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Chelsea Manning announces hunger strike over treatment in prison

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 04:33 PM PDT

U.S. Army handout photo shows Private First Class Manning convicted of handing state secrets to WikiLeaks dressed as a womanU.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, serving a 35-year prison term for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, said on Friday that she would refuse to eat until given help for her gender dysphoria and "treated with dignity, respect and humanity" by the government. The 28-year-old Army private, who was born male but revealed after being convicted of espionage that she identifies as a woman, tried to commit suicide in July over what her representatives said was the government's denial of appropriate treatment for those gender issues. The Army announced later that month that it would investigate Manning for misconduct in connection with the attempt to take her own life, a probe that could lead to indefinite solitary confinement, reclassification into maximum security or additional prison time.


The Upside of Fewer People Asking Librarians for Help

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 04:20 PM PDT

How the Craft-Beer Boom Is Changing Your Local BrewSince the advent of the internet and e-readers, there have been plenty of predictions about the end of public libraries. According to the results, released Friday, of a Pew Research Center survey on Americans' attitudes toward libraries, use of libraries is up, people find them useful, and they still want to check out printed books. A full 77 percent of folks also said that "public libraries provide them with the resources they need," and 66 percent said that shutting down a facility "would have a major impact on their community." Roughly two-thirds of people who had visited a library or a bookmobile said they'd done so to check out a book.


Clinton, Trump escalate fight in dramatic week on national security

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:58 PM PDT

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at the Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy in ClevelandBy Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed over national security again on Friday, with Trump calling his Democratic rival "trigger-happy" and Clinton arguing his proposals would make the world a more dangerous place. The two White House hopefuls have waged a running battle this week over who is best placed to command the world's most powerful military, with both touting their support from retired military leaders and attacking their opponent's temperament and judgment. Trump also injected drama into the national security debate this week by wholeheartedly endorsing Russian President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader who has fared better than U.S. President Barack Obama.


Violent extremist groups take special aim at women, U.N. official says

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:55 PM PDT

By Anastasia Moloney SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Armed extremist and fundamentalist groups worldwide are increasingly eroding women's rights and undermining gains made in gender equality in recent years, the head of U.N. Women said on Friday.   Militant groups from Boko Haram in Nigeria to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria target women in their attacks on human rights, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of the United Nations' women's advocacy agency, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview. "Fundamentalists have an issue with women.

Prosecutor: Failed Paris car bomb plotted by IS-guided women

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:27 PM PDT

A French police officer patrols in front of Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Friday Sept. 9, 2016. A failed attack involving a car loaded with gas canisters near Notre Dame Cathedral was spearheaded a group of women that included a 19-year-old whose written pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State group was found by police, a security official said Friday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)PARIS (AP) — A failed car bombing in the heart of Paris was hatched by a group of French women, including one once engaged to men who had already killed in the name of the Islamic State group, France's top anti-terrorism prosecutor said Friday.


Trump courts core conservatives, Clinton talks security

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:23 PM PDT

Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump walks to the stage before addressing supporters on September 8, 2016 in Cleveland, OhioDonald Trump delivered a call to arms for America's conservative right Friday, urging them to vote en masse on Election Day to defeat White House rival Hillary Clinton, who urged more robust national security efforts. Trump also took Clinton to task over her diplomatic record, blasting her for a second straight day as a "trigger-happy" secretary of state who emboldened North Korea into conducting yet another nuclear test and put Iran on the path to atomic weapons. "Her tenure has brought us only war and destruction and death," Trump said.


Car bomb attacks near Baghdad mall kill 10: police

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:20 PM PDT

One explosion came from a parked car and the other was caused by an explosives-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber outside the Nakheel mall, a police colonel saidTwo car bomb blasts outside a shopping mall in central Baghdad late Friday killed at least 10 people and wounded another 28, police and medical sources said. One explosion came from a parked car and the other was caused by an explosives-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber outside the Nakheel mall, a police colonel said. An official in Baghdad's health department confirmed the figures.


