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House Passes Defense Spending Bill
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:17 PM

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The House on Thursday approved a $579 billion defense spending bill that reflected deep divisions on budget priorities and whether President Barack Obama needs new war powers to fight Islamic State militants.
The vote was 278 to 149 in favor of the bill, which drew stiff opposition from Democrats because it uses a war-fighting account to raise defense spending next year.
The measure gives President Barack Obama all the money he requested for defense, but did so by hiking the war-fighting account that is not subject to congressional spending caps by almost $40 billion. The president says he will veto spending bills that do not deal with the arbitrary spending limits and treat defense and non-defense expenditures equally.
Before the final vote, the House rejected an amendment to force lawmakers to vote by the end of March on new war powers to fight Islamic State militants.
The vote was 231-196 against the amendment, a vote that underscored the lack of political will in both the House and Senate on the bitterly disputed issue.
Introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, the measure would have required Congress to debate and vote on a new authorization for the use of military force by March 31. The amendment called for banning the use of funds in the fight against IS in Iraq and Syria unless Congress passed a new authorization.
"Ten months into an undeclared war against ISIS, Congress yet again dodged its responsibility to authorize the use of force," Schiff said after the vote. "While our pilots and special forces risk it all, Congress refuses to do its job. Congressional abdication of our responsibility to declare war, or to deny authorization for war, sets a terrible precedent and shifts war-making powers substantially and inexorably towards the executive" branch.
The defense bill itself enjoyed bipartisan backing when separated from the broader budget debate. The measure provides $8.4 billion for 65 next generation F-35 fighter aircraft, eight more than requested by the Pentagon, as well as $16.9 billion toward nine new Navy ships. It also prevents the retirement of the A-10 aircraft that protects ground troops. Men and women in uniform would get a 2.3 percent pay hike, a percentage point higher than requested by Obama.
The defense measure also boosts funding for procurement of National Guard equipment well above the Pentagon's request, drawing a protest from the administration, and would also block the transfer of Apache helicopters from the Army National Guard to the regular Army.
The companion Senate version of the bill easily advanced through the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday morning but faces a filibuster next week as Democrats seek to force Republicans to the negotiating table to boost domestic accounts.
The Senate bill contains even more money for F-35 fighters and shipbuilding and $330 million more than requested by the Pentagon for Israeli missile defense systems.
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Opinion: Women were 'examined like cattle'
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:16 PM

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  • Zainab Hawa Bangura visited refugees who fled Iraq, Syria conflict
  • Sexual violence is being committed against women strategically, she says
Zainab Hawa Bangura is the United Nations special representative of the secretary general on sexual violence in conflict and serves as the United Nations' spokesperson and political advocate on conflict-related sexual violence. The views expressed are her own.
(CNN)Nothing prepared me for what I saw and heard when I visited refugees from the conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
As I traveled to Iraq and Syria, and to neighboring countries of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey to meet with refugees and displaced women, I heard firsthand the horrifying stories of how they have been targeted in this conflict.
I was told, for example, how mothers with babies were separated out by members of ISIL (also known as ISIS) because it is the younger women who they want to take. I heard how these younger women are examined to see if they are virgins, and how the younger and prettier they are, the more likely they are to get taken to ISIL's headquarters in Raqqa. And I heard how the rest are taken to open markets, where they will end up being auctioned after being examined like cattle.
I was in the Middle East as the special representative of the secretary general on sexual violence in conflict, and while I had been monitoring the situation since the crisis began, this was the first time I was able to visit those who have been disproportionately affected by the conflict.
Zainab Hawa Bangura
Zainab Hawa Bangura
The refugees and displaced women and girls I met told me how sexual violence is being committed strategically, in a systematic manner, and with a high degree of sophistication by most of the parties to the conflicts. Indeed, as I moved from country to country, I came to the terrible conclusion that this is in essence a war on women and girls, a group that finds itself under assault every day, and every step of the way, whether it be in areas of active conflict, those under control of armed actors, or at checkpoints and border crossings.
But while it is true that most parties to the conflict are committing sexual violence, it is extremist groups like ISIL that have been particularly public and shameless in institutionalizing sexual violence and engaging in the brutalization of women and girls as a tactic of terror to advance their key strategic objectives.
For a start, it is clear that ISIL has been working to increase recruitment by promising male fighters access to women and girls. In addition, the group has been raising funds through the sale of women and girls in slave markets and through ransoms paid by relatives. And the group has also been using sexual violence to displace populations, while also using the threat of sexual violence to extract information for intelligence purposes.
Women and girls I spoke with described being treated as property to be owned and traded, or else as vessels for producing children for fighters. In ISIL strongholds in Syria and Iraq, Raqqa and Mosul, women and girls are held in houses and buildings before they are inspected, selected and sold in "bazaars" where prices can be negotiated. Simply put, we have been witnessing the revival of the slave trade in the 21st century.
What can and should we do? Such extreme violence requires political and security responses, but also legal and social response.
For a start, all parties to the conflicts, both state and nonstate actors, have an obligation under international humanitarian law to prevent and punish such crimes. Second, U.N. agencies need greater support to be able to provide the necessary assistance and to be able to respond to the needs of the affected population, particularly women and girls who are suffering even in the places where they are seeking refuge. The reality is that the humanitarian appeals dealing with the provision of services to sexual violence survivors are underfunded, and neighboring countries are now also under tremendous pressure. Greater support is therefore needed not only for programs for refugees, but also to support host communities of neighboring countries that have absorbed an estimated 80% of the refugees.
To address the transnational nature of ISIL, and the cross-border dimensions of the conflicts raging in the region, a concerted regional and international response is required, including improved information sharing across countries and a common counterterrorism response with women's protection and empowerment at its heart.
Such a response should also look at the root causes of violent extremism, something that we cannot ignore any longer. Preventing abuses will require deeper engagement with communities, including with traditional and religious leaders who can help break the silence surrounding sexual violence and ensure that it is the perpetrators who are shamed and stigmatized, not the victims. In fact, if there was a glimmer of hope during my visit, it was the statement issued by the supreme spiritual leader of the Yazidi community, who said that women and girls released from ISIL captivity should be embraced and reintegrated by their families and communities. Countering ISIL's violent ideology will mean accepting these women and girls -- and any children they may have -- in a spirit of tolerance, dignity and respect.
Ultimately, we cannot beat ISIL without understanding who they are, where they come from, and what their ideology is. The group presents a very formidable enemy, one that we must fight together.
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Rumsfeld and GOP: Still clueless on Iraq
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:16 PM

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  • Paul Waldman: Rumsfeld's remarks, GOP candidates' saber rattling appear to show they think there's virtually nothing to learn from Iraq War
  • Graham wants 10,000 troops in Iraq; Walker: no deal with Iran; Rubio quotes an action movie. These approaches ignore complex reality, he says
Paul Waldman is a senior writer with the American Prospect, a left-leaning magazine, and a blogger for the Washington Post.
(CNN)Hindsight is 20-20, but only some of us are blessed with the kind that allows us to excuse our own mistakes by saying that back when we were making them, we knew things would work out terribly. Such is the wisdom of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who recently said of the Iraq War, "the idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to me unrealistic. I was concerned about it when I first heard those words ... I'm not one who thinks that our particular template of democracy is appropriate for other countries at every moment of their histories."
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Oh. Well thanks for letting us know that now, as opposed to, say, 12 years ago.
Of all the lessons we should have taken from the Iraq War, the most important may be this one: If you start a war in the Middle East, things probably won't go according to plan. Yet to listen to some of the contenders for the GOP nomination talk, there's virtually nothing to learn from the Iraq War. They're every bit as certain that more force will solve problems there, as former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld were back in 2002.
They assure us that the only thing stopping us from defeating ISIS is the proper combination of force and will. They're ready to put large numbers of ground troops into Iraq (the 450 additional "advisers" the White House will soon be sending are obviously but a sign of weakness and indecision), and are practically yearning for a military confrontation with Iran. They've expressed opposition not just to the particular deal the Obama administration is negotiating with Iran to restrain its nuclear program, but to any such deal; Scott Walker, for instance, said he'd revoke any deal "on Day One" of his administration, which means that a military confrontation is the only remaining option.
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Lindsey Graham wants to send 10,000 troops to Iraq, and he makes it sound like just a down-payment; when he was asked about the fact that Americans may be worn out by so much war, he responded, "Then don't vote for me." The implicit message is always the same: This problem has a simple answer.
As Marco Rubio recently said, "On our strategy on global jihadists and terrorists, I refer them to the movie 'Taken.' Have you seen the movie 'Taken?' Liam Neeson. He had a line, and this is what our strategy should be: 'We will look for you, we will find you, and we will kill you.'" And Rubio is supposed to be the one with sophisticated ideas on foreign policy.
There's a reason movies like that one are popular: It's satisfying to see a noble hero lay waste to the bad guys and save the damsel in distress, with everything wrapped up neatly at the end of 90 minutes. But back in the real world, applying military force 6,000 miles away comes with nothing but complications.
Allies turn to enemies, our admirable goals are sometimes unappreciated by the people who live in areas we're bombing, new governments don't have the legitimacy or capability to rule, previously hidden tensions burst to the fore, killing one terrorist leader results in an even worse one taking his place, corruption defeats all efforts to eradicate it, and a thousand unpredicted hurdles stand between our good intentions and the outcome we hoped for.
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We've seen all that and worse in Iraq, and it should teach any sensible person that the next military adventure in the region will come with a trunk full of unintended consequences, but we won't be able to open it and see what they are until it's too late. That isn't to say that some future military action or even another full-scale war might not be the best of our bad options in a particular situation. But experience should have granted us a bit of humility, to understand that uncertainty is built into all our foreign policy decisions.
Politicians don't like uncertainty, any more than Donald Rumsfeld does. Uncertainty is for the timid, for those without the boldness to thrust American might outward and grasp the glory that surely awaits. So next time, they promise, things will be different. Next time we'll right all the wrongs of the past. Next time they really will greet us as liberators. Next time it will all be simple.
And if that's not how it goes? Like Rumsfeld, they'll probably say that they saw it coming all along. And it's somebody else's fault.
Asked whether we should have invaded Iraq, several Republican presidential candidates have tied themselves in knots trying to simultaneously acknowledge that of course the answer is no -- while still somehow staying loyal to everything their party has stood for on the issue over the last 12 years. But the "If we knew then what we know now" question isn't the one they should be answering. The real question is what we should do now, knowing what we know now. And yet the answers don't seem to have changed in all that time.
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IMF Says Can Support Ukraine Without Private Debt Deal
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:13 PM

