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• Turkey’s Erdogan Visits the U.S.: Four Problems That Won’t Be Solved
• CA-NEWS Summary
• 'F***' America,' Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Wrote in Boat: Officials
• Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied
• Espionage, comedy veterans touted for upcoming TV season
• Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria
• Multiple concussions tied to more suicidal thoughts
• UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania
• MARATHON BOMBERS ARE PART OF LARGER PICTURE
• Turkish PM talks Syria with Obama at White House
• Wineries want to help raise a glass to veterans
• Boston bombing suspect reportedly wrote on boat: how it helps prosecution
• Bombers target markets, mosque in Iraq, 25 dead
• Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage
• Patients Honor Dr. James Pollock, Maj., USAF (Ret.), SOCOM, WW for Compassion
• Soldier who killed fellow U.S. troops in Iraq gets life sentence
• Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 21 dead
• Young Libyans find escape in Tripoli's art cinema
• In Syria, terrorist designation means more go hungry
• Scandals Tailor-Made For GOP Base
• Former U.S. National Security Leaders Object to ‘More Restrictive’ Nuclear Trade Policies
• Obama calls meeting on military sex assault
• Boston bombing suspect wrote message in boat: CBS News report
• Danger for Democrats: How Obama Scandals Could Cost Them the Senate
• Good Reads: From Chinese dreams, to the Tsarnaevs, to a QWERTY challenger
• What's behind the U.S. military's climbing suicide rate?
• Joint Chiefs chairman cites 'crisis' over assaults
• Baghdad market attacks, shootings in north kill 17
• Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 17 dead
• Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's newly discovered note sheds light on his suspected motive
• Report: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Confessed to the Boston Bombings in a Note
• Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 15 dead
• Car bombs in Iraq kill 12, wound 30
• Scandals Tailor-Made For Republican Base
• Car bomb in Iraq kills 5, wounds 19
• Officials: Car bombing kills 5, wounds 19 in Iraq
• U.N. condemns Assad forces, but unease grows about rebels
• Army general facing sex charges had porn on laptop

Turkey’s Erdogan Visits the U.S.: Four Problems That Won’t Be Solved Posted: 16 May 2013 04:29 PM PDT As domestic scandals clouded Washington, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for a U.S. visit enveloped in his own fog. The Turkish premier has been one of the most outspoken international statesmen on the need for intervention in the brutal Syrian civil war raging on his country's border. The main agenda of his American sojourn was to seek reinforcement from an Obama administration that has watched the conflict warily. ...

CA-NEWS Summary Posted: 16 May 2013 03:55 PM PDT Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the Syrian crisis. Taking a cautious line at a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Obama voiced hope that the United States and Russia would succeed in arranging an international peace conference on Syria, despite signs of growing obstacles. ...

'F***' America,' Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Wrote in Boat: Officials Posted: 16 May 2013 03:07 PM PDT Younger Tsarnaev Wanted to Join Killed Older Brother 'With Allah'

Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied Posted: 16 May 2013 02:20 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to prevent another Benghazi-style terrorist attack.

Espionage, comedy veterans touted for upcoming TV season Posted: 16 May 2013 02:13 PM PDT By Liana B. Baker NEW YORK (Reuters) - The big four U.S. broadcast networks, in need of new TV hits to turn around slumping ratings, are betting espionage programs and old comedy stars will convince advertisers to spend about $9 billion during the so-called upfront selling season. This week, the broadcast networks have been wooing advertisers, giving them previews of the new shows and revealing the upcoming fall schedules all in the hope that they will get commitments for billions of dollars. ...

Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria Posted: 16 May 2013 02:12 PM PDT By Nick Tattersall and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the Syrian crisis. Taking a cautious line at a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Obama voiced hope that the United States and Russia would succeed in arranging an international peace conference on Syria, despite signs of growing obstacles. ...

Multiple concussions tied to more suicidal thoughts Posted: 16 May 2013 02:03 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who've sustained multiple brain injuries throughout their life were more likely to report suicidal thoughts than people with one or no concussions, according to a new study of deployed U.S. military personnel. "Personnel who had sustained more than one concussion in their lives were significantly more likely to be suicidal in their past - as well as in the past year," said Craig Bryan, the study's lead author from the University of Utah National Center for Veterans' Studies in Salt Lake City. ...

UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania Posted: 16 May 2013 01:49 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein.

