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http://news.yahoo.com/iraq/ en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedThu, 01 Aug 2013 18:31:28 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/iraq/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaeda-linked-threat-prompts-u-close-middle-223128118.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HOrawa.ahF5fd20CM8c70A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Al_Qaeda-Linked_Threat_Prompts_U.S.-d96ab13403ed1d6bcaef1cac35c4374c" width="130" height="86" alt="Al Qaeda-Linked Threat Prompts U.S. to Close Middle East Embassies on Sunday" align="left" title="Al Qaeda-Linked Threat Prompts U.S. to Close Middle East Embassies on Sunday" border="0" /></a>The U.S. will temporarily shut down all of its embassies in the Middle East (and some in Asia) on Sunday in response to a possible threat connected to al-Qaeda, NBC News is reporting. They&#039;re not specifying which embassies will be closed, or how many.?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaeda-linked-threat-prompts-u-close-middle-223128118.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 18:31:28 -0400The Atlantic Wireal-qaeda-linked-threat-prompts-u-close-middle-223128118<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaeda-linked-threat-prompts-u-close-middle-223128118.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HOrawa.ahF5fd20CM8c70A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Al_Qaeda-Linked_Threat_Prompts_U.S.-d96ab13403ed1d6bcaef1cac35c4374c" width="130" height="86" alt="Al Qaeda-Linked Threat Prompts U.S. to Close Middle East Embassies on Sunday" align="left" title="Al Qaeda-Linked Threat Prompts U.S. to Close Middle East Embassies on Sunday" border="0" /></a>The U.S. will temporarily shut down all of its embassies in the Middle East (and some in Asia) on Sunday in response to a possible threat connected to al-Qaeda, NBC News is reporting. They&#039;re not specifying which embassies will be closed, or how many.?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/state-dept-horrified-wikileaks-releases-173635304.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xN.zAeTJO6BcKv0Tx776vQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/82cc56b39a312819390f6a706700d531.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning demonstrate in front of the White House during a night time rally in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Manning was acquitted Tuesday of aiding the enemy ? the most serious charge he faced ? but was convicted of espionage, theft and nearly every other count for giving secrets to WikiLeaks, a verdict that could see him spend the rest of his life in prison. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" align="left" title="Supporters of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning demonstrate in front of the White House during a night time rally in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Manning was acquitted Tuesday of aiding the enemy ? the most serious charge he faced ? but was convicted of espionage, theft and nearly every other count for giving secrets to WikiLeaks, a verdict that could see him spend the rest of his life in prison. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? State Department workers were horrified by WikiLeaks&#039; publication of more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables leaked by Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, an agency official testified Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/state-dept-horrified-wikileaks-releases-173635304.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 18:22:34 -0400Associated Pressstate-dept-horrified-wikileaks-releases-173635304<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/state-dept-horrified-wikileaks-releases-173635304.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xN.zAeTJO6BcKv0Tx776vQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/82cc56b39a312819390f6a706700d531.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning demonstrate in front of the White House during a night time rally in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Manning was acquitted Tuesday of aiding the enemy ? the most serious charge he faced ? but was convicted of espionage, theft and nearly every other count for giving secrets to WikiLeaks, a verdict that could see him spend the rest of his life in prison. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" align="left" title="Supporters of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning demonstrate in front of the White House during a night time rally in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Manning was acquitted Tuesday of aiding the enemy ? the most serious charge he faced ? but was convicted of espionage, theft and nearly every other count for giving secrets to WikiLeaks, a verdict that could see him spend the rest of his life in prison. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? State Department workers were horrified by WikiLeaks&#039; publication of more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables leaked by Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, an agency official testified Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/manning-leaks-caused-diplomatic-horror-disbelief-testimony-175943259.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w2iKXZsQx6EN.3ePsXlaJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T220357Z_2_CBRE9701DZQ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIKILEAKS-MANNING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Army Private First Class Manning is escorted into court for the second day of the sentencing phase in his military trial at Fort Meade, Maryland" align="left" title="U.S. Army Private First Class Manning is escorted into court for the second day of the sentencing phase in his military trial at Fort Meade, Maryland" border="0" /></a>By Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. diplomats reacted with &quot;horror and disbelief&quot; when WikiLeaks began publishing classified information in 2010, a U.S. State Department official testified on Thursday at the court-martial sentencing hearing for Bradley Manning, the soldier convicted of the leaks. To try to establish the extent of damage caused by the anti-secrecy website&#039;s exposure of hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents and video, prosecutor Captain Angel Overgaard asked the official, Elizabeth Dibble, to describe the reaction. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/manning-leaks-caused-diplomatic-horror-disbelief-testimony-175943259.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 18:03:57 -0400Reutersmanning-leaks-caused-diplomatic-horror-disbelief-testimony-175943259<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/manning-leaks-caused-diplomatic-horror-disbelief-testimony-175943259.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w2iKXZsQx6EN.3ePsXlaJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T220357Z_2_CBRE9701DZQ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIKILEAKS-MANNING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Army Private First Class Manning is escorted into court for the second day of the sentencing phase in his military trial at Fort Meade, Maryland" align="left" title="U.S. Army Private First Class Manning is escorted into court for the second day of the sentencing phase in his military trial at Fort Meade, Maryland" border="0" /></a>By Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. diplomats reacted with &quot;horror and disbelief&quot; when WikiLeaks began publishing classified information in 2010, a U.S. State Department official testified on Thursday at the court-martial sentencing hearing for Bradley Manning, the soldier convicted of the leaks. To try to establish the extent of damage caused by the anti-secrecy website&#039;s exposure of hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents and video, prosecutor Captain Angel Overgaard asked the official, Elizabeth Dibble, to describe the reaction. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-may-open-higher-china-euro-zone-data-124645409.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G7RMcrmD3O4KD_SetrE06Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T124645Z_1_CBRE9700ZHZ00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MARKETS-CANADA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" align="left" title="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" border="0" /></a>By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada&#039;s main stock index climbed on Thursday after a burst of data from China, Europe and the United States showed the global economic recovery was strengthening, boosting the price of oil and fueling a rally in shares of energy producers. Investors also digested a wave of quarterly results, from industry bellwethers such as Suncor Energy Inc , Barrick Gold Corp and Enbridge Inc . U.S. crude oil prices jumped more than 2.5 percent, driven by supply problems in Africa and the Iraq as well as the news on the global economy. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-may-open-higher-china-euro-zone-data-124645409.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 17:15:32 -0400Reuterstsx-may-open-higher-china-euro-zone-data-124645409<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-may-open-higher-china-euro-zone-data-124645409.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G7RMcrmD3O4KD_SetrE06Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T124645Z_1_CBRE9700ZHZ00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MARKETS-CANADA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" align="left" title="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" border="0" /></a>By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada&#039;s main stock index climbed on Thursday after a burst of data from China, Europe and the United States showed the global economic recovery was strengthening, boosting the price of oil and fueling a rally in shares of energy producers. Investors also digested a wave of quarterly results, from industry bellwethers such as Suncor Energy Inc , Barrick Gold Corp and Enbridge Inc . U.S. crude oil prices jumped more than 2.5 percent, driven by supply problems in Africa and the Iraq as well as the news on the global economy. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowdens-wikileaks-adviser-takes-public-role-201056405.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NCGFuxE7eM8zEGiuRsTtrQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d3e471d5b9754219390f6a7067006d20.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. The whole time Snowden has been seeking asylum, Harrison has been by his side. She has emerged as a central, if mysterious, figure in the saga that has taken Snowden across the world in an attempt to evade U.S. espionage charges. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. The whole time Snowden has been seeking asylum, Harrison has been by his side. She has emerged as a central, if mysterious, figure in the saga that has taken Snowden across the world in an attempt to evade U.S. espionage charges. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina, File)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The whole time Edward Snowden has been seeking asylum, WikiLeaks staffer Sarah Harrison has been by his side.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/snowdens-wikileaks-adviser-takes-public-role-201056405.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 16:10:56 -0400Associated Presssnowdens-wikileaks-adviser-takes-public-role-201056405<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowdens-wikileaks-adviser-takes-public-role-201056405.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NCGFuxE7eM8zEGiuRsTtrQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d3e471d5b9754219390f6a7067006d20.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. The whole time Snowden has been seeking asylum, Harrison has been by his side. She has emerged as a central, if mysterious, figure in the saga that has taken Snowden across the world in an attempt to evade U.S. espionage charges. