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• Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-US protests
• PSY apologizes for anti-US protests in 2004
• U.S. extends waivers on Iran sanctions to China and India
• Psy Does Not Salute You
• Unleashing chemical weapons: Syrian risks include deliberate attack, loss of control to rebels
• Obama to attend PSY performance despite protests
• Chemical weapons risk: Syrian missiles and shells
• Psy 'Forever Sorry' for Anti-American Song
• Bret Easton Ellis: "Hurt Locker" wouldn't have won the Oscar if directed by a man
• Russia fumes at US bill as "reset" plan takes hit
• Jailer: GI in WikiLeaks case needed to speak up
• Drugging our Troops—The Creation of Psychopharmaceutical's Multi-Billion Dollar Market - CCHR releases latest article in its Military Mental Health investigation
• Riots mar Hillary Clinton's Belfast return
• Syrian rebels press in battle for Damascus airport
• What the jobs report reveals about US population
• Norwegian protesters say EU Nobel Peace Prize win devalues award
• As tanks face off, Iraqi rivals see political gains
• Flag riots mar Hillary Clinton's Belfast return
• Syrian rebels say airport legitimate target
• Controversy: 'Gangnam Style' singer Psy's anti-American past
• Homes.com and ForRent.com Partner with The Steve Harvey Show to Help Family Who Lost Everything During Superstorm Sandy
• Hamas leader returns to Gaza with wider ambitions
• Texas town: No charges for float driver in crash
• Today in History
• US Marine pleads to taking $150K in bribes in Iraq
• Dispatch From Morocco: ‘Excuse Me, Aren’t We About to Start a War Here?’

Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-US protests Posted: 07 Dec 2012 03:43 PM PST South Korean rapper and Internet sensation PSY is apologizing to Americans for participating in anti-U.S. protests several years ago.

PSY apologizes for anti-US protests in 2004 Posted: 07 Dec 2012 03:11 PM PST PSY is apologizing to Americans for participating in anti-US protests several years ago.

U.S. extends waivers on Iran sanctions to China and India Posted: 07 Dec 2012 02:50 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States granted 180-day waivers on Iran sanctions to China, India and a number of other countries on Friday in exchange for their cutting purchases of oil from the Islamic Republic. President Barack Obama's administration has now renewed waivers for all 20 of Iran's major oil buyers, after granting them to Japan and 10 European Union countries in September. Friday's action was the second renewal for all 20 after Obama signed the sanctions into law a year ago. ...

Psy Does Not Salute You Posted: 07 Dec 2012 02:45 PM PST Oh, brother. It seems that nearly ten years ago that rapper guy Psy — you know, that one who sings "Gangnam Style" and will never sing anything else ever again — made some controversial comments about American troops at an Iraq War protest. Specifically, he said: "Kill those fucking Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives / Kill those fucking Yankees who ordered them to torture / Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers / Kill them all slowly and painfully." Soooo... ...

Unleashing chemical weapons: Syrian risks include deliberate attack, loss of control to rebels Posted: 07 Dec 2012 02:20 PM PST neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence.

Obama to attend PSY performance despite protests Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:53 PM PST President Barack Obama will attend a charity concert where PSY is scheduled to perform after reports that the South Korean rapper participated in anti-American protests several years ago.

Chemical weapons risk: Syrian missiles and shells Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:51 PM PST Growing fear that civil war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios — neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence.

Psy 'Forever Sorry' for Anti-American Song Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:48 PM PST Psy, the South Korean rapper behind the international phenomenon "Gangnam Style," apologized today for a 2004 performance in which he said American soldiers should be killed "slowly and painfully," saying he's "forever be sorry for any pain I have caused anyone by those words." At...

Bret Easton Ellis: "Hurt Locker" wouldn't have won the Oscar if directed by a man Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:56 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bret Easton Ellis defended his belief that Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow is "overrated" because she's "hot." In fact, he says, she won the Academy Award because she's a woman. "I still believe that if 'The Hurt Locker' had been directed by a man it would not have won the Oscar for best director," the "American Psycho" writer tweeted. But that's not all: Apparently, he also believes that "The Hurt Locker," with its plot about a bomb squad in Iraq, suffered from a "female tone. ...

Russia fumes at US bill as "reset" plan takes hit Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST What happened to the "reset"?

Jailer: GI in WikiLeaks case needed to speak up Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:37 AM PST An Army private charged with sending reams of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks could have gotten his tight pretrial confinement conditions reduced by clearly explaining why he wasn't a suicide risk, the former commander of a Marine Corps brig testified Friday.

