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• 52 dead in throwback to Iraq's sectarian bloodshed
• US veterans fill their own void delivering aid to Philippines
• 18 Sunnis kidnapped in Iraq later found shot dead
• NATO apologises for Afghan air strike that 'killed child'
• Syrian refugee children work, provide for families
• Men tried to behead soldier on London street, court hears
• Parties recruit veterans to run for House in 2014
• Quake did not damage nuclear plant, Iran tells IAEA
• Iraqi police find 18 men shot in head and seven decapitated
• Iraq police find bodies of 18 Sunnis; bombs kill 4
• Iraq summons Libyan ambassador over professor's killing
• Iraq police find 18 bodies; bombings kill 4
• UN: Syria refugee children working, missing school
• The alternative to negotiation
• The Oral Cancer Foundation Joins the National #GivingTuesday Movement To Encourage Spending and Giving With A Purpose
• Iraq police find bodies of 18 men north of Baghdad
• Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan sign landmark energy contracts
• Ex-Marine charged in California homeless killings dies in hospital
• Afghanistan's Karzai stands alone in high-stakes game with U.S.

52 dead in throwback to Iraq's sectarian bloodshed Posted: 29 Nov 2013 03:32 PM PST A wave of violence Friday killed 52 people in Iraq, most of whom were kidnapped and shot dead with their corpses abandoned, in scenes harking back to Iraq's sectarian war. The killings come amid a surge in violence that has left more than 600 people dead this month, including several who were snatched from their homes, only for their bodies to be found later, fuelling fears Iraq is slipping back into the communal bloodshed that plagued it from 2005 to 2007. More than 6,000 people have been killed this year, forcing Baghdad to appeal for international help in battling militancy just months before a general election, as official concern focuses on a resurgent Al-Qaeda emboldened by the war in neighbouring Syria. Violence on Friday struck in Baghdad and mostly Sunni Arab parts of the north and west, with shootings and bombings targeting civilians, local officials, security forces and even a brothel.

US veterans fill their own void delivering aid to Philippines Posted: 29 Nov 2013 11:58 AM PST The plastic crate sitting outside a sweltering makeshift military terminal serves as both a seat for Peter Meijer and a container for 150-plus pounds of nails, hammers, and military-style quick-prep meals. Both he and the supplies are about to head out to the region of the Philippines hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan.

18 Sunnis kidnapped in Iraq later found shot dead Posted: 29 Nov 2013 11:15 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Men dressed as Iraqi soldiers abducted 18 Sunnis, whose bullet-ridden corpses turned up in farmland just south of Baghdad, authorities said Friday, a grim reminder of the worst days of sectarian killings that plagued the country after the U.S. invasion.

NATO apologises for Afghan air strike that 'killed child' Posted: 29 Nov 2013 10:28 AM PST US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan on Friday apologised for an air strike that President Hamid Karzai said killed a two-year-old boy, as acrimony deepened over a deal to allow US troops to stay in the country after 2014. Civilian casualties have been one of the most sensitive issues of the 12-year military intervention in Afghanistan, and Karzai warned that the latest incident threatened the proposed bilateral security agreement (BSA) with Washington. An official from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said that force commander General Joseph Dunford "quickly called President Karzai and expressed deep regrets for the incident".

Syrian refugee children work, provide for families Posted: 29 Nov 2013 09:42 AM PST ZAHLEH, Lebanon (AP) — Every morning in northeastern Lebanon, hundreds of Syrian children are picked up from refugee settlements, loaded onto trucks and taken to the fields or shops for a day's work that earns $4 or less.

Men tried to behead soldier on London street, court hears Posted: 29 Nov 2013 09:26 AM PST By Michael Holden and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Two men tried to behead a British soldier in broad daylight on a London street, hacking at his body "like a butcher attacking a joint of meat" in what one said was "eye for an eye" revenge for Britain's wars against Muslims, a court was told on Friday. Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, dragged the lifeless body of Fusilier Lee Rigby, a veteran of the Afghan War, into the middle of the street so that horrified members of the public could see what they had done, prosecutor Richard Whittam said at the start of the men's trial. They deny committing what Whittam called a "cowardly and callous murder" by knocking Rigby down with a car as he crossed a street in Woolwich, southeast London, on the afternoon of May 22 before setting upon his unconscious body with a meat cleaver and knives.

Parties recruit veterans to run for House in 2014 Posted: 29 Nov 2013 08:30 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — When he meets voters in Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, former Army Ranger Kevin Strouse recounts how he helped clear a city block in Iraq during the rescue of prisoner of war Jessica Lynch in 2003. The story is meant to show his experience working with others to accomplish a goal.

Quake did not damage nuclear plant, Iran tells IAEA Posted: 29 Nov 2013 08:26 AM PST Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency an earthquake near the city of Bushehr did not damage the country's sole nuclear power plant and it continues to operate normally, the IAEA said on Friday. At least seven people were killed in Thursday's earthquake that hit a region near the Bushehr nuclear power plant, state news agency IRNA reported. The earthquake, which had a magnitude of 5.6, struck about 40 miles northeast of Bushehr on the Gulf coast, according to U.S. Geological Survey data. "Iran informed the IAEA's Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) yesterday that no damage had been found at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant," the U.N. agency said.

