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• Fort Hood gunman meticulously planned attack
• Cotton announces bid for US Senate seat in Ark.
• US embassy closures a window into threat concern
• Steven Spielberg pulls out of 'American Sniper'
• Study disputes link between combat and suicide
• Can Iran’s New U.S.-Educated Foreign Minister Mend Ties with Washington?
• Bombs target Iraqi shoppers, killing more than 50
• U.S. military judge trims potential sentence in WikiLeaks case
• Car bomb near Damascus kills 18; rebels take base
• Car bomb kills 10 in village north of Baghdad
• Docs can safely treat alcoholism, PTSD together: study
• Mental disorders, not combat, tied to military suicide
• A look at Al-Qaida In Arabian Peninsula
• Fort Hood suspect tells court he 'switched sides' in America's war
• George W. Bush receives stent for blocked heart artery
• A family dynasty gives up The Washington Post
• Republicans Find a Senate Candidate They All Agree On
• Syria rebels strike Assad's Alawite stronghold, seize airport
• Car bombs kill 36 people in Iraq
• Manning's max possible sentence cut to 90 years
• U.N. aid chief sends Security Council ideas to ease aid distribution in Syria
• Officials: Car bombs kill 31 people in Iraq
• Correction: US-Embassy Security story
• Officials: Car bombs kill 20 people in Iraq
• Bush after heart surgery: ‘Get regular checkups’
• How trauma could lead to a longer life
• Syrian rebels capture northern air base
• Newest Republican Senate Recruit a Uniter, Not a Divider
• Bradley Manning play scoops British drama award
• Rebel-held Aleppo settles into a routine – but one still defined by bombs
• Activists: Syrian rebels capture northern air base
• George W. Bush Undergoes Heart Surgery
• George W. Bush Has Heart Surgery
• U.S. and Britain Evacuate Their Embassies In Yemen
• Al-Qaida in Perspective
• A family dynasty gives up The Post

Fort Hood gunman meticulously planned attack Posted: 06 Aug 2013 04:03 PM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan fired the last of 146 bullets in his assault on Fort Hood, then walked outside where he met two civilians who asked about the commotion and the laser-sighted pistol in his hand.

Cotton announces bid for US Senate seat in Ark. Posted: 06 Aug 2013 04:00 PM PDT DARDANELLE, Ark. (AP) — First-term Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton announced Tuesday he's challenging Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor, setting up what's expected to be one of the most expensive and heated U.S. Senate races in the country next year.

US embassy closures a window into threat concern Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The map of closed American embassies — and those that remain open — in the Middle East and Africa provides a window into the Obama administration's concern about a potentially imminent al-Qaida terrorist attack on overseas U.S. interests.

Steven Spielberg pulls out of 'American Sniper' Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:31 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steven Spielberg is no longer planning to direct "American Sniper."

Study disputes link between combat and suicide Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:31 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Combat appears to have little or no influence on suicide rates among U.S. troops and veterans, according to a military study that challenges the conventional thinking about war's effects on the psyche.

Can Iran’s New U.S.-Educated Foreign Minister Mend Ties with Washington? Posted: 06 Aug 2013 01:49 PM PDT The U.S. and Iran maintain no formal diplomatic ties. Neither country stations an ambassador in the other's capital nor do their top diplomats talk to each other all that much. Three decades of tensions mean both American and Iranian politicians are far more practiced at demonizing the other than reaching compromise. But Mohammad Javad Zarif has long proven an important exception to the rule: the Iranian career diplomat received a doctorate at the University of Denver, his children were born in the United States and his fluent English carries little trace of an accent. ...

Bombs target Iraqi shoppers, killing more than 50 Posted: 06 Aug 2013 01:40 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of car bombs targeting busy markets and shopping streets in and around Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded more than 100 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical and police sources said, part of a surge in violence in recent months. Insurgent attacks have multiplied in Iraq since the start of the year, with more than 1,000 people killed in July, the highest monthly death toll since 2008, according to the United Nations. ...

U.S. military judge trims potential sentence in WikiLeaks case Posted: 06 Aug 2013 01:25 PM PDT By Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The military judge who last week convicted soldier Bradley Manning of committing the biggest breach of classified data in U.S. history through WikiLeaks on Tuesday trimmed the maximum prison sentence the private first class could face. ...

