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• Florida airport shooting suspect appears in new video
• Video emerges of Florida airport gunman opening fire
• Rafsanjani, Iran leader whose life mirrored nation's, dies
• Refugees from Africa, Iraq find homes near in Missoula
• Iran ex-president Rafsanjani dies
• Rafsanjani, dead at 82, was one of the titans of post-revolutionary Iran
• Video shows Florida airport shooter open fire, passengers scatter
• FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein leads airport case
• Iraqi forces reach Tigris in Mosul as suicide bombs hit Baghdad
• Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani: Iran's evolving revolutionary
• What happens next in Florida airport shooting legal case?
• 1,000 Tunisians fearing return of jihadis march to say 'No'
• Obama's toughest decision? 30,000-troop Afghanistan 'surge'
• Pentagon chief: 'Virtually zero' Russian support against IS
• Iraq forces in Mosul punch to Tigris for first time
• US soldier, part of anti-IS push, dies in Jordan
• Deep freeze grips Europe, threatens homeless, migrants
• Iraq forces near Tigris River in Mosul
• 19 migrants abandoned in truck in Germany in freezing cold
• Today's News: Jan. 8, 2017
• Suicide attacks kill 20 people in eastern Baghdad
• Suicide bombers kill 18 in Baghdad market attacks
• Former Pakistan army chief to head Saudi-led military alliance: Pakistani media
• Trafficker leaves migrants in freezing German motorway car park
• Attacks in and around Baghdad kill 23
• Even with increased airport security vulnerabilities remain
• US seeks death penalty in Florida airport shooting case
• Obama heads to Chicago for farewell speech
• WikiLeaks's Assange: bold publisher or Russian dupe?

Florida airport shooting suspect appears in new video Posted: 08 Jan 2017 05:15 PM PST FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A day before the suspect in the Fort Lauderdale airport rampage was to appear in court, a website released footage that appears to show him calmly drawing a pistol and opening fire in the baggage claim area.

Video emerges of Florida airport gunman opening fire Posted: 08 Jan 2017 04:10 PM PST Video of the moment a gunman opened fire at a Florida airport emerged Sunday as authorities try to piece together his motive for traveling to the state to carry out a killing spree that left five dead and six wounded. Iraq war vet Esteban Santiago flew to the Fort Lauderdale airport on Friday and retrieved a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and ammunition that he had declared and packed in his checked luggage. Video released by the TMZ website showed Santiago, bearded and wearing a blue shirt, walking calmly through the baggage claim area.

Rafsanjani, Iran leader whose life mirrored nation's, dies Posted: 08 Jan 2017 03:42 PM PST TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welcome but his cunning guided him through revolution, war and the country's turbulent politics.

Refugees from Africa, Iraq find homes near in Missoula Posted: 08 Jan 2017 03:22 PM PST MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Missoula has become a refuge for more than 40 men, women and children from war-ravaged lands in Africa and Iraq, more than 30 years after last of some 550 refugees from Southeast Asia, most of them Hmong who supported U.S. efforts in the secret war in Laos, were brought to western Montana.

Iran ex-president Rafsanjani dies Posted: 08 Jan 2017 02:10 PM PST Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pugnacious moderate who survived for decades despite challenging his own turbaned elite, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. Rafsanjani, who was 82, was a pivotal figure in the foundation of the Islamic republic in 1979, and served as president from 1989 to 1997. "Despite the efforts of the doctors he died" at Shohadaa Hospital in northern Tehran, said Reza Soleimani, a speaker of the Expediency Council, Iran's main political arbitration body which Rafsanjani chaired.

Rafsanjani, dead at 82, was one of the titans of post-revolutionary Iran Posted: 08 Jan 2017 12:42 PM PST By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died of a heart attack on Sunday in Tehran, was one of the political titans of post-revolutionary Iran and a friend to moderates who have now lost their chief supporter. Analysts said his death at the age of 82 was a blow to Iran's pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani ahead of presidential elections in May as he played a key role in Rouhani's landslide election victory in 2013. A seasoned politician, he headed the Expediency Council, a body which is intended to resolve disputes between the parliament and a hardline watchdog body, the Guardian Council.

Video shows Florida airport shooter open fire, passengers scatter Posted: 08 Jan 2017 12:33 PM PST The gunman who killed five people at a Florida airport walked calmly through the baggage claim area before wordlessly pulling a handgun from his waistband and shooting at victims who fled or dived to the floor in panic, video showed. The 20 seconds of footage published on Saturday by website TMZ, apparently from a security camera, shows the suspect carrying a bag and clothing in his left hand as he strolled with other passengers past luggage carousels at Fort Lauderdale's airport. Without warning, he pulls out a 9mm semi-automatic handgun with his right hand and fires it repeatedly at targets off-screen.

FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein leads airport case Posted: 08 Jan 2017 12:10 PM PST The FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein alone for months after the former Iraqi leader's capture is now leading the investigation into the Florida airport shooting rampage blamed on an Iraq war veteran. ...

Iraqi forces reach Tigris in Mosul as suicide bombs hit Baghdad Posted: 08 Jan 2017 12:07 PM PST By Stephen Kalin and Ahmed Rasheed MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi special forces battling Islamic State reached the eastern bank of the Tigris river in Mosul on Sunday for the first time in a three-month, U.S-backed offensive to capture the city from the militants, who still control its entire western half. The group also claimed attacks at two Baghdad markets in which 20 people were killed, the latest in a spate of bombings, tactics to which Islamic State is resorting as it comes under pressure in Mosul, its last major stronghold in Iraq. Units of Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service (CTS) have fought their way to the eastern bank of the Tigris, spokesman Sabah al-Numan said.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani: Iran's evolving revolutionary Posted: 08 Jan 2017 10:31 AM PST Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died on Sunday, was a pivotal figure in the foundation of the Islamic republic in 1979 and he continued to shape it. Rafsanjani's presidency, a breathing space after the end of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, was marked by reconstruction, cautious reform and repairs to Iran's relations with its Arab neighbours. After serving a maximum two consecutive terms, Rafsanjani played an important role in the election of the reformist Mohammad Khatami, who succeeded him as president from 1997 to 2005.

What happens next in Florida airport shooting legal case? Posted: 08 Jan 2017 10:06 AM PST FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago, facing federal charges that could potentially result in a death sentence, has his first court hearing Monday.

1,000 Tunisians fearing return of jihadis march to say 'No' Posted: 08 Jan 2017 09:31 AM PST TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Up to 1,000 Tunisians have marched in the capital to protest the return of jihadis from Syria, Iraq and neighboring Libya.

Obama's toughest decision? 30,000-troop Afghanistan 'surge' Posted: 08 Jan 2017 09:30 AM PST What was President Barack Obama's hardest decision during his two terms in office? A massive troop surge in Afghanistan, he said in an interview aired Sunday. After a protracted debate inside the administration that pitted US military commanders against White House advisers, Obama announced the 30,000-troop "surge" in December 2009.

Pentagon chief: 'Virtually zero' Russian support against IS Posted: 08 Jan 2017 08:46 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Russians have given "virtually zero" support to the United States in fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.

Iraq forces in Mosul punch to Tigris for first time Posted: 08 Jan 2017 08:37 AM PST Iraqi forces battling jihadists in Mosul reached the Tigris River that divides the city Sunday, a key step and a first since the launch of a huge operation in mid-October. The Islamic State group was on the back foot in Mosul after a week of significant gains for Iraqi forces but pressed a deadly campaign of bombings in Baghdad, where two more attacks killed 18 people. Elite Counter-Terrorism Forces (CTS) took control of the eastern end of the southernmost bridge in Mosul, a morale-booster in a 12-week-old operation that has encountered many difficulties.

US soldier, part of anti-IS push, dies in Jordan Posted: 08 Jan 2017 08:12 AM PST AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.S. military says a soldier has died in a noncombat related incident while operating construction equipment in Jordan.

Deep freeze grips Europe, threatens homeless, migrants Posted: 08 Jan 2017 07:22 AM PST BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Blizzards and dangerously low temperatures persisted in parts of Europe on Sunday, prompting Pope Francis to draw attention to the homeless suffering in freezing weather. In Serbia, aid workers scrambled to help hundreds of migrants sleeping rough in parks and makeshift shelters.

Iraq forces near Tigris River in Mosul Posted: 08 Jan 2017 07:11 AM PST Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State group in Mosul are approaching the Tigris River, which runs through the centre of the city, the spokesman for the Counter-Terrorism Service said Saturday. Iraq launched a massive operation on October 17 to retake Mosul from the jihadists, who seized the city more than two and a half years ago, and its forces have recaptured a number of neighbourhoods on the east side of the river. The smaller but more densely populated west side of Iraq's second city remains completely under IS control.

