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Obama, Congress confer on Iraq strategy

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 01:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with, from left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Obama briefed leaders of Congress on US options for blunting an Islamic insurgency in Iraq. US officials say Obama is not yet prepared to move forward with strikes and is instead focused on increased training for Iraq's security forces, boosting Iraqi intelligence capacities and upgrading equipment. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)U.S. politicians clash over who is to blame for the insurgents' advance.


Slow justice for Benghazi victims: What's next for Libyan suspect

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 03:08 PM PDT

This undated image obtained from Facebook shows Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, who was captured by U.S. special forces on Sunday, June 15, 2014, on the outskirts of Benghazi. U.S. officials are preparing to try the captured Libyan in the U.S. court system and pledging to step up efforts on catching others responsible for the deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in the attacks. (AP Photo)The U.S. military got its man, and has handed him over to the Justice Department. What lies ahead for Ahmed Abu Khattala, the Libyan militant accused of being a mastermind of the 2012 Benghazi attacks?


Nigeria arrests senior Boko Haram member

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 12:52 PM PDT

Nigeria's Major General Olukolade addresses the media on updates of the abducted schoolgirls from Chibok, in AbujaRebel was found among group of nearly 500 travelers in Abia state, Nigeria's military said.


Iraq requests U.S. air strikes

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 01:33 PM PDT

Mehdi Army fighters take part in a military-style training in BaghdadQuery follows a lightning advance by Sunni rebels, urging swift action by the Shi'ite-led gov't.


All the world's a stage, and all the politicians merely players

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 10:46 AM PDT

Will on the HillMembers of Congress spend an evening acting out Shakespeare.


Amazon unveils Fire smartphone

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 11:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2012 file photo, Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, introduces the Amazon Kindle Fire during an event in Santa Monica, Calif. Amazon, the corporate juggernaut that started out with books and soon moved into music, video, cloud computing and Kindle e-readers, is hosting a launch event Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Seattle, and media reports indicate the product will be an Amazon phone — perhaps one with multiple cameras that can produce 3-D photos. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)CEO Jeff Bezos: Fire Phone is smaller than an Android, but larger than an iPhone.


New anxiety for hard-hit Fort Hood families

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 08:43 AM PDT

Fort Hood deploymentsIraq war claimed the lives of 519 soldiers from Texas base, most of any U.S. military post.


Senators propose 12-cent gas tax increase

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 02:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 11, 2013, file photo, a motorist puts fuel in his car's gas tank at a service station in Springfield, Ill. American motorists are bracing for further increases in gas pump prices this summer after average national prices rose 12 cents in the past week alone. AAA says drivers are experiencing "sticker shock" as increased summer demand, unrest in Egypt and production disruptions in the U.S. and other countries push up the price of crude oil and gasoline. The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline was $3.67 a gallon on Friday, July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)Two senators unveiled a bipartisan plan Wednesday to raise federal gasoline and diesel taxes for the first time in more than two decades, pitching the proposal as a solution to Congress' struggle to pay for highway and transit programs.


Trademark board slams Redskins name as 'disparaging'

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 10:12 AM PDT

The Washington Redskins logoU.S. Patent Office cancels trademarks, says nickname is "disparaging" to Native Americans.


No-frills celebrations planned for Spain's new king

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 03:40 PM PDT

(L-R) Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia attend a reception marking Spain's Armed Forces Day at the Royal palace in Madrid on June 8, 2014Crown Prince Felipe ascends to the Spanish throne at midnight Wednesday, but there won't be any ritzy official celebrations.


Abandoned Ukrainian boy transformed by U.S. surgeries

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 05:59 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014 photo, therapist Katherine Hartigan works with Ihor Lakatosh at Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston. Ihor had been burned in Ukraine, where his mother abandoned him at a hospital in 2011. Neglect had caused his burned skin to contract, fusing his arm to his chest and leaving him unable to walk. He was about 8 or 9 years old and weighed less than 30 pounds when he was flown to Boston in 2012 to treatment. He eventually returned to an orphanage in Ukraine, but has returned to Boston for additional surgeries. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)BOSTON (AP) — Ihor Lakatosh struggles to describe his life before the surgeries, when his severe burns went untreated for years in his native Ukraine, leaving him with one arm fused to his body, unable to walk and abandoned by his mother.


Libya demands return of Benghazi suspect

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 07:11 AM PDT

Benghazi attack suspect in U.S. custodyLibya on Wednesday condemned U.S. special forces' arrest of a man on its soil suspected of masterminding a deadly Islamist militant attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, describing the detention as a violation of Libyan sovereignty. In the first official reaction from Tripoli, Justice Minister Saleh al-Marghani said the suspect, Ahmed Abu Khatallah, should be returned to Libya and tried there. Said al Saoud, spokesman for the foreign ministry, said:"This attack on Libya sovereignty happened at a time when Benghazi is suffering from many problems." U.S. President Barack Obama said he authorised the operation in Libya on Sunday in which U.S. commandos snatched Khatallah on Benghazi's outskirts, and that he was being transported to the United States for prosecution.