Car bomb near Damascus kills 18; rebels take base Posted: 06 Aug 2013 01:24 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb in a pro-regime district near the Syrian capital killed at least 18 people on Tuesday while rebels captured a major air base in the north and swept through a string of villages in the heartland of President Bashar Assad's minority Alawite sect in the west.

Car bomb kills 10 in village north of Baghdad Posted: 06 Aug 2013 01:20 PM PDT BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb in a village outside the Iraqi capital Baghdad killed at least 10 people and wounded 15 on Tuesday, police sources said. The attack in Anbakiya, a mainly Shi'ite village around 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, was the latest in a wave of bombings in and around the capital on Tuesday. (Writing by Sylvia Westall; editing by Mike Collett-White)

Docs can safely treat alcoholism, PTSD together: study Posted: 06 Aug 2013 01:06 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite fears that exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) would worsen alcoholism, a new study found that doctors can safely treat both conditions at the same time. Researchers found that people with PTSD and alcoholism benefited the most from the simultaneous treatments to reduce alcohol cravings and lessen distress, compared to people on other treatment regimens. ...

Mental disorders, not combat, tied to military suicide Posted: 06 Aug 2013 01:05 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mental disorders including depression and alcohol abuse were linked to a higher risk of suicide among current and former military personnel, in a new study - but combat exposure and number of deployments were not. Researchers said the analysis of 83 suicides between 2001 and 2008 does not support the assumption that experiences in combat - such as seeing dead bodies or firing a gun - and time spent in a war zone are directly tied to a higher suicide risk. ...

A look at Al-Qaida In Arabian Peninsula Posted: 06 Aug 2013 01:03 PM PDT Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the product of a merger between the terror group's Yemeni and Saudi branches, is considered al-Qaida's most dangerous branch of all.

Fort Hood suspect tells court he 'switched sides' in America's war Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:59 PM PDT The US Army on Tuesday began to try one of its own – Maj. Nidal Hasan – for his role in a deadly attack on deployment-ready soldiers at Fort Hood on Nov. 5, 2009. In his opening statement, Major Hasan, who has long sought to declare his guilt, said that "the evidence will clearly show that I am the shooter."

George W. Bush receives stent for blocked heart artery Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:49 PM PDT By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - Former President George W. Bush underwent successful surgery at a Dallas hospital on Tuesday to place a stent in a blocked heart artery. Doctors discovered a blockage on Monday during Bush's annual physical at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas and recommended a stent, a wire mesh coil used to prop open arteries, a Bush spokesman said. ...

A family dynasty gives up The Washington Post Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The newspaper forever known for Deep Throat and the unraveling of a presidency had a quieter distinction, too: a family's ownership through thick and thin, seemingly as immutable as the Washington Monument.

Republicans Find a Senate Candidate They All Agree On Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:35 PM PDT The Republican Party's establishment and activist wings rarely agree on anything. But in Arkansas, the two normally warring factions are united behind one freshman House member.

Syria rebels strike Assad's Alawite stronghold, seize airport Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:22 PM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Mariam Karouny AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian Islamist rebels have killed around 200 people in a three-day offensive in the mountain stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect and driven hundreds of villagers to seek refuge on the Mediterranean coast, activists said on Tuesday. Since launching the surprise assault at dawn on Sunday, the mainly Islamist rebel brigades led by two al Qaeda-linked groups have captured half a dozen villages on the northern edges of the Alawite mountain range, the activists say. ...

Car bombs kill 36 people in Iraq Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:16 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of bombings, mainly targeting markets in and near Baghdad, killed 36 people on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has gripped Iraq.

Manning's max possible sentence cut to 90 years Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:07 PM PDT Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's possible sentence for disclosing classified information through WikiLeaks was trimmed from 136 years to 90 years Tuesday by a military judge who said some of his offenses were ...

