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• Congress urged to pass voting power changes for IMF
• CA-NEWS Summary
• Obama Friend or Foe? McCain Charts His Course
• Shots fired during Iraq-Kuwait border protest: police
• Rand Paul filibuster fallout: Are Democrats his real allies?
• Protesting America: New Book Explores the Deteriorating Alliance between the United States and South Korea
• Joe Lieberman Completes His Career Transition to Conservative Wonk
• Al-Qaida says it killed 51 Syrian soldiers in Iraq
• Attacks in Iraq kill 12 people, officials say
• VA says it won't follow New York gun law
• Gunfire breaks out along Iraq-Kuwait border
• After Iraq, Learning What a Real Soldier Is
• First Person: Proud to Call My Husband a Soldier
• An Iraq War Lesson: We Need a New Dialogue
• Attacks in Iraq kill 11 people, officials say
• Tolkien With a Twist: Veteran's Newly-Released Epic Fantasy Tale Thrills, Inspires, Teaches
• Colordarcy Asks - Is It The End Of The Road For Low-Priced Istanbul Property?
• Obama Gets A Charm School Report Card
• Researcher: Zombie fads peak when society unhappy
• The Art of Denying Cabinet Rumors
• Al Qaeda claims killing of Syrian soldiers in Iraq
• Desktop Alert Granted U.S. Army Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) for 15 Second Mass Notification Alert Polling System
• Goodwill Industries® Partners with StoryCorps on Military Voices Initiative
• Officials: Suicide bomber kills 5 in northern Iraq
• Al-Qaida says it killed 48 Syrian soldiers in Iraq
• First Person: A Marine in Iraq: Brotherhood, Loss, and Life Lessons Learned

Congress urged to pass voting power changes for IMF Posted: 11 Mar 2013 04:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 130 academics and global policy pundits urged the U.S. Congress on Monday to approve delayed changes in voting powers in the International Monetary Fund and warned that failure to do so would diminish U.S. influence in the global financial lender. The reforms were approved by the IMF in 2010 in a historic deal that makes China the third-largest voting member in the IMF after the United States and Japan. It also boosts the influence of other emerging economies, like India and Brazil, and supports IMF board changes, which reduce Western Europe's dominance. ...

CA-NEWS Summary Posted: 11 Mar 2013 04:36 PM PDT Capriles, Maduro at each other's throats in Venezuela election CARACAS (Reuters) - Presidential candidates Nicolas Maduro and Henrique Capriles have begun Venezuela's election race with scathing personal attacks even as mourners still file past Hugo Chavez's coffin. Maduro, who was sworn in as acting president after Chavez died of cancer last week, is seen as favorite to win the April 14 election, bolstered by an oil-financed state apparatus and a wave of public sympathy over Chavez's death. ...

Obama Friend or Foe? McCain Charts His Course Posted: 11 Mar 2013 03:36 PM PDT McCain is both Obama antagonist and collaborator on national security, immigration, budget

Shots fired during Iraq-Kuwait border protest: police Posted: 11 Mar 2013 03:20 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi police said they shot in the air to disperse stone-throwing crowds protesting against the demarcation of the border with Kuwait on Monday, leaving some on the Kuwaiti side believing they were being fired at, according to media reports. The protest, and the confusion over the shooting, underlined localized tensions over the position of the frontier that have persisted more than two decades after Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. ...

Rand Paul filibuster fallout: Are Democrats his real allies? Posted: 11 Mar 2013 02:42 PM PDT Who are Rand Paul's real allies? That's a question D.C. political types have been chewing over since the GOP senator from Kentucky's filibuster about his objections to the Obama administration's drone policies last week.

Protesting America: New Book Explores the Deteriorating Alliance between the United States and South Korea Posted: 11 Mar 2013 01:13 PM PDT WELLESLEY, Mass., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When the military alliance between the United States and South Korea began to deteriorate in the 2000's, many commentators blamed anti-Americanism and nationalism. A new book by Katharine H.S. Moon, Professor of Asian Studies and Political Science at Wellesley College, challenges those assumptions."It's easy to blame nationalism or generation gaps for issues that arise between countries when there's a change in the relationship. ...

Joe Lieberman Completes His Career Transition to Conservative Wonk Posted: 11 Mar 2013 01:12 PM PDT If you are easily surprised, you will be surprised to learn that former senator Joe Lieberman (D-I-Conn.) has taken a position with a conservative think tank in Washington. Daniel Strauss at The Hill reports:Lieberman will serve as co-chairman of the American Internationalism Project, alongside former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.). …

Al-Qaida says it killed 51 Syrian soldiers in Iraq Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:11 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida's Iraq branch claimed responsibility Monday for the deaths of 51 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqis killed in a well-planned assault in western Iraq last week, intensifying concerns that the terror group is coordinating with Islamist rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Attacks in Iraq kill 12 people, officials say Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:07 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide attacker drove his explosives-laden car on Monday into a police station in northern Iraq, killing five people, while attacks elsewhere in the country killed seven other Iraqis, including a candidate for local office, officials said.

VA says it won't follow New York gun law Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:01 PM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The federal Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday its mental health professionals won't comply with a new gun law in New York that requires reporting the names of patients they believe likely to hurt themselves or others.

