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What (or who) will the U.S. send to Syria?

What (or who) will the U.S. send to Syria?


What (or who) will the U.S. send to Syria?

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 08:08 AM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter wearing a gas mask, carries his weapons as he walks past a damaged tank, after seizing a government military camp used by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, near IdlibIt's an open secret that the CIA and special forces already have people there.


Bus tour takes gun-control fight on the road

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 09:47 AM PDT

"No More Names: The National Drive to Reduce Gun Violence" bus tourSix months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, victims' families, elected officials and faith leaders gathered in Newtown, Conn., for the launch of a nationwide bus tour to step up the pressure on politicians for stronger gun-control laws and to commemorate those who were killed. At the pretour ceremony on Friday morning, crowds gathered [...]


Obama steps up military aid to Syrian rebels

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 10:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. U.S. officials said June 13, 2013, that the Obama administration has concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against the opposition seeking to overthrow him, crossing what Obama called a 'red line'. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's authorization of military aid to the Syrian rebels "dramatically" increases U.S. support for the opposition, the White House said Friday, while acknowledging that it will take time for the supplies to reach fighters struggling in their clashes with Syrian President Bashar Assad.


Iran's voters show fervor in showdown atmosphere

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 10:42 AM PDT

Iranian women queue in a polling station to vote for the presidential and municipal councils elections, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. Iran's supreme leader delivered a salty rebuke to the U.S. Friday as Iranians lined up to vote in a presidential election that has suddenly become a showdown across the Islamic Republic's political divide: hard-liners looking to cement their control and re-energized reformists backing the lone moderate. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader delivered a salty rebuke to the U.S. Friday as Iranians lined up to vote in a presidential election that has suddenly become a showdown across the Islamic Republic's political divide: hard-liners looking to cement their control and re-energized reformists backing the lone moderate.


Inside Iran's presidential election and beyond

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 06:13 AM PDT

Head-to-toe veiled Iranian women attend a polling station to vote for the presidential and municipal councils elections in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. What Iran's next president can potentially influence is the tone and tactics with world powers if stalemated nuclear talks resume at some point after a successor is picked for the firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Some questions about Friday's presidential election and beyond:


AP IMPACT: Commander of Nazi-led unit lives in US

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 09:16 AM PDT

In this May 22, 1990 photo, Michael Karkoc, photographed in Lauderdale, Minn. prior to a visit to Minnesota from Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in early June of 1990. Karkoc a top commander whose Nazi SS-led unit is blamed for burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Chris Polydoroff)BERLIN (AP) — A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press.


APNewsBreak: NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 09:23 AM PDT

In this photo released by Arthit Suriyawongkul, a U.K. Home Office Carrier Alert notice about NSA leaker Edward Snowden is seen at an airline check-in counter at Chiang Mai airport in Thailand, Friday, June 14, 2013. A British diplomat confirmed the British government issued the alert to airlines around the world, urging them not to allow Snowden to board flights to the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Arthit Suriyawongkul)LONDON (AP) — The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, to fly to the United Kingdom.


Ideas for keeping your data safe from spying

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 09:15 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Phone call logs, credit card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook message, and more: The precise nature of the NSA's sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed.

Turkish PM urges protesters to leave Gezi Park

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 09:29 AM PDT

A musician plays the piano as a protester holds an umbrella to protect him from the rain under the monument of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkey, at Taksim Square in Istanbul Friday, June 14, 2013. Five people, including a police officer, have died and over 5,000 protesters and 600 police have been reported injured in clashes around the country. A meeting between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and representatives of anti-government protesters ended early Friday without a clear resolution on how to end the occupation of a central Istanbul park that has become a flashpoint for the largest political crisis of his 10-year rule. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged a small delegation of protesters to persuade hundreds of others occupying an Istanbul park to withdraw Friday.


Authorities probe deck collapse at Fla. sports bar

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 10:30 AM PDT

Officials begin their inspection of the outdoor deck that collapsed at Shuckers Bar and Restaurant, Friday, June 14, 2013 . The packed outdoor deck behind the popular Miami-area sports bar partially collapsed during the NBA Finals on Thursday night, sending dozens of patrons into the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)NORTH BAY VILLAGE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities were investigating Friday what caused the outdoor deck at a Miami-area sports bar to collapse, causing dozens of fans watching the NBA finals to plunge into a bay in a chaotic scene that sent 24 people to hospitals.


Newtown marks 6 months since school massacre

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 10:44 AM PDT

Carlee Soto, front, and Jillian Soto, sisters of slain teacher Victoria Soto, embrace during a ceremony on the six-month anniversary honoring the 20 children and six adults gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn., Friday, June 14, 2013. Newtown held a moment of silence Friday for the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a remembrance event that doubled as a call to action on gun control, with the reading of names of thousands of victims of gun violence. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown held a moment of silence Friday for the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a remembrance event that doubled as a call to action on gun control, with the reading of names of thousands of victims of gun violence.


Mickelson's 67 holding up into 2nd rd at US Open

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 10:25 AM PDT

Tiger Woods waits to putt on the 14th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club, Friday, June 14, 2013, in Ardmore, Pa. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — Phil Mickelson's round held up, and so did Tiger Woods' left wrist.


Firefighters hold line on Colorado wildfire

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 10:35 AM PDT

Blackened areas define the path of a wildfire that destroyed some homes and left others untouched in one neighborhood in the densely wooded Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, June 13, 2013. More than 350 homes have been lost in what is now the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, surpassing last year's Waldo Canyon fire, which burned 347 homes, killed two people and led to $353 million in insurance claims. (AP Photo/John Wark)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Firefighters held the line Friday on a Colorado wildfire in which two people were killed as they tried to escape and 379 homes were destroyed.


Moment of silence marks 6 months since Newtown

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 09:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 file photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead a line of children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. after a shooting at the school. Family members and others will gather in Newtown Friday June 14, 2013 with a moment of silence and calls to do more to control gun violence, as the town marks six months since the Sandy Hook school shootings. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: NEWTOWN BEE, SHANNON HICKSNEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown held a moment of silence Friday for the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a remembrance event that doubled as a call to action on gun control, with the reading of names of thousands of victims of gun violence.


Hezbollah chief: group will keep fighting in Syria

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 09:35 AM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows damaged buildings during battles between the rebels and the Syrian government forces, in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Syria's upwardly spiraling violence has resulted in the confirmed killings of almost 93,000 people, the United Nations' human rights office said Thursday but acknowledged the real number is likely to be far higher. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group vowed Friday to keep fighting in Syria "wherever needed" and said his Shiite Muslim group has made a "calculated" decision to defend the Syrian regime no matter what the consequences.


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