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http://news.yahoo.com/iraq/ en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 19 Jul 2013 01:35:06 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/iraq/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifSAN DIEGO (AP) ? The military's highest court has denied a government request to reconsider the overturned murder conviction of a Marine who has served more than half of his 11-year sentence in one of the biggest war crime cases to emerge from the Iraq war.http://news.yahoo.com/military-court-denies-navy-appeal-iraq-war-case-030340856.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 01:35:06 -0400Associated Pressmilitary-court-denies-navy-appeal-iraq-war-case-030340856<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-u-wikileaks-case-declines-dismiss-charge-aiding-235818559.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/k9GWryCIeSMO4wtw1KukfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T235818Z_1_CBRE96H1UL900_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIKILEAKS-MANNING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse at Fort Meade in Maryland" align="left" title="U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse at Fort Meade in Maryland" border="0" /></a>By Medina Roshan FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The military judge hearing the court-martial of the U.S. soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified material in the nation&#039;s history refused on Thursday to dismiss the most severe charge the defendant faces, aiding the enemy. That is one of 21 counts that U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning is charged with, but it carries the possibility of life in prison. &quot;He was knowingly providing intelligence to the enemy,&quot; said Judge Colonel Denise Lind in rejecting a motion by Manning&#039;s lawyer to dismiss that charge. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/judge-u-wikileaks-case-declines-dismiss-charge-aiding-235818559.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 19:58:18 -0400Reutersjudge-u-wikileaks-case-declines-dismiss-charge-aiding-235818559<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-u-wikileaks-case-declines-dismiss-charge-aiding-235818559.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/k9GWryCIeSMO4wtw1KukfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T235818Z_1_CBRE96H1UL900_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIKILEAKS-MANNING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse at Fort Meade in Maryland" align="left" title="U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse at Fort Meade in Maryland" border="0" /></a>By Medina Roshan FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The military judge hearing the court-martial of the U.S. soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified material in the nation&#039;s history refused on Thursday to dismiss the most severe charge the defendant faces, aiding the enemy. That is one of 21 counts that U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning is charged with, but it carries the possibility of life in prison. &quot;He was knowingly providing intelligence to the enemy,&quot; said Judge Colonel Denise Lind in rejecting a motion by Manning&#039;s lawyer to dismiss that charge. ...</p><br clear="all"/>WASHINGTON -- Ever since the slaughter in Syria began two years ago, the most accepted explanation for the heinous cruelty there has been that this was a fight between historically warring ethnic groups.The French protectorate that became Syria early in the 20th century had the added incentive to hatred in that the ruling al-Assad family dictatorship came from the mountaintop Alawites, a tribe always tiny and bitterly persecuted.But now, some acute analysts are examining the awful fighting that goes on and on with a depth that should give us pause to reconsider the conventional wisdom. ...http://news.yahoo.com/environmental-disaster-plays-leading-role-revolutions-220011721.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 18:00:11 -0400Georgie Anne Geyerenvironmental-disaster-plays-leading-role-revolutions-220011721<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sen-mccain-plans-stall-dempseys-nomination-193216256.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m5GrX9Mt6Vun2oZ2MtP8XQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/10d3b8860847ef18370f6a706700aefb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American soldier as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American soldier as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Sen. John McCain said Thursday he will block Army Gen. Martin Dempsey&#039;s nomination for a second term as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman due to his dissatisfaction with the officer&#039;s responses to questions about the potential use of U.S. military power in Syria.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sen-mccain-plans-stall-dempseys-nomination-193216256.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 17:04:58 -0400Associated Presssen-mccain-plans-stall-dempseys-nomination-193216256<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sen-mccain-plans-stall-dempseys-nomination-193216256.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m5GrX9Mt6Vun2oZ2MtP8XQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/10d3b8860847ef18370f6a706700aefb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American soldier as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American soldier as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Sen. John McCain said Thursday he will block Army Gen. Martin Dempsey&#039;s nomination for a second term as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman due to his dissatisfaction with the officer&#039;s responses to questions about the potential use of U.S. military power in Syria.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-envoy-warns-trauma-children-syria-war-210454503.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HpIAYwsUlIzAopWnKC14pQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da49d5210878f018370f6a7067000696.