TotalPaas Dynamic Platform (TPlatform-2.5.0.0) http://www.lajollavoices.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:07:25 PDT Over the past five years, successive Marine units pushed Taliban fighters from their dug-in positions in the "Green Zone," the fertile, built-up areas along Afghanistan's Helmand River. Fighting in the birthplace of the Taliban was often fierce – at least 500 Marines died, more than 4,500 were wounded. But now it is almost over.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18152503-us-marines-pack-up-in-afghanistan-as-taliban-wages-spring-offensive?lite Sun, 12 May 2013 13:56:14 PDT 3b4f1896ccc73d3b599e324d05c2a966 President Barack Obama congratulated Pakistan on Sunday for the successful completion of its parliamentary elections and said the United States would work with the country's new government as an equal partner.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18212899-obama-congratulates-pakistan-for-milestone-moment-after-successful-elections?lite Sun, 12 May 2013 13:09:38 PDT cf86adee9f7cee968c35a23d8af5aca6 At least 19 people were killed in an explosion on a bus traveling in the North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18212755-explosion-on-bus-kills-19-in-pakistans-tribal-region?lite Sun, 12 May 2013 12:50:20 PDT c70ead5d7e7d681b071b13dc1feb5e59 Four Filipino United Nations peacekeepers abducted last week by armed men while patrolling in the demilitarized area between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights have been released, officials said Sunday.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18212164-un-peacekeepers-released-by-syrian-rebels?lite Sun, 12 May 2013 11:46:56 PDT 6118af905230c8a989b941ec8f88e1af Pope Francis set a record by creating more than 800 new saints Sunday, but in doing so risked tensions between the Catholic Church and Islam, as NBC’s Claudio Lavanga explains.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18210322-a-saint-making-record-is-also-a-diplomatic-headache-for-pope-francis?lite Sun, 12 May 2013 08:15:10 PDT f47e78a5e60d0c9f36f01440d93365ec In their search for justice that has endured for decades, the biggest challenge Nazi hunters face is time.  The knowledge that war criminals are escaping prosecution through death by natural causes means their task has never been more pressing.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18148965-never-too-late-nazi-hunters-tirelessly-pursue-50-elderly-auschwitz-war-criminals?lite Sun, 12 May 2013 08:02:12 PDT eec3e9a3d7cb000a0b253793d37390c2 Nine Turkish citizens were arrested Sunday in connection with the car bomb attacks that killed 46 people in a town near the Syrian border on Saturday, as Syria denied being to blame.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18208948-syria-denies-blame-for-turkish-border-bomb-blast-that-killed-at-least-46?lite Sun, 12 May 2013 06:13:24 PDT c23d98bcce9abf80d53e59cbda3aee14 Christopher Cox Nixon retraced the steps of his grandfather's historic 1972 visit to China by walking across Tiananmen Square. NBC's Ian Williams witnessed the event.]]> http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/10/18173870-a-nixon-returns-to-china-re-tracing-steps-of-1972-visit?lite Sun, 12 May 2013 03:22:12 PDT e976d7d3722873e3dc42d21388a11bb9 Election results show a clear lead for the party of Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif, making it almost certain that he will become prime minister of the country for a third time.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/11/18200218-sharif-declares-victory-in-landmark-pakistan-election?lite Sat, 11 May 2013 18:24:48 PDT ae8a76023a982c15da1f363ee1026278 Somalia has long been defined by terrorism, famine, and piracy. But as the United States this week pledged another $40 million towards its recovery, Somalia's leaders said the country had finally turned a corner in the fight against the al Qaeda-linked militant group, al-Shabab.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/11/18144309-after-decades-as-worlds-most-dangerous-place-has-somalia-turned-the-corner?lite Sat, 11 May 2013 12:42:31 PDT 0707892d4f12c58b911b94feda77488c While Bangladeshis had a moment of joy Friday when one woman was pulled alive from the garment factory that collapsed, killing  more than 1,000, many fear a similar incident could easily happen again.