2013年4月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Chemical weapons in Syria? What Obama's high bar for proof could mean

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 04:26 PM PDT

The US reluctance to join with three key allies – Britain, France, and now Israel – in concluding that Syria's Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons in his country's civil war confirms President Obama's consistent wariness about US intervention in the two-year-old conflict.

Flight delays bring budget cuts back into spotlight

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 03:09 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in WashingtonBy Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday backed a proposal to temporarily eliminate spending cuts disrupting U.S. air travel, while politicians in Washington scrambled to avoid blame as the effects of the cuts started to be felt around the country. ...


Boston bomb investigation extends to Russia

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 02:51 PM PDT

A Revere, Mass. police captain holds his cap while entering a memorial service for fallen Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Collier was fatally shot on the MIT campus Thursday, April 18, 2013. Authorities allege that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were responsible. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)BOSTON (AP) — From Boston and Washington to Russia, investigators pressed for answers Wednesday about the Muslim radicalism believed behind the Boston Marathon bombing, while more than 4,000 mourners paid tribute to an MIT police officer who authorities say was gunned down by the bombers.


The Boston Man in the Wheelchair Is Doing Great

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 02:38 PM PDT

The Boston Man in the Wheelchair Is Doing GreatThe investigation presses on. A city and a nation continue to mourn. And, slowly, Boston is getting back to normal. But in the hospitals, where brave surgeons were ready for dramatic surgeries and where there was more good news on Wednesday, there remains one 27-year-old victim of last week's marathon bombings who stands out: Jeff Bauman, who transformed from cheering boyfriend to iconic amputee. And Jeff Bauman, a city and a nation will be happy to hear and see, is well on the road to recovery. ...


Obama and Bush, partisans who share common ground

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2009, file photo, then President-elect Barack Obama watches as then-President George W. Bush speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, during a meeting with Obama and former presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush, not shown. Despite vast differences with President George W. Bush on ideology, style and temperament, Obama has stuck with Bush policies or aspirations on a number of fronts, from counterterrorism to immigration, from war strategy to the global fight against AIDS. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite vast differences with President George W. Bush on ideology, style and temperament, President Barack Obama has stuck with Bush policies or aspirations on a number of fronts, from counterterrorism to immigration, from war strategy to the global fight against AIDS.


CA-NEWS Summary

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 01:58 PM PDT

Train plot suspect rejects Canadian law, cites "holy book" TORONTO (Reuters) - One of two men accused in an alleged al Qaeda-backed plan to derail a passenger train in Canada appeared in court on Wednesday and disputed the authority of Canadian law to judge him, saying the criminal code was not a holy book. Chiheb Esseghaier, a Tunisian-born doctoral student, faces charges that include conspiracy to murder and working with a terrorist group. Congress demands more FBI answers on Boston bomb suspect WASHINGTON/CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - U.S. ...

Iraq on edge after raid fuels deadly Sunni unrest

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 01:54 PM PDT

A man fires a gun during a funeral for protesters who died during a clash between Iraqi forces and Sunni Muslim protesters in KirkukBy Patrick Markey and Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - More than 30 people were killed in gun battles between Iraqi forces and militants on Wednesday, a day after a raid on a Sunni Muslim protest ignited the fiercest clashes since American troops left the country. The second day of fighting threatens to deepen sectarian rifts in Iraq where relations between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims are still very tense just a few years after inter-communal slaughter pushed the country close to civil war. ...


Clashes suggest Sunni anger boiling over in Iraq

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 01:37 PM PDT

The body of Maad Hammad is taken for burial in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Hammad was killed when Iraqi security forces backed by helicopters raided a Sunni protest camp before dawn Tuesday, April 23, 2013, prompting clashes that killed scores of people in the area and significantly intensified Sunni anger against the Shiite-led government. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)BAGHDAD (AP) — With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government's security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of a return to full-scale sectarian fighting that could plunge the country into a broader battle merged with the Syrian civil war across the border.


