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• Germany demands U.S. answers over Merkel bugging
• Veteran Iowa Republicans seek state GOP makeover
• Iraqi journalist killed in Mosul
• Syria troops close in on suburbs hit by chemical attack
• Hillary's Lessons From 2008 Put Her In The Driver's Seat, Say Ex-Clinton WH Aide Robert Weiner And Nakia Gladden; Article In Michigan Chronicle Today
• Pentagon's top three threats in the 'deep future'
• Syrian Kurds and jihadists clash near Iraq border
• Syrian army seizes Damascus suburb from rebels: state TV
• US offers funds to move Iranian exiles out of Iraq
• Time Warner Cable to carry Al Jazeera America after standoff
• The US-Saudi breakup that isn't
• UN: Kuwait invasion fund pays out $1.24 billion

Germany demands U.S. answers over Merkel bugging Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:55 PM PDT By Noah Barkin and Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - An outraged Germany summoned the U.S. ambassador for the first time in living memory on Thursday over suspicions Washington bugged Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone, in the worst spat between the close allies in a decade. Merkel, at a summit of European leaders in Brussels, said the incident had shattered German trust in the United States: "It's not just about me but about every German citizen," she said. "Spying among friends is not at all acceptable." The White House did not deny the bugging, saying only it would not happen in future. ...

Veteran Iowa Republicans seek state GOP makeover Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fed up and ready to get off the sidelines, veteran Iowa Republicans are working to wrest control of the state GOP from the evangelicals, tea partyers and libertarians they blame for alienating longtime party loyalists.

Iraqi journalist killed in Mosul Posted: 24 Oct 2013 12:54 PM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - A cameraman for Al-Mosuliya television station was killed in north Iraq on Thursday, the channel said, the third journalist to be murdered in the city of Mosul this month.

Syria troops close in on suburbs hit by chemical attack Posted: 24 Oct 2013 12:44 PM PDT Damascus (AFP) - Syrian troops captured a key town southeast of Damascus on Thursday, a military source said, as they sought to close in on suburbs struck by chemical weapons in August.

Hillary's Lessons From 2008 Put Her In The Driver's Seat, Say Ex-Clinton WH Aide Robert Weiner And Nakia Gladden; Article In Michigan Chronicle Today Posted: 24 Oct 2013 12:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hillary Clinton is in the driver's seat for the 2016 Presidential race and in position to make history as America's first woman president if she learns the lessons and corrects the mistakes of her 2008 run, including her Iraq War vote explanation and her failure to capitalize in caucuses on primary victories in those states, assert ex-Clinton White House aide Robert Weiner and policy analyst Nakia Gladden in a Michigan Chronicle article just out. ...

Pentagon's top three threats in the 'deep future' Posted: 24 Oct 2013 12:10 PM PDT What sorts of threats will the US military face in the "deep future"?

Syrian Kurds and jihadists clash near Iraq border Posted: 24 Oct 2013 10:12 AM PDT Beirut (AFP) - Fierce clashes erupted in Syria overnight between Kurdish fighters and jihadists near the Iraqi border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday.

Syrian army seizes Damascus suburb from rebels: state TV Posted: 24 Oct 2013 09:34 AM PDT By Alexander Dziadosz BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces seized a suburb of Damascus on Thursday from rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in a push that has shored up government control of the capital's outskirts, state television reported. Assad's forces, backed by Shi'ite fighters from Lebanon, Iraq and Iran, have been gaining ground around Damascus since last month, storming several rebel-held suburbs and choking off supplies to others in the east and south. ...

US offers funds to move Iranian exiles out of Iraq Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:24 AM PDT Washington (AFP) - The United States on Thursday offered $1 million to help resettle Iranian opposition exiles currently in Iraq, contributing to a UN appeal in the wake of violence.

Time Warner Cable to carry Al Jazeera America after standoff Posted: 24 Oct 2013 07:02 AM PDT By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable will carry Al Jazeera America, which it had dropped earlier this year, giving the cable news channel a bigger foothold in the United States, where it has struggled to gain distribution. The channel, which is owned by Qatar-based Al Jazeera and launched in August, will be available on digital basic cable packages in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas in the next six months, according to a statement by Time Warner Cable on Thursday. Time Warner Cable said it would add the channel on all of its systems in the coming months. ...

The US-Saudi breakup that isn't Posted: 24 Oct 2013 05:34 AM PDT Saudi Arabia's announcement last week that it refused to take a seat on the United Nations Security Council that it had campaigned long and hard for was the diplomatic equivalent of a baby throwing its toys out of a pram – an expression of displeasure, sure, but not one likely to garner much respect or support.

UN: Kuwait invasion fund pays out $1.24 billion Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:51 AM PDT The U.N. panel that settles claims for damages from victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait has paid out another $1.24 billion — bringing the total so far to $43.5 billion. The U.N. Compensation Commission ...

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