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• Swedish scientist to head U.N. Syria chemical weapons probe
• Petraeus making first speech since leaving CIA
• In snub to Assad, opposition takes Syria's Arab summit seat
• Report: Pentagon Must Do More to Stop Sex Assaults
• Gay Marriage Didn't Swing 2004 Election: Dowd
• Obama Signs Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown
• Kerry in Paris to talk Syria with French
• Arab League summit showcases Qatar's swagger
• Report: Pentagon must do more to prevent assaults
• Soccer-World Cup Asia qualifying results and standings
• Five Best Tuesday Columns
• Despite Increase In Global Child Protection Laws Many Countries Still Do Not Consider Child Pornography A Crime
• Shootings, bomb attacks kill 5 across Iraq
• Drexel University Online to Host Pennsylvania Student Veterans Conference
• Iraq to ship crude oil to Egypt next April
• Rebels capture strategic no man's land: Syria's seat at the Arab League
• UPDATE 2-Soccer-Australia fight back for 2-2 draw with Oman
• Soccer-Australia forced to fight back for 2-2 draw with Oman
• Veteran Owned Moving Company Launches Campaign to Raise Money and Put Unemployed Veterans Back to Work
• Public Show Over, Obama Turns to Private Diplomacy in Middle East
• Today in History
• AP Sources: SD Sen. Johnson Won't Seek Re-Election
• The war at home

Swedish scientist to head U.N. Syria chemical weapons probe Posted: 26 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom to head a U.N. investigation into allegations that chemical weapons were used in Syria, Ban's spokesman said on Tuesday. "He is an accomplished scientist with a solid background in disarmament and international security," U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said. ...

Petraeus making first speech since leaving CIA Posted: 26 Mar 2013 04:00 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Petraeus, who has remained largely in seclusion since being forced to resign as head of the CIA after the disclosure of an extramarital affair, returns to the public spotlight Tuesday with a speech and an apology before a group of military students and veterans.

In snub to Assad, opposition takes Syria's Arab summit seat Posted: 26 Mar 2013 03:12 PM PDT By Sami Aboudi and Yara Bayoumy DOHA (Reuters) - To applause from Arab heads of state, a foe of Bashar al-Assad took Syria's vacant seat at an Arab summit on Tuesday, deepening the president's diplomatic isolation and diverting attention from rifts among his opponents. Speaking at an annual gathering of Arab leaders in the Gulf state of Qatar, Moaz Alkhatib said he had asked U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for American forces to help defend rebel-controlled northern parts of Syria with Patriot surface-to-air missiles now based in Turkey. NATO swiftly rebuffed the idea. ...

Report: Pentagon Must Do More to Stop Sex Assaults Posted: 26 Mar 2013 02:20 PM PDT Panel: Performance reviews should show how military commanders handle sex assault complaints

Gay Marriage Didn't Swing 2004 Election: Dowd Posted: 26 Mar 2013 02:00 PM PDT On this day when a momentous series of cases related to gay marriage are being heard before the Supreme Court, I thought it time to reflect on a broader topic of leadership and motivation. So often in life we let fear, old stories or myths...

Obama Signs Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown Posted: 26 Mar 2013 01:16 PM PDT Obama signs spending bill to avoid government shutdown; keeps sequester cuts in place

Kerry in Paris to talk Syria with French Posted: 26 Mar 2013 12:12 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Paris for talks with French officials about aid to the Syrian opposition and the situation in Mali.

Arab League summit showcases Qatar's swagger Posted: 26 Mar 2013 11:41 AM PDT DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's emir looked over an assembly of Arab leaders Tuesday as both cordial host and impatient taskmaster. His welcoming remarks to kings, sheiks and presidents across the Arab world quickly shifted to Qatar's priorities: Rallying greater support for Syrian rebels and helping Palestinians with efforts such as a newly proposed $1 billion fund to protect Jerusalem's Arab heritage.

Report: Pentagon must do more to prevent assaults Posted: 26 Mar 2013 11:03 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report required by Congress recommends that the Department of Defense assess how well commanding officers handle sexual assault and harassment complaints when reviewing their job performance.

Soccer-World Cup Asia qualifying results and standings Posted: 26 Mar 2013 09:46 AM PDT March 26 (Reuters) - Results and standings from Tuesday'sWorld Cup qualifying matches in Asia. Group A South Korea 2 Qatar 1 Uzbekistan 1 Lebanon 0 P W D L F A PTS 1. Uzbekistan 6 3 2 1 6 4 11 2. South Korea 5 3 1 1 11 5 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3. Iran 5 2 1 2 2 2 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4. Qatar 6 2 1 3 4 7 7 5. Lebanon 6 1 1 4 2 7 4 Top two teams qualify for World Cup. Two third-placed teams face each other in a two leggedplayoff with the winner advancing to the intercontinentalplayoff against the fifth-placed team in South America. ...

