Obama administration still predicts 'Assad's days are numbered'

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Obama administration still predicts 'Assad's days are numbered'

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Another Use for Drones: Chasing Canada GeeseAnother Use for Drones: Chasing Canada Geese Friday August 14 th , 2015 at 6:04 PM WSJ.Com: World News 1 Share An entrepreneur wants to clear Canada’s capital of the Canada goose, by creating a squadron of drones. That could ruffle feathers in a country w...

Another Use for Drones: Chasing Canada Geese

Another Use for Drones: Chasing Canada Geese Friday August 14th, 2015 at 6:04 PM WSJ.Com: World News 1 Share An entrepreneur wants to clear Canada’s capital of the Canada goose, by creating a squadron...

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» Abu Bakr Baghdadi, Islamic State leader, raped American hostage Kayla Mueller, U.S. intel finds 14/08/15 18:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks | Volcano erupts in Ecuador for the first time in 140 years by AFPVolcano erupts in Ecuador for the first time in 140 years by AFP Friday August 14 th , 2015 at 6:46 PM World News 1 Share Massive plume of ash as Ecuador volcano erupts Read the whole story · · Investigative Report Suggests Russian Security Services P...

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2015-08-15Russia steps up demand for US to drop European missile shield
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 1:30 PM

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Russia steps up demand for US to drop European missile shield - Reuters: MOSCOW Russia urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans to station parts of a missile shield system in Europe now that Iran has reached an agreement with world powers to limit its nuclear program. Moscow has long opposed the plan...Nato - Russia News - » Воздушная полиция НАТО перехватила над Балтикой четыре российских военных самолета - Новое Время 15/08/15 09:12 from нато - Google News Новое Время Воздушная полиция НАТО перехватила над Балтикой четыре российских военных самолета ...

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L. TODD WOOD: Will Obama appease Russia by disarming our missile defense?: "Russia is really concerned about the ability of America to effectively neutralize its deterrent, as things should be. After all, Ronald Reagan was right. The Strategic Defense Initiative, or as the media called it, “Star Wars,” was successful in the long run in ensuring America’s national security. There is an argument to be made that SDI was instrumental in the fall of the Soviet Union, as the Soviets realized they could not keep up in the technological race. The Russians know this. I wonder if the Left in this country will admit it? The question for the administration now is, will President Obama appease Russia and remove American missile defense from Europe in its new form? As he did with the old systems George Bush had put in place in Poland and elsewhere? Unfortunately, I think the answer will be yes."Russia is really concerned about the ability of America to effectively neutralize its deterrent, as things should be. After all, Ronald Reagan was right. The Strategic Defense Initiative, or as the media called it, “Star Wars,” was successful in the long r...

Russia is really concerned about the ability of America to effectively neutralize its deterrent, as things should be. After all, Ronald Reagan was right. The Strategic Defense Initiative, or as the media called it, “Star Wars...

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Ferguson police officer to be investigated by department after boasting of spending his 'Michael Brown bonus'
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 1:28 PM

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US police are investigating after a Ferguson officer reportedly bragged about spending his "Michael Brown bonus".

Mohammed Morsi's lawyer launch appeal against ex-Egyptian president's death sentence
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 1:28 PM

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Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s legal team have launched an appeal against his prison term and death sentence.

2 Parachutists Injured at Chicago Air & Water Show
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 1:27 PM

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Fire officials: 2 parachutists injured at Chicago Air & Water Show

Palestinian stabs Israeli trooper, shot dead: police
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 1:27 PM

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian teenager was shot dead on Saturday after stabbing an Israeli paramilitary policeman patrolling a road in the occupied West Bank, police said.

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Iraq War, family ties bind Jeb Bush
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 1:27 PM

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Jeb Bush, the son and brother of presidents, can't escape his family; sometimes he doesn't even try. Jeb Bush's family connections have forced him to negotiate a tricky path through a potential political mine field.

The 'magic words': How a simple phrase enmeshed the US in Syria's crisis
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 1:27 PM

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By the summer of 2011, the Syrian uprising was spiraling into a full-fledged insurgency.
On Aug. 18, 2011, President Barack Obama
issued a statement, the preamble of which hailed the peaceful demonstrators who stood up to the regime's "ferocious
brutality." Then came the money line: "For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside."

Iran gives UN agency papers linked to alleged nuke arms work
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 1:26 PM

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Iran on Saturday gave the U.N. nuclear agency documents linked to the agency's probe of allegations that Tehran tried to develop atomic arms, along with a confidential explanation that is unlikely to veer from previous Iranian denials of work on such weapons.

Obama administration still predicts 'Assad's days are numbered'
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 1:26 PM

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By autumn 2011, weeks after President Barack Obama demanded that Bashar Assad step aside and with the rebels making some modest gains on the battlefield, the question among the administration's Syria watchers was: Thanksgiving or Christmas? Apart from a couple of holdouts, the president's entire foreign policy brain trust was convinced at the time that Assad would be out by the holiday season; there was only bickering about just how soon.

Second Palestinian stabbing attack Saturday
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:53 PM

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August 15, 2015, 7:14 PM (IDT)

An Israeli border police officer was slashed in the neck Saturday by a Palestinian near the Tapuach junction on the West Bank. The attacker was shot and badly injured. His victim is not in serious condition. In an earlier attack, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier in the arm at the Ofer checkpoint on Route 443. Soldiers manning the checkpoint shot and injured him.

Cubans Sound Unusually Open to Kerry Call for Democracy
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:52 PM

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In Havana's streets, unusually open welcome for Kerry's call for more democracy in Cuba

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3 Soldiers Killed in Bomb Attack in Eastern Turkey
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:21 PM

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3 Turkish soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack in eastern Turkey

Iran Gives UN Agency Papers Linked to Alleged Nuke Arms Work
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:21 PM

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Iran gives UN agency documents linked to probe of alleged work on nuclear weapons

Nevada Deputy Killed in Line of Duty; Suspect Also Dead
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:20 PM

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Nevada deputy killed in line of duty during domestic violence call; suspect also dead

AP Top News at 11:48 a.m. EDT
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China blast zone evacuated over contamination fear; 104 deadTIANJIN, China (AP) - New small explosions rocked a disaster zone in the Chinese port of Tianjin on Saturday as teams scrambled to clear dangerous chemical contamination and found several more bodies to bring the death toll to 104 in massive blasts earlier in the week. Angry relatives of missing firefighters stormed a government news conference to demand any information on their loved ones, who have not been seen since a fire and rapid succession of blasts late Wednesday at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals in a mostly industrial area.

ROME (AP) - At least 40 migrants died Saturday in the hold of an overcrowded smuggling boat in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya, apparently killed by fuel fumes, and some 320 others aboard were saved by the Italian navy, the rescue ship's commander said. Migrants by the tens of thousands are braving the perilous journey across the Mediterranean this year, hoping to reach Europe and be granted asylum. They are fleeing war, persecution and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

TOKYO (AP) - Emperor Akihito expressed rare "deep remorse" over his country's wartime actions in an address Saturday marking the 70th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, a day after the prime minister fell short of apologizing in his own words to the victims of Japanese aggression. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meanwhile, stayed away from a contentious Yasukuni shrine that honors war criminals among other war dead. He instead prayed and laid flowers at a nearby national cemetery for unnamed fallen soldiers ahead of the annual ceremony at Tokyo's Budokan hall.

Soldier's journey to heal spotlights `soul wounds' of warSAN DIEGO (AP) - "It was just another day in Mosul," the soldier began, his voice shaking. Sgt. 1st Class Marshall Powell took a deep breath. He couldn't look at the other three servicemen seated around him in the therapy session. He'd rarely spoken about his secret, the story of the little girl who wound up in his hospital during the war in Iraq, where he served as an Army nurse. Her chest had been blown apart, and her brown eyes implored him for help. Whenever he'd thought of her since, "I killed the girl" echoed in his head.