MARATHON BOMBERS ARE PART OF LARGER PICTURE Posted: 16 May 2013 01:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The one thing no one has suspected Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of being is a closet essayist. The idea of this young Chechen/Dagestani/Khrgyz man who, with his brother is accused of the vicious Boston Marathon bombings, making notes on his ideas had not entered the bio.And yet, as I write, news sources are reporting new information about Dzhokhar. Lying helplessly in the landlocked boat he was hiding inside of, in the small Massachusetts town outside Boston where they had fled, he wrote several primitive but revealing thoughts on the hull of the bullet-pocked boat with a pen he found. ...

Turkish PM talks Syria with Obama at White House Posted: 16 May 2013 12:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but there's "no magic formula" to stop his violence.

Wineries want to help raise a glass to veterans Posted: 16 May 2013 12:07 PM PDT If you're looking to raise a glass to veterans this Memorial Day you might consider filling it with wine that will raise funds for them, too. A number of wineries are making the veterans-and-vines connection. ...

Boston bombing suspect reportedly wrote on boat: how it helps prosecution Posted: 16 May 2013 11:59 AM PDT Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a note on the boat where he was found hiding from authorities at the end of a daylong manhunt four days after the April 15 attack.

Bombers target markets, mosque in Iraq, 25 dead Posted: 16 May 2013 11:56 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs tore through markets in Baghdad and a suicide attacker blew himself up in a mosque in northern Iraq in violence across the country on Thursday that killed at least 25 people and extended a surge in sectarian-tinged bloodshed. Attacks on Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim mosques, security forces and tribal leaders have spread since security forces raided a Sunni protest camp near Kirkuk a month ago, igniting clashes and fuelling fear of a slide back into all-out inter-communal war. ...

Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage Posted: 16 May 2013 11:42 AM PDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime before dawn on March 11, 2012.

Patients Honor Dr. James Pollock, Maj., USAF (Ret.), SOCOM, WW for Compassion Posted: 16 May 2013 11:42 AM PDT STUART, Fla., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients' Choice has announced that Dr. James Pollock, Maj., USAF (Ret.), SOCOM, WW was one of a select few physicians honored with the prestigious 2012 Compassionate Doctor Certification.(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130516/DC15688)Each year, nearly 100 million patients across the U.S. access websites like Vitals, UCompareHealthCare, and Patients' Choice to provide feedback about experiences with their physicians. ...

Soldier who killed fellow U.S. troops in Iraq gets life sentence Posted: 16 May 2013 10:54 AM PDT By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing five fellow servicemen in a shooting spree in Iraq, one of the worst cases of violence by an American soldier against other U.S. troops. In a deal that spared him the death penalty, Sergeant John Russell pleaded guilty last month to killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers at the Camp Liberty combat stress clinic, near Baghdad's airport. The military has said the 2009 shooting might have been triggered by combat stress. ...

Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 21 dead Posted: 16 May 2013 10:39 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed.

Young Libyans find escape in Tripoli's art cinema Posted: 16 May 2013 10:18 AM PDT By Ghaith Shennib TRIPOLI (Reuters) - In the basement of an art gallery in central Tripoli, young Libyans seeking an escape from violence and disorder watch an American movie classic screened using a simple projector and laptop. They may feel they have plenty to relate to in James Dean's teenage character as he battles society's constraints and institutions in "Rebel Without A Cause". ...

In Syria, terrorist designation means more go hungry Posted: 16 May 2013 10:01 AM PDT Members of Abu Sayeed's grassroots aid group were en route to the Turkish border to pick up a shipment of food when the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra announced that his group was loyal to Al Qaeda.

Scandals Tailor-Made For GOP Base Posted: 16 May 2013 09:50 AM PDT When a president's party has a difficult time in midterm elections, it's usually because the campaign has become about the president himself. As Democrats look towards an already-challenging midterm election cycle in 2014, they can thank, or blame, President Obama for handing Republicans several opportunities to focus voter attention -- and anger -- at the White House. ...

Former U.S. National Security Leaders Object to ‘More Restrictive’ Nuclear Trade Policies Posted: 16 May 2013 09:35 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- A half-dozen former U.S. national security leaders last month implored President Obama to avoid tightening restrictions on foreign nuclear cooperation in the interest of nonproliferation.

Obama calls meeting on military sex assault Posted: 16 May 2013 08:21 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top defense leaders were summoned to the White House Thursday to talk about the military's escalating sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing confidence the problem will be solved.

