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• Northrop sees foreign sales opportunities for Global Hawk
• UN confirms chemical weapons used in Syria
• U.N. faces Syria aid challenge having cut staffing after chemical attacks
• Navy Yard shooting: What to do about attacks on US military at home?
• Emergency Nurses Convene in Nashville's "Music City" for the 2013 Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference
• U.N. report photo shows confirmation of sarin in Syria attack
• UN details 'chilling' Syria sarin attack
• UN: 'Convincing evidence' of Syria chemical attack
• From Cairo to Geneva, Obama steps back from Mideast
• Mayors Against Illegal Guns, National Urban League, VoteVets Release Report Showing 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Have Increased Homicides and Complicated Prosecutions
• Title, release date set for Robert Gates book
• Spain arrests Ceuta man accused of sending fighters to Syria
• Iraq attacks kill 11, wound top army officer
• Chemical weapons and eradication efforts worldwide
• Insight: Kenya cases stir African backlash against ICC
• Ex-U.S. officials, family members pay homage to 52 massacred Camp Ashraf residents, fault U.S. for failing to keep its promise of protection, call for release of 7 hostages and deployment of UN Blue Helmets to Protect Camp Liberty
• Syrian 'human shields' set up camp to defy any attack
• Insight: After Syria, Iran laments its own chemical weapons victims
• Iran's Rouhani tells Revolutionary Guards to stay out of politics
• Al Qaeda leader urges restraint in first 'guidelines for jihad'
• Is Biden trying to be the progressive's alternative to Hillary?
• Bombs kill 5 soldiers in northern Iraqi city
• The Six Point U.S.-Russian Deal to Fix Syria's Chemical Weapons Problem
• What Iraq taught us about the coming hunt for Assad's chemical weapons
• Will Janet Yellen be the next chair of the Federal Reserve?
• Today in History

Northrop sees foreign sales opportunities for Global Hawk Posted: 16 Sep 2013 05:16 PM PDT By Andrea Shalal-Esa NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Corp on Monday said it expects expanded sales of its high-altitude unmanned Global Hawk aircraft, which passed 100,000 flight hours this month, with foreign countries including Canada, South Korea and Japan considering orders. George Guerra, who oversees Global Hawk and other unmanned high-altitude, long endurance programs for Northrop, told Reuters the company was keeping its "nose to the grindstone" to drive down the production and operating costs of the aircraft. ...

UN confirms chemical weapons used in Syria Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:25 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, U.N. inspectors reported Monday that rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin had been fired from an area where Syria's military has bases, but said the evidence could have been manipulated in the rebel-controlled stricken neighborhoods.

U.N. faces Syria aid challenge having cut staffing after chemical attacks Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:03 PM PDT By Stella Dawson WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations has sharply reduced its humanitarian and development staff in Syria since last month's chemical weapons attacks, making delivery of assistance to a war-torn people even more challenging, a U.N. official said on Monday. "Our footprint has been reduced, but we have not shut down," Rebeca Grynspan, U.N. under-secretary general, said in an interview. The U.N. ...

Navy Yard shooting: What to do about attacks on US military at home? Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT Countless questions remain unanswered about the terrible slaughter of 12 people Monday morning at the Washington Navy Yard in the nation's capital by a 34-year-old former Navy electrician, whom authorities have identified as Aaron Alexis. But what is clear is that US military installations – and the people who work there – are increasingly being targeted inside the nation's own borders.

Emergency Nurses Convene in Nashville's "Music City" for the 2013 Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:21 PM PDT 2700 Emergency nurses and allied emergency professionals gather for continuing education, as well as the opportunity to discuss hot topics, best practices, and issues related to national and local emergency nursingDES PLAINES, Ill., Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) will host its Annual Conference Sept. 19-21 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. ...

U.N. report photo shows confirmation of sarin in Syria attack Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:36 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. photograph of chief U.N. chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom handing over his report on an August 21 gas attack on Damascus suburbs shows that the report confirms use of the deadly nerve agent sarin. "On the basis of the evidence obtained during the investigation of the Ghouta incident, the conclusion is that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic ... against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale," the report said. ...

UN details 'chilling' Syria sarin attack Posted: 16 Sep 2013 01:49 PM PDT The United Nations on Monday revealed what it called "chilling" details of a sarin gas attack in Syria, leaving the major powers to battle over who was responsible.

UN: 'Convincing evidence' of Syria chemical attack Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:52 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. inspectors said in a report Monday there is "clear and convincing evidence" that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people.

From Cairo to Geneva, Obama steps back from Mideast Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:46 PM PDT By David Rohde It started as "a new beginning" and ended as "America is not the world's policeman." Between President Barack Obama's historic 2009 address to the Islamic world in Cairo to his address to the American people on Syria last week, Obama has zigged and zagged on Mideast policy, angering supporters and detractors alike. But he has stuck to a clear pattern: reduce American engagement, defer to regional players and rely on covert operations to counter terrorism. The administration has had its achievements. ...

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, National Urban League, VoteVets Release Report Showing 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Have Increased Homicides and Complicated Prosecutions Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:34 AM PDT Analysis Finds Sharp Jump in Homicides – Justifiable and Overall – After Passage of NRA-Endorsed Legislation in Many States, With African Americans Affected MostSenate Judiciary Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on September 17thNEW YORK, Sept. ...