Questions and answers about the war wound `moral injury'A psychological wound known as moral injury is gaining attention in the aftermath of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with veterans now being treated for these injuries to the soul - even as medical experts debate whether moral injury is a condition unto itself or a subset of post-traumatic stress disorder. Some questions and answers about moral injury, and how it compares with and differs from PTSD:

Family says daughter raped repeatedly while held by ISWASHINGTON (AP) - American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, U.S. intelligence officials told her family in June. "They told us that he married her, and we all understand what that means," Carl Mueller, Kayla's father, told The Associated Press on Friday, which would have been his daughter's 27th birthday. Her death was reported in February.

Queen Elizabeth II leads ceremonies in Britain for VJ DayLONDON (AP) - Veterans wearing medals, some in wheelchairs festooned with the Union flag, paraded through central London on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the end of World War II. The slow walkabout by the aging veterans recalled the pain and ultimate triumph of Britain's 4 1/2-year campaign in Asia. One twirled his cane. Others waved. Many saluted. Thousands cheered them on.

Camper deaths, presence of plague darken summer at YosemiteYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - The usually happy height of the summer season at California's bustling and beloved Yosemite National Park took a dark turn when a fallen tree branch killed two young campers and a campground closure was announced because of the presence of plague. The large limb from a black oak fell on the tent of the two young campers as they slept in the heart of the park Friday, Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said.

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Pakistani minister resigns over allegations of spy agency coupby Staff and agencies
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:20 PM

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Environment minister Mushahid Ullah Khan steps down after giving interview in which he claimed former intelligence chief was behind anti-government rallies

A senior Pakistani minister has resigned after claiming that the country’s former spy chief wanted to overthrow prime minister Nawaz Sharif through violent demonstrations in Islamabad last year. Environment minister Mushahid Ullah Khan submitted his resignation on Saturday, the information minister Pervez Rashid said. It was not clear whether Sharif would accept Ullah Khan’s offer to quit.

The resignation of Ullah Khan, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N party, came a day after the BBC’s Urdu service broadcast an interview in which he claimed that Zaheer-ul-Islam, former head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, was behind last year’s anti-government rallies organised by opposition leader Imran Khan and fiery cleric Tahir ul-Qadri.

Three Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish militant attack
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:19 PM

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three Turkish soldiers were killed and six wounded on Saturday when Kurdish militants detonated a remote-controlled explosive that hit their convoy, the military said.

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Pentagon looks at stateside prisons as alternatives to Gitmoby LOLITA C. BALDOR
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:18 PM

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Defense Department is taking another look at the military prison in Kansas and the Navy Brig in South Carolina as it evaluates potential U.S. facilities to house detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, part of the Obama administration's controversial push to close the detention ...

Kayla Mueller raped repeatedly by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:18 PM

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WASHINGTON (AP) — American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, U.S. intelligence officials told her family in June.

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Benghazi case focuses attention on US interrogation strategyby ERIC TUCKER
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:17 PM

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WASHINGTON (AP) - After a suspected militant was captured in Libya last year to face charges for the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, he was brought to the U.S. aboard a Navy transport ship on a 13-day trip that his lawyers say could have taken 13 hours ...

A Culture Warrior Contemplates Defeat by John D. Davidson
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:16 PM

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In his 1948 essay, Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot argued that the highest levels of culture are only attainable by relatively small groups of people, and that in order for a civilization to sustain high culture a class system of some kind is necessary. Because culture is transmitted primarily through the family and religion—not schools—and because it relies to a large extent on these particular loyalties for its perpetuation, when these institutions fail, “we must expect our culture to deteriorate.”

At the risk of over-simplifying Eliot’s argument, one of his basic contentions sounds rather old-fashioned, perhaps even bigoted by today’s standards, that “we can distinguish between higher and lower cultures; we can distinguish between advance and retrogression.” This notion flies in the face of multiculturalism, not to say the notion of equality. Yet it’s a necessary premise for his assessment of the state of contemporary culture:

“We can assert with some confidence that our own period is one of decline; that the standards of culture are lower than they were fifty years ago; and that the evidences of this decline are visible in every department of human activity. I see no reason why the decay of culture should not proceed much further, and why we may not even anticipate a period, of some duration, of which it is possible to say that it will have no culture.”

According to Peruvian writer and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, the culture-less period foreseen 67 years ago by Eliot is the one in which we are all now living. His latest collection of essays, ominously titled, Notes on the Death of Culture, adheres to Eliot’s understanding of culture as “not merely the sum of several activities but a way of life”—one that recognizes a shared heritage of ideas and principles, religious and philosophical knowledge, and standards in art and literature. This way of life, Vargas Llosa argues, has never been attainable for everyone. Throughout history, “there were cultured and uncultured people and, between those two extremes, there were people who were more or less cultured and more or less uncultured, and this classification was quite clear the world over because there was a shared system of values and cultural criteria, and shared ways of thinking, judging and behaving.”

So much for all that. We’re now living in what Vargas Llosa calls “the civilization of the spectacle,” an era characterized by the replacement of ideals, principles, and intellectual life with images, gestures, and a “universal prevailing frivolity … where everything is appearance, theatre, play and entertainment.” This transformation, he says, has affected every part of society: art, music, journalism, politics—even sex, which in the era of the spectacle “has become a sport or pastime, a shared activity that is no more important, perhaps less important, than going to the gym, or dancing or football.” Stripped of all taboo, all mystery and privacy, eroticism, “which turns the act of sex into a work of art,” has become impossible in the civilization of the spectacle, replaced by “purely instinctive and animal sex. It meets a biological need, but it does not enrich the life of the senses and emotions and it does not bring couples closer together, beyond the sexual coupling.”

The degradation of human experience and endeavor is the defining feature of our era, according to Vargas Llosa. One can see its effects everywhere in public life: politicians more concerned with appearances and slogans than ideas and convictions, journalists are drawn to scandal and gossip, and readers prefer entertainment and titillation over information and analysis. Vargas Llosa has special disdain for the contemporary art world, populated in his view by celebrity charlatans like Damien Hirst, whose purely sensational work (for example, a shark preserved in a tank of formaldehyde) is the very embodiment of form over substance. He argues that the disappearance of aesthetic standards is to blame for the sorry state of the art world, which now produces supposedly “daring” artists like Chris Ofili, who made his reputation by using elephant dung as a medium and producing, for example, a piece featuring the Virgin Mary surrounded by pornographic photos.

The disappearance—or rather, the deliberate dismantling—of standards is the chief source of the decay Vargas Llosa sees in our culture. It’s tempting to accuse him of suffering from some form of golden age syndrome—the belief that everything was better in some bygone era and that the present day is the nadir of civilization—but that would be to dismiss out of hand his central thesis, which isn’t easily refuted.

There is no question that standards have been deliberately rejected in much of what we consider cultural activities. Yet without some kind of aesthetic or intellectual hierarchy, mastery of any medium becomes impossible, and without mastery there can be no masterpieces, no great cultural achievements. Instead of masterworks we get the crass sensationalism of Hirst. By contrast, Vargas Llosa points to the French painter Georges Seurat, whose Bathers at Asnières and Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Jatte are true masterpieces, as the kind of artist we no longer produce (or at least no longer celebrate or patronize). An exhibit at the Royal Academy in London traced Seurat’s two years of work and preparation, between 1883 and 1884, on Bathers. The end result, writes Vargas Llosa, is a work that embodies not just formal perfection but the very essence and idea of high culture:

“This tranquility, this balance and this secret harmony between man and water, cloud and sailboat, costume and oars, are certainly manifestations of a total command of the medium, the sureness of line, and the use of colour, all achieved by dint of effort; but they also represent an elevated and noble conception of the art of painting as a means of spiritual fulfilment and a source of pleasure in and of itself, in which painting is understood as its own best reward, a métier in the practice of which one finds meaning and joy.”

