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• Idaho man pleads guilty to firing assault rifle at White House
• Former Guantanamo prisoner killed in Syria after joining Islamist brigade
• Qaeda affiliate overruns Syrian town near Turkish border: activists
• Fox News interviews Assad with help of U.S. ex-lawmaker Kucinich
• Iraqi envoy ducks Iran exiles questions in online chat
• VA increases breast screenings after initiative
• Iraq Kurdish leader insists on right to export energy
• Qaeda seizes Syrian border town with Turkey: activists
• Syria gives Russia 'evidence' rebels behind chem attack
• Blocking Syria's chemical network
• Clegg vows to keep Britain engaged in EU, Syria
• Iraq car bombings kill 6
• History professors give Obama B- because he’s just not liberal enough
• Niger would welcome armed U.S. drones: foreign minister
• Iraqi art scene suffers as bombers hit public spaces, apathy sets in
• Syria confident UN won't adopt Chapter VII resolution
• Analysis: Turkey's 'worthy solitude' sidelines Erdogan in Middle East
• Syria gives Russia chemical weapons evidence
• Hailing 'flexibility', Iran leader commends new nuclear gambit
• Russia: U.N. 'Politicized' Analysis of Syria Nerve Gas Strike
• UAE developers unveil $4.5B Baghdad project
• Iraqi PM appeals for help as car bombs kill 6
• Senators Call for Investigation Into How Navy Yard Shooter Got His Security Clearance
• Lured by Texas talent, Occidental strays from California roots
• Why congressional Democrats are turning on Obama
• Car bombs in northern and central Iraq kill 2
• A September to Surrender: Syria and Summers Spell Second-Term Slump
• Germany: economic giant reluctant to lead
• Syria’s Rebels Feel Hung Out to Dry by U.S.-Russia Deal
• Why it's the perfect time for Leonardo DiCaprio to play Woodrow Wilson
• Gates, Panetta question Obama's Syria strategy

Idaho man pleads guilty to firing assault rifle at White House Posted: 18 Sep 2013 04:29 PM PDT An Idaho man, who fired a burst of at least eight shots from an assault rifle toward the White House nearly two years ago pleaded guilty Wednesday to two weapons charges.

Former Guantanamo prisoner killed in Syria after joining Islamist brigade Posted: 18 Sep 2013 04:27 PM PDT By David Adams (Reuters) - A former prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base died fighting for anti-government rebels in Syria, according to an Islamist opposition group which posted a video of his funeral on YouTube. Moroccan-born Mohammed al Alami, who was released in 2006, is the first former Guantanamo detainee to die in battle in the Syrian civil war, analysts say. The video, first reported by The Miami Herald, was posted by Harakat Sham al-Islam, one of the Islamist brigades fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Qaeda affiliate overruns Syrian town near Turkish border: activists Posted: 18 Sep 2013 04:06 PM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - A rebel group affiliated with al Qaeda overran a Syrian town near the border with Turkey on Wednesday after fighting broke out with units of the Arab- and Western-backed Free Syrian Army, opposition activists said. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stormed the town of Azaz, 5 km (2 miles) from the Syrian-Turkish border and killed at least five Free Syrian Army members, they said. The fighting was the most severe since tensions mounted earlier this year between the rebel factions fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Fox News interviews Assad with help of U.S. ex-lawmaker Kucinich Posted: 18 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fox News will broadcast an interview with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday evening, the television network said, a session that former U.S. lawmaker Dennis Kucinich helped secure. Kucinich, a liberal Democrat and eight-term congressman who is now a commentator for Fox News, was present for the interview on Tuesday in Damascus along with Fox senior correspondent Greg Palkot, the network said in a statement. It was Assad's second question and answer session with an American network this month. ...

Iraqi envoy ducks Iran exiles questions in online chat Posted: 18 Sep 2013 02:49 PM PDT Iraq's new ambassador to the United States Wednesday repeatedly dodged questions about a mass killing at an Iraqi camp hosting Iranian exiles during his first online Twitter chat since taking up his post in July.

VA increases breast screenings after initiative Posted: 18 Sep 2013 02:01 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The U.S. health system that cares for the nation's veterans increased services to screen for and treat breast cancer over the past five years, but at one hospital the time it took women with the disease to be treated also increased, says a new study. Researchers from the Baltimore Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center found the facility performed many more mammograms after 2007, when breast cancer screening and treatment was made a top priority for the agency. ...