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The International Monetary Fund says it could continue bailout funding for Ukraine even if Kyiv does not reach a debt-restructuring deal with private creditors.
IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said on June 11 that it remains crucial for the country to reach an agreement to reduce its huge private debt burden.
The IMF launched its $17.5 billion, four-year loan program in March based on the assumption that debt negotiations with private creditors would generate another $15 billion in savings, enabling Kyiv to boost is reserves.
Rice said that should happen before the IMF completes the first-stage review of the bailout.
The IMF "has said it is vital that Ukraine and its creditors reach an agreement."
Nevertheless, if a debt reduction deal is not done and Kyiv stops paying private creditors, the IMF can continue to make disbursements on its loan program to Ukraine.
"The IMF has a policy called lending into arrears that allows us to continue lending to a country when it has arrears to private creditors and other conditions of the policy are met," Rice said.  
Based on reporting by Reuters and AFP

DC Mansion Murder Suspect’s Stabbing Victim Recalls Nearly Deadly Attacks
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:12 PM

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A man stabbed twice by Daron Wint, the only named suspect in custody for the murder of Washington, D.C., businessman Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, their son, and a family housekeeper, described the attacks that nearly killed him in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ “20/20.”
“[Wint] gave me no warning that he was going to stab me,” Michael Babcock told “20/20.” “It was pretty close to where he would be tried for my murder, you know, if it wasn’t for me surviving it.”
Wint, 34, was charged with murder in the deaths of Savopoulos, the CEO of American Iron Works, his wife Amy, their 10-year-old son, Phillip, and their housekeeper Vera Figueroa before setting the Savolpoulos’ Washington, D.C., home on fire.
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Their bodies were found in the home after it was set on fire on May 14. All four victims suffered “sharp force trauma,” meaning stab-like wounds, among other injuries, according to an autopsy report included in a court affidavit.
The Savopoulos’ two other children, teenage daughters, were away at boarding school at the time of the killings.
Authorities say Wint, who was born in Guyana and moved to Maryland in 2000, has had a long and violent criminal past, which includes his conviction for stabbing Michael Babcock in two separate attacks. Babcock said he met Wint in 2006 in Oswego, New York, where Wint had moved to from Maryland.
PHOTO: This combination of undated photos provided by the Washington, D.C., police shows Daron Dylon Wint.
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PHOTO: This combination of undated photos provided by the Washington, D.C., police shows Daron Dylon Wint.
According to Babcock, Wint and his girlfriend were visiting Babcock’s female cousin’s house and refused to leave. When Babcock and a male cousin walked up to her house to help remove Wint, Babcock said they got into a confrontation before parting ways. It was while Babcock and his cousin were returning back to his house, Babcock says, that they were ambushed and Wint suddenly attacked them.
“Daron had come out and was wind milling with the knives... he stabbed me in the wrist, and then he took off,” said Babcock. “There was slices on my shirt and on my chest and my stomach where I didn’t even know he had cut me. I thought he just had stabbed me in my wrist, but I guess he was trying to stab me other times.”
Wint was arrested, charged with third degree assault and ordered to stay away from Babcock. But six months later in June 2007, ahead of his court date, Wint ambushed Babcock and his girlfriend a second time on a bridge.
“He approached my girlfriend, and he had her by the throat. He grabbed her, and I came and I pushed him off of her,” Babcock recalled. “He came after me, and I didn’t see the knife this time ‘cause it was really small. He had the knife cupped in his hand, and he swung and caught me in the neck right here.”
Babcock was rushed to the emergency room where he was told he was lucky to be alive.
“When Daron stabbed me in the neck – if it would have been a little bit lower – the doctors told me that I would have died before I made it to the first hospital,” he said.
PHOTO: Michael Babcock points to a scar on his nick where he said Daron Wint stabbed him in June 2007.
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PHOTO: Michael Babcock points to a scar on his nick where he said Daron Wint stabbed him in June 2007.
Wint was convicted of third degree assault and served 89 days in prison for both attacks on Babcock.
“I don’t understand why they would only give him that little time for stabbing me," Babcock said.
After his release in 2007, Wint was sentenced to 10 months in jail for stabbing another man. When he completed his sentence, Wint returned to Maryland in 2008.
Wint was charged in the murders of the Savolpoulos family and Figueroa and with arson, but police said in the criminal complaint that they believed others participated in the crime. Wint has not yet entered a plea and remains in custody without bail.
Attorney Robin Ficker, who has represented Wint in the past in unrelated cases said police have the wrong man.
“He feels he has been marked by the media as a murderer, that his name will forever be blemished, even if he is found not guilty in the case, and he’ll have to move away,” Ficker told “20/20.”
Whether Wint is ultimately innocent of the mansion murder case remains to be seen, but to Babcock, the evidence of Wint's ability to harm is crystal clear.
“I know that he does have the violent tendency to harm someone, like he’s obviously harmed me and could have done a lot more harm to me than what he actually had did,” Babcock said.
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Bundestag counting cost of cyber attack | News | DW.DE
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:10 PM

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Germany's parliamentary speaker Norbert Lammert has dismissed media reports that all 20,000 computers in the country's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, would need to replaced. The job would cost millions of euros and take several months to complete. Lammert said this would be unnecessary, though he admitted that parts of the information technology network may need to be wiped and reinstalled.
Internet spokesman for the Christian Democratic Union, Thomas Jarzombek, issued a similar stance, telling newspaper "Die Zeit" that only a "manageable number of servers need to be reinstalled, the hardware is not affected." Lammert's comments came after a meeting with lawmakers on Thursday to discuss the extent of the attack.
A day earlier, news website "Spiegel" quoted a parliamentary source as saying that the viruses used by the hackers to infiltrate the computers, trojans, were still active, and sending data. But Lammert disputed this on Thursday, saying no data appeared to have been siphoned out of the Bundestag's IT system in the past two weeks.
This contradicts a statement made by a spokeswoman on May 29, who said that several "scattered data outflows" had been detected. Earlier in the month the Bundestag confirmed a cyber attack had been launched on its internal server, the source of which remains unknown.
The head of the nation's domestic intelligence service, Hans-Georg Maassen, said he believed a foreign government was behind the hack, and reiterated warnings about Russian hackers. "My service has repeatedly confirmed that cyber attacks by Russian services are highly sophisticated in any case and are causing us great concern," he said.
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Protests in Berlin over Saudi punishment of Badawi | Germany | DW.DE
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:09 PM

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Florian Oswald, the spokesman for the Berlin chapter of Amnesty International, is standing on the edge of the pavement, his back turned to the Saudi embassy. Every Thursday since February, Oswald and others have made sure that a sufficient number of yellow vests, placards and banners sporting the Amnesty logo are available. The dedicated activists - albeit sometimes just a few - have gathered weekly in front of the embassy to protest the punishment handed to the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes for his posts, which allegedly "insult Islam."
Deutschland Demo für die Freilassung Raif Badawis in Berlin
Florian Oswald is organizing the protest
"Just because he gave his opinion," Oswald says, briefly tugging at the strap across his left shoulder. Attached to it is a bullhorn. He lifts its external microphone to his chin. "Now, we will all call out 'Freedom for Raif Badawi,'" he instructs. Today, there are about 40 attendees chiming in, perhaps a little more loudly than before. Fresh - and bad - news has come from Saudi Arabia: Last weekend, its Supreme Court upheld Badawi's sentence. "We fear the flogging will resume tomorrow," Oswald says.
For the benefit of press photographers, the protesters have lined up in a row: one very close to the other, in order to create the impression that the congregation is more numerous. Today, center position is assumed by Green party leader Simone Peter and Green member of parliament Tabea Rössner. Both join the chanting, which has switched to "No Flogging for Blogging." Peter says the group shows the growing value of human rights in society: "It is essential for us to stand here today and protest against this punishment. There are many of us, all around the world." A few weeks ago, she came to know Badawi's wife, who fights for her husband's freedom from Canada. She was encouraged by this encounter and expects Germany's government to finally come forward with a clear statement. "So far," she says, "its approach has been long on rhetoric and short on delivery."
Deutschland Demo für die Freilassung Raif Badawis in Berlin
Prominent protest supporters: Klaus Staeck (R), Simone Peter (second from R) and Tabea Rössner (third from R)
'Keep at it'
Klaus Staeck, the former president of the Berlin Academy of Arts, is standing to the right of the Green politicians. It's not his first time at the protests. "Our motto is: Keep at it," the 77-year-old artist and lawyer says. But, given the current circumstances, how can he maintain faith in Badawi's eventual release?
In terms of procedure, only Saudi King Salman can now stop the resumption of the brutal corporal punishment. Fifty lashes, meted out 19 times, would endanger Badawi's life. "He will only be lost when he slips from the public's radar," Staeck warns.
Deutschland Demo für die Freilassung Raif Badawis in Berlin
Gloria Treichel has been fighting for Badawi's freedom from the outset
People like Gloria Treichel plan to ensure that this won't happen anytime soon. Facing the embassy on the other side of the road, she is carrying a banner that reads "Stop Torture." The yellow letters are glistening in the noonday sun. "I attend at least every second week," she says. Her voice cracks from furiously shouting the words "Freedom for Raif Badawi" - the current slogan proposed by the man with the bullhorn.
"How can a king be so hard on his people?" Treichel asks herself during a short break between chants. "The situation in Saudi Arabia reminds me of the Middle Ages." In winter, she had exposed herself to cold temperatures here in Berlin's embassy district. Now, she is wearing dark shades, and little beads of sweat are on her forehead. She won't stop protesting. "It just isn't right that way," she says. "Raif simply has to return to his family."
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Tariq Aziz Family Says His Body Has Gone Missing in Iraq
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:06 PM

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The body of Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former top aide who died last week in prison in Iraq, went missing on Thursday after it was snatched in Baghdad while en route to Jordan for burial, Aziz's daughter said.
Aziz's daughter Zeinab said she was told by her mother — who was in Iraq and waited to accompany the casket to Jordan — that his body went missing at the Baghdad International Airport. No further details were immediately known.
A Royal Jordanian official confirmed that the last flight left Baghdad on Thursday without Aziz's casket. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.
Calls to the Iraqi government for comment or information were not immediately returned.
Aziz died last Friday in the city of Nasiriyah, where he was imprisoned awaiting execution. Iraqi forensics chief Zaid Ali Abbas says autopsy results Thursday confirmed that he died of a heart attack.
He was the highest-ranking Christian in Saddam's regime and was the international face of the Baath Party in Iraq. He was sentenced in October 2010 to hang for persecuting members of the Shiite Muslim religious parties that now dominate Iraq.
In recent months, a number of other former Saddam loyalists have been suspected of working with the Islamic State militants in what is viewed as a Sunni alliance of convenience against the Shiite-led government in Baghdad.
Another senior Saddam aide, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, is suspected of working directly with the Sunni militant group. In April, a number of Iraqi government officials and members of the country's Iran-backed Shiite militias announced that al-Douri was killed in fighting near Tikrit. But DNA results were never released to confirm the death as promised.
Aziz's daughter, obviously distraught, would not speculate or who may have snatched the body and for what purpose. In Baghdad, Aziz's wife Violet and airport officials could also not be reached for comment.
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Associated Press Writer Sinan Salaheddin in Baghdad contributed to this report.
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U.S. considering more military bases in Iraq: top general
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:04 PM

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NAPLES, Italy The United States is considering building more U.S. military bases in Iraq to drive back Islamic State militants in a move that may require a further increase in American forces, the top U.S. general said on Thursday.

