Monday, August 25, 2014

U.S. prepares military options in Syria against Islamic State

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is preparing military options, including surveillance flights, to pressure Islamic State in Syria, ...

California passes law mandating smartphone kill switch

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Smartphones sold in California will soon be required to have a kill switch that lets users remotely lock them and wipe them of data in the e...

Freed US reporter"s Dad praises son"s noble cause

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JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, France (AP) — The overjoyed father of the American journalist freed by Islamic militants said Monday that his son and oth...

Mourners urge black Americans to take action

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The mourners filled an enormous church to remember Michael Brown – recalling him as a “gentle giant,” aspiring rapper and r...

Rival second Libyan assembly chooses own PM as chaos spreads

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BENGHAZI Libya/CAIRO (Reuters) – The Libyan parliament that was replaced in an election in June reconvened on Monday and chose an Islamist-b...

Remote, gas-rich islands on Indonesia"s South China Sea frontline

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RANAI Indonesia (Reuters) – The word “sleepy” could have been invented for Ranai, the largest town in Indonesia’s remote and sparsely popula...

Father of black Ferguson teen appeals for calm at funeral

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FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – The father of Michael Brown, the black teenager who was shot dead by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri o...