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• 'War Dogs' Screenwriter on How His Experience in Iraq Helped Shape Todd Phillips' Movie
• US works to keep Turkey in its fold as NATO ally looks east
• Oil tumbles, Treasuries rise as investors await Fed
• US commander skeptical of cooperation with Russia in Syria
• In Iraq, Nigeria and now Turkey, child bombers strike
• TSX up despite commodity weakness; Couche-Tard, Valeant jump
• Box office top 20: 'Suicide,' 'Sausage' stay on top
• CAIR Demands Firing of Trump Staffers Who Posted Racist, Anti-Muslim, Anti-Mexican Messages Online
• Brent slides under $50 as Iraq moves to boost output
• Oil down 3 percent as rally snaps on rising crude, China fuel exports
• Why the ICC is trying Mali cultural destruction as war crime
• Pulling kids from war’s rubble
• British contractor killed in mine-filled Iraqi city
• All Syria parties must commit to Aleppo aid truce, not just Russia: U.N.
• Briton killed in Iraq ordnance-clearing accident
• The Islamic State not the only group to use child suicide bombers
• Are Orca-Friendly Products Coming to Your Home Improvement Store?
• Malian jihadist says sorry for destroying Timbuktu
• Iraq used torture to extract confessions from convicts, Amnesty says
• IS roadside bomb kills civilians fleeing Iraq town
• Separated during migrant chaos, family reunites in Sweden
• Juvenile suicide bomber foiled in Kirkuk
• Analysis: Turkey's potentially momentous shift on Assad
• Constitution Check: Has the U.S. war against ISIS in Syria been illegal from the start?
• Iraq forces foil attack by would-be teenage bomber
• 'Suicide Squad' tops the box office, 'Ben-Hur' bombs
• Libyan forces say they capture mosque, prison from Islamic State in Sirte
• Rio 2016 -- the good, the bad and the indifferent
• Child bomber in Turkey not the only violent use of children
• Soldiers in UK's Scottish unit plan 340-mile US canoe trip
• Ang Lee's 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' Sets World Premiere at New York Film Festival
• 'Un-Islamic' cultural heritage in jihadists' crosshairs
• Olympics-Soccer-For Brazil, it was always about football

'War Dogs' Screenwriter on How His Experience in Iraq Helped Shape Todd Phillips' Movie Posted: 21 Aug 2016 09:00 PM PDT "One of the first things that Todd asked me was: 'Your script feels really, really authentic. There are all of these tiny details. Where did that come from?' And I said, 'It came from being there.'"

US works to keep Turkey in its fold as NATO ally looks east Posted: 22 Aug 2016 03:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — With suspicions on both sides mounting, the United States is struggling to preserve its wobbly partnership with Turkey as it entertains a closer relationship with Russia and fumes over a U.S.-based cleric it blames for orchestrating last month's failed coup attempt.

Oil tumbles, Treasuries rise as investors await Fed Posted: 22 Aug 2016 02:42 PM PDT By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell more than 3 percent on supply worries, while U.S. Treasuries rose and stocks flattened on Monday as markets awaited more clarity later this week from the Federal Reserve on when it might raise U.S. interest rates. An upbeat assessment of the U.S. economy from Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer on Sunday was viewed as raising the prospect of Fed Chair Janet Yellen flagging a rate rise at a meeting with world central bankers on Friday. Treasury yields fell ahead of Yellen's speech, which will be scrutinized by investors.

US commander skeptical of cooperation with Russia in Syria Posted: 22 Aug 2016 02:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. commander for the fight against the Islamic State group said Monday that he is skeptical of any additional military cooperation with Russia in Syria.

In Iraq, Nigeria and now Turkey, child bombers strike Posted: 22 Aug 2016 02:29 PM PDT Less than a day earlier, Turkey was less fortunate: a teenage bomber detonated his suicide vest among dancing guests at a Turkish wedding party, officials say, killing 51 people, nearly half of them children themselves. Saturday's attack at the wedding in Gaziantep marked not only Turkey's deadliest this year, but also the first time in Turkey that militants may have deployed a child bomber in a way already used to deadly effect in wars from Africa to Syria. In Afghanistan, the Taliban has long used children.

