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Jihadi group urges end to Syrian rebel infighting

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:51 AM PST

This undated image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. Two weeks of fighting between an al-Qaida-linked group and other rebel forces in Syria has killed more than 1,000 people, an activist group said Thursday, as clashes raged between the rival factions in a northwestern town. The fighting pitting the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other groups are the most serious among rebel forces since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011. (AP Photo/militant website)BEIRUT (AP) — The head of an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria has called on other rebel factions to end their attacks on his fighters and instead to unite against the government and its allies.

LA-area fire wanes; dangerous conditions remain

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 09:48 AM PST

An aircraft drops fire retardant on the Colby Fire on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, near Azusa, Calif. Firefighters were chasing flare-ups Friday morning in the damaging wildfire that was largely tamed but kept thousands of people from their homes in the foothill suburbs northeast of Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)GLENDORA, Calif. (AP) — Fire officials continue their steady progress in surrounding a wildfire near Los Angeles that has destroyed several homes.

8 candidates to face off in C. African Republic

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 08:34 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 file photo, French soldiers protect a truck of fleeing Muslims after it broke down and was surrounded by hundreds of hostile Christian residents, including several anti-balaka militiamen, in the Gobongo neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic. Central African Republic has long teetered on the brink of anarchy, but the new unrest unleashed by a March 2013 coup has ignited previously unseen sectarian hatred between Christians and Muslims. More than 1,000 people were killed in December alone and nearly 1 million displaced. The crisis has forced some to flee across borders to desperately poor and unstable countries like Chad and Congo. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The sons of two former leaders are on a new list of eight candidates vying to become interim president of Central African Republic.

Afghan president again demands US airstrikes end

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 08:34 AM PST

An Afghan police walks ahead of members of civil society organizations for their protection as they march in a street, during an anti terrorism demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. Hundreds of Afghans gathered outside a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul on Sunday to protest against Taliban attack that killed 21 people. The assault Friday by a Taliban bomber and two gunmen against the La Taverna du Liban restaurant was deadliest single attack against foreign civilians in the course of a nearly 13-year U.S.-led war there now approaching its end. They chanted slogans against terrorism as they laid flowers at the site of the attack. The dead included 13 foreigners and eight Afghans, all civilians. The attack came as security has been deteriorating and apprehension has been growing among Afghans over their country's future as U.S.-led foreign forces prepare for a final withdrawal at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president says the U.S. can no longer carry out military operations or airstrikes and must jump-start peace talks with the Taliban before his country signs a security deal to keep American troops in Afghanistan after 2014.

Protesters, police clash in Ukraine's capital

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 07:16 AM PST

Pro-European Union activists stand in front of a barricade of their tent camp to protect it in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. About seventy people who oppose demonstrators in Kiev came to the protester's tent camp to destroy it. Ukraine's president on Friday ignored sharp Western criticism and approved controversial anti-protest legislation aimed at quashing massive anti-government demonstrations which have rocked Kiev for nearly two months. A poster at left criticizes Ukrainian judicial system. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)Hundreds of protesters are clashing with riot police in the center of the Ukrainian capital, after the passage of harsh anti-protest legislation.

Voters overwhelmingly back new Egypt constitution

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 06:46 AM PST

Holding national flags and portraits of military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Egyptians celebrate the passage of a new constitution after 98.1 percent of voters supported Egypt's military-backed constitution in a two-day election, in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. In the lead up to the vote, police arrested those campaigning for a CAIRO (AP) — Almost everyone who cast ballots supported Egypt's new constitution in this week's referendum, results announced Saturday show, but a boycott by Islamists and low youth turnout suggest the country is still dangerously divided.

Thousands protest in Ukraine, defying court ban

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 06:00 AM PST

Pro-European protesters shout slogans and gesture during a rally at Independence Square in KievUp to 100,000 Ukrainians massed in the capital Kiev on Sunday in defiance of sweeping new laws aimed at stamping out anti-government protests.