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/11/18038592-hundreds-of-buildings-like-this-bangladesh-factories-geared-to-produce-tragedy?lite Sat, 11 May 2013 09:52:02 PDT 590ea1562cebc5f88c32fe4eaafec7f7 Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus GeorgeFormer president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/11/18194285-last-minute-entry-transforms-iranian-race?lite Sat, 11 May 2013 08:25:31 PDT 5cd8cb0fdb9ed3a7300b8fb624c4ddbc Former president Hosni Mubarak was back in court on Saturday for a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters, reopening a case that has shown the difficulty of transitional justice in post-revolutionary Egypt.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/11/18190883-egypts-ousted-mubarak-back-in-court-over-murder-of-protesters-in-arab-spring?lite Sat, 11 May 2013 04:25:59 PDT 1010ed95b0a5f6693762e1e2ab880096 Amid a heated war of words between Israel and Iran over the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions, one musician is hoping that an unconventional weapon will help cool the tensions.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/11/18147866-iranian-born-israeli-hopes-ancient-music-will-bring-hearts-of-both-nations-together?lite Sat, 11 May 2013 02:54:09 PDT 743898b91f75feb10f0d8eb924511e8a Efrain Rios Montt, 86, is the first former Latin American leader ever found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/10/18177852-former-guatemala-dictator-found-guilty-of-genocide?lite Fri, 10 May 2013 16:03:24 PDT b1bdbda3ed632e08f7646a833ff2ff21 KABUL, Afghanistan -- Tensions along the volatile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan have plunged relations between the two U.S. allies to their lowest level in years just before Pakistan’s general election.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/10/18173078-afghans-united-in-anger-against-pakistan?lite Fri, 10 May 2013 09:55:59 PDT 66c99bf0c829f2a55014a4d27387a09a A mother who was pulled alive from the ruins of an eight-story factory in Bangladesh admitted Friday that she "never dreamed I'd see the daylight again" after more 16 days in the rubble.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/10/18167683-woman-who-survived-16-days-in-collapsed-building-never-dreamed-id-see-the-daylight?lite Fri, 10 May 2013 08:08:09 PDT 6b490acf59ecc32d46dd510ab4fd8923 Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of the late civil rights activist Malcolm X, was killed in Mexico on Thursday during an apparent robbery, his family's spiritual adviser, friends and Islamic associations said.]]> http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/10/18156001-malcolm-shabazz-grandson-of-malcolm-x-slain-in-mexico?lite Fri, 10 May 2013 08:00:18 PDT 46315ce31f604a1f2bb092f16155aea8 On Monday, many late-night hosts took to their usual forums to share reactions to the Boston Marathon tragedy, but two of the most notable late-night voices couldn't chime in at the time.Both "The Colbert Report" and "The Daily Show" were in reruns on Monday night, but hosts Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart more than made up for delayed reactions on Tuesday by delivering heartfelt homage to the peo...]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad457b3/l/0Ltheclicker0Btoday0N0C0Inews0C20A130C0A40C170C177939790Estephen0Ecolbert0Ejon0Estewart0Esalute0Eboston0Emock0Emaniacs0Dlite/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:39:59 PDT 48a18355d87934a38501da5fcc8f89c4 Things are starting to look up for Kevin Clash. The embattled Elmo puppeteer, who's been pelted with a barrage of accusations that he had sex with underage boys, has now found some reprieve after one his accusers withdrew his complaint against the one-time "Sesame Street" bigwig.In documents filed in U.S. District Court in New York on April 15 and obtained by E! News, the plaintiff, who is ide...]