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http://news.yahoo.com/iraq/ en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedTue, 30 Jul 2013 00:01:34 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/iraq/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifToday is Tuesday, July 30, the 211th day of 2013. There are 154 days left in the year.http://news.yahoo.com/today-history-050206767.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 00:01:34 -0400Associated Presstoday-history-050206767<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/experts-unlikely-us-helped-nz-spy-reporter-200258949.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/P1s0JKKDvsUTn0.wqrwkjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5f8d76165c98f919380f6a706700a7da.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Surveillance of a New Zealand journalist?s phone conversations with Afghan sources may have occurred under one of several military intelligence programs designed to track militants, intelligence officials and experts say. But US and New Zealand officials deny that the US directly gave New Zealand information on Jon Stephenson. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Surveillance of a New Zealand journalist?s phone conversations with Afghan sources may have occurred under one of several military intelligence programs designed to track militants, intelligence officials and experts say. But US and New Zealand officials deny that the US directly gave New Zealand information on Jon Stephenson. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? A U.S. official said Monday that the National Security Agency did not monitor phone conversations between a New Zealand journalist and his Afghan sources, following claims by the journalist that his reporting was monitored by the U.S. intelligence programs revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden on behalf of New Zealand&#039;s military.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/experts-unlikely-us-helped-nz-spy-reporter-200258949.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 20:21:12 -0400Associated Pressexperts-unlikely-us-helped-nz-spy-reporter-200258949<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/experts-unlikely-us-helped-nz-spy-reporter-200258949.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/P1s0JKKDvsUTn0.wqrwkjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5f8d76165c98f919380f6a706700a7da.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Surveillance of a New Zealand journalist?s phone conversations with Afghan sources may have occurred under one of several military intelligence programs designed to track militants, intelligence officials and experts say. But US and New Zealand officials deny that the US directly gave New Zealand information on Jon Stephenson. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Surveillance of a New Zealand journalist?s phone conversations with Afghan sources may have occurred under one of several military intelligence programs designed to track militants, intelligence officials and experts say. But US and New Zealand officials deny that the US directly gave New Zealand information on Jon Stephenson. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? A U.S. official said Monday that the National Security Agency did not monitor phone conversations between a New Zealand journalist and his Afghan sources, following claims by the journalist that his reporting was monitored by the U.S. intelligence programs revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden on behalf of New Zealand&#039;s military.</p><br clear="all"/>By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked fighters in a rebel-held eastern Syrian city on Monday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said. Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant kidnapped father Paolo Dall'Oglio while he was walking in Raqqa, which fell to militant Islamist brigades in March, the sources in Raqqa province told Reuters. ...http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaeda-group-kidnaps-italian-priest-syria-activists-234155467.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 19:41:55 -0400Reutersal-qaeda-group-kidnaps-italian-priest-syria-activists-234155467The Miss America parade is getting a television-friendly makeover as the tradition returns to Atlantic City in September for the first time in nine years.http://news.yahoo.com/along-miss-america-parade-returns-nj-213806412.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 17:38:06 -0400Associated Pressalong-miss-america-parade-returns-nj-213806412<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-nominee-seen-olive-branch-united-states-191848303.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cH.RvOuREmrdRZrVFxzmRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T213052Z_2_CBRE96S1HNN00_RTROPTP_2_IRAQ-UN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL." align="left" title="IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL." border="0" /></a>By Marcus George and Paul Taylor DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) - If Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani wanted to signal his determination to rebuild relations with the United States and strike a &quot;grand bargain,&quot; he could hardly do better than pick Mohammad Javad Zarif as his foreign minister. Iranian news agencies reported on Monday that Zarif, a former ambassador to the United Nations and Tehran&#039;s leading connoisseur of the U.S. political elite, is set to be in the cabinet Rouhani will announce after taking office on Sunday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iran-nominee-seen-olive-branch-united-states-191848303.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 17:30:52 -0400Reutersiran-nominee-seen-olive-branch-united-states-191848303<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-nominee-seen-olive-branch-united-states-191848303.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cH.RvOuREmrdRZrVFxzmRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T213052Z_2_CBRE96S1HNN00_RTROPTP_2_IRAQ-UN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL." align="left" title="IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL." border="0" /></a>By Marcus George and Paul Taylor DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) - If Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani wanted to signal his determination to rebuild relations with the United States and strike a &quot;grand bargain,&quot; he could hardly do better than pick Mohammad Javad Zarif as his foreign minister. Iranian news agencies reported on Monday that Zarif, a former ambassador to the United Nations and Tehran&#039;s leading connoisseur of the U.S. political elite, is set to be in the cabinet Rouhani will announce after taking office on Sunday. