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New York Times (blog)Iranian Referee Gets a Long-Awaited Call: He's InNew York Times (blog)Adel Borghei spent Saturday at the United States Open, inside Louis Armstrong Stadium, clad in the navy blue uniform of a referee. He wore sunglasses and made line calls and blended into the background, even if this was far from a normal day at work.

ZDNet (blog)Welcome to the United States: Discriminated, detained, searched, interrogated ...ZDNet (blog)There are very few people in the United States with more power than an officer of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. At the U.S. border, one person alone can begin a process that could eventually see a visitor's removal — voluntary or obligatory ...

Washington PostUS rejects Syrian request that UN inspectors stay longer, possibly delaying ...Washington PostThe Obama administration appeared Wednesday to be forging ahead with preparations to attack Syria. It dismissed a Syrian request to extend chemical weapons inspections there as a delaying tactic and said it saw little point in further discussion of the ...

New York TimesMarkets Sag in Asia, Reflecting Concern About the US Fed and SyriaNew York TimesThe slow progress on reforms in many Asian economies is causing many investors to look for better opportunities elsewhere, especially given the gradual pickup in the United States and Europe, said Andrew Sullivan, the director of sales trading at Kim ...

New York Daily NewsHamill on Syria-US war: When are we going to learn?New York Daily NewsMore war. After 11 agonizing years in Afghanistan and Iraq, now the United States is poised to strike Syria. Insane. I was thinking this while driving through New York's South Bronx last week listening to the news on the radio, a nonstop drum roll for ...

New York TimesJohannsson Is Happy He Chose USNew York TimesAs the United States national team prepares to resume World Cup qualifying after a successful three games in June in which it surged into first place in its regional qualifying group and won then won the Gold Cup, the team received a boost with the ...

Washington PostImminent US strike on Syria could draw nation into civil warWashington PostAn imminent U.S. strike on Syrian government targets in response to the alleged gassing of civilians last week has the potential to draw the United States into the country's civil war, former U.S. officials said Tuesday, warning that history doesn't ...

The GuardianUS strike on Syria could come within days as military assets 'ready to go'The GuardianThe United States military has provided Barack Obama with a range of options for launching an attack on Syria and is "ready to go" with an offensive, the US defence secretary has said. There is now a growing belief in Washington that a US strike ...

The GuardianSyria: Chuck Hagel suggests US is marshalling military forcesThe GuardianThe US defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, strongly suggested on Friday the United States was positioning naval forces and assets in anticipation of any decision by President Barack Obama to order military action against Syria after apparent chemical ...

Mother Jones6 of the Craziest Conspiracy Theories From Jesse Walker's "United States of ...Mother JonesThe United States of Paranoia, an examination of the impact of conspiracy theories on America history by Reason editor Jesse Walker, hit bookstores on Tuesday—you should read it. I reviewed it in brief for our print magazine—you should subscribe to it.

New York TimesPaced by a Cool Rookie, Europe Beats the US and Keeps the Solheim CupNew York TimesOn a sultry Sunday, Hull, from England, coolly defeated Paula Creamer, the 2010 United States Women's Open champion, 5 and 4, to deliver to Europe the first of the 3 ½ points it needed to keep the Cup it won in Ireland in 2011. After Stacy Lewis halved ...

New York TimesUS Workers Are Grounded by Deep CutsNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Geological visits to monitor volcanoes in Alaska have been scaled back. The defense secretary is traveling to Afghanistan two times a year instead of the usual four. For the first time in nearly three decades, NASA pulled out of the ...

New York TimesNadal Adds Another Title Ahead of US OpenNew York Times2 spot, ahead of the United States Open. Sunday's final, like many including the powerful serve of Isner, featured few opportunities for either player to break. Nadal did not have a single break point in the match but saved all three of the chances ...

ESPNGeale eyes next step: US stardomESPNLast year's breakout middleweight, in the United States anyway, was titleholder Gennady Golovkin, who burst onto the scene with a devastating knockout performance against Grzegorz Proksa that had fight fans talking about it at water coolers everywhere.

New York TimesUS Troop Pullout Affects India-Pakistan RivalryNew York TimesSome Indians fear that, as the Americans leave Afghanistan, Pakistan's military will use the moment to draw international attention back onto Kashmir, either by bargaining with the United States or by diverting jihadi fighters to the territory, as it ...

New York TimesUS Hurdler May Hit a RoadblockNew York TimesHer winning time of 12.26 seconds at the United States championships in June was the sort of performance that makes track geeks do cartwheels into the Des Moines night. It was a North American record, better than Gail Devers's 13-year-old mark of 12.33.

ABC NewsUS Seeks to Keep 'Leverage' by Maintaining Egypt AidABC NewsA White House adviser who consulted with the president on his decision told ABC News in a background briefing the fundamental position of the United States is to maintain the current relationship with Egypt and remain engaged to help the military move ...

The Atlantic WireThe US Still Isn't Ready to Cut Its Aid to EgyptThe Atlantic WireThe United States strongly supports the Egyptian people's hope for a prompt and sustainable transition to an inclusive, tolerant, civilian-led democracy. Deputy Secretary of State Burns, together with our EU colleagues, provided constructive ideas and ...

The GuardianEgypt: global outcry steps up pressure on US to suspend aid to militaryThe GuardianThe United States has led a chorus of international concern about Egypt's crackdown on demonstrators, publicly condemning the violence that resulted in the worst loss of life on a single day since the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi last month.

New York TimesUS Seeks to Block Airline MergerNew York Times“Today's action proves our determination to fight for the best interests of consumers by ensuring robust competition in the marketplace,” said Eric H. Holder Jr., the United States attorney general. The civil antitrust lawsuit was filed in the United ...

Washington PostDeported veterans: Banished for committing crimes after serving in the US militaryWashington PostHermosillo, Mexico — Milton Tepeyac, who served eight years as a U.S. Marine, scrapes by on $3 an hour in this northern Mexican city, where he has lived since the U.S. government deported him in April. His rented room floods when it rains. Scorpions ...

NBCNews.com (blog)US says no charges for border agent who shot Mexican teenNBCNews.com (blog)PHOENIX - U.S. authorities will not bring charges against a Border Patrol agent in Arizona who shot dead a rock-throwing Mexican teenager two years ago because the fatal injury did not occur in the United States, the Justice Department said on Friday.

Foreign Policy (blog)US Will Let in Thousands of Syrian RefugeesForeign Policy (blog)With conditions continuing to deteriorate in Syria, the Obama administration is making a major policy shift by agreeing for the first time to allow thousands of new Syrian refugees into the United States, The Cable has learned. The numbers are ...

New York TimesUS Cracks Top 20 in FIFA RankingsNew York TimesA run of 11 straight victories, including winning the Concacaf Gold Cup championship, has sent the United States men's national team into the top 20 of the latest FIFA rankings, which were released on Thursday. It is the first time since 2011 the U.S ...

New York TimesRichard Everts's 'United States of Autism'New York TimesThe spectrum of autism is wide, as the low-budget documentary “The United States of Autism” shows. Its host, Richard Everts (also the director and the father of an autistic son), introduces 20 families dealing with the disorder, visited during 40 days ...