Five Best Tuesday Columns Posted: 26 Mar 2013 07:19 AM PDT Amy Davidson at The New Yorker on the inevitable fall of DOMA In anticipation of this week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court — today, on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8; tomorrow, on whether the federal Defense of Marriage Act violates the Constitution's equal protection clause — Amy Davidson traces the bureaucratic drama of gay rights, finding the legal recognition of gay couples inevitable. "What would America look like if there were ... ...

Despite Increase In Global Child Protection Laws Many Countries Still Do Not Consider Child Pornography A Crime Posted: 26 Mar 2013 07:00 AM PDT Artist Jeff Koons and the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Say Much More Needs to be Done to Protect ChildrenALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During the past seven years, 100 countries have enacted new laws to protect children from child pornography.  However, according to the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), 53 countries still have no law and do not consider child pornography a crime. ...

Shootings, bomb attacks kill 5 across Iraq Posted: 26 Mar 2013 06:17 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Shootings and blasts killed five people in Iraq on Tuesday, including two local politicians in a town north of Baghdad who died when a bomb attached to their car exploded, officials said.

Drexel University Online to Host Pennsylvania Student Veterans Conference Posted: 26 Mar 2013 06:06 AM PDT Drexel University Online will host the 2013 Pennsylvania Student Veterans Conference on Saturday, April 6th at The Hub Cira Centre, located next to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station.Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 Drexel University Online will host the 2013 Pennsylvania Student Veterans Conference on Saturday, April 6th at The Hub Cira Centre, located next to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. This year's conference theme is "Veterans leading in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community," and will feature speakers Michele S. ...

Iraq to ship crude oil to Egypt next April Posted: 26 Mar 2013 05:54 AM PDT Iraq's top energy official says his country will sell crude oil to Egypt starting from next April. Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani told The Associated Press on Tuesday that 4 million barrels ...

Rebels capture strategic no man's land: Syria's seat at the Arab League Posted: 26 Mar 2013 05:29 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

UPDATE 2-Soccer-Australia fight back for 2-2 draw with Oman Posted: 26 Mar 2013 04:44 AM PDT (Adds quotes) * Oman lose 2-0 lead * Holman scores late equaliser By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, March 26 (Reuters) - A late Brett Holman equaliser helped Australia come from two goals down to keep their World Cup campaign just about on track with a 2-2 draw against Oman in an Asian qualifier on Tuesday. The visitors stunned the 34,603 crowd at Sydney's Olympic stadium by taking a 1-0 lead through Abdul Aziz Mubarak in the sixth minute and doubling it courtesy of a Mile Jedinak own goal four minutes after the break. ...

Soccer-Australia forced to fight back for 2-2 draw with Oman Posted: 26 Mar 2013 03:29 AM PDT SYDNEY, March 26 (Reuters) - Australia were forced to come from two goals down to keep their bid to reach a third successive World Cup finals just about on track with a 2-2 draw against Oman in an Asian qualifier at Sydney's Olympic stadium on Tuesday. The visitors stunned the 34,603 crowd by taking a 1-0 lead through Abdul Aziz Mubarak in the sixth minute and doubling it courtesy of a Mile Jedinak own goal four minutes after the break. ...

Veteran Owned Moving Company Launches Campaign to Raise Money and Put Unemployed Veterans Back to Work Posted: 26 Mar 2013 02:02 AM PDT VeteransMovingHelp.com is a nationwide moving labor service with a mission - to help unemployed veterans. They need your help and have launched an IndieGoGo campaign to fund moving truck purchases.Gainesville, Fl (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 Gregory Sledge, U.S. Army Veteran was volunteering at a local soup kitchen and what he saw broke his heart. Many of those eating were military veterans who he knew had received excellent training and were highly disciplined. Soaring unemployment rates for vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have been a national disgrace, 12. ...

Public Show Over, Obama Turns to Private Diplomacy in Middle East Posted: 26 Mar 2013 12:22 AM PDT President Obama's highly visible trip to the Middle East was seen as a timely and badly needed shot of public diplomacy in the world's most volatile region. But what happens behind the scenes and out of public view now that the president is back in the United States may be even more critical to the decades-old American quest to forge stable peace between Israel and her neighbors.

Today in History Posted: 25 Mar 2013 09:01 PM PDT Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2013. There are 280 days left in the year.

AP Sources: SD Sen. Johnson Won't Seek Re-Election Posted: 25 Mar 2013 06:04 PM PDT AP sources: South Dakota Sen. Johnson won't seek re-election; 5th Democratic senator to retire

The war at home Posted: 25 Mar 2013 01:09 PM PDT At the height of the insurgency in Iraq, when we took a moment to stop and look, we could try to imagine what life was like for Iraqi children trying to go to school, trying to avoid the bullets and bombs that struck, seemingly at random, in their neighborhoods. Or think about the children who knew those killed by an American cluster bomb in Yemen, a bomb that was launched on the direct command of President Barack Obama after agreeing to a target identified in late 2009 by the Special Operations Command. ...

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