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• Boy, 4, Who Accidentally Killed Dad 'Doesn't Know That His Father Is Gone'
• Kabul demands British forces transfer prisoners within weeks
• Car bomb kills 7 people in central Syrian city
• US-ARTS Summary
• George W. Obama? With NSA spying, Obama feels wrath of the left
• Car bombs kill 5 in Iraq
• Soccer-Forty-year-old Schwarzer dreams of third World Cup
• Army suspends general linked to sex-assault probe

Boy, 4, Who Accidentally Killed Dad 'Doesn't Know That His Father Is Gone' Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:32 PM PDT Arizona Father Accidentally Shot by Four-Year-Old Son Wielding Gun

Kabul demands British forces transfer prisoners within weeks Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:32 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday demanded that Britain hand over within two weeks more than 80 prisoners of war being held in a British base in the south, saying the detention was against Afghan law and a breach of sovereignty. The issue of prisoner transfers is an irritant in the relationship Karzai between and his Western backers, and has become more pronounced as the NATO-led international force prepares to pull out most of its troops by the end of next year. ...

Car bomb kills 7 people in central Syrian city Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:16 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car Saturday in Syria's central city of Homs, tearing through an area largely populated by the regime's Alawite sect and killing seven people, a state-owned TV station reported. Meanwhile, government troops took control of a key village as the regime presses its offensive to clear a path between Damascus and the Mediterranean coast.

US-ARTS Summary Posted: 08 Jun 2013 08:11 AM PDT London art market woos 'uber-collectors' to buoy summer sales LONDON (Reuters) - Auctioneers are pinning their hopes on "uber-collectors" to help London summer art sales top last year's $1 billion total when the series kicks off later this month. Estimates from Christie's, Sotheby's and smaller rivals such as Phillips and Bonhams for sales over the next few weeks in the British capital show that the paintings, sculptures and furniture under the hammer are on course to defy a sluggish global economy again this year. ...

George W. Obama? With NSA spying, Obama feels wrath of the left Posted: 08 Jun 2013 07:05 AM PDT Into his fifth year in office, President Obama knows well attacks from the right. Obamacare, Benghazi, IRS shenanigans, he's taken his lumps from Republicans and conservative activists. "Impeach him!" many cry. Only occasionally is he whacked from the left (see Guantánamo Bay prison camp).

Car bombs kill 5 in Iraq Posted: 08 Jun 2013 03:58 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Authorities say two car bombs, one in a Baghdad Shiite neighborhood and the other targeting an Iraqi police convoy, have killed five people.

Soccer-Forty-year-old Schwarzer dreams of third World Cup Posted: 08 Jun 2013 02:00 AM PDT (Corrects year to 1974 in para 12) By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, June 8 (Reuters) - Mark Schwarzer's release from Fulham this week may spell the end of the Australian's storied career in the English Premier League, but the 40-year-old goalkeeper would sooner regard it a speedhump on a road that ends at the World Cup finals in Brazil. Schwarzer, who leaves Craven Cottage after five seasons to make way for 30-year-old Dutchman Maarten Stekelenberg, has no intention of leaving Australia's goalmouth nearly 20 years after his 1994 debut against Canada. ...

Army suspends general linked to sex-assault probe Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A two-star general who commands U.S. Army forces in Japan has been suspended from his duties for allegedly failing to report or properly investigate an allegation of sexual assault, the Army said Friday.

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