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• U.S. lawmakers slam Shinseki on delay in care for military veterans
• Secretary Shinseki 'mad as hell' over VA deaths, not ready to resign
• Watchdog: No proof treatment delays killed vets
• Explosion kills 43 at Syrian border with Turkey: monitoring group
• Aid workers freed after months of Syria captivity
• Attacks around Iraq's capital kill 29 people
• Iran ends free vasectomies with 'maximum-baby' push
• Attacks around Iraq's capital kill 24 people
• U.S. releases 10 Pakistanis from Afghanistan's Bagram prison
• Attacks around Iraq's capital kill 21 people
• Eulogy for ‘Sugar Man’ Director
• AJC Welcomes Agreement to Extend Iraqi Jewish Archives Exhibit in U.S
• VA Disgrace: This Photo Tells the Story
• Putin ally lambasts Western values embodied by Conchita Wurst
• Treasury sanctions al-Qaida leaders in Syria
• Oil below $102 after US output hits 28-year high
• Car bomb, suicide attack in Baghdad kill 11 people
• Car bomb, suicide attack in Baghdad kill 9 people
• Car bombing in downtown Baghdad kills 6 people
• Car bombing in downtown Baghdad kills 5 people
• Iraqi man to be sentenced for wife's beating death
• US plans nearly $1 billion arms deal with Iraq

U.S. lawmakers slam Shinseki on delay in care for military veterans Posted: 15 May 2014 03:31 PM PDT By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers unleashed a barrage of criticism on Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Thursday, saying his muted response to a growing scandal over deadly health care delays for veterans was not good enough. At a hearing before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, senior Democrats joined Republicans in demanding stronger action to fix problems after officials at VA medical facilities in Phoenix were accused of covering up long wait times for patients, including 40 who died while awaiting care. \"The standard practice at the VA seems to be to hide the truth in order to look good. Senator Richard Blumenthal, another Democrat, said there was \"solid evidence of wrongdoing within the VA system,\" and added that perhaps the FBI should be brought into the probe.

Secretary Shinseki 'mad as hell' over VA deaths, not ready to resign Posted: 15 May 2014 03:23 PM PDT When retired Gen. Eric Shinseki took the helm of the Department of Veterans Affairs six years ago, he came into the job as a hero – a decorated and wounded veteran himself with a reputation for speaking truth to power. On Thursday, he came before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to answer to lawmakers who were less inclined to sing his praises than they had been when they unanimously confirmed him for the post. "Today will be a little contentious," Sen. Mark Begich (D) of Alaska warned Secretary Shinseki. Similar charges have since cropped up against VA hospitals in a handful of other states.

Watchdog: No proof treatment delays killed vets Posted: 15 May 2014 03:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — New complaints about long wait lists and falsified patient appointment reports have surfaced at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics across the country, the department's internal watchdog said Thursday, but he said there's no proof so far that delays in treatment have caused any patient's death.

Explosion kills 43 at Syrian border with Turkey: monitoring group Posted: 15 May 2014 01:44 PM PDT At least 43 people were killed when a car bomb went off at a Syrian border post on the frontier with Turkey on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Five women and three children were among the dead at the Bab al-Salameh crossing, according to the Britain-based group that tracks casualties in the Syrian civil war. \"At least 12 ambulances have transported wounded people into Turkey, the death toll is very high,\" one activist in the area said.

Aid workers freed after months of Syria captivity Posted: 15 May 2014 01:25 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Five aid workers held captive in Syria since January have been freed, Doctors Without Borders said late Thursday.

Attacks around Iraq's capital kill 29 people Posted: 15 May 2014 11:47 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings around Iraq's capital, including an attack involving militants using a fake checkpoint to kill army officers, killed at least 29 people and wounded dozens Thursday, officials said.

Iran ends free vasectomies with 'maximum-baby' push Posted: 15 May 2014 10:46 AM PDT A prominent green arrow painted on the ground once led the way to one of Iran's largest family planning clinics so that men seeking free vasectomies could find their way without asking embarrassing questions.  For most of the next two decades, thousands of men followed that arrow, taking advantage of a reproductive health policy so successful at curbing a soaring birth rate that the United Nations trumpeted Iran as a model for the Islamic world.   Free vasectomies ended two years ago and Iranian officials, anxious about the impact of a plummeting birthrate, are encouraging a new baby boom.  In a shrinking population, the government sees not just economic decline, but national weakness. Last month former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili launched a poster campaign bearing the slogan, "Population decline equals decline in military power."

Attacks around Iraq's capital kill 24 people Posted: 15 May 2014 10:36 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings around Iraq's capital, Baghdad, killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens Thursday, officials said.