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The U.N. warns that Syria?s war is creating a generation of children who will grow up illiterate and filled with hate. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The U.N. warns that Syria?s war is creating a generation of children who will grow up illiterate and filled with hate. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Abdullah, a 9-year-old orphaned by Syria&#039;s civil war, was piled in to van by his uncle as gunfire rattled around them. One of the last things the boy says he saw in his hometown was the uncle falling, shot, as the van full of strangers took him away on a treacherous, 3-day journey to neighboring Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/un-envoy-warns-trauma-children-syria-war-210454503.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 17:04:54 -0400Associated Pressun-envoy-warns-trauma-children-syria-war-210454503<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-envoy-warns-trauma-children-syria-war-210454503.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HpIAYwsUlIzAopWnKC14pQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da49d5210878f018370f6a7067000696.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The U.N. warns that Syria?s war is creating a generation of children who will grow up illiterate and filled with hate. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The U.N. warns that Syria?s war is creating a generation of children who will grow up illiterate and filled with hate. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Abdullah, a 9-year-old orphaned by Syria&#039;s civil war, was piled in to van by his uncle as gunfire rattled around them. One of the last things the boy says he saw in his hometown was the uncle falling, shot, as the van full of strangers took him away on a treacherous, 3-day journey to neighboring Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-president-highlights-ties-final-iraq-visit-162556254.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3bB.r3o65uYldvAuvQa2TQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b7bb7d85084fef18370f6a706700fb4a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iran&#039;s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a joint news conference with Iraqi Vice President Khudier al-Khuzaie, not shown, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Iran&#039;s outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has landed in Iraq on his second visit as head of government, highlighting the growing ties between the two Shiite-led neighbors. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban, Pool)" align="left" title="Iran&#039;s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a joint news conference with Iraqi Vice President Khudier al-Khuzaie, not shown, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Iran&#039;s outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has landed in Iraq on his second visit as head of government, highlighting the growing ties between the two Shiite-led neighbors. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban, Pool)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid a final official visit to Iraq on Thursday, seeking to emphasize the growing relations between the Shiite-led neighbors just weeks before he steps down from the job.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iran-president-highlights-ties-final-iraq-visit-162556254.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 16:31:22 -0400Associated Pressiran-president-highlights-ties-final-iraq-visit-162556254<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-president-highlights-ties-final-iraq-visit-162556254.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3bB.r3o65uYldvAuvQa2TQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b7bb7d85084fef18370f6a706700fb4a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iran&#039;s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a joint news conference with Iraqi Vice President Khudier al-Khuzaie, not shown, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Iran&#039;s outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has landed in Iraq on his second visit as head of government, highlighting the growing ties between the two Shiite-led neighbors. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban, Pool)" align="left" title="Iran&#039;s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a joint news conference with Iraqi Vice President Khudier al-Khuzaie, not shown, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Iran&#039;s outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has landed in Iraq on his second visit as head of government, highlighting the growing ties between the two Shiite-led neighbors. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban, Pool)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid a final official visit to Iraq on Thursday, seeking to emphasize the growing relations between the Shiite-led neighbors just weeks before he steps down from the job.</p><br clear="all"/>The judge in the military trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning ruled Thursday that she would not dismiss charges against him of ?aiding the enemy.?http://news.yahoo.com/bradley-manning-trial-aiding-enemy-charges-stand-hard-195729804.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 15:57:29 -0400Christian Science Monitorbradley-manning-trial-aiding-enemy-charges-stand-hard-195729804<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republican-senator-vows-delay-dempsey-nomination-u-military-193908313.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3W4e6LeNFRQr5lKWzXSN_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T193908Z_1_CBRE96H1ILB00_RTROPTP_2_USA-DEFENSE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies at a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on &quot;Department Leadership.&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies at a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on &quot;Department Leadership.