All of this of course comes at a price. The achievement of Bathers, which Seurat completed at the age of 24, was only possible because of “an attitude, an ethic, a manner of surrendering oneself to the service of an ideal, which a creator must embrace in order to transcend and extend the limits of a tradition, as Seurat did.” Culture, in other words, is hard work. It requires tremendous commitment, sacrifice, and no small amount of formal training and education—not just for artists to create lasting works but also for cultured people to recognize and cherish them, to be nourished by them.

The decimation of standards Vargas Llosa so laments, and which has made such commitment impossible, has its roots in the postmodernism of French philosophers like Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, and Jacques Derrida, all of whom advance some version of the claim that reality is subjective; objective reality, or truth, is either unknowable or impossible.

Vargas Llosa singles out one French thinker in particular, Jean Baudrillard, to expound on the problem. Baudrillard was an old acquaintance of Vargas Llosa’s, a fellow student and Leftist radical at the Sorbonne in the late 1950s and early ‘60s. Attending a lecture of his some forty years later, Vargas Llosa is dismayed to see that Baudrillard is “focused on an ambitious undertaking: the demolition of what is, and its replacement by a verbose unreality.” Specifically, Baudrillard argues something slightly more radical than his fellow postmodernists: “True reality doesn’t exist anymore; it has been replaced by virtual reality, the product of advertising and the media.” The inability to distinguish historical events from fiction, truth from media lies and manipulations, is the chief characteristic of what Baudrillard calls an “age of simulacra”—a notion that at first seems not far removed from Vargas Llosa’s civilization of the spectacle. The difference is that Baudrillard believes the age of simulacra has fundamentally transformed human existence and reality itself, making us “mere ghostly automatons … stripped of freedom and knowledge and condemned to die without ever having lived.”

Vargas Llosa is a firm believer in reality, without which culture is impossible. Baudrillard and his ilk have made the death of culture possible by asserting a philosophy of unreality, which renders cultural standards arbitrary and therefore meaningless. Vargas Llosa doesn’t say hello to Baudrillard after his lecture or, “remind him of the bygone days of our youth, when ideas and books excited us and he still believed we existed.” During those youthful days, Vargas Llosa was a zealous member of the radical Left and supported communist revolutions throughout South America. When he began to see what those revolutions were really about in the late 1960s, particularly in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, he renounced Leftist politics and embarked on a journey toward classical liberalism and a kind of eccentric cultural conservatism.

Classical liberalism’s dogged insistence on things like natural law, human equality, and self-evident truths—objective reality—form the backbone of Vargas Llosa’s argument that we’re losing something essential in our rejection of culture as it has been traditionally understood. Readers of Vargas Llosa’s novels might note some parallels here with his dominant literary themes. As a novelist, he has for decades explored the profound disconnection between human aspirations and our ability to fulfill them, as well as the fanatical mind that cannot see reality for what it is. His 1981 novel, The War of the End of the World, grappled with humanity’s intermittent but persistent revolutionary and utopian urges, which always promise to alleviate human suffering but always end up making it much worse. His 2001 novel, The Feast of the Goat, mixed historical fact and fiction to depict the brutal regime of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, a harrowing tale of power, cynicism, and the ways political violence can utterly transform and degrade a society.

It will be too easy, perhaps, for Vargas Llosa’s detractors to scoff at this collection of essays. He can come off as stuffy and out-of-date, and he makes no effort to mask his contempt for the twin doctrines of multiculturalism and moral relativism—sacrosanct among the intelligentsia, who will have as little use for Vargas Llosa’s criticism of culture as they have for his classical liberalism. Like the fanatics of Vargas Llosa’s novels, too many of them are blinded by the fantasy of a perfect world, unable to see things as they really are.

That’s a shame, because the stakes could not be higher. As culture gives way to mere entertainment, and the ideas that allowed us to shake off authoritarianism and safeguard liberty dissolve in a toxic brew of cynicism and frivolity, do we have the will and desire to sustain our civilization? The enemies of civilization have not, after all, disappeared. From Iran to Russia to the enclaves of the Islamic State, barbarism and oppression are enjoying something of a renaissance. These regimes, like the sovereigns of old, still believe that literature and the arts are dangerous enough to censor, that high culture carries within it the seeds of rebellion because its fruits declare the great self-evident truth: all men are created equal.

Culture is not frivolous in those parts of the world. It is a powerful force, perhaps more powerful than any other. The question is, do we still believe that? And if the answer is no, then how long can we survive?

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Russia Promises To Veto Future UN Sanctions Against Iranby therearenosunglasses
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:15 PM

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UN Sanctions Against Iran To Be Blocked By Russia In Future, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Says By Christopher Harress @Charress c.harress@ibtimes.com Negotiators for Iran and six world powers face each other in the historic Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna April 24, 2015. Moscow is expected to veto all future sanctions against Iran, placing extra pressure […]

BOOK REVIEW: The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin: Global Jihadism in Russia's North Caucasus and Beyond
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Navy: Asbestos found at Guantánamo's Camp Justice, but it's safe for occupancy
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:14 PM

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A public health team found evidence of carcinogens at the war crimes court compound at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, but has concluded so far that the buildings are safe for occupancy, the Navy said Friday.

Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (August 8-14)by Just Security
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:13 PM

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I. Torture and the American Psychological Association

Marty Lederman, What, Exactly, Does Yesterday’s American Psychological Association Resolution Prohibit? (Saturday, August 8) Deborah Popowski, Guest Post: The APA’s Watershed Move to Ban Psychologists’ Complicity in Torture (Tuesday, August 11)

II. Technology & the Fourth Amendment

Andy Wright, Warrantless Phone Tracking: The Fourth Amendment and Circuit Splits (Friday, August 14)

III. Defense Department Law of War Manual

Just Security, A Readers’ Guide to our Mini-Forum on DOD’s New Law of War Manual (Wednesday, August 12)

IV. Autonomous Weapons

Michael Schmitt, Regulating Autonomous Weapons Might Be Smarter Than Banning Them (Monday, August 10)

V. UN Peacekeepers and Sexual Violence

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, The Dark Side of Peace Enforcement: Sexual Exploitation in CAR (Friday, August 14)

VI. Iran Nuclear Deal

Marty Lederman, Further on the Constitutionality of the Nonbinding Iran JCPOA (and the Conspicuous Absence of Congressional Disagreement About It) (Wednesday, August 12) Read on Just Security »

Islamic State Seen Making Small Inroads In Afghanistan
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:12 PM

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The Islamic State group is making small inroads in Afghanistan and could grow into a more worrisome threat, a U.S. Army general has said.

Islamic State Militants Subdue Sirtre Uprising
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:12 PM

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Libyan TV reported is reporting that Islamic State (IS) militants killed several dozen captives Friday in the Libyan port city of Sirte.

Why Did the FBI Spy on James Baldwin? - The Intercept - First Look Media
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:09 PM

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Why Did the FBI Spy on James Baldwin?
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James Baldwin's FBI file contains 1,884 pages of documents, collected from 1960 until the early 1970s. During that era of illegal surveillance of American writers, the FBI accumulated 276 pages on Richard Wright, 110 pages on Truman Capote, and just ...

Israel’s first ever arms deal with an Arab country – drones for Jordan to fight ISIS
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:09 PM

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August 15, 2015, 9:31 AM (IDT)

In its first arms sale to an Arab country, revealed here by debkafile, Israel has sold Jordan 12 advanced unmanned aerial vehicles of the Heron TP and Skylark types. They are urgently needed by the Jordanian Royal Air Force to beef up its cross-border counter-terrorism campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Like other joint US-Israeli-Jordanian operations ongoing against the Islamic State, the Herons and Skylarks are almost certainly being operated by officers at the US Central Command Forward-Jordan war room north of Amman. Israel earlier donated 16 Cobras to Jordan’s air force.

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China's Yuan Could Fall 10% or More - Barron's
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:08 PM

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China's Yuan Could Fall 10% or More
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On a sultry mid-August evening last week, world currency markets were rocked by what amounted to nothing short of a regime change: China announced a devaluation and freer float of its currency, the yuan or renminbi. The move recalled an episode more ...

