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• New World War I memorial: America looks back to move forward
• U.S. crude drops over 3 percent as focus back on supply
• New Photos Show 'Jihadi John' Unmasked in Warzone
• In Tunisia, the sole Arab Spring success, economic woes reignite unrest
• EU mulls partial Schengen suspension over migrant crisis
• Another model of Christian-Muslim harmony?
• Czech, Slovak PMs the latest to slam Greece on migrant crisis
• Japan, South Korea football squads qualify for Olympics, Qatar miss out
• Clinton vs. Sanders: Does 'experience' trump 'judgment'?
• When will US forces leave Afghanistan?
• The Triumph of Soap-Box Comedy
• Iraq says 40 bodies found in mass grave in Ramadi
• Mass grave of IS victims found in Iraq's Ramadi: police
• Iraq says Saudi, Russia change tone on possible oil deal
• Food Imported From Low-GDP Nations Poses Higher Safety Risks, Study Finds
• Islamic State 'enjoyed Turkish money for oil': Israeli minister
• Leading Iraqi Shi'ite says Islamic State shrugging off U.S. air strikes
• Why traders are really bearish on oil
• OPEC, Russia talk of oil teamwork, but Saudi talks of investment
• Dutch Labour party backs air strikes in Syria, creating parliamentary majority
• Wounded Warrior Project Launches Groundbreaking Warrior Care Network
• U.S.-led coalition conducts 18 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
• Oil market more complex now than when OPEC agreed policy: Iraq
• Experience vs. Judgment: Clinton, Sanders vie for pivotal Iowa vote
• China rout, oil gloom deepen losses in Asian shares
• Rwandan police kill suspected Islamic State recruiter
• South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians - UN panel
• My ideas aren't radical, Sanders tells Democrat skeptics
• Exclusive: South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians - U.N. panel
• Today in History
• The Latest: Sanders highlights differences with Clinton
• U.N. seeks Syrian peace talks this week, opposition threatens boycott
• U.S. crude drops back below $30 as Iraq adds record output

New World War I memorial: America looks back to move forward Posted: 26 Jan 2016 04:59 PM PST It was supposed to be the "war to end all wars," but World War I did nothing of the sort. The new national World War I memorial, the design for which was unveiled in Washington Tuesday, is for an America that is finally ready to confront some of the challenging societal fault lines revealed by the Great War, says the team behind the monument. Recommended: How much do you know about America's veterans?

U.S. crude drops over 3 percent as focus back on supply Posted: 26 Jan 2016 03:39 PM PST Brent crude had settled up $1.30, or 4.26 percent, at $31.80 a barrel on Tuesday."The positive sentiment stemmed from strong U.S. corporate earnings and talk of OPEC and Russia considering production cuts. Wall Street shares also rebounded in choppy trading on Tuesday on hopes oil producers will cut output to address the supply glut that has punished equity markets and pushed crude values to 12-year lows.

New Photos Show 'Jihadi John' Unmasked in Warzone Posted: 26 Jan 2016 03:15 PM PST Two new photographs of "Jihadi John" surfaced online today, showing the ISIS executioner in a warzone but without his infamous black mask."Jihadi John," identified as British national Mohammed Emwazi, was confirmed dead by the terror group in a magazine last week, felled by a drone strike on his vehicle. U.S. officials said in November they believed Emwazi had been killed.The two photos of Emwazi were published online today in a report circulated by an ISIS-affiliated media outlet. ...

In Tunisia, the sole Arab Spring success, economic woes reignite unrest Posted: 26 Jan 2016 03:00 PM PST In 2011 a young Tunisian street vendor set himself afire in protest of an authoritarian system and government corruption that squelched economic opportunity for Tunisians like him. Mohamed Bouazizi's protest and death became the spark that set in motion Tunisia's revolution and the wider movement known as the Arab Spring. This month another young Tunisian, Ridha Yahyaoui, took his own life in a public act of protest over his inability to secure employment in the country's sinking economy.

EU mulls partial Schengen suspension over migrant crisis Posted: 26 Jan 2016 12:41 PM PST The EU on Tuesday mulled allowing states in the passport-free Schengen zone to reintroduce border checks for up to two years to cope with the migration crisis, in what would be a blow to a cherished pillar of European unity. At a meeting in Amsterdam on Monday, EU interior ministers had asked the European Commission -- the executive arm of the 28-nation European Union -- about extending the checks. "If the situation does not change there could indeed be justifications under public order and security reasons to maintain internal controls at internal Schengen borders," said Natasha Bertaud, the Commission's spokeswoman on migration.

