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• Al Jazeera America network ramps up ahead of debut
• Bombs hit Iraq funeral and football stadium, killing 22
• PTSD tied to raised heart disease risk
• Turkish security forces fire on protest in southeast, one dead
• Minister says Iraq isn't heading to civil war
• 101st seeking to save 'Band of Brothers' regiment
• Senegal president asks Obama for more help against Islamists
• Rio Tinto wins end to human rights abuse lawsuit in U.S.
• Bombs in Iraq kill 19 people
• Mark Kirk Survived a Stroke--Now He's Picking Fights in Congress
• Carter: World religions perpetuate women's plight
• Commander: Morale in Manning's unit suffered
• Bombs in Iraq kill 15 at checkpoint and funeral
• Iran detains Slovak hang-glider group: Slovak media
• Iran, Shiites' protector - sometimes
• OPEC pumps less oil in June on Africa setbacks: Reuters survey
• Gay marriage ruling will help many veteran spouses
• Ft. Eustis to lose 333 positions as Army downsizes
• Insight: From remote Mauritania, hacker fights for Islam worldwide
• Bombs kill 11 at checkpoint in western Iraq
• Two blasts kill 10 people in western Iraq: police
• Bombs hit checkpoint in western Iraq, killing 11
• Officials: Death toll from Iraq bombings up to 36
• Nearly One in Five Members of Congress Gets Paid Twice
• Edward Snowden Is Riding a Global Anti-American Network
• Witness: leaked cables contained classified info

Al Jazeera America network ramps up ahead of debut Posted: 28 Jun 2013 02:57 PM PDT By Poornima Gupta and Liana B. Baker ASPEN/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Al Jazeera America has hired hundreds of journalists and finalized parts of its programming schedule, as it moves ahead with its plan to create a mainstream U.S. cable news channel that aims to compete with dominant networks like CNN and Fox. The network, with headquarters in New York City, has already hired about 650 employees in the United States as it gears up for a late-August launch, said Ehab Al Shihabi, the executive director of international operations. The network will focus on regional and local U.S. ...

Bombs hit Iraq funeral and football stadium, killing 22 Posted: 28 Jun 2013 02:26 PM PDT RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - A series of bombs near a bakery, at a funeral, inside a senior police officer's car and at a football stadium killed at least 22 people across Iraq on Friday, police and medics said. The violence is part of a trend of increasing militant attacks since the start of the year, which claimed more than 1,000 lives in May alone, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian bloodletting of 2006-07. ...

PTSD tied to raised heart disease risk Posted: 28 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may also be at increased risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a new study of Vietnam War veterans. After following nearly 300 pairs of male twins, all Vietnam vets, for more than a decade, researchers found that almost a quarter of the men diagnosed with PTSD also had heart disease, compared to less than a tenth of the men without the combat-related stress disorder. ...

Turkish security forces fire on protest in southeast, one dead Posted: 28 Jun 2013 01:20 PM PDT By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish security forces killed one person and wounded ten on Friday when they fired on a group protesting against the construction of a new gendarmerie outpost in Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey, a Kurdish party lawmaker said. The incident, in Kayacik village in Diyarbakir province, appeared to be the most violent in the region since a ceasefire declaration by Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan in March in the conflict between his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Turkish state. ...

Minister says Iraq isn't heading to civil war Posted: 28 Jun 2013 01:16 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq's foreign minister says the deadliest and most sustained wave of violence to hit the country since 2008 won't lead to civil war.

101st seeking to save 'Band of Brothers' regiment Posted: 28 Jun 2013 12:25 PM PDT FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — The 101st Airborne Division is trying to save its illustrious 506th Infantry Regiment, whose origins date to World War II's fabled "Band of Brothers," from deactivation under the Army's massive restructuring.

Senegal president asks Obama for more help against Islamists Posted: 28 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT By Daniel Flynn DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Friday he had asked U.S. President Barack Obama to provide more help to African nations fighting an Islamist threat in the Sahara, particularly in the sphere of military training, hardware and intelligence. Sall, who held talks with Obama in Dakar on Thursday on the first leg of a three-nation African tour, said they had discussed the menace from al Qaeda-linked groups in the vast and lawless desert region, which runs east to west across Africa. ...

Rio Tinto wins end to human rights abuse lawsuit in U.S. Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:51 AM PDT By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Benefiting from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Rio Tinto Plc has won the dismissal of a nearly 13-year-old U.S. lawsuit accusing the Anglo-Australian mining company of complicity in human rights abuses on the South Pacific island of Bougainville. Friday's ruling by a majority of an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ends litigation begun in 2000. ...

Bombs in Iraq kill 19 people Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:22 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs in Iraq targeting a checkpoint run by government-allied Sunni militiamen, a Shiite tribal leader's funeral and a soccer field killed at least 19 people on Friday, in the latest strikes by militants seeking to destabilize the country.

Mark Kirk Survived a Stroke--Now He's Picking Fights in Congress Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:18 AM PDT After suffering a massive ischemic stroke in January 2012, Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., was unsure if he would ever return to full form. For days, Kirk lingered in the intensive care unit, floating in and out of consciousness. At one point, Kirk recalls, he saw angels with New York accents talking to him, urging him to come with them, as in all those near-death, white-light stories you hear.But against the long odds, the freshman Republican senator has not only managed to recover enough to perform his busy day job, he's placed himself in the middle of the most heated Washington fights. ...

