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Obama: European jihadists threaten US

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Obama: European jihadists threaten US

Obama: European jihadists threaten US

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 10:20 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Lake Harriet Band Shell in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 27, 2014US President Barack Obama warned that "battle-hardened" Europeans who embrace jihad in Syria and Iraq threaten the United States because their passports mean they can enter the country without a visa. Nearly 800 French citizens have spent time fighting in Syria's civil war, according to latest estimates, and Belgium says 200 of its people have done the same. Those holding French, Belgian and British passports -- along with a host of other European countries -- do not need visas to visit the United States, meaning they can potentially avoid scrutiny. "We have seen Europeans sympathetic to their (militants') cause traveling into Syria and may now travel into Iraq, getting battle-hardened.

Syria threat could prompt changes at airports

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 09:33 AM PDT

Syria Threat Could Prompt Changes at AirportsThe Obama administration is concerned that terrorists in war-ravaged Syria are trying to develop a new generation of bombs that could be smuggled onto commercial planes.

Iraqi forces clash with militants in northern city

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 08:46 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi helicopter gunships struck suspected insurgent positions in Tikrit on Sunday as part of a government offensive to retake the predominantly Sunni hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein from Sunni militants led by the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, residents and officials said.

2 arrested, 22 dead in India building collapses

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 03:59 AM PDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in southern India detained two construction company directors Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for dozens of workers believed buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains. It was one of two weekend building collapses that killed at least 22 people.

Obama to seek border aid; Pelosi visits Texas

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 05:41 AM PDT

Migrants sit at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church temporary migrant shelter in McAllen, TexasBROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — President Barack Obama will seek more than $2 billion to respond to the flood of immigrants illegally entering the U.S. through the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas and ask for new powers to deal with returning immigrant children apprehended while traveling without their parents, a White House official said Saturday.

Iraq forces look to claw back city from insurgents

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 02:18 AM PDT

Iraqi federal policemen patrol in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb, Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit, one of two major urban centers they seized in recent weeks in a dramatic blitz across the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have started battling insurgents in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, one of two major cities seized by Sunni militants during a rapid advance across the north earlier this month.

Benghazi suspect's court case could offer clarity

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 07:42 AM PDT

RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP: This artist's rendering shows United States Magistrate, Judge John Facciola, swearing in the defendant, Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khatallah, wearing a headphone, as his attorney Michelle Peterson looks on during a hearing at the federal U.S. District Court in Washington, Saturday, June 28, 2014. The hearing of the Libyan accused of masterminding deadly Benghazi attacks, lasted ten minutes; he pled not guilty to conspiracy Saturday at his first appearance in U.S. court. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)WASHINGTON (AP) — A court appearance for the alleged mastermind of the attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, is the first step in a long legal process that could yield new insight into a fiery assault that continues to reverberate across U.S. politics.

5 detained, 22 dead in India building collapses

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 05:55 AM PDT

Rescuers carry an injured woman worker pulled out from the rubble of a building that collapsed on the outskirts of Chennai, India, Sunday, June 29, 2014. The 12-story apartment structure the workers were building collapsed late Saturday while heavy rains and lightning were pounding. Police said 31 construction workers had been pulled out so far and the search was continuing for more than a dozen others. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in southern India detained five construction company officials Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for dozens of workers believed buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains. It was one of two weekend building collapses that killed at least 22 people.

Ukraine president talks to Putin, Merkel, Hollande

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 10:48 AM PDT

People shout slogans during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, June 29, 2014. Hundreds of people have come on Sunday morning to the presidential administration to demand a stop to the cease fire on the eastern part of Ukraine. According to soldiers of the Donbass battalion, the other side hasn't stopped attacks and around 20 soldiers were killed during the last week that suppose to be a pause in active fighting. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tried to keep his peace plan to settle the conflict with pro-Russian separatists on track in a four-way phone call Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany.

BRAZIL BEAT: Sun scatters fans in Fortaleza

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 10:24 AM PDT

Mexico's Rafael Marquez, right, watches as teammate Hector Moreno slide tackles Netherlands' Arjen Robben during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the Netherlands and Mexico at the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil, Sunday, June 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — As the shadows shifted across the Arena Castelao, sections of stands emptied and filled during Sunday's round of 16 match between the Netherlands and Mexico. With an early afternoon start on a hot, muggy day in northeastern Brazil, many fans abandoned their seats when the sun beat down on them in an otherwise full stadium.

