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- Soldier who lost 4 limbs back in Michigan hometown
- Turkey authorizes military operations inside Syria as conflict bleeds across borders
- EADS-BAE merger could be hostage to U.S. politics
- Turkish villagers thrust into center of Syria-Turkey tensions
- #GivingTuesday Movement Announces 200 Partners Showing “America Gives as Good as it Gets”
- Turkey authorizes military operations in Syria
- Turkish PM doesn't want war with Syria
- Turkey steps up Syria strikes, says will defend borders
- Obama reacts to debate: Last night was not the ‘real Mitt Romney’ [VIDEO]
- Turks wary of greater military action against Syria
- Swing voters the presidential debate forgot: veterans
- DNC’s Brad Woodhouse claims Romney wants to ‘go back to war in Iraq’
- Russia keeps door open to Pakistan after Putin cancels trip
- US citizen sentenced to life in Iraqi prison
- Mich. soldier who lost 4 limbs to visit hometown
- FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps
- Iraq sentences U.S. citizen to life in prison
- Filmmaker Laura Poitras Named a 2012 MacArthur Fellow; Outspoken Voice on the Human Consequences of Post-9/11 Conflict at Home and Abroad
- Turkey renews artillery strikes on Syria
- Turkish police teargas anti-war protesters near parliament
- Transcript: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's First Presidential Debate
- Soccer-Miyaichi earns Japan recall for friendlies in Europe
- Analysis: For Kuwait's next ruler, family peace most urgent priority
- Dubious Denver Debate Declarations
- Iraqi officials: Car bomb kills 5 people, wounds 13 in western Baghdad
- CROSSING LONDON – Mission 2013 launched to leaders at The National Day of Prayer & Worship.
- Iraqi officials: Car bomb kills 5 in Baghdad
- Fact Checking the Presidential Debate in Denver
- FBI offers reward for Mass. terrorism suspect
Soldier who lost 4 limbs back in Michigan hometown Posted: 04 Oct 2012 04:14 PM PDT |
Turkey authorizes military operations inside Syria as conflict bleeds across borders Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:50 PM PDT AKCAKALE, Turkey - Turkey sanctioned further military action against Syria on Thursday and bombarded targets across the border with artillery for a second day, raising the stakes in a conflict that increasingly is bleeding outside Syrian territory. |
EADS-BAE merger could be hostage to U.S. politics Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - To win approval for their planned $45 billion merger, EADS and BAE systems must persuade Washington to let a pan-European behemoth control some of the most sensitive U.S. defense contracts, without triggering a political backlash. Defense industry experts say it should not be difficult for Washington to protect its security interests in allowing the deal to go ahead, but the politics could become complicated if Boeing and other competitors lobby against the deal. ... |
Turkish villagers thrust into center of Syria-Turkey tensions Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT Residents in the Turkish border town at the center of rising military tensions between Turkey and Syria blamed their government in Ankara for not acting to forestall a fatal mortar strike that killed five people here yesterday and left 11 wounded. |
#GivingTuesday Movement Announces 200 Partners Showing “America Gives as Good as it Gets” Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT #GivingTuesday Releases List of Innovative Organizations Supporting a New National Day of Giving this Nov 27thNew York, NY (PRWEB) October 04, 2012 The #GivingTuesday movement today announced that the list of partner organizations, businesses and philanthropies helping to create a national day of giving on November 27, 2012 has reached 200. This achievement happened just two weeks after the initiative's public launch, surpassing expectations of the founding partners and pointing to a growing nationwide movement. ... |
Turkey authorizes military operations in Syria Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:12 PM PDT |
Turkish PM doesn't want war with Syria Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:05 PM PDT |
Turkey steps up Syria strikes, says will defend borders Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:51 AM PDT AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey stepped up retaliatory artillery strikes on a Syrian border town on Thursday, killing several Syrian soldiers, while its parliament approved further military action in the event of another spillover of the Syrian conflict. Seeking to unwind the most serious cross-border escalation in its 18-month-old crackdown on dissent, Damascus apologized through the United Nations for shelling which killed five civilians in southeast Turkey on Wednesday and said it would not happen again, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said. ... |
Obama reacts to debate: Last night was not the ‘real Mitt Romney’ [VIDEO] Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:18 AM PDT In his first appearance after the first presidential debate, President Barack Obama said he was on stage Wednesday with someone who "claimed to be Mitt Romney," not the "real" Romney. |
Turks wary of greater military action against Syria Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:40 AM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Many Turks on Thursday welcomed their army's swift reprisal for deadly Syrian artillery fire into Turkey but their anger was tempered by fears of being dragged into full-blown intervention in a war that could blow back across their borders. After shelling from Syria's civil war killed five people in a Turkish border town on Wednesday, parliament authorized the government to take military action in Syria if there was a further spillover of violence. ... |
Swing voters the presidential debate forgot: veterans Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:37 AM PDT There were no mentions of America's veterans during Wednesday night's presidential debate, a point that frustrates former US troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
DNC’s Brad Woodhouse claims Romney wants to ‘go back to war in Iraq’ Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT After President Barack Obama stumbled his way to a loss in the first presidential debate on Wednesday night, Democratic National Committee communications director Brad Woodhouse took to MSNBC to try to spin criticism back in the direction of Mitt Romney with what appeared to be a fabricated claim. |