U.S. releases 10 Pakistanis from Afghanistan's Bagram prison Posted: 15 May 2014 10:05 AM PDT By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have quietly released 10 Pakistani detainees from Bagram Prison in Afghanistan, lawyers said on Thursday, after the men had spent years in prison without trial. One had been held for 10 years after being captured by British forces in Iraq and transferred to Afghanistan, said legal charity Reprieve. Justice Project Pakistan, which is providing representation to some of the detainees, said the International Committee of the Red Cross had informed their families that the prisoners had been released, but not where they were. Pakistani authorities did not tell the families the U.S. had freed the six and only acknowledged holding them after Justice Project Pakistan won a series of court orders.

Attacks around Iraq's capital kill 21 people Posted: 15 May 2014 09:10 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings around Iraq's capital, Baghdad, killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens Thursday, officials said.

Eulogy for ‘Sugar Man’ Director Posted: 15 May 2014 08:21 AM PDT The producer of Best Documentary Oscar winners Man on Wire and Searching for Sugar Man shares his memories of pal Malik Bendjelloul, the Sugar Man director who reportedly took his own life at the age of 36.

AJC Welcomes Agreement to Extend Iraqi Jewish Archives Exhibit in U.S Posted: 15 May 2014 06:45 AM PDT NEW YORK, May 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC welcomes the U.S.-Iraq agreement that will keep the Iraqi Jewish Archives exhibition and all of the important documents and artifacts that are part of its collection in the United States for an extended period of time. The exhibition that was presented at the National Archives in Washington in November 2013 followed years of repair and restoration work by the National Archives and Records Administration. Following the Washington show the exhibition was moved to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. With the agreement reached between the U.S. Department of State and the Iraqi government the Iraqi Jewish Archives exhibition is expected to travel to other American museums in the coming months.

VA Disgrace: This Photo Tells the Story Posted: 15 May 2014 06:37 AM PDT The photo, from 2012, shows a pileup of claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs facility in Roanoke, Virginia. In the second year of Obama's presidency, many folders stuffed with claims had piled ...

Putin ally lambasts Western values embodied by Conchita Wurst Posted: 15 May 2014 04:16 AM PDT A confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Thursday of trying to impose decadent values on the rest of the world, saying the bearded drag queen who won the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend symbolized its \"ethno-fascism\". Russian Railways boss Vladimir Yakunin, who has said he is flattered to be on a U.S. sanctions list introduced in response to the Ukraine crisis, launched a broad attack on Western values at a conference in Berlin. He cited sanctions slapped on the initiator of a Russian law against homosexual \"propaganda\" and Conchita Wurst's Eurovision win last weekend. \"The ancient definition of democracy had nothing to do with bearded women but with the leadership of the people.\" Even before the crisis in Ukraine erupted, Russia had drawn criticism from the West for its ban on what it terms propaganda about homosexuality.

Treasury sanctions al-Qaida leaders in Syria Posted: 15 May 2014 03:53 AM PDT The Treasury Department is levying sanctions on two individuals suspected of supporting al-Qaida in Syria. A department official said the action on Wednesday underscores U.S. concern about al-Qaida networks ...

Oil below $102 after US output hits 28-year high Posted: 15 May 2014 03:44 AM PDT The price of oil fell below $102 a barrel Thursday after official figures showed U.S. crude production at a 28-year high and stockpiles rising again.

Car bomb, suicide attack in Baghdad kill 11 people Posted: 15 May 2014 03:34 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb and a suicide bomber struck on Thursday in a bustling area in downtown Baghdad, killing at least 11 people and wounding 33, officials said.

Car bomb, suicide attack in Baghdad kill 9 people Posted: 15 May 2014 02:40 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb and a suicide bomber struck on Thursday in a bustling area in downtown Baghdad, killing at least nine people and wounding 19, officials said.

Car bombing in downtown Baghdad kills 6 people Posted: 15 May 2014 02:14 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb struck Thursday in a bustling area in downtown Baghdad, killing at least six people and wounding 13, officials said.

Car bombing in downtown Baghdad kills 5 people Posted: 15 May 2014 01:22 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a car bombing in a bustling area in central Baghdad has killed at least five people.

Iraqi man to be sentenced for wife's beating death Posted: 15 May 2014 12:03 AM PDT EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — An Iraqi immigrant convicted of beating his wife to death in what police initially believed was a hate crime could get life in prison at his sentencing scheduled for Thursday in San Diego County Superior Court.

US plans nearly $1 billion arms deal with Iraq Posted: 14 May 2014 09:26 PM PDT The United States plans to sell nearly $1 billion worth of warplanes, armored vehicles and surveillance aerostats to Iraq. The deal includes 24 AT-6C Texan II light-attack aircraft, a turboprop plane manufactured by Beechcraft that has .50 caliber machine guns, advanced avionics and can carry precision-guided bombs, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency informed Congress on Tuesday of the planned sale, which will go ahead unless lawmakers block the deal. \"The proposed sale of these aircraft, equipment and support will enhance the ability of the Iraqi forces to sustain themselves in their efforts to bring stability to Iraq and to prevent overflow of unrest into neighboring countries,\" the agency said in a notice.

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