Carter: World religions perpetuate women's plight Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:45 AM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says religious leaders, including those in Christianity and Islam, share the blame for mistreatment of women across the world.

Commander: Morale in Manning's unit suffered Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:37 AM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Pfc. Bradley Manning's former commander in Iraq says he was stunned and morale among his troops "took a hit" after they learned Manning was suspected of leaking classified documents.

Bombs in Iraq kill 15 at checkpoint and funeral Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:07 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs in Iraq targeting a checkpoint run by government-allied Sunni militiamen and a Shiite tribal leader's funeral killed at least 15 people on Friday, in the latest strikes by militants seeking to destabilize the country.

Iran detains Slovak hang-glider group: Slovak media Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:48 AM PDT PRAGUE (Reuters) - A group of five or six Slovak hang-glider enthusiasts has been detained in Iran on suspicion of espionage, the Slovak news website www.sme.sk said on Friday. The Slovak foreign ministry said it knew of the case but refused to confirm any details or the number of detainees. There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities. "We are aware of this case and I assure you that we are taking all necessary steps," Slovak foreign ministry spokesman Boris Gandel said. "There has been no decision on this so far." Sme. ...

Iran, Shiites' protector - sometimes Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:18 AM PDT The savage beating to death this week of four Shiite Muslims by a Sunni mob in Egypt set off a predictable chain reaction in Iran, which has long cast itself as the protector of Shiites around the world.

OPEC pumps less oil in June on Africa setbacks: Reuters survey Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:15 AM PDT By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC crude output has fallen in June due to disruptions in Libya and Nigeria, a Reuters survey found on Friday, inadvertently bringing supply closer to the organization's target. Supply from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has averaged 30.38 million barrels per day (bpd), down from a revised 30.46 million bpd in May, the survey of shipping data and sources at oil firms, OPEC and consultants found. ...

Gay marriage ruling will help many veteran spouses Posted: 28 Jun 2013 08:28 AM PDT For Stewart Bornhoft, who completed two tours of duty in Vietnam, the Supreme Court's decision granting federal benefits to married, same-sex couples means that he and his spouse, Stephen McNabb, can one ...

Ft. Eustis to lose 333 positions as Army downsizes Posted: 28 Jun 2013 07:25 AM PDT Fort Eustis says it will lose nearly eight percent of its military workforce as a result of a massive restructuring taking place throughout Army. The Army post in Newport News will lose 333 positions over ...

Insight: From remote Mauritania, hacker fights for Islam worldwide Posted: 28 Jun 2013 06:46 AM PDT By Elise Knutsen DAKAR (Reuters) - In Nouakchott, a dusty city wedged between the Atlantic ocean and western dunes of the Sahara, a young hip-hop fan coordinates a diverse group of hackers targeting websites worldwide in the name of Islam. Logging on to his computer, he greets his Facebook followers with a "good morning all" in English before posting links to 746 websites they have hacked in the last 48 hours along with his digital calling card: a half-skull, half-cyborg Guy Fawkes mask. ...

Bombs kill 11 at checkpoint in western Iraq Posted: 28 Jun 2013 06:33 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Two bombs exploded near a checkpoint run by government-allied Sunni militiamen in western Iraq on Friday, killing at least 11 people in the latest strike by militants seeking to destabilize the country.

Two blasts kill 10 people in western Iraq: police Posted: 28 Jun 2013 05:56 AM PDT RAMADI, IRAQ (Reuters) - Two bombs planted inside a senior Iraqi police officer's car killed at least 10 people on Friday in the western city of Ramadi, police said. The first explosion killed the police officer and the second bomb went off five minutes later as police and bystanders gathered around the wreckage in Iraq's Sunni heartland of Anbar, which shares a border with Syria. "We were on duty at a nearby checkpoint when the car exploded. We ran to work out what was going on, but before we reached the car it exploded again," said a policeman at the scene. ...

Bombs hit checkpoint in western Iraq, killing 11 Posted: 28 Jun 2013 05:47 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say two bombs have exploded near a checkpoint run by government-allied Sunni militiamen in western Iraq, killing at least 11 people.

Officials: Death toll from Iraq bombings up to 36 Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:46 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say the death toll from a series of bombings late Thursday targeting soccer fans watching a match in cafes in and around Baghdad has risen to 36.

Nearly One in Five Members of Congress Gets Paid Twice Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:15 AM PDT To solve the debt crisis, Americans—who are already suffering in these tough economic times—will have to make even more sacrifices, Rep. Mike Coffman told his House colleagues last year. So, leaning on his military service, the 58-year-old Colorado Republican argued that members of Congress should take the first step and abolish their congressional pensions. "If there's one thing I learned in both the United States Army and the Marine Corps about leadership, it was leading by example," Coffman lectured them, pointing to his chest at a committee hearing. ...

Edward Snowden Is Riding a Global Anti-American Network Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:06 PM PDT Judging from polls, Edward Snowden hasn't enjoyed much success in rousing the American public to share his anger over Washington's "architecture of oppression," as he called it. But by becoming an international fugitive, the National Security Agency leaker may well have succeeded at rallying a good part of the rest of the world around his cause.

Witness: leaked cables contained classified info Posted: 27 Jun 2013 07:19 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning disclosed potentially damaging classified information in at least 117 of the more than 250,000 State Department cables he has acknowledged sending to WikiLeaks, according to evidence prosecutors presented at his court-martial Thursday.

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