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Ex-prisoner chosen to lead Syria opposition group

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:44 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, July 3, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows buildings damaged by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in the Jouret al-Chiyah neighborhood of Homs, Syria. Gunfire echoed and tank shells slammed in Homs Friday in what activists and residents described as one of the worst barrages on the central city in a furious attempt to recapture opposition-held districts in the country's strategic heartland. The U.N. warns of a humanitarian catastrophe involving up to 4,000 civilians trapped in city amid severe shortages of food, water and medicine. (AP Photo/Lens Young Homsi)BEIRUT (AP) — A former Syrian political prisoner with close links to Saudi Arabia was picked Saturday to lead Syria's main Western-backed opposition group, filling a post long vacant due to divisions among President Bashar Assad's opponents.

Syrian opposition chooses Saudi-backed leader

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:27 AM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter displays homemade bombs made from ornamental balls in the old city of AleppoBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Erika Solomon ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's fractious opposition elected a new leader on Saturday but rebel groups were reported to be fighting among themselves in a sign of growing divisions on the ground between factions trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Main Syrian opposition group elects new president

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:40 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, July 3, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows buildings damaged by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in the Jouret al-Chiyah neighborhood of Homs, Syria. Gunfire echoed and tank shells slammed in Homs Friday in what activists and residents described as one of the worst barrages on the central city in a furious attempt to recapture opposition-held districts in the country's strategic heartland. The U.N. warns of a humanitarian catastrophe involving up to 4,000 civilians trapped in city amid severe shortages of food, water and medicine. (AP Photo/Lens Young Homsi)BEIRUT (AP) — The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group elected a former political prisoner Saturday as its new president, filling a post that has been vacant for months due to divisions among President Bashar Assad's opponents.

Rebels clash with Qaeda-linked opposition group in Syria

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 06:26 AM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter displays homemade bombs made from ornamental balls in the old city of AleppoBy Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels clashed with an opposition unit linked to al Qaeda in northern Syria, activists said on Saturday, in a deadly battle that signals growing divisions among rebel groups and rising tensions between locals and more radical Islamist factions. The rebel infighting comes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have made gains on the battlefield and drawn comfort from the downfall this week of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which under ousted President Mohamed Mursi had thrown its weight behind the Syrian opposition. ...

Bombs kill 22 in Iraq, Sunni leader urges Egypt-style protests

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 04:39 AM PDT

Mourners carry the coffin of a person killed in Friday's a suicide bomb attack, during a funeral in BaghdadBy Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 15 people as they left a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capital on Friday and a separate attack on Sunni protesters killed seven, police and medics said. In Baghdad's northwestern district of Graiaat, witnesses said guards at the exit to the Shi'ite mosque stopped a woman who then blew herself up amidst worshippers leaving after sunset prayers. Suicide bombings are the hallmark of al Qaeda. ...

Bail set at $2M for armed man arrested in Seattle

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:40 PM PDT

CORRECTS AGE TO 22 Justin Jasper, 22, appears at a bail hearing, Friday, July 5, 2013 in Seattle. Jasper was arrested Wednesday and is being held on $2 million bail after authorities found six firebombs in his stolen vehicle, plus several knives, including a machete, and several guns. They also found a recording of a podcast that appears to have Jasper expressing support for the Brazilian revolution. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)SEATTLE (AP) — A judge set bail at $2 million Friday for a Las Vegas man arrested near the University of Washington in a truck that authorities say contained multiple weapons, maps to three Seattle campuses and a recording in which he said he planned to do something in the West to support protesters demanding reform in Brazil.

THE AGE OF SURVEILLANCE

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 10:03 PM PDT

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- You have to drive all the way to the banks of the Grand River -- and travel back four decades -- to get the full meaning of the national furor over electronic surveillance. For here, within the walls of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, are the artifacts that transformed the lawmaker from Michigan's fifth congressional district into the 38th president of the United States -- and that provide the evidence from 1972 that explains the importance of the debate in 2013. ...

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