A day after the White House announced the deployment of 450 more U.S. troops to Iraq and a new training hub in Anbar province, Army General Martin Dempsey said the Pentagon was considering more sites in strategic areas such as the corridor from Baghdad to Tikrit and further north toward Mosul.

Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged these might require sending more U.S. troops, which already numbered about 3,100 in Iraq before Wednesday's announcement. His spokesman said American forces could also be moved from within Iraq to avoid troop increases.

"Our campaign is built upon establishing these ‘lily pads,’ if you will, that allow us to continue to encourage the Iraqi security forces forward," Dempsey told reporters before landing in Naples, Italy.

U.S. President Barack Obama has said the troops would not engage in combat in Iraq, where the Pentagon has relied heavily on an air campaign that U.S. officials say has killed thousands of Islamic State fighters and eroded their capability.

While the 3,100 U.S. forces in Iraq are a far cry from the peak of about 170,000 under President George W. Bush, the newly announced operations mark the first significant adjustment in Obama's Iraqi strategy in months and follow gains by Islamic State insurgents who control a third each of Iraq and Syria.

Asked about Dempsey's comments, White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told MSNBC, "if (Obama) gets a recommendation to have another facility like this, he'll take a hard look at it."

White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters there were "no immediate or specific plans" to add new bases in Iraq.

Dempsey also renewed the possibility of deploying U.S. spotters alongside Iraqi forces to call in air strikes during a future offensive, but added, "we’re just not there yet."

The possible future training sites, such as the hub at the Taqaddum military base about 15 miles (25 km) from Ramadi, were "just part of prudent planning," he said.

"It's very practical (planning), looking at geographic locations, road networks, airfields, places where we can actually establish these hubs," Dempsey said.

Dempsey did not see another such site in Anbar province soon. "But I could conceive of one potentially somewhere in the

corridor that runs from Baghdad to Tikrit to Kirkuk and over

into Mosul. So we're looking at that area," Dempsey said.

TAQADDUM WEEKS AWAY

Dempsey said it would take several weeks to establish the new hub announced on Wednesday at Taqaddum near Ramadi, which fell to Islamic State militants last month.

Taqaddum will require new American defenses to detect and guard against incoming rockets and mortars.

One benefit of Taqaddum, Dempsey said, is it would help draw in tribes that felt unsafe traveling to the other U.S. outpost in Sunni-dominated Anbar province, at the Ain al-Asad air base.

"Using Taqaddum gives us access to more of the tribes that are willing to stand against ISIL," Dempsey said, using an acronym for Islamic State.

Dempsey, who has long warned about the limits of U.S.

military power in Iraq, said he expected Sunni tribes would represent a "holding force" to control territory seized in Anbar and would protect the flanks of the Iraqi security forces as they advance.

He expressed confidence that the latest

deployments to Taqaddum would help advance Iraq's military

campaign against Islamic State, but that the real test was whether Iraq's government could mend a sectarian

rift between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims.

"The game changers are going to have to come from the Iraqi government themselves," he said.

(Additional reporting by Doina Chiacu, Susan Heavey and Roberta Rampton in Washington; Editing by Jason Szep and Tom Brown)
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Pentagon 'lily pad' strategy could up troops in Iraq - CNNPolitics.com
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 5:00 PM