TSX up despite commodity weakness; Couche-Tard, Valeant jump Posted: 22 Aug 2016 01:44 PM PDT By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Monday as Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc jumped after the convenience store operator bought a U.S. chain in an expansion move and drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals rose after it hired a new chief financial officer. Couche-Tard jumped 7.5 percent to C$66.78 after the company said it would buy U.S. chain CST Brands Inc in a roughly $4.4 billion deal. "They're a quality name in a tape that's struggling to find quality, and especially a tape that's struggling to find quality growth," said John Stephenson, president at Stephenson & Company Capital Management.

Box office top 20: 'Suicide,' 'Sausage' stay on top Posted: 22 Aug 2016 01:22 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — "Suicide Squad" and "Sausage Party" remained no. 1 and no. 2 at the weekend box office in North America, while a trio of newcomers failed to make much of a dent.

CAIR Demands Firing of Trump Staffers Who Posted Racist, Anti-Muslim, Anti-Mexican Messages Online Posted: 22 Aug 2016 01:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today demanded that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump fire paid campaign staffers who have posted racist, anti-Muslim and anti-Mexican messages on their personal social media accounts.CAIR, the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, also called on Trump to "reexamine" his own bigoted views and policies that attracted the racist staffers to his campaign in the first place. ...

Brent slides under $50 as Iraq moves to boost output Posted: 22 Aug 2016 01:09 PM PDT World oil prices slid Monday, slamming the brakes on last week's rally as events in Nigeria and Iraq pointed to a possible surge in supplies. The fall came as Iraq signaled a likely increase in output from Kirkuk's oil fields under a deal between the region and the country's new oil minister. Bloomberg reported that shipments from three northern oil fields could rise by 150,000 barrels a day following the resolution of a payment dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government.

Oil down 3 percent as rally snaps on rising crude, China fuel exports Posted: 22 Aug 2016 12:31 PM PDT By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil settled down more than 3 percent on Monday, retreating from last week's two-month highs, on worries about burgeoning Chinese fuel exports, more Iraqi and Nigerian crude shipments and a rising U.S. oil rig count. China's July diesel and gasoline exports soared 181.8 percent and 145.2 percent, respectively, from the same month last year, putting pressure on refined product margins. On the crude oil front, U.S. drillers added 10 oil rigs in the week to Aug. 19, the eighth straight week of rig additions, as crude rebounded toward the $50-a-barrel mark that makes drilling viable.

Why the ICC is trying Mali cultural destruction as war crime Posted: 22 Aug 2016 12:28 PM PDT A former Islamist rebel admitted on Monday to destroying Muslim shrines in Mali and begged forgiveness on the opening day of his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Ahmad al-Fahdi al-Mahdi said he had been caught in an "evil wave" during Mali's 2012 civil war when he led a jihadi team armed with pickaxes that leveled 14 adobe mausoleums in the city of Timbuktu. The buildings – UNESCO World Heritage sites – had housed the tombs of Muslim scholar-saints since the 14th century.

Pulling kids from war’s rubble Posted: 22 Aug 2016 12:21 PM PDT Within days of each other in August, two news items about children in conflicts caught the world's attention. One was the image of a five-year-old Syrian boy, Omran Daqneesh, sitting with a bedazzled look in an ambulance after being pulled from a house in Aleppo bombed by either a Syrian or Russian jet. The other item was about a suicide bomber, believed to be around 13 and trained by Islamic State (IS), who killed 51 people at a wedding in Turkey.

British contractor killed in mine-filled Iraqi city Posted: 22 Aug 2016 11:33 AM PDT A British national hired to clear mines planted by Islamic State in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi was killed on Monday in a work-related incident, his U.S. employer said. The company is helping Iraqis remove explosive ordinance and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) left by Islamic State before U.S.-backed Iraqi forces retook the city, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, in December. The United States, Norway and other countries in the international coalition battling Islamic State militants in Iraq and neighboring Syria contracted with Janus earlier this year to help the cash-strapped Iraqi government rehabilitate Ramadi.

