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• Budget Calls for 4 Percent Spending Increase at VA
• Syrian president warns of fallout if regime falls
• Mauritania says holding Canadian linked to suspected militants
• Iraqi Ministries of Construction and Housing, Transportation & Municipalities confirmed to participate and present tender opportunities at the Iraq Infrastructure & Construction Summit in Dubai next month
• Attacks in Iraq kill 3 soldiers, 5 civilians
• Psychologist Reveals Battles with Depression and Suicide in New Fiction
• Putin urges peace talks to end Syria 'massacre'
• NICWA's Terry Cross: Misdirected Blame
• The Second-Term Jinx
• How Much Does the U.S. Pay for Accidentally Killing a Civilian in a Drone Strike?
• Good Reads: Christian Middle East exodus, online ed, drone strikes, and Japan's prisons
• Iraq PM softens tone on Turkey, says rapprochement welcome
• "We are broke," U.N. says as Syria refugee funds dry up
• Bryan Hoddle helps wounded vets run – and dream – again
• Seasoned combat leader takes over Africa Command
• 2 attacks in Iraq kill 3 soldiers, 3 civilians
• Economy Gains 88K Jobs in March; Obama Proposes Entitlement Cuts; Scott Brown Considers NH SEN Bid
• Philippines may allow U.S. greater military access: minister
• Is War With North Korea Inevitable?
• Today in History

Budget Calls for 4 Percent Spending Increase at VA Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:56 PM PDT White House says proposed spending increase for VA shows support for vets

Syrian president warns of fallout if regime falls Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:16 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad warned the fall of his regime or the breakup of Syria will unleash a "domino effect" that will fuel Middle East instability for years to come, in his sharpest warning yet about the potential fallout of his country's civil war on neighboring states.

Mauritania says holding Canadian linked to suspected militants Posted: 05 Apr 2013 02:32 PM PDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The North African nation of Mauritania says it has detained a Canadian citizen linked to two other Canadians who died while fighting with militants during an attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria in January. The confirmation that Mauritania is holding the man, Aaron Yoon, follows a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation report that, before his arrest, Yoon had studied the Koran there with unidentified Americans and Europeans. ...

Iraqi Ministries of Construction and Housing, Transportation & Municipalities confirmed to participate and present tender opportunities at the Iraq Infrastructure & Construction Summit in Dubai next month Posted: 05 Apr 2013 11:41 AM PDT IRN is proud to confirm the participation of Iraqi Ministries of Construction & Housing, Transportation & Municipalities at the Iraq Infrastructure & Construction Summit taking place 22-23 May in Dubai.Dubai, UAE (PRWEB UK) 5 April 2013 IRN, the global summit organiser is proud to announce the Iraq Infrastructure & Construction Summit taking place May 22-23 in Dubai. ...

Attacks in Iraq kill 3 soldiers, 5 civilians Posted: 05 Apr 2013 11:15 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bombs exploded Friday in Iraq, killing eight people in attacks that targeted members of both Sunni and Shiite Muslim sects, police said.

Psychologist Reveals Battles with Depression and Suicide in New Fiction Posted: 05 Apr 2013 10:30 AM PDT In his newly published book, titled "Seven Lives," author George Herrman creatively crafts a dramatic tale based on true events after the 9/11 attacks.TAYLOR RIDGE, Ill. (PRWEB) April 05, 2013 http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20507781,00.html "[Depression] is more common than AIDS, cancer, and diabetes combined, and nearly 400,000 people attempt suicide in the U.S. every year," states Lynne Peeples in her article 15 Myths and Facts About Suicide and Depression in Health.com. ...

Putin urges peace talks to end Syria 'massacre' Posted: 05 Apr 2013 10:08 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said the civil war in Syria has become "a massacre" that must be stopped through peace talks between the government and the opposition, and repeated Russia's firm rejection of calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster.

NICWA's Terry Cross: Misdirected Blame Posted: 05 Apr 2013 09:45 AM PDT PORTLAND, Ore., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Terry Cross, executive director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association, released the following op-ed."We were told she wasn't an Indian child and didn't think it would matter."                         —Melanie Capobianco, Fox News, January 11, 2012The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) is days away from the strongest challenge it has faced in its 35-year history. As the case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl has progressed through the lower courts, the law has been decried as an out-of-date, race-based law. ...