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United Nations peacekeeping troops are preying on vulnerable women and children in some of the world’s most troubled regions by...
» Kenyan wives may face tough penalties for chopping off partners’ penises
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
There were calls last night for Kenya to impose draconian punishments on women who cut off their partner’s penis after...
» Riddle of new BB King will
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
BB King, the Blues legend, may have had a secret second will, according to four of his daughters. The late...
» Holiday homebuyers head for Gower bargains
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Forget Devon and Cornwall — if you’re looking for a bargain, that is. Second-homebuyers in the know have, for some...
» Pole tape reveals hatred of Cameron
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
A Polish politician who was secretly recorded in a restaurant claiming that David Cameron had “f***ed up” by pandering to Eurosceptics...
» Sanctions helped to push 3 million Russians into poverty
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Three million more Russians have slipped below the poverty line this year as a deepening economic crisis exacerbated by Western...
» Chinese spy chief gets life over £13m bribery
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
As Zhou Yongkang crushed dissent and fortified China’s already formidable domestic security system, the man dubbed the “king of hell”...
» Inmate’s top tips on how to get out of jail stress-free 
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
When escaping from a maximum security prison, it is important to remain calm. Once you are beyond the prison walls...
» We can’t cope with migrants any more, says Greek minister
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Greece’s European partners have shown “criminal indifference” about the migrant crisis unfolding in the eastern Mediterranean, according to the government...
» Secret Cinema: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away you went to the cinema, bought your popcorn and watched a...
» Four children took lives when parents found work
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Four siblings aged between five and 13 have been found dead in southwest China after swallowing pesticide, the most common...
» French fall for the good, the sad and the ugly vegetables
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
When two former farmers started selling ugly fruit and vegetables that would usually end up in the bin, supermarkets chains...
» US airman shot by Nazis goes home after 70 years
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
An American pilot who was shot dead after being dragged from his burning fighter plane in the last days of...
» Mother of baby with Down’s condemns French for cruelty
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
A heartfelt internet rallying cry from the mother of a baby with Down’s syndrome has been embraced by mothers across France...
» Fox cubs ‘captured and raised for hunt’
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
A man has been arrested after 16 fox cubs were found in a barn, prompting claims that they were being kept...
» Flower girl bowled over by salute to Queen
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Giving a posy of flowers to the Queen is not, in the grand scheme of things, meant to be a...
» Big John back on terracotta in zero year
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
What a joy to hear Lord Prescott explain Labour’s woes yesterday. Could anything be more perfect, on the day that...
» Friends and lovers bid riotous farewell to Allo Allo! writer
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
There were the sitcoms with which the writer Jeremy Lloyd made his name, such as ’Allo ’Allo! and Are You...
» The Sex Pistols at 18.9% APR? I feel cheated
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
I believed in the Sex Pistols. I believed in the whole snarling, spitting, swearing, anti-establishment sedition: here was a ferocious assault...
» The Times Diary (TMS): Tony Blair, dead again, making the headlines, and robins
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
A Khan-do kind of guy It is no surprise to learn that Tony Blair sees Genghis Khan as a role model....
» The single factor that makes you listen to Liz
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
How conservative we’ve become. That’s what I think when I look at Liz Kendall and the other four Labour leadership...
» A ‘yes’ vote is just the start of Dave’s problems
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
The best metaphor for European renegotiations is that, when Harold Wilson was persuading Enoch Powell to vote Labour because of...
» Stamp duty burden on homebuyers keeps rising as lifetime avergae hits £10,000
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Homebuyers are on average spending almost £10,000 on stamp duty during their lifetime, with those in London paying almost £40,000....
» Farage and Le Pen fail to halt EU prying into Kremlin cash
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Nigel Farage teamed up with the French far-right party of Marine Le Pen yesterday in a doomed attempt to block...
» Universities change degree marking to give more firsts
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Almost half of universities have changed the way students’ work counts towards final degrees to allow more generous grading, a...
» Academics walk with zombies to prove the worth of humanities
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
The mention of humanities might conjure up images of bearded geography teachers talking about soil erosion but academics are going...
» Cancer man’s film tribute to devotion of dying dog
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
When a photographer from Oregon was diagnosed with cancer, his dog, Denali, lay for long days on his hospital bed,...
» Looting Shia militias transform Tikrit into city of ghosts
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
The Iranian-backed Shia militias used by the embattled Iraqi army to fight Islamic State have looted Tikrit and exiled most...
» US has reasons to be fearful
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
The United States has three key reasons to be concerned about Shia militias and their growing influence on the Iraqi...
» Florida swamped with Chinese ‘zombie’ drug
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
In the 1980s, Colombian kingpins trafficked vast quantities of cocaine through Miami. Now Florida faces a new narcotics threat —...
» Locums and the future of general practice
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Sir, Further to your report (June 9) that one in four GPs is now a locum, may I highlight the...
» Americans warn Europe: you’re on your own
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Foreign tour; tick. Photo op with a world leader; tick. Speech about the perils of appeasement; tick. So Jeb Bush...
» Estate agent shamed into losing anti-homeless spikes
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
The estate agent Foxtons suffered a further setback this week after one of its branches in London was petitioned to...
» Long wait for joined-up thinking on national parks
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
Campaigners pushing to extend two national parks in the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales have urged ministers to make...
» Gap-year girl admits naked stunt charge
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
The British gap-year backpacker accused of causing a deadly earthquake by stripping off on a sacred Malaysian mountain has admitted...
» ‘Distractingly sexy’ women scientists make light work of sexism
11/06/15 20:01 from News | The Times
With unflattering lab coats and enormous goggles to catch their tears, Twitter was awash yesterday with women scientists telling a...
» ​Coming to your iPhone: More apps you can't get rid of
11/06/15 19:49 from Home - CBSNews.com
The next version of iOS could be loaded with additional apps you can't install - whether you want them or not
» Video shows cop revive unresponsive baby
11/06/15 17:13 from CNN.com
Albuquerque Officer Martin Smith resuscitated an unconscious baby, and the heroic act was caught on camera. CNN affiliate KOAT reports.
» ​Why Virgin is giving 1 year of paid parental leave
11/06/15 17:09 from Home - CBSNews.com
Media mogul Richard Branson says it's a smart business decision, but U.S. companies are unlikely to follow suit
» How do bloodhounds track people?
11/06/15 17:09 from CNN.com
CNN's Brooke Baldwin learns how bloodhounds track the scent of people.
» Tiny dancer commands R-E-S-P-E-C-T
11/06/15 17:09 from CNN.com
Internet sensation doesn't just dance to R-E-S-P-E-C-T, she earns it. Jeanne Moos introduces the 6-yr old with the moves of a diva.
» Jazz great Ornette Coleman remembered as visionary
11/06/15 17:05 from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 a.m. EDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Whatever rules in jazz hadn't been shattered by Charlie Parker and other bebop artists, Ornette Coleman finished off for good....
» Union: Hackers have personnel data on every federal employee
11/06/15 17:05 from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 a.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, saying that the cyber theft of U.S. employee information was more damaging than the Obama ad...
» Union-backed Dems make final push to kill Obama's trade bill
11/06/15 17:03 from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 a.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Union-backed Democrats launched a last-ditch effort Thursday to scuttle President Barack Obama's trade agenda by sacrificing a favored program of their own that retrains workers displaced by international trade....
» Frightened TV reporter rappels down building 
11/06/15 17:02 from CNN.com
A Pennsylvania reporter rappels 14 stories down the Renaissance Center for charity. CNN affiliate WICU reports.
» Oregon Governor Signs 12-Month Birth Control Legislation
11/06/15 17:02 from ABC News: ABCNews
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signs bill that expands access to birth control for a year at a time
» Health Officials Tell US Doctors to Watch for MERS
11/06/15 17:01 from ABC News: ABCNews
US doctors advised to test for MERS in sick patients recently in South Korea hospitals
» Utah Man Gets 27 Months in Alleged Police Station Bomb Plot
11/06/15 17:01 from ABC News: ABCNews
Utah man accused of wanting to kill officers, blow up police station gets 27 months in prison
» Judge Rules There's Evidence to Charge Officers in Tamir Rice's Death
11/06/15 17:01 from ABC News: ABCNews
Boy was holding a pellet gun when he was fatally shot.
» Toyota Close to Unveiling 4th-Generation Prius Hybrid
11/06/15 17:01 from ABC News: ABCNews
US chief says Toyota close to unveiling 4th-generation Prius gas-electric hybrid
» Father Says American Killed Battling ISIS Felt 'Led by the Lord'
11/06/15 17:00 from ABC News: ABCNews
Kurdish group releases video purporting to show U.S. citizen Keith Broomfield.
» EU Launches Antitrust Investigation Into Amazon Over E-Books
11/06/15 16:59 from ABC News: ABCNews
Amazon to face European antitrust investigation over its distribution of e-books
» Massive Hack Went Undetected For More Than a Year, Sources Say
11/06/15 16:59 from ABC News: ABCNews
The hack was far deeper and potentially more problematic than acknowledged.
» Senator's 'Bro' Joke About Graham Caught on Live Mic
11/06/15 16:59 from ABC News: ABCNews
Sen. Mark Kirk insists the crack was a "joke between friends."
» Twitter Boss Resigns As Founder Returns To Helm
11/06/15 16:56 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
Amid disappointing growth in the site's user numbers, Dick Costolo is stepping down - as Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey returns.
» House sets up Friday trade vote on narrow margin
11/06/15 16:55 from Reuters: Top News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Thursday approved the procedures for considering two key trade bills, setting up final votes on Friday.
» Islamists in Syria Kill Members of Minority
11/06/15 16:54 from WSJ.com: World News
Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front rebels killed more than 23 members of Syria’s Druse minority—the deadliest attack on the religious group since the war began more than four years ago.
» Dick Costolo Stepping Down As Twitter CEO
11/06/15 16:54 from ABC News: ABCNews
Dick Costolo will step down from his position as Twitter's CEO effective July 1, the company announced today in a tweet.
» Al-Qaeda-Linked Militia Declares Holy War on ISIS in Libya
11/06/15 16:52 from International News, Opinion and Analysis - Newsweek World
Al-Qaeda-Linked Militia Declares Holy War on ISIS in Libya Derna militia threatens to wipe out terror group after senior leader killed in clashes. Iconic Vietnam War Photos to be Exhibited in Vietnam for First Time The Associated Press w...
» 2016er: 'Bro with no ho'?
11/06/15 16:51 from CNN.com
Sen. Mark Kirk said fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is a "bro with no ho."
» Rutherford and Muir triumph in Oslo
11/06/15 16:51 from BBC News - World
Britain's Greg Rutherford wins the long jump and Laura Muir an impressive women's 1,500m in the Diamond League meeting in Oslo.
» Snoopers' Charter: Watchdog deals blow to plans and calls for Theresa May to ... - The Independent
11/06/15 16:50 from Google News - World
The Independent Snoopers' Charter: Watchdog deals blow to plans and calls for Theresa May to ... The Independent Theresa May's plans to reintroduce the “snooper's charter” have suffered a setback after a major government-comm...
» Judge finds probable cause for murder charge against cop who shot Tamir Rice - Atlanta Journal Constitution
11/06/15 16:49 from Google News - Top Stories
Atlanta Journal Constitution Judge finds probable cause for murder charge against cop who shot Tamir Rice Atlanta Journal Constitution Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. CLEVELAND...
» Prison Bigs Investigated Relationship Between Female Worker and Escapee
11/06/15 16:48 from ABC News: ABCNews
Joyce Mitchell has been interviewed by investigators since the weekend escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora.
» Twitter chief Costolo steps down
11/06/15 16:47 from BBC News - World
Dick Costolo is stepping down as chief executive of Twitter, the company says, while co-founder Jack Dorsey will act as interim chief until a replacement can be found.
» Athlete, 15, badly hurt in collision
11/06/15 16:46 from BBC News - World
An Austrian synchronised swimmer, 15, suffers "severe injuries" in a collision with a bus at the European Games.
» Judge who contributed $1500 to Hastert campaign to stay on case - Reuters
11/06/15 16:45 from Google News - Top Stories
Politico Judge who contributed $1500 to Hastert campaign to stay on case Reuters CHICAGO, June 11 Attorneys for former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert and prosecutors agreed on Thursday to allow a federal judge who c...
» Photos of the Day: June 11
11/06/15 16:45 from WSJ.com: World News
In pictures selected Thursday by Wall Street Journal editors, a man harvests lotus flowers in Vietnam, a worker gets a haircut at a Beijing construction site, and more.
» Investigators believe prison employee was in on escape plot
11/06/15 16:45 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators believe a female prison employee had agreed to be the getaway driver in last weekend's escape by two killers but never showed up, a person close to the case told The Associated Press on Thursday.
» Judge: There's Enough Evidence to Charge Cleveland Police Officers in 12-Year-Old Boy's Death
11/06/15 16:44 from ABC News: ABCNews
Judge: There's enough evidence to charge Cleveland police officers in 12-year-old boy's death
» The Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe That Changed Taylor Swift???s Life
11/06/15 16:43 from ABC News: ABCNews
Her love for food is no secret.
» New probe into Germanwings crash
11/06/15 16:43 from BBC News - World
French prosecutors announce a preliminary investigation into whether manslaughter charges should be brought over the Germanwings plane crash.
» Family: Body Of Tariq Aziz Missing In Iraq
11/06/15 16:43 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The body of Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former top aide who died last week in prison in Iraq, reportedly went missing on June 11 while en route to Jordan for burial.
» New York man pleads not guilty to murdering police officer
11/06/15 16:42 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines
A New York man accused of shooting a plainclothes police officer last month pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Thursday. Demetrius Blackwell, 35, was arrested hours after he allegedly shot New York police officer Brian Moore, 25, in...
» Working Together to End Human Trafficking
11/06/15 16:40 from White House.gov Blog Feed
A few years back, I met a young woman named Sheila. As a teenager, she fled an abusive home and eventually met a man who promised to love and protect her. Instead, after pretending to be the savior she so desperately needed, he sold her....
» Most Inmates Who Escape Get Caught: How Some Were Nabbed
11/06/15 16:39 from ABC News: ABCNews
From wine and cheese to a dead man's cap: How some high-profile escaped prisoners were caught
» U.S. fracking rules to face early legal test
11/06/15 16:39 from Reuters: Top News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy industry groups and states that oppose new U.S. rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands are headed to court this month to try to block the regulations a day before they are to take effect.
» Oculus' Virtual-Reality Headset to Simulate Touch, Gestures
11/06/15 16:38 from ABC News: ABCNews
Oculus expanding virtual-reality headset to simulate touch, gestures heading toward 2016 debut
» US Judge Rules Against Family Over Nazi-Seized Masterpiece
11/06/15 16:38 from ABC News: ABCNews
US judge rules against family in effort to reclaim Nazi-seized masterpiece from Spanish museum
» Photos: A Sneak Peek at One of America's Top Photo Festivals
11/06/15 16:37 from ABC News: ABCNews
The LOOK3 photo festival began June 10.
» Swiss Say Bosnian Muslim Wartime Commander To Contest Extradition
11/06/15 16:37 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Swiss authorities say a Bosnian Muslim wartime commander who was arrested in Switzerland in connection with alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity will contest his extradition to Serbia.
» DC Mansion Murder Suspect???s Stabbing Victim Recalls Attacks
11/06/15 16:36 from ABC News: ABCNews
Daron Wint was convicted of stabbing Michael Babcock in two separate attacks in 2006 and 2007.
» Retired US marshal: Escaped prisoners will 'screw up'
11/06/15 16:36 from Latest News
Report: Cops have 'best lead' yet
» Slain American Said Fighting ISIS Was 'Right Thing'
11/06/15 16:34 from World news
Keith Broomfield left Massachusetts for Syria about four months ago, his family said.
» Israel Says Gaza Militants Fired Rocket That Hit Inside Gaza - New York Times
11/06/15 16:34 from Google News - Top Stories
Ynetnews Israel Says Gaza Militants Fired Rocket That Hit Inside Gaza New York Times JERUSALEM — Gaza militants fired at rocket at Israel on Thursday, the military said, adding the projectile fell short and exploded inside the coastal te...
