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Obama Orders Review of Police Use of Military Hardware

U.S. President Barack Obama - responding to days of racial violence in Ferguson, Missouri - has ordered a review of the government practice of providing military hardware to state and local police.

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Foley May Have Volunteered For Execution

The family of James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by the Islamic State terror group, believes he may have volunteered to be killed to spare the lives of his fellow hostages.

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More than 191,000 people killed in Syria with ‘no end in sight’ – UN

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Destruction caused by fighting in Yarmouk, Syria.

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Orderly Protests Continue in Ferguson as Troops Leave

Ferguson, Missouri saw dwindling numbers of protesters Thursday after the National Guard was withdrawn from the city, which has been rocked by 12 days of unrest following the shooting death of an unarmed black teen.

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