JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The last two Americans being held captive by North Korea have returned home. http://news.yahoo.com/kenneth-bae-just-want-thank-091110468.html
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Four members of a family the US Ebola patient was staying with were confined to their Texas home under armed guard as the circle of people possibly exposed to the virus widened and – New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11336236
Many sick in US Ebola patient’s Liberia hometown
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Thomas Eric Duncan rushed to help his 19-year-old neighbor when she began convulsing days after complaining of stomach pain. Everyone assumed her illness was related to her being seven months pregnant. http://news.yahoo.com/texas-ebola-patients-neighborhood-scores-sick-140016735.html
US plans Patriot missile sale to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon
Washington (AFP) – The United States plans to sell Patriot missile batteries to Saudi Arabia worth .75 billion and long-range artillery to the United Arab Emirates valued at about 0 million, the Pentagon said Wednesday. http://news.yahoo.com/us-plans-patriot-missile-sale-saudi-arabia-pentagon-202740122.html
US plans Patriot missile sale to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon
Washington (AFP) – The United States plans to sell Patriot missile batteries to Saudi Arabia worth .75 billion and long-range artillery to the United Arab Emirates valued at about 0 million, the Pentagon said Wednesday. http://news.yahoo.com/us-plans-patriot-missile-sale-saudi-arabia-pentagon-202740122.html
US could topple my government, kill me: Argentina’s Kirchner
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner charged in an emotional address that domestic and US interests were pushing to topple her government, and could even kill her. http://news.yahoo.com/us-could-topple-government-kill-argentinas-kirchner-095518100.html
US sharply criticizes new Israeli housing project
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a striking public rebuke, the Obama administration warned Israel on Wednesday that plans for a controversial new housing project in east Jerusalem would distance Israel from “even its closest allies” and raise questions about its commitment to seeking peace with Palestinians. http://news.yahoo.com/obama-netanyahu-meet-iran-deadline-looms-061718520.html
Man with Ebola virus flew roundabout trip to US
The first reported case of Ebola in the United States is spooking airline investors and raising the prospect that some frightened travelers might stay home despite repeated reassurances from public-health experts. http://news.yahoo.com/man-ebola-virus-flew-roundabout-trip-us-125852406.html
Russia scraps US exchange scheme, says teen put in gay couple’s care
Moscow (AFP) – Russia has pulled out of a long-running US-funded student exchange programme, accusing the organisers of letting a teenager stay behind in the United States in the care of a gay couple. http://news.yahoo.com/russia-scraps-us-exchange-scheme-says-teen-put-145334948.html
US Marines crisis unit to deploy to Mideast
Washington (AFP) – The US Marine Corps plans to deploy 2,300 troops to the Middle East for a new unit designed to quickly respond to crises in the volatile region, the Pentagon said Tuesday. http://news.yahoo.com/us-marines-crisis-unit-deploy-mideast-225822453.html
Argentine president hints at US plot to remove her
Argentina’s economy may be stagnating, with the peso in freefall, however President Cristina Kirchner believes she faces an even bigger problem. Relations with the US have hit rock bottom and she says Washington may even want to get rid of her. http://rt.com/news/192468-argentina-kirchner-economy-plot/
Russia halts participation in US student exchange program
The Russian government has decided to pull out of a major student exchange program with the US. The American side apparently violated the terms and conditions, with a Russian schoolboy not returning home, having been adopted by a gay couple. http://rt.com/politics/192212-russia-pulls-out-flex/
Russian senators cancel official US visit, plan to cut links with ‘hostile’ EU states
Russia’s Federation Council will boycott a scheduled business roundtable with US Senators next month, and has voiced intentions to stop co-operation with all sanction-supporting EU parliaments. http://rt.com/politics/191880-russian-deputies-abroad-speaker/
‘No such thing as surgical strike so civilian casualties in US anti-IS war inevitable’
Previous US efforts to reduce collateral damages are not working, and since there is no such thing as a precision strike or surgical strike, there are always going to be human victims, Derek Monroe, reporter for Foreign Policy in Focus, told RT. http://rt.com/op-edge/192504-us-isis-terrorism-war-intelligence/
US stocks drop as China, oil weigh on markets
NEW YORK (AP) — Worries about the outlook for growth in China and a slide in the price of oil pushed the stock market to its biggest loss in almost seven weeks Monday. http://news.yahoo.com/asian-shares-slip-jitters-over-032411662.html
US spacecraft enters Mars orbit, India probe next
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Next up, India. With NASA’s Maven spacecraft safely in orbit around Mars, the spotlight shifts to India’s first mission to the red planet. http://news.yahoo.com/nasas-maven-spacecraft-enters-mars-orbit-083646080.html
OECD cuts US growth forecast, warns on risk assets
A stuttering recovery in the U.S. and the continued fragility of the euro zone means that risk assets are “mispriced,” the OECD has warned. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/oecd-cuts-us-growth-forecast-101827878.html
Saudi anti-Christian sweep prompts calls for US involvement
Dozens of Christians arrested at a prayer meeting in Saudi Arabia need America’s help, according to a key lawmaker who is pressing the State Department on their behalf. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/14/saudi-anti-christian-sweep-prompts-calls-for-us-involvement/?intcmp=HPBucket