Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• CA-NEWS Summary
• World military spending dips in 2012, first fall since 1998
• U.S. Defense Cuts Leads to First Drop in Global Arms Spending in 15 Years
• Iraq election candidates killed before local vote
• Attacks kill 10 people in Iraq
• Iraq reports searching Syrian plane; no arms found
• Kurdish rebel leader hopeful for peace
• Iraq election candidates slain before local vote
• Solar Stik™ Hires Retired US Army Chief Warrant Officer, Ronaldo Lachica, as Business Development Representative

CA-NEWS Summary Posted: 14 Apr 2013 04:08 PM PDT Kerry says U.S. ready to "reach out" to North Korea TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday stressed the United States is willing to engage with North Korea as long as it takes steps to give up nuclear weapons. He also vowed Washington would protect its Asian allies against any provocative acts by the North, but said it wants a peaceful solution to rising tensions in the region. ...

World military spending dips in 2012, first fall since 1998 Posted: 14 Apr 2013 03:04 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Global military spending dropped in 2012 for the first time in more than a decade thanks to deep cuts in the United States and Europe which made up for increases in countries such as China and Russia, a leading think-tank said on Monday. Big powers the United States and its European allies face tight budgets in an economic downturn and have scaled back involvement in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The world's second biggest economy China, however, is ramping up spending and registered 7.8 percent growth in 2012 from the year before, up 175 percent from 2003. ...

U.S. Defense Cuts Leads to First Drop in Global Arms Spending in 15 Years Posted: 14 Apr 2013 03:01 PM PDT With battles raging in Congress over the Pentagon's proposed budget cuts, a new report says the gap in military spending between the U.S. and the rest of the world is narrowing, with Washington's erstwhile foes—China and Russia—splurging on new weapons systems and several countries from Saudi Arabia to Algeria also spending billions on upgrading their arsenals, according to the yearly rankings of world military spending compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or Sipri. ...

Iraq election candidates killed before local vote Posted: 14 Apr 2013 01:21 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two Iraqi Sunni Muslim candidates were killed less than a week before local elections that will be a test of the country's political stability after U.S. troops left more than a year ago. The election on Saturday to select provincial council members will measure Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's political muscle against Shi'ite and Sunni rivals before the parliamentary election in 2014. ...

Attacks kill 10 people in Iraq Posted: 14 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks in Iraq on Sunday killed 10 people, including a Sunni candidate running in the upcoming provincial elections.

Iraq reports searching Syrian plane; no arms found Posted: 14 Apr 2013 09:07 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi aviation official says authorities ordered a Damascus-bound Syrian plane transiting Iraqi airspace to land for inspection, but that no weapons were found onboard.

Kurdish rebel leader hopeful for peace Posted: 14 Apr 2013 08:54 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan says he hopes peace talks with Turkey will succeed.

Iraq election candidates slain before local vote Posted: 14 Apr 2013 07:38 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two Iraqi Sunni Muslim candidates were killed less than a week before local elections that are considered a major test of the country's political stability after U.S. troops left more than a year ago. The election on Saturday to select provincial council members will measure Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's political muscle against Shi'ite and Sunni rivals before the parliamentary election in 2014. ...

Solar Stik™ Hires Retired US Army Chief Warrant Officer, Ronaldo Lachica, as Business Development Representative Posted: 14 Apr 2013 01:26 AM PDT Solar Stik™, the leader in portable renewable power technology, has appointed Ronaldo Lachica, a retired US Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4), to serve as its Business Development Representative.St. Augustine, FL (PRWEB) April 14, 2013 Solar Stik™, the leader in portable renewable power technology, has appointed Ronaldo Lachica, a retired US Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4), to serve as its Business Development Representative. CW4 (R) Lachica has 27 years of leadership and management experience with the US Army. ...

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