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- UK, French claims put Obama in tough spot on Syria
- U.S. lawmakers act to limit military authority in sex assault cases
- U.S. soldier pleads guilty to murdering 16 Afghan civilians
- 3 days in, WikiLeaks trial comes into focus
- Houston firefighters killed in blaze are mourned by 15,000 at service
- Turkish protesters demand police sackings, unions join
- Would Syria’s Assad Even Want to Use Chemical Weapons?
- Israel leads global drone exports as demand grows
- EU official wants criminal penalties for joining Syrian fighting
- Soldier in WikiLeaks case boasted of hacking passwords: witness
- With Nidal Hasan bombshell, time to call Fort Hood shooting a terror attack?
- Obama power play: Susan Rice to top foreign policy post
- U.S. says Iran's nuclear reactor plans 'deeply troubling'
- Sudan says Iraq offers to deliver oil and be paid later
- Five guidelines for US role in Syria
- Bishop Nazir-Ali Calls for Equality for Christians and other Groups, Women in Arab Spring Countries
- House passes measure boosting veterans' programs
- Analyst who worked with Manning in Iraq testifies
- Gunmen in Iraq ambush, shoot dead 14 travelers
- Susan Rice and Samantha Power: Less Change Than Meets the Eye
- House panel to address sexual assaults in military
- Gunmen ambush bus, kill 15 passengers in Iraqi desert
- Jon Stewart Declares China the Winner of the Iraq War
- 9 magnificent on-air spats between TV news anchors
- 6 dictionary mysteries you can help solve
- Syria's chemical weapons program was built to counter Israel
- Michelle Obama's heckler standoff: Who won?
- Soccer-Neill urges crowds to will Australia to Brazil
- Today in History
- Soccer-Honda powers Japan to Brazil, S. Korea close in
| UK, French claims put Obama in tough spot on Syria Posted: 05 Jun 2013 03:49 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is facing a new quandary from a pair of assertive allies, France and Britain, that suggest his stated "red line" for more forceful U.S. action in the Syrian civil war has been crossed with solid evidence of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime. |
| U.S. lawmakers act to limit military authority in sex assault cases Posted: 05 Jun 2013 03:43 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers, reacting to a spate of sexual violence seen as a "cancer" in the armed forces, backed a measure on Wednesday that would strip military commanders of their ability to overturn convictions for rape and other sexual assaults. The House of Representatives Armed Services Committee voted to include the plan in the National Defense Authorization Act, a $638 billion bill that sets defense policy and authorizes spending levels for the Pentagon. ... |
| U.S. soldier pleads guilty to murdering 16 Afghan civilians Posted: 05 Jun 2013 03:27 PM PDT
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| 3 days in, WikiLeaks trial comes into focus Posted: 05 Jun 2013 02:52 PM PDT
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| Houston firefighters killed in blaze are mourned by 15,000 at service Posted: 05 Jun 2013 02:50 PM PDT
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| Turkish protesters demand police sackings, unions join Posted: 05 Jun 2013 02:23 PM PDT
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| Would Syria’s Assad Even Want to Use Chemical Weapons? Posted: 05 Jun 2013 02:12 PM PDT With Western leaders weighing whether to intervene in the Syrian war with a Libya-style bombing campaign or by arming the Syrian rebels with heavy weaponry, it would seem logical that President Bashar Assad would try to avoid provoking the West into agreeing on a coordinated assault against his forces. But if there's one thing more likely than any other to push the West into more direct military action it's the use of chemical weapons. ... |
| Israel leads global drone exports as demand grows Posted: 05 Jun 2013 12:44 PM PDT
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| EU official wants criminal penalties for joining Syrian fighting Posted: 05 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European countries should make it a criminal offence to fight in foreign rebellions or receive jihadist training overseas, the EU's counter-terrorism chief said on Wednesday. Most foreign fighters in the Syrian war are from other Middle Eastern countries, but European citizens have also gone to take up arms in the conflict. Fears have been expressed that EU citizens who fight with Syrian rebels could return to Europe as radicalized Islamists with combat training. ... |
| Soldier in WikiLeaks case boasted of hacking passwords: witness Posted: 05 Jun 2013 12:09 PM PDT
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| With Nidal Hasan bombshell, time to call Fort Hood shooting a terror attack? Posted: 05 Jun 2013 12:02 PM PDT The admission by Army Maj. Nidal Hasan on Tuesday that he attacked Fort Hood in 2009 in defense of "the leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Taliban" has suddenly undermined the Obama administration's previous contention that the murders of 13 soldiers at the Texas base constituted an act of "workplace violence." |
| Obama power play: Susan Rice to top foreign policy post Posted: 05 Jun 2013 10:28 AM PDT President Obama is recasting his foreign policy team, with the promotion of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to national security adviser, replacing Tom Donilon. Samantha Power, an Obama foreign policy adviser and Pulitzer Prize-winning author on human rights, will be nominated as UN ambassador. |
| U.S. says Iran's nuclear reactor plans 'deeply troubling' Posted: 05 Jun 2013 10:17 AM PDT
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| Sudan says Iraq offers to deliver oil and be paid later Posted: 05 Jun 2013 09:50 AM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Iraq has agreed to export oil to Sudan and accept deferred payment, the investment minister of the African country, which is battling severe economic crisis, said on Wednesday. Sudan has been struggling to meet local demand for diesel and other oil products since losing most of its crude output with the secession of South Sudan in 2011. Oil used to be the main source of revenue for the budget and of dollars needed to pay for imports. ... |