Boston bombing suspect wrote message in boat: CBS News report Posted: 16 May 2013 07:07 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a handwritten message describing the attack as retribution for U.S. wars in Muslim countries, CBS News reported on Thursday. The CBS News report, citing anonymous sources, said that Tsarnaev used a pen to write the message on an interior wall of the boat, where police found him bleeding from gunshot wounds four days after the April 15 bombing. The note summed up with the idea that "when you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims," CBS News reported. ...

Danger for Democrats: How Obama Scandals Could Cost Them the Senate Posted: 16 May 2013 06:39 AM PDT When a president's party has a difficult time in midterm elections, it's usually because the campaign has become about the president himself. As Democrats look towards an already-challenging midterm election cycle in 2014, they can thank, or blame, President Obama for handing Republicans several opportunities to focus voter attention -- and anger -- at the White House. ...

Good Reads: From Chinese dreams, to the Tsarnaevs, to a QWERTY challenger Posted: 16 May 2013 06:37 AM PDT A nation confidently on its way to becoming the biggest economy in the world ought to be chasing its own special dreams. So Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping has taken on promoting "the Chinese dream" as his personal motto, and the Chinese character for "dream" has been declared the "character of the year" in China. But what do Chinese think about when they dream? In "Chasing the Chinese dream," The Economist points out the term's vagueness is both an advantage and a difficulty, a meme able to be fitted to many goals. ...

What's behind the U.S. military's climbing suicide rate? Posted: 16 May 2013 06:26 AM PDT A record 350 active-duty troops took their own lives in 2012

Joint Chiefs chairman cites 'crisis' over assaults Posted: 16 May 2013 06:02 AM PDT Sexual assault in the U.S. military is costing the armed services the confidence of women in uniform that the problem can be solved, the nation's top military officer warns. "That's a crisis," ...

Baghdad market attacks, shootings in north kill 17 Posted: 16 May 2013 05:32 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed by bombs in markets in Baghdad and attacks in northern Iraq on Thursday, police said, adding to a surge of sectarian-tinged violence in the past four weeks. Attacks on Sunni and Shi'ite mosques, security forces and tribal leaders have mushroomed since security forces raided a Sunni protest camp near Kirkuk a month ago, igniting clashes and fuelling worries of a slide back into all-out sectarian war. Iraq has grown more volatile as the civil war in neighboring Syria strains fragile relations between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims. ...

Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 17 dead Posted: 16 May 2013 05:25 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city on Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's newly discovered note sheds light on his suspected motive Posted: 16 May 2013 04:52 AM PDT The Boston bombing suspect, angry over America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, allegedly wrote, "When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims"

Report: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Confessed to the Boston Bombings in a Note Posted: 16 May 2013 04:44 AM PDT Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the prime suspect in the Boston marathon bombings, reportedly wrote a note claiming responsibility and claiming that he and his brother's motive for the bombings was retribution for Muslims in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Tsarnaev allegedly penned the note on the interior of the boat where he was found after a day-long manhunt, and CBS reports that this note will now be used it court. CBS's John Miller has the scoop, and is the only one with a report on the note at the moment:

Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 15 dead Posted: 16 May 2013 04:18 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Four car bombs killed over a dozen people in sprawling Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and in a northern city on Thursday morning, while gunmen cut down the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said.

Car bombs in Iraq kill 12, wound 30 Posted: 16 May 2013 02:53 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombs exploded in sprawling Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital on Thursday morning, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 30, officials said.

Scandals Tailor-Made For Republican Base Posted: 16 May 2013 02:10 AM PDT When a president's party has a difficult time in midterm elections, it's usually because the campaign has become about the president himself. As Democrats look towards an already-challenging midterm election cycle in 2014, they can thank, or blame, President Obama for handing Republicans several opportunities to focus voter attention -- and anger -- at the White House. ...

Car bomb in Iraq kills 5, wounds 19 Posted: 16 May 2013 12:52 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded in a sprawling Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least five civilians and wounding 19, officials said.

Officials: Car bombing kills 5, wounds 19 in Iraq Posted: 16 May 2013 12:06 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a car bomb explosion in a sprawling Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad has killed at least five civilians.

U.N. condemns Assad forces, but unease grows about rebels Posted: 15 May 2013 07:35 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition on Wednesday, but a decline in support for the resolution suggested growing unease about extremism among Syria's fractious rebels. While the non-binding text has no legal force, resolutions of the 193-nation assembly can carry significant moral and political weight. ...

Army general facing sex charges had porn on laptop Posted: 15 May 2013 07:08 PM PDT FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — An expert in Afghan culture testified Wednesday that pornography found on the computer of a U.S. Army general then deployed to the Muslim country would be highly offensive to local residents.

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