to 112,000 Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:43 AM PDT The United Nations says the number of Syrian refugees who have sought help from it since April has almost tripled to 112,000.

Journalstone Publishing Announces the Release of "The Donors" by Jeffrey Wilson Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:08 AM PDT "The Donors" is now available nationwideSan Francisco, California (PRWEB) July 17, 2012 Journalstone Publishing announces the release of The Donors by Jeffrey Wilson. The Donors (ISBN: 978-1-936564-46-0, Trade Paper, 246 pages, $16.95) is now available nationwide. The Donors is also available in an eBook edition.A brilliantly-conceived novel that fuses elements of horror, medical suspense and the supernatural, The Donors is a tense and terrifying tale about the ultimate struggle of good versus evil. ...

Is Mitt Serious About Condi? Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT The first criterion in choosing a vice president, it is said, is that he or she must be qualified to be president.

Today in History Posted: 16 Jul 2012 09:01 PM PDT Today is Tuesday, July 17, the 199th day of 2012. There are 167 days left in the year.

UN urges peaceful solution to Camp Ashraf standoff Posted: 16 Jul 2012 07:43 PM PDT Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Iraqi government and an Iranian opposition group that was given refuge in the country during Saddam Hussein's rule on Monday to work together to peacefully complete the group's relocation without further delay.

China paper decries "pretext" to intervene in Syria Posted: 16 Jul 2012 07:19 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - There can never be a pretext for foreign intervention in Syria no matter how good the intentions, China's top newspaper said on Tuesday ahead of a U.N. Security Council vote on a Western-backed resolution that threatens sanctions. The resolution, proposed by Britain, the United States, France and Germany, would extend a U.N. observer mission in Syria for 45 days and place international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter. ...

Afghanistan detainees get their day in US court, again. Why they're back Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:40 PM PDT One was a Yemeni businessman who was abducted while on a trip to Thailand. Another was a 14-year-old picked up in Pakistan and taken to Afghanistan four years ago. A third was at home with his wife and child in Pakistan when he was seized.

Joyful crews unite aboard space station Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:45 PM PDT A grinning multinational crew of three floated through the open hatches of the International Space station on Tuesday to join the trio already on board the experimental science lab spinning around Earth.

Assad will use chemical weapons: top defector Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:40 PM PDT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will use chemical weapons against opposition forces and may have already deployed them, Nawaf Fares, the first Syrian ambassador to defect, told the BBC on Monday.

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