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US ‘tried and failed’ to rescue Foley and other Syria hostages
Full Article The Irish Times
21 Aug 2014

A secret nighttime military mission authorised by US president Barack Obama to rescue Americans held captive in Syria failed early this summer when a team of two dozen Delta Force commandos raided an oil refinery in the northern part of the country but found after a firefight with Islamic militants that there were no hostages to be saved. US...

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President Barack Obama gestures while speaking about the possible government shutdown, Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at the White House in Washington.
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak

updated 21 Aug 2014; published 21 Aug 2014
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US mission to rescue James Foley, other hostages in Syria failed
updated 21 Aug 2014; published 21 Aug 2014
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US Mission to Rescue Hostages in Syria Failed
updated 21 Aug 2014; published 21 Aug 2014
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US forces 'tried and failed to rescue Foley'
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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BREAKING: US Special Forces Failed in Attempt to Rescue James Foley
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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RE;Mission to Rescue James Foley, Other Hostages in Syria Failed: Officials
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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ALERT: U.S. Special Forces Secretly, Unsuccessfully Tries to Rescue James Foley
Thai army ruler nominated as next prime minister
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
21 Aug 2014

BANGKOK (AP) — Three months after overthrowing Thailand's last elected government, this Southeast Asian nation's junta leader is stepping out of his army uniform for good — to take up the post of prime...

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Thailand's army chief, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks during a news conference at the army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Prayuth urged both sides in the country's bitter political dispute to show restraint on Friday, but for the first time since the crisis began last month did not rule out the possibility of a coup.
photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong

updated 12 Aug 2014; published 12 Aug 2014
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing troops of Army
updated 13 Jun 2014; published 13 Jun 2014
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Army Chief briefs Prime Minister on the security situation and challenges
updated 28 May 2014; published 28 May 2014
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Army Chief Bikram Singh meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi
updated 18 Dec 2010; published 18 Dec 2010
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Welcome of Chinese Prime Minister In Pakistan - Guard Of Honor And Jf 17 Salute - Part 2
updated 23 Jul 2014; published 23 Jul 2014
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Australian Prime Minister considers sending Army to the MH17 crash site
updated 13 Jun 2014; published 13 Jun 2014
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Army chief, General Bikram Singh, briefs Prime Minister Narendra Modi on security situation
U.S. says American journalist execution video is real
Full Article CNN
20 Aug 2014

updated 11:51 AM EDT, Wed August 20, 2014 (CNN) -- A video released by ISIS shows the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley and threatens the life of another American if President Barack Obama doesn't end military operations in Iraq. In the video posted Tuesday on YouTube, Foley is seen kneeling next to a man dressed in black. Foley reads a...

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In this Friday, May 27, 2011, file photo, journalist James Foley responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston.
photo: AP / Steven Senne

updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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Islamist militants 'kill reporter James Foley on video'
updated 19 Aug 2014; published 19 Aug 2014
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American bombing had signed my death certificate': Missing US journalist James Wright
updated 02 Jan 2013; published 02 Jan 2013
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American Journalist James Foley Kidnapped in Syria
updated 19 Aug 2014; published 19 Aug 2014
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American bombing had signed my death certificate': Missing US journalist James Wright
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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Video Appears To Show Islamic State Beheading U.S. Journalist
updated 19 Oct 2013; published 19 Oct 2013
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Vigil held for missing New Hampshire journalist James Foley
Iceland Expects Potential Volcanic Eruption
Full Article Novosti
20 Aug 2014

MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - Iceland is getting ready for a possible volcanic eruption, which couldan lead to a situation resembling the "ash crisis" of 2010. The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in April 2010 caused a mass cancellation of flights across Europe, affecting about 10 million people and leading to a major financial...

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In this photo taken on Saturday, May 21, 2011, smoke plumes from the Grimsvotn volcano, which lies under the Vatnajokull glacier, about 120 miles, (200 kilometers) east of the capital, Rejkjavik, which began erupting Saturday for the first time since 2004.
photo: AP / Jon Gustafsson

updated 19 Aug 2014; published 19 Aug 2014
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Iceland Volcano is on Alert! Bardarbunga
updated 19 Aug 2014; published 19 Aug 2014
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Iceland warns Europe's airlines of possible volcanic eruption
updated 03 Jun 2013; published 03 Jun 2013
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Grimsvotn Volcanic Eruption Iceland - Artio Films
updated 25 May 2014; published 25 May 2014
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Katla Volcano Eruption Confirmed (05 October 2011) ALERT
updated 12 Jan 2014; published 12 Jan 2014
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Yellowstone Caldera : The Biggest Volcanic Eruption Ever Awaits Mankind
updated 08 Feb 2011; published 08 Feb 2011
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Climate Change Update (08 February 2011) Two Volcanoes Erupt / Russia
Liberia tries Ebola curfew, quarantine
Full Article The Columbus Dispatch
20 Aug 2014

MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s president declared a curfew late yesterday and ordered security forces to quarantine a slum that’s home to at least 50,000 people as the western African country tries to stop the spread of Ebola in its capital. Meanwhile, Liberian authorities said that three health workers who received an experimental drug for the...

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Liberia security forces in riot gear, blockade an area near the West Point Ebola center as the government clamps down on the movement of people to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014.
photo: AP / Abbas Dulleh

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Ebola crisis: Liberia orders curfew and quarantine | BREAKING NEWS
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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Liberian president declares Ebola curfew 라이베리아 야간 통금 및 밤 구역봉쇄+아프리카 첫 지맵 투여 의사,
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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Liberian president declares Ebola curfew 라이베리아 야간 통금 및 밤 구역봉쇄+아프리카 첫 지맵 투여 의사, 상태 호전
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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Liberian Police Fire Tear Gas to Disperse Protest Over Ebola Quarantine
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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Liberian Police Fire Tear Gas to Disperse Protest Over Ebola Quarantine - August 21, 2014
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 20 Aug 2014
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Ebola crisis: Liberian Troops Impose Slum Quarantine | BREAKING NEWS - 20 AUG 2014

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The Daily Beast
As big a threat as ISIS is, the competition that truly defines the Middle East is the one between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Where do we fit in? The grisly and unspeakable beheading by...
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National Journal
Richard V. Reeves is a fellow at Brookings, where his research interests include issues related to social mobility, families and parenting, and inequality. Prior to his Brookings...
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Newsday
Related media Travel deals Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, says he will "soon" leave his refuge in the Ecuadoran embassy in London, but not when. He says he is sick, but...

President Barack Obama talks about health care reform as he announces his nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, not pictured, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009
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Washington, Aug 20 (EFE). — President Barack Obama spoke out on Wednesday about the videotaped beheading by the Islamic militant group ISIL of a U.S. journalist, describing the murder as "an act of violence that shocks the conscience of the...
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, rebels from al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra waving their brigade flag as they step on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter, at Taftanaz air base that was captured by the rebels, in Idlib province, northern Syria.
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KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait detained a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric at the Gulf state's airport on Wednesday after the United States included him on a sanctions list on suspicion that he is funneling money to militants in Iraq and Syria, a security...
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Pro-Russian gunmen take positions near the airport, outside Donetsk, Ukraine, on Monday, May 26, 2014
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KIEV, UkraineGovernment troops fought to gain control of the rebel-held city of Donetsk and a key highway in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday — battles that left 34 residents and nine troops dead in just 24 hours, authorities said. The Ukrainian...
photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda
Two Yoga Legendaries -  Ramdev Baba and B.K.S. Iyengar
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PUNE: World-renowned yoga guru and founder of the Iyengar School of Yoga B K S Iyengar passed away here early this morning following illness. 96-year-old Iyengar had been ailing since some...
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar
Palestinians inspect a damaged house following Israeli air strikes in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2012. Israeli war planes hit a Gaza City media center and homes in northern Gaza in the early morning, as the death toll mounted, despite suggestions from Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi that there could be a "ceasefire soon.".Photo by Ahmad Deeb / WN
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JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel completes its damage assessment from its latest war with Hamas, it may conclude that one of the biggest casualties was its all-important relationship with the United States. A recent American decision to hold back on the...
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Palestinians inspect a damaged house following Israeli air strikes in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2012. Israeli war planes hit a Gaza City media center and homes in northern Gaza in the early morning, as the death toll mounted, despite suggestions from Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi that there could be a "ceasefire soon.".Photo by Ahmad Deeb / WN
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Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip have fired rockets at Israel for a second day after fighting resumed with the collapse of truce talks and an Israeli air strike that killed three people in Gaza. Claiming that Israel had “opened a gateway to hell”,...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
A sign for Wall St. is shown outside the New York Stock Exchange
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(Close): Apple shares surged to an all-time high on Tuesday helping to drive shares on Wall Street higher for a second consecutive day. Shares in the tech giant closed up 1.4% at $100.53,...
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