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• U.S. judge throws out Abu Ghraib detainees' torture case
• Murder conviction against US Marine overturned
• AP NewsBreak: Marine murder conviction overturned
• Military court overturns murder conviction against US Marine in significant Iraq war case
• U.S. military chief recommends bolstering Lebanon, Iraq forces
• US looks to send training teams to Lebanon, Iraq
• Artists, activists unite at Bradley Manning trial
• Syria death toll tops 100,000, rebels lose border town
• Wounded vets' custom cycles stolen in Anchorage
• America's deadliest soldier or stolen valor?
• CADCA Statement On Release Of 2013 World Drug Report
• Insight: Kuwaitis campaign privately to arm Syrian rebels
• Activists say death toll in Syria now tops 100,000
• Iraq War vet pleads guilty in wife's death
• AP Interview: UN Iraq rep urges exile cooperation
• Official declines to testify in contracting probe
• As Syria's death toll climbs to 100,000, options for refugees decline
• Power struggle underway in rebel-held Syrian town
• Where Are All the Watchdogs?
• Correction: Manning-WikiLeaks story
• Immolation in Riyadh exposes plight of Arab stateless in Saudi Arabia
• Pardoned financier Marc Rich dies in Switzerland
• Bigger posts absorb cuts as Army downsizes
• Iraq: Kurdish list wins largest bloc in Ninevah
• Kuwaitis campaign privately to arm Syrian rebels
• Obama Needs to Lay Out Full Second Term Agenda to Let America Know What's Important Instead of Pseudo-scandals, say Robert Weiner and Shona Paige in Michigan Chronicle
• 10 things you need to know today: June 26, 2013
• Flaws found in security checks by U.S. contractors four years ago
• Today in History
• Baby Veronica: Supreme Court rules for adoptive parents in wrenching case
• 10 Things to Know for Wednesday
• For Democrats, It’s Already Legacy Time

U.S. judge throws out Abu Ghraib detainees' torture case Posted: 26 Jun 2013 04:37 PM PDT By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - CACI International Inc has won the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing it of conspiring to torture detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, as the defense contractor benefited from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision over alleged human rights abuses on foreign soil. In a decision made public on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee in Alexandria, Virginia said he lacked jurisdiction to hear claims brought by the four Iraqi plaintiffs under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), and separate claims by one plaintiff that he said were barred under Iraqi law. ...

Murder conviction against US Marine overturned Posted: 26 Jun 2013 04:43 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military's highest court overturned a murder conviction Wednesday against a Camp Pendleton Marine in one of the most significant cases against American troops from the Iraq war.

AP NewsBreak: Marine murder conviction overturned Posted: 26 Jun 2013 04:17 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military's highest court has overturned a murder conviction against a Camp Pendleton Marine in one of the most significant cases against American troops from the Iraq war.

Military court overturns murder conviction against US Marine in significant Iraq war case Posted: 26 Jun 2013 04:12 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — Military court overturns murder conviction against U.S. Marine in significant Iraq war case.

U.S. military chief recommends bolstering Lebanon, Iraq forces Posted: 26 Jun 2013 03:57 PM PDT By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday he has recommended bolstering Lebanese forces grappling with the fallout from Syria's civil war by sending in military trainers and accelerating arms sales. General Martin Dempsey also said he had recommended helping Iraq better deal with the re-emergence of al Qaeda. ...

US looks to send training teams to Lebanon, Iraq Posted: 26 Jun 2013 03:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military commanders have been told to explore ways to increase security assistance to Lebanon and Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said Wednesday, as the violence in Syria spills across the borders and the Iraqis face growing threats from the local al-Qaida offshoot.

Artists, activists unite at Bradley Manning trial Posted: 26 Jun 2013 03:23 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Clark Stoeckley is Bradley Manning's most visible supporter at the soldier's court-martial. He arrives each day in a white box truck with bold words painted on the sides: "WikiLeaks TOP SECRET Mobile Information Collection Unit." The provocative gag even has a nonworking satellite dish and two fake security cameras on it.

