2013年5月25日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny

Posted: 25 May 2013 11:12 AM PDT

ATLANTA (AP) — One patient with a history of substance abuse and suicidal thoughts was left alone in a waiting room inside the Atlanta VA Medical Center, where he obtained drugs from a hospital visitor and later died of an overdose.

Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge

Posted: 25 May 2013 10:26 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrives for a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.


Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims, 1 Iraqi

Posted: 25 May 2013 10:15 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Two Iraqi police officers say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six Iranians and one Iraqi.

Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer

Posted: 25 May 2013 06:24 AM PDT

A bystander checks the debris around a row of burnt cars in the suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around StockholmBy Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time. The rioting in Stockholm abated after a week of masked youths vandalizing schools and police stations, setting cars alight and hurling stones at firefighters, police said. "It was much calmer - rocks weren't being thrown at police or firefighters - and that's a sign that it's calmer. ...


American University Of Afghanistan Celebrates Dedication Of Women's Center, Historic Graduation

Posted: 25 May 2013 04:00 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) will hold a historic dedication Saturday for the International Center for Afghan Women's Economic Development – the only such place for women in Afghanistan to meet with academic, business, and government leaders. The $5 million, 54,000-square-foot center marks a remarkable achievement for a country long affected by gender inequality, and will serve to coordinate international and Afghan efforts to advance the role of women in the nation's economy. ...

Christians in the Arab world: A guide

Posted: 25 May 2013 04:00 AM PDT

Egyptian Christians sit on the wall of the Coptic cathedral in Cairo, April 8.As Islamists come to power across much of the Middle East, Christians are facing growing persecution


In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S.

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:05 PM PDT

Al-Maliki and Obama hold a joint news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in WashingtonBy Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq. Unresolved sectarian tensions, inflamed by the raging civil war in neighboring Syria, have combined to send violence in Iraq to its highest level since Obama withdrew the last U.S. troops in December 2011, U.S. officials and Middle East analysts say. A Sunni Muslim insurgency against the Shi'ite-led Baghdad government has also been reawakened. ...


US-INDUSTRY Summary

Posted: 24 May 2013 06:22 PM PDT

News Corp to take charge of up to $1.4 billion this quarter (Reuters) - News Corp said on Friday it will write down the value of its Australian and U.S. publishing assets by up to $1.4 billion, as the company prepares to split its business between its newspaper and entertainment operations. The company said the goodwill impairment charge was primarily for its Australia newspapers though it gave no more details. It also said it expected reduced cash flows in the future. ...

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