Title, release date set for Robert Gates book Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:29 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has a title and release date for his memoir.

Spain arrests Ceuta man accused of sending fighters to Syria Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:29 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spain arrested a man in its North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday accused of recruiting fighters for rebel groups in Syria's civil war, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Spanish authorities said the man led a group that has sent dozens of people to Syria, including minors, from Ceuta and cities around Morocco. "His name is Yassin Ahmed Laarbi, who was a fugitive and wanted by the High Court for belonging to a terrorist organization," the statement said. Spain arrested eight members of the group in June in Ceuta. Laarbi eluded capture at the time. ...

Iraq attacks kill 11, wound top army officer Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:27 AM PDT Violence in Iraq killed 11 people on Monday as an army official escaped an assassination attempt, the latest in a surge of unrest that left more than 4,200 dead this year.

Chemical weapons and eradication efforts worldwide Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:05 AM PDT THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.N. inspectors have confirmed they found "clear and convincing evidence" of a sarin nerve gas attack in Syria last month, adding urgency to moves to neutralize the country's stock of chemical weapons. Only seven countries worldwide have formally admitted stockpiling chemical weapons and all are in the process of destroying them or have completed destruction.

Insight: Kenya cases stir African backlash against ICC Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:43 AM PDT By Pascal Fletcher and Edmund Blair JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya is canvassing support for a possible walk-out by African states from the International Criminal Court, whose prosecution of elected Kenyan leaders has revived accusations on the continent that the court unfairly targets Africans. ...

Ex-U.S. officials, family members pay homage to 52 massacred Camp Ashraf residents, fault U.S. for failing to keep its promise of protection, call for release of 7 hostages and deployment of UN Blue Helmets to Protect Camp Liberty Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being release by National Council of Resistance of Iran, U.S. Representatives Office (NCRI-US):Former senior U.S. officials and family members of the 52 residents of Camp Ashraf murdered execution-style by the Iraqi SWAT units acting on orders from Tehran on September 1, paid tribute to the fallen heroines and heroes and faulted the United States and the United Nations for failing to live up to their repeated and written guarantees to protect the residents of camps Ashraf and Liberty.Soona Samsami, U.S. ...

Syrian 'human shields' set up camp to defy any attack Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:48 AM PDT Dozens of Syrian pro-regime activists have set up a "human shield'' camp on Mount Qassioun overlooking Damascus in an effort to stop any US-led strike on their country.

Insight: After Syria, Iran laments its own chemical weapons victims Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:36 AM PDT By Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian war veteran fell into a coma in a Tehran hospital last week after suffering respiratory failure, his lungs ravaged by mustard gas during the Iran-Iraq war 30 years ago. Hadi Kazemnejad is one of up to 1,000,000 Iranians who were exposed to chemical weapons by Saddam Hussein's Iraq, officials say. Between 10,000 and 20,000 people were killed and 100,000 of those who survived have developed illnesses, often chronic. ...

Iran's Rouhani tells Revolutionary Guards to stay out of politics Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:25 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani told Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards on Monday they should not get involved in politics, in a carefully worded speech that sought to avoid antagonizing the elite military force. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which answers directly to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rather than to the president, has become more assertive in politics in recent years, with increasing numbers of veterans in parliament. ...

Al Qaeda leader urges restraint in first 'guidelines for jihad' Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:04 AM PDT By Myra MacDonald LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has issued his first specific guidelines for jihad, urging restraint in attacking other Muslim sects and non-Muslims and in starting conflicts in countries where jihadis might find a safe base to promote their ideas. The document, published by the SITE monitoring service, provides a rare look at al Qaeda's strategy 12 years after the September 11 attacks on the United States and the nature of its global ambitions from North Africa to the Caucasus to Kashmir. ...

Is Biden trying to be the progressive's alternative to Hillary? Posted: 16 Sep 2013 05:32 AM PDT Vice President Joe Biden isn't revealing his plans for 2016, but his campaign-style speech at Sen. Tom Harkin's annual steak fry in Iowa on Sunday set off a fresh wave of speculation that he wants to make a third bid for the White House.

Bombs kill 5 soldiers in northern Iraqi city Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:41 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Authorities say that two separate bombings have killed five soldiers in a northern Iraq city.

The Six Point U.S.-Russian Deal to Fix Syria's Chemical Weapons Problem Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:02 AM PDT The U.S. and Russia agreed on a deal to eliminate chemical weapons in Syria despite their complicated relationship status. The deal, should it work, doesn't necessarily satisfy the Syrian opposition but it does put the most international pressure on Syria since the conflict began. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the partnership Saturday morning at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva, where they've been negotiating privately since Thursday. "There can be no room for games. ...

What Iraq taught us about the coming hunt for Assad's chemical weapons Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:58 AM PDT On Saturday, the United States and Russia announced the framework of an agreement to take control of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons. Obama applauded the deal hashed out by Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov as "an important concrete step toward the goal of moving Syria's chemical weapons under international control." On the face of things, it looks like a major win for diplomacy over military action.

Will Janet Yellen be the next chair of the Federal Reserve? Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:28 PM PDT On Sunday, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers withdrew his name from consideration to be the next Federal Reserve chairman. Current Chairman Ben Bernanke steps down in January 2014, and Summers was widely thought of as President Obama's top pick to replace him.

Today in History Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:01 PM PDT Today is Monday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2013. There are 106 days left in the year.

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