| Hard News Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As At least 32 killed in attacks in Iraq: - A series of attacks across Iraq killed at least 32 people on Tuesday, police and medical sources said. UNSC resolution on Syria won't be under Chapter 7 allowing use of force - Lavrov: The resolution, Lavrov stressed, is meant only to affirm the support of the UNSC to the roadmap for destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile, which will be penned by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). France and Russia differ on Syria gas attack: France and the UN say that a military option remains on the table and is pushing for the UN resolution to reflect that. But Moscow insisted that a new UN resolution on Syria would not allow the use of force. Propaganda and presstitute alert: Forensic Details in U.N. Report Point to Assad's Use of Gas: While the report's authors did not assign blame for the attack on the outskirts of Damascus, the details it documented included the large size and particular shape of the munitions and the precise direction from which two of them had been fired. Russia says may be time to force Assad's foes to talk peace: Lavrov has repeatedly urged Western nations to work harder to get Assad's opponents to attend the conference "without preconditions" - a reference to their calls for Assad's exit from power. He did not say how they might be forced to attend. Syrian opposition warcrimes record deepens peace plan faultline: War crimes blamed on the Syrian opposition are predominantly being carried out by foreign fighters, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Monday, highlighting a deepening rift in the opposition that has been an obstacle to peace talks. The Abu Ghraib Prison Break Seriously Empowered Jihadists in Syria: Al Qaeda has a new campaign to recruit soldiers abroad and they're using the notorious prison as their rally flag Obama waives anti-terrorism provisions to arm Syrian rebels: The Obama administration waived provisions of a federal law which ban the supply of weapons and money to terrorists. The move is opening doors to supplying Syrian opposition with protection from chemical weapons. Islamist rebels execute Alawite men in Raqqa: Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen with the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) executed two men they said were members of President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa Monday, according to activists and witnesses. Domenico Quirico: My 150-day ordeal as a hostage of Syria's rebels: The Italian journalist was taken prisoner by an anti-Assad revolutionary brigade. The horror that followed led him to rename the country 'the land of evil' Al-Bayda: anatomy of a war crime : Warning - this video contains extremely distressing images. In May this year the Syrian army entered a small town called al-Bayda and massacred at least 169 men, women and children. Channel 4 News met with the survivors. Syria: Mass Executions by Government Forces: HRW: Syrian government and pro-government forces executed at least 248 people in the towns of al-Bayda and Baniyas on May 2 and 3, 2013, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. It was one of the deadliest instances of mass summary executions since the start of the conflict in Syria. Russian Mediterranean fleet to be expanded to 11 warships: The large landing ship, Yamal, is set to depart from the port of Sevastopol, Ukraine by the end of the month to join the 10 vessels Russia already has in Mediterranean waters. In public shift, Israel calls for Assad's fall: Israel wants to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad toppled, its ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday, in a shift from its non-committal public stance on its neighbor's civil war. UN: Syrian clashes in Golan risk entangling Israel: United Nations envoy to region warns Syrian fighting in Golan could threaten armistice agreement with Israel. Russia claims has 'serious grounds' to believe rebels behind chemical attack Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, endorses diplomacy over militarism: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tuesday that his country should embrace diplomacy over militarism, saying it was time for "heroic leniency," and signaled his embrace of international outreach efforts by new President Hassan Rouhani. Obama Says He Exchanged Letters With Rohani: Obama said diplomacy over Syria, backed by threat of military action, was a potential model for negotiating over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Obama to meet Netanyahu, but not Rohani: US president won't be meeting Iran's leader at sidelines of General Assembly later this month. Bibi-Obama meeting set to September 30. Netanyahu presents four terms he says must be set for Tehran Jenin man killed in 'cold blood', family says: A man killed by Israeli occupation forces in Jenin on Tuesday was executed in cold blood after confirming his identity to soldiers, family members said. Mubarak: Netanyahu wanted to resettle Palestinians in Sinai: Former Egyptian president dishes out dirt on regional leaders in new recordings Car bomb kills head of Libya's criminal investigations unit : Benghazi has been hit by a wave of targeted killings in recent months as security agencies struggle to secure the country. Several senior criminal investigators in Benghazi have been killed since the country's 2011 civil war. U.N. issues oil warning to Libya: Libya needs to resolve issues that are dramatically curtailing its oil export potential or risk going broke, the U.N. special envoy to the country said. 35 Insurgents Killed, Four Injured in Kunar Operation: The local officials of Kunar province on Tuesday confirmed that 35 insurgents were killed and four others injured during an operation in the Chapa Dara district of Kunar. The operation codenamed "Toffan Dara" (Storm Valley) was launched last week Clashes leave 14 people dead in Afghanistan: Fourteen people including eight Taliban fighters were killed in clashes in parts of Faryab province on Monday night, a local official said Tuesday. Afghan President sets four conditions for security deal with US: The agreement will determine how many troops stay in the country, as well as their roles, from 2014. The NATO-led troops end their combat roles next year. Philippine troops retake most rebel-held villages but gunmen still holding hostages: Philippine troops have recaptured 70 per cent of the coastal areas by a southern city that were occupied by Muslim rebels, the military said, adding helicopter gunships were deployed for the first time Monday as a hostage standoff dragged to its second week. Russia to restore Soviet-era naval base in Arctic: Putin: Putin said 10 naval ships had arrived at the New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, as Russia asserts its rights over an area where vast energy resources are becoming more accessible as the sea ice retreats. French debt 'to hit nearly 2 trln euros': - France's public debt is expected to hit nearly two trillion euros ($2.7 trillion) by the end of 2014, or 95.1 percent of GDP, far higher than previous government estimates, the Le Figaro daily reported Tuesday. Brazil's President cancels state visit to U.S. over spying: report: Rousseff, who was infuriated by the spying reports, decided to cancel despite a 20-minute telephone call from President Barack Obama on Monday night in a last-minute attempt to salvage the trip, O Globo newspaper said. Belgium investigates suspected cyber spying by foreign state: Belgium said on Monday it was investigating suspected foreign state espionage against its main telecoms company, which is the top carrier of voice traffic in Africa and the Middle East, and a newspaper pointed the finger at the United States. ACLU condemns FBI in new report: In thousands of words spanning a 60-plus page report titled "Unleashed and Unaccountable: The FBI's Unchecked Abuse of Authority," the ACLU this week condemns the agency, particularly in the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Suspected U.S. shooter had 'secret' clearance, employer says: "He did have a secret clearance. And he did have a CAC (common access card)," said Thomas Hoshko, CEO of The Experts Inc, which was helping service the Navy Marine Corps Intranet as a subcontractor for HP Enterprise Services, part of Hewlett-Packard Co. Oil and fracking chemicals spill into Colorado's floodwaters: Fracking infrastructure has been inundated and its toxic contents have spilled out. Pipelines that transport fossil fuels are sagging and snapping under pressure. Top 1% Getting 95% of Income Gains: A recent study reveals that the top 10% of earners in the U.S. took home more than half the country's total income in 2012. That's the highest level recorded since the government began collecting the data a century ago, according to a New York Times analysis. Employment Gap Between Rich, Poor Widest on Record: Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families _ those earning less than $20,000 _ have topped 21 percent, nearly matching the rate for all workers during the 1930s Great Depression. ===
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