Postal Service, union wrangle over Staples outlets

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 05:30 AM PST

Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union poses for a photo at their Washington headquarters, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The opening of Postal Service retail centers in dozens of Staples stores around the country is being met with threats of protests and boycotts by the agency's unions. The new outlets are staffed by Staples employees, not postal workers, and labor officials say that move replaces good-paying union jobs with low-wage, nonunion workers. The opening of Postal Service retail centers in dozens of Staples stores around the country is being met with threats of protests and boycotts by the agency's unions.

Desert gives al-Qaida refuge after Mali defeat

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 02:27 AM PST

Tabu militia leader Eissa Abdel Majid on Sept. 22, 2013 warns in his headquarters at Sebha that al-Qaida forces are buying weapons from the area and building up their strength. In the rocky mountains and dune-covered wastes of southwestern Libya, al-Qaida's North African branch has established a haven and is now restocking weapons and mining disaffected minorities for new recruits as it prepares to relaunch attacks. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm).SEBHA, Libya (AP) — Swathed in a white turban and robes, Eissa Abdel Majid sits in his militia barracks on the edge of the desert describing a losing battle to stem the flow of armed militants with suspected links to al-Qaida — who use it as a freeway across northern Africa.

1st black female 'SNL' comic since '07 makes debut

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 01:09 AM PST

This Feb. 11, 2008 photo provided by Cate Hellman Photography shows actress Sasheer Zamata. Zamata, 27, from Indianapolis, will join the cast of NEW YORK (AP) — Sasheer Zamata made a low-key but notable debut on "Saturday Night Live" as the first black female cast member since 2007.

With SAG win, 'Hustle' has Oscar look of 'Argo'

Posted: 18 Jan 2014 10:49 PM PST

From left, Robert De Niro, Michael Pena, Alessandro Nivola, Jeremy Renner, Colleen Camp, Elisabeth Rohm, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams and Paul Herman accept the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for Hollywood loves a sequel, and this awards season is shaping up to be one.

'American Hustle' tops SAG Awards

Posted: 18 Jan 2014 09:02 PM PST

From left, Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Rohm, Colleen Camp, Alessandro Nivola, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, David O. Russell, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Paul Herman pose in the press room with the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for David O. Russell's "American Hustle" won the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding cast, setting up the con-artist comedy as the film to beat at the Academy Awards.

Complete list of winners at 20th annual SAG Awards

Posted: 18 Jan 2014 07:59 PM PST

From left, David O. Russell, Colleen Camp, Alessandro Nivola, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Pena, Elisabeth Rohm, Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams, Paul Herman, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro pose in the press room with the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for LOS ANGELES (AP) — A complete list of winners at Saturday's 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:

APNewsbreak: Rodman checks into rehab center

Posted: 18 Jan 2014 05:08 PM PST

Dennis Rodman has checked into an undisclosed alcohol rehabilitation center to treat his long-time struggle with alcoholism, his agent says.

Sheriff: Hernandez separated for his own safety

Posted: 18 Jan 2014 04:06 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Hernandez attends a pretrial court hearing in Fall River, Mass. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to killing Odin Lloyd, 27, a semi-professional football player from Boston who was dating the sister of Hernandez's girlfriend. Police wrote in a June 28, 2013 search warrant application that there was probable cause to believe that Hernandez was driving a vehicle used in a separate double slaying of Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu and Safiro Teixeira Furtado, in Boston, and Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez can't watch football on TV for his own safety, the sheriff in charge of the prison said on Saturday.

Police: 2nd Philly school suspect released

Posted: 18 Jan 2014 02:48 PM PST

Police walk to the Delaware Valley Charter School Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Police say two students have been shot at a Philadelphia high school. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Philadelphia police have released a second suspect in a shooting that wounded two students at a charter high school.

Afghan attack deadliest of war for foreign workers

Posted: 18 Jan 2014 02:48 PM PST

Afghan security forces investigate the aftermath of Friday's suicide attack and shooting in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Kabul restaurant, seen in the background, filled with foreigners and affluent Afghans, while two gunmen snuck in through the back door and opened fire Friday in a brazen dinnertime attack that killed 16 people, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban attack against a popular Kabul restaurant killed 21 people, authorities said Saturday, making it the deadliest single attack against foreign civilians in the course of a nearly 13-year U.S.-led war there now approaching its end.
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