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A woman and children react in a military helicopter after being evacuated by Iraqi forces from Amerli, north of Baghdad, Aug. 29, 2014.
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LONDON - It feels as if the world is facing an unprecedented number of global security crises, NATO's former Supreme Allied Commander said ahead of a key gathering for the 28-nation military alliance that will see heads of state including President Obama ...
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China's lawmakers ruled that candidates for Hong Kong's next leader must be screened by a committee, angering pro-democracy advocates in the city who promised to veto the plan and stage a mass occupation of the city's financial district.
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Investors were not listening hard enough to Mario Draghi's recent speech at Jackson Hole. If they were, they would have heard the sound of gears shifting.
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Iceland has raised its aviation warning level after a fresh eruption from a fissure near the Bardarbunga volcano. However, Iceland's Met Office described the eruption as "a very calm lava eruption" which could "hardly be seen on seismometers".
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The defending national champions left the field Saturday night stern, introspective, worn. They had been up 17-0, scored 37 and -- in the end -- had to explain what went "wrong.
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Pakistan A Pakistani protester throws tear gas shell back towards police during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Aug. 31, 2014. B.K.
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A French fireman and his dog search in the rubble of a building after an explosion collapsed it, in Rosny-sous-Bois, outside Paris, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014.
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UNITED NATIONS/EIN ZIVAN Golan Heights (Reuters) - The head of the Fijian army said on Sunday negotiations for the release of 44 soldiers seized by an al Qaeda-linked group on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights were being pursued but he worried ...
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Iraqi security forces, with the help of Shiite volunteers, broke a six-week siege by Islamic State militants on the northern Iraqi town of Amirli on Sunday, a day after U.S.
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JERUSALEM, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Israeli authorities announced Sunday that a land of 4,000 dunam (four square km) used as a settlement in the West Bank would be turned into state land and the government would acknowledge it as a new Israeli community.
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It's a line that the junior senator from Texas has used on multiple occasions that draws laughter and applause from the crowd.
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Hundreds of casino workers will be without jobs as Atlantic City's Showboat closes its doors Sunday. Sunday, Aug 31, 2014 • Updated at 7:53 AM EDT.
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WASHINGTON - With their Senate majority imperiled, Democrats are trying to mobilize African-Americans outraged by the shooting in Ferguson, Mo.
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WASHINGTON, DC (WSAU-Wheeler News) -- A plane which had taken off from Waukesha drifted into restricted air space around the District of Columbia Saturday.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - At least 10 Swiss banks have withdrawn from a U.S. programme aimed at settling a tax dispute between them and the United States, Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag said on Sunday, quoting unnamed sources.
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When it comes to energy, Germany is a bit of a conundrum. It's a global leader in renewables usage, having increased the share of renewables in its total energy consumption from 6% to an impressive 25% over the past decade.
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When Foursquare relaunched its self-titled app, the company managed to halt the long downward spiral it had seen on the app store charts since last year.
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No, that's not the final, decided-on price just yet. Yes, it might change. Yes, Apple might even release different iWatches at different prices.
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Joan Rivers and daughter Melissa at a fashion show in 1973. (Kathleen Ballard / Los Angeles Times). See more galleries. Joan Rivers.
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Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union attend the "Hennessy V.S Celebrates the GQ MEN Book" at Hyde Beach at the SLS Hotel South Beach on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 in Miami Beach, Fl.
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Marvel took a huge risk with "Guardians of the Galaxy," since the characters weren't well known, two of them were a raccoon and a tree, and the entire film has a comedic tone.
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Melvin Gordon finished with 140 yards on 16 carries. (USATSI) Melvin Gordon finished with 140 yards on 16 carries. (USATSI) On Wisconsin 's first snap of the second half, Melvin Gordon rushed 63 yards to set up a Badger touchdown, giving him a ...
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Though the first chapter of Michael Sam's NFL story lasted just a summer, ending Saturday when he failed to make the St. Louis Rams' 53-man roster at the end of training camp, his very arrival as the league's first openly gay player made an impact.
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Peavy took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and finished with a one-hitter over 7 2-3 innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Saturday night.
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Bilbao: Defending champions United States and hosts Spain both breezed to comfortable victories on Saturday during the first day of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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The 100th anniversary of the death of Martha, last of her kind, finds biologists dreaming of preventing or reversing extinctions. A photo of Martha, the last passenger pigeon.
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Chevrolet and the National Corvette Museum will restore three of the Corvettes damaged earlier this year when they tumbled into a sinkhole that developed beneath the floor of the Museum.
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A new study reports one of the biggest potential advances against heart failure in more than a decade -- a first-of-a-kind, experimental drug that lowered the chances of death or hospitalization by about 20 per cent.
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BARCELONA, SPAIN - Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients who received darapladib, a selective inhibitor of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), on top of optimal medical therapy fared no better than ACS patients who received optimal ...
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - The dreaded Ebola virus came to the children's hospital in the form of a 4-year-old boy. His diagnosis became clear three days after he was admitted.
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Robin Williams in character as disc-jockey Adrian Cronauer in director Barry Levinsons comedy drama "Good Morning Vietnam."The Associated Press.
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"I think it was certainly a rare and tragic situation and I'm glad NASCAR saw the circumstances," Vickers said.
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Because he did not qualify nor race at Michigan International Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway, Stewart needed an exemption, which NASCAR can grant in special circumstances. (Stewart qualified for the Aug. 10 race at Watkins Glen but did not race.).
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