Intelligence Community Faces a Future of Increasing Complexity

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cybersecurity will remain as much of a challenge for the next administration as it has been for the current White House, especially in light of the constant barrage of cyber attacks from nation states, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said. Clapper made the remarks at the opening at the Intelligence & National Security Summit held in Washington, D.C. this week. AFCEA International and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) sponsored the two-day conference.

Islamic State twin suicide bombings at Baghdad mall kill 12

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:11 PM PDT

Twelve people were killed late on Friday in two suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State at a shopping mall in eastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. Unconfirmed amateur video published on Facebook showed what appeared to be four separate fires, including two cars engulfed in flames, under a highway overpass near the mall amid the wailing sirens of first responders. Amaq news agency, which supports Islamic State, said in an online statement that two suicide bombers, one wearing a vest and the other in a car, had targeted "a gathering of Shi'ites" on Palestine Street.

Final group of Iranian dissidents leaves Iraq camp

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 file photo, members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq organization seen inside the Liberty refugee camp in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iranian opposition group said Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 that a camp housing its members in Iraq has been officially closed after the last 280 residents were flown to Albania. The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq has been based in Iraq since the 1980s, when they received arms and support from Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — A camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group in Iraq was officially closed after the last 280 residents were flown to Albania on Friday, the group said.


Cholera blamed on U.N. peacekeepers surges in Haiti as funding vanishes

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 02:15 PM PDT

A girl cools off with drinkable water at a source in Port-au-Prince, HaitiBy Makini Brice PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - U.N.-led foreign funding has dried up for Haiti's fight against cholera, thought to have been introduced by Nepali peacekeepers, triggering a surge of deaths this year even as the global body vowed to help overcome the epidemic. The lack of support is notable because Haiti was free of cholera until 2010, when U.N. peacekeepers dumped infected sewage into a river, according to investigators. The United Nations has not legally accepted responsibility for the outbreak.


Donald Trump, and the blurring line between feelings and facts

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 01:05 PM PDT

How does Donald Trump do it? How does he keep gaining on Hillary Clinton while saying things that are controversial, ill-informed, or demonstrably wrong? Take Wednesday's commander-in-chief forum with the presidential candidates on NBC. Mr. Trump said again, contrary to hard evidence, that he opposed the invasion of Iraq from the beginning.

Astronaut To Speak At Public Event Honoring Fallen Heroes And Female Aviators At Arlington Women's Memorial Sept. 10

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 12:41 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. and NASA Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will deliver the keynote speech at an event hosted by the Wings for Val Foundation at Arlington National Cemetery's Women's Memorial on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 3-6 p.m. EDT. The public event is intended to honor fallen heroes and inspire the next generation of female aviators. At the event, she also will present the founders of the Wings for Val Foundation with her official naval aviator insignia pin, referred to as wings of gold.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false claim of opposing the Iraq War

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 12:28 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as he meets with students and educators before speaking about school choice, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, at Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)NEW YORK (AP) — Over and over again, Donald Trump says he opposed the Iraq War before it started. But no matter how many times the Republican candidate for president says it, the facts are clear: He did not.


France foils IS terror attack by female cell: prosecutor

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 12:16 PM PDT

A handcuffed man is taken out of the building in Boussy-Saint-Antoine south of Paris on September 8, 2016 where female suspects, said to have been planning new acts of violence, were arrestedFrench authorities have foiled an attack by three heavily radicalised women who were being guided by the Islamic State jihadist group from Syria, France's anti-terrorism prosecutor said Friday. "A terrorist cell made up of young women totally receptive to the deadly ideology of Daesh has been dismantled," Francois Molins said in a press conference, using the Arabic name for IS. The three women, led by 19-year-old Ines Madani, were arrested south of Paris on Thursday.


Homeland Security eyes expanding biometric collections at US borders

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 12:00 PM PDT

Homeland Security officials are working on a plan to vastly expand the collection of biometric information at US borders in an effort to more closely track foreign visitors. The program aims to put in place more biometric scanners, which may include iris, face, and fingerprints, at border crossings beginning in 2018 in an effort to ensure visitors do not leave the US under another person's passport. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials told Passcode that by verifying the travelers' biometric information at border checkpoints, foreign visitors trying to overstay their visas in the US will not be able to send imposters out of the country in their place.