| Five guidelines for US role in Syria Posted: 05 Jun 2013 09:50 AM PDT The civil war in Syria has reached a stalemate. At this stage, there is little expectation of negotiation between the two sides – the rebels, which include factions of Islamist fighters as well as the Free Syrian Army (FSA), and the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Meanwhile, the UN reports that it has "reasonable grounds" to believe that chemical weapons have been used, and accuses both sides of committing war crimes. The death toll is estimated at 94,000. |
| Bishop Nazir-Ali Calls for Equality for Christians and other Groups, Women in Arab Spring Countries Posted: 05 Jun 2013 09:26 AM PDT ZURICH, Switzerland, June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Anglican Bishop of Rochester and co-head of the Anglican-Al Azhar Dialogue, warned in a speech hosted by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) last Thursday against the rising threat of a "tyranny of the majority" in countries affected by the recent Arab revolutions, and called on all concerned to commit themselves to equal rights for religious minorities and women in these countries. ... |
| House passes measure boosting veterans' programs Posted: 05 Jun 2013 08:35 AM PDT The House on Tuesday passed the first of 12 spending bills for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, a popular measure providing more money for veterans' programs like health care. The boost for veterans came ... |
| Analyst who worked with Manning in Iraq testifies Posted: 05 Jun 2013 08:16 AM PDT
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| Gunmen in Iraq ambush, shoot dead 14 travelers Posted: 05 Jun 2013 08:05 AM PDT
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| Susan Rice and Samantha Power: Less Change Than Meets the Eye Posted: 05 Jun 2013 07:41 AM PDT In appointing Susan Rice as his new national security adviser, President Obama appears to be taking two big risks at once: openly defying Republicans who have made her the centerpiece of the Benghazi imbroglio, and embracing a new interventionist view of the world that may well get him into trouble overseas at some point, perhaps in Syria. |
| House panel to address sexual assaults in military Posted: 05 Jun 2013 07:35 AM PDT
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| Gunmen ambush bus, kill 15 passengers in Iraqi desert Posted: 05 Jun 2013 07:22 AM PDT ANBAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen ambushed a bus and executed 15 passengers on a remote desert road in Iraq on Wednesday, as growing sectarian violence raises fears of a return to civil war. Officials blamed al Qaeda for the ambush in which, they said, 10 border police and five local residents were executed in between Anbar province and Kerbala. It was not immediately clear whether the victims were Shi'ite or Sunni Muslims. "Those terrorists hunt people along this road and kill according to religious sect," said Jassim al-Khuttabi, deputy chief of Kerbala provincial council. ... |
| Jon Stewart Declares China the Winner of the Iraq War Posted: 05 Jun 2013 06:00 AM PDT
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| 9 magnificent on-air spats between TV news anchors Posted: 05 Jun 2013 04:40 AM PDT
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| 6 dictionary mysteries you can help solve Posted: 05 Jun 2013 01:42 AM PDT
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| Syria's chemical weapons program was built to counter Israel Posted: 05 Jun 2013 01:32 AM PDT By Anthony Deutsch and Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMSTERDAM/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria, defeated by Israel in three wars and afraid its arch enemy had gained a nuclear arsenal, began in earnest to build a covert chemical weapons program three decades ago, aided by its neighbors, allies and European chemical wholesalers. Damascus lacked the technology and scientific capacity to set up a program on its own, but with backing from foreign allies it amassed what is believed to be one of the deadliest stockpiles of nerve agent in the world, Western military experts said. ... |
| Michelle Obama's heckler standoff: Who won? Posted: 05 Jun 2013 12:17 AM PDT
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| Soccer-Neill urges crowds to will Australia to Brazil Posted: 04 Jun 2013 09:10 PM PDT June 5 (Reuters) - After experiencing the atmosphere that "sucked the ball into the net" in Saitama, Australia captain Lucas Neill has demanded local crowds emulate their Japanese counterparts at the Socceroos' final two World Cup qualifiers at home. Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil on Tuesday courtesy of a 1-1 draw after Keisuke Honda converted an injury-time penalty to clinch one of the two automatic qualifying spots from Group B. "That crowd helped them keep going," Neill said of the 62,000 passionate home fans at Saitama Stadium on Saturday. ... |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2013 09:01 PM PDT Today is Wednesday, June 5, the 156th day of 2013. There are 209 days left in the year. |
| Soccer-Honda powers Japan to Brazil, S. Korea close in Posted: 04 Jun 2013 05:10 PM PDT * Japan hold Australia to book Brazil slot * Oman pip Iraq to keep qualification hopes alive * Iran revive campaign with win over Qatar * South Korea salvage tough draw to top Group A By Amlan Chakraborty June 4 (Reuters) - Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals after a last-gasp home draw against Australia on Tuesday, while arch-rivals South Korea also conjured up a late equaliser in Beirut to inch closer to a spot in Brazil. ... |
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