Drugging our Troops—The Creation of Psychopharmaceutical's Multi-Billion Dollar Market - CCHR releases latest article in its Military Mental Health investigation Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:52 AM PST The mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights announces the third in a four-part series by award-winning investigative journalist Kelly Patricia O'Meara exploring the epidemic of suicides and sudden deaths in the military and the skyrocketing use of psychiatric drugs being prescribed to soldiers and vets.Los Angeles. California (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 CCHR announces the latest in its investigative series on Military Mental health written for CCHR by investigative journalist Kelly Patricia O'Meara. ...

Riots mar Hillary Clinton's Belfast return Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:39 AM PST BELFAST (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday condemned a wave of street violence during a trip in Northern Ireland, saying it showed the peace process she has long supported in the British province was not yet complete. Clinton arrived in Northern Ireland, following Dublin talks on Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a week that has seen three riots and the arrest of four suspected militant nationalists after the discovery of a bomb in a car. ...

Syrian rebels press in battle for Damascus airport Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:23 AM PST Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad declared Damascus International Airport a "legitimate target" Friday in a bid to cut off regime supplies, as clashes between government troops and rebels forced the closure of the airport road for the second time this week.

What the jobs report reveals about US population Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:20 AM PST U.S. employers added 146,000 jobs in November and the employment rate fell to nearly a four-year low of 7.7 percent.Hiring remained steady during Superstorm Sandy and in the face of looming tax increases ...

Norwegian protesters say EU Nobel Peace Prize win devalues award Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:41 AM PST Since the decision this October to give the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union, many have questioned its worthiness, given the current social and economic turmoil there. Among the critics who will be booing loudest at the award this coming week will be the Norwegians themselves – including some in government.

As tanks face off, Iraqi rivals see political gains Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:51 AM PST TUZ KHURMATO, Iraq (Reuters) - A hundred miles from Baghdad, tanks are facing off across a frontline defined not by an international border but by ethnic enmity, fueled by past bloodshed and future oil wealth, that risks tearing Iraq apart. The sun-blazoned flag of Kurdistan flies from the turrets of Soviet-built armored vehicles, seized a decade ago from Saddam Hussein's army, their barrels now aimed at the unseen forces of Iraq's national government on the far side of Tuz Khurmato, a town beyond the formal boundary of the Kurds' autonomous region. ...

Flag riots mar Hillary Clinton's Belfast return Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:17 AM PST BELFAST (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday condemned a wave of street violence during a trip in Northern Ireland, saying it showed the peace process she has long supported in the British province was not yet complete. Clinton arrived in Northern Ireland, following Dublin talks on Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a week that has seen three riots and the arrest of four suspected militant nationalists after the discovery of a bomb in a car. ...

Syrian rebels say airport legitimate target Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:48 AM PST Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad declared Damascus International Airport a "legitimate target" Friday in a bid to cut off regime supplies, as clashes between government troops and rebels forced the closure of the airport road for the second time this week.

Controversy: 'Gangnam Style' singer Psy's anti-American past Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:30 AM PST Long before he galloped with Ellen DeGeneres, the South Korean superstar harbored angry sentiments about the U.S. military

Homes.com and ForRent.com Partner with The Steve Harvey Show to Help Family Who Lost Everything During Superstorm Sandy Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:18 AM PST Family receives financial assistance in wake of tragic storm.NORFOLK, Va. (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 Homes.com and ForRent.com partnered with actor and comedian Steve Harvey and "The Steve Harvey Show" for a special episode dedicated to helping the Correa family from Staten Island who were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The tragic storm struck the east coast in late October, leaving 7.5 million families throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut without power and thousands without a place to call home. ...

Hamas leader returns to Gaza with wider ambitions Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:55 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fifteen years after Israel tried to assassinate him in Jordan, Islamist leader Khaled Meshaal says the Jewish state would not risk trying again on his triumphant return to Palestinian land. Not only has his Hamas movement which runs Gaza gained popularity among Palestinians from a recent war with Israel, it has begun to overcome its pariah status after uprisings brought like-minded Islamists to power across the Arab world. ...

Texas town: No charges for float driver in crash Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:13 PM PST Officials of a West Texas city where four wounded veterans died when a train slammed into their parade float say the driver of the truck towing the float won't be charged.

Today in History Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:00 PM PST Today is Friday, Dec. 7, the 342nd day of 2012. There are 24 days left in the year.

US Marine pleads to taking $150K in bribes in Iraq Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:13 PM PST Federal prosecutors in San Diego say a U.S. Marine has pleaded guilty to accepting $150,000 in bribes from contractors while stationed in Iraq.The U.S. attorney's office says 36-year-old Staff Sgt. Gilbert ...

Dispatch From Morocco: ‘Excuse Me, Aren’t We About to Start a War Here?’ Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:45 PM PST During the five days I've spent in Morocco at the Marrakech International Film Festival, not a single person I've spoken with knows that a few days after the festivities close, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrives here to meet with King Mohammed VI. The next day Clinton will attend the Friends of Syria conference, at the same venue that's housing the festival.

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