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In a Sunday, April 29, 2012, photo, Pakistani barber Mohammed Arif, 35, lights his shop with a lamp due to a power cut, while shaving a customer, in Abbottabad, Pakistan. David Walters saw a business opportunity where few other foreign investors would think of treading: Pakistan's power sector. He saw profit in importing power stations, linking them to the national grid and selling the electricity to the energy-starved country. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Pakistan Court Shuts Plants, Angers US Investor

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Obama Vows To Protect Benefits For Veterans

President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 28, 2012, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) President Barack Obama honored the nation’s military heroes in a pair of Memorial Day ceremonies, vowing to protect the benefits earned by veterans and their families in an […]

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President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 28, 2012, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama honored the nation's military heroes in a pair of Memorial Day ceremonies, vowing to protect the benefits earned by veterans and their families in an election year marked by the nation's transition from war. The president celebrated Memorial Day at the Vietnam War Memorial and at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday,

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NKorean Farmers Cite Grave Drought; Aid Unlikely

In this May 25, 2012 photo, a North Korean farmer sifts soil through his fingers in a dry corn field at a cooperative farm on the outskirts of Nampho, North Korea. North Korea says it is suffering through a major drought that's hurting food production. The drought comes in the wake of the collapse of […]

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In this May 25, 2012 photo, a North Korean farmer sifts soil through his fingers in a dry corn field at a cooperative farm on the outskirts of Nampho, North Korea. North Korea says it is suffering through a major drought that's hurting food production. The drought comes in the wake of the collapse of a U.S.-North Korean deal that would have sent food to the North in return for a nuclear and missile freeze. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

North Korea is mobilizing workers to irrigate farms and repair wells as officials report a serious drought that could worsen already critical food shortages. Help, however, is unlikely to come from the United States and South Korea following Pyongyang's widely criticized rocket launch. North Korea has had little rain since April 27, with the

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UN: Most Of 108 Killed In Syria Were Executed

This frame grab made from an amateur video provided by Syrian activists on Monday, May 28, 2012, purports to show the massacre in Houla on May 25 that killed more than 100 people, many of them children. The amateur footage shows people running along a street, purportedly just after the attack on Houla started. (AP […]

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This frame grab made from an amateur video provided by Syrian activists on Monday, May 28, 2012, purports to show the massacre in Houla on May 25 that killed more than 100 people, many of them children. The amateur footage shows people running along a street, purportedly just after the attack on Houla started. (AP Photo/Amateur Video via AP video)

The U.N.'s human rights office on Tuesday added grim new details about the massacre of more than 100 people in a rural area in Syria last week, saying that most of the dead were shot at close range, some of them women and children killed in their homes. The brutality of the Houla killings, documented in gruesome amateur videos of scores of

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For-Profit Schools Jump To Enroll Military Spouses

Sarah Casey pets her three dogs, Sisco, left, Scrat, center, and Dodger, right, Thursday, May 3, 2012, in her home in DuPont, Wash. Casey wears a shirt that says "Certified Dog Trainer," from the Animal Behavior College. A broad, multi-billion dollar expansion of taxpayer-funded military education benefits in recent years has hugely expanded opportunities for […]

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Sarah Casey pets her three dogs, Sisco, left, Scrat, center, and Dodger, right, Thursday, May 3, 2012, in her home in DuPont, Wash. Casey wears a shirt that says "Certified Dog Trainer," from the Animal Behavior College. A broad, multi-billion dollar expansion of taxpayer-funded military education benefits in recent years has hugely expanded opportunities for active duty personnel and veterans, and among the new benefits are tuition assistance for military spouses. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

"Unleash the dog trainer inside you," urges an ad for the online Animal Behavior College, which makes no bones about whom it's trying to recruit. In television and online ads, it speaks directly to military spouses. The message: You may be able to attend for free. The ads are working. In three years, 2,255 military spouses have enrolled, and the

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Analysis: Could Syria’s Assad Cause Civil War In Lebanon?

In this image made from video, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Syrian State Television via APTN) A prominent Sunni cleric, well-known as an opponent to Syria’s president Bashar al Assad, was shot by soldiers in Akkar, northern Lebanon nine days ago. The killing has caused […]

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In this image made from video, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Syrian State Television via APTN)

A prominent Sunni cleric, well-known as an opponent to Syria’s president Bashar al Assad, was shot by soldiers in Akkar, northern Lebanon nine days ago. The killing has caused some in Lebanon to fear that Syria’s bloody uprising is spilling over into its neighbour. Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahid and his companion Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Merhbi were

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Calif. Police To Pay Man $4.15M In Police Brutality And Civil Rights Violation Case

The Vallejo Police Department has come to a $4.15 million settlement with a man injured after officers ruptured one of his vertebrae, causing paralysis. (Photo by Nicolas Vigier) (MintPress) – The city of Vallejo, Calif. has agreed to pay $4.15 million to a 61-year-old man in reaction to police-inflicted injuries and violations of Federal Civil […]

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The Vallejo Police Department has come to a $4.15 million settlement with a man injured after officers ruptured one of his vertebrae, causing paralysis. (Photo by Nicolas Vigier)

(MintPress) – The city of Vallejo, Calif. has agreed to pay $4.15 million to a 61-year-old man in reaction to police-inflicted injuries and violations of Federal Civil Rights, according to the client’s attorneys. The Vallejo Police Department has reached a settlement with Macario Dagdagan after officers entered his home without a warrant on the

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