Humiliation hits Iraqi military hard

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 05:53 AM PDT

Shiite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), sit with their weapons in BaghdadSoldiers tell of how they can hardly live with the shame of their rout by Islamic militants.


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Ukraine's Poroshenko sets out ceasefire plan after Putin call

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 03:27 AM PDT

Poroshenko Lays Out Ukraine Cease-Fire PlanBy Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - After a late-night telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday set out proposals for a peace plan for eastern Ukraine involving a unilateral ceasefire by government forces. Speaking to students at a military institute in Kiev, Poroshenko outlined a 14-step plan, including an amnesty for separatist fighters who lay down arms, and tighter controls over Ukraine's border with Russia. Ukraine accuses Russia of backing the rebels in the industrial Russian-speaking east who rose up after mass protests in Kiev toppled Viktor Yanukovich, a president sympathetic to Moscow.


Chinese dog-eaters throw off activists with early feast

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 02:43 AM PDT

a dog waits to be sold for meatBEIJING (AP) — Residents in a southern Chinese city that has come under fire for an annual summer solstice festival in which thousands of dogs are slaughtered for food have held their feasts early to avoid attention.


Al-Maliki delivers upbeat message to Iraqis

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 04:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this, Feb. 27, 2013, file photo Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. If Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wins a third four-year term in parliamentary elections Wednesday, he is likely to rely on a narrow sectarian Shiite base, only fueling divisions as Iraq slides deeper into bloody Shiite-Sunni hatreds. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)In TV address, PM says lightning attacks by Sunni militants helped restore national unity.


2 U.S. inmates put to death within an hour

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 12:01 AM PDT

Death row inmate Marcus Wellons is seen in an undated picture from the Georgia Department of CorrectionsThe executions in Missouri and Georgia are the first since Oklahoma botched one in April.


Report: Ukraine president offers cease-fire

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 03:57 AM PDT

Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko (L) walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin during an international D-Day commemoration ceremony on the beach of Ouistreham, Normandy, on June 6, 2014KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president said Wednesday that government forces will unilaterally cease fire to allow pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country a chance to lay down weapons or leave the country, a potential major development to bring peace to the country.


Militants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 02:58 AM PDT

File - In this Monday, Oct. 6, 2003 file photo, an oil refinery is seen in the city of Beiji, home to Iraq's largest oil refinery. On Wednesday, June 18, 2014, a top Iraqi security official said Islamic militants of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant laid siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery late Tuesday night, threatening a facility key to the country's domestic supplies as part of their ongoing lightning offensive across the country. The Beiji refinery accounts for a little more than a quarter of the country's entire refining capacity and any lengthy outage at Beiji risks long lines at the gas pump and electricity shortages, adding to the chaos already facing Iraq. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic militants laid siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery Wednesday, threatening a facility key to the country's domestic supplies as part of their ongoing offensive north of the capital, a top security official said.


Blast hits fans at World Cup screening in northern Nigeria

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 05:00 PM PDT

FILE: May 25, 2014 - The site of a car bomb blast targeting football fansAn explosion ripped through a football viewing centre in Damaturu, northern Nigeria on Tuesday, police and residents said, as fans gathered to watch the World Cup. The blast at the Crossfire venue, in the Nayi-Nawa area of the state capital of Yobe, happened shortly after tournament hosts Brazil kicked off against Mexico at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT). Sanusi Ruf'ai, police commissioner for Yobe state, told AFP: "There was an explosion outside a soccer viewing centre here in Damaturu at around 8:15 pm. The blast comes after at least two states banned viewing centres on security grounds following previous attacks blamed on Boko Haram militants, whose five-year insurgency in northern Nigeria has claimed thousands of lives.


2 Russian journalists killed by mortar fire in Ukraine

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:23 PM PDT

A local resident rides a bicycle as other look at lames from a damaged gas pipe after an impact of a mortar bomb during fighting between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian militants, outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, early Monday, May 19, 2014. Heavy mortar fire outside Slovyansk damaged a large gas pipeline and set off a fire. Slovyansk has been the epicenter of fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian insurgents, who have seized government buildings across the east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Rossiya 24 network: Reporters were on assignment for a Russian state-owned TV channel.


GOP leader: Obama may act in Iraq without signoff

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 05:11 PM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with, from left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Obama briefed leaders of Congress on US options for blunting an Islamic insurgency in Iraq. US officials say Obama is not yet prepared to move forward with strikes and is instead focused on increased training for Iraq's security forces, boosting Iraqi intelligence capacities and upgrading equipment. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders believe he does not need authorization from Congress for some steps he might take to quell the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency sweeping through Iraq, the Senate's top Republican and Capitol Hill aides said after the president briefed senior lawmakers Wednesday.


