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Obama to Delay Immigration Policy Shift Until After Nov. 4

President Barack Obama will delay action on immigration until after the congressional midterm elections on November 4.

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Iraq: UN envoy encourages all parties to proceed quickly with government formation

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A group of internally displaced Iraqi girls queue for food at a community kitchen in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan's Dohuk governorate.

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Australia to Continue Search for MH370

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he will not give up the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared on a trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing six months ago.

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US Concerned Extremists Could Get Undeclared Syrian Chemical Weapons

United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power says the U.S. is concerned that extremists could get their hands on any undeclared chemical weapons in Syria.

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Justice Department to Probe Ferguson, Missouri Police

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department has opened a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the practices of the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of the midwest city of St. Louis.

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Ninety-six percent of Syria’s declared chemical weapons destroyed – UN-OPCW mission chief

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Special Coordinator for the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the UN (OPCW-UN) Sigrid Kaag briefs the press.

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Taliban Attack on Afghan Government Compound Kills 12

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Ghazni, Afghanistan

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Key NATO Summit to Open in Wales

World leaders are gathering Thursday in Wales for the start of a two-day NATO summit expected to focus on the conflict in Ukraine and the threat of Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq.

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Security Council again demands immediate release of peacekeepers detained in Golan

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UNDOF peacekeepers patrol Golan Heights.

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UN envoy calls for probe into massacre by armed groups at Iraqi military base

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Special Representative for Iraq Nickolay Mladenov.