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New explosions and fires as China evacuates 2-mile zone over chemical ... - Toronto Sun
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 12:08 PM

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TIANJIN, China - China on Saturday evacuated residents who had taken refuge in a school near the site of two huge explosions, state media said, after a change in wind direction prompted fears that toxic chemical particles could be blown inland.
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'We Wanted to Cut Off Che Guevara's Head' – Ex-CIA Agent - Sputnik International
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:56 AM

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... and shown only to foreign the heads of state and government visiting the island. On October 8, 1967 the guerilla unit led by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was ambushed by the Bolivian army. The Comandante was taken prisoner by CIA agents and executed.

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Asylum seekers are being housed at the Britannia Hotel in Stockport
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:56 AM

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Some of the Asylum Seekers from Sudan outside the hotel. Dozens of asylum seekers from Sudan have moved in to a popular hotel and spa, without bosses telling the paying guests. The families are staying full board at the 178-room Britannia Hotel in Stockport, Greater Manchester, at a cost to the taxpayer of around £200,000. The venue, which has a large swimming pool and gym, as well as a bistro and restaurant, is promoted as a place for guests to 'unwind' but it is understood that the asylum seekers are set to remain until April. Many of the immigrants have been in the country for around a year and moved into the hotel at the weekend. Paying guests were stunned to find the group, numbering around 30, staying for free alongside them.

Minister resigns over BBC interview
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:54 AM

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Pakistani minister Mushahidullah Khan resigns after an interview with BBC Urdu in which he made allegations against a former intelligence chief.

Benghazi Case Focuses Attention on US Interrogation Strategy
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:52 AM

ABC News: Top Stories

Benghazi prosecution focuses attention on US interrogation strategy as defense seeks dismissal

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USA threatens Russia for testing unnamed state-of-the-art cruise missile by The European Union Times
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:49 AM

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Officials at the US State Department said that Russia had tested a state-of-the-art cruise missile capable of posing a threat to Europe, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The tests were conducted in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), US officials added.

In December 2014, speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washington, US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller negatively answered the question of whether Washington’s accusations were related to Iskander tactical missile complex or X-101 cruise missiles, Pravda.Ru reports with reference to TASS. The diplomat explained that the weapon in question was a ground-based cruise missile.

According to The National Interest, the missile in question is most likely the new intercontinental ballistic missile Yars (RS-26). Russia has repeatedly tested the missile at distances smaller than the upper limit of the INF Treaty (the treaty bans all US and Soviet/Russian missiles with a range of 500-5,500 km). The tests may cause concerns, but they do not come as a violation of the treaty.

On June 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian Army was going to receive more than 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles during the current year. Putin specified that the missiles would be capable of breaking through missile defense systems of any degree of complexity, Pravda.Ru reports.

Eleven days before that, Pentagon officials announced that the US had plans to deploy land-based missiles in Europe and Asia targeting Russia. Russia’s Defense Ministry conducted a detailed analysis of the US plans to find out whether the plans could meet the conditions of the INF Treaty.

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Russian Helicopter Crashes Into Sea, Five Missing
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:49 AM

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Russian investigators say a helicopter has crashed into the Sea of Okhotsk in the Far East and that five of the 16 on board are missing and presumed dead.

Series of Explosions Rocks Texas Oil Field Chemical Supplier - ABC News
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:49 AM

Donald Trump Called to Jury Duty in Manhattan - New York Times
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:48 AM

Islamic State confirmed to have used mustard gas against Kurds in Syria by Nabih Bulos
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:47 AM

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American analysts confirm that Islamic State used chemical weapons on a Kurdish militia

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China Evacuates Tianjin Blast Area
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:46 AM

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Civilians resettled in a temporary shelter amid fears of toxic chemicals in the air.

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Brazilian police under investigation over Sao Paulo killing spree
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:45 AM

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian police are investigating whether a string of 18 murders in metropolitan Sao Paulo on Thursday night were a coordinated act of revenge by off-duty officers following the nearby deaths of two colleagues in the previous week.

Soldier's journey to heal spotlights `soul wounds' of warby By JULIE WATSON
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:44 AM

AP Top Headlines At 1:24 P.M. EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- "It was just another day in Mosul," the soldier began, his voice shaking. Sgt. 1st Class Marshall Powell took a deep breath. He couldn't look at the other three servicemen seated around him in the therapy session....

Questions and answers about the war wound `moral injury'by By The Associated Press
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:44 AM

AP Top Headlines At 1:24 P.M. EDT

A psychological wound known as moral injury is gaining attention in the aftermath of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with veterans now being treated for these injuries to the soul - even as medical experts debate whether moral injury is a condition unto itself or a subset of post-traumatic stress disorder....

ISIS Suspected of Chemical Attack Against Kurds in Syriaby HELENE COOPER
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:09 AM

NYT > World

If verified, the use of chemical agents could increase pressure on the Obama administration to intervene in the war more forcefully.

ISIS Held U.S. Aid Worker as Sex Slave Before Deathby RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:08 AM

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Details of Kayla Mueller’s captivity, including her repeated rape by the leader of the Islamic State, were pieced together by American officials.

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Brooklyn Man Accused of Supporting ISIS Pleads Guiltyby STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:08 AM

NYT > World

Adburasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 25, who admitted to plotting to provide material to the Islamic State terrorist group, could face up to 15 years in prison.

Civilians Killed In Eastern Ukraine Following Surge In Shelling
Saturday August 15th, 2015 at 11:08 AM

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» New explosions rock site of deadly blasts in China
15/08/15 13:17 from Home - CBSNews.com
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» Camper Deaths, Presence of Plague Darken Summer at Yosemite
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» 2 Parachutists Injured at Chicago Air & Water Show
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» Minister resigns over BBC interview
15/08/15 13:06 from BBC News - World
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» Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Stoke City
15/08/15 13:04 from BBC News - World
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» Bombs kill at least 20 across Baghdad: police and medical sources
15/08/15 13:03 from Reuters: Top News
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» Search For Overboard Queen Mary 2 Crew Member
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» Veterans mark VJ Day anniversary
15/08/15 13:02 from BBC News - World
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» Genocide Charges Filed Over Violence in Southeastern Congo
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» Flight Control Problem Keeps Flights Grounded in DC Area
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» Three dead in Turkey as PKK attacks military convoys
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» China Evacuates Blast Area Amid Chemical Fears
15/08/15 13:01 from WSJ.com: World News
Authorities ordered residents to leave the vicinity of the deadly warehouse blasts in Tianjin, amid concerns over airborne chemical pollutants.

» Clinton hits back at Jeb Bush on Iraq and Islamic State
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» Italy: At least 40 migrants dead at sea, 320 others rescued - Miami Herald
15/08/15 12:59 from Google News - World
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» Coach's blunder sends team home from Little League World Series regional - For The Win
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» Jehovah’s Witnesses face child sexual-abuse investigation in Australia
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» Germany to End Air-Defense Mission in Turkey Next Year
15/08/15 12:52 from ABC News: ABCNews
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» The Latest: A Few Birdies Get Mickelson in the Red
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» Police Investigate Officer's 'Michael Brown Bonus' Post
15/08/15 12:47 from ABC News: ABCNews
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» China Blast Zone Evacuated Over Sodium Cyanide
15/08/15 12:45 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
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» Evacuation Ends After Gun Scare at New Orleans Wal-Mart
15/08/15 12:44 from ABC News: ABCNews
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» South Sudan peace deal in balance as leaders gather ahead of deadline
15/08/15 12:44 from Reuters: International
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» Kyle Busch Crashes in Sprint Cup Practice at Michigan
15/08/15 12:44 from ABC News: ABCNews
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» Former Burundi military chief killed amid continued unrest
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» FAA computer outage delays flights at Washington area airports - Washington Post
15/08/15 12:41 from Google News - World
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» Burundi: Ex-Army Chief Killed, 2nd Military Leader Targeted
15/08/15 12:37 from ABC News: ABCNews
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» Watch highlights: VJ Day 70th anniversary commemorations - Telegraph.co.uk
15/08/15 12:35 from Google News - World
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» Mohammed Morsi's lawyer launch appeal against ex-Egyptian president's death sentence
15/08/15 12:34 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ’s legal team have launched an appeal against his prison term and death sentence.