&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington" border="0" /></a>By David Alexander and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Army General Martin Dempsey&#039;s nomination to a second term as the top U.S. military officer hit an unexpected bump on Thursday when a senior Republican lawmaker denounced his stance on Syria during a Senate hearing and vowed to block a vote on the appointment. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/republican-senator-vows-delay-dempsey-nomination-u-military-193908313.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 15:39:08 -0400Reutersrepublican-senator-vows-delay-dempsey-nomination-u-military-193908313<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republican-senator-vows-delay-dempsey-nomination-u-military-193908313.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3W4e6LeNFRQr5lKWzXSN_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T193908Z_1_CBRE96H1ILB00_RTROPTP_2_USA-DEFENSE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies at a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on &quot;Department Leadership.&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies at a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on &quot;Department Leadership.&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington" border="0" /></a>By David Alexander and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Army General Martin Dempsey&#039;s nomination to a second term as the top U.S. military officer hit an unexpected bump on Thursday when a senior Republican lawmaker denounced his stance on Syria during a Senate hearing and vowed to block a vote on the appointment. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/senior-gop-senator-puts-hold-dempsey-nomination-181402099.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/p82mfTHfxdOQA3_nOhM89w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0ff2c991082def18370f6a70670028bd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? A senior Republican senator said Thursday he will block Army Gen. Martin Dempsey&#039;s nomination for a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff due to his dissatisfaction with the officer&#039;s responses to questions about the potential use of U.S. military power in Syria.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/senior-gop-senator-puts-hold-dempsey-nomination-181402099.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:14:17 -0400Associated Presssenior-gop-senator-puts-hold-dempsey-nomination-181402099<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/senior-gop-senator-puts-hold-dempsey-nomination-181402099.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/p82mfTHfxdOQA3_nOhM89w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0ff2c991082def18370f6a70670028bd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? A senior Republican senator said Thursday he will block Army Gen. Martin Dempsey&#039;s nomination for a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff due to his dissatisfaction with the officer&#039;s responses to questions about the potential use of U.S. military power in Syria.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-wont-dismiss-serious-charge-175603490.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3xG9.2eugQ9d5VnJQDMN6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/c98237c007a3ec18370f6a706700af69_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Judge won&#039;t dismiss serious charge in Manning case" align="left" title="Judge won&#039;t dismiss serious charge in Manning case" border="0" /></a>A military judge refused Thursday to dismiss the most serious charge against Bradley Manning, the Army private who gave reams of classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The charge ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/judge-wont-dismiss-serious-charge-175603490.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 13:56:03 -0400Associated Pressjudge-wont-dismiss-serious-charge-175603490<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-wont-dismiss-serious-charge-175603490.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3xG9.2eugQ9d5VnJQDMN6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/c98237c007a3ec18370f6a706700af69_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Judge won&#039;t dismiss serious charge in Manning case" align="left" title="Judge won&#039;t dismiss serious charge in Manning case" border="0" /></a>A military judge refused Thursday to dismiss the most serious charge against Bradley Manning, the Army private who gave reams of classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The charge ...</p><br clear="all"/>Lost amid the endless banter about Hillary Rodham Clinton?s White House intentions is the still real possibility that Vice President Joe Biden will toss his Phillies cap into the ring.http://news.yahoo.com/hillary-joe-biden-says-still-dreams-becoming-president-173300357.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 13:33:00 -0400Christian Science Monitorhillary-joe-biden-says-still-dreams-becoming-president-173300357<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/angry-syrian-refugees-demand-help-kerry-camp-170731596.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ckg6i3mqyzc9abbP6lA9GA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T170731Z_1_CBRE96H1BKP00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-KERRY-REFUGEES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq" align="left" title="An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq" border="0" /></a>(This story contains material from a member of the pool of State Department correspondents in Jordan, of which Arshad Mohammed of Reuters is a member; adds detail from U.N. official) By Arshad Mohammed ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (Reuters) - Syrian refugees angrily told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that the United States should set up a no-fly zone and safe havens in Syria to protect their fellow citizens. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/angry-syrian-refugees-demand-help-kerry-camp-170731596.