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• AP Analysis: Egypt enters uncharted territory
• Column: A feckless response to Egypt's avoidable massacre
• US warns of rising threat from al-Qaida in Iraq
• Business Highlights
• Libya threatens army action against oil protesters
• Oil rises past $107 on Middle East turmoil
• A decade of Pentagon struggles bared at trial
• Former NY exec gets prison for $185M stock swindle
• Lead prosecutor in Fort Hood case keeps close eye
• 4 Men Band Together to Help Outcast Women
• Powerful blast kills 3 in south Beirut suburb
• Insight: Iran's Arab minority drawn into Middle East unrest
• The Edge: Time to Call a Coup a Coup
• Iraq will not become another Syria, says government, as car bombs kill 34
• Powerless West gropes for way to sway Egypt
• U.S. mission in Jordan could last years as Syria war rages: Dempsey
• Turkey plays big in Kurdistan's energy game
• Analysis: Powerless West gropes for way to sway Egypt
• Did an 8-Year-Old Spy for America?
• Islamist rebels execute two Shi'ite youths in Syria: monitoring group
• U.N. Disarmament Body Eyes Proposal for Working Group
• Syria activists: Al-Qaida kills 2 Shiite teenagers
• Baghdad bombings put pressure on Iraq government
• Car bombs hit Iraqi capital, killing 33 people
• Officials: Car bombs kill 32 in Iraqi capital
• Officials: Car bombs kill 31 in Iraqi capital
• Oil climbs over $111 as Egypt unrest stokes supply fears
• 10 things you need to know today: August 15, 2013
• Officials: Car bombs kill 26 in Iraqi capital
• Athletics-World championships women's 200m heats overview
• Athletics-World championships women's 200m heats results
• Officials: Car bombs kill 23 in Iraqi capital
• Brazil slump to Swiss loss, Argentina beat Italy
• Manning tells court he's 'sorry' for U.S. secrets breach to WikiLeaks

AP Analysis: Egypt enters uncharted territory Posted: 15 Aug 2013 04:12 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — With astonishing speed, Egypt has moved from a nation in crisis to a nation in real danger of slipping into a prolonged bout of violence or even civil war.

Column: A feckless response to Egypt's avoidable massacre Posted: 15 Aug 2013 03:37 PM PDT By David Rohde (Reuters) - Tepid rationalizations that the United States has "limited leverage" in Egypt or that the Arab Spring is "failing" do not change a basic fact: a U.S.-funded "ally" has carried out one of the largest massacres of protesters in a decade. It is time for Obama to cut off U.S. aid to Egypt. Ending assistance will not curb the behavior of Egypt's increasingly autocratic military ruler, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Nor will it ease that country's political divide or reduce ant-Americanism. ...

US warns of rising threat from al-Qaida in Iraq Posted: 15 Aug 2013 03:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Top U.S. and Iraqi diplomats warned Thursday of a rising threat in Iraq from al-Qaida, which is carrying out suicide and car bombings with greater frequency nearly two years after U.S. troops withdrew from the country.

Business Highlights Posted: 15 Aug 2013 02:54 PM PDT ___ Tepid US retail sales raising doubts about economy Bleaker outlooks at retailers like Wal-Mart and Macy's are raising doubts that consumers will spend enough in coming months to lift the still-subpar ...

Libya threatens army action against oil protesters Posted: 15 Aug 2013 02:43 PM PDT By Feras Bosalum TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's government will use all means, including military force if necessary, to prevent striking security guards at the country's main ports from selling its oil independently, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Thursday. In a critical challenge to the government, strikes at Libya's largest ports have pushed oil production and exports, the lifeblood of the north African country's economy, to their lowest levels since the civil war that ousted veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. ...

Oil rises past $107 on Middle East turmoil Posted: 15 Aug 2013 01:39 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil has been inflated by turmoil and increasing violence in the Middle East, but ample global oil supplies are helping to keep the rise in check.

A decade of Pentagon struggles bared at trial Posted: 15 Aug 2013 01:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the Pentagon's most painful themes of the past decade have played out at the court-martial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning.

Former NY exec gets prison for $185M stock swindle Posted: 15 Aug 2013 01:00 PM PDT CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The founder of America's leading supplier of body armor to the U.S. military was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for running a $185 million stock swindle in which he used the proceeds to finance luxuries such as lavish parties featuring Tom Petty, Aerosmith and the Eagles.

Lead prosecutor in Fort Hood case keeps close eye Posted: 15 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Col. Michael Mulligan stood up and whispered to a fellow prosecutor who had just finished questioning a witness in the Fort Hood shooting trial, prompting the military lawyer to stand back up and ask how many bullet holes the gunman left behind.

4 Men Band Together to Help Outcast Women Posted: 15 Aug 2013 10:30 AM PDT ABC News' Producer Angel Canales and Editor Arthur Niemynski report: RALEIGH, N.C. – Deployed in Afghanistan in 2011 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, four U.S. Air Force captains were inspired during a walk through one of Afghanistan's bazaars, where they met a group of...

