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• AP Exclusive: Rise of al-Qaida Sahara terrorist
• US-INDUSTRY Summary
• OBAMA WISELY SEEKS TO REDEFINE OUR WAR AGAINST TERROR
• AP Exclusive: Rise of al-Qaida Saharan terrorist
• Column: A taxation conundrum
• Bombings, clashes kill 19 in Iraq wave of violence
• Debt to Vets, Debt for Vets: Now's the Time to Repay What We Owe
• Iran's presidential candidates clash over nuclear approach
• Bombings, clashes kill 15 in Iraq wave of violence
• Analysis: France and Britain roll the dice on Syria
• Bombings, clashes kill 11 in Iraq wave of violence
• The Aspen Institute Announces 2013 Aspen Security Forum
• Column: A nation of co-existing, conflicted values
• North Korea Invites Its Favorite South Korean Hostages Back to Work
• Madrid plays sports card, Istanbul highlights economy
• With EU arms ban set to lapse, obstacles to UK, French intervention fall
• Olympics-Madrid plays sports card, Istanbul highlights economy
• Soccer-Draw against Japan will satisfy Australia's Thompson
• Egypt tackles fuel use, smugglers to stave off summer crisis
• Minibus blast, suicide truck bomb kill 7 in Iraq
• Vets disability benefits: Law schools curb backlog
• Quotations of the day
• The Unraveling of Sykes-Picot
• Today in History
• CA-NEWS Summary

AP Exclusive: Rise of al-Qaida Sahara terrorist Posted: 28 May 2013 04:49 PM PDT DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he didn't answer his phone when they called, failed to turn in his expense reports, ignored meetings and refused time and again to carry out orders.

US-INDUSTRY Summary Posted: 28 May 2013 04:17 PM PDT Murdoch aims to defy naysayers with new News Corp (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch tried to convince Wall Street on Tuesday that there is still money to be made in newspapers, reminding investors that he had defied skeptics over the past 60 years to build one of the world's biggest media empires. As News Corp prepares to separate its publishing business from its entertainment assets, Murdoch said that while some brands face individual challenges, as a whole the publishing portfolio is "undervalued and underdeveloped. ...

OBAMA WISELY SEEKS TO REDEFINE OUR WAR AGAINST TERROR Posted: 28 May 2013 03:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The discussion of the last few days about President Obama's much-criticized speech on terrorism has somehow reminded me of a long-suffering American who had returned to his hometown after hearing of many undesired changes there.The traveler, having heard that things had gone very haywire, expected the worse. The dam holding the city's water supply had been breached out of carelessness; many of the city's beautiful old gardens had been destroyed. The head of the city council had been found in bed with a teenage girl. The lovely old theater had burned down. ...

AP Exclusive: Rise of al-Qaida Saharan terrorist Posted: 28 May 2013 02:36 PM PDT DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he didn't answer his phone when they called, failed to turn in his expense reports, ignored meetings and refused time and again to carry out orders.

Column: A taxation conundrum Posted: 28 May 2013 02:01 PM PDT By John Lloyd (Reuters) - For the giants of Silicon Valley, the fall from freedom's children to social pariah has been something of a Shakespearean reversal of fortunes. Google, Apple and Facebook might be Lear, Othello and Macbeth in the suddenness and completeness of their fall from a grace that was bequeathed to them by the generations that found their technologies liberating, empowering and even beautiful. These companies are nothing like the robber barons that were rebuked by the U.S. government a century ago. They are not locking out workers or running sweatshops. ...

Bombings, clashes kill 19 in Iraq wave of violence Posted: 28 May 2013 01:07 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and gunfire in central and northern Iraq killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, in the latest bloody chapter of a wave of violence that has edged the country closer to all-out internal warfare.

Debt to Vets, Debt for Vets: Now's the Time to Repay What We Owe Posted: 28 May 2013 12:46 PM PDT I spent several hours on Memorial Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall. There is nothing notable or exceptional about my presence. I was too young to serve, and no name close to me is there for the etching, tears, or swollen sense of loss. Two cousins of mine (their sense of modesty seeks anonymity) served and came home alive and whole. One served two tours in Vietnam—the second as an artillery officer. ...

Iran's presidential candidates clash over nuclear approach Posted: 28 May 2013 10:43 AM PDT By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - A former Iranian nuclear negotiator running for president used his first television appearance of the campaign to reject accusations he had been too soft in talks with world powers. The most prominent moderate candidate in an election dominated by hardliners, cleric Hassan Rohani, nuclear negotiator from 2003 to 2005, oversaw an agreement to suspend Iran's fledgling uranium enrichment-related activities. ...

Bombings, clashes kill 15 in Iraq wave of violence Posted: 28 May 2013 09:44 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and gunfire in central and northern Iraq killed at least 15 people and wounded 35 others on Tuesday, officials said, in the latest bloody chapter of a wave of violence that has edged the country closer to all-out internal warfare.

Analysis: France and Britain roll the dice on Syria Posted: 28 May 2013 09:01 AM PDT By Luke Baker BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain and France claimed victory on Tuesday with an EU decision to let them supply arms to Syrian rebels but it brings many risks and was cast by other diplomats and regional experts as a "miscalculation". Shortly after midnight, after more than 12 hours of negotiation, the EU's 27 member states failed to agree on how to renew their Syrian arms embargo. That means the restrictions expire as of June 1, allowing EU states to export arms if they want, although only Britain and France are inclined to do so. ...