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 13:07:31 -0400Reutersangry-syrian-refugees-demand-help-kerry-camp-170731596<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/angry-syrian-refugees-demand-help-kerry-camp-170731596.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ckg6i3mqyzc9abbP6lA9GA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T170731Z_1_CBRE96H1BKP00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-KERRY-REFUGEES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq" align="left" title="An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq" border="0" /></a>(This story contains material from a member of the pool of State Department correspondents in Jordan, of which Arshad Mohammed of Reuters is a member; adds detail from U.N. official) By Arshad Mohammed ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (Reuters) - Syrian refugees angrily told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that the United States should set up a no-fly zone and safe havens in Syria to protect their fellow citizens. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dempsey-says-us-considering-force-syria-145636712.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m5GrX9Mt6Vun2oZ2MtP8XQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/10d3b8860847ef18370f6a706700aefb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American soldier as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American soldier as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The nation&#039;s top military officer told a Senate panel Thursday the Obama administration is deliberating whether to use military power in Syria, where a civil war entering its third year has killed almost 93,000 people.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dempsey-says-us-considering-force-syria-145636712.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 13:04:53 -0400Associated Pressdempsey-says-us-considering-force-syria-145636712<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dempsey-says-us-considering-force-syria-145636712.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m5GrX9Mt6Vun2oZ2MtP8XQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/10d3b8860847ef18370f6a706700aefb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American soldier as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American soldier as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Dempsey said during congressional testimony Thursday that he has provided President Obama with options for the use of force in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The nation&#039;s top military officer told a Senate panel Thursday the Obama administration is deliberating whether to use military power in Syria, where a civil war entering its third year has killed almost 93,000 people.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-syrias-war-children-grow-illiterate-102504865.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8MxJglZm9hUcbsMef4gT5Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e5dccf88d319217370f6a7067008c44.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian army personnel shoot towards rebel fighters during a tour for journalists organized by the Syrian Information Ministry in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, Syria, Sunday, July 14, 2013. Government troops fired tank shells and artillery in heavy clashes between Syrian forces and rebels Sunday on the edge of Damascus, where the military has been pushing its offensive to retake key districts that have been in opposition hands for months. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" align="left" title="Syrian army personnel shoot towards rebel fighters during a tour for journalists organized by the Syrian Information Ministry in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, Syria, Sunday, July 14, 2013. Government troops fired tank shells and artillery in heavy clashes between Syrian forces and rebels Sunday on the edge of Damascus, where the military has been pushing its offensive to retake key districts that have been in opposition hands for months. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Syria&#039;s devastating civil war will force a generation of children to grow up illiterate and filled with hate, a U.N. envoy warned Thursday as fighting raged on around the country, including an airstrike in the north that killed at least five and wounded dozens of men, women and children.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/un-syrias-war-children-grow-illiterate-102504865.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:34:44 -0400Associated Pressun-syrias-war-children-grow-illiterate-102504865<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-syrias-war-children-grow-illiterate-102504865.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8MxJglZm9hUcbsMef4gT5Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e5dccf88d319217370f6a7067008c44.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian army personnel shoot towards rebel fighters during a tour for journalists organized by the Syrian Information Ministry in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, Syria, Sunday, July 14, 2013. Government troops fired tank shells and artillery in heavy clashes between Syrian forces and rebels Sunday on the edge of Damascus, where the military has been pushing its offensive to retake key districts that have been in opposition hands for months. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" align="left" title="Syrian army personnel shoot towards rebel fighters during a tour for journalists organized by the Syrian Information Ministry in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, Syria, Sunday, July 14, 2013. Government troops fired tank shells and artillery in heavy clashes between Syrian forces and rebels Sunday on the edge of Damascus, where the military has been pushing its offensive to retake key districts that have been in opposition hands for months. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Syria&#039;s devastating civil war will force a generation of children to grow up illiterate and filled with hate, a U.N. envoy warned Thursday as fighting raged on around the country, including an airstrike in the north that killed at least five and wounded dozens of men, women and children.