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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
June 23rd, 2013

‘No One Is Prepared for What’s Coming’: TheBlaze’s Buck Sexton Calls in From Tahrir Square
...Buck Sexton has been on a “fact-finding” mission in the Middle East all week, traveling everywhere from Syrian refugee camps to Egypt’s famed Tahrir Square. ...“There are so many more refugees, so much more violence,” he said. “This thing [in Syria] is far from over, and the notion that we could end it even if we wanted to is kind of a fantasy.”

'The battlefields are merging': Surge in violence raises fears of new war in Iraq and beyond
A major uptick in sectarian violence which has killed about 2,000 people since April 1 has sparked fears that Iraq is heading for a full-scale civil war that could draw in powerful regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia. There are already signs that the current conflict is starting to merge with the bitter fighting in Syria, creating a war zone from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.

Anger mounts after Facebook's 'shadow profiles' leak in bug
Friday Facebook announced the fix of a bug it said inadvertently exposed the private information of over six million users when Facebook's previously unknown shadow profiles accidentally merged with user accounts... ...Facebook appears to be obtaining users' offsite email address and phone numbers and attempting to match them to other accounts. It appears...the... information is then being stored in each user's 'shadow profile'...

For secretive surveillance court, rare scrutiny in wake of NSA leaks
...The public is getting a peek into the little-known workings of a powerful and mostly invisible government entity. And it is seeing a court whose secret rulings have in effect created a body of law separate from the one on the books — one that gives U.S. spy agencies the authority to collect bulk information about Americans’ medical care, firearms purchases, credit card usage and other interactions with business and commerce, according to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

Governor of Egypt's Luxor quits after uproar
The newly appointed governor of the Egyptian province of Luxor has resigned amid controversy over his links to an Islamist group that carried out an attack on tourists there in 1997. Adel Khayat's appointment infuriated many Egyptians and prompted the tourism minister to submit his resignation. President Mohammed Morsi had defended Mr Khayat's appointment.

Canada floods: More Alberta cities placed on alert
More communities in the Canadian province of Alberta have been placed on flood alert as high water levels move downstream from the city of Calgary. About 10,000 residents in low-lying areas of the city of Medicine Hat have been ordered to leave their homes. In Calgary, river levels have receded but the city remains under a state of emergency.

Barack Obama promises to outline US climate plan
US President Barack Obama has promised to outline his plan to deal with climate change in a speech at Georgetown University on Tuesday. He said it would include measures to reduce carbon pollution and to lead global efforts to fight climate change. Mr Obama has said repeatedly he would tackle climate change, but has been blocked by Congress.

Turkish intelligence agency probes 'foreign links' to anti-government protests
Turkey's intelligence service (MIT) has begun investigating alleged foreign links to the anti-government protests which have been taking place in the country over the last several weeks... The protests broke out some three weeks ago in Istanbul when police used force and tear gas to disperse environmental activists demonstrating against a government plan to develop a mosque and shops at Istanbul's' Gezi Park in the city's Taksim Square.

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