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. The whole time Snowden has been seeking asylum, Harrison has been by his side. She has emerged as a central, if mysterious, figure in the saga that has taken Snowden across the world in an attempt to evade U.S. espionage charges. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina, File)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The whole time Edward Snowden has been seeking asylum, WikiLeaks staffer Sarah Harrison has been by his side.</p><br clear="all"/>The whole time Edward Snowden has been seeking asylum, WikiLeaks staffer Sarah Harrison has been by his side. She has emerged as a central, if mysterious, figure in the saga that has taken Snowden across ...http://news.yahoo.com/sarah-harrison-snowdens-wikileaks-adviser-191916001.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 15:19:16 -0400Associated Presssarah-harrison-snowdens-wikileaks-adviser-191916001<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/playboy-penthouse-ax-military-stores-170352099.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YLvN1q1n7b883TIJb0rDPg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c586cb79b95e4219390f6a7067000d48.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This May 30, 2013 photo provided by Morality in Media shows adult magazines on sale at the exchange store in Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Taking effect on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges - a move described by the stores&#039; operators as a business decision based on falling sales, and not a result of recent pressure from anti-pornography activists. (AP Photo/Morality in Media, Dawn Hawkins)" align="left" title="This May 30, 2013 photo provided by Morality in Media shows adult magazines on sale at the exchange store in Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Taking effect on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges - a move described by the stores&#039; operators as a business decision based on falling sales, and not a result of recent pressure from anti-pornography activists. (AP Photo/Morality in Media, Dawn Hawkins)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Playboy, Penthouse and other sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges ? a move described by the stores&#039; operators as a business decision based on falling sales, and not a result of recent pressure from anti-pornography activists.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/playboy-penthouse-ax-military-stores-170352099.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 15:17:19 -0400Associated Pressplayboy-penthouse-ax-military-stores-170352099<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/playboy-penthouse-ax-military-stores-170352099.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YLvN1q1n7b883TIJb0rDPg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c586cb79b95e4219390f6a7067000d48.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This May 30, 2013 photo provided by Morality in Media shows adult magazines on sale at the exchange store in Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Taking effect on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges - a move described by the stores&#039; operators as a business decision based on falling sales, and not a result of recent pressure from anti-pornography activists. (AP Photo/Morality in Media, Dawn Hawkins)" align="left" title="This May 30, 2013 photo provided by Morality in Media shows adult magazines on sale at the exchange store in Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Taking effect on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges - a move described by the stores&#039; operators as a business decision based on falling sales, and not a result of recent pressure from anti-pornography activists. (AP Photo/Morality in Media, Dawn Hawkins)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Playboy, Penthouse and other sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges ? a move described by the stores&#039; operators as a business decision based on falling sales, and not a result of recent pressure from anti-pornography activists.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-sees-highest-monthly-death-toll-5-years-150553546.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0qM7nbT_xsyTKFUA3.yoaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a8051bb7b89c3e19390f6a7067009893.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, people and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.N. mission in Iraq says more than 1,000 people have been killed in violence across the country in July, the highest monthly death toll in years. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, people and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.N. mission in Iraq says more than 1,000 people have been killed in violence across the country in July, the highest monthly death toll in years. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq in July, the highest monthly death toll in five years, the U.N. said Thursday, a grim figure that shows rapidly deteriorating security as sectarian tensions soar nearly two years after U.S. troops withdrew from the country.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-sees-highest-monthly-death-toll-5-years-150553546.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 14:39:09 -0400Associated Pressiraq-sees-highest-monthly-death-toll-5-years-150553546<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-sees-highest-monthly-death-toll-5-years-150553546.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0qM7nbT_xsyTKFUA3.yoaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a8051bb7b89c3e19390f6a7067009893.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, people and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.N. mission in Iraq says more than 1,000 people have been killed in violence across the country in July, the highest monthly death toll in years. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, people and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.N. mission in Iraq says more than 1,000 people have been killed in violence across the country in July, the highest monthly death toll in years. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq in July, the highest monthly death toll in five years, the U.N. said Thursday, a grim figure that shows rapidly deteriorating security as sectarian tensions soar nearly two years after U.S. troops withdrew from the country.</p><br clear="all"/>On an unannounced visit to Islamabad late Wednesday, United States Secretary of State John Kerry has moved one step closer to rekindling talks of a strategic partnership with Pakistan. The visit is the first by a high-ranking US official since the election of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in May.http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-visit-casts-pakistan-more-partner-pariah-162324739.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 12:23:24 -0400Christian Science Monitorkerry-visit-casts-pakistan-more-partner-pariah-162324739Despite the Iraqi government?s attempt to combat a record wave of bombings, the attacks across central and southern Iraq are paralyzing the country, leaving many Iraqis to suffer through a long hot summer with neither public services nor security.http://news.yahoo.com/why-bombings-jailbreaks-wont-tip-iraq-back-civil-160133880.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 12:01:33 -0400Christian Science Monitorwhy-bombings-jailbreaks-wont-tip-iraq-back-civil-160133880Four significant events on Wednesday have pushed the public debate about government surveillance and Internet privacy to new levels?and have led to new questions about the NSA and its spying activities.http://news.yahoo.com/remarkable-day-history-internet-privacy-151409165.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 11:28:07 -0400National Constitution Centerremarkable-day-history-internet-privacy-151409165CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- That Iran's nuclear challenge poses the most urgent threat to peace and security today is widely agreed across the national security community, and many argue that 2013 will be the decisive year for this issue. As former Mossad head Ephraim Halevy notes, Israel "has long believed that mid-2013 would be an hour of decision in its dealings with Iran." Henry Kissinger has recently warned that "we are in the last year where you can say a negotiation can conceivably succeed.... If nothing happens, the president will have to make some really tough decisions."http://news.yahoo.com/iran-bomb-bombed-itself-140204862.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 10:02:04 -0400National Journaliran-bomb-bombed-itself-140204862<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/over-1-000-iraqis-killed-july-highest-monthly-114414909.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xYwH66FBhDL93mTedlt3wQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T114414Z_1_CBRE9700WLT00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-IRAQ-VIOLENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man stands at the site of a car bomb attack in Kut city" align="left" title="A man stands at the site of a car bomb attack in Kut city" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Iraqis were killed in sectarian violence in July, the highest monthly death toll since 2008, the United Nations said on Thursday, as Sunni Islamist groups stepped up their insurgency against Iraq&#039;s Shi&#039;ite-led government. Most of the 1,057 victims were civilians, killed in a relentless campaign of bombings and shootings that some Iraqis fear could drag the country into another war. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/over-1-000-iraqis-killed-july-highest-monthly-114414909.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 07:44:14 -0400Reutersover-1-000-iraqis-killed-july-highest-monthly-114414909<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/over-1-000-iraqis-killed-july-highest-monthly-114414909.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xYwH66FBhDL93mTedlt3wQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T114414Z_1_CBRE9700WLT00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-IRAQ-VIOLENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man stands at the site of a car bomb attack in Kut city" align="left" title="A man stands at the site of a car bomb attack in Kut city" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Iraqis were killed in sectarian violence in July, the highest monthly death toll since 2008, the United Nations said on Thursday, as Sunni Islamist groups stepped up their insurgency against Iraq&#039;s Shi&#039;ite-led government. Most of the 1,057 victims were civilians, killed in a relentless campaign of bombings and shootings that some Iraqis fear could drag the country into another war. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-says-over-1-000-people-killed-iraq-105021570.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IgbPuqtJ5tS9KzsyFxcwcw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7b2ad5225c25f719380f6a706700c81d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iraqis inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July. 29, 2013. A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing scores in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" align="left" title="Iraqis inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July. 29, 2013. A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing scores in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? The U.N. mission in Iraq says more than 1,000 people have been killed in violence across the country last month, the highest monthly death toll in years.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/un-says-over-1-000-people-killed-iraq-105021570.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 06:50:21 -0400Associated Pressun-says-over-1-000-people-killed-iraq-105021570<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-says-over-1-000-people-killed-iraq-105021570.