Iraq Kurdish leader insists on right to export energy Posted: 18 Sep 2013 01:59 PM PDT A senior leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region insisted on Wednesday that it had the right to export oil, efforts which the central government in Baghdad has decried as illegal.

Qaeda seizes Syrian border town with Turkey: activists Posted: 18 Sep 2013 01:37 PM PDT An Al-Qaeda front group fighting in Syria on Wednesday overran the northern town of Azaz near the border with Turkey after fierce clashes with rebels, activists told AFP.

Syria gives Russia 'evidence' rebels behind chem attack Posted: 18 Sep 2013 01:32 PM PDT The Syrian regime has handed Russia new materials implicating rebels in a chemical attack outside Damascus on August 21, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said after talks in Damascus.

Blocking Syria's chemical network Posted: 18 Sep 2013 12:25 PM PDT By Brian Finlay and Alexander Georgieff Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, testifying recently before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was asked a crucial question: Who has been supplying Syria with its chemical weapons? "Well, the Russians supply them," Hagel responded. "Others are supplying them with those chemical weapons. They make some themselves." The uncertainty of Hagel's answer reveals a gaping hole in U.S. understanding of how these weapons proliferate, who helps their transfer and where they may turn up next. ...

Clegg vows to keep Britain engaged in EU, Syria Posted: 18 Sep 2013 09:54 AM PDT British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said Wednesday his Liberal Democrat party, the kingmaker in the ruling coalition, would stand up for the country's role in the EU and in tackling the Syria crisis.

Iraq car bombings kill 6 Posted: 18 Sep 2013 09:16 AM PDT Three car bombings in Iraq killed at least six people and wounded 45 on Wednesday, security and medical officials said.

History professors give Obama B- because he’s just not liberal enough Posted: 18 Sep 2013 09:02 AM PDT George Mason University's History News Network (HNN) recently asked a few hundred American historians to give President Barack Obama letter grades in 15 different categories.

Niger would welcome armed U.S. drones: foreign minister Posted: 18 Sep 2013 08:57 AM PDT By Daniel Flynn and Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger would welcome the deployment of armed U.S. drones to the West African country to help in its battle against an armed Islamist threat and drug trafficking in the Sahara, Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum said on Wednesday. Washington deployed about 100 military personnel and unarmed surveillance drones in Niger after a French-led military operation in January destroyed an al Qaeda enclave in neighboring northern Mali. ...

Iraqi art scene suffers as bombers hit public spaces, apathy sets in Posted: 18 Sep 2013 08:29 AM PDT By Sylvia Westall BAGHDAD (Reuters) - In a compound ringed with barbed wire in Baghdad, a small group of Iraqi artists gather to sip tea and soft drinks in the shady patches of a walled garden. For artist Qasim Sabti, who runs the adjoining private gallery, the intimacy of the scene is familiar. Baghdad's cultural community is dwindling and confining itself to refuges like this one as violence rises in the city, he said. ...

Syria confident UN won't adopt Chapter VII resolution Posted: 18 Sep 2013 08:11 AM PDT Syria is confident the United Nations will not adopt a resolution on its chemical weapons under Chapter VII, which could allow the use of force, its deputy foreign minister said Wednesday.

Analysis: Turkey's 'worthy solitude' sidelines Erdogan in Middle East Posted: 18 Sep 2013 06:47 AM PDT By Nick Tattersall ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Clinging to calls for military action in Syria and wedded to his backing for Egypt's ousted Islamist president, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan cuts an increasingly lonely figure in a region whose future he still hopes to help shape. Finding himself in what one adviser calls "worthy solitude", Erdogan risks alienating some important Gulf investors in Turkey as well as weakening his diplomatic clout with international powers and Egypt's new military-backed rulers. ...

Syria gives Russia chemical weapons evidence Posted: 18 Sep 2013 06:42 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syria has turned over materials to Russia which aim to show that a chemical weapons attack last month was carried out by rebels, a top Russian diplomat visiting Damascus and a Syrian official said Wednesday.