» Queen Mary 2 Searches for Missing Crewmember Near Canada
15/08/15 12:34 from ABC News: ABCNews
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» I-Day: India celebrates 68 years of independence - The Indian Express
15/08/15 12:34 from Google News - World
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» Ferguson police officer to be investigated by department after boasting of spending his 'Michael Brown bonus'
15/08/15 12:33 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
US police are investigating after a Ferguson officer reportedly bragged about spending his "Michael Brown bonus".

» Cubans Sound Unusually Open to Kerry Call for Democracy
15/08/15 12:31 from ABC News: ABCNews
In Havana's streets, unusually open welcome for Kerry's call for more democracy in Cuba

» Africa 54
15/08/15 12:30 from Voice of America
Africa 54 provides special coverage of President Obama's trip to Kenya

» Tiger Misses 3rd Straight Cut in a Major at PGA Championship
15/08/15 12:29 from ABC News: ABCNews
End of the line for Tiger Woods? He misses cut at PGA, uncertain about playing next week

» Computer outage at FAA center in DC delays flights in Northeast - USA TODAY
15/08/15 12:28 from Google News - Top Stories
USA TODAY Computer outage at FAA center in DC delays flights in Northeast USA TODAY A computer outage at a Federal Aviation Administration center in Washington on Saturday is delaying flights throughout the region. The Baltimore/Washingt...

» Migrants From Turkey Flood Into Greece; Scuffles on Boat
15/08/15 12:27 from ABC News: ABCNews
Scuffles, a near-sinking as desperate migrants leave Turkey for Greece on smugglers' boats

» Our best galleries of the week
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» New explosions, evacuations at China blast site - Miami Herald
15/08/15 12:25 from Google News - World
The Hindu New explosions, evacuations at China blast site Miami Herald Authorities ordered a wider evacuation in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin on Saturday after new explosions sent plumes of smoke over an industrial site oblit...

» Power Outage at Air Traffic Control Center Stops Planes - NBC4 Washington
15/08/15 12:25 from Google News - Top Stories
NBC4 Washington Power Outage at Air Traffic Control Center Stops Planes NBC4 Washington The Federal Aviation Administration is reporting a ground stop for many flights along the East Coast due to a problem at the Washington Air Route Tra...

» Dallas-Area Taxpayers Paid More Than $825K in Ebola Costs
15/08/15 12:24 from ABC News: ABCNews
Dallas-area taxpayers picked up tab for more than $825K in Ebola costs

» Italy: At Least 40 Migrants Dead at Sea, 320 Others Rescued
15/08/15 12:23 from ABC News: ABCNews
Italy: At least 40 migrants found dead at sea, 320 others rescued from boat north of Libya

» 3 Soldiers Killed in Bomb Attack in Eastern Turkey - New York Times
15/08/15 12:22 from Google News - World
www.worldbulletin.net 3 Soldiers Killed in Bomb Attack in Eastern Turkey New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels detonated a roadside bomb as a military vehicle was passing by, killing three...

» Clinton jokes about Snapchat
15/08/15 12:22 from CNN.com
Hillary Clinton on Friday night mocked interest in her use of a private email server, but a joke about Snapchat could invite more Republican ridicule and add greater focus to a controversy that is already dogging her campaign.

» 40 People die in shipwreck off Libya coast - Fox News Latino
15/08/15 12:22 from Google News - World
USA TODAY 40 People die in shipwreck off Libya coast Fox News Latino At least 40 migrants died when the vessel carrying them to Italy sank off the Libyan coast, the Italian navy confirmed Saturday. "#UltimOra #SAR Rescue of a barge ...

» Hundreds of Troops, Tanks, Aircraft in Polish Army Parade
15/08/15 12:21 from ABC News: ABCNews
Hundreds of troops, dozens of aircraft and missile launchers in Poland's major military parade

» Clinton: GOP field is like Trump without 'pizzaz and the hair'
15/08/15 12:17 from CNN.com

» The Latest: Donald Trump Set to Chopper Into Iowa Fair
15/08/15 12:17 from ABC News: ABCNews
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» Burundi's former army chief shot dead in second political assassination this month
15/08/15 12:16 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
A second senior Burundian official has been assassinated, as the African nation reels from a summer of riots

» Viktor Tsoi And The Russia That Never Was
15/08/15 12:15 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Viktor Tsoi is a reminder of a more hopeful time -- one that probably seems even more hopeful in retrospect. A time of introspection and anxiety, but also a time of promise. A time when anything and everything seemed possible.

» 3 Soldiers Killed in Bomb Attack in Eastern Turkey
15/08/15 12:13 from ABC News: ABCNews
3 Turkish soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack in eastern Turkey

» Iran Gives UN Agency Papers Linked to Alleged Nuke Arms Work
15/08/15 12:09 from ABC News: ABCNews
Iran gives UN agency documents linked to probe of alleged work on nuclear weapons

» Donald Trump Called for Jury Duty Amid Presidential Campaign: "I Think It's Fun" - E! Online
15/08/15 12:08 from Google News - Top Stories
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» Three Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish militant attack
15/08/15 12:07 from Reuters: International
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three Turkish soldiers were killed and six wounded on Saturday when Kurdish militants detonated a remote-controlled explosive that hit their convoy, the military said.

» At least 40 migrants die at sea
15/08/15 12:05 from CNN.com
At least 40 migrants who were trying to traverse the Mediterranean Sea in a boat are dead and many others have been rescued, the Italian Navy said Saturday after encountering the vessel.

» US election 2016: Republicans mine anger at Cuban detente for electoral gains
15/08/15 12:05 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
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» Hillary Clinton Has 'Love' for Snapchat in Joke About Email Scandal - NBCNews.com
15/08/15 12:05 from Top Stories - Google News
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» Greek crisis: IMF urges Europe to provide 'significant' debt relief following new bailout agreement
15/08/15 12:03 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
Greece's "European partners" still need to provide the country with significant debt relief following its approval of a new bailout deal, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

» Syrian refugee tells harrowing story of journey to Europe: 'I fell in the sea... I thought I would die'
15/08/15 12:03 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
A Syrian asylum seeker has told how he thought he would die as he struggled to stay afloat for 45 minutes when the dinghy he was packed on with dozens of other migrants started to sink.

» Super Cold, Slew of Snow in Old Farmer's Almanac Forecast
15/08/15 12:01 from ABC News: ABCNews
Brace yourselves: Old Farmer's Almanac predicts super cold, slew of snow for much of nation

» Migrants brawl on Greek island as refugee ship lies empty
15/08/15 12:00 from Reuters: Top News
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» Pistol-whipped cop: I hesitated to shoot
15/08/15 12:00 from CNN.com
A Birmingham, Alabama, police detective who was pistol-whipped unconscious said Friday that he hesitated to use force because he didn't want to be accused of needlessly killing an unarmed man.

» Anti-Nazi couple's home burnt down in Germany in suspected retaliatory attack
15/08/15 12:00 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
A German couple who have taken a stand against local neo-Nazis have had their home gutted in a suspected retaliatory arson attack.

» Big Game Hunter Talks About 'Kill' Photo Backlash
15/08/15 11:59 from ABC News: ABCNews
Comedian Ricky Gervais tweeted a photo of Rebecca Francis and a giraffe she killed.

» Former Trump adviser gives details on internal memo
15/08/15 11:58 from CNN.com
Fmr. Trump campaign adviser, Roger Stone talks about the internal Trump campaign memo released that reveals inside details into Trump's Campaign strategy.