Iraq's al-Maliki extends overtures to rivals

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 04:07 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, June 17, 2014 image taken from video obtained from British Broadcaster Sky, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Kurdish soliders aim their weapons towards positions held by fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant near Jalula, Iraq. Kurdish security forces are engaged in gun battles with Sunni militants in the northern Iraqi town of Jalula, according to British Broadcaster Sky. Footage showed Kurdish fighters known as peshmerga using heavy artillery and rockets to attack militant positions on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sky via AP video)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces and Sunni militants battled fiercely for control of the nation's largest oil refinery on Wednesday as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went on a diplomatic offensive, reaching out in a televised address to try to regain support from the nation's disaffected Sunnis and Kurds.


Gulf nations struggle with Iraq militant blowback

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 03:12 PM PDT

FILE - This April 28, 2014 file photo shows armed, masked antigovernment gunmen patrolling Fallujah, Iraq, after Al-Qaida-linked fighters and their allies seized the city months ago. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf petro-powerhouses encouraged a flow of cash to Sunni rebels in Syria for years. But now they face a worrying blowback as an al-Qaida breakaway group that benefited from some of the funding storms across a wide swath of Iraq. Gulf nations fear its extremism could be a threat to them as well. But the tangle of rivalries in the region is complex: Saudi Arabia and its allies firmly oppose any U.S. military action to stop the Islamic State's advance in Iraq because they don't want to boost its Shiite-led prime minister or his ally, Iran. (AP Photo, File)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia and other petro-powerhouses of the Gulf for years encouraged a flow of private cash to Sunni rebels in Syria. Now an al-Qaida breakaway group that benefited from some of that funding has stormed across a wide swath of Iraq, and Gulf nations fear its extremism could be a threat to them as well.


US aims for trial of Benghazi suspect held on ship

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 11:44 AM PDT

This undated image obtained from Facebook shows Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, who was captured by U.S. special forces on Sunday, June 15, 2014, on the outskirts of Benghazi. U.S. officials are preparing to try the captured Libyan in the U.S. court system and pledging to step up efforts on catching others responsible for the deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in the attacks. (AP Photo)WASHINGTON (AP) — The capture of an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, gave U.S. officials a rare moment of good news. Now, they are preparing to try the captured Libyan in the U.S. court system and pledging to double down on catching others responsible for the deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in the attacks.


Concerns aside, executions persist in some states

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 01:31 PM PDT

This undated photo made available by the Georgia Department of Law Enforcement shows Marcus Wellons. Wellons was executed Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Wellons is the first inmate put to death in the United States since a botched execution in Oklahoma in April. (AP Photo/Georgia Department of Law Enforcement)ST. LOUIS (AP) — With Florida preparing Wednesday for the nation's third execution in less than 24 hours, some death penalty states — particularly in the South — appear unfazed by the recent furor over how the U.S. carries out lethal injections.


Ukraine's president offers cease-fire in east

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 02:12 PM PDT

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, meets with acting Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Koval, center, in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Ukraine's president said Wednesday that government forces will unilaterally cease fire to allow pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country a chance to lay down weapons or leave the country, a potential major development to bring peace to the country. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, pool)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The new president of Ukraine promised on Wednesday that government troops would soon stop firing on pro-Russian armed separatists, offering a chance to end the fighting that has killed hundreds and wracked the industrial east.


Afghan candidate seeks halt to runoff vote count

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 02:22 PM PDT

Afghanistan's presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, center, arrives for a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The front-runner in Afghanistan's runoff presidential election has called for vote counting to stop over fraud claims. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah demanded Wednesday that Afghan electoral authorities stop counting ballots from a weekend runoff vote, citing new allegations of widespread fraud. The election commission refused and appealed to all sides to await final results.


US Patent Office finds Redskins' name offensive

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 02:38 PM PDT

A Washington Redskins football helmet lies on the field during NFL football minicamp, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Ashburn, Va. The U.S. Patent Office ruled Wednesday, June 18, 2014, that the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native Americans" and that the team's federal trademarks for the name must be canceled. The ruling comes after a campaign to change the name has gained momentum over the past year. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled Wednesday that the Washington Redskins' name is "disparaging of Native Americans" and should be stripped of trademark protection — a decision that puts powerful new financial and political pressure on the NFL team to rename itself.


US man, 89, is held on Nazi death camp charges

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 12:25 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An 89-year-old Philadelphia man was ordered held without bail Wednesday on a German arrest warrant charging him with aiding and abetting the killing of 216,000 Jewish men, women and children while he was a guard at the Auschwitz death camp.

Spain's World Cup reign ended by 2-0 loss to Chile

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 05:06 PM PDT

Chile's Eduardo Vargas, right, scores the opening goal during the group B World Cup soccer match between Spain and Chile at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With its superstars aging and its loyal coach slow to blend in young talent, Spain's glorious reign as the superpower of world football was bound to end.


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