» After Attack, Egypt's Luxor Fears New Blow to Vital Tourism - New York Times
11/06/15 16:34 from Google News - World
U.S. News & World Report After Attack, Egypt's Luxor Fears New Blow to Vital Tourism New York Times LUXOR, Egypt — Residents are in a panic in this Egyptian city of monumental pharaonic temples and ancient tombs, fearing that a foile...
» American Killed Battling ISIS: Joining Fight Was 'Right Thing to Do'
11/06/15 16:33 from ABC News: ABCNews
Kurdish group releases video purporting to show U.S. citizen Keith Broomfield.
» Teen Allegedly Admits Radicalizing Others to Join ISIS
11/06/15 16:32 from ABC News: ABCNews
Pleads guilty to providing material support and resources to terror group.
» FBI warns consumers about phony gift cards
11/06/15 16:31 from Home - CBSNews.com
The rise of the secondary gift card market is creating more opportunities for scams, the FBI says
» Dick Costolo Will Step Down as Twitter CEO on July 1 - New York Times
11/06/15 16:31 from Google News - Top Stories
Newsweek Dick Costolo Will Step Down as Twitter CEO on July 1 New York Times NEW YORK — Dick Costolo will step down as CEO of Twitter after almost five years. It did not disclose a reason for his departure. Twitter Inc. announced the mov...
» 'Serious Security Challenges' in Visa Program for Wealthy Foreigners, Whistleblower Says
11/06/15 16:29 from ABC News: ABCNews
Agent: Chinese, Russian EB-5 applicants fast-tracked without "basic" screening.
» What the '70s really looked like
11/06/15 16:27 from CNN.com
The 1970s were a time of tumultuous change.
» Arrested Girl 'Upset And Scared' Over Nude Pics
11/06/15 16:26 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
Eleanor Hawkins, detained for posing naked on a sacred mountain days before a quake, is "obviously in the photo", her father says.
» Romanian minister quits after 'thugs and prostitutes' comment
11/06/15 16:26 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Europe
The transport minister in Victor Ponta's government has stepped down over remarks on Romanians working abroad. The move puts additional pressure on embattled Prime Minister Ponta, who many accuse of corruption.
» Twitter's Dick Costolo steps down as chief executive - BBC News
11/06/15 16:25 from Google News - Top Stories
BBC News Twitter's Dick Costolo steps down as chief executive BBC News Dick Costolo is stepping down as chief executive of Twitter, the company has announced. The social network's co-founder Jack Dorsey will take over as interim ...
» Xi hopes Suu Kyi's NLD will play constructive role in nations' ties - TODAYonline
11/06/15 16:25 from World - Google News
TODAYonline Xi hopes Suu Kyi's NLD will play constructive role in nations' ties TODAYonline Mr Xi with Ms Aung San Suu Kyi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. The pro-democracy leader's first trip to China i...
» Israel Concludes Probe of Gaza Deaths of 4 Children at Beach
11/06/15 16:24 from ABC News: ABCNews
Israel concludes probe, says Gaza deaths of 4 children at beach during 2014 war were accident
» 2 Girls Told to Close Lemonade Stand for Lack of Permit
11/06/15 16:24 from ABC News: ABCNews
2 sisters' lemonade stand closed for no permit, so girls decide to give away drink for free
» How Julie Bowen Manages Without a Nanny
11/06/15 16:23 from ABC News: ABCNews
"Modern Family" star is the mother of three boys.
» Colorado Dust Storm Triggers 11-Vehicle Pileup That Kills 2
11/06/15 16:23 from ABC News: ABCNews
2 killed, several injured when dust storm triggers 11-vehicle pileup on Colorado highway
» House Passes Defense Spending Bill
11/06/15 16:23 from ABC News: ABCNews
House passes defense spending bill; votes down amendment requiring vote on new war powers
» Police: Woman Was Killed by Onetime Love Interest
11/06/15 16:22 from ABC News: ABCNews
Police: Woman was killed after reuniting with onetime love interest; he committed suicide
» Jerry Seinfeld doesn't get political correctness
11/06/15 16:22 from CNN.com
» How prison fugitives will give themselves away
11/06/15 16:22 from CNN.com
» What 70s TV viewers were hungry for
11/06/15 16:22 from CNN.com
Every decade of television seems to evolve and differentiate itself, almost naturally, with a new level of exploration and growth.
» Rumsfeld's admission way too late
11/06/15 16:22 from CNN.com
Hindsight is 20-20, but only some of us are blessed with the kind that allows us to excuse our own mistakes by saying that back when we were making them, we knew things would work out terribly. Such is the wisdom of former Defense Secret...
» 'Women were being inspected like cattle'
11/06/15 16:22 from CNN.com
Nothing prepared me for what I saw and heard when I visited refugees from the conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
» The Latest on Prison Escape: Search Dogs Caught Scent
11/06/15 16:22 from ABC News: ABCNews
The Latest on prison escape: Search narrowed after bloodhounds caught scent of escaped killers
» The joke that got Fifa man fired
11/06/15 16:21 from BBC News - World
Fifa communications chief Walter De Gregorio is sacked - days after he made a joke about the governing body on Swiss TV.
» Possible clues found in hunt for 2 killers
11/06/15 16:20 from CNN.com
Prison worker in spotlight | Notorious manhunts | Search unnerves towns
» Name that 70's TV theme song?
11/06/15 16:19 from CNN.com
The 70's were full of new shows with memorable theme songs. Can you guess these famous TV shows just from their music? "The Seventies" airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
» 7 shows that mattered in the '70s
11/06/15 16:19 from CNN.com
If television is a mirror of its times, the 1970s were a very confused era indeed.
» Illegal buttocks surgeon jailed in US
11/06/15 16:19 from BBC News - World
A woman who performed illegal plastic surgeries under the name "Black Madam" has been sentenced to at least a decade in prison.
» Dogs pick up escaped killers' scent in N.Y. manhunt
11/06/15 16:17 from Home - CBSNews.com
Law enforcement source reveals new details on search for convicted murderers
» Greece crisis: IMF dramatically walks out of creditor negotiations
11/06/15 16:16 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
The International Monetary Fund dramatically walked out of the Greek creditor negotiations and the president of the European Council has issued a stark warning to Athens that “there is no more time for gambling”.
» Bloodhounds Pick Up Scent of Escapees - ABC News
11/06/15 16:16 from Google News - Top Stories
ABC News Bloodhounds Pick Up Scent of Escapees ABC News A new break in the search for the two escaped convicts. With bloodhounds picking up the scent, police are combing over a new location where the convicts may have camped out. 5:57 | ...
» Israel denies spying on Iran nuclear deal talks in Austria and Switzerland - Sydney Morning Herald
11/06/15 16:15 from Google News - World
Sydney Morning Herald Israel denies spying on Iran nuclear deal talks in Austria and Switzerland Sydney Morning Herald Geneva: Swiss and Austrian investigators have launched probes into alleged spying in hotels hosting delicate Iranian n...
» Wrestling legend dies
11/06/15 16:15 from CNN.com
Dusty Rhodes -- the rotund, easy bleeding, easy talking professional wrestler who billed himself as "The American Dream" -- died Thursday, the WWE said on its website.
» Sean Hannity scores first Jeb Bush interview
11/06/15 16:15 from Top Stories
The Fox News host will have the first exclusive interview with the former Florida governor after his campaign announcement.
» CNN stars then and now
11/06/15 16:14 from CNN.com
» Theater shooter's ex asked him to see therapist
11/06/15 16:14 from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 a.m. EDT
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- Months before James Holmes opened fire in a Colorado movie theater, his ex-girlfriend said she urged him talk to his therapist after he mentioned having thoughts about killing people, but his thoughts "seemed ve...
» Hackers Obtain Personnel Data, Including Social Security Numbers, of Every ... - Newsweek
11/06/15 16:12 from Google News - Top Stories
ZDNet Hackers Obtain Personnel Data, Including Social Security Numbers, of Every ... Newsweek Hackers have access to the Social Security numbers and personnel data of every federal employee, a government worker union told the Associated ...
» Bus Delivers Hope, Support to At-Risk Children
11/06/15 16:10 from Voice of America
There are an estimated 2.5 million homeless children in the United States, according to the National Center on Family Homelessness. Loudoun County, Virginia, is one of the nation’s richest areas, but over 1,000 homeless or "precariously ...
» Red Alert siren in Ashkelon after Gaza rocket falls short - Ynetnews
11/06/15 16:10 from Google News - Top Stories
Ynetnews Red Alert siren in Ashkelon after Gaza rocket falls short Ynetnews Siren sounds in south after rocket launch failure; residents report sound of explosion; no damage or injuries reported. Ynet. Published: 06.11.15, 22:28 / Israel...
» Kentucky Death Row Inmates Lose Challenge of Clemency System
11/06/15 16:09 from ABC News: ABCNews
2 Kentucky death row inmates lose appeal challenging clemency powers of the state governor
» Sir Christopher Lee dies aged 93
11/06/15 16:09 from BBC News - World
British actor Sir Christopher Lee, who played Count Dracula and starred in The Lord of the Rings, has died aged 93.
» How Rupert Murdoch First Got Into the Media Business - TIME
11/06/15 16:08 from Google News - Top Stories
TIME How Rupert Murdoch First Got Into the Media Business TIME Media titan Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as CEO of 21st Century Fox and turn over the reins to his sons, according to reports on Thursday. The move would continue...
» Brothers Jailed Over 'Evil' NYC Terror Plot
11/06/15 16:07 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
One sibling researched how to make bombs on the internet using items such as Christmas tree lights and chemicals, a court heard.
» Jailed former mayor ends hunger strike in Venezuela
11/06/15 16:07 from Reuters: International
CARACAS (Reuters) - A former Venezuelan mayor jailed last year for his role in anti-government protests has ended a 20-day hunger strike that supporters said had weakened him and triggered kidney pain, his wife said on Thursday.
» Bloodhounds Pick Up Escapees' Scent, Official Says
11/06/15 16:07 from ABC News: ABCNews
The manhunt for two inmates who escaped from an upstate New York prison intensified after bloodhounds picked up a strong scent, suggesting the escapees could be nearby.
» Doctors felt Germanwings co-pilot was unfit to fly, prosecutor says - Washington Post
11/06/15 16:06 from World - Google News
Los Angeles Times Doctors felt Germanwings co-pilot was unfit to fly, prosecutor says Washington Post BERLIN — Doctors consulted by the pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 considered him unfit to fly, but withheld the information f...
» Library Official Resigning After Missing Art Controversy
11/06/15 16:06 from ABC News: ABCNews
Chairman of Boston library trustees board resigning after missing art controversy
» Libya's Parliament Rebuffs Pressure to Accept UN Deal
11/06/15 16:06 from ABC News: ABCNews
Libya's internationally recognized parliament rebuffs pressure to accept UN deal
» WorldViews: After school massacre, Pakistan armed some teachers. Now a fifth-grader has been shot.
11/06/15 16:05 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post
After the Taliban slaughtered about 150 teachers and students at a school in December, some Pakistani provinces rushed to allow teachers to carry guns in the classroom.With little public debate and over the objections of teachers' associ...
» Officials: 200-300 Inmates Involved in Oklahoma Prison Brawl
11/06/15 16:05 from ABC News: ABCNews
Officials say 200-300 inmates involved in fight at private prison in north-central Oklahoma
» Hastert judge will stay on case
11/06/15 16:05 from Top Stories
The federal judge donated to his Congressional campaigns and practiced law with his son.
» Former Al Jazeera America Journalist Claims Bias
11/06/15 16:05 from ABC News: ABCNews
Ex-Al Jazeera journalist says company biased against non-Arabs in stories and practices
» Launch Commentator for Apollo 11 Moon Shot, Jack King, Dies
11/06/15 16:04 from ABC News: ABCNews
Launch commentator for Apollo 11 moon shot, Jack King, dies near Cape Canaveral, Florida
» China releases wife of British investigator for GlaxoSmithKline
11/06/15 16:04 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
The wife of a British corporate investigator who was working for the drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in China has been released early from jail.
» Swiss, Austrian Officials Probe Iran Nuclear Talks Cyberspying - Voice of America
11/06/15 16:02 from Google News - World
Voice of America Swiss, Austrian Officials Probe Iran Nuclear Talks Cyberspying Voice of America GENEVA/VIENNA —. Swiss authorities have searched a house in Geneva and seized computer material in connection with a possible cyberattack on...
» Samantha Hoopes: ‘Sex sells’
11/06/15 16:02 from Latest News
Loves being a powerful, sexy lady
» $2 Billion of Your Dollars Wasting Away, Says Senator 
11/06/15 16:01 from ABC News: ABCNews
Outlawed in 2010, earmarks still costing government cash.
» Why China and India Want Russia's New Armata Battle Tank
11/06/15 16:00 from The National Interest
Zachary Keck Security, Asia India and China could use more advanced tanks. Russia has the solution. China and India are among the countries that could purchase Russia’s new T-14 Armata battle tank, according to the Russian government. Vl...
» Former Al Jazeera America exec sues network
11/06/15 15:59 from Top Stories
It's the second such lawsuit for the network in three months.
» Officials: Nuke deal won't answer Iran weapons Qs on Day 1
11/06/15 15:59 from stories: World
WASHINGTON (AP) - World powers are prepared to accept a nuclear agreement with Iran that doesn't immediately answer questions about past atomic weapons work, U.S. and Western officials said. Washington has said such concerns must be reso...
» Israel says Gaza militants fire rocket at south, no injuries - U-T San Diego
11/06/15 15:58 from World - Google News
The Global Dispatch Israel says Gaza militants fire rocket at south, no injuries U-T San Diego JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military says militants in the Gaza Strip have fired a rocket at the south of the country but that it caused no ...
» Turkey's Party Chiefs Jockey Ahead of Coalition Talks
11/06/15 15:57 from WSJ.com: World News
Turkey’s fractious party leaders are recalibrating their positions, drawing red lines while hinting at compromise, in a sign that weeks of political paralysis lie ahead after Sunday’s inconclusive election.
» China's ex-security chief gets life time over corruption charges - Financial Express
11/06/15 15:57 from World - Google News
The Guardian Nigeria China's ex-security chief gets life time over corruption charges Financial Express China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang has reportedly been jailed for life, becoming the first senior politician to be c...
» Pope Francis Debuts New Version of Popemobile
11/06/15 15:57 from ABC News: ABCNews
It's another example of the Catholic leader shunning flashy options.
» Fed worker union: Hackers got Social Security numbers, personal data on every ... - Washington Post
11/06/15 15:56 from Google News - Top Stories
ZDNet Fed worker union: Hackers got Social Security numbers, personal data on every ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — Fed worker union: Hackers got Social Security numbers, personal data on every federal employee. Copyright 2015 The Assoc...
» French Probe of Germanwings Crash Widens
11/06/15 15:55 from WSJ.com: World News
Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz feared he was losing his vision before he allegedly crashed Flight 9525 into a French mountainside killing himself and 149 others in March, according to French prosecutors.
» Police dogs 'detect US fugitives'
11/06/15 15:53 from BBC News - World
Police bloodhounds have found where David Sweat and Richard Matt may have spent the night after they escaped from prison.
» Kirk: 2016er is 'bro with no ho'
11/06/15 15:52 from CNN.com
Sen. Mark Kirk said fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is a "bro with no ho."
» Israel Says Gaza Militants Fire Rocket at South, No Injuries - ABC News
11/06/15 15:52 from World - Google News
Ynetnews Israel Says Gaza Militants Fire Rocket at South, No Injuries ABC News Israel's military says militants in the Gaza Strip have fired a rocket at the south of the country but that it caused no injuries. Sirens wailed in some a...
» Israel says Gaza militants fire rocket at south, no injuries - Daily Mail
11/06/15 15:51 from Google News - World
Ynetnews Israel says Gaza militants fire rocket at south, no injuries Daily Mail JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military says militants in the Gaza Strip have fired a rocket at the south of the country but that it caused no injuries. Sire...
» Nobel scientist resigns over sexist remarks about women in labs
11/06/15 15:51 from CNN.com - World
» Spain passes Jewish citizenship plan
11/06/15 15:51 from BBC News - World
Spain's parliament approves a law to ease the path to citizenship for descendants of Jews who fled the country more than 500 years ago.
» 15-year-old intern discovers new planet
11/06/15 15:50 from CNN.com - World
» Chris Janson, Riding a Wave of Success
11/06/15 15:50 from Latest News
Fox 411 Country
» IMF Says Can Support Ukraine Without Private Debt Deal
11/06/15 15:49 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The International Monetary Fund says it could continue bailout funding for Ukraine even if Kyiv does not reach a debt-restructuring deal with private creditors
» Showbiz family fights fatal illness
11/06/15 15:49 from CNN.com
Producer Gordon Gray and his wife Kristen hope the money they raise will help their daughters and other families stricken with neurological diseases.
» Greece crisis: Tsipras' impossible position
11/06/15 15:49 from BBC News - World
Greek PM squeezed between creditors and home supporters
» Trio of astronauts return to Earth from space station - Christian Science Monitor
11/06/15 15:49 from Google News - Top Stories
Christian Science Monitor Trio of astronauts return to Earth from space station Christian Science Monitor Three astronauts are back on Earth after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed them in Kazakhstan after six months aboard the Internati...
» Judge Who Donated to Dennis Hastert's Campaign Can Stay on Case - NBCNews.com
11/06/15 15:49 from Google News - Top Stories
NBCNews.com Judge Who Donated to Dennis Hastert's Campaign Can Stay on Case NBCNews.com Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's federal hush-money case will go forward with a judge who donated to his campaign fund years ago. Prosec...
» City Hit by MERS Seeks Return to Normal
11/06/15 15:48 from WSJ.com: World News
Residents of Pyeongtaek, South Korea’s ground-zero for MERS, say their community is suffering by association with the disease.
» U.S. considering more military bases in Iraq: top general
11/06/15 15:48 from Reuters: International
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - The United States is considering building more U.S. military bases in Iraq to drive back Islamic State militants in a move that may require a further increase in American forces, the top U.S. general said on Thu...
