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• Clinton appeals to idealism of college students
• Iraqi journalist killed by Kurdish officer at Baghdad checkpoint
• Police: Iraq president's guard kills journalist
• Bombings, shooting kill 16 in Iraq
• Presidential guard kills top Iraqi journalist
• Rebels battle for Syria border post near Mediterranean
• Bombings kill 15 in Iraq
• The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes Partners with Wild for Life Foundation to Promote Equine Assisted Learning Programs for Military Veterans and Disadvantaged Youth
• Police officer killed in rare south Iraq attack
• Double bombing kills 7 people in Iraq

Clinton appeals to idealism of college students Posted: 22 Mar 2014 03:57 PM PDT TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Looking out to a theater full of motivated college students, Hillary Rodham Clinton said their generation showed great promise as "open-minded and tolerant" Americans ready to step forward for an important cause.

Iraqi journalist killed by Kurdish officer at Baghdad checkpoint Posted: 22 Mar 2014 12:38 PM PDT By Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi journalist was shot dead by a Kurdish officer at a checkpoint in Baghdad on Saturday as he went to work, provoking protests by other journalists and a promise by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to arrest the perpetrator. Mohammed Badawi, the Baghdad bureau chief of Radio Free Iraq was on his way to the office near the Iraqi presidential compound in the center of the capital when the killing took place. Badawi's body was left at the scene for hours as dozens of Iraqi journalists gathered to protest his killing and demand the arrest of his killer. Troops and army humvees surrounded the presidential compound in preparation to arrest the killer, but Iraqi security forces said Kurdish troops refused to hand him over.

Police: Iraq president's guard kills journalist Posted: 22 Mar 2014 11:12 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — An officer in the Iraqi president's guard shot dead a well-known radio journalist during a quarrel Saturday near the leader's east Baghdad residence, police said.

Bombings, shooting kill 16 in Iraq Posted: 22 Mar 2014 08:35 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks across Iraq killed 16 members of the security forces and civilians on Saturday, officials said.

Presidential guard kills top Iraqi journalist Posted: 22 Mar 2014 08:28 AM PDT A presidential guard shot dead a senior Iraqi journalist during an argument in Baghdad Saturday and then fled, briefly sparking a standoff in which Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanded he be handed over. It was not immediately clear what sparked the altercation outside a heavily guarded presidential complex in the upscale Jadriyah neighbourhood, but it appeared that Mohammed Bidaiwi, the Baghdad bureau chief of Radio Free Iraq, was on his way to work inside the compound when the shooting occurred. He apparently took refuge in presidential guard offices before eventually being handed over, but only after Maliki himself made a surprise appearance to demand he be taken into custody. "The peshmerga captain killed him after he stopped him from getting into the compound," said a journalist at Radio Free Iraq, who declined to be identified.

Rebels battle for Syria border post near Mediterranean Posted: 22 Mar 2014 07:54 AM PDT Islamist fighters in Syria battled President Bashar al-Assad's forces for control of a border crossing with Turkey close to the Mediterranean on Saturday, part of an offensive aimed at opening up a rebel link to the sea. They said heavy clashes continued around Kasab crossing and a nearby village of the same name - both about 5 miles from the coast - a day after rebels launched their assault. Assad's forces have already lost control of most border crossings with Turkey during the three year civil war but had held on to Kasab, gateway to the coastal province of Latakia which has remained an Assad stronghold. Syrian authorities accused Turkey of helping the fighters launch their attack on Kasab from Turkish territory, saying Ankara's army "provided cover for this terrorist attack" on the wooded and hilly border region.

Bombings kill 15 in Iraq Posted: 22 Mar 2014 07:45 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks in Iraq killed 15 members of the security forces and civilians in areas north of Baghdad on Saturday, officials said.

The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes Partners with Wild for Life Foundation to Promote Equine Assisted Learning Programs for Military Veterans and Disadvantaged Youth Posted: 22 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PDT LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Wild for Life Foundation (WFLF) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes (CSAH) for the upcoming "Charity Spring Benefit Wine Tasting Reception" on Saturday, March 29, 2014 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in San Diego, CA.  The evening will feature special guest entertainer, famed tenor Anthony Kearns. Coalition representatives, Corporal Donny Daughenbaugh, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret), the Coalition's Regional Vice President East and  its national spokesman, and Sergeant Matthew Pennington, U.S. Army (Ret.), who writes the "Matthew Pennington Blog Series" for the Coalition website, will attend the event on behalf of the organization. "We are thrilled to work with the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes for this wonderful event to raise funds for our new Wild for Life Foundation Charity Sanctuary & Wellness Center, which will provide programs with a focus on its community enrichment equine wellness activities, and robust equine assisted programs for disadvantaged youth, active duty military, and veterans and their families," said Katia Louise, Founder, President and Volunteer Executive Director, WFLF.

Police officer killed in rare south Iraq attack Posted: 22 Mar 2014 06:54 AM PDT A police officer was killed in a relatively rare attack in the Iraqi port city of Basra Saturday, while security forces reopened a key highway after retaking a village from militants. The latest bloodshed came a day after attacks across the country killed 33 people, with bombings and shootings largely targeting Sunni Arab-majority areas of northern and western Iraq, just weeks ahead of national parliamentary elections. Violence in Iraq is at its highest level since 2008, with the unrest driven principally by anger in the Sunni minority, which alleges mistreatment at the hands of the Shiite-led authorities, as well as spillover from the civil war in neighbouring Syria. In Basra, police Lieutenant Colonel Ihsan Maadhi was gunned down in front of his house in the centre of the southern city, police and medical sources said.

Double bombing kills 7 people in Iraq Posted: 22 Mar 2014 02:19 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a double bombing has killed seven people in a city north of Baghdad.

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