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Sunni fighters expand offensive in Iraq

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 03:36 PM PDT

Volunteers of the newly formed "Peace Brigades" participate in a parade in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 21, 2014. The armed group was formed after radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr called to form brigades to protect Shiite holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)Insurgents seize three strategic towns and the first border crossing with Syria.

Ralph Reed: Those who oppose same-sex marriage can draw lessons from fight against slavery

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 06:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 13, 2013, file photo, Ralph Reed, founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, speaks at the Road to Majority Conference luncheon in Washington. Some of the Republican Party's most ambitious leaders are courting religious conservatives as evangelical officials claim new momentum in their fight for the GOP's soul. A group led by former Christian Coalition leader Reed, launches its annual conference on June 19, 2014, with appearances by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Speaking at a Faith and Freedom conference Friday, Ralph Reed drew parallels between the fight against marriage equality and the fight against slavery.

Pope denounces Mafia, meets father of slain boy

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 10:00 AM PDT

Pope Francis kisses a girl in front the Duomo of Cassano allo Jonio, southern Italy, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Pope Francis is paying a one day visit to Castrovillari, Sibari, and Cassano allo Jonio, in the Calabria region of Italy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)CASSANO ALL'JONIO, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis journeyed Saturday to the heart of Italy's biggest crime syndicate, met the father of a 3-year-old boy slain in the region's drug war, and declared that all mobsters are automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church.

Putin backs Ukraine cease-fire plan

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 10:57 AM PDT

Pavel Gubarev, center, self-proclaimed people's governor, surrounded by pro-Russian fighters, speaks before taking the oath of allegiance to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, on Lenin square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Dozens of pro-Russian armed militiamen gathered on Lenin square in Donetsk on Saturday to take the oath of allegiance to the so-called Donetsk People's Republic after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered his forces to cease fire Friday and halt military operations for a week. In the background is a monument of Vladimir Lenin. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin backed Ukraine's cease-fire plans Saturday and appealed to both sides to halt all military operations.

US, Iran, longtime enemies, now potential partners

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 11:18 AM PDT

An Iraqi boy living in Iran holds a toy gun and flashes a victory sign in front of a poster of the Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a demonstration against Sunni militants of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, and to support the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite cleric, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the fog of diplomacy.

Iraq militia parades as insurgents seize crossing

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 08:33 AM PDT

Volunteers of the newly formed "Peace Brigades" participate in a parade in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 21, 2014. The armed group was formed after radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr called to form brigades to protect Shiite holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani)Thousands of heavily armed Shiite militiamen paraded through Iraqi cities after Sunni militants seized a town on the Syrian border.

Hundreds protest alleged Afghan election fraud

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 11:56 AM PDT

Supporters of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah shout slogans during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah, who is running against Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, a former finance minister, has accused electoral officials and others of trying to rig the June 14 vote against him. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)Afghans took to the streets Saturday to protest against alleged fraud in last week's presidential runoff.

Iraq, Syria conflicts merge, feed off each other

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 03:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, June 21, 2014 file photo, volunteers of the newly formed "Peace Brigades" raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during a parade in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. In a reflection of how intertwined the Syria and Iraq conflicts have become, thousands of Shiite Iraqi militiamen helping President Bashar Assad crush the Sunni-led uprising against him are returning home, putting a strain on the overstretched Syrian military as it struggles to retain territory it captures from rebels. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)BEIRUT (AP) — In a reflection of how intertwined the Syria and Iraq conflicts have become, thousands of Shiite Iraqi militiamen helping President Bashar Assad crush the Sunni-led uprising against him are returning home, putting a strain on the overstretched Syrian military as it struggles to retain territory recaptured in recent months from rebels.

Putin backs Ukraine cease-fire, warns talks needed

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 03:03 PM PDT

Pavel Gubarev, center, self-proclaimed people's governor, surrounded by pro-Russian fighters, speaks before taking the oath of allegiance to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, on Lenin square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Dozens of pro-Russian armed militiamen gathered on Lenin square in Donetsk on Saturday to take the oath of allegiance to the so-called Donetsk People's Republic after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered his forces to cease fire Friday and halt military operations for a week. In the background is a monument of Vladimir Lenin. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support Saturday for Ukraine's unilateral cease-fire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and appealed to both sides to halt all military operations.

Libya suspect a shadowy figure among militias

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 12:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, a man looks at documents at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the day after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. A strange silence has met the U.S. capture of a Libyan militant accused in the 2012 attack that killed the American ambassador and three others. In his hometown of Benghazi in eastern Libya, there have been few threats of revenge, only speculation among supporters and opponents that Ahmed Abu Khattala was betrayed by an insider. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)CAIRO (AP) — A strange silence has met the U.S. capture of a Libyan militant accused in the 2012 attack that killed the American ambassador and three others. In his hometown of Benghazi in eastern Libya, there have been few threats of revenge, only speculation among supporters and opponents that Ahmed Abu Khattala was betrayed by an insider.

What is a slur? Redskins case forces us to decide

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 09:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2014 file photo, Juan Mancias, of Floresville, Texas, a member of the American Indian Movement of Central Texas, holds a sign as he joins others in protest before an NFL football game between the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. 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. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman, File)Something is happening just beneath the fight over the name of a certain Washington, D.C., pro football team: America is working through the process of determining what is — or is not — racially offensive.