» US Catholic Bishops Discuss How to Best Follow Pope's Lead
11/06/15 15:47 from ABC News: ABCNews
US Catholic bishops, weighing how their priorities fit pope's, discuss calls to adjust focus
» Doctors felt Germanwings co-pilot was unfit to fly, prosecutor says
11/06/15 15:47 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post
BERLIN — Doctors consulted by the pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 considered him unfit to fly, but withheld the information from his employer because of strict German privacy laws, a French prosecutor said Thursday.Read full ar...
» Hostage Rescue Plans Bungled by Bureaucracy, Green Beret Says
11/06/15 15:46 from ABC News: ABCNews
Army "Real Hero" probed for telling Congress about hostage recovery missteps.
» Drunken monkeys? Only humans really don't know when to stop
11/06/15 15:46 from CNN.com - World
» Judge Who Donated to Hastert to Stay on Hush-Money Case
11/06/15 15:46 from ABC News: ABCNews
Federal judge who donated to Dennis Hastert to stay on former speaker's hush-money case
» Democrats block cyber bill, leaving measure in limbo
11/06/15 15:46 from Top Stories
What happens next for the bill is unclear.
» Turning gorilla poachers into protectors
11/06/15 15:46 from CNN.com - World
» Paraguay's Senate Votes to Repeal CONMEBOL Immunity
11/06/15 15:45 from ABC News: ABCNews
Paraguay's Senate votes to repeal immunity of South American soccer confederation headquarters
» Downey, Burnett to Make TLC Series on Divine Interventions
11/06/15 15:44 from ABC News: ABCNews
Roma Downey, Mark Burnett making TLC series on dramatic survival tales
» Virgin's Branson Lands in Detroit to Celebrate New Flight
11/06/15 15:44 from ABC News: ABCNews
Virgin Atlantic's Branson lands in Detroit to celebrate flight between London and Motor City
» 21 dead, dozens missing as landslide buries Nepal villages
11/06/15 15:43 from stories: World
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall buried at least 21 people and left dozens missing as they were sleeping at night in six villages in Nepal's mountainous northeast, officials said Thursday. Rescuers du...
» IMF Halts Its Greek Bailout Talks Amid Lack of Progress
11/06/15 15:43 from WSJ.com: World News
The International Monetary Fund said it was halting its bailout talks with Greece in a stark signal of its exasperation about a lack of progress toward a deal needed to avert a Greek default.
» Iran Official: Tehran Not Surprised by Spying at Nuke Talks
11/06/15 15:42 from ABC News: ABCNews
Iran official says Tehran isn't surprised by spying that targeted hotels used in nuclear talks
» Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Feared Losing Vision, Prosecutor Says - Wall Street Journal
11/06/15 15:41 from World - Google News
Wall Street Journal Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Feared Losing Vision, Prosecutor Says Wall Street Journal PARIS—French prosecutors expanded an investigation Thursday into the crash of a Germanwings jetliner to determine whether c...
» Reds Shortstop Zack Cozart Has Torn Knee Ligaments, Tendon
11/06/15 15:39 from ABC News: ABCNews
Reds shortstop Zack Cozart has torn knee ligaments & tendon, surgery followed by 9-month rehab
» WWE Legend Dusty Rhodes Dead at 69
11/06/15 15:39 from ABC News: ABCNews
"The American Dream" was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007.
» Coast Guard rescues 4 men from sinking Alaska fishing boat
11/06/15 15:39 from Latest News
Icy water quickly overtakes ship
» Urshela Hits 1st Big League Homer, Indians Top Mariners 6-0
11/06/15 15:37 from ABC News: ABCNews
Urshela hits 1st big league homer, Marcum allows 2 hits in 7 innings, Indians top Mariners 6-0
» Key News Corp and Twenty-First Century Fox properties - Washington Post
11/06/15 15:36 from Google News - Top Stories
Chicago Tribune Key News Corp and Twenty-First Century Fox properties Washington Post Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. are information and news giants that own large numbers of well-known publications, ne...
» In a rare conviction, Egyptian policeman gets 15 years in protester's death - Los Angeles Times
11/06/15 15:36 from Google News - World
Los Angeles Times In a rare conviction, Egyptian policeman gets 15 years in protester's death Los Angeles Times Over the last two years, hundreds of protesters have died at the hands of Egypt's security forces. But from the begin...
» Murdoch's Sons to Become CEO, Co-Chair at 21st Century Fox
11/06/15 15:35 from ABC News: ABCNews
Murdoch prepares to name sons James, Lachlan to CEO, co-chair at 21st Century Fox
» Presidents of the United States
11/06/15 15:35 from CNN.com
Presidents of the United States
» Clinton rally coincides with gun show at Iowa fairgounds - USA TODAY
11/06/15 15:34 from Google News - Top Stories
USA TODAY Clinton rally coincides with gun show at Iowa fairgounds USA TODAY The gun show's organizer, a Republican county supervisor, has welcomed Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, to visit to lear...
» Dementia Drug Developer Axovant Climbs After $315M IPO
11/06/15 15:33 from ABC News: ABCNews
Dementia drug developer Axovant rises after IPO prices above estimates at $315M
» In a rare conviction, Egyptian policeman gets 15 years in protester's death
11/06/15 15:32 from Los Angeles Times - World News
Over the last two years, hundreds of protesters have died at the hands of Egypt’s security forces. But from the beginning, Shaimaa Sabbagh’s case was different.
» Grain Mostly Lower, Livestock Lower
11/06/15 15:30 from ABC News: ABCNews
Wheat, corn, and soybeans lower, oats rise on the CBOT; beef and pork lower on the CME.
» How to get a 'pet passport' 
11/06/15 15:30 from CNN.com
After the Johnny Depp pet controversy, CNN's Isa Soares provides a checklist of official documents one needs when traveling with a pet.
» Israel: Sirens warning of Gaza rockets blare in Ashkelon - i24news
11/06/15 15:30 from Google News - World
i24news Israel: Sirens warning of Gaza rockets blare in Ashkelon i24news Early reports indicate a single rocket was fired from Gaza, landing in an open area outside Ashkelon. A rocket from Gaza was fired into southern Israel on Saturday ...
» House takes key step toward 'fast-track' vote on Friday
11/06/15 15:29 from Reuters: Top News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's quest for "fast-track" negotiating authority on a Pacific Rim trade deal passed its first test in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, with another day of voting to come on a cont...
» Turning the ‘Asia Pivot’ into reality
11/06/15 15:29 from AEI » Latest Content
On his recent tour through Asia, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter had a message for America’s allies and partners, as well as one for China. He promised to double down on America’s “pivot to Asia” while refusing to acknowledge Beijin...
» The Latest on prison escape: Searchers sweep fields, woods
11/06/15 15:28 from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 a.m. EDT
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» Bias Bash: Marco Rubio vs. clickbait
11/06/15 15:28 from Latest News
Sensationalism in online media?
» Search for escaped killers focuses on wooded area near New York prison - Washington Post
11/06/15 15:27 from Google News - Top Stories
Los Angeles Times Search for escaped killers focuses on wooded area near New York prison Washington Post New York State Police said Thursday that the manhunt for two convicted killers who made a brazen escape from a maximum-security pris...
» Photos: Beyonce Enjoys a Vegan Lunch 
11/06/15 15:27 from ABC News: ABCNews
The life and times of Beyonce.
» Prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot feared going blind
11/06/15 15:26 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines
The co-pilot who crashed a Germanwings jet into the Alps feared that he was losing his eyesight, and some of the many doctors he consulted felt he was unfit to fly, a French prosecutor said Thursday.
» GOP, Obama on same side as trade bill heads for close vote
11/06/15 15:26 from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 a.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House plunged into a divisive two-day debate over trade legislation on Thursday, a controversy so thick that President Barack Obama conferred on strategy with Republican Speaker John Boehner and drew a public rebut...
» Texas GOP Tries to Pluck the Liberal Thorn From Its Side
11/06/15 15:25 from ABC News: ABCNews
Texas' conservative legislature moves to pluck the liberal Austin thorn from its side
» Tourist arrested for nude pics on sacred peak - Sky News Australia
11/06/15 15:24 from Google News - World
Sky News Australia Tourist arrested for nude pics on sacred peak Sky News Australia A British woman is 'very scared and very upset' after being arrested in Malaysia for posing naked on top of a sacred mountain, according to her f...
» Oregon Governor Plans to Sign 12-Month Birth Control Bill
11/06/15 15:24 from ABC News: ABCNews
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown plans to sign bill allowing access to birth control 12 months at a time
» Former Professional Wrestler Dusty Rhodes Dead at 69
11/06/15 15:24 from ABC News: ABCNews
Former professional wrestler Virgil Runnels, better known as Dusty Rhodes dead at 69
» Stocks, dollar gain on strong U.S. retail sales
11/06/15 15:24 from Reuters: Top News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets rose on Thursday on optimism over still testy Greek debt talks and on strong U.S. retail sales, which lifted the U.S. dollar and bolstered expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest ra...
» At Least 23 Druse Shot Dead in Syria, Say Antigovernment Activists
11/06/15 15:23 from WSJ.com: World News
Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front opposition fighters killed more than 23 members of Syria’s Druse minority—the deadliest attack on the religious group since conflict in the country began more than four years ago.
» Ex-Gitmo Inmate Stopped From Flying to Canada, Overflies US
11/06/15 15:23 from ABC News: ABCNews
Ex-Gitmo inmate attending conference in Canada stopped from boarding flight that overflies US
» French prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot was not fit to fly - Washington Post
11/06/15 15:22 from Google News - World
Al Jazeera America French prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot was not fit to fly Washington Post BERLIN — Doctors consulted by the pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 considered him unfit to fly, but withheld the information from his ...
» House Panel OKs Bill Punishing State Over Benghazi Response
11/06/15 15:21 from ABC News: ABCNews
House panel OKs bill punishing State over producing documents on Benghazi attack
» Landslides kill at least 21 in Nepal - Sky News Australia
11/06/15 15:21 from World - Google News
Sky News Australia Landslides kill at least 21 in Nepal Sky News Australia At least 21 people have been killed in landslides in Nepal just weeks after twin quakes left 8700 people dead in the country. Officials say quake-damaged roads an...
» Jeb Bush says he's "evolved" on out-of-wedlock births - CBS News
11/06/15 15:20 from Google News - Top Stories
CBS News Jeb Bush says he's "evolved" on out-of-wedlock births CBS News Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Thursday that his views have "evolved" since writing a 1995 book in which he claimed that lack of shame led...
» Man finds dad's JFK video
11/06/15 15:20 from CNN.com
» 'Star Wars,' 'LOTR' actor dies
11/06/15 15:20 from CNN.com
Sir Christopher Lee, the British actor who mastered horror and Dracula roles before his turns as a Bond villain and the wizard Saruman in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, died this week, a London borough spokesman said Thursday.
» 'Star Wars,' 'Lord of the Rings' actor dies
11/06/15 15:20 from CNN.com - World
Sir Christopher Lee, the British actor who mastered horror and Dracula roles before his turns as a Bond villain and the wizard Saruman in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, died this week, a London borough spokesman said Thursday.
» Bundestag counting cost of cyber attack
11/06/15 15:19 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories
Germany's parliament has rejected rumors its IT system will need to be completely replaced following a recent cyber attack. Reports say large amounts of data are still being stolen from the network.
» O.J. Simpson Ford Bronco Chase Filmed for 'American Crime Story'
11/06/15 15:18 from ABC News: ABCNews
More than two decades after the chase that had millions glued to their TV screens, FX recreated the O.J. Simpson white Ford Bronco chase with police for the series "Ameri
» Woman Meets 2nd Doppelganger Who Looks, Acts Just Like Her
11/06/15 15:18 from ABC News: ABCNews
Niamh Geaney, who "freaked out" when she met a doppelganger for the first time a few months ago, recently just met with another "twin stranger" in Italy.
» Protests in Berlin over Saudi punishment of Badawi
11/06/15 15:18 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories
Saudi Arabia has sentenced the blogger Raif Badawi to 1,000 lashes and a decade in jail. The sentence can now only be averted by royal decree. Badawi's supporters are determined not to give up.
» French prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot was not fit to fly
11/06/15 15:17 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post
BERLIN — Doctors consulted by the pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 considered him unfit to fly, but withheld the information from his employerbecause of strict German privacy laws, a French prosecutor said Thursday.Read full art...
» Two weeks before Iran nuclear deal deadline, Israeli delegation to head to ... - Haaretz
11/06/15 15:17 from Google News - World
Haaretz Two weeks before Iran nuclear deal deadline, Israeli delegation to head to ... Haaretz The envoys, headed by National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen, will make a final effort to influence the unfolding agreement. Among the goals is...
» Venn diagram of the day on the minimum wage: Are firms sensitive to labor costs or not?
11/06/15 15:16 from AEI » Latest Content
1. From a news report today (emphasis added): Foxconn Technology is in talks to manufacture Apple’s iPhone in India, government officials said, in a move that could lower prices in the world’s No.3 smartphone market where the...
» 5 Reasons Free Traders Should Oppose Obamatrade
11/06/15 15:16 from Breitbart News Network
5 Reasons Free Traders Should Oppose Obamatrade The debate over whether Congress should grant President Obama fast track authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreements h...
» Derailed Freight Train Falls From Bridge Onto Texas Highway
11/06/15 15:14 from ABC News: ABCNews
Car from derailed freight train topples from bridge onto Houston highway; no one injured
» IMF quits Greece talks as deal unravels
11/06/15 15:13 from FT.com - World
Tempers flare as bailout breakthrough seems as far away as ever
» ‘Air of unreality’ as Greece deal unravels
11/06/15 15:13 from FT.com - World
Tempers flare as bailout breakthrough seems as far away as ever
» Billionaire Luxury CEO: Growing Inequality 'Unfair'
11/06/15 15:13 from World news
Changes in technology will create a massive underclass and inequality that could spark "envy and hatred" of the wealthy, a billionaire CEO warned.
» Rapper arrested 
11/06/15 15:12 from CNN.com
Rapper Rick Ross was picked up by sheriffs in Fayette County, Georgia, on suspicion of marijuana possession Wednesday afternoon, according to the Fayette County Sheriff's Office.
» Jazz Legend Ornette Coleman Remembered as 'True Pioneer'
11/06/15 15:12 from ABC News: ABCNews
Jazz legend Ornette Coleman dead at 85, remembered as 'true pioneer'
» Federal Judge Who Donated to Dennis Hastert to Remain on Former Speaker's Hush-Money Case
11/06/15 15:12 from ABC News: ABCNews
Federal judge who donated to Dennis Hastert to remain on former speaker's hush-money case
» ???Serious Security Challenges' in Visa Program for Wealthy Foreigners, Whistleblower Says
11/06/15 15:12 from ABC News: ABCNews
Agent: Chinese, Russian EB-5 applicants fast-tracked without "basic" screening.
» Obama Exaggerates Effects Of Affordable Care Act - Huffington Post
11/06/15 15:12 from Top Stories - Google News
Los Angeles Times Obama Exaggerates Effects Of Affordable Care Act Huffington Post The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. President Barack Obama made misleading and exaggerated claims in a speech boasting of the accomplishme...
» Inside China: China's government's credibility sunk over Yangtze River ship capsize
11/06/15 15:11 from stories: World
The worst domestic maritime tragedy since China's Communists came to power — the still-unexplained capsizing of a Yangtze River cruise ship that claimed more than 440 lives in the dark of night June 1 — has generated worldwid...
» Influential jazz musician dies
11/06/15 15:10 from CNN.com
Ornette Coleman, the adventurous and influential saxophonist whose experimental sounds helped create what he called "free jazz," died Thursday. He was 85.
» Texas man, dog die after getting trapped in locked car - CBS News
11/06/15 15:09 from Top Stories - Google News
CBS News Texas man, dog die after getting trapped in locked car CBS News PORT ARTHUR, Texas - Police say a 72-year-old Texas man and his dog died of apparent heat exhaustion after not being able to get out of his locked sports car. Polic...
» Aston Villa turn attention to Micah Richards with uncertainty over Ron Vlaar’s future
11/06/15 15:09 from News | The Times
Aston Villa are growing increasingly hopeful of signing Micah Richards after the 26-year-old defender was released by Manchester City. Tim...
» Ron Vlaar uncertainity leads Aston Villa to Micah Richards
11/06/15 15:09 from News | The Times
Aston Villa are closing in on Micah Richards after the defender was released by Manchester City. The 26-year-old is expected...
» House rejects measure to force vote on Islamic State fight
11/06/15 15:08 from Reuters: Top News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives rejected an amendment to a defense bill on Thursday that would have forced lawmakers to vote on a formal authorization for the use of military force against Islamic State.
» Number Of Russians In Poverty Rises By 3 Million
11/06/15 15:07 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
State statistics released on June 11 show that the number of Russians living below the poverty line rose by 3.1 million in the first quarter.
» Egyptian officer gets 15 years for killing woman protester - U-T San Diego
11/06/15 15:06 from Google News - World
U-T San Diego Egyptian officer gets 15 years for killing woman protester U-T San Diego FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 file photo, an Egyptian woman holds a red flower during a protest by women over the death of Shaimaa el-Sabbagh...
» Wrestler Dusty Rhodes dies
11/06/15 15:06 from CNN.com
Dusty Rhodes -- the rotund, easy bleeding, easy talking professional wrestler who billed himself as "The American Dream" -- died Thursday, the WWE said on its website.
» Turkish President Erdogan urges speedy formation of coalition
11/06/15 15:06 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Europe
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked all political parties to put aside their "egos" and quickly form a new government. The president's own party this week lost its absolute majority after 12 years in power.