Syria death toll tops 100,000, rebels lose border town Posted: 26 Jun 2013 02:51 PM PDT By Dominic Evans and Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have retaken a town on the Lebanese border as they press an offensive against rebels in a conflict that has now cost more than 100,000 lives, activists said on Wednesday. The army took full control of Tel Kalakh, driving out insurgents and ending an unofficial truce under which it had allowed a small rebel presence to remain for several months. ...

Wounded vets' custom cycles stolen in Anchorage Posted: 26 Jun 2013 02:50 PM PDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A custom-made mountain bike belonging to a double-amputee war veteran has been recovered after being reported stolen in Anchorage, but four other bikes remained missing, police said Wednesday.

America's deadliest soldier or stolen valor? Posted: 26 Jun 2013 02:22 PM PDT A new war memoir, "Carnivore" by Dillard Johnson, makes some rather extraordinary claims, according to media appearances and promotional material from publisher HarperCollins. But it's looking likely that these claims are exaggerated, and in some eyes are veering towards stolen valor territory.

CADCA Statement On Release Of 2013 World Drug Report Posted: 26 Jun 2013 02:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) Chairman and CEO Gen. Arthur T. Dean released the following statement in response to the 2013 World Drug Report, released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC):(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130130/DC51396LOGO)"The 2013 World Drug Report highlighted an alarming trend in our nation and around the world – the increase in use of new psychoactive substances (NPS), drugs with street names such as 'spice' and 'bath salts. ...

Insight: Kuwaitis campaign privately to arm Syrian rebels Posted: 26 Jun 2013 01:44 PM PDT By Sylvia Westall and Mahmoud Harby KUWAIT (Reuters) - At a traditional evening meeting known as a "diwaniya", Kuwaiti men drop banknotes into a box, opening a campaign to arm up to 12,000 anti-government fighters in Syria. A new Mercedes is parked outside to be auctioned off for cash. They are Sunni Muslim and mainly Islamist like many Syrian rebels who have been trying for two years to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, a member of the minority Alawite sect that is a branch of Shi'ite Islam. ...

Activists say death toll in Syria now tops 100,000 Posted: 26 Jun 2013 01:14 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The civil war in Syria has now killed more than 100,000 people, a grim new estimate Wednesday that comes at a time when the conflict is spreading beyond its borders and hopes are fading for a settlement to end the bloodshed.

Iraq War vet pleads guilty in wife's death Posted: 26 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT MILWAUKEE (AP) — An Iraq War veteran who initially pleaded insanity in the fatal shooting of his wife, a Milwaukee-area police officer, instead changed his plea to guilty Wednesday after two doctors concluded that his mental-health issues weren't severe enough to justify an insanity plea.

AP Interview: UN Iraq rep urges exile cooperation Posted: 26 Jun 2013 12:28 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations envoy to Iraq said Wednesday that residents of an Iranian dissident camp are denied freedom of movement by the exile group, and that efforts to relocate them outside Iraq are being stymied in part by lack of cooperation from the residents themselves.

Official declines to testify in contracting probe Posted: 26 Jun 2013 12:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — An Internal Revenue Service official refused to testify Wednesday before a House committee examining his relationship with the CEO of computer services company that has as much as $500 million in contracts with the tax agency.

As Syria's death toll climbs to 100,000, options for refugees decline Posted: 26 Jun 2013 11:27 AM PDT The Syrian war's death toll may be as high as 100,000 now, but as the violence mounts, the options for escaping it are shrinking. Countries like Turkey and Iraq have long limited the number of Syrian refugees who can cross their borders, and now there are increasingly clear signs that Jordan, which hosts more than half a million refugees, is doing the same.

Power struggle underway in rebel-held Syrian town Posted: 26 Jun 2013 11:05 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A slogan painted in small letters on a school wall reads, "We the people want Syria to be a civil, democratic state." Scrawled next to it in bigger letters is the response from an unknown Islamic hard-liner: "The laws of the civil state contradict the Islamic caliphate."

Where Are All the Watchdogs? Posted: 26 Jun 2013 09:46 AM PDT It's been nearly 2,000 days since there was a full-time watchdog at the State Department, and Sen. Ted Cruz is going to do something about it.

