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Sep 24, 2014
US strikes militant staging area in Syria on Wednesday
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A Pentagon spokesman says the United States executed two airstrikes Wednesday on an Islamic State group staging area in eastern Syria.
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New target in terror war as U.S. airstrikes also hit al-Qaida cell in Syria
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U.S. military leaders said on Tuesday that their aerial bombardment of Syria was only the beginning of a prolonged campaign that will continue intermittently for months and will become more difficult as targeted militants seek refuge in populated areas.
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Sep 23, 2014
US warns that Ebola could infect 1.4 million
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U.S. health officials Tuesday laid out worst-case and best-case scenarios for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, warning that the number of infected people could explode to at least 1.4 million by mid-January — or peak well below that, if efforts to control the outbreak are ramped up.
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3 Afghan Army officers in US immigration custody
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Three Afghanistan National Army officers who vanished during training in Massachusetts were placed in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday after being detained on the Canadian border, authorities said.
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Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq are just the start
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The one-two-three punch of American and Arab airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq was just the beginning, President Barack Obama and other leaders declared Tuesday. They promised a sustained ...
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US officials: Terrorist group was nearing attack
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President Barack Obama's decision to order airstrikes against an al-Qaida cell in Syria known as the Khorasan Group was based on intelligence suggesting that the group was close to carrying out a terror plot against the U.S. or Europe, administration officials said Tuesday.
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Obama scores coalition victory with Arab strikes [video]
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For President Barack Obama, the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria marked an unexpected foreign policy victory as he plunges the U.S. deeper into a military conflict in the ...
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Israel military shoots down Syrian aircraft
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The Israeli military shot down a Syrian fighter jet that infiltrated its airspace over the Golan Heights on Tuesday morning — the first such downing in decades, heightening tensions in the volatile plateau.
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Sep 22, 2014
Islamic State militants kill 40 Iraqi troops
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Islamic State militants disguised in Iraqi army uniforms and driving stolen Humvees killed at least 40 Iraqi soldiers and captured 68 others in western Anbar province, breaking through a deteriorating Iraqi military offensive in an area where the United States recently broadened its airstrike campaign.
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Massachusetts state police: 3 missing Afghan soldiers in custody
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Three Afghanistan National Army officers who went missing during a training exercise at a Cape Cod military base were detained Monday at the U.S.-Canadian border, Massachusetts law enforcement officials said.
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Iraq officials say Baghdad car bomb has killed 12
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Officials say the bombing took place in the eastern Baghdad district of Ur on Monday evening.
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Syria vote isn't last word from Congress on war
The Record
The president got what he wanted this past week when the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved arming and training moderate Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants. But the go-ahead is good for less than three ...
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Pakistan appoints new spy chief
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Pakistan's military on Monday named a career army officer with experience of battling militants to head the country's premier intelligence agency as Islamabad struggles to combat a homegrown Islamic insurgency.
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Blair: Airstrikes not enough to beat Islamic State
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Western powers must be ready to commit ground forces to the fight against militants from the Islamic State group because airstrikes alone won't defeat these "fanatical" extremists, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday.
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Sep 21, 2014
Pope in Albania urges Muslims to condemn extremism
The Record
Pope Francis called Sunday for Muslims and all religious leaders to condemn Islamic extremists who "pervert" religion to justify violence, as he visited Albania and held up the Balkan nation as a model for interfaith harmony for the rest of the world.
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China, US, India push world carbon emissions up
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Spurred chiefly by China, the United States and India, the world spewed far more carbon pollution into the air last year than ever before, scientists announced Sunday as world leaders gather to discuss how to reduce heat-trapping gases.
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US general: Arab nations need to help in Iraq
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The U.S.-led military campaign plan to retake Iraqi territory held by the Islamic State group calls for attacking the extremists from several directions simultaneously, and its success depends on getting more Arab help, the top American military officer said Sunday.
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Sierra Leone reaches final day of Ebola lockdown
The Record
Frustrated residents complained of food shortages in some neighborhoods of Sierra Leone's capital on Sunday as the country reached the third and final day of a sweeping, unprecedented lockdown designed to combat the deadly Ebola disease, volunteers said.
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New Afghan president, but vote totals kept secret
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Ending months of vote-related tension, Afghanistan's election commission named a new president on Sunday only hours after the two leading candidates signed a power-sharing deal that names one of them as the country's new chief executive.
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Syria refugee flood to Turkey hits 100,000
The Record
The number of refugees seeking shelter in Turkey from the Islamic State group's advance across northern Syria has hit 100,000 in less than a week, an official said Sunday.
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Sep 20, 2014
Ebola burial team attacked in Sierra Leone
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A police official says health workers in Sierra Leone have come under attack while trying to bury the bodies of five Ebola victims east of the capital.
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Turkish hostages freed by IS militants, but questions linger
The Record
Turkish authorities say they have freed 49 hostages from one of the world's most ruthless militant groups without firing a shot, paying a ransom or offering a quid pro quo.
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Sep 19, 2014
US troops heading into Africa soon for Ebola fight
The Record
Thousands of promised American forces will be moving into Africa over the next 30 days to set up facilities and form training teams to help the Africans treat Ebola victims, the Army's top officer said Friday.
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Scots reject independence in historic vote
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Scottish voters have resoundingly rejected independence, deciding to remain part of the United Kingdom after a historic referendum that shook the country to its core.
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Hopes for Scottish independence fade; vote tally leans toward a United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom appeared early Friday to have survived the threat of being ripped apart, as early returns showed Scottish voters rejecting independence.
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Sep 18, 2014
Ukraine's pleas for lethal aid from US go unmet
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In a show of solidarity with Ukraine, President Barack Obama welcomed the new leader of the embattled former Soviet republic to the White House Thursday, but he stopped short of fulfilling his visitor's urgent request ...
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Senate approves Obama's plan to train Syrian rebels
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In the heat of an election campaign, Congress cleared the way for the U.S. military to train and equip Syrian rebels for a war against Islamic state militants on Thursday, reluctant ratification of a new strategy that ...
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Polls close, vote counting begins in Scotland on independence
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The polls have closed and vote counting is underway in Scotland's historic referendum on whether to end the country's 307-year-old union with England.
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Series of attacks kills at least 30 in Iraq
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Iraqi authorities say a suicide bombing and mortar fire have killed another 15 people in the capital late Thursday, raising the day's death toll from attacks to 30.
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Sierra Leone to shut down for 3 days to slow Ebola
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Shoppers in Sierra Leone rushed to stock up on food Thursday ahead of a three-day nationwide shutdown, during which the country's 6 million people will be confined to their homes while volunteers search house-to-house for Ebola victims in hiding and hand out soap in a desperate bid to slow the accelerating outbreak.
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