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Немецкий историк: Запад был наивен, надеясь, что Россия станет партнёром - Военное обозрение

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Немецкий историк: Запад был наивен, надеясь, что Россия станет партнёром - Военное обозрение Визит военно-морской группой НАТО в Грузию взгляд из России - Рамблер Новости Петр Павел: Совет Россия-НАТО может обсудить координацию в Сирии и Ираке - Федеральный справочник Major NATO Exercise With Sweden Highlights Ability to Deter Russian Aggression - Daily Signal Turkey's plan to acquire Russia's S-400 air-defense system may never happen, analysts say - CNBC Боевые корабли НАТО вошли в грузинский порт Батуми - Федеральное агентство новостей No.1 Они проигрывают по всем фронтам: Клинцевич объяснил тревоги стран НАТО о кибербезопасности - Федеральное агентство новостей No.1 Addiction to video games isn't child's play - Lewiston Sun Journal Mandalay Bay shooting - Google News: Las Vegas gunman 'lost significant amount of wealth' ahead of shooting, motive still unknown - New York Daily News Massachusetts becomes first state to ban bump stocks after Vegas shoo
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8:45 AM 11/9/2017 - Putin Is Hoping He And Trump Can Patch Things Up At Meeting In Vietnam

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Newsweek Putin  Is Hoping He And Trump Can Patch Things Up At Meeting In Vietnam Newsweek Russia's President Vladimir  Putin  talks to  U.S.  President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg. Carlos Barria/Reuters. Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 is not recognized by a majority of U.N. states and ... The  ... Prospects for  Putin -Trump Meeting at APEC Summit Unclear U.S. News & World Report Trump,  Putin  to meet amid campaign collusion investigation The Globe and Mail Russia's excitement for 'their man' Donald Trump has turned sour in just one year The Independent Interactive Investor  - Metro US all 85 news articles »
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Review: ‘The Great War of Our Time’ by Michael Morell with Bill Harlow | FBI File Shows Whitney Houston Blackmailed Over Lesbian Affair | Schiff, King call on Obama to be aggressive in cyberwar, after purported China hacking | The Iraqi Army No Longer Exists | Hacking Linked to China Exposes Millions of U.S. Workers | Was China Behind the Latest Hack Attack? I Don’t Think So - U.S. National Security and Military News Review - Cyberwarfare, Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity - News Review

