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• Hotshots killed in Ariz. fire remembered, mourned
• Snowden seeks asylum in Russia even as Obama, Putin play down crisis
• CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP IN QATAR IS WORTHY OF CELEBRATION
• U.S. seeks to calm European outrage over alleged spying
• Suicide bomber kills 22 in Iraqi Shi'ite mosque
• Prosecution wrapping up in WikiLeaks trial
• Iraq: 3 attacks kill 25, some anti-al-Qaida forces
• Iraq: 2 attacks kill 17, some anti-al-Qaida forces
• WikiLeaks 'most wanted' list admitted in trial
• Oldest Grave Flowers Unearthed in Israel
• 2014 Frist Center Exhibition Schedule Features Japonisme Masterpieces by Monet, Van Gogh, Cassatt; a Survey of Animation; and the Paintings of Vassily Kandinsky
• Syria neighbors block thousands from fleeing: rights group
• 'The Sopranos' full seasons available via HBO On Demand
• Zimbabwe president's media lash out at Obama
• Iran holds Slovak tourists over photos: media
• Egypt's President Morsi and opposition must talk – and fix the constitution
• GI's trial in WikiLeaks case enters 5th week
• Has NSA spying put US-EU trade deal on the rocks?
• July 4th fireworks scrapped at a number of bases
• Iraq violence kills 761 in June: U.N.
• U.S. says oil market can cope with more Iran export cuts
• Iraq: Gunmen kill 8 anti-al-Qaida Sunni fighters
• Why Obama and George W. Bush are both in the same African city
• Assad's forces battle to tighten control of central Syria
• Despite cuts, Fort Knox's iconic status endures

Hotshots killed in Ariz. fire remembered, mourned Posted: 01 Jul 2013 04:56 PM PDT PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, based in Prescott, Ariz., were killed Sunday when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix. It was the deadliest single day for U.S. firefighters since Sept. 11. Fourteen of the victims were in their 20s. Here are the stories of some of those who died:

Snowden seeks asylum in Russia even as Obama, Putin play down crisis Posted: 01 Jul 2013 04:20 PM PDT US and Russian leaders offered comments Monday suggesting once again that they have no interest in allowing self-proclaimed whistleblower Edward Snowden to derail relations between their two countries.

CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP IN QATAR IS WORTHY OF CELEBRATION Posted: 01 Jul 2013 03:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- It may at first seem strange that a major world event I am taking note of this Fourth of July is happening in the Persian Gulf, many worlds away.What, no celebration of the Declaration of Independence? No bugle corps skipping along? No great republican principles to dominate the conversation as we listen to the bouncy music of freedom played on the National Mall?Well, the fact that I, the humble columnist, choose to praise the Lilliputian nation of Qatar, long ruled by a royal emirate, makes more sense than you might at first think. ...

U.S. seeks to calm European outrage over alleged spying Posted: 01 Jul 2013 03:26 PM PDT By Jeff Mason and Mark Felsenthal DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tried on Monday to reassure European allies affronted by reports of U.S. spying by suggesting all the world's intelligence services were involved in finding out the thinking of opponents and allies alike. The European Union has demanded the United States explain a report in a German magazine that Washington was spying on the bloc, calling such surveillance shocking if true. French President Francois Hollande said the alleged action was intolerable and could hinder U.S. relations with Paris and the EU. ...

Suicide bomber kills 22 in Iraqi Shi'ite mosque Posted: 01 Jul 2013 02:41 PM PDT MUQDADIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a mourning ceremony inside a Shi'ite mosque in Iraq late on Monday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The explosion brought down the ceiling of the mosque in the town of Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of the capital Baghdad, crushing Shi'ites who were marking the death of a police officer killed in a recent roadside bombing. Police said the death toll could rise because people remained trapped beneath the rubble. ...

Prosecution wrapping up in WikiLeaks trial Posted: 01 Jul 2013 02:30 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Al-Qaida leaders reveled in WikiLeaks' publication of reams of classified U.S. documents, urging members to study them before devising ways to attack the United States, according to evidence presented by the prosecution Monday in the court-martial of an Army private who leaked the material.

Iraq: 3 attacks kill 25, some anti-al-Qaida forces Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:59 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Three attacks north of Baghdad Monday killed 25 people, including members of a Sunni militia that fights al-Qaida, officials said, in the latest of a growing surge of insurgent strikes that are plaguing Iraq.

Iraq: 2 attacks kill 17, some anti-al-Qaida forces Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:39 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Two attacks north of Baghdad Monday killed 17 people, including members of a Sunni militia that fights al-Qaida, officials said, in the latest of a growing surge of insurgent strikes that are plaguing Iraq.

WikiLeaks 'most wanted' list admitted in trial Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:11 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military judge is allowing prosecutors to argue an Army private used a most wanted list compiled by WikiLeaks as a guide for leaking classified information.

Oldest Grave Flowers Unearthed in Israel Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:16 PM PDT The oldest example of grave flowers has been discovered in Israel.

2014 Frist Center Exhibition Schedule Features Japonisme Masterpieces by Monet, Van Gogh, Cassatt; a Survey of Animation; and the Paintings of Vassily Kandinsky Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Frist Center for the Visual Arts has planned an expansive schedule for 2014 featuring exhibitions from around the world. ...