Russia keeps door open to Pakistan after Putin cancels trip Posted: 04 Oct 2012 09:17 AM PDT Confusion surrounds the Kremlin's hopes of establishing a tighter relationship with Pakistan, in advance of NATO's planned 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan, after President Vladimir Putin abruptly cancelled a visit to Islamabad planned for this week. |
US citizen sentenced to life in Iraqi prison Posted: 04 Oct 2012 08:44 AM PDT An Iraqi court has sentenced an American citizen to life in prison on charges of assisting al-Qaida and financing terrorist activities in Iraq, according to a government statement released Thursday. |
Mich. soldier who lost 4 limbs to visit hometown Posted: 04 Oct 2012 08:40 AM PDT Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills has been dreaming of this day for six months. |
FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps Posted: 04 Oct 2012 08:26 AM PDT |
Iraq sentences U.S. citizen to life in prison Posted: 04 Oct 2012 07:51 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen convicted of links with al Qaeda has been sentenced to life in prison by an Iraqi court, a copy of the ruling showed on Thursday. Omar Rashad Khalil, who is of Palestinian origin, was arrested in 2010 and accused of helping finance and execute "terrorist operations" inside Iraq, according to the ruling, a copy of which was posted on the Interior Ministry website. The ruling said Khalil, in his early 50s, was an architect and also went by the name Abu Muhammad. He was sentenced by Baghdad's central criminal court on Wednesday. ... |
Posted: 04 Oct 2012 04:00 AM PDT Filmmaker of Three Award-winning POV Feature Documentaries Is Among 23 Fellows Announced by MacArthur FoundationNEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named its new MacArthur Fellows for 2012 on Oct. 2, and filmmaker Laura Poitras, whose three feature-length documentaries have premiered on PBS' POV (Point of View) series, is among the 23 individuals to earn the honor, alongside POV documentary filmmaker Natalia Almada. ... |
Turkey renews artillery strikes on Syria Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:29 AM PDT Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. The border violence has added a dangerous new dimension to a conflict that is pulling Syria's neighbors deeper into what already resembles a proxy war. |
Turkish police teargas anti-war protesters near parliament Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:47 AM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police fired tear gas to stop a small group of anti-war protesters approaching parliament on Thursday as deputies debated a motion that could authorize military action in Syria if the government deems it necessary. A Reuters reporter saw 25-30 protesters chanting "We don't want war!" and "The Syrian people are our brothers!" in front of the parliament building in the capital Ankara. ... |
Transcript: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's First Presidential Debate Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:12 AM PDT Below, the complete transcript of the first 2012 presidential debate, as provided by the White House press office. |
Soccer-Miyaichi earns Japan recall for friendlies in Europe Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:00 AM PDT (fixes typo in headline) TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Wigan Athletic winger Ryo Miyaichi has an opportunity to claim a second cap for Japan after he was recalled for this month's friendlies against France and Brazil, the Japan Football Association (JFA) said on Thursday. The 19-year-old winger, on a season-long loan at Wigan from Arsenal, joins Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa and CSKA Moscow's Keisuke Honda in a 23-man squad that features 13 Europe-based players. Eintracht Frankfurt forward Takashi Inui, who has scored three goals in the Bundesliga this season, was also called up. ... |
Analysis: For Kuwait's next ruler, family peace most urgent priority Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:45 AM PDT KUWAIT (Reuters) - When Kuwait's next ruler takes power he will need to reassure competing factions in the Al-Sabah dynasty that he is protecting their interests and maintaining stability, making progress toward democratic reforms unlikely, at least at the beginning. Current ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 83, has resisted opposition demands for more policy-making authority in an increasingly assertive parliament, which he has dissolved several times. Designated successor Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the emir's 75-year-old brother, will face the same pressures. ... |
Dubious Denver Debate Declarations Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:50 AM PDT We found exaggerations and false claims flying thick and fast during the first debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. Obama accused Romney of proposing a $5 trillion tax cut. Not true. Romney proposes to offset his rate cuts ... More |
Iraqi officials: Car bomb kills 5 people, wounds 13 in western Baghdad Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:42 AM PDT BAGHDAD - Iraqi police and health officials say a car bomb explosion in western Baghdad has killed five people and wounded 13. |
CROSSING LONDON – Mission 2013 launched to leaders at The National Day of Prayer & Worship. Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:39 AM PDT CROSSING LONDON – Mission 2013 is an initiative by church leaders across the denominations, working in partnership with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse, to see Christian leaders throughout London renewed and empowered by the Holy Spirit for mission; to see Christians experiencing a fresh confidence to talk unashamedly about their faith and love for Jesus; to see churches helping to restore broken communities and to witness thousands of men, women and children coming to know Jesus and see the whole of London touched by God. ... |
Iraqi officials: Car bomb kills 5 in Baghdad Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:38 AM PDT Iraqi police and health officials say a car bomb explosion in western Baghdad has killed five people and wounded 13. |
Fact Checking the Presidential Debate in Denver Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:40 PM PDT Romney Fact Check #7: Romney's Bipartisan Record — 10:36 p.m.: Governor Romney: First of all, I liked the way we did it in Massachusetts. I like that in my state we had Republicans and Democrats come together and work together. Shush Walshe has... |
FBI offers reward for Mass. terrorism suspect Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:07 AM PDT A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a Massachusetts man who is wanted on terrorism charges, the FBI said Wednesday. |
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