Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• CA-NEWS Summary
• More than 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in May
• Brash Iran campaign stirs echoes of Ahmadinejad
• Rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold
• Iraq says captures al Qaeda chemical gas team
• UN: More than 1,000 Iraqis killed in May violence
• Spike in violence in Iraq has echoes in the past
• Yes, reality TV is talking about the Constitution
• The biometrics boom
• U.S. soldier at center of WikiLeaks case set to go on trial Monday
• U.S. rebalance to Asia-Pacific gaining steam, Pentagon chief says
• OPEC keeps oil output target at 30 million barrels

CA-NEWS Summary Posted: 01 Jun 2013 02:48 PM PDT Death toll rises to nine from Oklahoma tornadoes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Nine people were killed in tornadoes that swept through central Oklahoma on Friday, part of a storm system that caused widespread flooding in Oklahoma City and its suburbs, the state's chief medical examiner said on Saturday. The dead included two children and seven adults, said Amy Elliott, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office. The death toll earlier had been reported as five. ...

More than 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in May Posted: 01 Jun 2013 01:51 PM PDT By Patrick Markey BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq in May, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07, the United Nations said on Saturday, as fears mounted of a return to civil war. Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in the last two months as al Qaeda and Sunni Islamist insurgents, invigorated by the Sunni-led revolt in Syria and by Sunni discontent at home, seek to revive the kind of all-out inter-communal conflict that killed tens of thousands five years ago. "That is a sad record," Martin Kobler, the U.N. ...

Brash Iran campaign stirs echoes of Ahmadinejad Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:23 PM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians have seen it before: A youngish presidential candidate firing up crowds with fist-waving rants against the West, then displaying his Islamist bona fides with courtesy calls to hard-line clerics.

Rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:15 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Eighteen rockets and mortars rounds from Syria slammed into Lebanon on Saturday, the largest cross-border salvo to hit a Hezbollah stronghold since Syrian rebels threatened to retaliate for the Lebanese militant group's armed support of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Iraq says captures al Qaeda chemical gas team Posted: 01 Jun 2013 11:30 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has captured a suspected al Qaeda cell that planned to produce chemical poisons such as mustard gas to attack Iraqi forces and to ship overseas for attacks on Europe and the United States, the government said on Saturday. The announcement was made as investigators look into allegations over the use of sarin nerve gas in next-door Syria where rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces have blamed each other for using chemical weapons. ...

UN: More than 1,000 Iraqis killed in May violence Posted: 01 Jun 2013 08:57 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations mission to Iraq said Saturday that more than 1,000 people were killed in violence across the country last month — the highest monthly death toll in years.

Spike in violence in Iraq has echoes in the past Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:31 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — More than a year after the U.S. military left Iraq, the country is reeling from its most sustained violence since 2008. Over the last two months more than 1,700 people have been killed, raising fears the country is sliding back into chaos.

Yes, reality TV is talking about the Constitution Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:00 AM PDT There seems to be a lot of talk about the Constitution on television these days, with some interesting options from outlets like PBS, the stars of Duck Dynasty, and yes, even Larry the Cable Guy.

The biometrics boom Posted: 01 Jun 2013 05:00 AM PDT New technology can identify you by unique traits in your eyes, your voice, and your gait. Is there cause for alarm?

U.S. soldier at center of WikiLeaks case set to go on trial Monday Posted: 01 Jun 2013 04:01 AM PDT By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, which prosecutors say put lives at risk, goes on trial on Monday in a case that raises questions about the limits of secrecy and openness in the Internet era. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, is charged with providing more than 700,000 documents to WikiLeaks, an anti-secrecy website. He said the move was intended to spark renewed debate on U.S. military action. But the government says the leaks damaged national security and endangered American lives. ...

U.S. rebalance to Asia-Pacific gaining steam, Pentagon chief says Posted: 31 May 2013 09:03 PM PDT By David Alexander SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The U.S. military will devote more air power, ground troops and high-tech weaponry to the Asia-Pacific region as it moves ahead with a strategic rebalance, the U.S. defense chief said on Saturday in a speech that accused China of cyber incursions. In remarks laying out his vision for regional security, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel assured allies and partners at the annual Shangri-La Security Dialogue in Singapore that the United States was fully able to continue its strategic pivot to the region despite budget constraints at home. ...

OPEC keeps oil output target at 30 million barrels Posted: 31 May 2013 04:49 PM PDT OPEC oil ministers reached quick agreement Friday on keeping output targets steady but deferred solutions on how to deal with surging U.S. shale oil production and internal rivalries denting the organization's ...

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