Syria neighbors block thousands from fleeing: rights group Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:04 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's neighbors have closed or tightened restrictions at several border crossings, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded within Syria's dangerous frontier regions, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. It said Iraq, Jordan and Turkey had all restricted the flow of people trying to flee a conflict which has killed 100,000 people and, according to the United Nations, has already driven 1.7 million more to take sanctuary outside Syria. ...

'The Sopranos' full seasons available via HBO On Demand Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:54 AM PDT By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - HBO is making all six seasons of the James Gandolfini mob drama "The Sopranos" available for one month each, in consecutive order, through HBO On Demand. Season 1 landed on the platform Monday, and will be available through the end of July, followed by Season 2 in August, and so on. Additionally, the Emmy-nominated and Gandolfini-executive-produced HBO documentary "Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq" will receive an encore play Thursday at 7 p.m. on HBO. Gandolfini died at age 51 last month after cardiac arrest.

Zimbabwe president's media lash out at Obama Posted: 01 Jul 2013 08:47 AM PDT HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Zimbabwe president's party says U.S. President Barack Obama's calls for more democratic reforms ahead of elections in this southern African nation are "hypocritical."

Iran holds Slovak tourists over photos: media Posted: 01 Jul 2013 08:38 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian judicial authorities have opened an investigation into eight Slovak citizens, arrested on suspicion of taking photographs of "restricted areas", Iranian media reported on Monday. Slovak media reported last week that a group of Slovak tourists had been arrested three weeks earlier and accused of taking aerial photographs, including some of military installations, from hang gliders. Some Slovak reports said they had been paragliding. Iran has repeatedly leveled accusations of espionage against foreign nationals and Iranians in recent years. ...

Egypt's President Morsi and opposition must talk – and fix the constitution Posted: 01 Jul 2013 07:19 AM PDT The Middle East's largest and most pivotal state is careening toward a grave crisis as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in Egypt call for embattled Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to step down. On Monday, protesters looted and burned the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which backs Mr. Morsi. This dangerous new confrontation threatens not only to derail the country's uncertain democratic transition, but also to unleash a wave of economic and social chaos.

GI's trial in WikiLeaks case enters 5th week Posted: 01 Jul 2013 06:47 AM PDT Prosecutors at the court-martial of an Army private at Fort Meade remain focused on the more than 250,000 State Department diplomatic cables he gave to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. The trial of Pfc. ...

Has NSA spying put US-EU trade deal on the rocks? Posted: 01 Jul 2013 05:57 AM PDT Revelations that the US has systematically spied on Europe are threatening what is being billed as a pivotal moment for the transatlantic relationship: the start of negotiations next week for a major trade deal.

July 4th fireworks scrapped at a number of bases Posted: 01 Jul 2013 05:14 AM PDT The Fourth of July won't have a patriotic boom in the sky over some military bases because budget cuts and furloughed workers also mean furloughed fireworks. Independence Day celebrations have been canceled ...

Iraq violence kills 761 in June: U.N. Posted: 01 Jul 2013 04:50 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The number of people killed in militant attacks across Iraq reached 761 in June, lower than the multi-year high hit the previous month, the United Nations said on Monday. More than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq during May, making it the deadliest month since the height of sectarian bloodletting in 2006-07. Violence is still well below the level it was then, but al-Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate and other Sunni Muslim insurgents launch attacks on a daily basis, seeking to undermine the Shi'ite-led government and provoke wider confrontation. ...

U.S. says oil market can cope with more Iran export cuts Posted: 01 Jul 2013 04:00 AM PDT By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - The top U.S. energy official said world oil markets could cope with further cuts in Iran's oil exports from tighter sanctions over its nuclear program as rising supply from the United States and Iraq offsets the loss. U.S. lawmakers are embarking this summer on a campaign to deal a deeper blow to Iran's diminishing oil exports, and analysts say the ultimate goal could be a near total cut-off. But U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said growing U.S. ...

Iraq: Gunmen kill 8 anti-al-Qaida Sunni fighters Posted: 01 Jul 2013 02:47 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials said Monday that eight pro-government, anti-al-Qaida Sunni militiamen were kidnapped and killed by gunmen north of the capital, Baghdad, the latest in a series of bold insurgent attacks to hit the country in recent months.

Why Obama and George W. Bush are both in the same African city Posted: 01 Jul 2013 02:15 AM PDT With his predecessor's Africa legacy already hanging over him, Obama runs into W. thousand of miles from home

Assad's forces battle to tighten control of central Syria Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:23 AM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's forces pounded Sunni Muslim rebels in the city of Homs with artillery and from the air on Sunday, the second day of their offensive in central Syria, activists said. They said rebels defending the old centre of Homs and five adjacent Sunni districts had largely repelled a ground attack on Saturday by Assad's forces, backed by guerrillas from the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, but reported clashes and deaths within the city on Sunday. ...

Despite cuts, Fort Knox's iconic status endures Posted: 30 Jun 2013 01:47 PM PDT Few military posts have a place in pop culture as rock solid as Kentucky's Fort Knox, thanks to its mysterious gold vault. The name of the historic base is practically synonymous with impenetrability. ...

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