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Obama, security team meet on Syria chemical attack

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 03:36 PM PDT

A US Navy photo shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) on June 11, 2013 at the Greek port of Souda BayUS President Barack Obama met with security aides Saturday to discuss a response to Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons after the Pentagon said it was preparing for possible military action.


Syria warns US not to intervene militarily

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 02:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, file citizen journalism image provided by the Media Office Of Douma City, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man mourns over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists, in Douma town, Damascus, Syria. Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, some 355 people showing "neurotoxic symptoms" died after a suspected chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs earlier this week. The group says three hospitals it supports had reported receiving about 3,600 patients with such symptoms in less than three hours that day. (AP Photo/Media Office Of Douma City, File)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government accused rebels of using chemical weapons Saturday and warned the United States not to launch any military action against Damascus over an alleged chemical attack last week, saying such a move would set the Middle East ablaze.


Obama weighs possible military response after Syria chemical attack

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:08 PM PDT

A member of Free Syrian Army is seen in a damaged building in Salah al-Din neighbourhood in central AleppoBy Oliver Holmes and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama considered options on Saturday for a possible military strike on Syria in response to a nerve gas attack that killed hundreds as Syria sought to avert blame by saying its soldiers had found chemical weapons in rebel tunnels. A senior U.N. official arrived in Damascus to seek access for inspectors to the site of last Wednesday's attack, in which opposition accounts say between 500 and well over 1,000 civilians were killed by gas fired by pro-government forces. ...


Maduro vs. corruption: In earnest or power grab?

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks at the inauguration of a new branch of the National Experimental Security University (UNES) in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. A months-long anti-corruption campaign by Maduro that began with the arrests of dozens of officials and cronies suspected of pilfering millions from state coffers has devolved into what critics say is a witch hunt against the already-beleaguered political opposition, and what many see as a power grab by an increasingly embattled government. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — There is little question Venezuela is a nation in desperate need of an anti-corruption crusade.


Baghdad funerals for 28 killed in park suicide bomb

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 11:17 AM PDT

Iraqis attend the funeral of victims of a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad's al-Qahira neighbourhood on August 24, 2013Baghdad residents held funerals Saturday for victims of a suicide bombing that killed 28 people in a city park, even as authorities pressed operations against militants to stem growing violence.


Despite turmoil, Syria regime feels new confidence

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 file photo, a Syrian military soldier holds his AK-47 with a sticker of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Arabic that reads, "Syria is fine," as he stands guard at a check point on Baghdad street, in Damascus, Syria. The signs would all seem bad for President Bashar Assad. Blasts echo all day long over the Syrian capital as troops battle rebels entrenched on its eastern doorstep. The government admits the economy is devastated. And now allegations of a horrific chemical attack have given new life to calls for international action against his regime. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The signs would seem bad for President Bashar Assad. Blasts echo all day long over the Syrian capital as troops battle rebels entrenched on its eastern doorstep. The government admits the economy is devastated. Allegations of a horrific chemical attack have given new life to calls for international action against his regime.


Suspect arrested over Lebanese mosque bombings

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Lebanese Army investigators inspect at the site of a car bomb explosion outside of the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. The coordinated explosions Friday outside two mosques in the predominantly Sunni city raised even more the already simmering sectarian tensions in fragile Lebanon, heightening fears the country could be slipping into a cycle of revenge attacks between its Sunni and Shiite communities.(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces arrested a suspect on Saturday in connection with the devastating double bombing the day before that killed at least 47 people in the northern city of Tripoli, the state news agency said.


For Fort Hood shooter, is execution punishment?

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:12 AM PDT

In this Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, photo, retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Manning holds a photograph from the memorial for victims of the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, at his home in Lacey, Wash. Manning still carries two bullets in his body from the shooting that killed 13 and wounded over 30. Maj. Nidal Hasan, who has been found guilty of the shooting, and many of his victims seem to want the same thing - his death. But while survivors and relatives of the dead view lethal injection as justice, the Army psychiatrist appears to see it as something else - martyrdom. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)Maj. Nidal Hasan and many of his victims in the Fort Hood shooting seem to want the same thing — his death. But while survivors and relatives of the dead view lethal injection as justice, the Army psychiatrist appears to see it as something else — martyrdom.


