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Monday, August 04, 2014 (2014x154)

: 04, 2014

2014/08/04 Headlines: Palestinian Toll Tops 1800; UN Condemns "Criminal" Israeli Shelling of Another School for Displaced; U.N. Warns of "Rapidly Unfolding" Gaza Health Crisis; Israel Kills over 200 After Ceasefire Collapse; Claim of Captured Soldier Retracted; Israel Breaks Unilateral Pause with New Airstrike; Thousands Protest U.S. Support for Gaza Assault in D.C.; Obama Floats Executive Action After Congress Fails to Pass Immigration Bills; Hundreds Protest Record Deportations outside White House; Obama Backs CIA Director After Senate Spying Prompts Resignation Calls; Obama Admits "We Tortured Some Folks" — and that Not All Bush-Era Methods are Banned; Ebola Death in West Africa Toll Tops 820; 2 Americans Return to U.S. for Ebola Treatment; Over 400,000 Under Water Ban in Ohio; Toxic Algae Bloom Linked to Climate Change, Industrial Farming; Earthquake Kills Around 400 in Chinese Province; Report: USAID Staged Civic Programs to Destabilize Cuban Gov't; Choking Death of Eric Garner by NYPD Ruled a Homicide