All Syria parties must commit to Aleppo aid truce, not just Russia: U.N. Posted: 22 Aug 2016 11:26 AM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is ready to deliver aid into Syria's Aleppo, but needs commitments from all parties in the war - not just Russia - to abide by a 48-hour humanitarian truce, the U.N. aid chief, angered by lack of assistance to civilians, said on Monday. Aleppo, Syria's most populous pre-war city and its commercial hub, has become the focus of fighting in the five-year-old civil war. Russia, which has been backing Syrian government forces with a bombing campaign, said on Thursday it supported the truce.

Briton killed in Iraq ordnance-clearing accident Posted: 22 Aug 2016 10:35 AM PDT A British national working for a US company clearing ordnance in the Iraqi city of Ramadi was killed Monday as he tried to defuse a bomb, his company and officials said. "We've just been made aware that there has been a British national killed in Ramadi," a British embassy spokesperson told AFP. The mayor of Ramadi, which is the capital of the western Anbar province and was retaken by Iraqi forces from the Islamic State group earlier this year, confirmed the incident.

The Islamic State not the only group to use child suicide bombers Posted: 22 Aug 2016 10:06 AM PDT The suicide bomber that killed at least 54 people at a Kurdish wedding in the city of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey Saturday was no older than 14, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday. Mr. Erdoğan added the child is suspected to have ties to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) militant group, an announcement that has drawn attention to the group's use of children for suicide bombings and other violence in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. This list includes Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Boko Haram.

Are Orca-Friendly Products Coming to Your Home Improvement Store? Posted: 22 Aug 2016 10:03 AM PDT Move over, dolphin-safe tuna and bee-friendly pesticides, and make room for orca- friendly products on the shelf. This week, two Ace Hardware stores in Washington state will begin placing "Orca-friendly" tags on products that won't harm the marine environment of the Puget Sound, the seasonal home of endangered Southern Resident killer whales. "We weren't really calling attention to the fact that products are going down the drain or running off from gardens and into the water, so what better way to make a statement than labeling certain products as orca safe?" said Randy Burgess, owner of the two Ace stores.

Malian jihadist says sorry for destroying Timbuktu Posted: 22 Aug 2016 09:26 AM PDT A Malian jihadist pleaded guilty Monday to attacking the fabled city of Timbuktu and begged forgiveness as the world was shown sickening videos of him tearing down centuries-old Muslim shrines with a pick-axe. At the opening of his unprecedented war crimes trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi also urged other Muslims not to follow such "evil" ways. Mahdi, a former teacher and Islamic scholar, is the first person to plead guilty before the ICC and the first to face a lone charge for the war crime of directing an attack on a historic or religious monument.

Iraq used torture to extract confessions from convicts, Amnesty says Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:54 AM PDT Amnesty International on Monday condemned the hanging in Iraq of 36 men convicted of a mass killing of soldiers, saying some of their confessions were extorted under threats and torture. The hangings were carried out on Sunday, at a prison in southern Iraq, state television said. The soldiers were killed after they fled from Camp Speicher, a former U.S. military base just north of Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit, when it was overrun by Islamic State, the ultra-hardline Sunni group, in 2014.

IS roadside bomb kills civilians fleeing Iraq town Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:45 AM PDT Six Iraqi civilians were killed on Monday when a bomb planted by the Islamic State group went off as they tried to flee the Hawijah area, security officials said. Thousands of people have been fleeing IS rule in Hawijah, which lies about 220 kilometres (140 miles) north of Baghdad, in recent weeks. "It happened during an attempt by families to flee areas southeast of Kirkuk and reach peshmerga positions," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Separated during migrant chaos, family reunites in Sweden Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:23 AM PDT VASTERFARNEBO, Sweden (AP) — Love, not war, sent an Afghan family fleeing from Iran during last summer's chaotic mass migration to Europe. Luck reunited them a year later, after a dark night in a Turkish forest separated 14-year-old Mahdi Azizi from his parents and sisters.

Juvenile suicide bomber foiled in Kirkuk Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:16 AM PDT IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A juvenile would-be suicide bomber was apprehended in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk before he was able to detonate his explosive belt, Iraqi police said Monday.