U.N. aid chief sends Security Council ideas to ease aid distribution in Syria Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:02 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. aid chief Valerie Amos has sent the U.N. Security Council a wish list of ways aid can be better distributed in Syria that includes allowing cross-border deliveries, humanitarian pauses in fighting and advance notice of military offensives. In a confidential document given to the 15 council members and obtained by Reuters on Tuesday, Amos outlined 30 potential "measures that could be taken to address current humanitarian challenges in Syria and neighboring countries," and which could be the basis for a U.N. resolution. ...

Officials: Car bombs kill 31 people in Iraq Posted: 06 Aug 2013 11:20 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of bombings, mainly targeting markets in and near Baghdad, killed 31 people on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has gripped Iraq.

Correction: US-Embassy Security story Posted: 06 Aug 2013 10:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Aug. 5 about U.S. embassy security measures because of an al-Qaida plot, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. military advises United Nations peacekeeping troops in Somalia. The peacekeeping troops are with the African Union, not the U.N.

Officials: Car bombs kill 20 people in Iraq Posted: 06 Aug 2013 09:40 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a wave of car bombs, mainly targeting markets in and near Baghdad, has killed 20 people and wounded dozens.

Bush after heart surgery: ‘Get regular checkups’ Posted: 06 Aug 2013 09:14 AM PDT Sound advice from the recovering former president.

How trauma could lead to a longer life Posted: 06 Aug 2013 07:09 AM PDT New research suggests the emergence of a phenomenon known as post-traumatic growth

Syrian rebels capture northern air base Posted: 06 Aug 2013 06:32 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a major air base in the north of the country on Tuesday after months of fighting, depriving President Bashar Assad's forces of one of their main posts near the border with Turkey, activists said. State TV denied that the base had fully fallen.

Newest Republican Senate Recruit a Uniter, Not a Divider Posted: 06 Aug 2013 05:59 AM PDT The Republican Party's establishment and activist wings rarely agree on anything. But in Arkansas, the two normally warring factions are united behind one freshman congressman.

Bradley Manning play scoops British drama award Posted: 06 Aug 2013 05:35 AM PDT By Ian McKenzie EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A play about Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier convicted by a military judge last week for passing classified information to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, has won a newly created drama prize at Britain's oldest literary awards. Welsh playwright Tim Price's "The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning" became the first winner of the 10,000-pound ($15,300) James Tait Black Prize for Drama at an awards ceremony in the Scottish capital on Monday evening. The play tracks the U.S. ...

Rebel-held Aleppo settles into a routine – but one still defined by bombs Posted: 06 Aug 2013 05:18 AM PDT In Syria's opposition-held areas, aid groups face a bevy of constant setbacks: A grassroots aid organization in Aleppo, for example, recently spent nearly 24 hours preparing a shipment of clothes to distribute to those in need, only to have a government artillery round land in the middle of their supplies, destroying everything.

Activists: Syrian rebels capture northern air base Posted: 06 Aug 2013 04:23 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a major air base in the north of the country on Tuesday after months of fighting, depriving President Bashar Assad's forces of one of their main posts near the border with Turkey, activists said. State TV denied that the base had fully fallen.

George W. Bush Undergoes Heart Surgery Posted: 06 Aug 2013 03:15 AM PDT Former President George W. Bush had heart surgery on Tuesday morning after doctors discovered a blockage in one of his arteries.

George W. Bush Has Heart Surgery Posted: 06 Aug 2013 03:04 AM PDT Former President George W. Bush had heart surgery on Tuesday morning after doctors discovered a blockage in one of his arteries.

U.S. and Britain Evacuate Their Embassies In Yemen Posted: 06 Aug 2013 03:02 AM PDT NEW YORK -- The U.S. airlifted all "non-emergency" personnel from Yemen on Tuesday, just hours after it was revealed that an American drone strike killed at least four suspected al-Qaida militants in the same country. The British government also followed suit, withdrawing all of its diplomatic personnel from their embassy in Saana overnight. The State Department also instructed any U.S. citizens in Yemen to leave the country "immediately."

Al-Qaida in Perspective Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:00 AM PDT Apparently, the threat is both serious and specific.

A family dynasty gives up The Post Posted: 05 Aug 2013 07:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The newspaper forever known for Deep Throat and the unraveling of a presidency had a quieter distinction, too: a family's ownership through thick and thin, seemingly as immutable as the Washington Monument.

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