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IgbPuqtJ5tS9KzsyFxcwcw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7b2ad5225c25f719380f6a706700c81d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iraqis inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July. 29, 2013. A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing scores in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" align="left" title="Iraqis inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July. 29, 2013. A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing scores in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? The U.N. mission in Iraq says more than 1,000 people have been killed in violence across the country last month, the highest monthly death toll in years.</p><br clear="all"/>By Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. Army was overwhelmed when WikiLeaks published more than 700,000 secret diplomatic and war documents handed over by soldier Bradley Manning, a retired officer testified in the sentencing phase of the convicted private's court-martial. ...http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-war-logs-manning-case-hit-us-face-090940302.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 05:09:40 -0400Reutersiraq-war-logs-manning-case-hit-us-face-090940302As the defense budget shrinks, industry is being forced to adjust its strategies. Tom Arseneault and David Herr, executive vice presidents for products and services, respectively, at BAE Systems, speak with National Journal Daily about the challenges. Edited excerpts follow.http://news.yahoo.com/defense-industry-mulls-murky-future-time-sequester-062724808.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 02:27:24 -0400National Journaldefense-industry-mulls-murky-future-time-sequester-062724808<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-cant-connect-single-death-bradley-mannings-leaks-014720981.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v38eSJlpEzybdoWIN32lEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/The_U.S._Can_t_Connect_a-ddb31e5a90296a3e5a73da134b7454ba" width="130" height="86" alt="The U.S. Can&#039;t Connect a Single Death to Bradley Manning&#039;s Leaks" align="left" title="The U.S. Can&#039;t Connect a Single Death to Bradley Manning&#039;s Leaks" border="0" /></a>After Tuesday&#039;s verdict, the sentencing hearings for Bradley Manning got underway on Wednesday with something of a setback for the government&#039;s prosecution: the counter-intelligence official in charge of investigating the impact of the Wikileaks disclosures couldn&#039;t find a single instance of someone getting killed because of Manning&#039;s leaks.?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-cant-connect-single-death-bradley-mannings-leaks-014720981.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 21:47:20 -0400The Atlantic Wireu-cant-connect-single-death-bradley-mannings-leaks-014720981<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-cant-connect-single-death-bradley-mannings-leaks-014720981.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v38eSJlpEzybdoWIN32lEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/The_U.S._Can_t_Connect_a-ddb31e5a90296a3e5a73da134b7454ba" width="130" height="86" alt="The U.S. Can&#039;t Connect a Single Death to Bradley Manning&#039;s Leaks" align="left" title="The U.S. Can&#039;t Connect a Single Death to Bradley Manning&#039;s Leaks" border="0" /></a>After Tuesday&#039;s verdict, the sentencing hearings for Bradley Manning got underway on Wednesday with something of a setback for the government&#039;s prosecution: the counter-intelligence official in charge of investigating the impact of the Wikileaks disclosures couldn&#039;t find a single instance of someone getting killed because of Manning&#039;s leaks.?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-warns-tough-trade-offs-face-looming-cuts-004752379.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1T.oVQAwlhoytOtokIh1nw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T190802Z_1_CBRE96U1H5L00_RTROPTP_2_USA-KOREA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel attends the opening ceremony of the Pentagon&#039;s permanent Korean War exhibition near Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel attends the opening ceremony of the Pentagon&#039;s permanent Korean War exhibition near Washington" border="0" /></a>By David Alexander and Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday pledged $40 billion in new Pentagon spending reductions over the next decade, but warned that additional cuts required by law posed stark choices that could bend or break the president&#039;s defense strategy. Hagel, unveiling his four-month Strategic Choices and Management Review, said the Pentagon would cut $40 billion in overhead from its agencies and headquarters units over the next decade. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-warns-tough-trade-offs-face-looming-cuts-004752379.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 20:47:52 -0400Reuterspentagon-warns-tough-trade-offs-face-looming-cuts-004752379<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-warns-tough-trade-offs-face-looming-cuts-004752379.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1T.oVQAwlhoytOtokIh1nw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T190802Z_1_CBRE96U1H5L00_RTROPTP_2_USA-KOREA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel attends the opening ceremony of the Pentagon&#039;s permanent Korean War exhibition near Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel attends the opening ceremony of the Pentagon&#039;s permanent Korean War exhibition near Washington" border="0" /></a>By David Alexander and Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday pledged $40 billion in new Pentagon spending reductions over the next decade, but warned that additional cuts required by law posed stark choices that could bend or break the president&#039;s defense strategy. Hagel, unveiling his four-month Strategic Choices and Management Review, said the Pentagon would cut $40 billion in overhead from its agencies and headquarters units over the next decade. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-ends-pemex-bribery-case-against-siemens-234545361.