</p><br clear="all"/>It certainly sounded like the old Samantha Power. At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, President Obama's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations called the U.N.'s failure to act in Syria "a disgrace that history will judge harshly." But Power knows as well as anyone, having written the definitive book on the subject, that the U.N. acts effectively only when the United States leads. And the United States has not done so under the leader she serves, especially on Syria. ...http://news.yahoo.com/taming-samantha-power-150244571.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:17:19 -0400National Journaltaming-samantha-power-150244571<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iranian-president-begins-visit-neighboring-iraq-125021030.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4JodO7Q8xYZzvNiM2F1bMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/53e8cb71ab8fa717370f6a706700f375.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a press conference at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. No one is really counting on outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to fade away once the spotlight-hungry politician formally hands over the office in three weeks. What?s ahead remains a murky mix of expected payback from his opponents and speculation on his next moves, ranging from media boss to freelance statesman. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a press conference at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. No one is really counting on outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to fade away once the spotlight-hungry politician formally hands over the office in three weeks. What?s ahead remains a murky mix of expected payback from his opponents and speculation on his next moves, ranging from media boss to freelance statesman. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? Iran&#039;s outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad landed in Iraq on Thursday in his second official visit to the country, highlighting the growing ties between the two Shiite-led neighbors.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iranian-president-begins-visit-neighboring-iraq-125021030.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:30:55 -0400Associated Pressiranian-president-begins-visit-neighboring-iraq-125021030<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iranian-president-begins-visit-neighboring-iraq-125021030.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4JodO7Q8xYZzvNiM2F1bMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/53e8cb71ab8fa717370f6a706700f375.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a press conference at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. No one is really counting on outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to fade away once the spotlight-hungry politician formally hands over the office in three weeks. What?s ahead remains a murky mix of expected payback from his opponents and speculation on his next moves, ranging from media boss to freelance statesman. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a press conference at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. No one is really counting on outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to fade away once the spotlight-hungry politician formally hands over the office in three weeks. What?s ahead remains a murky mix of expected payback from his opponents and speculation on his next moves, ranging from media boss to freelance statesman. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? Iran&#039;s outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad landed in Iraq on Thursday in his second official visit to the country, highlighting the growing ties between the two Shiite-led neighbors.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-refugees-demand-help-kerry-jordan-camp-101921335.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/33Rdn.L0J0S485zLPms6bw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T130152Z_1_CBRE96H107700_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-KERRY-REFUGEES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq" align="left" title="An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq" border="0" /></a>By Arshad Mohammed ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (Reuters) - Syrian refugees angrily told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that the United States should set up a no-fly zone and safe havens in Syria to protect them. Visiting a camp that holds roughly 115,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan about 12 km (eight miles) from the Syrian border, Kerry spent about 40 minutes with half a dozen refugees who vented their frustration at the international community&#039;s failure to end Syria&#039;s more than two-year-old civil war. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-refugees-demand-help-kerry-jordan-camp-101921335.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:01:52 -0400Reuterssyrian-refugees-demand-help-kerry-jordan-camp-101921335<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-refugees-demand-help-kerry-jordan-camp-101921335.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/33Rdn.L0J0S485zLPms6bw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T130152Z_1_CBRE96H107700_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-KERRY-REFUGEES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq" align="left" title="An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq" border="0" /></a>By Arshad Mohammed ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (Reuters) - Syrian refugees angrily told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that the United States should set up a no-fly zone and safe havens in Syria to protect them. Visiting a camp that holds roughly 115,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan about 12 km (eight miles) from the Syrian border, Kerry spent about 40 minutes with half a dozen refugees who vented their frustration at the international community&#039;s failure to end Syria&#039;s more than two-year-old civil war. