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August 20th, 2014

Gaza Cost Far Exceeds Estimate, Official Says ISIS Pressed for Ransom Before Killing Journalist
Photojournalist Held in Iran Is Released on Bail, but Washington Post Reporter Still Held UAE Ruler Approves Lengthy Counter-Terrorism Law
Merkel Ukraine Role Mirrors Rising German Ambition Mexico: 14 Police on Trial for US SUV Shooting Involving CIA
Officer Who Pointed Gun at Ferguson Protesters Suspended European Nations Boost Arms Supplies, Military Support to Kurds
Thousands of Armed Rebels Flood Yemen Capital Airstrike Kills Wife and Child of Hamas Figure
Ukrainian Govt Troops Take Over Much of Luhansk Militants Use British Killer as Propaganda
Ukraine Rebel Movement Faces Uncertain Future Four Beheaded Corpses Found in Egypt's Sinai
Turkish Soldier Killed in Clashes With Kurdish Militants Saudi Arabia Beheads Four Men for Smuggling Marijuana
2nd St. Louis Man Shot by Cops Was Not Attacking With Knife NATO Soldier Dies in Kabul Stabbing
Ferguson Fueled by Razing of Historic Black Town Three More Tibetans Die From Shooting by Chinese Police: Rights Group
Germany Says Prepared to Send Weapons to Iraq's Kurds Ukraine Conflict Is Draining Economy, Hampering Reforms: PM Yatseniuk
US Official Says Unified With Japan on Need for Russian Sanctions France Wants Arabs, Iran, Security Council Members to Tackle Islamic State
Washington Thinktank Apologizes for Tweet Telling Amnesty to 'Suck It' for Opposing US Wars Islamic State Militants Seize Four More Foreign Hostages in Syria
Kurdish Ministers Rejoin Iraqi Government: Foreign Minister Poland Says Sees Signs Russia Trying to Extend Food Import Ban to Goods in Transit
Libya Restarts Oil Exports From Biggest Port as Fighting Rages in Benghazi Netanyahu Sees Extended Gaza Military Campaign
Kuwait Detains Muslim Cleric Suspected of Funding Militants: Security Source Iraq 'Certainly Looks Like War,' Says House Dem
Study: TSA Full-Body Scanners Failed to Detect Guns, Explosives DoD Defends Gear Transfers to Police
Opposition Leader Khan Opens Talks With Pakistan Government Over Protests Gaza War Rages On, Hamas Says Israel Tried to Kill Its Military Chief
Dozens Die in Ukraine in Street Battles, Donetsk Shelling Narendra Modi to Replace India's Planning Commission
Uganda's Somalia Troops Not Paid for Six Months Syria Conflict: Austria Police Hold Nine Jihadist Suspects
Iran Moving to Meet Terms of Extended Nuclear Deal: IAEA Heavy Fighting Erupts in Libya's Benghazi, Killing Five
Pakistan Protests: Imran Khan Refuses to Join Talks Somali Radio Closure: Shabelle Manager 'in Hiding'
Pakistan Envoy Defends Meeting Kashmiri Separatists in India Irom Sharmila: India Hunger Striker Freed
Russia Watchdog Shuts Four Mcdonald's in Moscow Syria Most Dangerous Place in the World for Journalists
Islamic State Backgrounder: British Fighters Make Up a Quarter of Foreign Jihadists Erdogan Allies Likely to Dominate Turkey's New Cabinet
Seleka Rebels Threaten to Split Central African Republic Netanyahu Pledges More Gaza Strikes
Pakistan Protest Leader Imran Khan Unveils His Party's Six Demands Liberman Warns of 'War of Attrition' With Hamas
Iraq Accuses ISIS of Smuggling Oil to Export Markets Egypt Says Rolling Blackouts to End in Four Months
German Minister Accuses Qatar of Financing ISIS Hamas: Rockets Targeted Off-Shore Israeli Gas Well
Livni: No Negotiations With Hamas Report: Israeli Delegation Arrives in Cairo for Ceasefire Talks
Dismissing Criticism Over Gaza Policies, Netanyahu Tells Ministers: Talk Less Ukraine Troops Take Rebel Stronghold
US Military Launched Secret Rescue Operation in Syria for James Foley, Other Americans US Readying More Troops to 'Crush' Isis
Last Marine Regiment Departs Afghanistan Who Is Steven Sotloff, the Other US Journalist Being Held by ISIS?
The Double Identity of an 'Anti-Semitic' Commenter Red Cross Team Enters Eastern Ukraine to Smooth Way for Russian Convoy
Ukraine Warplane Shot Down as Clashes Kill Dozens Ukraine Conflict: Russia Convoy 'in Donetsk Border Zone'
Guatemala's Armed Forces Chief Dies in Helicopter Crash National Guard in Ferguson Used the N-Word
Lieberman, Bennett Divided Over Hamas Hamas: Israel Attempted to Assassinate Military Chief in Gaza City
Navy Kicks Out 34 for Nuke Cheating Gitmo Hunger Strike Cost Feds $300k for Liquid Nutrition; Half Spent on Vanilla Ensure
Army Quits Tests After Competing Rifle Outperforms M4a1 Carbine Ferguson Police 'Detain, Beat, Threaten' Turkish Anadolu Agency Correspondent
CNN Anchor Blasted for Asking Why Police Aren't Using Water Cannons Accent of James Foley's Executioner Prompts a Reckoning in Britain
Bulgaria May Extend Turkish Border Fence to Bar Syrian, Iraqi Refugees You Can Get Hacked Just by Watching This Cat Video on YouTube
US Military Bans Glenn Greenwald's The Intercept A Night in Ferguson: Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas, and a Jail Cell
US Police Given Billions From Homeland Security for 'Tactical' Equipment Maliki: Everyone in New Government Must Back Iraq's Unity
Afghanistan Orders US Reporter to Leave Over Election Story US Officials Confirm Video Shows Islamic State Militants Beheading Missing American Journalist

August 19th, 2014

Ethiopia Now Africa's Biggest Refugee Host Amid S. Sudan Crisis Police Provocations Continue, Ferguson Protests Remain Peaceful
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