2014年5月19日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Obama to give Marine veteran Medal of Honor

Posted: 19 May 2014 03:30 PM PDT

This photo taken May 13, 2014 shows Medically retired Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter speaking to media at the Pentagon. On June 19, 2014, President Barack Obama will award Carpenter the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving as an Automatic Rifleman with Company F, 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 1st Marine Division (Forward), I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — An Afghanistan war veteran who absorbed the blast of a grenade to protect a fellow Marine will receive the medal of honor next month, becoming the eighth living recipient for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq.


Hess shows off upgraded Tioga gas plant

Posted: 19 May 2014 01:08 PM PDT

Oil conglomerate Hess Corp. on Monday showed off its upgraded gas plant in Tioga to North Dakota officials. Hess Chief Operating Officer Greg Hill said the upgrades have allowed it to increase how much ...

Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's rebel-turned-PM

Posted: 19 May 2014 10:25 AM PDT

A picture taken on January 11, 2014 shows Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaking during a political meeting in BaghdadNuri al-Maliki, Iraq's tough-talking but uncharismatic rebel-turned-leader, looked set to remain prime minister after results on Monday from April's general election put his party in the lead. Maliki's State of Law alliance won 92 out of 328 seats in parliament, with other blocs tallying between 19 and 29 seats, meaning he will need his rivals' support in order to keep the top job. Throughout, he has been seen as a rarity agreeable to both the United States, Iraq's former occupier, and Iran, its powerful Shiite-majority neighbour. Former US president George W. Bush has called Maliki "a good man with a difficult job", and Maliki himself has said he is "a friend of the United States, but... not America's man in Iraq".


Iraq's Maliki wins at least 94 parliament seats in national election

Posted: 19 May 2014 09:45 AM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki gestures during talks with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Nazif in CairoBy Ahmed Rasheed and Isra' al-Rube'ii BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nouri Maliki won the largest share of Iraqi parliamentary seats in last month's national elections, dealing a blow to Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish rivals who opposed his serving a third term. Preliminary results on Monday showed Maliki won at least 94 seats, far more than his two main Shi'ite rivals, the movement of Muqtada Sadr, which picked up 28 seats, and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), which won 29 seats. The size of Maliki's victory, with 1,074,000 votes for his list in Baghdad alone, will make it much harder for any of his opponents to argue he is not the choice of the country's Shi'ite majority. It is particularly important to him because his government is fighting a war with armed Sunni groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which holds territory in Syria and holds sway around central Iraq.


The VA Healthcare Scandal Grows

Posted: 19 May 2014 07:33 AM PDT

The VA Healthcare Scandal GrowsCalls for the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki have turned from loud to deafening as word of a new scandal involving a Veterans Administration hospital in Albuquerque came across the transom. According to the Daily Beast, the Albuquerque VA is the latest hospital to be accused of maintaining a secret waiting list to cover up delays in treating veterans with serious and life-threatening illnesses.  "The 'secret wait list' for patient appointments is being either moved or was destroyed after what happened in Phoenix," according to a doctor who works at the Albuquerque VA hospital and spoke exclusively with The Daily Beast.


Iraq: PM's group is biggest election winner

Posted: 19 May 2014 07:17 AM PDT

Nouri al-MalikiA coalition led by Iraq's Shiite prime minister emerged Monday as the biggest winner in the country's first parliamentary elections since the U.S. military withdrawal in 2011, electoral officials said, as the embattled premier is seeking a third term in office despite political turmoil and rising violence.


Iraq: PM's group takes lead in national elections

Posted: 19 May 2014 06:22 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A coalition led by Iraq's Shiite prime minister has emerged as the biggest winner in parliamentary elections, paving the way for him to try to form the country's next government.

From deployed to employed: Nick Swaggert guides vets to civilian jobs

Posted: 19 May 2014 06:18 AM PDT

Each branch of the military offers basic training for recruits seeking to join the ranks. But what about a corporate basic training, a "reverse boot camp" engineered to acclimate returning veterans to corporate America? After 11 years as an infantry officer serving in the US Marine Corps, Nick Swaggert returned to civilian life only to ask himself that very question. "They don't see that experience in the military is valid when compared to civilian experience," Mr. Swaggert says.

Arlington Cemetery's 150 years rooted in Civil War

Posted: 19 May 2014 06:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 13, 2014 file photo, a U.S. Army honor guard stands at the grave site of Army Pvt. William Christman, the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864 and buried at Arlington on May 13. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Arlington National Cemetery's hallowed ground honors American soldiers from many different wars. But as Arlington marks its 150th anniversary this year with tours and events, historians note that its roots are firmly planted in the Civil War.


Oil up near $103 amid Libya, Ukraine conflicts

Posted: 19 May 2014 06:09 AM PDT

The price of oil approached $103 a barrel Monday as violence in Libya threatened to once again delay a potential increase in the country's exports of crude.

VA Scandal Just Got Much Worse

Posted: 18 May 2014 08:20 PM PDT

VA Scandal Just Got Much WorseVeterans with serious heart conditions, gangrene, and even brain tumors waited months for care at the Albuquerque VA hospital, a whistleblowing doctor tells The Daily Beast.


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