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• Assad Declared Winner in Syria Presidential Poll
• UN, Humanitarian Group Seek to Step Up Syria Aid
• Turkey Designates Al-Nusra Front as a Terrorist Organization
• Egypt’s Currency Black Market Under Threat as Confidence Rises
• US Lawmakers Press for Answers on Bergdahl Release
• First Lady Challenges Mayors to Help End Veteran Homelessness
• Russian Fighter Jet Buzzed US Military Spy Plane
• Kyrgyzstan National Pleads Not Guilty to Hampering Boston Bomb Probe
• With High-tech Tools, Farmers Hope to Turn Data into Higher Returns
• On The Scene: Despite Government Silence, Tiananmen Not Forgotten
• Tens of Thousands Stage Tiananmen Anniversary Vigil in Hong Kong
• Pakistani Police Arrest Brothers in Honor Killing
• International Court Asks Beijing to Defend S. China Sea Claims
• Doctor: Tibet’s Hepatitis B Infection Rates Soaring
• Obama: US Stands With Ukraine Against Russia’s ‘Dark Tactics’
• Afghan Taliban Releases Video Showing US Soldier Handover
• Assad Declared Winner in Syria Presidential Poll
• World Pushes China on Human Rights on Tiananmen Anniversary
• US Calls for Release of Detainees on Tiananmen Anniversary
• Renegade Libyan General Survives Assassination Attempt

Assad Declared Winner in Syria Presidential Poll Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:30 PM PDT CAIRO — As expected, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a third seven-year term in office, with a reported 88.7 percent of the vote. Voting took place Tuesday in parts of Syria controlled by the government, but was boycotted by opposition groups in areas they control. Officials say voter turnout was 73 percent. Election observers […]

UN, Humanitarian Group Seek to Step Up Syria Aid Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:29 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations’ humanitarian chief said Wednesday that a Security Council resolution aimed at expanding the reach of humanitarian aid in Syria is not working, while violence continues to rise in the country. Separately, the head of the mission to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons said they will not meet the June 30 […]

Turkey Designates Al-Nusra Front as a Terrorist Organization Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:28 PM PDT ISTANBUL — Turkey has designated the al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaida-affiliated radical Islamist group that is fighting in Syria, as a terrorist organization. The decision is being seen as a marked change in Ankara’s policy towards the Syrian conflict. The Turkish government’s decision to designate the al-Nusra Front as a terrorist organization is in line with […]

Egypt’s Currency Black Market Under Threat as Confidence Rises Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:27 PM PDT CAIRO/DUBAI — Egypt’s currency black market is under threat from two directions, as aid from wealthy Gulf states promises to ease a dollar shortage and an increasingly confident central bank engineers a gradual depreciation of the Egyptian pound. Since the 2011 revolution ushered in three years of political and economic turmoil, a gap has opened […]

US Lawmakers Press for Answers on Bergdahl Release Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:24 PM PDT CAPITOL HILL — Key U.S. lawmakers are dissatisfied with the Obama administration’s initial efforts to explain the prisoner swap that freed U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from five years of Taliban captivity. All 100 members are to receive a classified briefing late Wednesday. One day after White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough met privately […]

First Lady Challenges Mayors to Help End Veteran Homelessness Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON — First Lady Michelle Obama said the fact that 58,000 veterans are homeless in the United States is a “moral outrage.” The first lady announced the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness on Wednesday at the White House. She applauded the commitment of 77 mayors, four governors and four county officials to help meet […]

Russian Fighter Jet Buzzed US Military Spy Plane Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON — A Russian fighter jet flew within 100 feet of the nose of a U.S. military spy plane in late April north of Japan, triggering private U.S. protests to Moscow just as East-West tensions soared over the crisis in the Ukraine, the Pentagon said. The incident took place during the afternoon of April 23, […]

Kyrgyzstan National Pleads Not Guilty to Hampering Boston Bomb Probe Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:20 PM PDT BOSTON — A citizen of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges of lying to federal investigators about his ties to the two ethnic Chechen men accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing. Khairullozhon Matanov, 23, faces one criminal count of destroying records and three counts of lying to officials in a terrorism […]