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/verdict-bradley-manning-wikileaks-case-read-tuesday-164216110.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JZ1Y5c6lLEoKRmdwRbVaqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T205914Z_3_CBRE96S1AEQ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIKILEAKS-MANNING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Manning is escorted out of court after the second day of deliberation in his military trial at Fort Meade" align="left" title="Manning is escorted out of court after the second day of deliberation in his military trial at Fort Meade" border="0" /></a>By Medina Roshan (Reuters) - The verdict will be read on Tuesday at the court-martial of the soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, the judge said, with the biggest question whether he will be convicted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, carrying a life sentence. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/verdict-bradley-manning-wikileaks-case-read-tuesday-164216110.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 17:09:36 -0400Reutersverdict-bradley-manning-wikileaks-case-read-tuesday-164216110<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/verdict-bradley-manning-wikileaks-case-read-tuesday-164216110.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JZ1Y5c6lLEoKRmdwRbVaqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T205914Z_3_CBRE96S1AEQ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIKILEAKS-MANNING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Manning is escorted out of court after the second day of deliberation in his military trial at Fort Meade" align="left" title="Manning is escorted out of court after the second day of deliberation in his military trial at Fort Meade" border="0" /></a>By Medina Roshan (Reuters) - The verdict will be read on Tuesday at the court-martial of the soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, the judge said, with the biggest question whether he will be convicted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, carrying a life sentence. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/verdict-likely-tuesday-wikileaks-court-192246309.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FelocKlUqGsxb9NklHnTYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/d77975555b9af519380f6a706700cb68_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Verdict likely Tuesday in WikiLeaks court-martial" align="left" title="Verdict likely Tuesday in WikiLeaks court-martial" border="0" /></a>Pfc. Bradley Manning could learn as early as Tuesday afternoon whether he will be convicted of aiding the enemy ? punishable by life in prison without parole ? for sending more than 700,000 government ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/verdict-likely-tuesday-wikileaks-court-192246309.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 15:22:46 -0400Associated Pressverdict-likely-tuesday-wikileaks-court-192246309<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/verdict-likely-tuesday-wikileaks-court-192246309.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FelocKlUqGsxb9NklHnTYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/d77975555b9af519380f6a706700cb68_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Verdict likely Tuesday in WikiLeaks court-martial" align="left" title="Verdict likely Tuesday in WikiLeaks court-martial" border="0" /></a>Pfc. Bradley Manning could learn as early as Tuesday afternoon whether he will be convicted of aiding the enemy ? punishable by life in prison without parole ? for sending more than 700,000 government ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-troops-capture-key-homs-neighborhood-184451025.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/td.gzhZMOkE0BN8Z_xdhmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/391b58e33c25da19380f6a7067006b98.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syria&#039;s beleaguered opposition forces suffered another blow Monday when government troops captured a key district in the embattled city of Homs that has been a rebel stronghold since the beginning of the country&#039;s uprising.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-troops-capture-key-homs-neighborhood-184451025.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 15:19:27 -0400Associated Presssyrian-troops-capture-key-homs-neighborhood-184451025<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-troops-capture-key-homs-neighborhood-184451025.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/td.gzhZMOkE0BN8Z_xdhmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/391b58e33c25da19380f6a7067006b98.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syria&#039;s beleaguered opposition forces suffered another blow Monday when government troops captured a key district in the embattled city of Homs that has been a rebel stronghold since the beginning of the country&#039;s uprising.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-58-180233985.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KCLw8zNh000WdJ.aJv4qvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e21cba145af4f219380f6a7067009e26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? More than a dozen explosions, mainly from car bombs, ripped through marketplaces, parking lots, a cafe and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 58 people and pushing the country&#039;s death toll for the month of July toward the 700 mark, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-58-180233985.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 15:15:44 -0400Associated Presswave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-58-180233985<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-58-180233985.