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• Bombs in market, shootings kill 17 in Iraq
• UN envoy presses for Syria cease-fire in Damascus
• Twin Iraq blasts kill eight in Baghdad Shi'ite district
• Bombs in market kill 11 near Shiite shrine in Iraq
• Kuwait parliamentary election set for Dec. 1
• Anxious Turks suspect US plot is behind Syria's implosion
• Scattered violence kills at least 7 in Iraq
• Foreign Policy Debate May Not Match Reality
• Gunmen kill 3 police, 1 prison official in Iraq
• Foreign Policy Debate May Not Translate into Future Action
• 9 killed in clashes in southeast Turkey
• Nine killed in clashes with Kurdish militants in Turkey
• Iraqi officials: Gunmen kill 3 people in Baghdad
• Wounded Soldier Finishes Long Trek Home

Bombs in market, shootings kill 17 in Iraq Posted: 20 Oct 2012 09:49 AM PDT Back-to-back bomb blasts in a crowded Baghdad market near a revered Shiite shrine and a string of shootings targeting government officials killed at least 17 people Saturday.

UN envoy presses for Syria cease-fire in Damascus Posted: 20 Oct 2012 09:23 AM PDT The international envoy to the Syria conflict pressed his call for a cease-fire with Syrian officials during a visit to Damascus on Saturday while violence continued throughout the country unabated.

Twin Iraq blasts kill eight in Baghdad Shi'ite district Posted: 20 Oct 2012 08:59 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two bombs killed at least eight people and wounded 38 more in a busy market in Baghdad's Kadhimiya District on Saturday, police and hospital sources said, breaking weeks of relative calm. The blasts hit the Iraqi capital ahead of next week's Islamic Eid al-Adha festival, a period when security officials believe al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliates and other Sunni Islamist insurgents may attempt a major attack. Police said the bombs blew up inside a busy public market and most of the victims were women and children. "We heard a loud explosion so we ran to see what happened ... ...

Bombs in market kill 11 near Shiite shrine in Iraq Posted: 20 Oct 2012 08:26 AM PDT Back-to-back bomb blasts in a crowded Baghdad market near a revered Shiite shrine killed at least 11 people Saturday, officials said, shattering days of relative calm in the Iraqi capital.

Kuwait parliamentary election set for Dec. 1 Posted: 20 Oct 2012 07:57 AM PDT Kuwait's government on Saturday set parliamentary elections for Dec. 1 in a bid to ease months of deepening political turmoil that has pit the pro-Western ruling family against opposition forces led by Islamists.

Anxious Turks suspect US plot is behind Syria's implosion Posted: 20 Oct 2012 07:50 AM PDT In an empty coffee house in Antakya, local tradesman Ahmet Sari's face crumples in anger as he speaks about Syria.

Scattered violence kills at least 7 in Iraq Posted: 20 Oct 2012 06:44 AM PDT A roadside bomb near a Shiite shrine and a string of shootings that targeted security forces killed at least seven people in the Iraqi capital, authorities said Saturday.

Foreign Policy Debate May Not Match Reality Posted: 20 Oct 2012 03:57 AM PDT On Monday, President Obama and Mitt Romney will debate for the last time, and they will offer very different views of the world and America's role in it. Each will seek to stamp U.S. global leadership with his respective brand—the man of pragmatism versus the man of idealism. In debating the end of war in Afghanistan, a looming confrontation with Iran, civil war in Syria, and the rise of China, the candidates will rhetorically bend the world to fit those different visions.

Gunmen kill 3 police, 1 prison official in Iraq Posted: 20 Oct 2012 03:41 AM PDT Gunmen killed three policemen and a prison official in attacks on Saturday and overnight in Baghdad, Iraqi authorities said.

Foreign Policy Debate May Not Translate into Future Action Posted: 20 Oct 2012 02:31 AM PDT On Monday, President Obama and Mitt Romney will debate for the last time, and they will offer very different views of the world and America's role in it. Each will seek to stamp U.S. global leadership with his respective brand—the man of pragmatism versus the man of idealism. In debating the end of war in Afghanistan, a looming confrontation with Iran, civil war in Syria, and the rise of China, the candidates will rhetorically bend the world to fit those different visions.

9 killed in clashes in southeast Turkey Posted: 20 Oct 2012 02:21 AM PDT Turkey's state-run agency says clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country have left nine people dead.

Nine killed in clashes with Kurdish militants in Turkey Posted: 20 Oct 2012 01:45 AM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Nine people were killed in separate clashes overnight, including six members of Turkey's security forces and three Kurdish militants, officials said on Saturday, as violence showed little sign of a letup in Turkey's troubled southeast. Three special forces police officers and three Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were killed when gunbattles broke out along a highway in the remote province of Hakkari bordering Iraq and Iran, security sources said. ...

Iraqi officials: Gunmen kill 3 people in Baghdad Posted: 20 Oct 2012 01:06 AM PDT Iraqi police officials say attacks by gunmen in Baghdad have left three people dead, including two policemen.

Wounded Soldier Finishes Long Trek Home Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:02 PM PDT Angel MedFlight Medically Transports Injured Soldier Suffering Traumatic Brain InjuryJONES CREEK, TX (PRWEB) October 19, 2012 After spending the last five years in specialized treatment and rehabilitation facilities for a traumatic brain injury suffered during Operation Iraqi Freedom; on September 27, 2012, Sgt. Bradley Thomas returned home to a town that never left his side. "It was one of the most rewarding flights I have ever been a part of," Julie Longmire, RN, BSN, Angel MedFlight flight coordinator said. ...

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