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Hamas agrees to extend cease-fire in Israel

Palestinians try to salvage their belongings from under the rubble and debris of destroyed buildings in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip,

New York Post: CAIRO — Egyptian mediators raced Wednesday to pin down a long-term cease-fire between Israel and Hamas to prevent more fighting in the Gaza war, as Hamas said it agreed to extend a temporary truce...

What a marvel! Aubameyang celebrates in Spiderman mask

Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, right, wears a Spiderman mask as he celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the German soccer Super Cup

Goal: The forward stole the limelight during the DFL-Supercup clash with Bayern Munich after heading home his side's second goal of the game Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrated his DFL-Supercup goal in...

Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Is Actually a Pile of Rubble

Space: This image is one of several radar views of the asteroid 1950 DA as observed on March 4, 2001 by astronomers using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A new study of asteroid 1950 DA released Aug....

Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos killed in plane crash

photo: Creative Commons / Renato Araújo

Disaster avoided as Swiss Alps train derails

photo: Creative Commons / Leyo

BREAKING NEWS: Ribery retires from France duty

photo: AP / Martin Meissner

Planned U.S. Cyber Warfare Program Could Hurt Innocent Countries

photo: Creative Commons

CAF Suspends Matches In Guinea, Liberia & Sierra Leone Due To Ebola Virus

photo: WN / Eteh

Iraq's Maliki Tells Army to Keep Out of Politics
Real Clear Politics 2014-08-12

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's incumbent prime minister ordered the security forces on Tuesday not intervene in the current political crisis over who will be the next prime minister, amid fears that he might go to any lengths to stay in power. Nouri al-Maliki urged army, police and security forces in...

2014 Northern Iraq offensive - US airstrikes Haider al-Abadi Nouri al-Maliki Photos Wikipedia: Haider Al-Abadi

South Africa to evacuate hundreds of rhinos
Canberra Times 2014-08-12

Endangered: There may be as few as 8400 white rhino left in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Photo: Duan Biggs Pretoria: South Africa plans to evacuate hundreds of rhino from the famed Kruger National Park to safe havens out of horn smugglers' reach....

Africa Kruger Park - rhino poaching Photos South Africa Wikipedia: Kruger National Park

Officers Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Missouri Protesters
ABC News 2014-08-12

Share Watch more news videos | Latest from the US Copy Officers in riot gear fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Ferguson, Mo., renewing tensions after the Saturday police shooting death of unarmed Michael Brown, 18. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said a large crowd that...

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Report: Crimes Against Humanity Likely in Egypt Protest Deaths
Voa News 2014-08-12

VOA News Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi should be investigated for possible human rights violations in connection with the killing of hundreds of protesters last year in Cairo. In a new report Tuesday, the group outlines the conclusions of a yearlong...

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Asian Markets Make Slight Gains
Business Insider 2014-08-12

Employees of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) look at a monitor at the bourse at the TSE in Tokyo March 3, 2014. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares nudged higher on Tuesday, tracking rallies in the United States and Europe as investors seemed to put aside geopolitical concerns, at...

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Robin Williams (63) dies from apparent suicide
The Irish Times 2014-08-12

Robin Williams, the versatile actor whose madcap comic style made him one of television and film’s biggest stars, was found dead late yesterday from an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California. He was 63. The comedian’s appeal stretched across generations and genres, from family fare as...

Actor Photos Robin Williams Robin Williams death Wikipedia: Robin Williams

Climate change biggest Great Barrier Reef threat: report
Canberra Times 2014-08-12

Great Barrier Reef Photo: Leigh Henningham Climate change is the most serious threat to the Great Barrier Reef, according to a major new report. Warmer ocean currents are also likely to remain a threat to the Queensland coral ecosystem...

Climate Change Coral Ecosystem Photos Wikipedia: Great Barrier Reef Sea Pollution

Kinder Morgan to combine its family of companies
The Salt Lake Tribune 2014-08-11

New York • The group of oil and gas pipeline and storage companies controlled by Kinder Morgan but traded separately will combine and become the 4th biggest U.S. energy company by market value. The companies announced Sunday that Kinder Morgan Inc., Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Kinder Morgan...

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Iran's president lashes out at nuke deal critics
Boston Herald 2014-08-11

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered his harshest criticism yet Monday of hard-liners opposed to making a deal over its contested nuclear program with world powers, saying they should go "to hell." Iran reached a preliminary deal last November that curbed parts of...

2014 Iran Nuclear Deal Hassan Rouhani Nuclear Photos Wikipedia: Geneva interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program

Liberian ex-soccer star Weah records Ebola song
Yahoo Daily News 2014-08-11

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's world famous soccer star George Weah has produced a song to raise awareness about Ebola, the deadly disease ravaging West Africa. Weah said he hopes the song will help stop the spread of Ebola, which has so far killed...

2014 Ebola crisis Ebola awareness George Weah Photos Wikipedia: 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak

Report criticizes U.S. over Afghan civilian deaths
Ohio 2014-08-11

KABUL, Afghanistan: The U.S. failed to properly investigate civilian killings, including possible war crimes, which occurred during its military operations in Afghanistan, the international rights group Amnesty International said Monday. NATO said it investigates all credible reports of civilian...

Amnesty International Photos USA War in Afghanistan - Civilian casualties Wikipedia: Civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)