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• 2016 campaign checklist: Ryan
• Medal of Honor recipient recalls friends who fell in 'ambush alley' every day
• Protesting commencement speakers: What happened to free speech on campus?
• Obama awards top military honor to US Afghan vet
• Obama presents top medal to Afghanistan veteran
• Syria envoy Brahimi: man whose mission was impossible
• Brahimi resigning as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria
• The Class of 2014 Needs to STFU
• Obama awards Medal of Honor to Army sergeant for heroism in Afghanistan
• Rand’s Race Reboot
• Car bomb blasts kill 34 as Iraqis await vote count
• The Daily Fix: To Google’s Dismay, Europeans Win Right to Be Forgotten; Antarctic Ice Shelf to Collapse; and the Sterling Smackdown
• Turkey Turns Back Toward Israel
• ICC reopens probe of alleged British Iraq war crimes
• Saudi foreign minister says has invited Iran's Zarif to visit
• Int'l war crimes prosecutor reopens Iraq inquiry
• Smith College Protestors Force IMF Head to Withdraw As Commencement Keynote
• Obama to present top medal to Afghanistan veteran
• Roland Adjovi, Resident Scholar at Arcadia University, Elected to United Nations Working Group
• Lesley Stahl to Receive Prestigious International Journalism Award
• Timeline: History of turbulent Saudi-Iranian ties
• ADL Poll Of Over 100 Countries Finds More Than One-Quarter Of Those Surveyed Infected With Anti-Semitic Attitudes
• Rush hour bombs targeting Shi'ites kill 24 in Baghdad
• Obama to award top medal to Afghanistan veteran
• Senator McCain Addresses AJC Global Forum, Calls for Stepped-up American Leadership
• Kurds could opt out of next Iraqi government: president
• Car bomb attacks kill 28 people in Baghdad
• Car bomb attacks kill 23 people in Baghdad
• Why Aren’t Sanctions Stopping Putin?
• Car bomb attacks kill 19 people in Baghdad
• Northern Iraq cafe paints history in wall-to-wall photos
• Baghdad car bombs in Shiite areas kill eight
• Today in History

2016 campaign checklist: Ryan Posted: 13 May 2014 04:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at preparations by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., for a potential 2016 presidential campaign:

Medal of Honor recipient recalls friends who fell in 'ambush alley' every day Posted: 13 May 2014 03:46 PM PDT And that, President Obama said in a White House ceremony Tuesday, was what Sgt. Kyle White did in Afghanistan in November 2007. For his "acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty," Sergeant White was awarded the Medal of Honor Tuesday, becoming the seventh living recipient of that honor for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That story began when White and his fellow paratroopers from Chosen Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade, were returning to their base in eastern Afghanistan, along a narrow ridge line known as "ambush alley" when they came under attack. Bullets were coming from "what seemed like every direction," Sergeant White recalled, and the attack was so fierce that he had resigned himself to death, Mr. Obama told an audience that included White's family, members of his company, and the families of the fallen.

Protesting commencement speakers: What happened to free speech on campus? Posted: 13 May 2014 02:59 PM PDT The decisions by both International Monetary Fund director Christine Lagarde and Robert Birgeneau, former chancellor of the University of California, to withdraw as planned commencement speakers are only the latest in a rash of controversies this commencement season. Other planned speakers, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, women's rights advocate Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, have all either been disinvited from speaking or withdrew in the face of significant student protest. "It's incredibly disappointing that commencement speakers get cancelled because of the controversial nature of their remarks," says Ken Paulson, president of Vanderbilt University's First Amendment Center and dean of the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University.

Obama awards top military honor to US Afghan vet Posted: 13 May 2014 02:02 PM PDT A US soldier who defied an Afghan Taliban ambush to save a comrade and refused to let another die alone joined Tuesday an exclusive group to receive America's top military honor. Kyle White, a former paratrooper, became the seventh living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the Afghan and Iraq wars for his actions during a fierce firefight in a notorious \"ambush ally.\" Then aged 20, Sergeant White and his colleagues were outnumbered and pinned down in the open on a steep mountain pass by a superior Taliban force in November 2007 in Nuristan province. White, a platoon radio operator with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, was briefly knocked unconscious by an enemy round, but when he came to, spotted a badly wounded comrade, Kain Schilling, and dashed to give him help.