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad45644/l/0Ltodayentertainment0Btoday0N0C0Inews0C20A130C0A40C170C177940A330Eex0Eelmo0Epuppeteer0Ekevin0Eclashs0Eaccuser0Edrops0Eunderage0Esex0Ecomplaint0Dlite/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:34:31 PDT 00791fddffde14c9e01eefea20acfbe1     ]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad3f5e1/l/0Lvideo0Btoday0Bmsnbc0Bmsn0N0Cid0C51568748/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:12:19 PDT 53dcba3a661eaa6d2284f901cb892dc3 No matter what Jay-Z decides to put in his lyrics, the White House was not involved with the rapper's and Beyonce's trip to Cuba -- and the word came straight from the mouth of President Barack Obama during his exclusive interview with TODAY's Savannah Guthrie."I wasn't familiar that they were taking the trip," he told Guthrie. "My understanding is I think they went through a group that organizes ...]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad3cbfe/l/0Ltodayentertainment0Btoday0N0C0Inews0C20A130C0A40C170C177930A60A0Epresident0Eobama0Edenies0Eapproving0Ejay0Ez0Ebeyonce0Ecuba0Etrip0Eweve0Egot0Ebetter0Ethings0Eto0Edo0Dlite/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:49:43 PDT c84d323fc1d5745063651d9201860c27 When you recall that he scored a mere 12 points in his first week, funnyman D.L. Hughley actually had a decent run on "Dancing With the Stars." But that stint came to an end Tuesday night after he and pro partner Cheryl Burke were voted off the show.“My heart is very sad, but my knees are happy as heck,” Hughley told reporters after the live broadcast. “We took the ride as long as we could.”Burke ...]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad31c7e/l/0Ltheclicker0Btoday0N0C0Inews0C20A130C0A40C170C177924580Edl0Ehughley0Eon0Edancing0Ewith0Ethe0Estars0Eexit0Emy0Eheart0Eis0Esad0Ebut0Emy0Eknees0Eare0Ehappy0Dlite/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:39:52 PDT b0adaadf56086e7b64c104546cfb4ade The Los Angeles City Attorney has filed charges against Vitalii Sediuk, the notorious Ukrainian TV prankster who crashed the Grammy Awards last February and mounted the stage during Adele's trophy win.“The safety and protection of both participants and attendees of major events held in this city is a priority of my office,” said City Attorney Carmen Trutanich in a statement. “In this age of hei...]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad278a5/l/0Ltodayentertainment0Btoday0N0C0Inews0C20A130C0A40C170C17792310A0Egrammys0Estage0Ecrasher0Evitalii0Esediuk0Echarged0Efaces0Esix0Emonths0Ein0Ejail0Dlite/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:23:22 PDT fd1feaf8d05d14fc0fc32031973dc0b4 "Splash" sure is making a splash. Just weeks after Kendra Wilkinson quit the ABC diving competition due to her fear of heights, Katherine Webb is the second celeb to quit -- but not by choice!During the episode, Webb, who modeled in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, that she was forced to exit due to injury. "I went to the doctor and, unfortunately, he told me I'm out for the competi...]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad2709f/l/0Ltheclicker0Btoday0N0C0Inews0C20A130C0A40C170C177917380Elouie0Eanderson0Erejoins0Esplash0Eas0Einjured0Ekatherine0Ewebb0Eexits0Dlite/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:55:29 PDT 536865d830e722802680987686512992     ]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad24c23/l/0Lvideo0Btoday0Bmsnbc0Bmsn0N0Cid0C51529365/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:33:05 PDT c8c56cadffcf6036f52e53b098e5d5fe     ]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad24c22/l/0Lvideo0Btoday0Bmsnbc0Bmsn0N0Cid0C51541992/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:33:04 PDT 15ee3e520344e6adb3da74be5d294021     ]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad24c21/l/0Lvideo0Btoday0Bmsnbc0Bmsn0N0Cid0C51542366/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:33:04 PDT 979636b6fd34b7c0139f4db1f949e49b     ]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad24c1f/l/0Lvideo0Btoday0Bmsnbc0Bmsn0N0Cid0C51542681/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:33:03 PDT 76f47e5a31c908b8d5dbeb504011a2a4     ]]> http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35197/f/653447/s/2ad24c1d/l/0Lvideo0Btoday0Bmsnbc0Bmsn0N0Cid0C51542592/story01.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:33:03 PDT e6ff352e5596ffcdf5db42cb229ecce2