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Suicide attack on Pakistani church kills 78 people:
A
wing of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing
against Pakistan's Christian minority, saying it would continue attacks
against non-Muslims until the U.S. stopped its drone attacks in the
country's tribal regions. The attacks wounded 110 others.
US Kills 7 People In Pakistan:
Intelligence
officials said US unmanned aircrafts fired four missiles which hit two
houses at Shawal town of North Waziristan Sunday afternoon.
5 militants killed in explosion:
As
many as five militants were killed and several others injured on
Sunday in an explosion in the main office of banned Lashkar-e-Islam
(LI) in Tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency.
16 killed in Afghan attacks:
Early
Sunday morning, four pro-government militiamen and three Taliban
militants were killed in clashes at Hazrat-e-Sultan in Kunduz city,
Xinhua reported citing a police officer.
UK paid £3,000 compensation for Afghans killed by UK military:
The
families of almost 200 innocent victims of British military activity
in Afghanistan have been compensated with barely £3,000 each, the
Government has revealed.
Nairobi terror: 68 people killed as Al-Qaeda affiliates hold hostages :
At
least 68 people have been killed and 200 others wounded by
Al-Qaeda-linked militants in a Nairobi shopping mall, as the hostage
crisis there has entered its second day. 10 to 15 gunmen are still
inside the shopping center, a Kenyan minister has reported.
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Kenya Says Western Nations Join Fight in Somalia, as U.S. Denies Role:
Foreign
military forces have joined the offensive against the Shabab militant
group in Somalia as Kenyan troops advanced toward the rebel stronghold
of Kismayu from two different directions, Kenya said Sunday.
50 Assad men killed by Damascus suburb car bomb:
Syria
rebels claimed that 50 members of Syrian regime security forces were
killed and dozens wounded in the explosion of a car bomb at a military
facility located in the suburbs of Damascus. This was reported by
Turkish news agency Anatolia.
Mortar round hits Russia embassy compound in Damascus: Activists:
An
embassy source told RIA Novosti news agency that two people had been
slightly wounded but that the diplomatic mission continued working
normally.
Report: American-supplied arms fell into al Qaeda's hands:
The
bad news is that al Qaeda's affiliates dominate significant parts of
northern Syria. FSA units that challenge al Qaeda are, by and large,
unsuccessful
Here's The Full, Extremist-To-Moderate Spectrum Of The 100,000 Syrian Rebels:
Lister places the number of "genuine moderates" - rebels wholly loyal to the SMC - between 20,000 and 32,000.
Russia ready to send military observers to Syria:
Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday Russia will send
military observers to Syria. Russia says it is ready to send military
observers to Syria, as a security measure for efforts to eliminate its
chemical weapons, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
U.S. official: Syrian CW list more complete than anticipated:
U.S.
officials were pleasantly surprised and encouraged by the initial
declaration that Syria has submitted to the world's chemical weapons
watchdog outlining its inventory of the munitions, a senior
administration official said Saturday.
Obama to insist Assad steps down:
US
officials at the White House have said President Barack Obama will
give a speech at the United Nations this week, in which he will call
for the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. A White House
spokesman has told reporters the Obama speech will lead with an
insistence that Assad "abdicates".
Suicide bomber kills 16 in mainly Sunni district of Baghdad: -
A
suicide bomber blew himself up inside a tent filled with mourners in a
predominantly Sunni district of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 16
people, police and medical sources said.
Yemen clash with al-Qaeda kills 8: tribal source:
Eight
people including four members of al-Qaeda were killed on Sunday in a
clash between Yemeni tribesmen and militants in Maarib province, a
tribal source said.
'I cannot live with my family anymore - my work puts them in danger':
Since
a transitional government took office in Yemen in February 2012, there
has been an alarming rise in attacks on journalists. Al-Rubaa was just
one of 15 journalists to tell me that he receives regular death
threats because of his work.
Merkel's conservatives lead German vote:
Exit
polls from the German election show that Merkel's conservative bloc
(CDU-CSU)is in the lead with about 42 percent. Steinbrueck's Social
Democrats (SPD)are trailing behind with 26 percent and the Left party
has received over 8 percent of the votes.
Chiquita bananas hired killer commandos: suit:
Faced
with potentially billions of dollars in legal liability, Chiquita
Brands International is asking a federal appeals court to block
lawsuits filed against it in the U.S. by thousands of Colombians whose
relatives were killed in that country's bloody, decades-long civil war.
Close ties between White House, NSA spying review:
The
White House, the review panel has effectively been operating as an arm
of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which oversees
the NSA and all other U.S. spy efforts.
Is the FBI's Domestic Spying Out of Control?: Op-Ed:
A new ACLU report shows how the Bureau's domestic surveillance program has exploded since 9/11
Bangladesh police fire rubber bullets at garment workers seeking $100 month minimum wage:
Protesters
threw stones and bricks at factories just outside the capital in
Kaliakoir that make clothes for some of the world's top retailers.
Others marched along a key highway and blocked traffic, police said.
Pope attacks global economics for worshipping 'god of money':
Pope
Francis made one of his strongest attacks on the global economic
system on Sunday, saying it could no longer be based on a "god called
money" and urged the unemployed to fight for work.
In Chicago and Philadelphia, Closing Schools and Funding Charters:
Twelve
thousand Chicago children are walking new, often longer, routes to
school this fall-after Mayor Rahm Emanuel closed 47 schools, almost all
in poor Black and Latino neighborhoods.
6:07 PM 9/22/2013
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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