Another model of Christian-Muslim harmony? Posted: 26 Jan 2016 12:15 PM PST In Iraq and Syria, minority Christians are still on the run from Islamic State. Religious leaders in Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon have recently proclaimed their societies are models of coexistence between Muslims and Christians. Now another place may soon be added to the chorus – Cyprus – and perhaps help in drowning out Islamic State's assertion of a right to dominance in the holy land.

Czech, Slovak PMs the latest to slam Greece on migrant crisis Posted: 26 Jan 2016 11:43 AM PST The Czech Republic and Slovakia on Tuesday criticised Greece's handling of the migrant crisis and urged the fellow EU member to tighten its borders with Bulgaria and Macedonia to staunch the influx of people. The central European countries were the latest to turn up the pressure after Austria and Germany urged Greece -- the landing point for most migrants arriving in Europe -- to do more to tackle the crisis at an EU meeting Monday. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka accused Greece of failing to protect the exterior borders of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone.

Japan, South Korea football squads qualify for Olympics, Qatar miss out Posted: 26 Jan 2016 11:31 AM PST Asian footballing giants Japan and South Korea qualified for the Rio Olympics and progressed to the final of the U-23 AFC championships with semi-final victories in Doha on Tuesday. Both needed late goals with Japan scoring with virtually the last kick of the game to beat Iraq 2-1 and South Korea scoring twice in the last five minutes to shatter hosts Qatar's dream of appearing in the final and qualifying for the Olympics for the first time since 1992. It is the 10th time Japan have qualified for the Olympics and the seventh for South Korea.

Clinton vs. Sanders: Does 'experience' trump 'judgment'? Posted: 26 Jan 2016 10:27 AM PST Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clearly differed on this particular issue. Time's up! Yes, it was Mrs. Clinton who invoked her years of service in high government positions in her responses to many audience questions. When a young woman asked her why students seemed more excited about Senator Sanders than her, Clinton said she, too, has enthusiastic 20-something supporters.

When will US forces leave Afghanistan? Posted: 26 Jan 2016 10:23 AM PST Amid a Taliban resurgence and ongoing struggles against Al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) forces, the United States military presence in Afghanistan is not diminishing despite past pledges of withdrawal. US operations in the Islamic republic – fighting terror threats and training Afghan security forces – are continuing, and the 9,800 US troops currently deployed there will remain at least through this year at an annual cost of $15 billion. The US presence in Afghanistan has been sustained for well over a decade, cumulatively costing more than $1 trillion and at its peak supporting around 100,000 troops in the region.

The Triumph of Soap-Box Comedy Posted: 26 Jan 2016 10:21 AM PST Whitney Cummings's new HBO special, I'm Your Girlfriend, is very funny, except when it is not. Performed and recorded at Santa Monica's Broad Stage, the set contains the stuff you'd expect of Cummings's comedy: discussions of sex, and relationships, and porn, all of them inflected with an almost aggressive amount of raunch. Cummings jokes about how the language of sex has become more violent of late. She talks about the how the power dynamics of dating have changed now that she is, often, wealthier than the guys she goes out with.

Iraq says 40 bodies found in mass grave in Ramadi Posted: 26 Jan 2016 10:09 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces have found more than 40 bodies, including those of women and children, in a mass grave in the city of Ramadi west of Baghdad, which they recently retook from Islamic State militants, officials said.

Mass grave of IS victims found in Iraq's Ramadi: police Posted: 26 Jan 2016 10:06 AM PST Security forces found a mass grave in the Iraqi city of Ramadi containing the remains of at least 18 people killed by the Islamic State group, police said Tuesday. Ramadi was recaptured at the end of last month from IS, which overran large parts of Iraq in 2014 and has repeatedly carried out mass killings and other atrocities in areas it controls. "So far, we have removed 18 bodies including five members of the police, and work is continuing to remove the remaining victims," police Major Tareq Abdulkarim told AFP.

Iraq says Saudi, Russia change tone on possible oil deal Posted: 26 Jan 2016 09:30 AM PST OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia and top non-OPEC producer Russia are showing signs of flexibility about agreeing to tackle an oil glut that has pushed prices to 12-year lows, the oil minister of Iraq said on Tuesday. "We have seen some flexibility from the brothers in Saudi and a change in tone from Russia," Adel Abdel Mahdi, whose country is the second-largest producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, said. "This should be finalised and we should hear some solid suggestions coming from all parts, from OPEC and non-OPEC, at least from OPEC," the minister said.

