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• Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny
• Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge
• Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims, 1 Iraqi
• Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer
• American University Of Afghanistan Celebrates Dedication Of Women's Center, Historic Graduation
• Christians in the Arab world: A guide
• In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S.
• US-INDUSTRY Summary

Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny Posted: 25 May 2013 11:12 AM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — One patient with a history of substance abuse and suicidal thoughts was left alone in a waiting room inside the Atlanta VA Medical Center, where he obtained drugs from a hospital visitor and later died of an overdose.

Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge Posted: 25 May 2013 10:26 AM PDT WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.

Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims, 1 Iraqi Posted: 25 May 2013 10:15 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Two Iraqi police officers say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six Iranians and one Iraqi.

Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer Posted: 25 May 2013 06:24 AM PDT By Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time. The rioting in Stockholm abated after a week of masked youths vandalizing schools and police stations, setting cars alight and hurling stones at firefighters, police said. "It was much calmer - rocks weren't being thrown at police or firefighters - and that's a sign that it's calmer. ...

American University Of Afghanistan Celebrates Dedication Of Women's Center, Historic Graduation Posted: 25 May 2013 04:00 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan, May 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) will hold a historic dedication Saturday for the International Center for Afghan Women's Economic Development – the only such place for women in Afghanistan to meet with academic, business, and government leaders. The $5 million, 54,000-square-foot center marks a remarkable achievement for a country long affected by gender inequality, and will serve to coordinate international and Afghan efforts to advance the role of women in the nation's economy. ...

Christians in the Arab world: A guide Posted: 25 May 2013 04:00 AM PDT As Islamists come to power across much of the Middle East, Christians are facing growing persecution

In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S. Posted: 24 May 2013 10:05 PM PDT By Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq. Unresolved sectarian tensions, inflamed by the raging civil war in neighboring Syria, have combined to send violence in Iraq to its highest level since Obama withdrew the last U.S. troops in December 2011, U.S. officials and Middle East analysts say. A Sunni Muslim insurgency against the Shi'ite-led Baghdad government has also been reawakened. ...

US-INDUSTRY Summary Posted: 24 May 2013 06:22 PM PDT News Corp to take charge of up to $1.4 billion this quarter (Reuters) - News Corp said on Friday it will write down the value of its Australian and U.S. publishing assets by up to $1.4 billion, as the company prepares to split its business between its newspaper and entertainment operations. The company said the goodwill impairment charge was primarily for its Australia newspapers though it gave no more details. It also said it expected reduced cash flows in the future. ...

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