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• Parade where vets killed used route for 3 years
• Float in train crash that killed vets was donated
• Syrian rebels eye Assad's economic lifeline in east
• Syrian civil war spillover draws Israeli fire
• Obama to balance praise, pressure in historic Myanmar visit
• Kurd militants end hunger strike in Turkey, deal seen
• Some Gaza rockets stripped of explosives to fly further: Israelis
• Obama, in Asia, says Myanmar trip to encourage democracy
• Flashpoints in 'fiscal cliff' negotiations
• Timeline of Germany's Green Party
• Iraq officials: Suicide car bombing kills 3
• Today in History
• Texas veterans float entered rail crossing after warning: NTSB

Parade where vets killed used route for 3 years Posted: 18 Nov 2012 05:06 PM PST Organizers of a parade in West Texas in which four U.S. military veterans were killed when a train plowed into a truck had been using the same route for three years, investigators said Sunday.

Float in train crash that killed vets was donated Posted: 18 Nov 2012 11:57 AM PST The truck that was used as a parade float involved a horrific train crash in West Texas that killed four U.S. military veterans was donated for the event, organizers said Sunday.

Syrian rebels eye Assad's economic lifeline in east Posted: 18 Nov 2012 11:45 AM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - A Syrian rebel offensive that captured border crossings with Turkey and Iraq aims to cut off supplies from the country's main grain and oil-producing region and speed President Bashar al-Assad's downfall, a tribal leader said. Speaking from the rebel-held town of Ras al-Ain on the border with Turkey, Sheikh Nawaf al-Bashir said rebels are planning to advance into two lightly defended frontier towns further east in the resource-rich province of Hasaka, 600 km (375 miles) from Damascus. ...

Syrian civil war spillover draws Israeli fire Posted: 18 Nov 2012 11:15 AM PST Israel shelled Syrian fighters after gunfire from their civil war spilled over to the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, the military said Sunday, as the conflict appeared to inch closer to the Jewish state.

Obama to balance praise, pressure in historic Myanmar visit Posted: 18 Nov 2012 10:57 AM PST BANGKOK (Reuters) - Poised to become the first U.S. head of state to travel to Myanmar, President Barack Obama on Monday will attempt to strike a balance between praising the government's progress in shaking off military rule and pressing it for further reforms. Obama will meet President Thein Sein, a former junta member who has spearheaded reforms since taking office in March 2011, and famed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who led the struggle against military rule and, like Obama, is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She is now a lawmaker. ...

Kurd militants end hunger strike in Turkey, deal seen Posted: 18 Nov 2012 10:30 AM PST ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) - Hundreds of Kurdish militants ended a hunger strike in jails across Turkey on Sunday in response to an appeal from their leader, fuelling hopes a deal had been struck that could revive talks to end a decades-old conflict. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his supporters to end their protest after holding a series of discussions with Turkish MIT intelligence agency officials, according to one media report. ...

Some Gaza rockets stripped of explosives to fly further: Israelis Posted: 18 Nov 2012 08:08 AM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Some of the Palestinian rockets fired far into Israel during the Gaza flare-up have lacked powerful warheads because they were stripped down to increase range and spread alarm over a wider population, Israeli security sources said on Sunday. "Our assessment is that the prestige of setting off alarms deep in Israel, and being perceived as fighting on, is as important to them now as spilling our blood," said an Israeli official briefed on security cabinet decisions. ...

Obama, in Asia, says Myanmar trip to encourage democracy Posted: 18 Nov 2012 06:41 AM PST BANGKOK (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama denied on Sunday his upcoming trip to Myanmar was an endorsement of the government there, calling it an acknowledgement of the progress made in shaking off decades of military rule and encouragement for it go further. On Monday, Obama will become the first serving U.S. president to visit Myanmar, also called Burma, part of a three-country Asian tour that, as his first post-election trek abroad, will show he is serious about shifting the U.S. strategic focus eastwards. ...

Flashpoints in 'fiscal cliff' negotiations Posted: 18 Nov 2012 04:37 AM PST There are numerous hurdles, big and small, in front of President Barack Obama and lawmakers on Capitol Hill as they seek a budget and tax agreement to avoid economy-rattling tax increases and automatic spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff." They include:

Timeline of Germany's Green Party Posted: 18 Nov 2012 04:28 AM PST (Reuters) - Formed in 1980 as a loose coalition of pacifists, socialists environmentalists and feminists, the Green party may become kingmakers after Germany's September 2013 federal election. Here is a look at significant Green Party moments in Germany: October 1992 - Germany's Green Party co-founder Petra Kelly is found dead. Kelly was one of its first members of parliament. Sept/Oct 1998 - Social Democrats under Gerhard Schroeder win the federal election. Schroeder seals a coalition with the Greens and names Green party leader, Joschka Fischer, as foreign minister and deputy chancellor. ...

Iraq officials: Suicide car bombing kills 3 Posted: 18 Nov 2012 02:35 AM PST Officials say a car bomb explosion in central Iraq has killed three people and wounded 16 others.

Today in History Posted: 17 Nov 2012 09:01 PM PST Today is Sunday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2012. There are 43 days left in the year.

Texas veterans float entered rail crossing after warning: NTSB Posted: 17 Nov 2012 08:40 PM PST (Reuters) - A parade float carrying wounded veterans that was hit by a freight train had entered a rail crossing when warning bells and lights were going off, seconds before the crash that killed four men, a federal investigator said Saturday. The four veterans were on a flatbed truck that was hit on Thursday in Midland, Texas. Another 16 people were injured. The warning signals at the crossing went off 20 seconds before the collision, as a first truck carrying veterans was safely crossing the tracks, said National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rosekind. ...

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