Wounded Warrior Project Peer Mentor Guides Others Suffering in Silence

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 11:43 AM PDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Deep within the warrior is the spirit of a survivor," said Jim Mylott, a U.S. Army wounded warrior who now uses his struggle with depression and suicide as a platform to help others. The selfless, quick thinking by his comrade saved Jim's life, but Jim fully absorbed the impact of the truck's collision, which crushed him helplessly inside the vehicle. The gunner of that vehicle was thrown from the turret of the vehicle, breaking his bones and ripping his face open up to his ear when his lip snagged an antenna.

Iraq expels Islamic State families from local communities

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 11:33 AM PDT

Displaced people, who fled Islamic State violence, wait for security checks in Lake al-Tharthar, northwest of BaghdadBy Ghazwan Hassan and Saif Hameed TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities are expelling the families of suspected Islamic State members from their homes as the jihadist group loses ground, raising fears of communal violence if people seek to settle old scores. Relatives of more than 200 militants are being forced to leave Dhuluiya, 70 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, and Hit, 130 km to the west, government and security officials said. Iraqi forces backed by a U.S.-led coalition have recaptured more than half the territory seized in 2014 by Islamic State, also known as ISIL and Daesh, and are gearing up for an offensive on the jihadists' de facto capital of Mosul later this year.


Iranian opposition group in Iraq resettled to Albania

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 11:23 AM PDT

The remaining members of an exiled Iranian opposition group based in Iraq for decades left on Friday for resettlement in Albania following several attacks on their camps in recent years. Under a deal brokered by the United States and the United Nations refugee agency, almost 2,000 dissident Iranians have been resettled in nearly a dozen European countries since the start of 2016. Until a few years ago, PMOI, also known by its Farsi name Mujahideen-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), was listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.

Living like ghosts in the ruins of Syria's besieged Aleppo

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 11:22 AM PDT

A file photo of a still image taken on September 7, 2016 from a video posted on social media said to be shot in Aleppo's Al Sukari on September 6, 2016, shows a boy breathing with an oxygen mask inside a hospital, after a suspected chlorine gas attackBy John Davison and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Even if it were somehow possible to escape eastern Aleppo, Abdullah Shiyani, a 10-year-old boy who dreams of being a doctor, says he wouldn't leave. Its picturesque old center of covered spice markets has long since been reduced to rubble by street fighting.


Arrested French women, directed by Islamic State, planned Paris attack

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 10:55 AM PDT

French police investigate an apartment in a residential building during a police raid in Boussy-Saint-AntoineBy Gérard Bon PARIS (Reuters) - Three French women arrested after a car loaded with gas cylinders was found near Notre Dame cathedral were planning to attack a Paris railway station under the direction of Islamic State, French officials said on Friday. The Peugeot 607 was found early on Sunday laden with seven gas cylinders and three jerry cans of diesel, said police, adding that no detonators were discovered. "A terrorist cell ...has been dismantled," Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins told a news conference.


Qaeda chief threatens 'thousands' of 9/11 attacks

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 10:55 AM PDT

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri used to illustrate his latest audio message in which he calls on jihadists fighting in Syria's civil war to unite and fight for the establishment of an anti-US government in Damascus in 2013Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri threatened the US that the September 11, 2001 attacks will be repeated "thousands of times", in a video marking the 15th anniversary of the deadly assault. Addressing the United States in a video message posted Thursday on YouTube, Zawahiri blamed 9/11 on "your crimes against us". On September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were struck by hijacked aircraft, claiming 2,753 lives.


For First Responders, 9/11 Struck Close to Home

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 10:50 AM PDT

Arlington County Fire Department Battalion Chief James Bonzano was attending a leadership seminar about a mile from the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, when he heard a blast and felt the ground tremble. Now an American Airlines Boeing 757 carrying 64 people had slammed into the Pentagon. As fighter jets circled above, Bonzano soon boarded a bus filled with other firefighters and headed toward the crash scene.