Bombings, clashes kill 11 in Iraq wave of violence Posted: 28 May 2013 08:31 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and gunfire in central and northern Iraq killed at least 11 people and wounded 35 others on Tuesday, officials said, in the latest bloody chapter of a wave of violence that has edged the country closer to all-out internal warfare.

The Aspen Institute Announces 2013 Aspen Security Forum Posted: 28 May 2013 06:53 AM PDT WASHINGTON, May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Aspen Institute Homeland Security Program announces the 2013 Aspen Security Forum, its fourth annual forum on national security, homeland security, and counterterrorism issues and policies. More than 80 top-level current and former government officials, industry leaders, noted print and broadcast journalists, and leading thinkers will discuss and debate the key issues in homeland security and counterterrorism. The forum will take place July 17–20 at the Institute's signature Aspen Meadows campus in Aspen, Colorado. ...

Column: A nation of co-existing, conflicted values Posted: 28 May 2013 06:47 AM PDT The Obama administration kills four U.S. citizens in counterterrorism drone strikes overseas. It helps pay for the New York Police Department's controversial surveillance program against Muslim Americans. ...

North Korea Invites Its Favorite South Korean Hostages Back to Work Posted: 28 May 2013 06:38 AM PDT In what may be the latest sign that North Korea is willing to stand down — or at least shut up — the nation has invited South Korean managers back into the countries' jointly-run Kaesong factory, the last major economic link between the two Koreas. But considering the hostage situation in April involving the same South Korean managers, don't expect them to come rushing in all at once. ...

Madrid plays sports card, Istanbul highlights economy Posted: 28 May 2013 06:29 AM PDT By Karolos Grohmann ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Madrid 2020 bid officials played up the city's ready sports facilities while Istanbul highlighted the strength of the Turkish economy on Tuesday as the cities prepared for this week's pitch to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo will be presenting their cases to the IOC and international sports federations at a meeting in Russia with the winner elected at the IOC session in September. ...

With EU arms ban set to lapse, obstacles to UK, French intervention fall Posted: 28 May 2013 06:16 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Olympics-Madrid plays sports card, Istanbul highlights economy Posted: 28 May 2013 06:13 AM PDT By Karolos Grohmann ST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 28 (Reuters) - Madrid 2020 bid officials played up the city's ready sports facilities while Istanbul highlighted the strength of the Turkish economy on Tuesday as the cities prepared for this week's pitch to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo will be presenting their cases to the IOC and international sports federations at a meeting in Russia with the winner elected at the IOC session in September. ...

Soccer-Draw against Japan will satisfy Australia's Thompson Posted: 28 May 2013 05:59 AM PDT May 28 (Reuters) - An Australia team in transition would be happy to snatch a draw against Japan in next Tuesday's World Cup qualifier in Saitama, Socceroos striker Archie Thompson said on Tuesday. Leading Group B with 13 points, Asian champions Japan need just one more point to secure automatic qualification for the 2014 Brazil World Cup. Australia are third with six points. "With Japan, they're in a good position at the moment. They only need a point and more than likely they will get it and be going to the World Cup," the Melbourne Victory player was quoted as saying by Kyodo news agency. ...

Egypt tackles fuel use, smugglers to stave off summer crisis Posted: 28 May 2013 05:56 AM PDT By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) - Egypt will cut exports of natural gas and tell major industries to slow output this summer to avoid an energy crisis and stave off political unrest, the chairman of the Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC) told Reuters. Tarek El-Barkatawy said Egypt was counting on top liquid natural gas (LNG) exporter Qatar to obtain additional gas volumes in summer, while encouraging factories to plan their annual maintenance for those months of peak demand. Cairo will also need to source more oil to meet seasonal driving demand. ...

Minibus blast, suicide truck bomb kill 7 in Iraq Posted: 28 May 2013 05:52 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A bomb left on a Baghdad minibus and a suicide truck bomb north of the Iraqi capital killed at least seven people and wounded 34 others on Tuesday, officials said. The attacks followed a particularly bloody day that left more than 70 people dead.

Vets disability benefits: Law schools curb backlog Posted: 28 May 2013 05:44 AM PDT Dustin Allison was riding in an armored vehicle at the head of a convoy in Iraq one morning in 2007 when an improvised explosive device went off, killing the driver and leaving Allison badly wounded. Shrapnel ...

Quotations of the day Posted: 28 May 2013 12:02 AM PDT "Let it be our task, every single one of us, to honor the strength and the resolve and the love these brave Americans felt for each other and for our country. Let us never forget to always remember and to be worthy of the sacrifice they make in our name." — President Barack addressing a Memorial Day service at Arlington National Cemetery.

The Unraveling of Sykes-Picot Posted: 28 May 2013 12:00 AM PDT The thrice-promised land it has been called.

Today in History Posted: 27 May 2013 09:00 PM PDT Today is Tuesday, May 28, the 148th day of 2013. There are 217 days left in the year.

CA-NEWS Summary Posted: 27 May 2013 04:54 PM PDT Syria fighting rages, more chemical attacks reported BEIRUT (Reuters) - Heavy fighting raged around the strategic Syrian border town of Qusair and the capital Damascus on Monday and further reports surfaced of chemical weapons attacks by President Bashar al-Assad's forces on rebel areas. Intensified government offensives are widely seen as a bid to strengthen Assad's position before a peace conference proposed by the United States and Russia for next month. ...

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