Hailing 'flexibility', Iran leader commends new nuclear gambit Posted: 18 Sep 2013 06:39 AM PDT By William Maclean and Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - Talk by Iran's Supreme Leader of "flexibility" days before his government's debut at the United Nations General Assembly in New York suggests a new willingness at the highest level to explore a compromise solution to Tehran's nuclear row with the West. Western governments are intrigued, but wary. It is unclear how much bargaining room Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an unyielding promoter of Iran's nuclear program, would allow his negotiators, whether in secret talks with Washington or in multilateral discussions with major powers. ...

Russia: U.N. 'Politicized' Analysis of Syria Nerve Gas Strike Posted: 18 Sep 2013 06:02 AM PDT A Russian official on Wednesday questioned the validity of a new U.N. analysis of an August sarin nerve agent strike in Syria, raising the possibility that Russia could stymie any moves by the United States and its allies to impose punishment on Damascus for not surrendering its chemical arsenal, Reuters reported.

UAE developers unveil $4.5B Baghdad project Posted: 18 Sep 2013 06:01 AM PDT Two developers based in the United Arab Emirates say they have signed a deal for a $4.5 billion residential and commercial project in Baghdad that would be one of the county's biggest non-oil investments. ...

Iraqi PM appeals for help as car bombs kill 6 Posted: 18 Sep 2013 05:38 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister appealed to his people for support for the government's fight against insurgents as bombings in central and northern Iraq killed at least six and wounded scores on Wednesday.

Senators Call for Investigation Into How Navy Yard Shooter Got His Security Clearance Posted: 18 Sep 2013 04:54 AM PDT Officials should not have granted Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis security clearance. The signs were there: a history of mental illness, shooting arrests, and anger-management issues. But still he was cleared.

Lured by Texas talent, Occidental strays from California roots Posted: 18 Sep 2013 04:08 AM PDT By Braden Reddall (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum Corp may still be headquartered in Los Angeles, as it has been since being founded nearly a century ago, but its center of gravity is shifting to Houston, capital of the U.S. energy industry. While the fourth-largest U.S. oil company would not disclose the number of employees based in either city, a LinkedIn search reveals 286 people who list Oxy as their current employer in Los Angeles, compared with 1,491 in Houston. Occidental's Texas presence is growing larger still. A search of 287 U.S. jobs listed by the company on www.oxy. ...

Why congressional Democrats are turning on Obama Posted: 18 Sep 2013 04:02 AM PDT President Obama has frequently accused Republicans of blocking his agenda. His latest setbacks, however, have come at the hands of his fellow Democrats.

Car bombs in northern and central Iraq kill 2 Posted: 18 Sep 2013 04:01 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say car bombings in northern and central Iraq have killed two civilians.

A September to Surrender: Syria and Summers Spell Second-Term Slump Posted: 18 Sep 2013 03:08 AM PDT There is no greater and politically significant power of the presidency than the use of military force, no matter how "unbelievably small" it is supposed to be. The summoning of a nation to military action on behalf of national security interests, no matter how diffuse, regional, or nuanced they might be, is the supreme act of presidential power, persuasion, and projection.

Germany: economic giant reluctant to lead Posted: 18 Sep 2013 02:21 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Germany boasts the world's most powerful woman, Europe's most powerful economy and an industrial machine that's the envy of the planet.

Syria’s Rebels Feel Hung Out to Dry by U.S.-Russia Deal Posted: 18 Sep 2013 12:00 AM PDT In the early afternoon of Sept. 14, a stout, square-shouldered man in his mid-60s, wearing a dark suit, gleaming black tie and a thick, neatly trimmed mustache, stepped off the escalator that had just conveyed him to the first floor of the Wyndham Petek, an upscale hotel on the outskirts of Istanbul, and disappeared into a small meeting room amid a tight cordon of bodyguards.

Why it's the perfect time for Leonardo DiCaprio to play Woodrow Wilson Posted: 17 Sep 2013 11:02 PM PDT Leonardo DiCaprio has portrayed his fair share of historical figures, including J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, and, way back in 1995, Arthur Rimbaud. Now comes news that he could be playing the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson.

Gates, Panetta question Obama's Syria strategy Posted: 17 Sep 2013 08:10 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama's first two defense secretaries on Tuesday night questioned his Syria strategy and said they would have told him not to seek Congress' approval for a strike on President Bashar Assad's forces.

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