Analysis: Turkey's potentially momentous shift on Assad Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:07 AM PDT For five years fighting has raged in Syria — a humanitarian disaster destabilizing the region and the world. The aim of Bashar Assad's opponents' always was to drive the Syrian leader from power, but they ...

Constitution Check: Has the U.S. war against ISIS in Syria been illegal from the start? Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:01 AM PDT Constitution Daily Supreme Court correspondent Lyle Denniston looks at a lawsuit from an Army officer that contests the legality of military actions against taken against the Islamic State.

Iraq forces foil attack by would-be teenage bomber Posted: 22 Aug 2016 06:56 AM PDT Iraqi security forces apprehended a teenager wearing a suicide belt before he was able to detonate it in the city of Kirkuk, security officials said on Monday. The foiled attack late Sunday was one of a series of security incidents in Kirkuk and came a day after a child suicide bomber killed more than 50 people in Turkey. "Police forces managed to stop a bomber who was wearing a suicide belt.

'Suicide Squad' tops the box office, 'Ben-Hur' bombs Posted: 22 Aug 2016 02:49 AM PDT "Suicide Squad" held on for a third straight week as the top money-maker at North American box offices, easily brushing off the competition, industry estimates showed Sunday. "Suicide Squad" hasn't been a favorite with critics, but moviegoers plunked down $20.7 million over the weekend to see Will Smith, Jared Leto and Margot Robbie play a band of criminals hired to carry out secret missions. Trailing at number two for a second week was "Sausage Party," the raunchy animated comedy with Seth Rogan as the leading voice.

Libyan forces say they capture mosque, prison from Islamic State in Sirte Posted: 21 Aug 2016 11:48 PM PDT Libyan forces renewed their push to oust Islamic State from its former North African stronghold of Sirte on Sunday, saying they had seized the city's main mosque and a jail run by the militants' morality police. The forces, mainly brigades from the city of Misrata, say they are close to capturing Sirte after taking most of the city in a three-month campaign and restricting militants to a shrinking residential area in the city centre. Since Aug. 1, they have been supported by U.S. air strikes.

Rio 2016 -- the good, the bad and the indifferent Posted: 21 Aug 2016 10:41 PM PDT - Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt didn't put a foot wrong in Rio, unlike other members of the swimming and athletics fraternity. Both men have now retired as Olympians, leaving potentially gaping gaps in the Games portfolio.

Child bomber in Turkey not the only violent use of children Posted: 21 Aug 2016 10:38 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The suicide attacker who detonated his explosives amid an outdoor Kurdish wedding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at least 51 people, was an Islamic State group child as young as 12 years old. The extremist group has a history of using children as weapons, sending them to their death strapped with explosives and putting them on front lines in Iraq and Syria.

Soldiers in UK's Scottish unit plan 340-mile US canoe trip Posted: 21 Aug 2016 10:03 PM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two-and-a-half centuries after their military ancestors fought and died in two 18th century North American wars, members of the British army's Scottish regiment will embark on a 340-mile canoe trip that will trace the water route many of their forbearers traveled.

Ang Lee's 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' Sets World Premiere at New York Film Festival Posted: 21 Aug 2016 09:00 PM PDT The adaptation of the Ben Fountain novel will debut Oct. 14 in a theater specially equipped with the technology to screen the innovative feature, shot in 4K, native 3D at the ultra high rate of 120 frames-per-second.

'Un-Islamic' cultural heritage in jihadists' crosshairs Posted: 21 Aug 2016 08:47 PM PDT From Mali to Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, Islamist fighters have regularly turned their sights on the priceless vestiges of peoples' cultural heritage -- for being un-Islamic. The International Criminal Court on Monday opens the war crimes trial of a jihadist charged with orchestrating the destruction of shrines at the World Heritage site of Timbuktu in Mali. The following are examples of world cultural heritage destroyed or damaged during recent conflicts.

Olympics-Soccer-For Brazil, it was always about football Posted: 21 Aug 2016 07:00 PM PDT By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The Rio Games featured 28 sports but, deep down, host nation Brazil only really cared about one of those: football. Brazil have won every major international title, from the World Cup, which they have claimed five times, to the Copa America, the Confederations Cup, the under-20 and under-17 world championships.

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