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V4KTYE5bDdFSyhLy7_Akhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T005033Z_1_CBRE97002CC00_RTROPTP_2_SIEMENS-MANAGEMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People walk out of an office building of Siemens AG in Berlin" align="left" title="People walk out of an office building of Siemens AG in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Erin Geiger Smith (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a $500 million lawsuit brought by state-owned Mexican oil company Pemex against Siemens AG and a South Korean company that claimed the defendants bribed Pemex officials to secure oil refinery projects in Mexico. The case raised novel questions about who is a victim in corruption cases, but U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton of Manhattan did not address that issue, instead ruling Tuesday that Pemex could not bring the lawsuit because it had not shown its claims had enough contact with the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-ends-pemex-bribery-case-against-siemens-234545361.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 19:45:45 -0400Reutersu-court-ends-pemex-bribery-case-against-siemens-234545361<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-ends-pemex-bribery-case-against-siemens-234545361.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V4KTYE5bDdFSyhLy7_Akhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T005033Z_1_CBRE97002CC00_RTROPTP_2_SIEMENS-MANAGEMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People walk out of an office building of Siemens AG in Berlin" align="left" title="People walk out of an office building of Siemens AG in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Erin Geiger Smith (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a $500 million lawsuit brought by state-owned Mexican oil company Pemex against Siemens AG and a South Korean company that claimed the defendants bribed Pemex officials to secure oil refinery projects in Mexico. The case raised novel questions about who is a victim in corruption cases, but U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton of Manhattan did not address that issue, instead ruling Tuesday that Pemex could not bring the lawsuit because it had not shown its claims had enough contact with the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/-nearly-one-in-three-new-vets-has-considered-suicide--survey-220350542.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WVOXKhanXmphazWpkOYJWA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-08-01/b5394165-e9c7-4b9d-8446-451c6ebf8a07_89740814.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nearly one in three recent vets has considered suicide: Survey" align="left" title="Nearly one in three recent vets has considered suicide: Survey" border="0" /></a>And 37 percent of post-9/11 veterans know a veteran who took his or her own life.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/-nearly-one-in-three-new-vets-has-considered-suicide--survey-220350542.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 18:03:49 -0400-nearly-one-in-three-new-vets-has-considered-suicide--survey-220350542<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/-nearly-one-in-three-new-vets-has-considered-suicide--survey-220350542.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WVOXKhanXmphazWpkOYJWA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-08-01/b5394165-e9c7-4b9d-8446-451c6ebf8a07_89740814.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nearly one in three recent vets has considered suicide: Survey" align="left" title="Nearly one in three recent vets has considered suicide: Survey" border="0" /></a>And 37 percent of post-9/11 veterans know a veteran who took his or her own life.</p><br clear="all"/>Gen. Keith Alexander Addresses Hacking Convention Amid NSA Surveillance Controversyhttp://news.yahoo.com/nsa-chief-dont-abuse-power-214050184--abc-news-topstories.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 17:40:50 -0400ABC Newsnsa-chief-dont-abuse-power-214050184--abc-news-topstories<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-man-convicted-al-qaeda-support-says-free-210851755.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rl62JlB6B7CBKQIHroFMcA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T210851Z_1_CBRE96U1MQT00_RTROPTP_2_SECURITY-USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tarek Mehanna seen in a video image in Boston Massachusetts" align="left" title="Tarek Mehanna seen in a video image in Boston Massachusetts" border="0" /></a>By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for a Massachusetts man convicted a year and a half ago of conspiring to support al Qaeda have claimed that prosecutors prejudiced the jury with videos of beheadings and that the judge who sentenced him violated his right to free speech. Tarek Mehanna was found guilty in December 2011 on seven counts that included providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country and lying to law enforcement officers. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George O&#039;Toole in April, 2012 to 17-1/2 years in prison. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-man-convicted-al-qaeda-support-says-free-210851755.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 17:08:51 -0400Reutersu-man-convicted-al-qaeda-support-says-free-210851755<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-man-convicted-al-qaeda-support-says-free-210851755.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rl62JlB6B7CBKQIHroFMcA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T210851Z_1_CBRE96U1MQT00_RTROPTP_2_SECURITY-USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tarek Mehanna seen in a video image in Boston Massachusetts" align="left" title="Tarek Mehanna seen in a video image in Boston Massachusetts" border="0" /></a>By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for a Massachusetts man convicted a year and a half ago of conspiring to support al Qaeda have claimed that prosecutors prejudiced the jury with videos of beheadings and that the judge who sentenced him violated his right to free speech. Tarek Mehanna was found guilty in December 2011 on seven counts that included providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country and lying to law enforcement officers. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George O&#039;Toole in April, 2012 to 17-1/2 years in prison. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-ark-cotton-run-us-senate-151231829.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C2jqUx9K4V1mlVLZ1cND5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d07afa2d99fc2719390f6a7067007d07.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton attends the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. A person familiar with the congressman?s plans said Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the freshman congressman plans to announce his bid next week to challenge two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor in next year?s elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton attends the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. A person familiar with the congressman?s plans said Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the freshman congressman plans to announce his bid next week to challenge two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor in next year?s elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /></a>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ? Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton plans to announce his bid next week to challenge two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor in next year&#039;s elections, according to a person familiar with the congressman&#039;s plans.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-ark-cotton-run-us-senate-151231829.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 16:36:08 -0400Associated Pressapnewsbreak-ark-cotton-run-us-senate-151231829<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-ark-cotton-run-us-senate-151231829.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C2jqUx9K4V1mlVLZ1cND5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d07afa2d99fc2719390f6a7067007d07.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton attends the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. A person familiar with the congressman?s plans said Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the freshman congressman plans to announce his bid next week to challenge two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor in next year?s elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton attends the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. A person familiar with the congressman?s plans said Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the freshman congressman plans to announce his bid next week to challenge two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor in next year?s elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /></a>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ? Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton plans to announce his bid next week to challenge two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor in next year&#039;s elections, according to a person familiar with the congressman&#039;s plans.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jihadi-jailbreaks-raise-doubts-us-security-funding-201112725.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jn3I_HkY5F34MbJplwxQGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T082445Z_1125932900_GM1E97U19CZ01_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-PRISON-ATTACK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Policemen and Ranger soldiers stand outside a prison following a Taliban attack in Dera Ismail Khan" align="left" title="Policemen and Ranger soldiers stand outside a prison following a Taliban attack in Dera Ismail Khan" border="0" /></a>In the past few days Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan have experienced massive jailbreaks involving Islamist insurgents. What all three countries have in common is weak national institutions and massive US efforts to prop them up.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jihadi-jailbreaks-raise-doubts-us-security-funding-201112725.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 16:11:12 -0400Christian Science Monitorjihadi-jailbreaks-raise-doubts-us-security-funding-201112725<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jihadi-jailbreaks-raise-doubts-us-security-funding-201112725.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jn3I_HkY5F34MbJplwxQGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T082445Z_1125932900_GM1E97U19CZ01_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-PRISON-ATTACK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Policemen and Ranger soldiers stand outside a prison following a Taliban attack in Dera Ismail Khan" align="left" title="Policemen and Ranger soldiers stand outside a prison following a Taliban attack in Dera Ismail Khan" border="0" /></a>In the past few days Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan have experienced massive jailbreaks involving Islamist insurgents. What all three countries have in common is weak national institutions and massive US efforts to prop them up.</p><br clear="all"/>Pfc. Bradley Manning's conviction yesterday for violations of the Espionage Act and theft of government property was inevitable the moment his defense settled on a position of moral righteousness, rather than a denial of the specific actions, as the best way to achieve an acquittal.http://news.yahoo.com/why-many-people-outraged-mannings-guilty-verdict-185832355.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 14:58:32 -0400Christian Science Monitorwhy-many-people-outraged-mannings-guilty-verdict-185832355<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/arkansas-republican-congressman-run-against-senator-pryor-163001832.