Food Imported From Low-GDP Nations Poses Higher Safety Risks, Study Finds Posted: 26 Jan 2016 08:58 AM PST WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Food imported into the United States from countries with a low gross domestic product (GDP) poses higher risks than food from richer countries, according to a new study analyzing 10 years' worth of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data on food import violations. The new study comes amid concerns as the United States imports increasingly large amounts of fish, meat, vegetables, and other products. The novel analysis of FDA's 2002-2007 data on food import violations suggests that "the size of a country's economy appears to be a more important determinant of food safety than its wealth," or GDP per capita, according to the study, "Import Security: Assessing the Risks of Imported Food." The research was conducted by Jonathan Welburn and Vicki Bier - of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering - and Steven Hoerning, of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Islamic State 'enjoyed Turkish money for oil': Israeli minister Posted: 26 Jan 2016 08:45 AM PST Israel's defense minister said on Tuesday that Islamic State militants had been funded with 'Turkish money', an assertion that could hinder attempts to mend fences between the two countries after years of estrangement. "It's up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership, to decide whether they want to be part of any kind of cooperation to fight terrorism. This is not the case so far," Moshe Yaalon told reporters in Athens.

Leading Iraqi Shi'ite says Islamic State shrugging off U.S. air strikes Posted: 26 Jan 2016 08:15 AM PST By Samia Nakhoul, Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Flush with cash and weapons, Islamic State is attracting huge numbers of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria and withstanding U.S.-led air strikes that are failing to hit the right targets, a powerful Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary leader told Reuters in an interview. Hadi al-Amiri also said Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was alive and in Iraq, despite reports that he had been wounded.

Why traders are really bearish on oil Posted: 26 Jan 2016 07:15 AM PST After bouncing back last week, oil prices took a steep dip on Monday. And there may be more downside ahead.

OPEC, Russia talk of oil teamwork, but Saudi talks of investment Posted: 26 Jan 2016 06:37 AM PST Senior OPEC and Russian oil industry officials stepped up vague talk on Monday of possible joint action to remedy one of the worst supply gluts in decades, while Saudi Arabia signaled its resolve to allow the market to balance itself. The latest volley of comments highlighted the intensifying pressure of $30 a barrel oil prices on cash-strapped countries such as Russia, but did not appear to tilt the scales meaningfully towards any concerted action to reverse the price crash, an idea repeatedly mooted but dismissed for over a year. Speaking in London, OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri said other producers should work together with the group to tackle swollen global stockpiles so prices can recover, essentially reiterating OPEC's longstanding position that it would only consider cutting output if others pitch in.

Dutch Labour party backs air strikes in Syria, creating parliamentary majority Posted: 26 Jan 2016 05:45 AM PST The Dutch Labour Party, the junior partner in the coalition government, now supports extending air strikes against Islamic State to Syria, creating a parliamentary majority for approval, an official said on Tuesday. The Dutch government, which already approved sending warplanes to target Islamic State in Iraq under a U.S.-led bombing campaign, has been weighing the possibility of expanding its role for months. "We discussed the issue today and decided to support efforts to intensify the fight against Islamic State," party spokesman Michiel Selten said.

Wounded Warrior Project Launches Groundbreaking Warrior Care Network Posted: 26 Jan 2016 04:59 AM PST JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) and its partner academic health care providers have officially started accepting wounded service members for a first-of-its kind mental health program, Warrior Care Network™. Through Warrior Care Network, thousands of wounded veterans and their families across the country will gain access to increased quality care for two of the most commonly experienced wounds of the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). ...

U.S.-led coalition conducts 18 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military Posted: 26 Jan 2016 04:42 AM PST The coalition of the United States and its allies conducted 18 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the group said. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Combined Joint Task Force said three strikes in three cities in Syria hit a tactical unit, a headquarters building and destroyed two cranes.

Oil market more complex now than when OPEC agreed policy: Iraq Posted: 26 Jan 2016 03:44 AM PST Iraq's oil minister said on Tuesday that the oil market had become more complicated than before and it was difficult to say whether crude prices had reached a bottom. "In 2015, Brent prices were in the mid-40s (dollars) and we said back then the prices have bottomed and they will go up," Adel Abdel Mahdi told an energy forum in Kuwait City. "Now we realize the situation is more complex than what we thought ... There is a struggle, we are all - the producers in OPEC and non-OPEC - underwater.

