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• UN confirms polio outbreak in Syria
• Damascus regime adamant Syrians alone will decide future
• Polio outbreak in Syria threatens whole region, WHO says
• UN Council approves Central Africa protection force
• Syrian refugees face hardships in Jordan's cities
• Iraq's Maliki to seek U.S. arms, role on Iran and Syria
• Iraq PM heads to US to seek security support
• Iraq's premier to seek security help from the US
• Iraqi PM flies to U.S., seeking arms to fight militants
• Marine Sergeant Jason Simms Named The 2013 Dickies American Hero Of The Year
• World Chefs: New cookbook celebrates food from Sydney diaspora
• Today in History
• Skelton, former military expert in U.S. Congress, dies at 81
• U.S. military dedicates first national monument to combat dogs
• Deputy who killed California boy trains officers to use guns
• Bill Clinton should step up and defend foreign intelligence collection

UN confirms polio outbreak in Syria Posted: 29 Oct 2013 02:29 PM PDT Geneva (AFP) - The UN health agency on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of polio in war-torn Syria, which had been free of the crippling disease since 1999, and said it feared it would spread.

Damascus regime adamant Syrians alone will decide future Posted: 29 Oct 2013 01:00 PM PDT Damascus (AFP) - Foreign Minister Walid Muallem insisted Tuesday that only the Syrian people can choose their future, rejecting Western and Arab demands that President Bashar al-Assad step down.

Polio outbreak in Syria threatens whole region, WHO says Posted: 29 Oct 2013 12:51 PM PDT By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Polio has broken out among young children in northeast Syria after probably originating in Pakistan and poses a threat to millions of children across the Middle East, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The crippling disease, which is caused by a virus transmitted via contaminated food and water, could spread especially fast in Syria, where civil war has led to falling vaccination rates. ...

UN Council approves Central Africa protection force Posted: 29 Oct 2013 12:45 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (United States) (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday approved sending a special 250-strong military force to protect UN workers in increasingly chaotic Central African Republic, diplomats said.

Syrian refugees face hardships in Jordan's cities Posted: 29 Oct 2013 11:33 AM PDT ZARQA, Jordan (AP) — Nine-year-old Aya Qassem tried to recite the Arabic alphabet, but stopped halfway through. She couldn't remember all the letters because she hasn't been to school in two years.

Iraq's Maliki to seek U.S. arms, role on Iran and Syria Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:56 AM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to Washington on Tuesday, seeking urgent military supplies to fight an upsurge in sectarian violence spilling over the Syrian border. He will also present himself to President Barack Obama as a potential mediator for him with Iran and Tehran's Syrian ally, Bashar al-Assad, Iraqi sources said - though U.S. officials played down the prospect of Maliki playing such a role. Two years after his last visit, as U.S. ...

Iraq PM heads to US to seek security support Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:26 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki left for Washington on Tuesday, where he will push for increased US support for Baghdad's efforts to curb a months-long surge in violence.

Iraq's premier to seek security help from the US Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:00 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister says he will seek help in combating his country's insurgency and ways to accelerate U.S. arms shipments during his visit to Washington.

Iraqi PM flies to U.S., seeking arms to fight militants Posted: 29 Oct 2013 07:35 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki travelled to the United States on Tuesday to press for urgent help and arms to combat the worst upsurge of violence in years. Nearly three years since the last U.S. troops withdrew, Sunni Islamist militants are waging a campaign to destabilize the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after former dictator Saddam Hussein was overthrown in 2003. ...

Marine Sergeant Jason Simms Named The 2013 Dickies American Hero Of The Year Posted: 29 Oct 2013 05:00 AM PDT Dickies fans and Exchange customers select soldier for resilience and courageFORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dickies and the Army & Air Force Exchange Service are proud to announce the 2013 Dickies American Hero of the Year, Marine Sergeant Jason Simms. On Tuesday, October 29, Simms will be honored and named the winner during a ceremony near his hometown at Fort Dix in Cookstown, New Jersey.Sergeant Jason Simms has exemplified perseverance and selflessness throughout his career in the Marines, as well as in his home life. ...

World Chefs: New cookbook celebrates food from Sydney diaspora Posted: 29 Oct 2013 02:31 AM PDT By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - There's no such thing as too many home cooks for the six Jewish women from Sydney, Australia, who met weekly to chop, stir, bake, eat and debate the merits of more than 450 family recipes harvested from their diverse community. "The Monday Morning Cooking Club" contains the 115 recipes tested and agreed upon by the self-described feisty sisterhood, which began meeting in 2006. ...

Today in History Posted: 28 Oct 2013 09:01 PM PDT Today is Tuesday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2013. There are 63 days left in the year.

Skelton, former military expert in U.S. Congress, dies at 81 Posted: 28 Oct 2013 08:56 PM PDT By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. congressman Ike Skelton, a 17-term Democrat who capped his career as chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, died on Monday, according to U.S. lawmakers. He was 81. Skelton died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, with his wife Patty and his sons at his side, said Skelton's longtime colleague and staff member, Russell Orban. Skelton had entered the hospital about a week ago with a cough, but grew weaker as other complications developed, said Orban, who was present when Skelton died. ...

U.S. military dedicates first national monument to combat dogs Posted: 28 Oct 2013 05:16 PM PDT By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The United States' first national monument to a soldier's best friend, recognizing the sacrifices of dogs in combat, was dedicated by the U.S. military on Monday. Inscribed with the words "Guardians of America's Freedom," the nine-foot tall bronze statue at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, features four dogs and a handler. "These dogs were patriots just as much as anybody else who served," said military dog handler John Baker of Fallon, Nevada, whose 212th Military Police Company Detachment A was known as "Hell on Paws. ...

Deputy who killed California boy trains officers to use guns Posted: 28 Oct 2013 05:07 PM PDT By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old California boy carrying what turned out to be a plastic replica assault rifle is a firearms expert who has trained officers for nearly two decades, authorities said on Monday. Deputy Erick Gelhaus, 48, fired eight shots at Andy Lopez Cruz on Tuesday, as the popular eighth-grader was walking near his home in the wine-country suburb of Santa Rosa carrying an imitation AK-47 he planned to return to a friend, relatives and officials said. ...

Bill Clinton should step up and defend foreign intelligence collection Posted: 28 Oct 2013 04:01 PM PDT Right now, there is no credible, empowered, knowledgeable, and forceful defender of the National Security Agency inside the executive branch.

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