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FBI File Shows Whitney Houston Blackmailed Over Lesbian Affair  | Schiff, King call on Obama to be aggressive in cyberwar, after purported China hacking  | The Iraqi Army No Longer Exists  | Hacking Linked to China Exposes Millions of U.S. Workers  | Was China Behind the Latest Hack Attack? I Don’t Think So  | U.S. National Security and Military News Review Cyberwarfare, Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity - News Review Review: ‘The Great War of Our Time’ by Michael Morell with Bill Harlow Sunday June 7 th , 2015  at  9:02 PM Washington Free Beacon 1 Share This undated file image posted by the Raqqa Media Center shows fighters of the Islamic State wave the group's flag from a damaged display of a government fighter jet following the battle in Raqqa, Syria / AP BY:  Jack Caravelli Michael Morell’s insightful new book,  The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism ,describes how the Central Int
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10:37 AM 11/2/2017 - RECENT POSTS: Russian propagandists sought to influence LGBT voters with a "Buff Bernie" ad

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Russian propagandists sought to influence LGBT voters with a "Buff Bernie" ad. The World News and Times M.N.: Donald, you should really check your IQ. It is very easy to kill that p.o.s., the task is to find out who is behind him.  4:45 PM 10/31/2017 4:45 PM 10/31/2017 3:32 PM 10/31/2017 ALL POSTS ON G+ 9:09 AM 10/30/2017 Video: Manafort walks to the FBI field office 8:21 AM 10/30/2017 Paul Manafort, Who Once Ran Trump Campaign, Told to Surrender New York Times-6 minutes ago 8:16 AM 10/30/2017 Russian-Backed Facebook Accounts Organized Events on All Sides of Polarizing Issues 5:31 PM 10/29/2017 Sharing fake news should be punishable as libel 2:45 PM 10/29/2017 Russian propagandists allegedly targeted blacks with free self-defense classes 8:32 AM 10/29/2017 Gates: In a close election or legislative battle, they can spell the difference. Foreign Interference Has Bedeviled D.C. For Decades, With No Easy Reponse How social media helped weaponize Donald Trumps elect
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3:49 AM 11/7/2017 - Recent Posts

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Trump Investigations Report Current News | Reviews of media reports | Selected reading lists | Video and Audio News | News Topics RSS Feeds | News, Reviews, Analysis, Opinions Posts on G+ from mikenova (2 sites) Public RSS-Feed of Mike Nova. Created with the PIXELMECHANICS 'GPlusRSS-Webtool' at http://gplusrss.com: 3:40 PM 11/6/2017 With Manafort, It Really Is About Russia, Not Ukraine New York Times 3:40 PM 11/6/2017 With Manafort, It Really Is About Russia, Not Ukraine New York Times Saved Stories Saved Stories - None VOA Newscasts - November 06, 2017 Paradise Papers: Tax haven secrets of ultra-rich exposed - BBC News At least nine people in Trump's orbit had contact with Russians ... - Washington Post US commerce secretary invests in firm linked to Putin family and allies, reports say - Washington Post Russia launched social media support for Trump almost immediately after he announced his campaign - Raw Story Texas gunman k... Public RSS-Feed of Mike
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POLITICS F.B.I. Evidence Is Often Mishandled, an Internal Inquiry Finds By  MATT APUZZO  and  MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT DEC. 19, 2014 Photo The J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. building in Washington. Auditors have found many problems with how the bureau handles evidence.   Credit Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story Share This Page Email Share Tweet Save More Continue reading the main story F.B.I.  agents in every region of the country have mishandled, mislabeled and lost evidence, according to a highly critical internal investigation that discovered errors with nearly half the pieces of evidence it reviewed. The evidence collection and retention system is the backbone of the  F.B.I. ’s investigative process, and the report said it is beset by problems. It also found that the F.B.I. was storing more weapons, less money and valuables, and two tons more drugs than its records had indicated. The report’
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