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• McCain: Iran situation a 'train wreck'
• Joe Biden challenges press to 'fact check me'
• Did the CIA just mess up on Iraq's 'weapons of mass destruction'?
• Syrian troops storm Damascus refugee area, chase rebels
• EU may impose new Syria sanctions as Assad clings to power
• London 2012: Naas Wins Hearts as Wang Wins Gold
• Jihadists join Aleppo fight, eye Islamic state, surgeon says
• Rockets from Syria hit Iraqi home, killing 5-year-old girl
• Terror takes back seat; Americans safer now
• Obama's Weekly Address: Commemorating the 11th Anniversary of 9/11
• Clinton sees Russia trade move soon, at odds on Syria
• Soccer-World Cup Asia qualifying fixtures and standings
• PREVIEW-Soccer-Australia hope road to Brazil starts in Amman

McCain: Iran situation a 'train wreck' Posted: 08 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT U.S. Sen. John McCain says he is disappointed with his party's presidential candidate for sidestepping world affairs in his campaign for the White House but reserves his most scathing words for the current dweller, blaming Barack Obama for inaction while the situation in Syria and elsewhere "cries out for American leadership."

Joe Biden challenges press to 'fact check me' Posted: 08 Sep 2012 11:58 AM PDT ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden extended an invitation to the media to check the veracity of his claims on Medicare, telling the press to "fact check me." "What they're proposing, and this is a fact.  I say to the press, 'Fact check me,'"...

Did the CIA just mess up on Iraq's 'weapons of mass destruction'? Posted: 08 Sep 2012 11:26 AM PDT Remember those "weapons of mass destruction?" How chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons programs were said to be part of Saddam Hussein's arsenal – posited as the rationale for invading Iraq in the wake of 9/11, along with the belief that the Iraqi dictator somehow was helping Al Qaeda?

Syrian troops storm Damascus refugee area, chase rebels Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:29 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government troops stormed an area of Damascus populated by Palestinian refugees on Saturday after a four-day artillery assault on the southern suburb where rebels have been sheltering, opposition activists said. President Bashar al-Assad's forces have largely preferred to use air power and artillery to hit areas where rebels are dug in, deploying infantry only once many have fled. Activists said the new ground onslaught put civilians at risk. ...

EU may impose new Syria sanctions as Assad clings to power Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:47 AM PDT NICOSIA/PAPHOS, Cyprus (Reuters) - The European Union may impose new sanctions on the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad as soon as next month, EU diplomats said on Saturday. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said his EU counterparts meeting in Cyprus had agreed new sanctions were needed and had tasked Catherine Ashton, the bloc's foreign policy chief, with preparing suggestions for talks next month. ...

London 2012: Naas Wins Hearts as Wang Wins Gold Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:56 AM PDT Iraq's Ahmed Naas showed he was the king of celebrations after winning Javelin Throw - F40 silver at the Olympic Stadium.(PRWEB) September 08, 2012 Iraq's Ahmed Naas showed he was the king of celebrations after winning Javelin Throw - F40 silver at the Olympic Stadium.The 20-year-old threw a new world record in the class of 43.27m with his fifth effort of the competition, and marked it with a triple cartwheel before falling to his knees.The celebration was greeted with cheers from the crowd, but the gold medal went to a Chinese athlete. ...

Jihadists join Aleppo fight, eye Islamic state, surgeon says Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:20 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Foreign Islamists intent on turning Syria into an autocratic theocracy have swollen the ranks of rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad and think they are waging a "holy war", a French surgeon who treated fighters in Aleppo has said. Jacques Beres, co-founder of medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, returned from Syria on Friday evening after spending two weeks working clandestinely in a hospital in the besieged northern Syrian city. ...

Rockets from Syria hit Iraqi home, killing 5-year-old girl Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:20 AM PDT AL QAIM, Iraq (Reuters) - Three rockets fired from Syria hit an Iraqi border town on Saturday, killing a 5-year-old girl, locals and officials said, in the most serious spillover from the neighboring country's civil war. As rebels fought government forces for an airfield and military base near the Syrian border town of Albu Kamal, Katyusha rockets hit a residential area of al Qaim in Iraq, smashing through a wall of one house and killing a girl inside. "She was sitting on my lap just before we heard the rocket. ...

Terror takes back seat; Americans safer now Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:39 AM PDT As Americans debate whether they are better off now than they were four years ago, there is a similar question with a somewhat easier answer: Are you safer now than you were when President Barack Obama took office?

Obama's Weekly Address: Commemorating the 11th Anniversary of 9/11 Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT As the nation prepares to mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, President Obama is reflecting on "just how far we've come as a nation" and highlighting his administration's foreign policy successes. In his weekly address, the president paid tribute to those who lost...

Clinton sees Russia trade move soon, at odds on Syria Posted: 08 Sep 2012 01:29 AM PDT VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress could move this month to upgrade trade relations with Moscow, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday, but Russia made clear after talks that big differences remained on Syria and Iran. Clinton, in Russia for a summit of countries on the Pacific Rim, said the U.S. government was working closely with Congress on lifting the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment, Cold War-era legislation that has blocked normal trade privileges for Russia. ...

Soccer-World Cup Asia qualifying fixtures and standings Posted: 08 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT Sept 8 (Reuters) - Fixtures and standings ahead of Tuesday'sWorld Cup qualifying matches in Asia. Group A Uzbekistan v South Korea Lebanon v Iran P W D L F A PTS 1. South Korea 2 2 0 0 7 1 6 2. Iran 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3. Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4. Uzbekistan 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5. Lebanon 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 * Top two teams qualify for World Cup Two third-place team face each other in a two legged playoffwith the winner advancing to the intercontinetal playoff againstthe fifth placed team in South America. Playing on Oct. ...

PREVIEW-Soccer-Australia hope road to Brazil starts in Amman Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:59 PM PDT SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Australia aim to avoid moreAsian away day woes when they travel to Amman to take on Jordanin a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, looking for a win thatwould kickstart their bid to reach a third consecutive finals. The Socceroos stuttered to an opening draw in the swelteringheat of Oman before improving to claim another point last timeout against Japan, who have moved into pole position in the raceto become the first Asian team to qualify. ...

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