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• Korean American Banker Honored For Support Of Disabled Veteran Companies
• Push to recruit Arab Christians into Israeli army
• UN condemns attack on Iranian dissident group
• Russia buries Kalashnikov in new 'pantheon' for heroes
• Man who oversaw Saddam hanging recalls dictator's end
• Today in History
• Iranian dissidents say rockets hit their Baghdad camp, kill three
• Iran exiles say camp struck by rockets near Baghdad airport

Korean American Banker Honored For Support Of Disabled Veteran Companies Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2011, Joanne Kim was named President and CEO of Commonwealth Business Bank (CBB) in Los Angeles. She inherited an institution focused on financial needs of the nearly half-million Korean-Americans in Southern California. She was determined to build the bank's base by serving other communities throughout Southern California.  In less than three years, she has successfully expanded the bank's customer roster to include significant companies and families in the Iranian community in Beverly Hills and a wide range of diverse businesses in the San Fernando Valley and in neighboring Orange County. At a Veteran's Ceremony held at Paramount Studios, Joanne Kim and her CBB bank were honored for creating loan opportunities for a special group of Americans – disabled veterans who were starting or expanding their own small businesses.

Push to recruit Arab Christians into Israeli army Posted: 27 Dec 2013 11:01 AM PST NAZARETH, Israel (AP) — Dozens of Israeli soldiers respectfully rose from their seats as the Israeli national anthem began playing. The tinny recording of "Hatikva," an ode to the Jewish yearning for the Land of Israel, wrapped up a ceremony, held in Hebrew, during which speakers thanked the troops and handed out awards.

UN condemns attack on Iranian dissident group Posted: 27 Dec 2013 08:06 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations on Friday condemned a rocket attack on a camp housing an Iranian exile group near Baghdad, calling on Iraqi government to protect the camp and investigate the incident.

Russia buries Kalashnikov in new 'pantheon' for heroes Posted: 27 Dec 2013 06:04 AM PST Mytishchi (Russia) (AFP) - Russia on Friday buried Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle that was the favoured weapon of guerrillas worldwide, at a newly-opened cemetery for national heroes. To the sound of a final salute fired from the AK-47 machine guns that made him world-famous, Kalashnikov was laid to rest with full state honours at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery (FVMK) in the town of Mytishchi outside Moscow. In a sign of the importance to Russia of Kalashnikov, who died on Monday at the age of 94, his funeral was attended by President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Kremlin chief of staff Sergei Ivanov.

Man who oversaw Saddam hanging recalls dictator's end Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:33 AM PST Mowaffak al-Rubaie sits in his office with a statue of Saddam Hussein behind him, the rope used to hang the dictator around its neck, recalling his final minutes. The former national security advisor, who oversaw Saddam's 2006 execution, said he remained strong until the end, and never expressed any regret. "I received him (Saddam) at the door.

Today in History Posted: 26 Dec 2013 09:01 PM PST Today is Friday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2013. There are four days left in the year.

Iranian dissidents say rockets hit their Baghdad camp, kill three Posted: 26 Dec 2013 08:31 PM PST A camp of Iranian dissidents in the Iraqi capital was hit by rockets on Thursday in an attack the group said killed three residents and seriously wounded several others. A Shi'ite militia claimed responsibility for the attack on the Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK) camp in western Baghdad, which has repeatedly been the target of mortar and rocket attacks in recent months. The group, which calls for the overthrow of Iran's clerical leaders and fought on Iraq's side during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, is no longer welcome in Iraq under the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. A Paris-based spokesman for the MEK, Shahin Gobadi, said three people had been killed when "Camp Liberty," located in a former U.S. military compound, was hit with dozens of missiles.

Iran exiles say camp struck by rockets near Baghdad airport Posted: 26 Dec 2013 06:40 PM PST Rockets struck near Baghdad airport on Thursday in what an exiled Iran opposition group said was an attack on their camp that left three dead and around 50 wounded. Nasser Bandar, the head of Iraq's civil aviation authority said three rockets hit near a military site in the airport area, but that information on any casualties was not immediately available. He said flights were not interrupted by the attack, "which was outside the limits of the civil airport". Members of an Iranian opposition group who are based near the airport while waiting to be transferred out of Iraq said that they were the target.

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