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KCLw8zNh000WdJ.aJv4qvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e21cba145af4f219380f6a7067009e26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? More than a dozen explosions, mainly from car bombs, ripped through marketplaces, parking lots, a cafe and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 58 people and pushing the country&#039;s death toll for the month of July toward the 700 mark, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>Kurt Shillinger's argument for arming the Syrian rebels to back Bashar al-Assad "into a corner from which the negotiating table provides his only safe escape" is a terrible idea (June 26 commentary "US military aid to Syrian rebels: help or hindrance?"). True, the Assad regime is supported by Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah. It is also supported by the majority of Syria's Christians, who have always tended to form alliances with the Alawites and Shiites in opposition to the majority Sunnis.http://news.yahoo.com/readers-write-us-must-not-arm-syrias-rebels-182410467.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 14:24:10 -0400Christian Science Monitorreaders-write-us-must-not-arm-syrias-rebels-182410467Today, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reports that a $47 million US government stability program failed to bring any stability.http://news.yahoo.com/yoohoo-another-investigation-turns-taxpayer-waste-afghanistan-175608657.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 13:56:08 -0400Christian Science Monitoryoohoo-another-investigation-turns-taxpayer-waste-afghanistan-175608657The Miss America parade is getting a television friendly makeover as the tradition returns to Atlantic City in September for the first time in nine years.http://news.yahoo.com/along-miss-america-parade-returns-ac-172640655.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 13:32:44 -0400Associated Pressalong-miss-america-parade-returns-ac-172640655And so the Obama administration induced Israelis and Palestinians to reenter peace talks Monday, after three years of suspension that followed many more years of paralysis. This latest effort to get two hostile peoples to divide up the same dot on the map somehow recalls the line from Julius Caesar: "How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over, in states unborn and accents yet unknown?"http://news.yahoo.com/region-old-ritual-back-peace-talks-165642969.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 13:18:10 -0400National Journalregion-old-ritual-back-peace-talks-165642969<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-55-163158607.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KCLw8zNh000WdJ.aJv4qvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e21cba145af4f219380f6a7067009e26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? More than a dozen car bombs ripped through marketplaces, parking lots and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 55 people and pushing the country&#039;s death toll for the month of July toward the 700 mark, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-55-163158607.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 12:31:58 -0400Associated Presswave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-55-163158607<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-55-163158607.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KCLw8zNh000WdJ.aJv4qvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e21cba145af4f219380f6a7067009e26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? More than a dozen car bombs ripped through marketplaces, parking lots and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 55 people and pushing the country&#039;s death toll for the month of July toward the 700 mark, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents stepped up attacks this year. The 17 blasts, which appeared to be coordinated, were concentrated on towns and cities in Iraq's mainly Shi'ite south, and districts of the capital where Shi'ites live. ...http://news.yahoo.com/eight-car-bombs-kill-26-across-baghdad-police-061653841.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 09:44:52 -0400Reuterseight-car-bombs-kill-26-across-baghdad-police-061653841In the early morning hours of July 22, Al Qaeda in Iraq won its greatest victory in years with simultaneous attacks on the prisons at Abu Ghraib and Taji, freeing some 500 prisoners and killing more than 50 people. The attacks' precision and targets ? heavily militarized facilities on the outskirts of Baghdad ? show that Iraq's toughest insurgent group is still very much in the fight.http://news.yahoo.com/surging-violence-iraq-134112902.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 09:41:12 -0400Christian Science Monitorsurging-violence-iraq-134112902? A daily summary of global reports on security issues.http://news.yahoo.com/car-bombings-iraq-wound-malikis-government-122539365.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 08:25:39 -0400Christian Science Monitorcar-bombings-iraq-wound-malikis-government-122539365<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-tv-troops-capture-key-homs-neighborhood-085812225.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/td.gzhZMOkE0BN8Z_xdhmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/391b58e33c25da19380f6a7067006b98.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Government troops captured a neighborhood Monday in the embattled city of Homs that has been a rebel stronghold since the beginning of the Syrian uprising, dealing another blow to beleaguered opposition forces in the center of the country, according to the state media.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-tv-troops-capture-key-homs-neighborhood-085812225.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 08:13:05 -0400Associated Presssyrian-tv-troops-capture-key-homs-neighborhood-085812225<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-tv-troops-capture-key-homs-neighborhood-085812225.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/td.gzhZMOkE0BN8Z_xdhmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/391b58e33c25da19380f6a7067006b98.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Government troops captured a neighborhood Monday in the embattled city of Homs that has been a rebel stronghold since the beginning of the Syrian uprising, dealing another blow to beleaguered opposition forces in the center of the country, according to the state media.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-bombings-baghadad-iraq-continues-soar-121119414.