Experience vs. Judgment: Clinton, Sanders vie for pivotal Iowa vote Posted: 26 Jan 2016 02:23 AM PST By Ginger Gibson and Steve Holland DES MOINES (Reuters) - With Iowa kicking off the 2016 election season in one week, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton tried to erase doubts about her judgment raised by rival Bernie Sanders on Monday while digging deep into her years of governing experience. At a CNN town hall meeting, Sanders argued that his own judgment, not Clinton's experience, is the most crucial quality for the next commander-in-chief. Clinton, in response, evoked President Barack Obama, saying when he selected her to be secretary of state he gave approval to her judgment.

China rout, oil gloom deepen losses in Asian shares Posted: 25 Jan 2016 11:51 PM PST By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - A plunge in Chinese share markets capped a miserable day for Asian equities on Tuesday, with a renewed slide in oil prices giving investors few reasons to reassess a darkening outlook for the global economy. Japan's Nikkei fell 2.4 percent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declined 2.3 percent, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan falling 1.5 percent after two days of gains since late last week. "Wherever you look - China, oil and the U.S., there is no clear evidence of improvement in economic fundamentals.

Rwandan police kill suspected Islamic State recruiter Posted: 25 Jan 2016 11:06 PM PST A Rwandan man who had been accused of recruiting for the Islamic State was shot and killed in the capital Kigali while attempting to escape police custody, police said in a statement on Monday. Muhammad Mugemangango, a deputy imam at Kimironko Mosque in Kigali, was under investigations for encouraging Rwandan youth to join the Islamic State, which is fighting in Iraq and Syria. After news of Mugemangango's death broke, the country's main Muslim association, Rwanda Muslims, said it planned to circulate messages condemning radicalisation to all of Rwanda's mosques.

South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians - UN panel Posted: 25 Jan 2016 10:40 PM PST By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council should place an arms embargo on South Sudan, while the oil-rich country's President Salva Kiir and a rebel leader qualify to be sanctioned over atrocities in a two-year civil war, U.N. sanctions monitors said in an annual report. The confidential report by a U.N. panel that monitors the conflict in South Sudan for the Security Council stated that Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar are still completely in charge of their forces and are therefore directly to blame for killing civilians and other actions that warrant sanctions.

My ideas aren't radical, Sanders tells Democrat skeptics Posted: 25 Jan 2016 09:36 PM PST Fighting tooth and nail against frontrunner Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, Bernie Sanders said that he is no radical and that voters will embrace his agenda to end US income inequality. Clinton and Sanders are running neck and neck here, with former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley a distant third. "In countries around the world, in Scandinavia and in Germany, the ideas that I am talking about are not radical ideas," said Sanders, referring to his plans to provide universal health care coverage, rein in Wall Street and involve government in helping students pay for college.

Exclusive: South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians - U.N. panel Posted: 25 Jan 2016 09:30 PM PST By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council should place an arms embargo on South Sudan, while the oil-rich country's President Salva Kiir and a rebel leader qualify to be sanctioned over atrocities in a two-year civil war, U.N. sanctions monitors said in an annual report. The confidential report by a U.N. panel that monitors the conflict in South Sudan for the Security Council stated that Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar are still completely in charge of their forces and are therefore directly to blame for killing civilians and other actions that warrant sanctions.

Today in History Posted: 25 Jan 2016 09:02 PM PST Today in History

The Latest: Sanders highlights differences with Clinton Posted: 25 Jan 2016 07:21 PM PST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Here are the latest developments from the 2016 race for president, one week out from the Iowa caucuses. All times local.

U.N. seeks Syrian peace talks this week, opposition threatens boycott Posted: 25 Jan 2016 06:10 PM PST By Lisa Barrington and Tom Miles BEIRUT/GENEVA - The United Nations said on Monday it would issue invitations for marathon Syrian peace talks to begin this week, but opposition groups signaled they would stay away unless the government and its Russian allies halt air strikes and lift sieges on towns. The first talks in two years to end the Syrian civil war were meant to begin on Monday but have been held up in part by a dispute over who should represent the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said he was still working on his list, and expected to issue the invitations on Tuesday for talks to start on Friday.

U.S. crude drops back below $30 as Iraq adds record output Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:39 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures dropped back below $30 a barrel in Asian trading on Tuesday, extending a near 6 percent fall made in the previous session, amid news that Iraq's output reached a record high last month. U.S. crude fell 47 cents, or 1.55 percent, to $29.87 a barrel by 2309 GMT after settling $1.85, or 5.8 percent, lower at $30.34 a barrel. Global benchmark Brent crude settled down $1.68 at $30.50 a barrel in the previous session, 5.2 percent below its closing price on Friday. ...

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