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• Israeli air strikes kill three Palestinian militants in Gaza
• Israeli airstrike kills senior Gaza militant
• Algeria caught in quandary over Mali crisis
• Dana Gas expects Iraq, Kurdistan deal will speed gas payments
• UAE firms increase gas production in northern Iraq
• British military: 5 Royal Marines charged with murder in southern Afghanistan case
• Military Veterans Finish 4,200-Mile Bike Trek in the Nation's Capital
• Lawmakers Differ on Congressional Investigation Into Libya
• Slain Gaza militants were senior Qaeda affiliates
• 5 UK marines charged with murder in Afghan death
• Iranian gas flow to Turkey resumes after blast: minister
• Senator Who Bucked Both Parties Dead

Israeli air strikes kill three Palestinian militants in Gaza Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:46 AM PDT GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed three Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, a day after two men identified as the most senior al Qaeda affiliates in the enclave died in an Israeli air strike as they rode a motorcycle. In southern Gaza, a Palestinian gunman was killed and another wounded near the border with Egypt's Sinai desert, hospital officials said. The Israeli military said the two, also targeted while on a motorcycle, had been planning to fire rockets into Israel. A second air strike in central Gaza killed two more Palestinian militants and wounded two others. ...

Israeli airstrike kills senior Gaza militant Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:38 AM PDT Israel claimed a significant blow against al-Qaida-inspired militants in the Gaza Strip Sunday, killing one of the most influential leaders from an extreme branch of Islam that has targeted Egypt and Gaza's Hamas rulers as well as Israel.

Algeria caught in quandary over Mali crisis Posted: 14 Oct 2012 09:19 AM PDT ALGIERS (Reuters) - North African heavyweight Algeria is worried by the chaos in neighboring Mali, where Islamist militants have seized vast tracts of the country, but believes foreign intervention will only make things worse. Much is at stake for Algeria, Africa's biggest country and a wealthy oil and gas exporter that shares a 2,000 km (1,250 mile) border with Mali and sees itself as a major regional power. It is still recovering from its own conflict with armed Islamists in which international human rights groups say more than 200,000 people were killed over two decades. ...

Dana Gas expects Iraq, Kurdistan deal will speed gas payments Posted: 14 Oct 2012 08:59 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum expect that the recent multi-million-dollar oil payment by Baghdad to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) means they will get paid for gas they have supplied to the region, the companies said on Sunday. The United Arab Emirates-based companies have faced difficulties getting paid for all of the fuel they have supplied to power stations in Kurdistan that has helped maintain secure supplies of electricity for millions of people in a country where fuel shortages are commonplace. ...

UAE firms increase gas production in northern Iraq Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:54 AM PDT Two Emirati energy companies producing natural gas in Iraq's Kurdish region say they have boosted output to the equivalent of 80,000 barrels of oil a day.

British military: 5 Royal Marines charged with murder in southern Afghanistan case Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:27 AM PDT LONDON - Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in Afghanistan last year, Britain's Ministry of Defence said Sunday. They are the first British troops to be charged with murder in the country since deployments began in 2001.

Military Veterans Finish 4,200-Mile Bike Trek in the Nation's Capital Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT Physician Assistants Cap off PA Week by Celebrating Coast-to-Coast Journey to Support VeteransALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, five U.S. military veterans will ride the last leg of the Long Road Home Project (LRH), a bicycle journey across the United States designed to help them heal from the wounds of war while raising awareness of the tremendous challenges facing veterans as they return home from Iraq and Afghanistan.  The 4,200-mile journey, which began on July 15 in Aberdeen, Wash. ...

Lawmakers Differ on Congressional Investigation Into Libya Posted: 14 Oct 2012 05:01 AM PDT As Congress continues its investigation into the terrorist attack that left four Americans dead in Libya, Democratic lawmakers are accusing the Republican majority in the House of playing politics.

Slain Gaza militants were senior Qaeda affiliates Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:47 AM PDT Gaza (Reuters) - Two Gaza militants killed by Israel on Saturday were the most senior al Qaeda affiliates in the Palestinian enclave, and one had links to jihadi networks in Egypt, Jordan and Iraq, sources said on Sunday. Hisham al-Saedni and Ashraf al-Sabah, who were killed by an air strike as they rode a motorcycle, were ultra-conservative Salafi Islamists. Armed Salafis, while a fringe presence in Gaza, have been stepping up violence against Israel while at times clashing with the Palestinian Hamas government. They also operate in the neighboring Egyptian Sinai. ...

5 UK marines charged with murder in Afghan death Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:39 AM PDT Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in Afghanistan last year, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Sunday. They are the first British troops to be charged with murder in the country since deployments began in 2001.

Iranian gas flow to Turkey resumes after blast: minister Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:34 AM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - The gas flow on a pipeline carrying Iranian natural gas to Turkey resumed on Sunday, almost a week after it was halted by an explosion in eastern Turkey, Turkey's energy minister said. "The Turkey to Iran natural gas pipeline just started to pump this morning," Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told Reuters. "Turkey is currently getting natural gas from Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan and we did not have any supply problems," he said. The blast last Monday occurred in the area of Dogubayazit, a town in Agri province near the Iranian border, Turkish energy officials said. ...

Senator Who Bucked Both Parties Dead Posted: 13 Oct 2012 08:02 AM PDT He Switched from Republican to Democrat in 2009

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