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• House narrowly rejects effort to halt NSA program
• Iraq war veteran indicted in death of former U.S. military sniper
• Militants kill 14 Shi'ites after checking ID cards in north Iraq
• House debate gives new airing to NSA surveillance
• Gunmen shoot dead 13 police, soldiers in Iraq strikes
• Officials: Attacks kill 17 people in Iraq
• Calif seeks documents from Bridgepoint Education
• Interpol issues alert over Iraqi jail breaks
• Most passengers rescued after asylum seekers boat sinks off Indonesia
• Fatal shipwreck calls Australia's refugee policy into question
• Five Best Wednesday Columns
• Officials: Attacks kill 14 people in Iraq
• Asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia; 189 saved
• Insurgents kill 9 police in northern Iraq
• Crisis-weary Kuwait stumbles toward new elections
• Gunmen shoot dead nine policemen in northern Iraq
• Asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia, 157 saved
• Officials: Militants kill 9 police in Iraq's north
• Asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia, 150 saved

House narrowly rejects effort to halt NSA program Posted: 24 Jul 2013 04:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency's secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records Wednesday night after a fierce debate pitting privacy rights against the government's efforts to thwart terrorism.

Iraq war veteran indicted in death of former U.S. military sniper Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:45 PM PDT By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran accused of gunning down former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, a decorated military sniper, at a Texas shooting range was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday. Eddie Ray Routh, 25, faces a capital murder charge for allegedly killing Kyle, 38, and a neighbor of Kyle's, 35-year-old Chad Littlefield, with a semiautomatic pistol in February at a shooting range near Fort Worth. The charge is punishable by life without parole or the death penalty. ...

Militants kill 14 Shi'ites after checking ID cards in north Iraq Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:34 PM PDT By Ghazwan Hassan TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants shot dead 14 Shi'ite tanker-drivers after checking their identity papers at a makeshift roadblock on the main route leading north from the Iraqi capital late on Wednesday, police said. The killings took place near Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, following clashes inside the town between militants and the police and army. ...

House debate gives new airing to NSA surveillance Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House on Wednesday weighed whether to end the National Security Agency's authority to collect hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records as the fight pitting privacy rights against the government's efforts to thwart terrorism got a new airing.

Gunmen shoot dead 13 police, soldiers in Iraq strikes Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:38 PM PDT MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants ambushed a minibus carrying Iraqi soldiers and in a separate attack opened fire on a checkpoint in the north of the country, killing at least thirteen people in total on Wednesday, police said. Nine policemen were killed in the checkpoint attack, which took place in Shura, 50 km (35 miles) south of Mosul, Iraq's third largest city and capital of the Sunni-dominated Nineveh province. Separately, gunmen ambushed a minibus on the road to Mosul from Baghdad, shooting dead four soldiers in western Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of the Iraqi capital. ...

Officials: Attacks kill 17 people in Iraq Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:32 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents assaulted a police headquarters in northern Iraq early Wednesday, killing nine policemen, part of a series of attacks that left at least 17 dead in a growing surge of violence.

Calif seeks documents from Bridgepoint Education Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:13 PM PDT California asked a court on Wednesday to order Bridgepoint Education to turn over hundreds of thousands of records as the state investigates complaints of false advertising at for-profit colleges. The ...

Interpol issues alert over Iraqi jail breaks Posted: 24 Jul 2013 12:18 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Interpol issued an international alert on Wednesday over hundreds of fugitives who escaped two Iraqi prisons in attacks claimed by al Qaeda, saying the jail breaks were a "major threat" to global security. More than 500 inmates fled on Monday following the simultaneous raids. "Many of the escaped prisoners were senior-level al Qaeda members, some of whom had been sentenced to death," Interpol said in its statement. ...

Most passengers rescued after asylum seekers boat sinks off Indonesia Posted: 24 Jul 2013 09:01 AM PDT JAKARTA (Reuters) - Three people died but another 157 suspected asylum seekers were rescued after their boat sank off the southern coast of Indonesia, officials said on Wednesday after earlier reports that as many as 60 may have perished. The latest case of a boat sinking while attempting the perilous journey came five days after Australia slammed the door on would-be refugees with a deal to send all boat arrivals to Papua New Guinea for assessment and eventual settlement. ...

Fatal shipwreck calls Australia's refugee policy into question Posted: 24 Jul 2013 08:36 AM PDT • A daily roundup of global news reports.

Five Best Wednesday Columns Posted: 24 Jul 2013 07:41 AM PDT Amy Davidson at The New Yorker on the end of the road for Anthony Weiner We can respect the decision of Anthony Weiner's wife Huma Abedin — a Hillary Clinton aide — to stay with her husband after another round of revelations of online infidelity, "but her grim insistence that he really ought to be mayor isn't owed the same deference. Maybe Abedin was brave, but to what end?" Davidson writes. "This is the Preternatural Political Wife." Weiner is clearly wrong for the position, despite Abedin's pleas. ...

Officials: Attacks kill 14 people in Iraq Posted: 24 Jul 2013 06:48 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents assaulted a police headquarters in northern Iraq early Wednesday, killing nine policemen as part of a series of attacks that left at least 14 dead as the country grapples with a growing surge of violence.

Asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia; 189 saved Posted: 24 Jul 2013 05:16 AM PDT BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were searching Wednesday for several asylum seekers still believed missing a day after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. Nearly 190 survivors were brought to safety and nine bodies were recovered.

Insurgents kill 9 police in northern Iraq Posted: 24 Jul 2013 04:44 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents ambushed a police headquarters in northern Iraq early Wednesday, killing at least nine policemen and extending the surge of attacks that has killed more than 500 people this month alone, officials said.

Crisis-weary Kuwait stumbles toward new elections Posted: 24 Jul 2013 04:25 AM PDT KUWAIT CITY (AP) — From boycotting ballots to storming parliament, each time Kuwait heads into parliamentary elections the backstory seems to overshadow the vote.

Gunmen shoot dead nine policemen in northern Iraq Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:23 AM PDT MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants riding on pick-up trucks opened fire on a checkpoint in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing nine policemen, police said. The attack took place in Shura, 50 km (35 miles) south of Mosul, Iraq's third largest city and capital of the Sunni-dominated Nineveh province, where al Qaeda has been regrouping. The gunmen showered the checkpoint with a hail of bullets from several directions. An ambulance that rushed to the scene was hit by a bomb that had been planted on the road beforehand, wounding the driver and a nurse, police said. ...

Asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia, 157 saved Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:34 AM PDT BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were searching Wednesday for dozens of asylum seekers still believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. More than 150 survivors were brought to safety and three bodies were recovered.

Officials: Militants kill 9 police in Iraq's north Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:55 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say militants have killed nine policemen in an attack in the country's north.

Asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia, 150 saved Posted: 23 Jul 2013 06:55 PM PDT JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A boat carrying would-be asylum seekers to Australia sunk in Indonesia waters, and an official said more than 150 survivors have been rescued. At least three people died, but it's unclear how many more may be missing.

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