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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 (2014x160)

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2014/08/12 Headlines: U.S. Bombing of Northern Iraq Enters 5th Day; Iraq Faces Political Crisis as Maliki Refuses to Step Down; Tens of Thousands Return to Devastation as Gaza Ceasefire Holds; Turkish Activists Announce New Aid Flotilla to Gaza; Turkish PM Erdogan Wins Presidential Election; South Sudan: Warring Sides Miss Deadline; 50,000 Children Could Starve; Ebola Deaths Top 1,000; Liberian Doctors to Get Experimental Drug; NATO Chief: "High Probability" of Russian Intervention in Eastern Ukraine; Amnesty: U.S. Military Failed to Punish War Crimes by Troops in Afghanistan; HRW: Egypt's Rabaa Massacre was Premeditated; Mexican President Signs Reform Opening Oil, Gas Sector to Multinationals; U.S. Judge Extends Ohio Execution Ban; Louisiana Sought Execution Drug from Hospital; Mass Protests Continue in Missouri over Police Killing of Michael Brown; Actor, Comedian Robin Williams Dead of Apparent Suicide at 63