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    Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. Pakistan fighter pilot wins battle of sexes, now she's ready for war

    Reuters
    By Amie Ferris-Rotman MUSHAF AIR BASE, Pakistan, June 13 (Reuters) - With an olive green head scarf poking out from her helmet, Ayesha Farooq flashes a cheeky grin when asked if it is lonely being the only war-ready female fighter pilot in the Islamic...

    Tags: Sociology, Feminism, Arts and Culture, Terrorism, Culture

    2. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Details about Edward Snowden's life in Maryland emerge

    Edward Joseph Snowden, the government contractor who revealed the National Security Agency's massive telephone- and Internet-surveillance program, has left few public clues about his life growing up in Crofton and Ellicott City.
    Edward Joseph Snowden, the government contractor who revealed the National Security Agency's massive telephone- and Internet-surveillance program, has left few public clues about his life growing up in Crofton and Ellicott City. Snowden, 29, attended...

    Tags: Government Contracts, Services and Shopping, Government, Edward Snowden, Central Intelligence Agency

    3. Jun 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. In the Syrian city of Homs, no reprieve from battle

    HOMS, Syria — The grizzled veteran of Syria's civil war was confident of victory, but he didn't underestimate his rebel adversaries dug in just a few hundred yards away in an adjoining corner of the Old City.
    HOMS, Syria — The grizzled veteran of Syria's civil war was confident of victory, but he didn't underestimate his rebel adversaries dug in just a few hundred yards away in an adjoining corner of the Old City. "They have trained snipers and they're...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Bombings, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Human Rights

    4. Jun 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Message from the ruins of Qusair

    — On Wednesday, Qusair fell to the Bashar Assad regime in Syria. Qusair is a strategic town that connects Damascus with Assad's Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean, with its ports and Russian naval base. It's a major strategic shift. Assad's forces can now advance on rebel-dominated areas in central and northern Syria, including Aleppo.
    — On Wednesday, Qusair fell to the Bashar Assad regime in Syria. Qusair is a strategic town that connects Damascus with Assad's Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean, with its ports and Russian naval base. It's a major strategic shift. Assad's...

    Tags: Russia, Richard Nixon, Turkey, Wars and Interventions, Lebanon

    5. Jun 9, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. Jordan hosts US jets and missiles in drills in Syria's shadow

    Reuters
    * Jordan and U.S. say drills not related to Syria * U.S. considering keeping missilies, jets in Jordan * Russia says Western weapons fuelling Syrian conflict By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, June 9 (Reuters) - U.S. troops equipped with Patriot missiles...

    Tags: Russia, Moscow (Russia), Saudi Arabia, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama

    6. Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. Egypt says dam dispute with Ethiopia not yet a military one

    Reuters
    CAIRO/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Egypt's armed forces are not yet involved in a dispute with Ethiopia over a giant dam on the Nile, a spokesman for the general staff said on Wednesday, playing down bellicose rhetoric between Cairo and Addis Ababa. "This...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Egypt, Africa, Blue Nile Incorporated, Physical Fitness and Exercise

    7. Jun 8, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  7. Harold J. Cornelius

    <strong>Sun City West, Ariz.:</strong> Harold J. Cornelius, 87, of Sun City West, Ariz., passed away peacefully June 5, 2013, following a brief illness. Born and raised in Aberdeen, S.D., he graduated from Aberdeen Central in 1943. That fall, he joined the U.S. Army and arrived in France in September 1944, as a member of the 10th Armored Division, 3rd Army, under General Patton. He served in the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne in December 1944, and was in one of the first American divisions to cross into Germany in early 1945. Soon after the war, he married Lila Rowlands in Aberdeen, S.D., and worked as an auditor for Mobil Oil. Later, they moved to the Black Hills of South Dakota, from there to Greeley, Colo., and he worked as an administrator in the health care and social services fields. He continued his education and received his bachelor's and master's degrees in business at the University of Northern Colorado. Since retirement, he and his wife enjoyed life in Sun City West, Ariz. He is survived by Lila, his wife of 67 years; sons: Rich and Brian of Sun City West; Tom of Parker, Colo.; and daughter, Sheila of Athens, Ga.; two sisters: Esther and Florence, both of Illinois; plus several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by parents: John and Tena Cornelius; sister, Helen, Bismarck, N.D.; and brother John, Aberdeen, S.D. Arrangements made by Abel Funeral Services. Private services will be held with later interment, with military honors at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, S.D.
    Sun City West, Ariz.: Harold J. Cornelius, 87, of Sun City West, Ariz., passed away peacefully June 5, 2013, following a brief illness. Born and raised in Aberdeen, S.D., he graduated from Aberdeen Central in 1943. That fall, he joined the U.S. Army and...

    Tags: U.S. Army

    8. Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  8. U.N. says Israel-Syria ceasefire jeopardized by Golan violence

    Reuters
    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A spillover of violence from Syria's civil war into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights is jeopardizing a decades old ceasefire between Israel and Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the U.N. Security...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Ban Ki-moon, International Organizations, United Nations, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )

    9. Jun 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Afghan insider attack kills two U.S. soldiers, American civilian

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on U.S. soldiers and personnel in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday and killed two American servicemen and an American civilian, the latest in a string of so-called insider attacks...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Nelson Mandela, Pakistan, NATO

    10. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  10. Morley School Needs 240 More Backpacks For Annual Drive

    Students with pom-poms led cheers, a color guard silently came through the gymnasium with the state and American flags and a colorful banner, and the student council marched to the beat of a drum in the Morley Elementary School gymnasium Tuesday afternoon.
    The Hartford Courant
    Students with pom-poms led cheers, a color guard silently came through the gymnasium with the state and American flags and a colorful banner, and the student council marched to the beat of a drum in the Morley Elementary School gymnasium Tuesday...

    Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Students, Human Interest

    11. Jun 12, 2013 |Story| KTUU

  11. Soldiers to Conduct Combat Drill at JBER Today

    Army officials say soldiers will be participating in airborne combat exercises at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.
    Channel 2 News
    Army officials say soldiers will be participating in airborne combat exercises at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage. Capt. Arian Roscoe says the participants in the Wednesday exercise are paratroopers with the 2nd Engineer Brigade and the 4-...

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise

    12. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  12. June 6, 1863: Col. Glanz says 153rd 'cool and fearless' at Chancellorsville

    Six months after leaving Easton, the men of the 153<sup>r</sup><sup>d</sup> Pennsylvania Volunteers finally found themselves in a line of battle on the afternoon of May 2, 1863.
    Six months after leaving Easton, the men of the 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteers finally found themselves in a line of battle on the afternoon of May 2, 1863. After 41/2 months of being encamped in Virginia, the regiment raised in Northampton County was...

    Tags: Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Wars and Interventions, Career and Workplace, Northampton County (Pennsylvania)

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