19 migrants abandoned in truck in Germany in freezing cold Posted: 08 Jan 2017 07:11 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — German federal police say that they found 19 migrants at a highway stop in Bavaria who were suffering from hypothermia after their driver disappeared and left them in the back of an unheated truck for hours.

Today's News: Jan. 8, 2017 Posted: 08 Jan 2017 07:02 AM PST —Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, an influential figure in Iranian politics who served as president from 1989 to 1997, has died. He was 82. —Officials continue to investigate the deadly shooting at an airport in Florida that left five travelers dead and six others wounded Friday. Esteban Santiago, a 26-year-old Iraq war veteran, was charged Saturday with three felony crimes and could face the death penalty if convicted.

Suicide attacks kill 20 people in eastern Baghdad Posted: 08 Jan 2017 06:43 AM PST Suicide bombs at two marketplaces in Baghdad, one of them claimed by Islamic State, killed at least 20 people on Sunday, police and medics said, the latest in a spate of militant attacks in the Iraqi capital that have left dozens dead. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up a few hours later at a market in the mostly Shi'ite Baladiyat district. Islamic State claimed carrying out the first attack in an online statement, saying the bomber had targeted "a gathering of Shi'ites" in Jamila.

Suicide bombers kill 18 in Baghdad market attacks Posted: 08 Jan 2017 06:28 AM PST Suicide bombings at two Baghdad markets killed at least 18 people on Sunday, the latest attacks to hit the capital as Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jihadist group in Mosul. Iraqi forces have pushed IS out of much of the territory the group once held, but a wave of recent bombings have highlighted the danger the jihadists pose to civilians even as they lose ground. Sunday's first attack took place at Jamila, the main wholesale vegetable market in Baghdad's Sadr City, a vast, mostly Shiite neighbourhood in the northeast of the capital that has been targeted repeatedly.

Former Pakistan army chief to head Saudi-led military alliance: Pakistani media Posted: 08 Jan 2017 06:24 AM PST By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's recently retired army chief Raheel Sharif has been appointed to lead a new Saudi-military alliance to fight terrorism, Pakistani media have reported. Government officials in Saudi Arabia could not be reached on Sunday to confirm the appointment to head the coalition, the founding of which Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced at a sudden midnight press conference in December 2015. Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said in an appearance on Pakistan's Geo News channel on Friday that Sharif's appointment had been finalised a few days earlier.

Trafficker leaves migrants in freezing German motorway car park Posted: 08 Jan 2017 05:02 AM PST A people smuggler left 19 migrants, including five children, at a motorway parking area in freezing temperatures in southern Germany and fled the scene, police said on Sunday. Police said the temperature was -20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday when they found the migrants, one of whom had approached two other people at the parking area to raise the alarm after their driver left them. The migrants, who were not carrying passports, said they came from Iraq, Iran and Syria.

Attacks in and around Baghdad kill 23 Posted: 08 Jan 2017 04:58 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of attacks in and around Baghdad on Sunday killed at least 23 people, the latest in a series of assaults blamed on the Islamic State group.

Even with increased airport security vulnerabilities remain Posted: 08 Jan 2017 02:21 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — In a post-9/11 world, American airports have taken all sorts of steps to keep travelers safe. But significant vulnerabilities remain.

US seeks death penalty in Florida airport shooting case Posted: 07 Jan 2017 11:14 PM PST FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — While investigators try to figure out the motive of an Iraq war veteran accused of killing five travelers and wounding six others at a busy international airport in Florida, the suspected gunman was charged and could face the death penalty if convicted.

Obama heads to Chicago for farewell speech Posted: 07 Jan 2017 06:24 PM PST Barack Obama travels to Chicago for his farewell speech Tuesday, returning to the town where his meteoric rise to become America's first black president all began. Obama began his political career in the Windy City, working first as a community organizer in poverty-stricken black neighborhoods, then serving in the state legislature before becoming a US senator from Illinois. "I came of age, I understood my mission, when I moved to Chicago," Obama said Thursday in a TV interview with Chicago's CBS affiliate.

WikiLeaks's Assange: bold publisher or Russian dupe? Posted: 07 Jan 2017 06:18 PM PST Accusations that Russia interfered with the US presidential election by leaking hacked documents via WikiLeaks have put a fresh spotlight on the crusading website's founder Julian Assange. A report from the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released Friday accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering the operation in which computer hackers stole Democratic Party files and fed them to WikiLeaks. The website published the internal documents and emails over the weeks ahead of the November 8 election, embarrassing Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign and arguably contributing to her defeat -- which US intelligence said was Putin's goal.

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