The Second-Term Jinx Posted: 05 Apr 2013 09:17 AM PDT Pretend for a moment that you are President Obama, his chief of staff, his counselor, or another top adviser. The question before you is how to avoid the fate of so many other second-term presidencies. Dwight Eisenhower's final four years were marred by a recession, Richard Nixon's by Watergate. Ronald Reagan had the Iran-Contra scandal. Bill Clinton had Monica Lewinsky and the impeachment saga that followed. For George W. Bush, it was the unraveling of the war in Iraq. Bad things seem to happen during second terms in the White House. ...

How Much Does the U.S. Pay for Accidentally Killing a Civilian in a Drone Strike? Posted: 05 Apr 2013 09:03 AM PDT The U.S. drone war remains cloaked in secrecy, and as a result, questions swirl around it. Who exactly can be targeted? When can a U.S. citizen be killed?

Good Reads: Christian Middle East exodus, online ed, drone strikes, and Japan's prisons Posted: 05 Apr 2013 09:01 AM PDT The post-Arab Spring climate in the Middle East has accelerated a "Christian exodus" from the region, says Hassan Mneimneh of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, in a piece on RealClearWorld.com. He sees "[t]he fate of the Christians in the Middle East" as "inseparable from the region's transformation into a viable, prosperous, and progressive home for all of its inhabitants."

Iraq PM softens tone on Turkey, says rapprochement welcome Posted: 05 Apr 2013 08:41 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday he would welcome rapprochement with Turkey, softening months of hostile rhetoric fuelled by Ankara's engagement with Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. Resource-hungry Turkey has antagonized Baghdad by courting Iraqi Kurds, who are at loggerheads with the central government over how to exploit the country's oil reserves and share the revenues. Ankara and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have been negotiating an energy deal ranging from exploration to export since last year. ...

"We are broke," U.N. says as Syria refugee funds dry up Posted: 05 Apr 2013 05:02 AM PDT By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations gave its starkest warning yet on Friday that it would soon run out of cash to cope with the vast influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and other neighboring countries. "The needs are rising exponentially, and we are broke," Marixie Mercado, spokeswoman for the U.N. Children's Fund UNICEF, told a U.N. news conference in Geneva. The number of people fleeing in the world's worst refugee crisis has repeatedly outrun the U.N.'s expectations. The 1. ...

Bryan Hoddle helps wounded vets run – and dream – again Posted: 05 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT Strangely, this is where the inspiring transformation often begins – on a track.

Seasoned combat leader takes over Africa Command Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:31 AM PDT STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — One of the American military's most seasoned combat leaders took charge Friday of U.S. Africa Command, whose No. 1 mission is to work with allies to neutralize the continent's widening web of Islamic extremist groups, including those affiliated with al-Qaida.

2 attacks in Iraq kill 3 soldiers, 3 civilians Posted: 05 Apr 2013 02:52 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say two bomb attacks have killed six people in two cities.

Economy Gains 88K Jobs in March; Obama Proposes Entitlement Cuts; Scott Brown Considers NH SEN Bid Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:55 AM PDT Click hereto read online and see our archives.WHAT'S NEWS"The economy generated just" 88K jobs in March -- "the smallest gain in 10 months." Unemployment "fell a tick to 7.6% from 7.7%, the lowest rate" since Dec. '07, "but the decline stemmed from fewer Americans looking for work" (MarketWatch).Pres. ...

Philippines may allow U.S. greater military access: minister Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:13 AM PDT By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is ready to help the United States as it aligns its defenses against threatened attacks by North Korea, the foreign minister said, hinting at the possibility of opening more Philippine bases to the U.S. military. U.S. forces have previously used military bases and civilian airports in the Philippines to repair and refuel aircraft and warships deployed in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The U.S. has ships in Subic, the former home of the U.S. 7th Fleet, and aircraft at the nearby Clark airfield, another former U.S. ...

Is War With North Korea Inevitable? Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT "If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you," said Calvin Coolidge, who ever counseled patience over the rash response.

Today in History Posted: 04 Apr 2013 09:00 PM PDT Today is Friday, April 5, the 95th day of 2013. There are 270 days left in the year.

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