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5AQtOAkhU..GbwX1dXABwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/More_Bombings_in_Baghadad_as-a3849c2afb86aecf7bbd5386319f89d3" width="130" height="86" alt="More Bombings in Baghadad as Iraq Continues to Soar" align="left" title="More Bombings in Baghadad as Iraq Continues to Soar" border="0" /></a>A wave of coordinated car bombings killed more than 50 people across Iraq on Monday, as a sharp rise in sectarian violence threatens to tear the nation apart. There were ten bombings in Baghdad alone, with targets including a hospital and several markets. Bombings also killed and wounded dozens of others in Basra, Tikrit, and Kut.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/more-bombings-baghadad-iraq-continues-soar-121119414.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 08:11:19 -0400The Atlantic Wiremore-bombings-baghadad-iraq-continues-soar-121119414<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-bombings-baghadad-iraq-continues-soar-121119414.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5AQtOAkhU..GbwX1dXABwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/More_Bombings_in_Baghadad_as-a3849c2afb86aecf7bbd5386319f89d3" width="130" height="86" alt="More Bombings in Baghadad as Iraq Continues to Soar" align="left" title="More Bombings in Baghadad as Iraq Continues to Soar" border="0" /></a>A wave of coordinated car bombings killed more than 50 people across Iraq on Monday, as a sharp rise in sectarian violence threatens to tear the nation apart. There were ten bombings in Baghdad alone, with targets including a hospital and several markets. Bombings also killed and wounded dozens of others in Basra, Tikrit, and Kut.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kurds-could-help-shift-course-war-syria-115011672.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l5.2T9M3EMArLGsWUw.A.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T115011Z_1_CBRE96S0WVU00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-TURKEY-KURDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man inspects damage at a hospital in Deir al-Zor" align="left" title="A man inspects damage at a hospital in Deir al-Zor" border="0" /></a>By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The head of Turkey&#039;s main Kurdish party has welcomed contacts between the Ankara government and Syria&#039;s Kurds, saying it could step up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and help change the course of the civil war, Turkish intelligence officers met in Istanbul last week with Saleh Muslim, head of Syria&#039;s Democratic Union Party (PYD), a Kurdish group whose militias have been fighting for control of parts of Syria&#039;s north near the Turkish border. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kurds-could-help-shift-course-war-syria-115011672.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 08:02:01 -0400Reuterskurds-could-help-shift-course-war-syria-115011672<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kurds-could-help-shift-course-war-syria-115011672.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l5.2T9M3EMArLGsWUw.A.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T115011Z_1_CBRE96S0WVU00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-TURKEY-KURDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man inspects damage at a hospital in Deir al-Zor" align="left" title="A man inspects damage at a hospital in Deir al-Zor" border="0" /></a>By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The head of Turkey&#039;s main Kurdish party has welcomed contacts between the Ankara government and Syria&#039;s Kurds, saying it could step up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and help change the course of the civil war, Turkish intelligence officers met in Istanbul last week with Saleh Muslim, head of Syria&#039;s Democratic Union Party (PYD), a Kurdish group whose militias have been fighting for control of parts of Syria&#039;s north near the Turkish border. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-51-102203771.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KCLw8zNh000WdJ.aJv4qvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e21cba145af4f219380f6a7067009e26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing at least 51 people in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-51-102203771.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 07:21:37 -0400Associated Presswave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-51-102203771<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-51-102203771.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KCLw8zNh000WdJ.aJv4qvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e21cba145af4f219380f6a7067009e26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" align="left" title="People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of 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/Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing at least 51 people in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government.</p><br clear="all"/>BAGHDAD (AP) ? A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing at least 47 people in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government.http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-47-083034189.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 04:47:33 -0400Associated Presswave-car-bombings-iraq-kills-least-47-083034189BAGHDAD (AP) ? A wave of a dozen car bombings hit in and around the Iraqi capital during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing at least 36 people in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government.http://news.yahoo.com/wave-car-bombings-near-baghdad-kills-36-072218037.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 03:31:13 -0400Associated Presswave-car-bombings-near-baghdad-kills-36-072218037<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-troops-consolidate-gains-homs-city-172538182.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FGD95sxnlpC3tLkTzSoRPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bfca40153c28da19380f6a7067007c5a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the inside of the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the inside of the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants forged ahead with their assault on a key rebel district in the central city of Homs Sunday, activists said, as President Bashar Assad&#039;s forces try to crush resistance in the few remaining opposition-held neighborhoods in the city known as the &quot;capital of the revolution.