With High-tech Tools, Farmers Hope to Turn Data into Higher Returns Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:19 PM PDT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — Farmers increasingly rely on technology to reduce their costs and improve their yields and profits. Along with high-tech machinery, farmers are trying out agribusiness services that promise to turn data about their farms into higher returns. The Finfrocks farm about 3,200 hectares of corn and soybeans in central Illinois in the […]

On The Scene: Despite Government Silence, Tiananmen Not Forgotten Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:10 PM PDT BEIJING — The 25th anniversary of the Chinese government’s brutal and bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square passed quietly in Beijing Wednesday, but for some it was not completely forgotten. Tiananmen Square and the wide avenue that leads to it were both eerily quiet on the anniversary, with police out in force and […]

Tens of Thousands Stage Tiananmen Anniversary Vigil in Hong Kong Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:09 PM PDT Tens of thousands of people have turned out in Hong Kong for a vigil marking the 25th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. A sea of candles lit the massive Victoria Park late Wednesday, as throngs gathered to sign songs and listen to speeches marking the massacre that ended the […]

Pakistani Police Arrest Brothers in Honor Killing Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:08 PM PDT Police in Pakistan say they have arrested the brothers of a woman who was bludgeoned to death by her family for marrying against their wishes. Authorities say 25-year-old Farzana Parveen was beaten with bricks outside a courthouse in the eastern city of Lahore on May 27, as she waited to tell a judge she married […]

International Court Asks Beijing to Defend S. China Sea Claims Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:07 PM PDT MANILA — An international court is giving Beijing more time to defend its territorial claims in the South China Sea. But China has refused to participate in the arbitration case brought by the Philippines to clarify their territorial claims. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague says Beijing has until December 15th to submit […]

Doctor: Tibet’s Hepatitis B Infection Rates Soaring Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:06 PM PDT An ethnic Tibetan doctor working in Nepal says the rate of Hepatitis B infection is soaring in Tibet because of a lack of education and vaccinations. Dr. Lhamo Sharpa, a Nepal based Tibetan doctor, says 61 percent of Tibetans living in Nepal are infected with the virus, which harms the liver and can cause serious […]

Obama: US Stands With Ukraine Against Russia’s ‘Dark Tactics’ Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:05 PM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama said the world must “stand with those who seek freedom,” as he drew parallels between reforms taking place in Ukraine today and the elections in Poland 25 years ago that marked the beginning of the end of Communism. Speaking Wednesday at a Freedom Day event in Warsaw, Obama hailed Poland’s first […]

Afghan Taliban Releases Video Showing US Soldier Handover Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:58 PM PDT ISLAMABAD — The Afghan Taliban has released a video showing its fighters handing over captured American soldier Bowe Bergdahl to the U.S. military in an eastern province that borders Pakistan Saturday. The Taliban video shows U.S. Army Sgt. Bergdahl, waiting in a white pick-up truck surrounded by heavily armed Taliban fighters. Most of them have […]

Assad Declared Winner in Syria Presidential Poll Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:57 PM PDT CAIRO — As expected, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a third seven-year term in office, with a reported 88.7 percent of the vote. Voting took place Tuesday in parts of Syria controlled by the government, but was boycotted by opposition groups in areas they control. Officials say voter turnout was 73 percent. Election observers […]

World Pushes China on Human Rights on Tiananmen Anniversary Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:56 PM PDT World leaders are using the 25th anniversary of China’s deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown to urge Beijing to make progress on human rights. In a firm statement Wednesday, the White House said it “continues to honor the memories” of those killed and “will always speak out in support of the basic freedoms the protesters at Tiananmen […]

US Calls for Release of Detainees on Tiananmen Anniversary Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON — The United States has called on China to free those detained ahead of the 25th anniversary of the violent Tiananmen Square crackdown on democracy activists which is believed to have left hundreds dead. A prominent Chinese dissident told a Washington audience the Chinese people are overcoming their fear of the government and speaking […]

Renegade Libyan General Survives Assassination Attempt Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:53 PM PDT Rogue Libyan General Khalifa Haftar survived an assassination attempt at his residence in the eastern city of Benghazi, where he has been leading an offensive against Islamist militants. Military officials say a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives to the Haftar compound gate Wednesday. Three soldiers were killed and several others were wounded, […]

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