» At least 40 migrants found dead at sea in smuggling boat near Libya, another ... - National Post
15/08/15 11:58 from Google News - World
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» Teen TV star explains breast reduction
15/08/15 11:57 from CNN.com
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» DNA shows president had a love child
15/08/15 11:56 from CNN.com

» Tianjin Blast Destruction from Above - Wall Street Journal
15/08/15 11:56 from Google News - World
Wall Street Journal Tianjin Blast Destruction from Above Wall Street Journal A large hole is seen on the ground in the Chinese port city of Tianjin Saturday. At least 85 people were killed and more than 700 ... Debris among shipping cont...

» Netball World Cup 2015: England beaten by New Zealand in semis - BBC Sport
15/08/15 11:56 from world - Google News
The Guardian Netball World Cup 2015: England beaten by New Zealand in semis BBC Sport England missed out on a place in the Netball World Cup final after losing 50-39 to New Zealand in Sydney. The Roses went into Saturday's semi-final...

» Live blog: Iowa State Fair
15/08/15 11:55 from CNN.com
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» The Latest: 1 Club Pro Makes Cut, 1 Along for the Ride
15/08/15 11:53 from ABC News: ABCNews
The Latest: 1 club pro makes cut, while another gets a bonus tee time at Whistling Straits

» The week in 35 photos
15/08/15 11:52 from CNN.com
Take a look at 35 photos of the week from August 7 through August 13.

» Nevada Deputy Killed in Line of Duty; Suspect Also Dead
15/08/15 11:51 from ABC News: ABCNews
Nevada deputy killed in line of duty during domestic violence call; suspect also dead

» Queen Elizabeth II Leads Ceremonies in Britain for VJ Day
15/08/15 11:49 from ABC News: ABCNews
UK's Queen Elizabeth II leads ceremonies marking 70th anniversary of end of war with Japan

» Officials: ISIL leader sexually assaulted American hostage - USA TODAY
15/08/15 11:48 from Top Stories - Google News
USA TODAY Officials: ISIL leader sexually assaulted American hostage USA TODAY Kayla Mueller, an American aid worker who died in February while being held by the Islamic State, was repeatedly raped during captivity by Abu Bakr al-Baghdad...

» 40 migrants die off Italy as Europe faces worst crisis since WWII
15/08/15 11:48 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines
At least 40 migrants died on a boat off Italy Saturday as Europe struggled to cope with hundreds of people making dangerous journeys to reach Italy and Greece. "Operation under way... many migrants saved. An Italian navy helicopter ...

» Kayla Mueller: Why US hostage raped by ISIS leader refused to escape - Christian Science Monitor
15/08/15 11:48 from Google News - Top Stories
Christian Science Monitor Kayla Mueller: Why US hostage raped by ISIS leader refused to escape Christian Science Monitor A teenage girl, who had also been held by ISIS, revealed the conditions of Kayla Mueller's captivity to US offic...

» Small plane crashes near New Jersey airport, fatalities likely: media
15/08/15 11:46 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines
(Reuters) - A small airplane crashed in a New Jersey suburb of New York on Saturday and fatalities were likely, local media reported.

» Eye Opener: Hillary Clinton goes on the offensive in Iowa
15/08/15 11:45 from Home - CBSNews.com
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» High Housing Costs Raise an Obstacle for Women Fleeing Abuse
15/08/15 11:43 from ABC News: ABCNews
Leaving was the easy part: Domestic violence victims struggle to find affordable homes

» Hundreds of Troops, Tanks, Aircraft in Polish Army Parade - ABC News
15/08/15 11:42 from Google News - World
Washington Times Hundreds of Troops, Tanks, Aircraft in Polish Army Parade ABC News Dozens of fighter jets soared, tanks rumbled and hundreds of troops marched in a Polish military parade Saturday, a show of force on the national armed f...

» Opinion: The failure of the political elite in Balkans
15/08/15 11:42 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Europe
Almost half of Germany's asylum applicants come from the Balkans. Why are they coming, and what are they fleeing from? DW's Verica Spasovska writes that the region's political elites are to blame for the exodus.

» The Latest: Front-Runners Clinton, Trump Head to Iowa Fair
15/08/15 11:40 from ABC News: ABCNews
The Latest: Clinton, Trump, Sanders, Santorum meet, greet Iowa voters at state fair

» Arkansas Is Fourth State to Halt Planned Parenthood Funding - Newsweek
15/08/15 11:40 from Google News - Top Stories
Newsweek Arkansas Is Fourth State to Halt Planned Parenthood Funding Newsweek Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), a consultant of the National Rifle Association, discusses the findings and recommendations of the National School Shield Program at the ...

» Russian Helicopter Crashes Into Sea, Five Missing
15/08/15 11:37 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Russian investigators say a helicopter has crashed into the Sea of Okhotsk in the Far East and that five of the 16 on board are missing and presumed dead.

» China explosions death toll tops 100 - CBC.ca
15/08/15 11:37 from World - Google News
CBC.ca China explosions death toll tops 100 CBC.ca New, small explosions rocked a disaster zone in the Chinese port of Tianjin on Saturday as teams scrambled to clear dangerous chemical contamination and found several more bodies to brin...

» Mayor Suspects Assault Tied to Election, Not Rumored Affair - ABC News
15/08/15 11:36 from Google News - Top Stories
Mayor Suspects Assault Tied to Election, Not Rumored Affair ABC News An Alabama mayor who was re-elected despite a federal conviction says recovering from an assault outside a barbershop where he works part time and allegations of a sex ...

» Southampton 0-3 Everton
15/08/15 11:35 from BBC News - World
Two goals from the impressive Romelu Lukaku secure Everton victory against a lacklustre Southampton.

» Syria ceasefire collapses a day early
15/08/15 11:35 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories
Shelling has resumed in two government-held villages in northwestern Syria and a rebel town on the border with Lebanon. A negotiated 48-hour ceasefire has collapsed, though monitors say talks are continuing.

» New details about classified content in Clinton's emails
15/08/15 11:34 from Home - CBSNews.com
Intelligence officials say four of former secretary of state's emails should have been marked as "classified"

» New details about classified information in Clinton's emails
15/08/15 11:34 from Home - CBSNews.com
Intelligence officials say four of former secretary of state's emails should have been marked as "classified"

» India's Modi Puts Spotlight on Efforts to Drive Out 'Termite-Like' Graft
15/08/15 11:33 from WSJ.com: World News
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought in an Independence Day address to draw attention to his efforts to make the machinery of government more efficient and less corrupt.

» Trump to take break from campaign trail for jury duty - USA TODAY
15/08/15 11:33 from Google News - Top Stories
USA TODAY Trump to take break from campaign trail for jury duty USA TODAY HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump's status as the Republican presidential front-runner can't keep him from jury duty. Trump is taking a break from the camp...

» Yosemite National Park closes campground over plague concern
15/08/15 11:31 from Latest News
Two dead squirrels tested positive

» Egypt's deposed president appeals death sentence
15/08/15 11:31 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories
Lawyers for Egypt's toppled president Mohammed Morsi have filed an appeal against a death sentence and a prison term. The former Islamist leader was overthrown by the military following unrest in 2013.

» Lebanon arrests wanted radical cleric
15/08/15 11:30 from BBC News - World
Lebanese fugitive Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Assir is detained at Beirut airport while trying to leave the country, officials say.

» Zimbabwe presses for repatriation of skulls from Britain - Chron.com
15/08/15 11:30 from World - Google News
Chron.com Zimbabwe presses for repatriation of skulls from Britain Chron.com HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe is "frantically working" to repatriate from Britain skulls of indigenous people killed in an 1890s anti-colonialism w...

» Families' fury over China blast missing
15/08/15 11:30 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines
Furious, frustrated and fearful, relatives of the missing in giant explosions in Tianjin besieged officials Saturday demanding answers on their loved ones’ fates – only for security to intervene instead. Three days after vast explosions ...