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-troops-consolidate-gains-homs-city-172538182.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 13:25:38 -0400Associated Presssyrian-troops-consolidate-gains-homs-city-172538182<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-troops-consolidate-gains-homs-city-172538182.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FGD95sxnlpC3tLkTzSoRPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bfca40153c28da19380f6a7067007c5a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the inside of the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the inside of the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants forged ahead with their assault on a key rebel district in the central city of Homs Sunday, activists said, as President Bashar Assad&#039;s forces try to crush resistance in the few remaining opposition-held neighborhoods in the city known as the &quot;capital of the revolution.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/col-bud-day-medal-honor-recipient-dies-88-160524798.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dhJMx50ZdyQkLEG36tW7Ng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/62d23bae3d5ee019380f6a7067009ca3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010, file photo, retired Col. George &quot;Bud&quot; Day, left, laughs with Arizona Sen. John McCain at a Veterans Town Hall Meeting and endorsement news conference at the American Legion Post #1 Luke-Greenway in Phoenix. Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5? years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain&#039;s cellmate, died Saturday, July 27, 2013, after a long illness. He was 88. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010, file photo, retired Col. George &quot;Bud&quot; Day, left, laughs with Arizona Sen. John McCain at a Veterans Town Hall Meeting and endorsement news conference at the American Legion Post #1 Luke-Greenway in Phoenix. Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5? years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain&#039;s cellmate, died Saturday, July 27, 2013, after a long illness. He was 88. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)" border="0" /></a>MIAMI (AP) ? Retired Col. George &quot;Bud&quot; Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5? years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain&#039;s cellmate, has died at the age of 88, his widow said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/col-bud-day-medal-honor-recipient-dies-88-160524798.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 12:46:55 -0400Associated Presscol-bud-day-medal-honor-recipient-dies-88-160524798<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/col-bud-day-medal-honor-recipient-dies-88-160524798.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dhJMx50ZdyQkLEG36tW7Ng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/62d23bae3d5ee019380f6a7067009ca3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010, file photo, retired Col. George &quot;Bud&quot; Day, left, laughs with Arizona Sen. John McCain at a Veterans Town Hall Meeting and endorsement news conference at the American Legion Post #1 Luke-Greenway in Phoenix. Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5? years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain&#039;s cellmate, died Saturday, July 27, 2013, after a long illness. He was 88. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010, file photo, retired Col. George &quot;Bud&quot; Day, left, laughs with Arizona Sen. John McCain at a Veterans Town Hall Meeting and endorsement news conference at the American Legion Post #1 Luke-Greenway in Phoenix. Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5? years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain&#039;s cellmate, died Saturday, July 27, 2013, after a long illness. He was 88. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)" border="0" /></a>MIAMI (AP) ? Retired Col. George &quot;Bud&quot; Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5? years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain&#039;s cellmate, has died at the age of 88, his widow said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-troops-consolidate-gains-homs-region-145354172.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FGD95sxnlpC3tLkTzSoRPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bfca40153c28da19380f6a7067007c5a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the inside of the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the inside of the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants were consolidating their control over a key rebel district in central Syria Sunday, activists said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-troops-consolidate-gains-homs-region-145354172.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 10:53:54 -0400Associated Presssyrian-troops-consolidate-gains-homs-region-145354172<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-troops-consolidate-gains-homs-region-145354172.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FGD95sxnlpC3tLkTzSoRPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bfca40153c28da19380f6a7067007c5a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the inside of the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="This Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the inside of the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces captured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs on Saturday, expelling rebel forces who had been in control of the 13th century landmark for more than a year and dealing a symbolic blow to opposition forces. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants were consolidating their control over a key rebel district in central Syria Sunday, activists said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-attacks-kill-12-people-iraq-134217600.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9kOO.z244kBfrlsbMNmaxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5f795bc50074b419380f6a706700d187.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack near a mosque in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday July 26, 2013. Attacks on civilians and government forces have escalated across Iraq recently. More than 3,000 people have been killed since April. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)" align="left" title="Security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack near a mosque in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday July 26, 2013. Attacks on civilians and government forces have escalated across Iraq recently. More than 3,000 people have been killed since April. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? Attacks around Iraq Sunday, including a suicide car bombing, killed at least 12 people, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has brought up the grim prospect of escalation into sectarian civil war.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-attacks-kill-12-people-iraq-134217600.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 09:42:17 -0400Associated Pressbomb-attacks-kill-12-people-iraq-134217600<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-attacks-kill-12-people-iraq-134217600.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9kOO.z244kBfrlsbMNmaxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5f795bc50074b419380f6a706700d187.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack near a mosque in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday July 26, 2013. Attacks on civilians and government forces have escalated across Iraq recently. More than 3,000 people have been killed since April. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)" align="left" title="Security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack near a mosque in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday July 26, 2013. Attacks on civilians and government forces have escalated across Iraq recently. More than 3,000 people have been killed since April. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (AP) ? Attacks around Iraq Sunday, including a suicide car bombing, killed at least 12 people, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has brought up the grim prospect of escalation into sectarian civil war.</p><br clear="all"/>July 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Overview from the World championship Men's 50m Butterfly Heats on Sunday 1. Roland Schoeman (South Africa) 23.02 Q 2. Rafael Munoz (Spain) 23.17 Q 3. Florent Manaudou (France) 23.18 Q 4. Andrii Govorov (Ukraine) 23.19 Q 5. Piero Codia (Italy) 23.21 Q 6. Matthew Grevers (U.S.) 23.29 Q 7. Eugene Godsoe (U.S.) 23.31 Q 8. Cesar Cielo (Brazil) 23.32 Q 9. Matthew Targett (Australia) 23.36 Q 10. Wu Peng (China) 23.43 Q 11. Yauhen Tsurkin (Belarus) 23.45 Q 11=. Nicholas Santos (Brazil) 23.45 Q 13. Frederick Bousquet (France) 23.49 Q 14. Benjamin Proud (Britain) 23. ...http://news.yahoo.com/swimming-world-championship-mens-50m-butterfly-heats-overview-095953315.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 05:59:53 -0400Reutersswimming-world-championship-mens-50m-butterfly-heats-overview-095953315TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives blew himself up near a Kurdish security forces patrol killing at least eight of them early on Sunday, police said. The attack took place in the center of the ethnically mixed town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, in a notoriously unstable region over which both the central government and autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan claim jurisdiction. ...http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomber-kills-8-kurdish-security-forces-personnel-072525143.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 04:23:54 -0400Reuterssuicide-bomber-kills-8-kurdish-security-forces-personnel-072525143BAGHDAD (AP) ? A police official says a suicide car bomber has rammed his vehicle into a Kurdish security patrol in northern Iraq, killing eight.http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-car-bomb-hits-iraq-kurdish-patrol-kills-074606533.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 03:46:06 -0400Associated Presssuicide-car-bomb-hits-iraq-kurdish-patrol-kills-074606533TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? An Iranian semi-official news agency is reporting that a member of a small religious minority set himself on fire next to the country's parliament building.http://news.yahoo.com/report-member-iran-minority-sets-self-fire-072527258.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 03:25:27 -0400Associated Pressreport-member-iran-minority-sets-self-fire-072527258<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-twin-suicide-bombing-pakistan-rises-52-135823336.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pVLnCi9.TAVV8V.SMm1POw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-27T135823Z_1_CBRE96Q12TD00_RTROPTP_2_PAKISTAN-ATTACK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man, who was injured in a blast, stands at a hospital in Parachinar" align="left" title="A man, who was injured in a blast, stands at a hospital in Parachinar" border="0" /></a>PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll from a pair of coordinated suicide bombs targeting Shi&#039;ites in a volatile Pakistani town near the Afghan border rose to 52 overnight, officials said on Saturday, in one of the worst sectarian attacks in the country in months. Tensions between Shi&#039;ite Muslims and Pakistan&#039;s majority Sunnis have risen in past years, with radical Sunni Islamist groups frequently attacking Shi&#039;ites whom they see as heretics. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-twin-suicide-bombing-pakistan-rises-52-135823336.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 09:58:23 -0400Reutersdeath-toll-twin-suicide-bombing-pakistan-rises-52-135823336<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-twin-suicide-bombing-pakistan-rises-52-135823336.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pVLnCi9.TAVV8V.SMm1POw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-27T135823Z_1_CBRE96Q12TD00_RTROPTP_2_PAKISTAN-ATTACK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man, who was injured in a blast, stands at a hospital in Parachinar" align="left" title="A man, who was injured in a blast, stands at a hospital in Parachinar" border="0" /></a>PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll from a pair of coordinated suicide bombs targeting Shi&#039;ites in a volatile Pakistani town near the Afghan border rose to 52 overnight, officials said on Saturday, in one of the worst sectarian attacks in the country in months. 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