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• Official: 1 dead, 14 injured in Fort Hood shooting
• Fort Hood says shooting at Texas Army base
• U.S., eyeing exit and mindful of past, keeps distance from Afghan election
• Syrians adjust to life without limbs
• Iranians avoid bad luck with outdoor festival
• Daughter to testify in high-profile California murder trial of Iraqi man
• Egypt: Bombings bring escalation in campus wars
• Iraq attacks kill 15 as UN warns of 'divisive' polls
• Filmmaker Errol Morris Reveals the Horror of Rumsfeld's War Strategy
• Iran says does not seek indefinite power for Assad
• Attack on Yemen army HQ kills six soldiers, three militants
• Police patrol Kenyan port after Muslim cleric's murder
• Self-immolation highlights woes of Syrian refugees in Lebanon: U.N.
• Bombings around Iraq kill 8 ahead of elections
• UN envoy warns of 'divisive' Iraq election campaign
• Khrushchev’s Son: Crimea is Ours
• Exclusive: Rumsfeld’s 9/11 Con Job
• How I’ll End Our Longest War
• Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 5 army recruits
• Police patrol Kenyan port after Muslim cleric's assassination
• Frustrated Kuwaitis ask, why is Kuwait falling behind?
• Iraqi murder trial focuses on troubled family
• Iraqi man cries out at start of his murder trial
• Iraqi man goes on trial in California for wife's murder

Official: 1 dead, 14 injured in Fort Hood shooting Posted: 02 Apr 2014 04:50 PM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — One person was killed and 14 injured in a shooting Wednesday at Fort Hood, and officials at the base said the shooter is believed to be dead.

Fort Hood says shooting at Texas Army base Posted: 02 Apr 2014 04:06 PM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Fort Hood said Wednesday that a shooting happened at the Texas Army base and that injuries have been reported.

U.S., eyeing exit and mindful of past, keeps distance from Afghan election Posted: 02 Apr 2014 03:11 PM PDT By Missy Ryan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ahead of Afghanistan's last presidential election in 2009, the United States used its diplomatic and military muscle to try to pull off a successful vote in a nation expected to define the foreign policy of President Barack Obama. Fast-forward to today: the Obama administration is taking an arms-length approach to Afghanistan's April 5th elections. U.S. soldiers are no longer taking the lead in safeguarding voters across the central Asian country. U.S. officials have steered clear of appearing to pick sides among rival candidates.

Syrians adjust to life without limbs Posted: 02 Apr 2014 02:22 PM PDT JIB JANINE, Lebanon (AP) — Grimacing, Mustafa Ahmad slid the scarred stump just below his right knee into his new prosthetic leg. Extending his arms for balance, he slowly rose and hobbled across the packed dirt floor toward the door of his ramshackle tent.

Iranians avoid bad luck with outdoor festival Posted: 02 Apr 2014 01:05 PM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians flocked to parks rich with the smell of grilled kebabs Wednesday to toss around Frisbees, bat badminton birdies and battle one another in chess and backgammon — all to avoid being caught inside on the unlucky 13th day of the Iranian new year.

Daughter to testify in high-profile California murder trial of Iraqi man Posted: 02 Apr 2014 12:59 PM PDT By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The trial of an Iraqi-American man accused of murdering his wife, a killing first investigated as a hate crime, resumed on Tuesday with his 19-year-old daughter expected to take the stand to testify about finding her mother bludgeoned and dying. The high-profile trial of Kassim Alhimidi opened on Monday with the 49-year-old defendant wailing in court as prosecutors played a recording of his daughter's call for emergency help after she discovered her mother bloodied on the kitchen floor of their San Diego-area home. San Diego Superior Court Judge William McGrath admonished Alhimidi for the disruption and ordered that any further such outbursts be translated into English. Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old stay-at-home mother of five, was bludgeoned at her home in suburban El Cajon on March 21, 2012, and died of her injuries several days later.

Egypt: Bombings bring escalation in campus wars Posted: 02 Apr 2014 12:57 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — A series of three bombs went off Wednesday outside Cairo University, killing a police general and wounding seven people, introducing a new level of violence to the almost daily battles at campuses fought by Egyptian police and students loyal to the ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Iraq attacks kill 15 as UN warns of 'divisive' polls Posted: 02 Apr 2014 12:47 PM PDT Attacks against security forces killed 15 people Wednesday as the UN's envoy to Iraq warned that the country's election campaign would be "highly divisive" amid a year-long surge in bloodshed. The attacks came on the second day of campaigning for April 30 parliamentary polls, Iraq's first since March 2010. UN special envoy Nickolay Mladenov, in an interview with AFP, underscored fears the polls could worsen a long-standing political deadlock in which Iraq's fractious national unity government has passed little in the way of significant legislation. On Wednesday morning, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to an army recruitment centre in northern Iraq, killing six would-be soldiers and wounding 14 others, a general and a doctor said.