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/freelance-reporters-train-combat-zone-124905092.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/17VmL7fDwcUVWb2_tpKPGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/b63e35d1e973d817370f6a706700a70c_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Freelance reporters train in combat zone first aid" align="left" title="Freelance reporters train in combat zone first aid" border="0" /></a>In an era when news organizations are shutting foreign bureaus to cut costs, more of the dangerous work of reporting from the world&#039;s trouble spots is falling to freelancers, who often must fend for themselves ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/freelance-reporters-train-combat-zone-124905092.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 08:49:05 -0400Associated Pressfreelance-reporters-train-combat-zone-124905092<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/freelance-reporters-train-combat-zone-124905092.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/17VmL7fDwcUVWb2_tpKPGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/b63e35d1e973d817370f6a706700a70c_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Freelance reporters train in combat zone first aid" align="left" title="Freelance reporters train in combat zone first aid" border="0" /></a>In an era when news organizations are shutting foreign bureaus to cut costs, more of the dangerous work of reporting from the world&#039;s trouble spots is falling to freelancers, who often must fend for themselves ...</p><br clear="all"/>During most of the Obama presidency, George W. Bush has maintained a decorous silence. Keeping quiet may not always have been easy for Bush, watching his successor repudiate and unwind his legacy, from Iraq to Afghanistan and beyond, but his discretion was wise under the circumstances. Suddenly, however, he is speaking out to urge a "positive resolution" to the debate over immigration reform ? and the time to listen to him has surely arrived.http://news.yahoo.com/not-listening-republicans-could-learn-george-w-bush-070000676.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 03:00:00 -0400Joe Conasonnot-listening-republicans-could-learn-george-w-bush-070000676Ash Carter calls himself Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel?s alter ego. ?That means knowing what he knows; organizing his decision-making; making all the decisions that are not so consequential that I need to bring them to his attention; making the place run on a day-to-day basis,? the deputy Defense secretary told National Journal from his Pentagon office.http://news.yahoo.com/deputy-defense-secretary-ash-carter-discusses-department-changing-060834267.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 02:25:54 -0400National Journaldeputy-defense-secretary-ash-carter-discusses-department-changing-060834267BAGHDAD (AP) ? Attacks in Iraq targeting diners in two cafes and swimmers in a stream killed at least 10 people on Wednesday, as violence surges during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.http://news.yahoo.com/officials-attacks-kill-10-people-iraq-213030876.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 17:30:30 -0400Associated Pressofficials-attacks-kill-10-people-iraq-213030876MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A bomb blast in a teahouse in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed at least seven people on Wednesday, police and medics said. The violence is part of a sustained campaign of militant attacks this year that has prompted fears of wider conflict in a country where ethnic Kurds and Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims have yet to find a stable power-sharing compromise. Medics said they had received the corpses of six men and one child following the attack in the Bab Laqash neighborhood of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of the capital Baghdad. ...http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-attack-kills-seven-northern-iraq-tea-house-210750196.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 17:07:50 -0400Reutersbomb-attack-kills-seven-northern-iraq-tea-house-210750196BAGHDAD (AP) ? Two attacks in Iraq targeting diners in a cafe and swimmers in a stream on Wednesday killed at least nine people, as violence surges during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.http://news.yahoo.com/officials-2-attacks-kill-9-people-iraq-202507534.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 16:25:07 -0400Associated Pressofficials-2-attacks-kill-9-people-iraq-202507534By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Therapy that involves repeatedly processing painful memories and approaching anxiety-provoking situations in a safe way may ease symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans, a new study suggests. Although there is good evidence so-called prolonged exposure therapy can help people with PTSD, researchers said most of the data come from civilians, including women who have been sexually assaulted. ...http://news.yahoo.com/prolonged-exposure-therapy-may-help-vets-ptsd-201408589.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 16:14:08 -0400Reutersprolonged-exposure-therapy-may-help-vets-ptsd-201408589<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/outspoken-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-181154052.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SDfk1YFEkvt1_plHvpgnVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4f52eaae846d217370f6a706700ccae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" align="left" title="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Gunmen burst into the first floor apartment of a pro-government Syrian journalist Wednesday, killing him in a hail of nearly 30 bullets in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/outspoken-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-181154052.