Analysis: Iran's unlikely al Qaeda ties: fluid, murky and deteriorating

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 12:54 PM PDT

A photo of Al Qaeda's new leader, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, is seen in this still image taken from a video released on September 12, 2011By Myra MacDonald LONDON (Reuters) - When al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri spoke in an audio message broadcast to supporters earlier this month, he had harsh words for Iran. Its true face, he said, had been unmasked by its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against fighters loyal to al Qaeda. Yet it is symptomatic of the peculiar relationship between Tehran and al Qaeda that in the same month Canadian police would accuse "al Qaeda elements in Iran" of backing a plot to derail a passenger train. ...


Boston area honors slain MIT officer

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — As bagpipes wailed, more than 4,000 mourners paid their respects Wednesday to an MIT police officer who authorities say was ambushed in his cruiser by the Boston Marathon bombers, while U.S. investigators trying to get to the bottom of the plot looked for answers from the Tsarnaev brothers' parents in Russia.

Officials: US wars against Muslims fueled suspects

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 12:22 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the surviving suspect in last week's attack on the Boston Marathon has told investigators he and his brother were angry about U.S. wars in Muslim countries.

Atlanta Business Radio Features John Warren with Lima One Capital

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 12:02 PM PDT

BusinessRadioX®'s Atlanta Business Radio welcomes to the studio John Warren, Founder and President of Lima One Capital.Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 On April 22, 2013, co-hosts Lee Kantor and Stone Payton of BusinessRadioX®'s Atlanta Business Radio sat down with John Warren of Lima One Capital to discuss funding for real estate investments and homebuilding.John Warren is Founder and President of Lima One Capital, a hard money lending company for residential real estate investors and homebuilders. ...

U.N. chief scolds envoy for implying U.S. policy sparked Boston attack

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 11:54 AM PDT

UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon speaks after meeting at the White House in WashingtonUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon rejected on Wednesday remarks by a U.N. rights investigator, who suggested the Boston bombings were a response to U.S. foreign policy, and warned U.N. envoys that their public comments could undermine the world body's credibility. Richard Falk, U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, wrote on his blog on Sunday that "the American global domination project is bound to generate all kinds of resistance in the post-colonial world." U.S. ...


Iraq: 51 dead in clashes, bombing as tensions rise

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 11:15 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, April 22, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers escort young and elderly people leaving a protest site in Hawija, 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces backed by helicopters raided a Sunni protest camp before dawn Tuesday, prompting clashes that killed scores of people in the area and significantly intensified Sunni anger against the Shiite-led government. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Clashes erupted Wednesday between the Iraqi army and armed Sunni tribesmen who sealed off two central Iraqi towns, leaving 38 dead, just a day after a bloody incident involving soldiers and protesters set off fighting that killed 56 people.


Brit Convicted of Selling Fake Bomb Detectors, Iraq Still Using Them

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 10:20 AM PDT

Brit Convicted of Selling Fake Bomb Detectors, Iraq Still Using ThemA British court convicted 57-year-old Jim McCormick of three counts of fraud, and now police vow to go after his riches.


Baghdad car bomb kills eight people: police

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 10:17 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed and 23 more wounded when a car bomb exploded in eastern Baghdad, police and medical sources said on Wednesday. No one claimed responsibility for the blast, but Iraq's al Qaeda wing and other Sunni Islamist insurgents often hit the capital in their campaign to undermine the country's Shi'ite-led government. (Reporting by Suadad al-Salhy; editing by Patrick Markey)

Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts Rally at 9/11 Memorial Site to Launch New Careers Rooted in Community Service

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 10:14 AM PDT

Veterans gather in New York for service program orientation with National Nonprofit The Mission Continues.St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 Ten years after the U.S. engaged in the War on Terror, more than 70 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans will rally at the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan on May 4 to begin the next chapter of serving their country: leading their communities at home. ...

Outside the camps, Syrian refugees face further hardship

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 10:07 AM PDT

About six weeks after the United Nations logged the one-millionth Syrian refugee, that figure has already climbed by 10 percent to more than 1.16 million registered refugees. Including those awaiting registration, the UN is now tracking more than 1.38 million Syrian refugees.

