WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's national security team argued Wednesday to keep its sweeping domestic surveillance powers intact, even as it acknowledged some limitations appear inevitable.



Facing unexpectedly harsh opposition from both parties over a once-secret program that sweeps up the phone records of every American, the Obama administration said it wanted to work with lawmakers who seemed intent on putting limits on that authority.



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“Turkey and Azerbaijan should unite more closely and take joint steps against open and secret plans”



Istanbul. Mayis Alizadeh –APA. “Turkish ethnos should be dominant in the Middle East and Caucasus," Kayseri Member of Parliament from Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party, professor Yusif Halacoglu told APA’s Turkey bureau.



Answering APA’s question “The processes taking place in northern Syria create the possibility of the emergence of new political structures in the region.… Continue

BY ALBERT AJI AND EDITH M. LEDERER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JULY 25, 2013 6:54 PM

DAMASCUS, Syria - The number of dead in Syria's civil war has passed 100,000, the U.N. chief said Thursday, calling for urgent talks on ending 2 1/2 years of violence even as President Bashar Assad's government blasted the United States as an unsuitable peace broker.



In the latest example of the relentless carnage, a car bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded 66 in a pro-regime, residential area… Continue

Responding to an ordinance proposed in a Colorado town that would encourage hunters to shoot down drones, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that anyone doing so could be prosecuted for endangering people and property.

By JOAN LOWY

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — People who fire guns at drones…

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The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in Bucharest. (Bogdan Cristel, Reuters / March 20, 2013

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By Lori Culbert, Vancouver Sun July 13, 2013

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The Pentagon chief says his staff and that of his top brass will be trimmed by 20 percent in coming years.

By LARA JAKES

AP National Security Writer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —

The Pentagon chief says his staff and that of his top brass will be trimmed by 20 percent in coming years.

The…

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By TAMI ABDOLLAH — Associated Press

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By Jeff Barnard — The Associated Press

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Tensions between Jackson County growers, GMO company peaked days before beet destruction

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Published: July 15, 2013 Updated 10 minutes ago

By JUAN ZAMORANO — Associated Press

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