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• Chad says it killed Algeria hostage mastermind in Mali
• Chad says kills Algeria hostage mastermind in Mali
• Syria, Iran say Assad to remain in power till 2014
• Syrian army, rebel clashes bring conflict to Iraq doorstep
• Turkish captives to be released by Kurdish rebels: agency
• Syria, Iran say US aid to rebels will extend war
• Iraq monthly death toll down in February
• Al Qaeda issues English-language advice magazine for militants
• Consequence to Cuts No One Thought Would Happen
• Austrian cardinal: a conservative open to reform
• Budget cuts to hit military school districts first
• Today in History
• U.S. soldier pleads guilty to misusing classified data in WikiLeaks case
• U.S. lurches into new budget crisis, spending cuts imminent

Chad says it killed Algeria hostage mastermind in Mali Posted: 02 Mar 2013 04:21 PM PST N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said on Saturday. The death of one of the world's most wanted jihadists would be a major blow to al Qaeda in the region and to Islamist rebels already forced to flee towns they had seized in northern Mali by an offensive by French and African troops. "On Saturday, March 2, at noon, Chadian armed forces operating in northern Mali completely destroyed a terrorist base (... ...

Chad says kills Algeria hostage mastermind in Mali Posted: 02 Mar 2013 03:50 PM PST N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said on Saturday. The death of one of the world's most wanted jihadists would be a major blow to al Qaeda in the region and to Islamist rebels already forced to flee towns they had seized in northern Mali by an offensive by French and African troops. "On Saturday, March 2, at noon, Chadian armed forces operating in northern Mali completely destroyed a terrorist base (... ...

Syria, Iran say Assad to remain in power till 2014 Posted: 02 Mar 2013 03:36 PM PST DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran and Syria condemned a U.S. plan to assist rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad on Saturday and signaled the Syrian leader intends to stay in power at least until 2014 presidential elections.

Syrian army, rebel clashes bring conflict to Iraq doorstep Posted: 02 Mar 2013 10:27 AM PST RABIA, Iraq (Reuters) - Clashes between the Syrian army and rebels at a border post brought the civil war close to neighboring Iraq, where troops fired warning shots into the air, residents, officials and a Reuters reporter said. Insurgents seized control of half of the northeastern Syrian town of Yaarabiya, including a border post with Iraq, in a battle with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Friday and early Saturday, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, said on Saturday. ...

Turkish captives to be released by Kurdish rebels: agency Posted: 02 Mar 2013 10:07 AM PST ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels are planning to release a group of captured Turkish officials within the next 10 days as part of a broader peace deal, the state-run Anatolia Agency reported on Saturday. The PKK has been fighting Turkey's central government since 1984 and is negotiating with the authorities to try to end a conflict that has claimed some 40,000 lives. Anatolia quoted a Turkish politician, Gultan Kisanak, as telling a news conference in Arbil, northern Iraq: ""I hope these (public) officials will reunite with their families soon. ...

Syria, Iran say US aid to rebels will extend war Posted: 02 Mar 2013 08:44 AM PST DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria and Iran said Saturday that Washington's decision to provide aid to rebels will only prolong the fighting aimed at toppling President Bashar Assad whose troops scored a major strategic victory in the country's heavily contested north.

Iraq monthly death toll down in February Posted: 02 Mar 2013 06:46 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants killed 136 Iraqis in February, fewer than the previous month, as the country continues to grapple with insurgents just over a year after U.S. troops withdrew, health ministry figures showed on Saturday. The country's precarious sectarian and ethnic balance has come under growing strain from the conflict in neighboring Syria, which is whipping up tensions between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq and the wider Middle East. The figures showed 88 civilians, 22 soldiers and 26 policemen were killed last month. A further 228 people were wounded. ...

Al Qaeda issues English-language advice magazine for militants Posted: 02 Mar 2013 06:17 AM PST RIYADH (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Islamist movement's most active branch, has released an English-language magazine advising would-be militants on how to torch parked cars and cause traffic accidents. The magazine, released on militant websites, also warns France to pull back from Mali and lists 11 public figures in the West, including author Salman Rushdie, who it says are "wanted dead or alive for crimes against Islam". ...

Consequence to Cuts No One Thought Would Happen Posted: 02 Mar 2013 05:34 AM PST Automatic spending cuts: Unwanted consequence of a trigger nobody liked or thought would pass

Austrian cardinal: a conservative open to reform Posted: 02 Mar 2013 02:30 AM PST VIENNA (AP) — Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn is a soft-spoken conservative who is ready to listen to those espousing reform. That profile that could appeal to fellow cardinals looking to elect a pontiff with widest-possible appeal to the world's 1 billion Catholics.

Budget cuts to hit military school districts first Posted: 02 Mar 2013 12:22 AM PST FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Public schools everywhere will be affected by the government's automatic budget cuts, but few may feel the funding pinch faster than those on and around military bases.

Today in History Posted: 01 Mar 2013 09:01 PM PST Today is Saturday, March 2, the 61st day of 2013. There are 304 days left in the year.

U.S. soldier pleads guilty to misusing classified data in WikiLeaks case Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:51 PM PST FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. Army private accused of providing secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty on Thursday to misusing classified material he felt "should become public," but denied the top charge of aiding the enemy. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, entered the pleas prior to his court martial, which is set to begin on June 3, in a case that centers on the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history. Military judge Colonel Denise Lind accepted the guilty pleas late in the afternoon. ...

U.S. lurches into new budget crisis, spending cuts imminent Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:34 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government stumbled headlong on Friday toward spending cuts that could dampen the economy and curb military readiness, after President Barack Obama and congressional leaders failed to find an alternative budget plan. Put in place during a bout of deficit-reduction fever in 2011, the automatic cuts can only be halted by agreement between Congress and the White House. As expected, a deal proved elusive in talks on Friday, meaning that government agencies will now begin to hack a total of $85 billion from their budgets between Saturday and October 1. ...

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