Monday, June 10, 2013

In the news, Monday, June 10, 2013


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Pete King (R-NY) Says Prosecute Leaker to 'Fullest Extent of the Law'

from Daily Mail (UK)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Student who tweeted that people wearing Help for Heroes shirt 'deserve to be beheaded' sentenced to community service over vile jibe
Deyka Ayan Hassan, 21, meant the comment to be a jokey criticism of the design of the t-shirt worn by supporters of the forces charity
She was arrested at home after admitting to police she had tweeted 'to be honest, if you wear a Help for Heroes t-shirt you deserve to be beheaded'
Ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work by magistrates today, having admitted a charge of sending a malicious electronic message

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from Fox News (& affiliates)

Obama Admin Likely to Open Investigation Into NSA Leaks

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from The Jerusalem Post

Triumph and tragedy
On the 46th anniversary of that great drama, we can only wish that it had never happened, that it was all a dream. (The 1967 war)

Liberman: Stop 'pointless' dialog with the European Union
Yisrael Beytenu leader demands EU declare Hezbollah a terrorist group in letter to Ashton, says failure to do so would make EU irrelevant; EU: No final decision made yet about Hezbollah.
Upcoming elections will decide successor of current Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Iran expert tells 'Post' candidates are attempting to put on moderate face, "don’t want to look like Ahmadinejad."

"Israel does not take sides in the Syrian civil war," Netanyahu says as Obama administration set to discuss possible arming of Syrian rebels; claims Syria transferring extra weaponry to Hezbollah on Iranian orders.

Syria crisis shows why Israel must remain strong
Whether Syrian death toll is 80,000 or 100,000, this figure is more than all people killed in nearly a century of conflict between Israel and its enemies, including several wars and thousands of acts of terrorism.


from POLITICO
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

NSA leaker reveals self, has no apologies

Edward Snowden leak exposes cracks in contractor system

from Popular Mechanics

Why the NSA Prism Program Could Kill U.S. Tech Companies
Spying on foreigners could create a terrible blowback to the U.S. economy. Has it really come to this?

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from The Spokesman-Review

Labrador pledges to continue immigration reform push

Feds to comply with morning-after pill ruling
Decision makes pill available to women and girls without prescription

Idaho attorney Allen Derr dies at 85

Looks like Washington headed for second special session

I-5 bridge over Skagit River should reopen next week

Mandela remains in serious but stable condition

South Africans pray for Mandela

Man pepper sprays barista before stealing car

NSA worker source of leak
Contractor says aim was to inform public

College Bound program helps students focus on education

Getting There: LED lights being installed on Interstate 90

Koreas agree to hold senior-level meeting in Seoul

Attackers target Kabul airport
Insurgents seized half-done building
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In brief:  From Wire Reports:

Protester killed near Iran Embassy

BEIRUT – A Lebanese demonstrator was shot dead outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut on Sunday when clashes erupted over Shiite militant group Hezbollah’s involvement in the neighboring civil war in Syria.

Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, has riled sectarian tensions in the region by sending its fighters to support the army of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The official Lebanese news agency said Hisham Salman died shortly after being shot in front of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut’s Bir Hassan neighborhood.

Local media reports said Salman was a member of the Intima party, an opposition group whose leader is also from the Shiite community. The party is strongly opposed to Hezbollah’s interference in Syria, which is Iran’s key ally in the region. Reports said several others were wounded in the clash.


Militia official resigns as general

TRIPOLI, Libya – One of Libya’s highest military officers resigned Sunday after clashes between protesters and a government-aligned militia he was in charge of left 31 people dead in the eastern city of Benghazi, the deadliest such violence in a country where armed factions hold sway.

The violence erupted Saturday when protesters in Benghazi, the country’s second largest city, stormed the main camp of Libya Shield, a largely Islamist grouping of militias paid by the government to help maintain security. The protesters were demanding that the militias submit to the full authority of Libya’s security forces or lay down their arms.

The clashes prompted Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Youssef al-Mangoush to resign, citing the unusually high death toll from the violence. Al-Mangoush was due to be replaced soon, and the country’s Congress voted in support of accepting his resignation Sunday.


Thousands flee as Elbe rises

BERLIN – Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in a region of eastern Germany where the Elbe River has flooded and burst through a dam, while swollen Danube was approaching Budapest where soldiers and volunteers are building flood walls, officials said Sunday.

At least 21 flood-related deaths have been reported in central Europe, as rivers such as the Danube, the Elbe and the Vlatava have overflowed after a week of heavy rains and caused extensive damage in central and southern Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary.
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Fifth victim in California rampage dies
Police ID gunman; motive still unknown

U.S. close to allowing arming of Syrian rebels, sources say

Washington Senate proposes public vote on policy shifts

Rock Doc: Genomics might help defeat citrus disease

Circa 1920: These unidentified men are
standing at the site of “Col. Wright’s
Horse Slaughter Camp” along the
Spokane River near Liberty Lake.
U.S. killed Indians’ herd of 800 in 1858

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Mentally ill need support

Column: Sign here please, and don’t forget how it feels
Rebecca Nappi      The Spokesman-Review

Financial security doesn’t necessarily pair with peace of mind

Projects help preserve the past

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