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Syrian rebels get new weapons

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Syrian rebels get new weapons

Syrian rebels get new weapons

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 09:25 AM PDT

This image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian rebel firing his weapon in Damascus, Syria, Friday, June 21, 2013. The commander of Syria's rebels confirms they have received new weapons, giving his forces more power in battles against government troops and Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon. Gen. Salim Idris refused to say in an interview with Al-Jazeera TV Friday where the weapons came from. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)Opposition forces insist they did not come from the U.S.

Video: Flood evacuations in Canada

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 07:56 AM PDT

bulldozerAs many as 100,000 people could be forced from their homes near Calgary.

Some immigrants excluded from health care overhaul

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 09:21 AM PDT

Dr. Stephanie Briney listens to a heartbeat of an unidentified 5-year-old, uninsured patient Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Wesley health Center in downtown Phoenix. President Barack Obama has championed two sweeping policy changes that could transform how people live in the United States: affordable health care for all and a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants illegally in the country. But many immigrants will have to wait more than a decade to qualify for health care benefits under the proposed immigration overhaul being debated by Congress, ensuring a huge swath of people will remain uninsured as the centerpiece of Obama's health care law launches next year. (AP Photo/Matt York)PHOENIX (AP) — President Barack Obama has championed two sweeping policy changes that could transform how people live in the United States: affordable health care for all and a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants illegally in the country.

Brazil leader remains mute amid protests

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 09:57 AM PDT

People are reflected in the glass window of a commercial building that was damaged during protests in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, June 21, 2013. Police and protesters fought in the streets into the early hours Friday as Brazilians swarmed through Brazilian cities in the biggest demonstrations yet against a government viewed as corrupt at all levels and unresponsive to its people. President Dilma Rousseff called an emergency meeting of her top Cabinet members for Friday morning, more than a week after the protests began. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilians struggled Friday to comprehend the protests shaking their nation after 1 million anti-government demonstrators took to the streets the previous night in scores of cities, with clusters battling police and destroying swaths of storefronts and government buildings.

Senate immigration bill boosted by border deal

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 10:49 AM PDT

Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, listens at left, as Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., speaks at a news conference hosted by the Tea Party Patriots to oppose the Senate immigration reform bill, Thursday, June 20, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Martin; Akady Faktorovich, an immigrant from the former Soviet Union; Hans Marsen, an immigrant from England; Sessions; Niger Innis with TheTeaParty.Net, and George Wilkerson with The Remembrance Project. White House-backed immigration legislation gained momentum in the Senate on Thursday as lawmakers closed in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening border security without delaying legalization for millions living in the country unlawfully. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are finalizing a deal that could add dramatic security improvements to the U.S.-Mexico border and smooth the way for bipartisan Senate passage of far-reaching immigration legislation backed by President Barack Obama.

Obama to meet with privacy, civil liberties board

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 06:08 AM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 19, 2007 file photo shows the National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md. As many as one of every five worldwide terror threats picked up by U.S. government surveillance has been targeted on the United States, the Obama administration says. But officials are reluctant to say much more about the 50 plots they claim have been thwarted. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is holding his first meeting with a privacy and civil liberties board Friday as he seeks to make good on his pledge to have a public discussion about secretive government surveillance programs.

Lavrov: Syria peace conference could be derailed

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 10:45 AM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during an interview with The Associated Press and the Bloomberg news agencies in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 21, 2013. Russia's foreign minister said Friday that Washington is sending contradictory signals on Syria that could derail an international conference intended to end that country's civil war, warning that U.S. talk about a possible no-fly zone would only encourage the rebels to keep fighting. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia's foreign minister said Friday that Washington is sending contradictory signals on Syria that could derail an international conference intended to end that country's civil war, warning that U.S. talk about a possible no-fly zone would only encourage the rebels to keep fighting.

Friend: James Gandolfini died of heart attack

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 08:52 AM PDT

Actor James Gandolfini's sister Leta Gandolfini, at center in black, arrives with unidentified people at the morgue of the Policlinico Umberto I hospital where the body of Gandolfini is kept, in Rome, Friday, June 21, 2013. James Gandolfini died Wednesday night after suffering a cardiac arrest while vacationing with friends and relatives in Rome. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)ROME (AP) — An autopsy on James Gandolfini has confirmed the "Sopranos" star died of a heart attack, with no evidence of substance abuse or foul play, a family spokesman said Friday.

FAA investigating jets' close call over NYC

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 10:43 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why two airplanes came too close to each other over New York City last week.

Flooding forces 75,000 from west Canada homes

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 10:32 AM PDT

A police car sits stuck in a parking lot of an apartment building after heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Friday, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary's mayor said Friday the flooding situation in his city is as under control as it can be — for now. Officials estimated 75,000 people have been displaced in the western Canadian city.

NY's Times Square hosts summer solstice yoga event

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 09:27 AM PDT

People practice yoga in New York's Times Square, Friday, June 21, 2013. Yoga enthusiasts marked the longest day of the year with five free "Mind Over Madness" yoga classes in Times Square. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)NEW YORK (AP) — One of the busiest crossroads in the world is coming to a standstill as yoga enthusiasts take over Manhattan's Times Square to celebrate the longest day of the year.

A test of 'perseverance' brings Heat another title

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 07:55 AM PDT

The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, left, holds the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy as LeBron James holds his Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award after Game 7 of the NBA basketball championship against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, June 21, 2013, in Miami. The Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 to win their second straight NBA championship. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)MIAMI (AP) — Even after the confetti fell and the champagne spilled, in the early moments of a Game 7 celebration, LeBron James couldn't forget Game 6.

Cuba, US try talking, but face many obstacles

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 10:21 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 4, 2009 file photo, Cuban coast guards, right, stop seven men trying to migrate illegally to the U.S. on a foam raft near Havana's Malecon. No one was arrested, according to police. The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations between the Cold War enemies. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)HAVANA (AP) — They've hardly become allies, but Cuba and the U.S. have taken some baby steps toward rapprochement in recent weeks that have people on this island and in Washington wondering if a breakthrough in relations could be just over the horizon.

Voices about Brazil's protests

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 09:51 AM PDT

Inacio Pinheiro poses for a photo as he works at his newspaper stand in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 21, 2013. The 41-year-old vendor says "The government is to blame for this mess because of the corruption and taxes. Dilma's response hasn't been appropriate at all_where is she?" (AP Photo/Bradley Brooks)Some comments by Brazilians participating in protests across South America's biggest country:

Brazil leaders to meet as protests, violence grow

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 08:36 AM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil awoke Friday to city centers still smoldering after a night that shocked the nation: 1 million anti-government protesters took to the streets in scores of cities, with clusters battling police and destroying swaths of storefronts and government buildings.

Putin: Swift Assad exit could create political vacuum

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 09:31 AM PDT

Members of Sheikh Ali Khatib's battalion carry their weapons as they move near Hanano Barracks which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in AleppoBy Alexei Anishchuk ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia is concerned that if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were to leave power immediately, it would trigger a leadership scramble and militants could seize control, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "We are concerned about the possible appearance of a political vacuum in Syria if some decisions about a change of government in Syria are taken now," Putin told a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ...

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