Obama presents top medal to Afghanistan veteran Posted: 13 May 2014 01:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — It could have been over for Kyle J. White just 30 seconds into the Taliban ambush, when a rocket-propelled grenade knocked him unconscious.

Syria envoy Brahimi: man whose mission was impossible Posted: 13 May 2014 01:38 PM PDT Lakhdar Brahimi, who gave up Tuesday after trying unsuccessfully to mediate an end to Syria's civil war, has spent his career in the diplomatic trenches of the world's most intractable conflicts. The 80-year-old Algerian succeeded in cajoling President Bashar al-Assad's regime and its fractious opponents to two rounds of peace talks in Geneva this year but failed to halt the civil war, which has killed more than 150,000 people and displaced millions since March 2011. UN chief Ban Ki-moon announced the resignation in New York,with Brahimi standing beside him, saying it would be effective from May 31. But in the months since the gulf between the two sides has grown even wider, with Syria scheduling a presidential election for June 3 despite Brahimi's warning that doing so would sound the death knell for the negotiations.

Brahimi resigning as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Posted: 13 May 2014 01:32 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Lakhdar Brahimi is resigning as the international point man on Syria, the U.N. chief announced Tuesday, marking a second failure by the United Nations and Arab League to end the country's worsening civil war and highlighting the deep divisions among the parties and key countries on how to restore peace.

The Class of 2014 Needs to STFU Posted: 13 May 2014 01:20 PM PDT Another powerful woman has been discouraged from speaking on campus. Because God forbid my fellow, fragile millennials have their ears damaged by words with which they don't agree.

Obama awards Medal of Honor to Army sergeant for heroism in Afghanistan Posted: 13 May 2014 12:56 PM PDT President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor, America's highest military honor, to a former Army sergeant on Tuesday for saving the life of a fellow soldier and calling in air support to beat back an ambush in Afghanistan in 2007. Kyle White, who retired from the Army in 2011, became the seventh living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for service in either Iraq or Afghanistan. White was part of a squad of American troops on a narrow, mountainous path in Nuristan province in Afghanistan that came under deadly enemy fire from an ambush on November 9, 2007. White, wounded by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade, sprinted through gunfire to apply a tourniquet to the wound of a fellow soldier, helped another soldier who ultimately died, and secured a working radio to call in air strikes to take out enemy positions and arrange a rescue for the survivors.

Rand’s Race Reboot Posted: 13 May 2014 12:03 PM PDT Senator Paul's remarks about GOP voter-ID laws are a seminal moment in the '16 campaign—and in the larger story of our racial history.

Car bomb blasts kill 34 as Iraqis await vote count Posted: 13 May 2014 11:46 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants unleashed a wave of car bombings in Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 34 people and sending thick, black smoke into the Baghdad skies in a show of force meant to intimidate the majority Shiites as they marked what is meant to be a joyous holiday for their sect.

The Daily Fix: To Google’s Dismay, Europeans Win Right to Be Forgotten; Antarctic Ice Shelf to Collapse; and the Sterling Smackdown Posted: 13 May 2014 10:42 AM PDT European Union leaders have been mulling that question in draft legislation, and the highest court in Europe ruled Tuesday that Google and other Internet companies must honor requests to delete some links, The New York Times reported. The decision from the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg fundamentally changes the way Internet companies interact with the approximately 550 million Europeans in the consumer market in 28 countries. Google has been trying to avoid the obligation to remove links when requested by users, but the new ruling says it'll have to consider the complaints and assume the cost for doing so. \"The court is saying that Google isn't just selling adverts in Europe but is providing context along with those services.

Turkey Turns Back Toward Israel Posted: 13 May 2014 10:00 AM PDT Four Years after the bloody Israeli attack on Turkish protestors aboard a ship bound for Gaza, Ankara is hoping reestablish war relations and end its increasing isolation.

ICC reopens probe of alleged British Iraq war crimes Posted: 13 May 2014 09:43 AM PDT The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Tuesday she has reopened an initial probe into allegations of war crimes committed by British soldiers after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Fatou Bensouda said in a statement from the ICC, based in The Hague, that the initial investigation was reopened after new allegations of prisoner abuse were submitted. \"The new information... alleges the responsibility of officials of the United Kingdom for war crimes involving systematic detainee abuse in Iraq from 2003 to 2008,\" Bensouda said.