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Re9X0Vulsojw7YU.LSytCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T163001Z_1_CBRE96U19U400_RTROPTP_2_USA-FLOOD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pryor of Arkansas speaks at a media conference at a command center near the Albert Pike recreation area near Caddo Gap, Arkansas" align="left" title="Pryor of Arkansas speaks at a media conference at a command center near the Albert Pike recreation area near Caddo Gap, Arkansas" border="0" /></a>By Suzi Parker Little Rock, Arkansas (Reuters) - Arkansas Representative Tom Cotton, a rising star in the Republican party serving his first term in Congress, will run against Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor in what is likely to be one of the most hotly contested 2014 election races, a Republican source said on Wednesday. Cotton, 36, scheduled an event in his hometown of Dardanelle for August 6 to announce his challenge to the moderate Pryor, one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the Senate. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/arkansas-republican-congressman-run-against-senator-pryor-163001832.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 14:06:55 -0400Reutersarkansas-republican-congressman-run-against-senator-pryor-163001832<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/arkansas-republican-congressman-run-against-senator-pryor-163001832.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Re9X0Vulsojw7YU.LSytCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T163001Z_1_CBRE96U19U400_RTROPTP_2_USA-FLOOD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pryor of Arkansas speaks at a media conference at a command center near the Albert Pike recreation area near Caddo Gap, Arkansas" align="left" title="Pryor of Arkansas speaks at a media conference at a command center near the Albert Pike recreation area near Caddo Gap, Arkansas" border="0" /></a>By Suzi Parker Little Rock, Arkansas (Reuters) - Arkansas Representative Tom Cotton, a rising star in the Republican party serving his first term in Congress, will run against Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor in what is likely to be one of the most hotly contested 2014 election races, a Republican source said on Wednesday. Cotton, 36, scheduled an event in his hometown of Dardanelle for August 6 to announce his challenge to the moderate Pryor, one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the Senate. ...</p><br clear="all"/>A blackened patch of fire-scorched earth along a Bekaa Valley highway marks the scene of a recent roadside bomb, Lebanese Sunnis' latest violent outburst toward the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah.The ambush near Majdal Anjar, which reportedly killed one suspected Hezbollah member and wounded three others, was the fourth since early June?to target vehicles believed to contain Hezbollah militants?in the Bekaa. ...http://news.yahoo.com/why-lebanons-sunnis-stay-calm-syrias-sunnis-wage-175528988.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 13:55:28 -0400Christian Science Monitorwhy-lebanons-sunnis-stay-calm-syrias-sunnis-wage-175528988BAGHDAD (AP) ? Attacks including bombings of Shiite and Sunni mosques left 26 dead in Iraq, the latest in a surge of bloodshed that is raising fears of a return to widespread sectarian killings, officials said Wednesday.http://news.yahoo.com/drive-shootings-bombings-kill-26-iraq-170224567.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 13:43:29 -0400Associated Pressdrive-shootings-bombings-kill-26-iraq-170224567By Ian Bremmer (Reuters) - On Monday, the Obama administration announced that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had convinced Israel and the Palestinian Authority to sit down for negotiations for the first time in three years. Coming out of Monday and Tuesday's meetings, Kerry announced a goal of working out a comprehensive peace agreement within nine months. Simply reviving talks at all is a highly impressive achievement. ...http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-palestinian-talks-wont-fix-middle-easts-problems-172320077.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 13:23:20 -0400Reutersisraeli-palestinian-talks-wont-fix-middle-easts-problems-172320077<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/internet-made-military-stop-selling-playboy-170700998.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/umk39iSsfplaDvLKIFIz5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/The_Internet_Made_the_Military-04ab9187feea778626a01815644c1d1c" width="130" height="86" alt="The Internet Made the Military Stop Selling Playboy" align="left" title="The Internet Made the Military Stop Selling Playboy" border="0" /></a>The military will finally stop selling nudie magazines at on-post shops run by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service after years and years of protest, but only because soldiers are moving to the millions of free porn site on the Internet, or to soliciting real, live sex on Craigslist, which is a rising problem. Playboy,?Penthouse and the other 889 &quot;adult sophisticate titles&quot; will be pulled from shelves today because no one is buying them anymore,?Army Times?reports. Sales have plummeted 86 percent since 1998, so stocking the magazines doesn&#039;t make any sense.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/internet-made-military-stop-selling-playboy-170700998.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 13:07:00 -0400The Atlantic Wireinternet-made-military-stop-selling-playboy-170700998<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/internet-made-military-stop-selling-playboy-170700998.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/umk39iSsfplaDvLKIFIz5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/The_Internet_Made_the_Military-04ab9187feea778626a01815644c1d1c" width="130" height="86" alt="The Internet Made the Military Stop Selling Playboy" align="left" title="The Internet Made the Military Stop Selling Playboy" border="0" /></a>The military will finally stop selling nudie magazines at on-post shops run by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service after years and years of protest, but only because soldiers are moving to the millions of free porn site on the Internet, or to soliciting real, live sex on Craigslist, which is a rising problem. Playboy,?Penthouse and the other 889 &quot;adult sophisticate titles&quot; will be pulled from shelves today because no one is buying them anymore,?Army Times?reports. Sales have plummeted 86 percent since 1998

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