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  • Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers

    FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2005 file photo, Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed gestures while talking to the media, in Beirut, Lebanon. The slaying of a British soldier in east London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)LONDON (AP) — The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the police investigation.


  • US durable goods orders rise 3.3 percent in April

    In this photo taken Friday, Apr. 26, 2013, Miele Account Manager Natasha Feldman showcases Miele washer and dryer energy efficient appliances at the Pacific Sales at the Best Buy store in Glendale, Calif. The Commerce Department reports on business orders for durable goods in April on Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and an increase in products that signal business investment.


  • Obama addressing Naval Academy graduates 2nd time

    President Barack Obama reacts to CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin as she shouts at him from the back of the auditorium during his speech about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders who could help carry it out in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy graduates.


  • Austria links UN peacekeepers to Syria arms ban

    FILE - In this May 7, 2013 file photo Austrian Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger from the Austrian People's Party speaks during a press conference after the weekly cabinet meeting at the federal chancellery in Vienna, Austria. Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger called Friday May 24, 2013 for an extension of the arms embargo for Syria ahead of an EU meeting on the issue, saying his country would have to rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the region otherwise. Austria's 377 soldiers make up the majority of the approximately 900 U.N. peacekeepers posted to the Golan Heights separating Syria and Israel. Spindelegger told The Associated Press that they could be targeted by Syrian government forces if EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels Monday decided to allow members to ship arms to rebels trying to topple President Bashir Assad. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)VIENNA (AP) — Austria said Friday that it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the Golan Heights, if the European Union doesn't extend its arms embargo to Syria.


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