Saudi foreign minister says has invited Iran's Zarif to visit Posted: 13 May 2014 09:21 AM PDT By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has invited Iran's foreign minister to visit, Riyadh said on Tuesday, hinting at the possibility of a thaw between two bitter rivals, whose struggle for influence is evident in conflicts throughout the region. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has adopted a conciliatory tone towards Tehran's neighbors since taking office last year, but while Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has visited other Gulf Arab states, he has not yet been to Saudi Arabia. Rapprochement between the two countries would have ramifications across the Middle East, potentially cooling political and military struggles in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen. However, with Riyadh and Tehran giving full-throated backing to opposing sides in Syria's civil war, and accusing each other of fuelling the bloodshed, the prospects for any meaningful detente now appear slim, analysts say.

Int'l war crimes prosecutor reopens Iraq inquiry Posted: 13 May 2014 08:47 AM PDT AMSTERDAM (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has reopened a preliminary investigation into allegations that British soldiers may have committed war crimes by "systematically" abusing prisoners in Iraq from 2003 to 2008.

Smith College Protestors Force IMF Head to Withdraw As Commencement Keynote Posted: 13 May 2014 08:45 AM PDT It seemed the perfect choice: one of the most powerful women in the world chosen as commencement speaker for a college founded in 1871 with the goal of proving women were the equal of men. But Christine Lagarde is out as the planned 2014 commencement speaker at Smith College, withdrawing after a protest campaign that labeled the organization she leads, the International Monetary Fund, as a supporter of economic policies that oppress and abuse women. Smith College President Kathleen McCartney on Monday lamented that a tiny but vocal "minority have prevailed." In a telephone interview, she voiced respect for the student activists but disagreed with their opposition. McCartney told The Fiscal Times that the overwhelming majority of the Smith community was disappointed.

Obama to present top medal to Afghanistan veteran Posted: 13 May 2014 08:12 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is presenting the Medal of Honor to a former Army sergeant who saved a fellow soldier's life and helped secure the evacuation of other wounded Americans while under persistent fire during a 2007 ambush in Afghanistan.

Roland Adjovi, Resident Scholar at Arcadia University, Elected to United Nations Working Group Posted: 13 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT GLENSIDE, Pa., May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Roland Adjovi, resident scholar at The College of Global Studies at Arcadia University, has been elected to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. A jurist with extensive teaching experience, Adjovi served as academic director at the Arcadia Center in Tanzania from 2009 to 2013 through The College of Global Studies at Arcadia University. At Arcadia, he teaches a course on international human rights law and is a member of the University's Pan African Studies Collective, which sponsors lectures and presentations at Arcadia throughout the year on Africa and its Diaspora.

Lesley Stahl to Receive Prestigious International Journalism Award Posted: 13 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT WASHINGTON, May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For her distinguished career as a trailblazing correspondent, Lesley Stahl of \"60 Minutes\" will receive the International Center for Journalists' (ICFJ) Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism. She will be honored at ICFJ's 30th Anniversary gala on November 10 in Washington. \"Lesley Stahl has repeatedly shaped the national—and international—debate through groundbreaking work as a CBS White House correspondent, 'Face the Nation' moderator, '48 Hours' host and now as a mainstay on '60 Minutes,'\" said ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan.

Timeline: History of turbulent Saudi-Iranian ties Posted: 13 May 2014 07:48 AM PDT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it has invited Iran's foreign minister to visit, hinting at the possibility of a thaw between the Gulf's two biggest, most bitter rivals who are at loggerheads over Syria's civil war. Here are some details on the ups and downs of Saudi-Iranian relations over the last three decades: 1979 - IRANIAN REVOLUTION - Saudi Arabia's rulers watch aghast as Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, a fellow dynast, is toppled by Shi'ite Muslim clerics seen in Riyadh as determined to export their Islamic Revolution. ...

ADL Poll Of Over 100 Countries Finds More Than One-Quarter Of Those Surveyed Infected With Anti-Semitic Attitudes Posted: 13 May 2014 07:30 AM PDT NEW YORK, May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today released the results of an unprecedented worldwide survey of anti-Semitic attitudes. The ADL Global 100: An Index of Anti-Semitism surveyed 53,100 adults in 102 countries and territories in an effort to establish, for the first time, a comprehensive data-based research survey of the level and intensity of anti-Jewish sentiment across the world. The overall ADL Global 100 Index score represents the percentage of respondents who answered \"probably true\" to six or more of 11 negative stereotypes about Jews. \"For the first time we have a real sense of how pervasive and persistent anti-Semitism is today around the world,\" said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director.  \"The data from the Global 100 Index enables us to look beyond anti-Semitic incidents and rhetoric and quantify the prevalence of anti-Semitic attitudes across the globe.

