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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
August 17th, 2013

Iraq seeks help from US amid growing violence
A resurgence of violence and a renewed threat from al-Qaida have recently revived flagging U.S. interest in Iraq, officials said Friday as Baghdad asked for new help to fight extremists less than two years after it forced American troops to withdraw.

Israel Keeps a Wary Eye on Turmoil in Egypt
Before the violence this week in Cairo, the Israeli government was quietly pleased with the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi and the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, which has always been hostile to Israel. But now the mass killings have left Israel in the uncomfortable position of being a spectator to the crisis unfolding in Egypt, though one with a huge stake in the outcome.

Beirut bomb: Hezbollah's Nasrallah blames Sunni radicals
The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, Hassan Nasrallah, says radical Sunni Muslim militants bombed a Beirut suburb, killing 22 people. Mr Nasrallah's Shia group supports the government of President Assad in the civil war in neighbouring Syria. "I will go myself to Syria if it is necessary in the battle against the takfiris (Sunni radicals)," Mr Nasrallah said, on his own TV channel.

Brotherhood claims spritual leader’s son killed in Cairo clashes
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says a son of its spiritual leader was killed during fierce clashes in downtown Cairo, as hundreds of Islamists supporters of the country’s ousted president remained barricaded inside a mosque. The group’s political arm said on its official website on Saturday that Mohammed Badei’s son Ammar was killed on Friday. That’s when the Muslim Brotherhood took to the streets in a “Day of Rage” ignited by anger at security forces over clearing two sit-in camps earlier in the week, leaving hundreds dead.

Area 51 'declassified' in U-2 spy plane history
The CIA has officially acknowledged the secret US test site known as Area 51, in a newly unclassified internal history of the U-2 spy plane programme.

Egypt crisis: Tense stand-off at Cairo mosque
Egyptian security forces have surrounded a mosque in the capital, Cairo, amid a stand-off with barricaded Muslim Brotherhood supporters. Dozens remain, refusing to believe the authorities' pledge of a safe exit. The tense stand-off follows a day of bloody clashes on Friday in which more than 80 people died and 1,000 Brotherhood supporters were arrested.

Christie gives conditional OK to broader medicinal marijuana use
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a potential 2016 presidential contender, gave conditional approval to legislation that would allow wider use of medicinal marijuana in his state Friday, including making it available to children in edible form.

1,600 Idaho homes evacuated as wildfire grows
Evacuation orders were expanded to 1,600 homes Friday as a growing Idaho wildfire burned near the Sun Valley resort area, a second home to the rich and famous. "Pack your essential belongings, family and pets, and GO NOW," the Blaine County Sheriff's Office instructed residents as the 100-square-mile Beaver Creek Fire burned near the central Idaho mountain resort and the the towns of Hailey and Ketchum.

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