Off-the-books adoptees hope to find family via DNA

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 01:20 PM PDT

This Monday, June 16, 2014 photo shows Diane Conrad, left to right, Cyndy Stapleton, Bill Palmisano, and Melinda Elkins Dawson posing for a portrait in North Canton, Ohio. A northern Georgia doctor running off-the-books adoptions in the 1950s and '60s placed infants with out-of-state parents who paid hundreds of dollars and were listed on records as the children's real parents. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)About 30 people showed up at a Tennessee motel on Saturday to give cheek-swab DNA samples as people adopted through a nearby Georgia clinic hope to identify biological relatives before time for reconnecting runs out.

Without fanfare, Obama advances transgender rights

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 03:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday June 17, 2014 file photo President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) fundraiser gala in Gotham Hall in New York. President Barack Obama, who established his bona fides as a gay and lesbian rights champion when he endorsed same-sex marriage, has steadily extended his administration's advocacy to the community to the smallest and least accepted band of the LGBT rainbow: transgender Americans. Obama during his first year in office became the first chief executive to say SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama, who established his bona fides as a gay and lesbian rights champion when he endorsed same-sex marriage, has steadily extended his administration's advocacy to the smallest and least accepted band of the LGBT rainbow: transgender Americans.

NYC mayor a pirate among mermaids at zany parade

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 03:01 PM PDT

Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, takes part in the Mermaid Parade with his children Dante de Blasio, left, and Chiara de Blasio, right, in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Dante and Chiara were chosen King Neptune and Queen Mermaid of the annual parade. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio portrayed himself as a man of the people in last year's election. On Saturday, he became a pirate among mermaids.

BRAZIL BEAT: Rooney trying to impress new manager

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 04:58 PM PDT

England national soccer team player Wayne Rooney attends a press conference after a squad training session for the 2014 soccer World Cup at the Urca military base in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Costa Rica's surprise 1-0 win over Italy on Friday meant that England made its most humiliating exit from a World Cup since 1958, following consecutive defeats by the Italians and then Uruguay in Group D. England play Costa Rica in their final Group D match on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Wayne Rooney knows how to get on the right side of his new manager at Manchester United.

Messi scores winner, Klose ties Ronaldo's record

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 03:20 PM PDT

This combination of photos shows Germany's Miroslav Klose flipping to celebrate after scoring his side's second goal during the group G World Cup soccer match between Germany and Ghana at the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil, Saturday, June 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Miroslav Klose scored a World Cup goal for the record books. Lionel Messi grabbed a late winner to put Argentina into the round of 16.

Putin orders forces in the Urals on combat alert

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 02:34 AM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Natalya Komarova in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)The Russian President ordered military forces in central Russia on combat alert as well as a drill of airborne troops.

S. African anti-apartheid hero awarded Tang Prize

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 01:34 AM PDT

Albie Sachs speaks with a reporter on the red carpet during the Ford's Theatre Society Annual Gala at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC on June 6, 2010Albie Sachs, the South African judge who rose to fame for his role in the anti-apartheid struggle, was Saturday awarded the Tang Prize, touted as Asia's version of the Nobels, for his contributions to human rights and justice. Sachs, who lost an arm and the sight of one eye in a car-bombing by apartheid forces in Mozambique in 1988 and was later appointed to South Africa's Constitutional Court by Nelson Mandela, was recognised "for his many contributions to human rights and justice globally," said the Tang Prize Foundation. In particular, the foundation recognised his efforts "in the realisation of the rule of law in a free and democratic South Africa".

China: 13 killed in attack on police

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 08:46 PM PDT

Paramilitary policemen stand guard on a city square in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region on May 24, 2014Officers in Xinjiang, China, shot dead 13 assailants who attacked a police building and set off explosives.

Iraqi PM under pressure from Shiite cleric, U.S.

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:25 PM PDT

An Iraqi Shiite Turkmen gunman holds his RPG as he stands in front of a portrait of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, at the front line village of Taza Khormato, in the northern oil rich province of Kirkuk, Iraq, Friday June 20, 2014. Thousands of people fled the town of Taza Khormato fearing the advance of Sunni insurgents who overran the neighboring village of Kirkuk. Taza Khormato residents said insurgents led by the al-Qaida inspired Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant seized the nearby village of Basheer, shelling and burning down the houses. Both communities are dominated by ethnic Turkmen Shiites who are seen as heretics worthy of death by Sunni extremists. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces mounting pressure to form an inclusive government or step aside.

More than 400 U.S. drones lost in crashes, report finds

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 03:45 PM PDT

This is what happens when a Predator drone falls out of the skyThe United States has lost more than 400 military drones in major crashes worldwide since 2001, The Washington Post said.

New York legislature approves medical marijuana bill

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 05:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2014 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his annual State of the State address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. For almost a year, The Associated Press has been tracking movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates. Seeming not to hear a question in February about his presidential intentions on the Fox Business Network, Cuomo replied, "I'm sorry, I'm losing you. We have a technical difficulty. I'm running for governor of the state of New York." (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)New York state lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a bill that would allow limited access to medical marijuana in New York, joining 22 other states where cannabis has been legalized for therapeutic purposes. The bill, passed on a 49-10 state Senate vote, embodies a deal reached on Thursday between Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers that would allow patients to inhale vaporized extracts of pot's active ingredients or to eat them in food, but prohibit smoking of marijuana itself. Exactly how medical marijuana products will be formulated in New York will be left up to the state's Health Department under the program, which the governor would have discretion to halt at any time, and which will expire after seven years, unless lawmaker reauthorize it.

Benghazi suspect faces criminal, not military, court

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 04:32 PM PDT

Benghazi attack suspect in U.S. custodyA suspected leader of the attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, captured by U.S. forces and spirited out of the country, can expect to move quickly through the initial steps of the criminal justice system.

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