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Thursday, August 21, 2014 (2014x167)

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2014/08/21 Headlines: Eric Holder Visits Ferguson as Peaceful Protests Continue; Police Officer Suspended After Threatening to Kill Protesters in Ferguson; Video: St. Louis Police Shot Man 20 Seconds After Arriving at Store; Gaza: Israeli Strikes Kill 3 Hamas Commanders, at Least 4 Children; NYC: Protesters Hang Palestinian Flag from Manhattan Bridge; Mass Ebola Quarantine Prompts Protests in Liberia; U.S. Doctor to Be Released from Hospital; U.S. Launches New Airstrikes on Iraq After Beheading of Journalist; Report: U.S. Forces Tried to Rescue Hostages in Syria; James Foley's Parents Remember Their Son; Report: 20 Journalists Currently Held in Syria; U.N. Launches Aid Effort in Northern Iraq; Yemen: Victims of U.S. Drone Strike on Wedding Party Got $1 Million Payout; Yemen Faces Friday Deadline from Houthi Rebel Group; Japan: 39 Killed by Landslides amid Record Rainfall; Egypt: Jailed Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Starts Hunger Strike; Afghanistan Orders Expulsion of NYT Journalist over Article; Ireland: Thousands Join Pro-Choice Rally After Teenage Rape Victim Forced to Give Birth; Argentina Seeks to Pay Debts Domestically, Averting U.S. Court; Bank of America Agrees to Pay Record $17 Billion over Toxic Mortgages