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iplomats during the 1970's when the U.S. was supporting the Shah in Tehran. The group was reportedly placed on the list at a time when the State Department was attempting to engage Iran diplomatically.More recently, the MEK and its affiliates have also helped the U.S. and Western intelligence agencies. They provided information about the secret uranium enrichment facility in Natanz - a key intelligence breakthrough for the West.Iran is so threatened by them that when an agreement was reported in recent days, a militia aligned with Iran's Quds force reportedly fired Katyusha rockets at Camp Ashraf, which is located in northeastern Iraq.Further, a bipartisan group of more than a dozen top former U.S. national security advisers have been lobbying the State Department to protect the people of Camp Ashraf. They argue that the U.S. has a moral obligation to protect the Camp Ashraf residents because the U.S. military convinced the MEK to disarm after the U.S. invasio
o visit relatives and Jazmin Reyes, his 16-year-old girlfriend whom he had met on the Internet months earlier, the Chicago Tribune reports.Marron's family typically returned to their native town each Christmas, but they couldn't afford to make the trip this year. Marron was able to save enough money, however, from his summer job as a restaurant server, according to the Tribune.Dozens gathered Tuesday night in the suburb of Mount Prospect. They carried candles, flowers and balloons. The Daily Herald reports that the group prayed quietly in Spanish.Marron, a student at Rolling Meadows High School in suburban Chicago, loved spending time with family and "made everyone smile," said friend Joel Muneton."I found out through Facebook, and it was shocking," said Andres Montiel. "I've known him since I was like in first grade. It was just really rough."Fellow students reflected on what the rest of the school year will be like without him. A Facebook page titled "Red in
The first of Tiger Woods' former mistresses to expose the string of affairs which led to his divorce has tweeted that she is five months pregnant.Rachel Uchitel posted pictures late Tuesday on the social networking site, showing her with new husband Matt Hahn, an insurance broker, touching her bump. She wrote "checking out my baby bump at 5 months..." and "expecting big things for 2012... Five down, Four months to go..."The couple had a small wedding in Las Vegas in October and an insider told Life & Style at the time that Uchitel was pregnant and the pair planned to have a bigger wedding after the baby arrives.This is the first time Uchitel herself has confirmed the news.The pair met in November 2010 and lived together in New York for several months before moving to San Francisco shortly before the wedding.Uchitel, 36, became a household name after she became the first of Woods' alleged mistresses to expose his infidelity, leading to a string of revelations i
MyFoxChicago.comDecember 27, 2011: Onlookers stand outside the scene of a shooting in Chicago.CHICAGO Two people were killed and five more wounded after a gunman opened fire in a Chicago fast food restaurant Tuesday night.Police say the gunman appeared to be arguing with someone, who he then chased into the Church's Chicken in Englewood. He then began shooting.Police say two victims died at the scene and four others were currently in the hospital. A fifth person was reportedly injured, but their condition is unknown.The survivors included a 16-year-old boy, a 17-year-old boy and a 51-year-old man, who were all shot in the legs, and a 58-year-old man who suffered multiple gunshots wounds, MyFoxChicago.com reported.Friends at the scene said one of the dead was a 17-year-old junior at Prosser High School. "He didn't bother nobody," said Dimitrious Doughty. "This is crazy. They just took him. I don't understand."The gunman has not been arrested and police do not
hs of speculation that he would leave office, the 70-year-old conservative Democrat told supporters in an emailed statement Tuesday that he felt it was time he "step away from elective office, spend more time with my family, and look for new ways to serve our state and nation.""Therefore, I am announcing today that I will not seek re-election," said Nelson, a former two-term governor. "Simply put: It is time to move on."Democrats banking on Nelson's ability to leverage his centrist stances and capture statewide races were left scrambling; many state activists acknowledged being taken by surprise.While some floated the names of state Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha and Nelson's former lieutenant governor, Kim Robak, as possible contenders, many said it was too early to know who might run. Messages seeking comment were left for Lathrop and Robak.A dream candidate for Democrats: former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey. Traveling in India on Tuesday, Kerrey told The Washington
sive primary in the state, which will provide an opportunity for Democrats to remain competitive."A two-term governor before winning a Senate seat, Nelson has recently expressed dismay about a divided Congress' inability to pass meaningful legislation, frustration that echoed in his statement Tuesday."I encourage those who will follow in my footsteps to look for common ground and to work together in bipartisan ways to do what's best for the country, not just one political party," he said.Even as Nelson wavered about a re-election bid, he piled up campaign cash, hired a campaign manager and watched his party spend more than $1 million on ads supporting him. The preparation left him with more than $3 million in campaign cash on hand last month, about twice his nearest competitor.Nelson first was elected to the Senate in 2000, defeating Republican contender Stenberg to replace the retired Kerrey, and positioned himself as a centrist supporting both Democratic and R
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