» Says GOP field is 'like Trump without the pizzaz and the hair'
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» At least 40 migrants dead in Mediterranean Sea - CNN
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CNN At least 40 migrants dead in Mediterranean Sea CNN (CNN) At least 40 migrants died attempting to cross the Mediterranean and another 312 had to be rescued, the Italian navy said after encountering their boat Saturday. Additional deta...

» Cop: Armed suspects in Walmart
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New Orleans police say a SWAT team has been deployed to a Walmart and the store has been evacuated after a suspected robbery with the suspects believed to be armed and inside the store.

» Burning Ferry: Video Shows Passengers Fleeing
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People are filmed escaping the flames and thick smoke enveloping the rear of a ship docking on a central Philippines island.

» Brazilian police under investigation over Sao Paulo killing spree
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian police are investigating whether a string of 18 murders in metropolitan Sao Paulo on Thursday night were a coordinated act of revenge by off-duty officers following the nearby deaths of two colleagues in t...

» Neighborhood evacuated after massive sinkhole opens up
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Sinkhole swallows three cars

» N. Korea threatens Seoul with war over military exercises with US - USA TODAY
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USA TODAY N. Korea threatens Seoul with war over military exercises with US USA TODAY As the United States and South Korea gear up for next week's annual joint military exercises, North Korea warned Saturday of "all-out military...

» Islamic State confirmed to have used mustard gas against Kurds in Syria
15/08/15 11:25 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
American analysts confirm that Islamic State used chemical weapons on a Kurdish militia

» Myanmar party chief ousted over ties to rivals, contentious bills - minister
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NAYPYIDAW (Reuters) - Myanmar President Thein Sein sacked Shwe Mann as ruling party chairman this week because he supported controversial bills in parliament and had ties to rival party leaders, the information minister told Reuters in a...

» Somali region re-elects former warlord to fight al Shabaab
15/08/15 11:23 from Reuters: Top News
KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) - A former Islamist warlord won re-election on Saturday as president of Somalia's southern region of Jubbaland, a territory partly controlled by al Shabaab militants and at odds with the central government of t...

» In second speech at Red Fort, PM Narendra Modi calls for 'Start-up India ... - The Indian Express
15/08/15 11:23 from World - Google News
The Indian Express In second speech at Red Fort, PM Narendra Modi calls for 'Start-up India ... The Indian Express On his second Independence Day address, after 15 months in office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was more keen to list ...

» New Orleans Wal-Mart Evacuated After Robbery
15/08/15 11:22 from ABC News: ABCNews
Unclear if suspect was still in store.

» Hillary Clinton is trying to make the e-mail controversy political. But ... - Washington Post
15/08/15 11:22 from Google News - Top Stories
CNN Hillary Clinton is trying to make the e-mail controversy political. But ... Washington Post Hillary Clinton offered an extended -- and aggressive -- defense of her use of a private e-mail server during a Democratic gathering in Iowa ...

» Syria ceasefire ends, fighting resumes
15/08/15 11:21 from Reuters: Top News
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A temporary ceasefire between warring parties in Syria collapsed on Saturday as negotiations failed to reach a more permanent agreement to end fighting in a town near the Lebanese border and two villages in the northwe...

» Syria ceasefire ends, fighting resumes - Reuters
15/08/15 11:21 from Google News - World
Reuters Syria ceasefire ends, fighting resumes Reuters BEIRUT A temporary ceasefire between warring parties in Syria collapsed on Saturday as negotiations failed to reach a more permanent agreement to end fighting in a town near the Leba...

» VIDEO: NY manhole explodes on busy street
15/08/15 11:19 from BBC News - World
Dramatic footage has emerged of manhole exploding on a busy street in Manhattan.

» New Orleans Walmart evacuated, armed suspects inside
15/08/15 11:19 from Reuters: Top News
(Reuters) - A New Orleans Walmart store was evacuated on Saturday as a police SWAT team responded to an armed robbery, police said.

» China Evacuates Tianjin Blast Area
15/08/15 11:17 from WSJ.com: World News
Civilians resettled in a temporary shelter amid fears of toxic chemicals in the air.

» Editorials from around New England
15/08/15 11:16 from stories: World
Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New England newspapers: The Providence Journal (R.I.), Aug. 14, 2015 Is there life on other planets? No scientific evidence has been found, and it's possible none will...

» At least 40 migrants suffocated, died aboard boat in Mediterranean Sea - Washington Post
15/08/15 11:15 from Google News - Top Stories
Washington Post At least 40 migrants suffocated, died aboard boat in Mediterranean Sea Washington Post At least 40 migrants died in the hold of a smuggling boat in the Mediterranean Sea, while 312 others were rescued, the Italian Navy an...

» Times Square kiss: Couples recreate iconic kiss on VJ Day anniversary
15/08/15 11:14 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
Dozens of couples have re-enacted the famous kiss between a sailor and nurse in New York City’s Times Square on VJ Day in 1945.

» Times Square kiss: Couples recreate iconic scene on VJ Day anniversary
15/08/15 11:14 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
Dozens of couples have re-enacted the famous kiss between a sailor and nurse in New York City’s Times Square on VJ Day in 1945.

» U.S. Sees Possible Pattern in ISIS Chemical Attacks
15/08/15 11:14 from WSJ.com: World News
U.S. intelligence agencies have evidence indicating Islamic State used mustard agent against Kurdish forces for the first time at least two weeks ago in fighting in Syria.

» CHP officers, attorney among 9 arrested in man's death in 2006 - San Jose Mercury News
15/08/15 11:14 from Google News - Top Stories
New York Post CHP officers, attorney among 9 arrested in man's death in 2006 San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A long and largely forgotten death investigation in California's Central Valley has led to a vast and unexpe...

» Latest Iowa State Fair attractions: Trump, Clinton, Sanders and a helicopter - Washington Post
15/08/15 11:13 from Top Stories - Google News
CNN Latest Iowa State Fair attractions: Trump, Clinton, Sanders and a helicopter Washington Post DES MOINES -- All of the forces that have unexpectedly made this presidential contest epically memorable, and often entertaining, are expect...

» Migrants Exchange Blows While Trying to Exit Greek Island
15/08/15 11:13 from International News, Opinion and Analysis - Newsweek World
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» Hundreds of troops, dozens of aircraft and missile launchers in Poland's major ... - Fox News
15/08/15 11:08 from World - Google News
Fox News Hundreds of troops, dozens of aircraft and missile launchers in Poland's major ... Fox News Polish army soldiers salute as tanks roll on one of the city's main streets during a military parade celebrating the Polish Army...

» Fundraising in focus as scandal hits Clinton campaign
15/08/15 11:08 from Latest News
Will Democratic donors cash out?

» Islamic State leader raped US hostage Kayla Mueller, family told - Los Angeles Times
15/08/15 11:07 from Google News - Top Stories
Los Angeles Times Islamic State leader raped US hostage Kayla Mueller, family told Los Angeles Times American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State extremist group...

» China Blast Zone Evacuated Over Contamination Fear; 104 Dead
15/08/15 11:07 from ABC News: ABCNews
New explosions at China blast zone as chemical contamination fears prompt evacuation; 104 dead

» No 'Chuck Truck' for Trump
15/08/15 11:04 from CNN.com

» South Sudan peace talks falter as deadline looms
15/08/15 11:04 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories
Amid conflicting reports, South Sudan says it will continue peace talks to end a bloody civil war, but that President Salva Kiir will not currently take part. This comes as rebels seem to be at odds among themselves.

» Hundreds of troops, tanks, aircraft in Polish army parade - San Francisco Chronicle (subscription)
15/08/15 11:03 from World - Google News
San Francisco Chronicle (subscription) Hundreds of troops, tanks, aircraft in Polish army parade San Francisco Chronicle (subscription) Polish army soldiers salute as tanks roll on one of the city's main streets during a military par...

» Dozens of Migrants Die in Boat Accident
15/08/15 11:03 from WSJ.com: World News
At least 40 migrants died Saturday in the hold of an overcrowded smuggling boat in the Mediterranean Sea, apparently killed by fuel fumes, while about 320 others were saved, authorities said.

