55
al-Qaida militants killed in western
Iraq: TV:
A total of 55
al-Qaida-linked militants were
killed on Saturday in their clashes with
security
forces and local Sunni tribesmen
in western Iraq, state-run al- Iraqiya
television reported.
Over
100 killed as Iraq forces battle
Al Qaeda:
At least 32
civilians and 71 ISIL fighters
died in the clashes, the officials said,
adding
that they did not know how many
police and tribesmen were killed.
Iraq
government loses control of Fallujah:
PM Maliki says
"terrorists" will be
beaten after security source concedes
Islamic State of Iraq
and Levant takes over.
Iraqi
Army Shells Fallujah In Fight
Against Al-Qaeda Rebels:
The
Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) had taken
control of
the Iraqi Army's 1st Division
headquarters as well as the
Baghdad-Ramadi
highway.
Backlash against
al-Qaida affiliate sees
'dozens of fighters' killed in Iraq and Syria:
Attempt to push
back group that claimed
responsibility for bomb attack on Shia
suburb in
Beirut
Syria
rebels kill, capture dozens of
Qaeda affiliates:
Rebels killed
and captured dozens of
jihadists loyal to an Al-Qaeda affiliate
in two days of
unprecedented fighting
in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and
Idlib, a monitor
said Saturday.
Syria
rebels demand al-Qaeda
group surrender:
Protesters
rally against al-Qaeda-linked
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,
linked to
violence and kidnappings.
Turkey:
Police officers removed
after stopping truck allegedly
carrying weapons to
Syria:
The officers,
who stopped the truck
near the Reyhanli district in the
southern province of
Hatay on the
border with Syria, were removed
from their positions when they
were
still on the scene upon the p
rosecutor's demands.
Cantor
to seek new Iran nuclear
resolution:
"Iran remains
perhaps the most
significant national security threat
facing the United States
and its
closest allies," Cantor said.
"Its determined pursuit of a
nuclear
weapons capability and
support for terrorism and instability
must be
stopped.
Palestinian
protesters chant
'Kerry go home' :
"It's clear,
Kerry, we don't want
to see you! The Americans are
the enemy of our people!"
they
added.
17
killed in clashes as president
Morsi's supporters rally in Egypt:
The ministry
said 10 deaths were
recorded in Cairo yesterday, three in
Fayoum, two in
Alexandria, and one
each in Ismaliya and Minya in upper
Egypt. Protesters
claimed the figure
was much higher.
6
militants killed in attack at
military camp in Afghanistan:
Six militants
were killed Saturday
morning after they launched an armed
attack against a joint
military camp of
the Afghan forces and the NATO- led
coalition troops in the
eastern Nangarhar
province, a provincial police source said.
Taliban
attack kills NATO soldier in
eastern Afghanistan:
Spokesman Ahmad
Zia Abdulzai in
Nangarhar province says the attack
took place on Saturday
morning when
a suicide bomber struck outside the
base in the province's Ghani
Khail
district.
Are we
on the brink of war?
Academic sparks
debate by drawing
comparisons between 1914 past and
2014 present
Military Police
Are Killing the
Cambodians Who Make Your Clothes:
Four people
were killed and 21 more
were injured in Cambodia this morning,
when police
opened fire with AK-47s into
a group of protesters. The deaths come
after months
of tension and escalating
violence between the authorities and
garment workers
who are demanding
higher wages.
US
Covert action in Colombia:
(FARC), once
considered the
best-funded insurgency in the world,
is at its smallest and most
vulnerable s
tate in decades, due in part to a CIA
covert action program that has
helped
Colombian forces kill at least two
dozen rebel leaders, according to
interviews with more than 30 former
and current U.S. and Colombian
officials.
NAFTA:
20 years of regret for Mexico:
Out of 20 Latin
American countries
(South and Central America plus Mexico),
Mexico ranks 18,
with growth of less
than 1% annually since 1994.
Senator
Bernie Sanders asks:
Is the NSA Spying on Congress?:
U.S. Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today
asked the National Security Agency
director whether
the agency has
monitored the phone calls, emails
and Internet traffic of members
of
Congress and other elected officials.
Government's
Surveillance Powers
Can't Keep Going Unchecked:
Government
surveillance of Americans,
in the name of protecting the nation,
didn't start
with the National Security
Agency's recently revealed collection
of citizens'
telephone records.
What
happens if authorities
seize your laptop?:
A federal judge
in New York has ruled
authorities can seize travellers' laptops
at the border
without citing a legal reason,
suspecting the traveller of a crime, or
explaining themselves in any way.
What happens if they take yours?
Facebook spying on
private messages,
selling them to advertisers - lawsuit:
A federal
lawsuit has been filed earlier
this week accusing the world's biggest
social
networking site, Facebook, of
examining its users' private messages
contents
"for purposes unrelated to the
facilitation of message
transmission".
Stock
in marijuana companies
skyrocket after Colorado sells
$1 mil on first day:
The long lines
stretching around
Colorado marijuana shops have
apparently not gone unnoticed by
investors, with the price of shares
for cannabis-related companies
skyrocketing
since the drug became
legal throughout the state on January 1."
LA
Sheriff's Department misconduct
includes rape, drug smuggling,
kidnapping -
report:
Recent
misconduct investigations of
deputies of the Los Angeles Sheriff's
Department
included rape, smuggling
heroin into jail, stealing money from a
narcotics
arrest and misuse of a department
helicopter, an oversight report
details.
Billionaires
Dumping Stocks, Economist
Knows Why:
Warren Buffett,
who has been a cheerleader
for U.S. stocks for quite some time, is dumping
shares at an alarming rate. He recently complained
of "disappointing
performance" in dyed-in-the-wool
American companies like Johnson & Johnson,
Procter & Gamble, and Kraft Foods.
The
Student DebtCropper System:
Even the
Destitute Hounded by Debt
Collectors: Student loan debt is the only
form of debt
not discharged by filing bankruptcy.
Why
Aren't Big Bankers in Jail?:
Why ask why,
say their enablers in financial press
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