Iraq: 35 dead in clashes, bombing as tensions rise

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 09:47 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, April 22, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers escort young and elderly people leaving a protest site in Hawija, 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces backed by helicopters raided a Sunni protest camp before dawn Tuesday, prompting clashes that killed scores of people in the area and significantly intensified Sunni anger against the Shiite-led government. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Clashes erupted Wednesday between the Iraqi army and armed Sunni tribesmen who sealed off a central Iraqi town, leaving 22 dead, just a day after a bloody incident involving soldiers and protesters set off fighting that killed 56 people.


Will George W. Bush Ever Get Historians on His Side?

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 09:03 AM PDT

Nearly 60 percent of the historians and political scientists in a 2006 Siena College survey rated George W. Bush's presidency a failure -- an unscientific sampling that echoed public dismay over Bush's handling of Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq war. Adding insult to injury, two-thirds of the 744 respondents said he did not have a realistic chance of improving his standing.

Iraq: 28 dead in clashes, bombing as tensions rise

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 08:48 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, April 22, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers escort young and elderly people leaving a protest site in Hawija, 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces backed by helicopters raided a Sunni protest camp before dawn Tuesday, prompting clashes that killed scores of people in the area and significantly intensified Sunni anger against the Shiite-led government. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Clashes erupted Wednesday between the Iraqi army and armed Sunni tribesmen who sealed off a central Iraqi town, leaving nearly two dozen dead in an outbreak of violence that killed 28 people around the country.


Iraq: 22 killed in clashes with Sunni gunmen

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 08:25 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, April 22, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers escort young and elderly people leaving a protest site in Hawija, 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces backed by helicopters raided a Sunni protest camp before dawn Tuesday, prompting clashes that killed scores of people in the area and significantly intensified Sunni anger against the Shiite-led government. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say clashes between the army and armed Sunni tribesmen who sealed off a central Iraqi town have killed 22 people.


South Africa: fight over rhino poaching escalates

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 08:17 AM PDT

South Africa: fight over rhino poaching escalatesA U.S. firm recently gave smart phones to some game rangers in South Africa to help them track poachers who kill rhinos for their horns. An anti-poaching ad campaign in Vietnam, a key illegal market, shows ...


Lawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 08:12 AM PDT

FILE - This combination of undated file photos shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. The FBI says the two brothers are the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, and are also responsible for killing an MIT police officer, critically injuring a transit officer in a firefight and throwing explosive devices at police during a getaway attempt in a long night of violence that left Tamerlan dead and Dzhokhar captured, late Friday, April 19, 2013. Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to embrace American lives after immigrating from Russia _ joining a boxing club, winning a scholarship and even seeking U.S. citizenship. But their uncle last week angrily called them BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that failure to share intelligence may have contributed to last week's deadly assault.


Iraq: 6 die in fighting a day after protest raid

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 08:07 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, April 22, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers escort young and elderly people leaving a protest site in Hawija, 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces backed by helicopters raided a Sunni protest camp before dawn Tuesday, prompting clashes that killed scores of people in the area and significantly intensified Sunni anger against the Shiite-led government. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in northern Iraq and a car bomb struck a police patrol north of Baghdad on Wednesday, heightening Sunni-Shiite tension and raising fears that the country could be headed toward a new round of sectarian fighting, officials said.


Death penalty: A pragmatic case for repeal

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 07:51 AM PDT

Next month Maryland will become the sixth state in six years to abolish the death penalty. The Free State is the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line to repeal capital punishment, and we believe that other states will soon follow.

At least 15 killed in clashes in northern Iraq: mayor

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 07:15 AM PDT

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and militants on Wednesday in the northern town of Sulaiman Pek, the mayor of a nearby town said. Four army helicopters were bombing the center of Sulaiman Pek 160 km (100 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, to drive gunmen out of the town, witnesses told Reuters by telephone. "The clashes between Iraqi security forces and the militants started last night," said Shalal Abed, the mayor of Tuz Khurmato via phone from Sulaiman Pek. He said the two sides were still fighting. ...

US urges China collaboration on cyber intrusions

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 06:49 AM PDT

US urges China collaboration on cyber intrusionsThe top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that he has called on China to be more transparent about cyberattacks and boost collaboration with the U.S. to tackle a common threat to their economies. Gen. ...


New civil trial ordered in Army training death

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 06:33 AM PDT

New civil trial ordered in Army training deathA federal appeals court has ordered a new trial in a lawsuit filed by the family of a Texas soldier who was killed and others who were injured during a live-fire training exercise in Hawaii. The 9th U.S. ...


