AP EXCLUSIVE: US war games send signal to Assad
Source: Fox News
Zarqa :: Jordan | updated 2013-06-18 16:22:47 -0700 | travel-news
Jordan Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria. With the recent deployment of...
U.S., Afghans, Taliban to begin peace talks in Qatar
Source: USA Today
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-06-18 19:55:23 -0700 | travel-news
EDT June 18, 2013 Afghanistan officials will open a U.S.-backed office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as early as Tuesday to facilitate peace talks with the Taliban, according to senior administration officials...The White House officials spoke on the condition...
Denver-Tokyo United flight lands in Seattle
Source: Associated Press
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 19:39:15 -0700 | travel-news
United Airlines says an oil filter issue prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 bound from Denver to Tokyo to divert late Tuesday afternoon to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Seattle Times says ( http://is.gd/PHA5Xv ) Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen...
Bill Ayers: Obama should be put on trial for war crimes
Source: Fox News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 14:43:19 -0700 | travel-news
Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground co-founder who once supported President Obama, now thinks the commander-in-chief should be put on trial for war crimes. Ayers made the comments during an interview with Real Clear Politics . The former leader of a...
TWA Flight 800 investigators claim original conclusion about cause of crash is wrong
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 16:07:39 -0700 | travel-news
A group of whistleblowers, including a number of aviation experts, have come forward in a new documentary to claim that the official explanation for the crash of TWA Flight 800 was wrong and a gas tank explosion did not bring...
Women in combat units by 2016
Source: CNN
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-06-18 18:37:41 -0700 | travel-news
While Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine and special forces commanders detailed steps they will take, not all shared the same comfort level with the initiative, raising potential real-world scenarios that must be addressed before moving too far forward. There was...
Death toll at Pakistan funeral blast jumps to 20
Source: The Boston Globe
Peshawar :: Pakistan | updated 2013-06-18 15:01:44 -0700 | travel-news
Pakistan (AP) A police officer says the death toll from a bomb that ripped through a crowded funeral in northwest Pakistan has risen to 20 people. Tahir Ayub Khan, a senior police officer, says Tuesday's bombing took place in a...
Utah woman dies after skydiving accident
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Tooele :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 13:23:55 -0700 | travel-news
But on Sunday afternoon, a 30-year-old Grantsville woman died when her chute failed her. The woman was skydiving with other people over Tooele Valley Airport, which is about five miles northwest of Tooele, said Tooele County Chief Deputy Sheriff Duke...
India border firing injures Pakistani woman: military
Source: Fox News
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated 2013-06-18 12:47:59 -0700 | travel-news
A Pakistani woman was injured Tuesday when Indian troops fired across the disputed border in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, Pakistan's military said. The incident took place in the Karela area, near Kotli town, along the Line of Control (LoC)...
Walang pasok: Some schools suspend classes June 19 amid possible heavy rain
Source: GMA News
Santo Tomas :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-18 16:53:37 -0700 | travel-news
PUP said on its Facebook account . The University of Santo Tomas also said there was no announcement as of 5:21 a.m. that classes would be suspended. Meanwhile, in Valenzuela City, the city government said there is no...
Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governor
Source: Fox News
Cairo :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 14:53:36 -0700 | travel-news
Clashes have erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood over the recent appointment of an Islamist governor in a northern city. Security forces fired tear gas to separate the two groups on Tuesday in the Nile Delta city...
John Kerry Has Been Pushing For Air Strikes In Syria
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 15:59:48 -0700 | travel-news
Secretary of State John Kerry "vociferously" pushed for air strikes on Syrian airfields at a White House meeting last Wednesday, reports Jeffrey Goldberg of Bloomberg. Kerry was shot down by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, who said...
Routes 85, 161 in Montville shut down by traffic accident
Source: The Day
New London :: CT :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 13:02:39 -0700 | travel-news
A dispatcher for the Montville Public Safety Department said traffic on both roads is being rerouted by police. The two-vehicle crash left a utility truck upside-down in the nearby pond. One person has been to Hartford Hospital by Life Star...
Syrian Tensions Spill Into Southern Lebanese City
Source: Newyork Times
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-18 13:24:12 -0700 | travel-news
The Sidon tensions underscored the fragility of Lebanons patchwork of sects, which has further weakened because of the conflict in Syria and has raised the risk of destabilizing the country and the broader Middle East. The tensions accelerated markedly this...
Sunnyvale: One dead in house fire
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Sunnyvale :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 09:52:43 -0700 | travel-news
A person was found dead inside a home that was engulfed by a fire early Tuesday morning, according to the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. The one-alarm blaze was reported around 6 a.m. at a single-story house in the 200...
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