» Russian Helicopter Crashes Into Sea, 5 Missing but 11 Safe
15/08/15 11:02 from ABC News: ABCNews
Russian helicopter crashes into Sea of Okhotsk; 5 missing but 11 reached shore safely

» Band Releases Album of Songs Inspired by American Civil War
15/08/15 11:01 from ABC News: ABCNews
Band with Georgia roots releases album of songs inspired by American Civil War battles

» Ireland v Scotland: Rugby World Cup warm-up – live! - The Guardian
15/08/15 11:00 from world - Google News
The Guardian Ireland v Scotland: Rugby World Cup warm-up – live! The Guardian There's a big opportunity for Ireland's flankers today, what with Tommy O'Donnell having been ruled out of the World Cup after dislocating a hip ag...

» Migrants brawl on Greek island as refugee ship lies empty - Reuters
15/08/15 10:59 from World - Google News
TODAYonline Migrants brawl on Greek island as refugee ship lies empty Reuters ... * Tempers boil over at island police station. * Greek officials debate how to let Syrians on ship. * Vessel supposed to house, process refugees. * Migrants...

» NY's Cuomo Reluctant to Dig Deep for New Hudson Rail Tunnel
15/08/15 10:58 from ABC News: ABCNews
Despite looming crisis, New York's Cuomo reluctant to dig deep for Hudson River rail tunnel

» Akihito expresses remorse for wartime actions
15/08/15 10:56 from FT.com - World
Emperor marks anniversary of defeat with regret for Japan’s wartime actions

» Police Evacuate New Orleans Wal-Mart After Robbery
15/08/15 10:56 from ABC News: ABCNews
Police evacuate New Orleans Wal-Mart, search store for armed robbery suspect

» China explosion death toll climbs to 105
15/08/15 10:54 from CNN.com

» Ex-army chief shot dead in Burundi
15/08/15 10:54 from BBC News - World
The former head of Burundi's army has been shot dead outside his home in the capital Bujumbura.

» UPDATE: Palin Fires Back at Erickson After ‘You’ve Been Busted Apology
15/08/15 10:53 from Breitbart News Network
UPDATE: Palin Fires Back at Erickson After ‘You’ve Been Busted Apology’ Today a friend forwarded your apology for mocking my family – again – and in answer to your point, yes, I do remember people taking repeated potshots at my family, f...

» Japan emperor 'remorseful' over WW2
15/08/15 10:52 from BBC News - World
Japanese Emperor Akihito expresses "deep remorse" over Japan's role in World War Two on the 70th anniversary of the end of the conflict.

» Former Burundian military chief shot dead in capital
15/08/15 10:50 from Reuters: International
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Burundi's former army chief of staff on Saturday in the second high-profile killing this month amid chaos linked to the disputed reelection of President Pierre Nkurunziza.

» Trump not taking usual road to Iowa State Fair
15/08/15 10:50 from CNN.com

» Agritourism Growth Sparks Concerns Over Safety, Liability
15/08/15 10:49 from ABC News: ABCNews
Booming agritourism sector warned to take safety precautions, have proper insurance

» 4 Civilians Killed as Indian, Pakistani Troops Exchange Fire
15/08/15 10:44 from ABC News: ABCNews
At least 4 civilians killed, 23 wounded as Indian, Pakistani troops trade fire in Kashmir

» Western Wildfires: Wind, Heat, Dry Land Fueling Large Blazes
15/08/15 10:43 from ABC News: ABCNews
Western wildfires: Wind, heat fueling large blazes chasing people from homes in dry states

» Death toll from China blasts rises to 104, Xi urges changes
15/08/15 10:43 from Reuters: International
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - The death toll from two massive explosions that tore through an industrial area in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin has risen to 104, state media said on Saturday, as China's president urged improvement...

» Death Toll in Blasts in Chinese Port of Tianjin Rises to 104
15/08/15 10:43 from ABC News: ABCNews
Death toll in Tianjin blasts rises to 104 as authorities clear area amid contamination fears

» Death Toll in Chinese Port Blasts Rises to 104
15/08/15 10:41 from World news
Authorities ordered the evacuation of a 1.8-mile zone around Tianjin Saturday as police confirmed the presence of deadly sodium cyanide.

» German takes neighbour to court over sleep deprivation from cow bells 'louder than pneumatic drill'
15/08/15 10:41 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
A herd of cows in Bavaria have been stripped of their bells after a man living nearby said the noise was stopping him from sleeping

» Dominican Republic resumes deportation of migrants deemed illegal
15/08/15 10:39 from Reuters: International
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic has resumed the detention of people deemed to be illegal migrants after the expiration of a deadline for undocumented foreigners to apply for temporary residence.

» Europe migrant crisis: Dozens die in hold of Libya boat - BBC News
15/08/15 10:39 from World - Google News
BBC News Europe migrant crisis: Dozens die in hold of Libya boat BBC News At least 40 migrants have died in an overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean, the Italian navy has said. Some 320 others were rescued when the vessel was intercepted...

» Migrants die in boat's hold off Libya
15/08/15 10:39 from BBC News - World
At least 40 migrants are found to have died in the hold of a crowded fishing boat intercepted off the Libyan coast, the Italian navy says.

» Jones Take the Lead at PGA Championship
15/08/15 10:38 from ABC News: ABCNews
And then along came Jones: Matt Jones builds 2-shot lead halfway through final major

» Jones takes two-shot lead at US PGA
15/08/15 10:38 from BBC News - World
Australia's Matt Jones leads the US PGA Championship by two shots after the rain-hit second round is completed on Saturday.

» Dugdale named Scottish Labour leader
15/08/15 10:37 from BBC News - World
Kezia Dugdale is elected as the new leader of Scottish Labour, telling supporters: "We are down, but we are not out."

» Donald Trump forced to take break from campaign trail for jury service
15/08/15 10:37 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
Republican frontrunner has ignored five jury summonses since 2006 but now promises to turn up at court in New York on Monday

» Syrian Rebel Group Says Cease-Fire With Hezbollah Over
15/08/15 10:37 from ABC News: ABCNews
Syrian rebel group says cease-fire with Hezbollah group over after negotiations collapse

» 2015-08-15Russia steps up demand for US to drop European missile shield
15/08/15 10:34 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-08-15 Russia steps up demand for US to drop European missile shield - Reuters: MOSCOW Russia urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans to station parts of a missile shield system in Europe now that Iran has reached an agreeme...

» Savannah Tour Guides Say City Uses Testing to Control Speech
15/08/15 10:33 from ABC News: ABCNews
Savannah tour guides say city uses testing to illegally influence content of their speech

» Cameroon Pledges More Troops Against Boko Haram
15/08/15 10:32 from Voice of America
Cameroon has pledged to provide 2,450 troops to join the multinational force to combat Boko Haram. The country has also named General Nka Valere as deputy to the commander of the force. Military spokesperson Colonel Didier Badjeck, who i...

» Arkansas, Utah move to defund Planned Parenthood - The Week Magazine
15/08/15 10:30 from Google News - Top Stories
Fox News Arkansas, Utah move to defund Planned Parenthood The Week Magazine Arkansas and Utah are attempting to defund Planned Parenthood following the release of controversial secret video footage showing officials discussing the organi...

» Venezuela arrests eight police officers after video of shooting
15/08/15 10:29 from Reuters: International
CARACAS (Reuters) - Eight Venezuelan police officers have been arrested for the alleged murder of four men, the state prosecutors' office said, shortly after a video began circulating on social networks that appeared to show an execution.

» China explosions: police order mass evacuations amid further blasts - The Guardian
15/08/15 10:28 from world - Google News
The Guardian China explosions: police order mass evacuations amid further blasts The Guardian Fires continue to burn at the site of the original explosions in Tianjin. Photograph: Yue Yuewei/Xinhua Press/Corbis. Fergus Ryan in Beijing. S...

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