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:02:11 -0400Associated Pressoutspoken-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-181154052<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/outspoken-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-181154052.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SDfk1YFEkvt1_plHvpgnVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4f52eaae846d217370f6a706700ccae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" align="left" title="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Gunmen burst into the first floor apartment of a pro-government Syrian journalist Wednesday, killing him in a hail of nearly 30 bullets in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/west-point-gets-commander-gen-caslen-062151785.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/thSVRkx9J.XCm7GIfy5ktw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f92674d5e6a8cb17370f6a706700eab6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2011 file photo, Army Maj. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation, speaks to the press during a ceremony marking the official closure of NATO training mission in Baghdad. Caslen was set to officially become the 59th superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during a ceremony Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2011 file photo, Army Maj. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation, speaks to the press during a ceremony marking the official closure of NATO training mission in Baghdad. Caslen was set to officially become the 59th superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during a ceremony Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) ? Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr. has taken the top command position at West Point during a ceremony Wednesday morning on the campus overlooking the Hudson River.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/west-point-gets-commander-gen-caslen-062151785.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:33:49 -0400Associated Presswest-point-gets-commander-gen-caslen-062151785<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/west-point-gets-commander-gen-caslen-062151785.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/thSVRkx9J.XCm7GIfy5ktw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f92674d5e6a8cb17370f6a706700eab6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2011 file photo, Army Maj. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation, speaks to the press during a ceremony marking the official closure of NATO training mission in Baghdad. Caslen was set to officially become the 59th superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during a ceremony Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2011 file photo, Army Maj. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation, speaks to the press during a ceremony marking the official closure of NATO training mission in Baghdad. Caslen was set to officially become the 59th superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during a ceremony Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) ? Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr. has taken the top command position at West Point during a ceremony Wednesday morning on the campus overlooking the Hudson River.</p><br clear="all"/>Surprise ? Liz Cheney is going to run for a Senate seat in Wyoming next year. That?s where the Cheney family has roots, since dad Dick Cheney went to school there and was Wyoming?s lone representative before he became George W. Bush?s vice president.http://news.yahoo.com/liz-cheney-run-wyoming-senate-seat-she-lock-153658696.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 11:36:58 -0400Christian Science Monitorliz-cheney-run-wyoming-senate-seat-she-lock-153658696<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prominent-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-111526359.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SDfk1YFEkvt1_plHvpgnVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4f52eaae846d217370f6a706700ccae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" align="left" title="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Gunmen assassinated a prominent Syrian pro-government figure at his home in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, shooting him nearly 30 times in the latest sign of Syria&#039;s civil war spilling over into its smaller neighbor.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/prominent-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-111526359.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 10:12:55 -0400Associated Pressprominent-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-111526359<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prominent-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-111526359.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SDfk1YFEkvt1_plHvpgnVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4f52eaae846d217370f6a706700ccae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" align="left" title="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad&#039;s strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria&#039;s civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Gunmen assassinated a prominent Syrian pro-government figure at his home in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, shooting him nearly 30 times in the latest sign of Syria&#039;s civil war spilling over into its smaller neighbor.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/official-iran-open-nuke-talks-once-team-named-113236208.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7aso2YxDI1.fbQpwfC1oUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/50b53f20aaa2a317370f6a706700c15b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, June 17, 2013 file photo, Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, places his hand on his heart as a sign of respect, after speaking at a news conference, in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani on Monday leveled his first cri

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