Correction: Manning-WikiLeaks story Posted: 26 Jun 2013 07:28 AM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — In a story June 25 about Army leaker Pfc. Bradley Manning, The Associated Press reported erroneously that attorneys for Manning did not object to the judge temporarily closing his court-martial to the public and press to protect classified information in written witness statements to be read aloud in court. On Tuesday, defense attorneys did not object having the judge read those portions of the statements to herself, negating the need for courtroom closures.

Immolation in Riyadh exposes plight of Arab stateless in Saudi Arabia Posted: 26 Jun 2013 07:09 AM PDT By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - When a watermelon seller set himself on fire in Riyadh last month, it may not have set off an Arab Spring, but it did call attention to a rarely discussed issue - the plight of stateless Arabs living in the world's top oil exporter. Mohammed al-Huraisi doused himself in petrol and set himself alight on May 15, echoing the act of desperation by Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi in December 2010 that was the catalyst for the Arab revolt. ...

Pardoned financier Marc Rich dies in Switzerland Posted: 26 Jun 2013 06:49 AM PDT He was a wheeler-dealer pardoned by another consummate dealmaker, a working-class Jewish boy who left Belgium to escape the Nazis and rose to become the billionaire "King of Commodities." Marc ...

Bigger posts absorb cuts as Army downsizes Posted: 26 Jun 2013 05:57 AM PDT In axing a dozen combat brigades in the face of steep spending cuts and the wind-down of two wars, the Army says it is trying to ease the sting by spreading it around. But one post stands out on the list ...

Iraq: Kurdish list wins largest bloc in Ninevah Posted: 26 Jun 2013 05:31 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi electoral officials say a Kurdish coalition has won the largest single bloc of seats in provincial elections in the restive northern province of Ninevah, though it fell short of a majority.

Kuwaitis campaign privately to arm Syrian rebels Posted: 26 Jun 2013 03:44 AM PDT By Sylvia Westall and Mahmoud Harby KUWAIT (Reuters) - At a traditional evening meeting known as a "diwaniya", Kuwaiti men drop banknotes into a box, opening a campaign to arm up to 12,000 anti-government fighters in Syria. A new Mercedes is parked outside to be auctioned off for cash. They are Sunni Muslim and mainly Islamist like many Syrian rebels who have been trying for two years to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, a member of the minority Alawite sect, a branch of Shi'ite Islam. Shi'ites are also a minority in Kuwait. ...

Obama Needs to Lay Out Full Second Term Agenda to Let America Know What's Important Instead of Pseudo-scandals, say Robert Weiner and Shona Paige in Michigan Chronicle Posted: 26 Jun 2013 03:16 AM PDT WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National issues strategist Robert Weiner, a former White House spokesman and senior staff for three House Committee Chairmen, and policy and research analyst Shona Paige are asserting that "it would be wise if President Obama held a White House news conference in the near future laying out his second term agenda.  The criticism saying he has none would dissipate. ...

10 things you need to know today: June 26, 2013 Posted: 26 Jun 2013 01:26 AM PDT The Supreme Court invalidates a key part of the Voting Rights Act, Obama spells out his plan to fight climate change, and more

Flaws found in security checks by U.S. contractors four years ago Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:14 PM PDT By Diane Bartz and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government auditors discovered four years ago that a select group of private contractors conducting background checks for high-security jobs were not doing enough to ensure the quality of their investigations. ...

Today in History Posted: 25 Jun 2013 09:01 PM PDT Today is Wednesday, June 26, the 177th day of 2013. There are 188 days left in the year.

Baby Veronica: Supreme Court rules for adoptive parents in wrenching case Posted: 25 Jun 2013 06:07 PM PDT The US Supreme Court ruled in a heart-wrenching child custody case on Tuesday, voting 5 to 4 that the toddler at the center of the dispute should be raised by her adoptive parents rather than her biological father.

10 Things to Know for Wednesday Posted: 25 Jun 2013 06:02 PM PDT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

For Democrats, It’s Already Legacy Time Posted: 25 Jun 2013 03:00 PM PDT President Obama is fond of saying he's not on the ballot again, because it deceptively suggests he's no longer acting politically or with calculation for the next election.

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