Rush hour bombs targeting Shi'ites kill 24 in Baghdad Posted: 13 May 2014 06:50 AM PDT A series of car bombs exploded across Baghdad at rush hour on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people in the deadliest attacks since last month's election, from which votes are still being counted. \"I was trying to pick up a passenger when a fireball and a thunderous blast shook my taxi,\" said Kadhim Ali, a driver who narrowly escaped one of three explosions in the slums of Sadr City. \"I saw people with their clothes stained with blood shouting for help.\" Preliminary results from the April 30 parliamentary election are expected within the coming days. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite, is seeking a third term despite worsening violence that critics blame in no small part on his policies towards the country's Sunni minority.

Obama to award top medal to Afghanistan veteran Posted: 13 May 2014 05:43 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is presenting the Medal of Honor to a former Army sergeant who saved a fellow soldier's life and helped secure the evacuation of other wounded Americans while under persistent fire during a 2007 ambush in Afghanistan.

Senator McCain Addresses AJC Global Forum, Calls for Stepped-up American Leadership Posted: 13 May 2014 05:27 AM PDT WASHINGTON, May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senator John McCain (R-AZ), addressing the AJC Global Form, made an impassioned plea for American leadership in the world and global engagement. \"Withdrawal from the world is a luxury we can't afford, not now, not ever,\" said the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, since \"if America does not lead, others will, and they will most likely be those who seek to do us harm.\" He was critical of the Obama administration's position on Iran's nuclear program, asserting that it was \"intellectually dishonest\" to claim that anyone opposed to current American policy was a warmonger. Senator McCain said he could \"not recall another time in my life when our international challenges have been more complex and uncertain.\" Particularly in the Middle East, the old order has collapsed, and extremists, whom he described as \"anti-Semitic and hostile to Israel and the U.S.,\" were on the rise.

Kurds could opt out of next Iraqi government: president Posted: 13 May 2014 04:03 AM PDT By Ned Parker and Isabel Coles ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - The president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, said Iraq had been led in an authoritarian direction by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and threatened to end the oil-rich autonomous region's participation in the federal government. Iraq held elections on April 30. The results have yet to be announced but Kurdish support is crucial to Maliki's ambitions for a third term. The incumbent premier's rivals, both Shi'ite and Sunni, are hoping Barzani and the Kurds will help them thwart Maliki's bid to stay in office for four more years.

Car bomb attacks kill 28 people in Baghdad Posted: 13 May 2014 03:42 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings in mainly Shiite areas of Baghdad killed 28 people on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence that has been the most serious challenge to the government's efforts to achieve stability across Iraq.

Car bomb attacks kill 23 people in Baghdad Posted: 13 May 2014 02:55 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings in mainly Shiite areas of Baghdad killed 23 people on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence that has been the most serious challenge to the government's efforts to achieve stability across Iraq.

Why Aren’t Sanctions Stopping Putin? Posted: 13 May 2014 02:45 AM PDT The West promised 'consequences' for meddling in Ukraine, yet the interference has only grown.

Car bomb attacks kill 19 people in Baghdad Posted: 13 May 2014 01:11 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings in mainly Shiite areas of Baghdad killed 19 people on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence that has been the most serious challenge to the government's efforts to achieve stability across Iraq.

Northern Iraq cafe paints history in wall-to-wall photos Posted: 13 May 2014 12:32 AM PDT Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Even before speaking with Mam Khalil, it is clear he loves photographs -- they cover almost every inch of his cafe in northern Iraq, providing windows into the country's history. Though small and located on a sidestreet in the city's covered market, the cafe is well-known in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, attracting everyone from ordinary citizens to senior politicians. \"I don't love money, but I love photos,\" says its owner, an ageing man with a thin grey moustache who is known by the affectionate title of \"Mam\", meaning \"uncle\" in Kurdish. Mam Khalil's love affair with pictures began when he was still a young man.

Baghdad car bombs in Shiite areas kill eight Posted: 13 May 2014 12:27 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - A series of car bombs struck Shiite-majority areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, security and medical officials said.

Today in History Posted: 12 May 2014 09:00 PM PDT Today is Tuesday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2014. There are 232 days left in the year.

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