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Khmer Rouge tribunal readies way for genocide case 07/30/2014 12:40am • ABBY SEIFF Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- A U.N.-backed tribunal on Wednesday began a hearing to prepare for the genocide trial of the two senior surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, under whose rule an estimated 1.7 million people died in the late 1970s from starvation, exhau Myanmar information and health ministers step down 07/29/2014 12:49pm • YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's ministers for information and health have been allowed to retire, state television reported Tuesday, in the country's second Cabinet reshuffle in two months.The evening news read a statement signed by President Thein Sein announcing the resignations of Information M Khmer Rouge tribunal to tackle genocide charges 07/29/2014 07:36am • ABBY SEIFF Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- The slow course of justice for the leaders of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime will inch forward again Wednesday, as a U.N.-backed tribunal holds an initial hearing against a pair of defendants in their 80s facing genocide and other cha Oil depot ablaze amid clashes in Libyan capital 07/29/2014 04:50am • MAAMOUN YOUSSEF Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- A fire at the oil depot for the airport in Libya's capital raged out of control Monday after being struck in the crossfire of warring militias battling for control of the airfield, the latest violence to plague the country as foreigners flee the chaos.L Deal to improve veterans' health care costs $17B 07/29/2014 03:16am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan deal announced Monday would authorize about $17 billion to help veterans avoid long waits for health care, hire more doctors and nurses to treat veterans and make it easier to fire executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs.An agree APNewsBreak: Tentative deal reached on VA reform 07/28/2014 04:02am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees have reached a tentative agreement on a plan to fix a veterans' health program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records covering up delays.Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., a 10 things to know Monday 07/27/2014 11:17pm • WASHINGTON - Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. JUDGE STRIKES DOWN DC GUN LAW The justice ruled that the District of Columbia's ban on carrying guns outside a person's home violates Second Amendment rights. 2. N. CALIF. CREW 10 Things to Know for Monday 07/27/2014 10:28pm • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:1. HAMAS, ISRAEL TRADE BLAME FOR SCUTTLING TRUCEThe failure to reach even a brief humanitarian lull in the fighting illustrated the difficulties in securing a more permanent APNewsBreak: Deal reached on legislation to improve veterans health care 07/27/2014 07:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- After weeks of partisan bickering in Congress, it appears a deal is set on legislation addressing the Veterans Department scandal that cost the agency's chief his job.The chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees have reached a tentative agreement on a plan to i Veterans' response to senator's PTSD remarks mixed 07/27/2014 04:44am • HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The talk in American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War halls and barrooms across Montana has been about Sen. John Walsh since the Democrat linked a cribbed research project he wrote in 2007 to post-traumatic stress disorder.How those veteran voters respond means a lot to Walsh House and Senate chairs resume talks on VA 07/26/2014 06:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A day after offering competing plans to improve veterans' health care, the chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees are again attempting to find a compromise.Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House veterans panel, and his Senate counterpart, Sen. Bernie Malaysia to send officer to face NZ sex charges 07/25/2014 12:50am • NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Malaysian officials said Friday they still plan to send a military officer back to New Zealand to face sexual assault charges despite not returning him in early July as they had promised.However, the officials also expressed concerns about House, Senate chairs offer competing bills on VA 07/24/2014 09:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- With Congress scheduled to recess in a week, the chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees offered competing proposals Thursday to fix a veterans' health care program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records covering up the delays.Both propos UN: 9 aid trucks enter Syria without government OK 07/24/2014 06:58pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Nine trucks carrying food and other supplies crossed into Syria through a Turkish checkpoint Thursday -- the first to do so under a U.N. resolution authorizing cross-border aid deliveries without Syrian government approval.Amanda Pitt, spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the C US hails Indonesia democracy in turbulent SE Asia 07/24/2014 12:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's quick congratulation for Indonesia's election victor Joko Widodo, even as the losing candidate rejected the result, underscores Washington's intent to deepen ties with Jakarta and support democracy in Southeast Asia.A peaceful transfer of power in Indonesi