Iraqi police find 18 men shot in head and seven decapitated Posted: 29 Nov 2013 06:29 AM PST By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Police discovered the bodies of 18 men who had been abducted and shot in the head near Baghdad on Friday, and the decapitated corpses of seven men killed in a separate attack in northern Iraq. The 18 bodies were found together in an orchard in Meshahda, a predominantly Sunni Muslim area around 30 km (20 miles) north of Baghdad. A senior police source blamed al Qaeda. Such killings are on the rise in Iraq, alongside a growing insurgent campaign of bomb and gun attacks on security forces and civilians.

Iraq police find bodies of 18 Sunnis; bombs kill 4 Posted: 29 Nov 2013 06:01 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Police found the corpses of 18 Sunni men Friday shot near a town just north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said, hours after they were abducted by gunmen wearing military uniforms.

Iraq summons Libyan ambassador over professor's killing Posted: 29 Nov 2013 04:01 AM PST Baghdad has summoned Libya's ambassador to Iraq to protest the killing of an Iraqi professor by jihadists in the North African country, the foreign ministry said late on Thursday. A man who the SITE monitoring service, an intelligence group, said was Iraqi professor Khalaf Hassan al-Sa'idi was shown being killed by gunshot in a video uploaded on YouTube this week. In the video, which has since been removed from YouTube, he identifies himself as Shi'ite Muslim. His captors say on the video that he is being killed in sectarian revenge for the execution of a Sunni in Iraq by the Shi'ite-led government.

Iraq police find 18 bodies; bombings kill 4 Posted: 29 Nov 2013 03:28 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Police found the corpses of 18 men shot near a Sunni town just north of Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi officials said, hours after they were abducted by gunmen wearing military uniforms. Elsewhere near the capital, two separate bomb attacks killed four.

UN: Syria refugee children working, missing school Posted: 29 Nov 2013 03:06 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — A growing number of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan are fast becoming primary providers for families who lack resources for basic survival, the United Nations refugee agency said in a report Friday.

The alternative to negotiation Posted: 29 Nov 2013 02:25 AM PST Here's some consolation for Bibi Netanyahu and the Iran hawks in the U.S.: Most Americans do not trust the Islamic Republic. In fact, 61 percent doubt that Iran will keep its pledge not to develop nuclear weapons, says a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. The hawks cannot say how and when a war with Iran would end; To unapologetic neocons like John Bolton and Bill Kristol, this is tragic weakness.

The Oral Cancer Foundation Joins the National #GivingTuesday Movement To Encourage Spending and Giving With A Purpose Posted: 29 Nov 2013 01:33 AM PST Pledges to raise funds for a HPV/Oral Cancer National Awareness Campaign NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Nov. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Oral Cancer Foundation has joined #GivingTuesday, a first of it's kind effort that will harness the collective power of a unique blend of partners – charities, families, business and individuals – to transform how people think about, talk about how to participate in the giving season. Taking place on December 3, 2013 – the Tuesday after Thanksgiving - #GivingTuesday will harness the power of social media to create a national moment around the holidays dedicated to giving, similar to how Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become days that are, today, synonymous with holiday shopping. The Director of the National Cancer Institute stated in his message to the American public at the beginning of this year that while progress is being made in cancer in general, and survival rates are higher and treatment options greater, there are only two areas in which cancer is on the rise in the US - cancers related to obesity and cancers related to the HPV virus.

Iraq police find bodies of 18 men north of Baghdad Posted: 29 Nov 2013 01:16 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say they have found the corpses of 18 men shot near a Sunni town just north of Baghdad, hours after they were abducted by gunmen wearing military uniforms.

Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan sign landmark energy contracts Posted: 29 Nov 2013 12:32 AM PST By Humeyra Pamuk and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan signed a package of landmark contracts earlier this week that will see the semi-autonomous region's oil and gas exported via pipelines through Turkey, sources close to the deal told Reuters on Friday. The sources said the deals were signed during Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani's three hour-long meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday. The move is likely to further infuriate Baghdad, which claims the sole authority to manage Iraqi oil and which said late on Thursday that any energy deal with Kurdistan would be "an encroachment on the sovereignty of Iraq".

Ex-Marine charged in California homeless killings dies in hospital Posted: 28 Nov 2013 08:11 PM PST (Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran charged in California with six murders, including the serial "thrill" killings of four homeless men, has died in a hospital where he was being treated for an illness, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said on Thursday. Itzcoatl Ocampo, a former U.S. Marine, could have faced the death penalty if convicted on six counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances. Ocampo died late on Wednesday or early on Thursday and a cause of death has yet to be determined, said Lieutenant Andy Ferguson. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has described Ocampo, who served in the Marines from July 2006 to July 2010 and was deployed to Iraq in 2008, as a heartless "thrill" killer.

Afghanistan's Karzai stands alone in high-stakes game with U.S. Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:17 PM PST By Maria Golovnina and John Chalmers KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai's stubborn refusal to sign a pact that would keep thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is a high-risk gamble that Washington will give in to his demands, one that has left him isolated as the clock runs down on his presidency. Diplomats said he may have overplayed his hand, raising the risk of a complete U.S. withdrawal from a country where Western troops have fought Taliban militants for the past 12 years. It also risks a backlash at home by critics who believe Karzai is playing a dangerous game with Afghanistan's future security. "I don't know if he fully realises the risks," said U.S. Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, the U.S.-led coalition's top commander.

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