Gunfire breaks out along Iraq-Kuwait border Posted: 11 Mar 2013 11:15 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Gunfire broke out along the Iraq-Kuwait border on Monday, sources from both sides said, in the latest sign of localized tensions over the position of the frontier that remain more than two decades after Saddam Hussein's invasion. Kuwaiti media said shots were fired from the Iraqi side of the frontier, aimed at members of a border demarcation team working inside Kuwait. Iraqi police gave a different account, saying officers had fired into the air to break up a demonstration inside Iraq by locals unhappy about the position of the boundary. ...

After Iraq, Learning What a Real Soldier Is Posted: 11 Mar 2013 11:01 AM PDT As we near the 10-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, Yahoo News asked U.S. servicemen and women and their families to share their perspectives on the war and discuss how it changed them. Here's one story.

First Person: Proud to Call My Husband a Soldier Posted: 11 Mar 2013 09:59 AM PDT As we near the 10-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, Yahoo News asked U.S. servicemen and women and their families to share their perspectives on the war and discuss how it changed them. Here's one story.

An Iraq War Lesson: We Need a New Dialogue Posted: 11 Mar 2013 09:55 AM PDT As we near the 10-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, Yahoo News asked U.S. servicemen and women who served to share their perspectives and discuss how it changed them. Here's one story.

Attacks in Iraq kill 11 people, officials say Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:44 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide attacker drove his explosives-laden car on Monday into a police station in northern Iraq, killing five people, while attacks elsewhere in the country killed six more Iraqis, officials said.

Tolkien With a Twist: Veteran's Newly-Released Epic Fantasy Tale Thrills, Inspires, Teaches Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:32 AM PDT Author J. Michael Flück's second novel from Inspiring Voices is both parts entertaining story, wake up call for America.PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB) March 11, 2013 As he grows older, author J. Michael Flück has noticed that today's American society and morals have been under increasing attack. The values of honor and courage that made this country great now seem to be slowly fading. For Flück, a 25-year veteran of the US military and Operation Iraqi Freedom and a father of four, the only way he knew to reverse that trend was to entertain. ...

Colordarcy Asks - Is It The End Of The Road For Low-Priced Istanbul Property? Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:02 AM PDT An article in this month's FT 'Istanbul's Towers Lure Gulf Investors' (March 5th 2013) highlights that competition is heating up for property In Istanbul according to property investment firm Colordarcy.(PRWEB UK) 11 March 2013 Commenting on the FT article, Loxley McKenzie, Managing Director of Colordarcy said, "When you see a boom in an emerging market, it will often attract a flood of investors from all around the world who want to get in on the action. This can mean that many of the low-priced property deals start to dry up. ...

Obama Gets A Charm School Report Card Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:54 AM PDT By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES THE COURTSHIP CONTINUES: President Obama's newly initiated charm offensive with Republicans just might work as he tries to deal with sequester cuts and avert another budget showdown near the end of the month, lawmakers on Capitol Hill said over the...

Researcher: Zombie fads peak when society unhappy Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:53 AM PDT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Zombies seem to be everywhere these days.

The Art of Denying Cabinet Rumors Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:49 AM PDT White House press secretary Jay Carney leaves Cabinet announcements to the man who actually makes the nominations: President Obama. Reporters know this, but it doesn't stop them from asking about rumored candidates anyway.

Al Qaeda claims killing of Syrian soldiers in Iraq Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:39 AM PDT By Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for killing 48 Syrian soldiers and state employees in Iraq last week, saying their presence proved collusion between the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Unidentified gunmen last week attacked a convoy of Syrians who had fled across the border into Iraq from a Syrian rebel advance, and were being escorted back home through the western province of Anbar, Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland. ...

Desktop Alert Granted U.S. Army Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) for 15 Second Mass Notification Alert Polling System Posted: 11 Mar 2013 06:20 AM PDT Desktop Alert, the leading provider of IP-Based mass notification systems (MNS) to the U.S. Army worldwide, today announced that the U.S. Army HQDA ACSIM has requested this Certificate of Networthiness for Desktop Alert Total Alert System (DTA) Version 5 to be used as an installation mass notification system. Cert#: 201312770Chatham, N.J. (PRWEB) March 11, 2013 Desktop Alert Inc, a Department of Homeland Defense award winning New Jersey-based mass notification selected by FEMA, the National Guard (NGB), the Air National Guard (ANG), NORAD, U.S. Northern Command, U.S. ...

Goodwill Industries® Partners with StoryCorps on Military Voices Initiative Posted: 11 Mar 2013 05:02 AM PDT National Partnership Captures Veterans' Stories for Library of CongressRockville, MD (PRWEB) March 11, 2013 Goodwill Industries International and StoryCorps have partnered to record the stories of veterans, service members, and military families as part of the StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative. The first recording will take place at Goodwill Industries of Houston, one of the leading Goodwill® providers of veteran employment services, from March 14-15 in Houston, TX.Goodwill Houston has a long standing history of serving veterans. ...

Officials: Suicide bomber kills 5 in northern Iraq Posted: 11 Mar 2013 03:49 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A provincial police officer says a suicide attacker drove his explosives-laden car into a police station in northern Iraq, killing five people and wounding 36.

Al-Qaida says it killed 48 Syrian soldiers in Iraq Posted: 11 Mar 2013 02:22 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for the killing last week of 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards in western Anbar province.

First Person: A Marine in Iraq: Brotherhood, Loss, and Life Lessons Learned Posted: 10 Mar 2013 06:10 PM PDT As we near the 10-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, Yahoo News asked U.S. servicemen and women who served to share their perspectives and discuss how it changed them. Here's one story.

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