Powerful blast kills 3 in south Beirut suburb Posted: 15 Aug 2013 09:56 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful car bomb ripped through a crowded southern Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least three people, wounding over 120, and trapping dozens of others in burning cars and buildings, officials said.

Insight: Iran's Arab minority drawn into Middle East unrest Posted: 15 Aug 2013 09:33 AM PDT By Isabel Coles (Reuters) - Arab insurgents blew up a gas pipeline in Iran last week and dedicated the attack to their brothers in arms in Syria, highlighting how the Syrian civil war is spreading into a region-wide proxy conflict that could blow back onto Iran. The blast, two days after new President Hassan Rohani took office, hit a pipeline feeding a petrochemicals plant in the city of Mahshahr in Iran's southwest, home to most of its oil reserves and to a population of ethnic Arabs, known as Ahwazis for the main town in the area. ...

The Edge: Time to Call a Coup a Coup Posted: 15 Aug 2013 08:59 AM PDT The Edge is National Journal's daily look at today in Washington -- and what's coming next. The email features analysis from NJ's top correspondents, the biggest stories of the day -- and always a few surprises. To subscribe, click here.

Iraq will not become another Syria, says government, as car bombs kill 34 Posted: 15 Aug 2013 08:44 AM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bomb attacks killed at least 34 people in Baghdad on Thursday but the Interior Ministry said it would not allow al Qaeda, which it blames for a surge in sectarian violence, to turn Iraq into another Syria. More than 100 people were wounded in at least eight blasts, one of which was near the "Green Zone" diplomatic complex, part of a wave of bloodshed that has taken the monthly death toll in Iraq to the highest levels in five years. ...

Powerless West gropes for way to sway Egypt Posted: 15 Aug 2013 08:12 AM PDT By Paul Taylor PARIS (Reuters) - Having failed to dissuade Egypt's military-dominated rulers from launching a bloody crackdown on supporters of an ousted Islamist president, Western governments are venting condemnation and groping for ways to influence the outcome. The United States and the European Union tried jointly to facilitate a peaceful, political solution to the stand-off between the army and toppled President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, appealing right to the end to avoid violence. ...

U.S. mission in Jordan could last years as Syria war rages: Dempsey Posted: 15 Aug 2013 08:03 AM PDT By Phil Stewart AMMAN (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer told American troops in Jordan on Thursday that their mission to help the kingdom contain the fallout from Syria's war would likely last years, as the United States bolsters support for the key regional ally. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addressed a group of mostly U.S. planners who have arrived over the past several months as America expands assistance that now includes stationing F-16 fighter jets and Patriot missiles there. The U.S. military has roughly 1,000 troops stationed in Jordan. ...

Turkey plays big in Kurdistan's energy game Posted: 15 Aug 2013 08:02 AM PDT By Humeyra Pamuk ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has quietly built up a large presence in Kurdistan's oil and gas industry, teaming up with U.S. major Exxon Mobil, as Ankara bets on Iraq's semi-autonomous republic to help wean it off costly Russian and Iranian energy imports. A state-backed Turkish firm was also set up in the second quarter of 2013 to explore for oil and gas in Kurdistan, according to three sources familiar with the company. ...

Analysis: Powerless West gropes for way to sway Egypt Posted: 15 Aug 2013 07:53 AM PDT By Paul Taylor PARIS (Reuters) - Having failed to dissuade Egypt's military-dominated rulers from launching a bloody crackdown on supporters of an ousted Islamist president, Western governments are venting condemnation and groping for ways to influence the outcome. The United States and the European Union tried jointly to facilitate a peaceful, political solution to the stand-off between the army and toppled President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, appealing right to the end to avoid violence. ...

Did an 8-Year-Old Spy for America? Posted: 15 Aug 2013 07:42 AM PDT NEW YORK -- When U.S. allies in Yemen needed help targeting an alleged al-Qaida operative for an American drone strike, evidence suggests they turned to one of the people closest to him.

Islamist rebels execute two Shi'ite youths in Syria: monitoring group Posted: 15 Aug 2013 07:22 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two youths from Shi'ite villages in northern Syria have been executed by members of an al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebel group, according to a video uploaded to the Internet on Wednesday by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The British-based monitoring group, which is opposed to President Bashar Al-Assad, said the execution took place on Tuesday or Wednesday in Aleppo province. ...

U.N. Disarmament Body Eyes Proposal for Working Group Posted: 15 Aug 2013 07:02 AM PDT The president of the Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday asked member nations to reflect on a June proposal that called for the establishment of an informal working group to help break a longstanding deadlock over how to proceed with the body's activities, United Nations Office at Geneva said in a statement posted to its website.