Reid: Democrats to ease cuts with war savings

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 06:32 AM PDT

Senate Republicans and Democrats gridlocked Tuesday over competing proposals to ease the impact of across-the-board spending cuts blamed for furloughs of air traffic controllers and flight delays for millions ...

Uruk, maybe the 1st metropolis, gets Berlin show

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 06:27 AM PDT

The upper part of a male foundation figure, 3000 - 2400 BC is displayed at the exhibition "Uruk 5,000 Years of the Megacity" at the Pergamon Museum Berlin, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Berlin's Pergamon Museum is offering visitors a glimpse of perhaps the world's first real metropolis in a new exhibition that traces the long history of Uruk, in present-day Iraq. The show marks a century of excavations at Uruk. But even now, organizers say that only about 4.5 percent of the sprawling site in the Iraqi desert has been explored. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)BERLIN (AP) — Berlin's Pergamon Museum is offering visitors a glimpse of perhaps the world's first real metropolis in a new exhibition that traces the long history of Uruk, in present-day Iraq.


Syria expects more financial aid from Russia, Iran

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 06:13 AM PDT

The picture of the Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen on central bank building in DamascusBy Michael Stott and Samia Nakhoul DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria hopes to clinch more financial aid from its allies Russia and Iran soon, but still has enough foreign reserves to pursue its war on rebels trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad, the central bank governor said. Speaking at the bank's headquarters, hit by a car bomb on April 8, Adeeb Mayaleh said: "We are expecting much more support from friendly countries... Yes, financial support from Iran and Russia and it could also be from other friendly countries. "Discussions are going on. ...


Report: Surviving Bomber Suspect Admits He and His Brother Waged Boston Terror Attack

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 05:50 AM PDT

• Reuters : Older brother was on "highly classified" terror watchlist • Who is the mysterious Muslim convert "Misha" who influenced Tamerlan? • Boston Globe : Younger brother admitted to bombing in hospital    

Oil price near $90 on upbeat US company results

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 05:35 AM PDT

Crude prices rose Wednesday to near $90 a barrel as a string of positive corporate earnings and an improved U.S. housing report pointed to higher oil demand and drew investors back to the market.

Kidnapped Syrian bishops still missing, despite reports otherwise

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 05:35 AM PDT

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Was George W. Bush the worst president ever?

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 05:08 AM PDT

The dedication of the George W. Bush library gives loyalists of the former president a chance to highlight what they see as the positive legacy of his eight years in office.

Dutch court: compensation for gas attack survivors

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 04:54 AM PDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered a businessman convicted of selling Saddam Hussein raw materials for mustard gas to pay compensation to victims of chemical weapon attacks by the late Iraqi dictator's regime.

Officials: Police kill 3 attackers in Iraq

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 04:10 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, April 22, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers escort young and elderly people leaving a protest site in Hawija, 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces backed by helicopters raided a Sunni protest camp before dawn Tuesday, prompting clashes that killed scores of people in the area and significantly intensified Sunni anger against the Shiite-led government. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say Iraqi security forces have killed three gunmen who attacked a checkpoint in the country's north amid escalating Sunni-Shiite tensions.


Bahrain's Al Baraka plans Africa push: CEO

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 04:03 AM PDT

By Bernardo Vizcaino DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain-based Islamic lender Al Baraka Bank plans to expand its global footprint with a focus on Africa under a five-year plan that includes investments in Libya and Morocco, its chief executive told Reuters. The lender, which has operations in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, aims to nearly double group assets and income by 2017 and is considering the introduction of an Africa-specific brand to support this effort. ...

Wife: American in Iraqi prison is on hunger strike

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 03:26 AM PDT

This 2004 photo released by the Omar family shows 51-year-old Shawki Omar in the United Arab Emirates. Omar, a naturalized American citizen, is being mistreated in Iraqi custody, his wife says. She says Omar has been on some form of hunger strike for more than two months to protest his condition. (AP Photo/Sandra Omar)BAGHDAD (AP) — In Baghdad's maximum-security Karkh prison, Shawki Omar is triply damned, his supporters say.


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