Filmmaker Errol Morris Reveals the Horror of Rumsfeld's War Strategy Posted: 02 Apr 2014 12:47 PM PDT The first thing I asked Errol Morris when I sat down to interview him about his latest documentary, The Unknown Known, was whether he minded my using a recorder. When I turned on the mic a few seconds later, the recording picked up mid-conversation, with Morris recounting how he had read, as a kid, about Truman Capote's ability to recall hours of conversations.

Iran says does not seek indefinite power for Assad Posted: 02 Apr 2014 12:25 PM PDT By Michelle Moghtader ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Iran, Syria's main regional ally, does not see President Bashar al-Assad staying in power indefinitely but neither does it want "extremist forces" to replace him, a senior Iranian diplomat said on Wednesday. Amir Abdollahian, deputy foreign minister for Arab and African Affairs, added in an interview Iran hoped to have talks in a month or so with Saudi Arabia, Tehran's regional rival, to address their differences about the Middle East. Asked about Iranian activities in several Arab countries, he told Reuters that stability, peace and development "in Yemen, Bahrain, Syria and any other country in the region will help the interests and security of the Islamic Republic of Iran".

Attack on Yemen army HQ kills six soldiers, three militants Posted: 02 Apr 2014 11:05 AM PDT By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) - Ten suspected Islamist militants and six soldiers died during a suicide bombing and assault on the main military headquarters in Aden on Wednesday, Yemen's Defence Ministry said. The attack bore the hallmarks of previous assaults on military installations by al Qaeda, including one on the Defence Ministry compound in Sanaa in December and an earlier assault on the headquarters of the Second Division in Hadramout province.

Police patrol Kenyan port after Muslim cleric's murder Posted: 02 Apr 2014 08:54 AM PDT Mombasa (Kenya) (AFP) - Armed police patrolled the streets of Kenya's port city Mombasa on Wednesday following the assassination of a prominent radical Muslim cleric who was buried as a martyr. But Kenya's second city -- a key transport hub for East Africa and a popular tourist destination -- was reported calm, with the slain cleric's mosque having broadcast appeals for restraint among his supporters. The cleric, Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, was a vocal supporter of Osama bin Laden, and was on UN sanctions lists accused of being a "leading facilitator and recruiter of young Kenyan Muslims for violent militant activity in Somalia", and of having "strong ties" with the leaders of neighbouring Somalia's Shebab. An AFP reporter in the city said Muslim clerics' appeals for calm rang out from loudspeakers at Makaburi's mosque throughout Tuesday night, while similar calls were made on local radio stations during the day.

Self-immolation highlights woes of Syrian refugees in Lebanon: U.N. Posted: 02 Apr 2014 08:02 AM PDT By Yara Abi Nader BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N. official said a Syrian refugee in Lebanon who doused herself with petrol and set herself alight after her aid was cut was a victim of a lack of funding for the world body's work. The millionth Syrian refugee will register in Lebanon on Thursday, the U.N. refugee agency says, adding to the strain on a county of only 4 million which is struggling to stop the war from flooding into its territory. Mariam al-Khawli, who fled Syria with her husband and four children two years ago, set herself on fire last week in frustration at living without the food and cash lifeline provided by the United Nations since August. Her story has become well known over the past days, after appearing in news outlets in Lebanon.

Bombings around Iraq kill 8 ahead of elections Posted: 02 Apr 2014 05:38 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bombings in Iraq killed eight people Wednesday, including army recruits, as the country prepares for parliamentary elections later this month.

UN envoy warns of 'divisive' Iraq election campaign Posted: 02 Apr 2014 02:51 AM PDT Campaigning for Iraq's April 30 elections will be "highly divisive" as parties appeal to their sectarian bases at a time of worsening violence, the UN's envoy to Baghdad has warned. Nickolay Mladenov also pushed for Iraqi leaders to urgently pass a much-delayed annual budget within two weeks, noting that further postponing the spending bill would badly impact on drawing much-needed business and investment to the country. His remarks came as campaigning officially began on Tuesday for the parliamentary polls, Iraq's first since March 2010, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki eyeing a third term with bloodshed at its highest level since the country emerged from a brutal sectarian war in 2008. "Campaigning will be highly divisive," Mladenov told AFP from his office in Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone complex, which is also home to parliament and the American and British embassies.