Southern EU nations call for growth, burden-sharing on migration

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 10:42 AM PDT

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (right), French President Francois Hollande (centre) and Italian Prime Minister Matteos Renzi pose for a photo during the EU MED Mediterranean Economies Summit in Athens on September 9 2016Southern EU leaders on Friday called for revised asylum rules to fight the ongoing migration crisis, and appealed for unity ahead of a showdown on the post-Brexit future of the bloc. A joint declaration signed by France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta and host Greece said the European Union should double the funding for strategic investment and for additional European experts to help the front-line states tackle migration. "We are not, nor do we wish to be, another grouping, another initiative to divide Europe.


IS attack kills 3 more Turkish soldiers in Syria

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 10:25 AM PDT

Birds fly near a Turkish tank coming from Syria during clashes between Turkish army and ISIS militants on September 4, 2016 at Elbeyli, in the southern region of KilisThree Turkish soldiers were killed and another wounded in an attack Friday on an army tank launched by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in northern Syria, the Turkish army said in a statement on state media. The new fatalities come after three Turkish soldiers were killed in a rocket attack by IS this week. Turkey had blamed the death of one soldier on August 28 in a similar attack on Kurdish militia.


Turkey to oust 28 pro-Kurdish mayors, administrators

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 09:57 AM PDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's government will take over the running of 28 municipalities, ousting elected mayors and other administrators accused of links to the Kurdish rebels, the interior minister said Friday.

Syrian army secures road to Aleppo: state TV

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 09:21 AM PDT

People drive in the Ramousah area of southern AleppoThe Syrian army secured a road into the government-held side of Aleppo that was captured by rebels last month and was expected to open it soon for civilians, state-owned al-Ikhbariya TV reported on Friday. The advance by the Syrian army and allied militia in the Ramousah area of southern Aleppo has reopened the main route into the government-held west while resulting in the complete re-encirclement of the city's rebel-held east. On Friday, rebel shelling of the government-held side of Aleppo's frontline Salah al-Din neighborhood killed at least eight people, including four children, and injured about 30 others, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.


Turkey says Raqa operation could work with air support

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 08:47 AM PDT

The Islamic State group took control of the Syrian city of Raqa after pushing out government troops in 2013Turkey said on Friday a ground operation could force out Islamic State (IS) extremists from their de facto capital of Raqa in Syria if it was supported by coalition air forces. Speculation has grown of a possible joint Turkey-US operation to seize Raqa and possibly IS-held Mosul in northern Iraq after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed he had discussed the issue with US counterpart Barack Obama at the G20 in China. "If coalition forces give air support and our special forces take part, it is possible to be successful in clearing Daesh (IS) from Raqa and Mosul," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a joint press conference with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.


Dozens held as teachers protest suspensions in Turkey's southeast, union says

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 08:35 AM PDT

Demonstrators scuffle with riot police during a protest against suspension of teachers from classrooms over alleged links with Kurdish militants, in the southeastern city of DiyarbakirBy Umit Ozdal DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) - Turkish police detained dozens of people and used water cannon on Friday to disperse several hundred teachers demonstrating against their suspension from classrooms in the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, union sources said and TV footage showed. Brawls erupted and police pushed back crowds chanting "shoulder to shoulder against fascism" after Turkish authorities suspended more than 11,000 teachers on Thursday over alleged links with the Kurdish militants. A further 1,151 teachers were also suspended from duty in the predominantly Kurdish eastern provinces of Tunceli and Van on Friday, Dogan news agency reported.


Press Advisory: Support The Fairness For Veterans Act

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 08:20 AM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vietnam Veterans of America is hosting a Press Conference with a coalition of dozens of veterans organizations regarding the need for Congress to include the Fairness for Veterans (Sec. 538, 538A) provisions of the final version of the NDAA, and to request a meeting with the Executive Branch to address "Bad-Paper Discharges" that unfairly deny benefits to vets with PTSD, TBI, and MST. Veterans with these types of discharges are more likely to be homeless, without a job, become incarcerated and die by suicide. ...

