Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Arlington Cemetery will allow small mementos
• Iraqi PM to visit the White House
• Turkey says it fires on Islamist militant positions in Syria
• Syria blast kills 21, US presses opposition on peace talks
• Iraq's al-Maliki to meet with Obama November 1: White House
• Obama to host Iraqi prime minister on Nov. 1
• Minibus blast kills 21 in southern Syria: activists
• Actor/Director John Turturro to Headline Week of Leading Independent Film Screenings at Vermont College of Fine Arts
• Weapons inspectors check 11 sites in Syria
• 40 Years after OPEC Oil Embargo, U.S. May Finally Get Off Imported Crude
• Dozens killed in Syria Kurd-jihadist clashes
• Clashes in east Syria kill more than 40 fighters
• Berlin museum seeks return of ancient gold tablet
• The New Nexus: Liberal Media and Liberal Republicans
• Turkey missile deal shows China's growing Mideast clout
• With risks multiplying, reporters stay out of Syria
• Today in History

Arlington Cemetery will allow small mementos Posted: 16 Oct 2013 04:37 PM PDT ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Arlington National Cemetery is relaxing its policies to allow family members of those buried in its section for those who died in Iraq and Afghanistan to leave behind small mementos and photos to honor those soldiers, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Iraqi PM to visit the White House Posted: 16 Oct 2013 01:26 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will meet President Barack Obama at the White House on November 1, US officials said.

Turkey says it fires on Islamist militant positions in Syria Posted: 16 Oct 2013 01:26 PM PDT By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's army said on Wednesday it had fired on al Qaeda-linked militants in northern Syria after a stray mortar bomb hit Turkish territory, highlighting the growing threat from radical groups over its southern border. Fighters from the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have seized territory in parts of Syria near the Turkish border in recent weeks, leaving the already fragile frontier even more vulnerable. ...

Syria blast kills 21, US presses opposition on peace talks Posted: 16 Oct 2013 01:04 PM PDT Damascus (AFP) - A bomb killed 21 people in Syria on Wednesday, with sources variously blaming rebels and the army, as the United States urged a key opposition group to join peace talks.

Iraq's al-Maliki to meet with Obama November 1: White House Posted: 16 Oct 2013 12:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the White House on November 1, the White House said on Wednesday. The meeting comes amid a rising spiral in sectarian violence in Iraq inflamed by the civil war in neighboring Syria. The violence has killed more than 6,000 people in Iraq this year. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Obama to host Iraqi prime minister on Nov. 1 Posted: 16 Oct 2013 12:27 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to host Iraq's prime minister at the White House on Nov. 1.

Minibus blast kills 21 in southern Syria: activists Posted: 16 Oct 2013 10:25 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twenty-one people, including four children and six women, were killed when a minibus hit a mine in the southern Syrian town of Noa on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Opposition activists told the Observatory the minibus drove over a mine planted by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. There was no immediate comment from the government. The explosion was reported in rebel-held territory in Deraa province but army troops are also stationed in the nearby base of Tel al-Jumaa, which is besieged. ...

Actor/Director John Turturro to Headline Week of Leading Independent Film Screenings at Vermont College of Fine Arts Posted: 16 Oct 2013 09:19 AM PDT -- To Appear as Special Guest of the MFA in Film Faculty—MONTPELIER, Vt., Oct. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The MFA in Film at Vermont College of Fine Arts confirmed today a week of faculty and guest film screenings and director talks during the inaugural Fall 2013 residency, October 28–November 1. The film screenings culminate each day of the residency during which students and faculty interact in intensive workshops, discussions, lectures, and activities.A discussion with the director of individual films will follow each screening. ...

Weapons inspectors check 11 sites in Syria Posted: 16 Oct 2013 07:45 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — International inspectors have visited 11 sites linked to Syria's chemical weapons program and destroyed "critical equipment" at six, the agency overseeing the elimination of the country's stockpile said Wednesday.

40 Years after OPEC Oil Embargo, U.S. May Finally Get Off Imported Crude Posted: 16 Oct 2013 07:28 AM PDT 40 Years after OPEC Oil Embargo, U.S. May Finally Get Off Imported Crude

Dozens killed in Syria Kurd-jihadist clashes Posted: 16 Oct 2013 06:36 AM PDT Beirut (AFP) - At least 41 fighters have been killed in violent clashes pitting Kurds against jihadists and Islamist rebels in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group said on Wednesday.

Clashes in east Syria kill more than 40 fighters Posted: 16 Oct 2013 05:24 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say that two days of heavy clashes between Kurdish fighters and al-Qaida-linked rebels in the northeast have killed at least 41 on both sides.

Berlin museum seeks return of ancient gold tablet Posted: 16 Oct 2013 03:51 AM PDT A Holocaust survivor's family urged New York's highest court Tuesday to let them keep an ancient gold tablet that their late father somehow obtained in Germany after World War II. Attorney Steven Schlesinger ...

The New Nexus: Liberal Media and Liberal Republicans Posted: 16 Oct 2013 12:00 AM PDT The government shutdown has made it abundantly obvious that the anti-conservative news media and the anti-conservative Republican establishment have joined together to the point where it's almost impossible to see where one ends and the other begins. Some might say they merge every day on the set of "Morning Joe."

Turkey missile deal shows China's growing Mideast clout Posted: 15 Oct 2013 11:34 PM PDT By Peter Apps LONDON (Reuters) - China's likely sale of sophisticated missiles to Turkey over the objections of its NATO allies might have angered Washington and other capitals, but it should not have been a surprise. Even as the U.S. has spent billions of dollars and lost hundreds of lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, Beijing has been quietly upping its presence in the Middle East. Militarily, the U.S. ...

With risks multiplying, reporters stay out of Syria Posted: 15 Oct 2013 09:25 PM PDT Beirut (AFP) - Journalists in Syria have been killed by snipers, accused of spying, and kidnapped by gunmen, and with the threats growing, many say the conflict is now too dangerous to cover.

Today in History Posted: 15 Oct 2013 09:01 PM PDT .Today is Wednesday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2013. There are 76 days left in the year.

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