Khrushchev’s Son: Crimea is Ours Posted: 02 Apr 2014 02:45 AM PDT Sergei Khruschev, the son of the Soviet leader who gave Crimea to Ukraine, says that his father never intended to separate Crimea from Russia and Russia will never give it back.

Exclusive: Rumsfeld’s 9/11 Con Job Posted: 02 Apr 2014 02:45 AM PDT In a new doc, the former defense secretary says he never meant to imply that Saddam was behind 9/11—despite the implications that the Iraqi dictator and al Qaeda were in cahoots.

How I’ll End Our Longest War Posted: 02 Apr 2014 02:45 AM PDT An American military officer leaving on one of the last deployments to Afghanistan before the war ends, writes about his experiences in a new feature for The Daily Beast.

Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 5 army recruits Posted: 02 Apr 2014 02:02 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi police official says a suicide bombing near a military base in the country's north has killed five army recruits.

Police patrol Kenyan port after Muslim cleric's assassination Posted: 02 Apr 2014 12:32 AM PDT Mombasa (Kenya) (AFP) - Armed police patrolled the streets of Kenya's port city Mombasa Wednesday after a prominent radical Muslim cleric assassinated overnight was buried as martyr. But Kenya's second city -- a key transport hub for East Africa and a popular tourist destination -- was reported calm in the morning, with the slain cleric's mosque broadcasting appeals for restraint among his supporters. The cleric Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, was a vocal supporter of Osama bin Laden, and was on UN sanctions lists accused of being a "leading facilitator and recruiter of young Kenyan Muslims for violent militant activity in Somalia", and of having "strong ties" with Shebab leaders. Better known as Makaburi or "grave" in Swahili, he had described last year's attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, which was claimed by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, as "100-percent justified".

Frustrated Kuwaitis ask, why is Kuwait falling behind? Posted: 02 Apr 2014 12:11 AM PDT By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT (Reuters) - With a youthful, well-educated population, strong relationships with both neighbors and world powers, and a strategic location on the Gulf, major oil producer Kuwait should be as dynamic a hub for the region as Dubai or Doha. But while others in the Gulf have powered ahead, attracting foreign investment and developing infrastructure, Kuwait has stagnated, frustrating the people of a country once seen as a Middle East trailblazer. This frustration is especially evident among young Kuwaitis, cosmopolitan and often educated abroad, who complain of bureaucratic red tape and dysfunctional politics, but also acknowledge complacency among their fellow citizens. Although thousands took to Kuwait's streets in 2011 and 2012, seeking moderate political reforms, the demonstrations eventually fizzled, at least partly due to Kuwaitis' alarm over the chaos and rise of Islamists in the Arab Spring countries.

Iraqi murder trial focuses on troubled family Posted: 01 Apr 2014 10:17 PM PDT EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — An Iraqi man accused of killing his Muslim wife in their California home in what initially appeared to be a hate crime lied to police about his whereabouts on that fateful day and his troubled marriage, prosecutors say.

Iraqi man cries out at start of his murder trial Posted: 01 Apr 2014 08:49 PM PDT EL CAJON, California (AP) — Two years after the fatal beating of a Muslim woman in her California home sparked fears it was a hate crime, prosecutors told jurors Tuesday that her Iraqi husband turned out to be the killer, lying to police about his troubled marriage and apologizing to his wife as she lay dying in a hospital.

Iraqi man goes on trial in California for wife's murder Posted: 01 Apr 2014 05:27 PM PDT Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old stay-at-home mother of five, was bludgeoned at her home in suburban El Cajon on March 21, 2012, and died of her injuries several days later. But six months later, police arrested Alawadi's husband, 49-year-old Kassim Alhimidi and court papers show a family in turmoil. Taking the stand as the first witness in the closely watched trial, El Cajon paramedic Kyle Kleinschmidt said he was sent to the family's home after Alawadi's then-17-year-old daughter Fatima called 911 to say she had discovered her mother unconscious on the kitchen floor. He testified that the scene was not consistent in his mind with Fatima Alhimidi's belief that her mother had fallen.

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