Gay Pride parades step off across United States

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 10:24 AM PDT

Men kiss under a rainbow umbrella during a gay pride parade in Lima, Peru, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Gays, lesbians and transgenders are holding gay pride parades worldwide this month as part of annual demonstrations demanding equal rights and to protest discrimination. (AP Photo/Sebastian Castaneda)NEW YORK (AP) — Gay Pride parades are stepping off around the world, in cities large and small.

Girl, 3, ID'd as victim of Italian ice shop door

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 09:36 AM PDT

Investigators look over the debris of a fallen security door outside a Rita's Water Ice store in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Investigators tell Philly.com that the metal security door detached and fell on a 3-year-old girl who died. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police have identified the 3-year-old girl killed by a falling security grate at an Italian ice shop.

Studies question UN strategies to save mothers

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 07:33 AM PDT

FILE- In this July 25, 2010 file photo, traditional birth attendant Magret Atieno assists Mary Wairimu into a position to give birth, during labor in the Korogocho neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya. In the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent trying to save mothers in developing countries using strategies deemed essential by the United Nations. But in two large analyses of maternal health programs_ including one conducted by the U.N. itself _ the efforts appeared almost useless, raising troubling questions about how billions of dollars are spent. Critics are calling for the pricey global initiatives to be significantly overhauled; the programs continue to be implemented despite little proof they work. Even public health officials acknowledge they were taken aback by the results. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi, File)LONDON (AP) — In the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent trying to save the lives of mothers in developing countries using strategies — usually inexpensive drugs — deemed essential by the U.N. health agency.

A look at the Border Patrol's staffing imbalance

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 08:43 AM PDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of Border Patrol agents roughly doubled over the last decade to more than 21,000, but many of them work where illegal crossings are relatively low. The imbalance has become increasingly clear since Central Americans began pouring into Texas' Rio Grande Valley by the thousands. Here are some numbers from Customs and Border Protection's website and internal documents reviewed by The Associated Press:

Seoul: North Korea fires more short-range missiles

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 10:26 PM PDT

A man watches a TV news program showing the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 26, 2014. North Korea fired three short-range projectiles Thursday into the waters off its east coast, a South Korean defense official said. The move was most likely a routine test-firing, but the official said it could also be meant to stoke tensions with Seoul. The writing on tje screen reads "The missiles were launched to alert and express its internal solidarity." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range Scud missiles into its eastern waters Sunday, a South Korean official said, in an apparent test just days after the country tested what it called new precision-guided missiles.

GM crash victim payment plan won't have limit

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 06:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 11, 2013 file photo, attorney and special adviser Kenneth Feinberg speaks at a public forum on the distribution of Newtown donations at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Conn. Feinberg plans to announce the terms of General Motors' plan to pay victims of crashes caused by bad ignition switches on Monday, June 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)DETROIT (AP) — When Kenneth Feinberg announces the terms of General Motors' plan to pay victims of crashes caused by bad ignition switches, he'll have an open wallet.

Benghazi attacks suspect pleads not guilty

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 03:10 PM PDT

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protestA Libyan militia leader pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court on Saturday to a terrorism charge in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi that killed four Americans. Ahmed Abu Khatallah was transferred to the U.S. District Court in Washington on Saturday morning from a Navy warship where he had been held since his June 15 capture by U.S. special operations forces in Libya. He was charged at an afternoon hearing with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists resulting in death in the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi. The Sept. 11, 2012, attack triggered a political firestorm for President Barack Obama, with Republicans accusing his administration of misrepresenting the circumstances and of lax protection for diplomats.

Mars 'flying saucer' splashes down after NASA test

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 03:35 AM PDT

This image provided by NASA shows the launch of the high-altitude balloon carrying a saucer-shaped vehicle for NASA, to test technology that could be used to land on Mars, Saturday June 28, 2014 in Kauai, Hawaii. Saturday's experimental flight high in Earth's atmosphere is testing a giant parachute designed to deliver heavier spacecraft and eventually astronauts. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA has tested new technology designed to bring spacecraft — and one day even astronauts — safely down to Mars, with the agency declaring the experiment a qualified success even though a giant parachute got tangled on the way down.

Arizona wildfire passes lines; shelter opens

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:18 PM PDT

A helicopter battles the blaze with lake water as smoke rises from the trees of the San Juan fire near Vernon, Az., on Friday, June 27, 2014. Authorities say communities mostly populated with summer homes are under mandatory evacuation orders as of Thursday evening due to the growing wildfire. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Patrick Breen) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESVERNON, Ariz. (AP) — Fire crews are hoping that lighter winds on Saturday will spur progress against a wildfire that has charred more than 8 square miles in eastern Arizona's White Mountains and prompted crews to set up a shelter for evacuees.

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