Iran says 'proof' Syria rebels used chemical weapons

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 08:00 AM PDT

Syrian rebel fighters take aim at Kurdish fighters outside Raqqa, on August 23, 2013Iran, the chief regional ally of Damascus, said on Saturday there is "proof" Syrian rebels used chemical weapons in their conflict with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.


Iran's Rouhani acknowledges chemical weapons killed people in Syria

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 05:42 AM PDT

Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani speaks with the media during a news conference in TehranDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday for the first time that chemical weapons had killed people in ally Syria and called for the international community to prevent their use. Rouhani stopped short of saying who he thought had used the arms, but Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday said evidence pointed to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Tehran has previously accused Syrian rebels of being behind what it called suspected chemical attacks. ...


Death toll in Lebanon bombings rises to 47

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 03:59 AM PDT

Lebanese Army investigators inspect at the site of a car bomb explosion outside of the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. The coordinated explosions Friday outside two mosques in the predominantly Sunni city raised even more the already simmering sectarian tensions in fragile Lebanon, heightening fears the country could be slipping into a cycle of revenge attacks between its Sunni and Shiite communities.(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces arrested a suspect on Saturday in connection with the devastating double bombing the day before that killed at least 47 people in the northern city of Tripoli, the state news agency said.


Suicide bomber targets busy Baghdad cafe, killing 25

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 03:24 AM PDT

By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 25 people and wounded more than 50 in Baghdad on Friday when he detonated his explosives inside a busy cafe near a park popular with families, police and medical sources said. It was one of the worst attacks in Iraq since suicide bombers hit the same district two months ago, targeting a Shi'ite mosque and killing 29 worshippers during noon prayers. Friday's bombing took place in al-Qahira, a northern district of the capital that is home to mainly Shi'ite Muslims. ...

Afghanistan's Karzai says no rush to sign U.S. security pact

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 03:17 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in KabulKABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan is in no rush to sign a pact with the United States setting out how many U.S. troops will stay after a NATO mission ends next year and may even delay a decision until after a presidential election, President Hamid Karzai said. Foreign combat troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, when the NATO-led mission winds up and the responsibility for fighting Taliban insurgents is handed over to Afghan forces. ...


Iran president points to chemical weapons use in Syria

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:06 AM PDT

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani speaks during a parliament session on August 15, 2013Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on Saturday pointed to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, several days after opposition groups said chemical strikes near Damascus killed hundreds.


Fort Hood shooter convicted on 13 counts of murder

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:36 AM PDT

El siquiatra Nidal Hasan, mayor del Ejército de Estados Unidos, quien fue declarado culpable de homicidio el viernes 23 de agosto de 2013 por matar a tiros a 13 personas y herir a 30 en la base militar Fort Hood, en Texas, en una imagen sin fecha cedida por la Policía del Condado Bell. (Foto AP/Policía del Condado Bell, Archivo)FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — As the head of a military jury read a verdict convicting him of premeditated murder 13 times, Major Nidal Hasan stared intently at her. Then he let his eyes fall to the courtroom desk in front of him.


U.S. soldier who killed Afghan villagers gets life without parole

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 05:34 PM PDT

A courtroom sketch shows prosecutor Lieutenant Colonel Jay Morse speaking during sentencing of Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales near TacomaBy Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A decorated American soldier was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for killing 16 unarmed Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, in two bloody nighttime forays from his military post. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, has admitted to slaughtering the villagers in attacks on their family compounds in Kandahar province in March 2012. ...


Al Jazeera accuses AT&T of wrongly terminating contract

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 05:11 PM PDT

The AT&T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, CaliforniaBy Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T unfairly terminated an affiliation agreement with Al Jazeera America, the cable network says in a recently unsealed lawsuit that highlights AT&T's subscriber base in conservative states. Under a heavily redacted description of the alleged "bad faith scheme," Al Jazeera notes in its complaint that "AT&T has a large subscriber base in Texas and other conservative states in the South and Southwest. "Upon information and belief, it then began to cast around for an excuse to unilaterally terminate the Affiliation Agreement," the lawsuit says of AT&T. ...


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