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• Baucus casts wide shadow over Montana Senate race
• Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
• Court reinstates lawsuit over Marine's suicide
• Special Report: How the U.S. made its Putin problem worse
• With violence at new heights, Nigerians weary of military's claims of success
• Syrian state TV: 14 killed in car bombing in Homs
• CSI asks President Obama for Easter Ceasefire in Syria
• Bomb in shopping street in Iraqi capital kills 3
• Officials: Bomb in Baghdad shopping street kills 3
• Al-Qaida splinter group lashes out over Syria
• Rival group accuses Qaeda of betraying jihadist cause
• Australia's Houston: Calm face of Flight 370 hunt
• Obama looks to salvage Asia 'pivot' as allies fret about China
• Court chaos: Iraqi man convicted in wife's murder

Baucus casts wide shadow over Montana Senate race Posted: 18 Apr 2014 02:05 PM PDT HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Max Baucus' decision not to seek re-election to the Senate after 35 years opened the door for Republicans to pick up one of the six Democratic seats they need to recapture control of the Senate. But his early resignation after being named U.S. ambassador to China may have bolstered Democratic prospects of retaining the seat they've held for a century, thanks to the value of incumbency.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows Posted: 18 Apr 2014 12:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

Court reinstates lawsuit over Marine's suicide Posted: 18 Apr 2014 12:15 PM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The family of a Marine who killed himself after a tour of duty in Iraq will be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit against the federal government over his treatment by two Veterans Affairs facilities in Kentucky.

Special Report: How the U.S. made its Putin problem worse Posted: 18 Apr 2014 11:59 AM PDT By David Rohde and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK (Reuters) - In September 2001, as the U.S. reeled from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Vladimir Putin supported Washington's imminent invasion of Afghanistan in ways that would have been inconceivable during the Cold War. He agreed that U.S. planes carrying humanitarian aid could fly through Russian air space. He said the U.S. military could use airbases in former Soviet republics in Central Asia. And he ordered his generals to brief their U.S. counterparts on their own ill-fated 1980s occupation of Afghanistan.

With violence at new heights, Nigerians weary of military's claims of success Posted: 18 Apr 2014 11:27 AM PDT As he waited outside a hospital on Wednesday for the body of one of his friends to be released for burial, Basiru Youseff, a young toy salesman, was bitter about government claims that they crushing the insurgency. Violence in Nigeria reached new heights this week, with the biggest attack on the capital in the city's history, gun battles in the countryside, and the abduction of at least 129 girls from their schoolhouse by militants.  It is not known who perpetrated these attacks, though Boko Haram insurgents are widely blamed. While the military may make such comments in an effort to keep up morale, it feeds public frustration with a military that seems incapable of stemming what appears to be a widening conflict. "The skepticism in the public mind is increasing, perhaps even about the government's culpability with the security concerns that Nigerians have," says Clement Nwankwo, who heads the Policy and Legal Advocacy Center in Abuja.

Syrian state TV: 14 killed in car bombing in Homs Posted: 18 Apr 2014 10:42 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful car bomb exploded Friday outside a mosque in a pro-government district of central Syria, killing 14 people in the latest violence to hit the war-shattered city, state-run Syrian television reported.

CSI asks President Obama for Easter Ceasefire in Syria Posted: 18 Apr 2014 07:46 AM PDT WASHINGTON, April 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This Good Friday, Dr. John Eibner, the CEO of Christian Solidarity International (CSI-USA), urged President Obama to "insist" that the "Islamist allies of the United States," Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, "order their proxy military forces in Syria to observe a permanent cease-fire beginning this Easter Sunday, and enter into serious peace talks with their political opponents." Eibner also asked President Obama to raise Pope Francis I's openly expressed concern about religious persecution in Syria and the broader Muslim-majority Middle East with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Emir Tamim bin Hamad al Thani of Qatar and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey.

Bomb in shopping street in Iraqi capital kills 3 Posted: 18 Apr 2014 06:49 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials in Iraq say a bomb planted on a street full of shoppers in the capital, Baghdad, has killed three people and wounded five.

Officials: Bomb in Baghdad shopping street kills 3 Posted: 18 Apr 2014 03:53 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a bomb planted on a street full of shoppers in the capital, Baghdad, has killed three people and wounded five.

Al-Qaida splinter group lashes out over Syria Posted: 18 Apr 2014 03:25 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The spokesman of an al-Qaida breakaway group has slammed the terror network's chief, blaming him for the widening rift between rival Islamic rebels who are battling each other in Syria.

Rival group accuses Qaeda of betraying jihadist cause Posted: 18 Apr 2014 02:25 AM PDT A powerful rival organisation has accused Al-Qaeda leaders of betraying the jihadist cause, in the latest widening of divisions rooted in Syria's civil war. "Al-Qaeda today is no longer a base of jihad (holy war)," Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani said in a statement posted on jihadist forums. "Its leadership has become a hammer to break the project of the Islamic State," Adnani said, adding that "the leaders of Al-Qaeda have deviated from the correct path." Powerful rebel groups in Syria, including Al-Qaeda's designated affiliate Al-Nusra Front, have been locked in fierce fighting with ISIL since January that has killed thousands of fighters.

Australia's Houston: Calm face of Flight 370 hunt Posted: 18 Apr 2014 02:10 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — He speaks with a calm, steady voice as he tackles question after question in an attempt to explain one of the biggest mysteries the modern world has ever known: What happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?

Obama looks to salvage Asia 'pivot' as allies fret about China Posted: 18 Apr 2014 01:42 AM PDT (The last paragraph of this April 16 story has been corrected to say Chuck Hagel is U.S. Defense Secretary) By Matt Spetalnick and Manuel Mogato WASHINGTON/MANILA (Reuters) - When a Philippine government ship evaded a Chinese blockade in disputed waters of the South China Sea last month, a U.S. Navy plane swooped in to witness the dramatic encounter. The flyover was a vivid illustration of the expanding significance of one of Asia's most strategic regions and underscored a message that senior U.S. officials say President Barack Obama will make in Asia next week: The "pivot" of U.S. military and diplomatic assets toward the Asia-Pacific region is real. Washington's Asian allies, however, appear unconvinced.

Court chaos: Iraqi man convicted in wife's murder Posted: 18 Apr 2014 12:34 AM PDT EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — What began as a hate crime investigation two years ago has led to the murder conviction of an Iraqi immigrant, whose wife was found badly beaten with a threatening note labeling her a terrorist.

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