Syria activists: Al-Qaida kills 2 Shiite teenagers Posted: 15 Aug 2013 06:48 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida militants in northern Syria shot dead two Shiite teenagers whom they accused of being pro-government gunmen, filming video of the killing that was later posted to the Internet, an activist group said Thursday.

Baghdad bombings put pressure on Iraq government Posted: 15 Aug 2013 06:25 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Car bombs hit Iraqi capital, killing 33 people Posted: 15 Aug 2013 05:54 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombs hit the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing 33 people and wounding dozens, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence.

Officials: Car bombs kill 32 in Iraqi capital Posted: 15 Aug 2013 04:59 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Thursday killed 32 people and wounded dozens, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence.

Officials: Car bombs kill 31 in Iraqi capital Posted: 15 Aug 2013 04:55 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Thursday killed 31 people and wounded dozens, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence.

Oil climbs over $111 as Egypt unrest stokes supply fears Posted: 15 Aug 2013 02:01 AM PDT By Lin Noueihed LONDON (Reuters) - Brent oil prices climbed above $111 per barrel to a four-month high on Thursday on fears violence in Egypt could affect the Suez Canal or spread in the Middle East, where supplies are already disrupted. Egypt's government declared a state of emergency on Wednesday following deadly clashes between riot police and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi. But a Muslim Brotherhood statement vowing to bring down "Egypt's military coup" suggested that the standoff was unlikely to be resolved soon. ...

10 things you need to know today: August 15, 2013 Posted: 15 Aug 2013 01:20 AM PDT Egypt's death toll climbs, Bradley Manning says he's sorry, and more

Officials: Car bombs kill 26 in Iraqi capital Posted: 15 Aug 2013 01:17 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday killed 26 people and wounded dozens, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence.

Athletics-World championships women's 200m heats overview Posted: 15 Aug 2013 12:47 AM PDT Aug 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Overview from the World championships Women's 200m Heats on Thursday 1. Allyson Felix (U.S.) 22.59 Q 2. Mariya Ryemyen (Ukraine) 22.63 Q 3. Anthonique Strachan (Bahamas) 22.66 Q 3. Murielle Ahoure (Ivory Coast) 22.66 Q 5. Shaunae Miller (Bahamas) 22.72 Q 6. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 22.78 Q 6. Anneisha McLaughlin (Jamaica) 22.78 Q 8. Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 22.79 Q 9. Charonda Williams (U.S.) 22.83 Q 9. Myriam Soumare (France) 22.83 Q 11. Elyzaveta Bryzgina (Ukraine) 22.84 Q 11. Kimberlyn Duncan (U.S.) 22.84 Q 13. Hrystyna Stuy (Ukraine) 22.86 Q 14. ...

Athletics-World championships women's 200m heats results Posted: 15 Aug 2013 12:45 AM PDT Aug 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the World championships Women's 200m Heats on Thursday Heat 11. Kimberlyn Duncan (U.S.) 22.84 Q 2. Johanna Danois (France) 23.00 Q 3. Hanna-Maari Latvala (Finland) 23.07 Q 4. Gloria Hooper (Italy) 23.10 5. Ana Claudia Silva (Brazil) 23.31 6. Moa Hjelmer (Sweden) 23.33 7. Janet Amponsah (Ghana) 24.07 Heat 21. Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 22.79 Q 2. Charonda Williams (U.S.) 22.83 Q 3. Kimberly Hyacinthe (Canada) 23.19 Q 4. Marika Popowicz (Poland) 23.22 5. Kineke Alexander (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) 23.42 6. Viktoriya Zyabkina (Kazakhstan) 24.47 . ...

Officials: Car bombs kill 23 in Iraqi capital Posted: 15 Aug 2013 12:16 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a wave of car bombs in Baghdad has killed 23 people and wounded dozens.

Brazil slump to Swiss loss, Argentina beat Italy Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:58 PM PDT By Rex Gowar LONDON (Reuters) - Tetchy Brazil were upset 1-0 in Switzerland while Argentina beat Italy 2-1 even without Lionel Messi on a mostly successful night for South American teams in friendlies ahead of next month's World Cup qualifiers. Paraguay, bottom of their qualifying group and with almost no hope of reaching a fifth World Cup finals in a row, managed a shock 3-3 draw away to an unusually sloppy Germany side on coach Victor Genes's debut. ...

Manning tells court he's 'sorry' for U.S. secrets breach to WikiLeaks Posted: 14 Aug 2013 06:52 PM PDT By Ian Simpson FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning on Wednesday told a military court "I'm sorry" for giving war logs and diplomatic secrets to the WikiLeaks website three years ago, the biggest breach of classified data in the nation's history. "I am sorry that my actions hurt people. I'm sorry that they hurt the United States," the 25-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class told the sentencing phase of his court-martial. "I am sorry for the unintended consequences of my actions ... The last few years have been a learning experience. ...

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