The Hajj: The Politicization of Religion Reaches the Heart of Islam

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 08:00 AM PDT

While Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, implied the Saudi government was not competent in administering the Hajj, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel AlJubeir called on Iran to choose between whether it is "exporting the revolution" or a state that respects international law. The exchange of salvos came this week in advance of the Hajj, which begins on Friday and runs to Sept. 14. More than 1.5 million Muslims will participate in the annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia -- while 1.6 billion Muslims globally mark the holy days of the month of Dhu Hijjah.

Crowds rally in Iran against Saudi Arabia ahead of hajj

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 07:39 AM PDT

Iranian protesters chant slogans as one of them holds a placard reading "oh Islam! we will sacrifice our lives for you", after weekly Friday prayer in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 9, 2016. Thousands of Iranians marched through the streets Friday to protest Saudi Arabia ahead of the hajj, a sign of soured relations between the two countries following last year's crush and stampede during the annual pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians marched through the streets Friday to protest Saudi Arabia ahead of the hajj, a sign of soured relations between the two countries following last year's crush and stampede during the annual pilgrimage.


Dutch government extends military training mission in Iraq

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 07:14 AM PDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says it is extending its involvement in a military training mission in Iraq until the end of 2017.

When Women Lead Soldiers Into Battle

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 07:10 AM PDT

The ban on women in ground combat, which stood in some form ever since women were first permanently integrated into the U.S. military in 1948, has been lifted and all combat roles are now open to women. Since Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the new policy last December, the American military has also seen women ascend to positions in its highest ranks: Air Force General Lori Robinson became the country's first female combatant commander, and Admiral Michelle Howard became the first female four-star admiral. It's possible that a woman will soon, and for the first time, become the commander-in-chief of America's armed forces.

The Latest: Romanian police find 8 migrants hidden under bus

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 07:08 AM PDT

A young refugee looks at his phone in Ritsona refugee camp, north of Athens, which hosts about 600 refugees and migrants on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. The refugee crisis is expected to be a central issue in discussions Friday at a meeting in Athens of leaders from Mediterranean countries in the European Union. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):


How to Find Low-Cost Marriage Counseling

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 06:22 AM PDT

If you're in a marriage that's falling apart, and especially if your money problems are a primary reason, you probably find it hilarious when a well-meaning friend or family member suggests you and your partner get marriage counseling. Similar to how the colleges you might tap for help work, the Council for Relationships has highly educated people (with master's degrees, Ph.D.s, etc.) studying to be therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers, and who are supervised by people like Corse, a psychologist and one of the nonprofit's directors.

How to Teach 9/11 to Students With No Memory of It

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 06:00 AM PDT

Sept. 11, 2001, was supposed to be Sari Rosenberg's first day teaching in New York City public schools. Instead, she spent the day watching in horror as the World Trade Center in Manhattan collapsed in a terrorist attack. "It was pretty remarkable," says Rosenberg, now a 15-year education veteran and 11th-grade history and AP history teacher at the High School for Environmental Studies in Manhattan.

15 Years After 9/11, the TSA is Still Falling Short

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 06:00 AM PDT

James Petrovic approached the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Chicago's O'Hare airport. "While I was on my flight, I was going to do some work and noticed I had my gun in my bag," he said, according to a TSA report shared with U.S. News. Not just a gun: Petrovic was packing a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver loaded with four bullets and another in the chamber -- roughly a pound and a half of lethal metal in his carry-on that went undetected by TSA screeners in Detroit.

Trump Takes a Beating for Off-Hand Comments

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 05:43 AM PDT

After several weeks during which Hillary Clinton suffered from a wave of negative publicity, it's now Donald Trump's turn to be engulfed. Several new or recycled story lines about Trump emerged this week, some of them fueled by Trump speeches or interviews and others by his incendiary appearance at a national security forum carried by NBC on Wednesday night. The fact that Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is at the center of various firestorms isn't new.

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