US Strategy Risks Pushing Sunnis Into IS Arms

US To Lead 'Broad Coalition' To Destroy IS Updated: 9:38am UK, Thursday 11 September 2014 Barack Obama has authorised airstrikes in Syria for the first time in a major escalation of the military campaign against the Islamic State. In a live televised...

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Bush Aide Tweets Riveting 9/11 Account

The man who served as press secretary to President George W Bush has tweeted a minute-by-minute account of the day of the attacks. President Bush was reading The Pet Goat to schoolchildren in Florida when the dreadful news was whispered in his ear....

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Rude Awakening For Sleeping Florida Burglar

A burglar had a rude awakening after he was caught napping by the law, say police. The intruder was found in the bedroom of a home in Sarasota, Florida, by a cleaner, who alerted the authorities. Davis has been held in custody When police turned...

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US Threatens Airstrikes In Syria To Fight IS

Barack Obama IS Strategy: Speech In Full Updated: 2:20am UK, Thursday 11 September 2014 Barack Obama has outlined his strategy to defeating Islamic State in a televised address. Here is his statement in full: My fellow Americans - tonight, I want...

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9/11 Anniversary: America Remembers Attacks

America is marking the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks against the backdrop of a new Islamist threat rising in the Middle East. The commemorations began with a moment of silence, the toll of a bell, and then the names of the nearly 3,000...

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Syria Airstrikes Not Ruled Out, Says No 10

Downing Street has clarified its position on the possibility of strikes in Syria, saying it has not yet abandoned the idea of airborne attacks. The Foreign Secretary earlier appeared to strike a different note when he said the UK would not be taking...

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Ukraine 'Regrouping' Forces To Defend East

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says his forces are "regrouping" in the east of the country after provocation from Russian "terrorists". The move does not amount to a new offensive against pro-Moscow separatists, but is simply a move to defend...

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Pistorius: The Trial Judge Who Rose From Nothing

The fate of Oscar Pistorius lies in the palm of one Thokozile Masipa, a woman who grew up in poverty but rose to become only the second black female to be appointed a judge in South Africa. From day one of the trial, the irony of this elderly black...

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Oscar Pistorius Cleared Of Reeva Murder

M'Lady: The Trial Judge Who Rose From Nothing Updated: 8:38am UK, Thursday 11 September 2014 By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in Pretoria The fate of Oscar Pistorius lies in the palm of one Thokozile Masipa, a woman who grew up in poverty...

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Pistorius Verdict: The Judge's Key Remarks

Calm, measured and without pomp or ceremony, Judge Thokozile Masipa took her time as she summed up the evidence in the trial of Oscar Pistorius. There were several crucial observations from the judge throughout the hearing. :: Judge Masipa said witnesses...

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