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Farewells, August 2014: Brady And Bacall, And 7 Other Notable Deaths

Farewells, August 2014: Brady And Bacall, And 7 Other Notable Deaths

Some of the notable passings during the past month.

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Brazil And The Great Electoral Expectation

Neves, Rousseff, Silva. Little to inspire voters?
Neves, Rousseff, Silva. Little to inspire voters? Wikimedia Commons/Worldcrunch montage

The electoral horizon looks unsympathetic for disaffected Brazilian voters after the death of a charismatic presidential aspirant. Will Rousseff win again, despite politics-as-usual fatigue?

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UN Declares Iraq Emergency, Gaza Truce Extended, Robot Cooks

A Palestinian boy plays amid the rubble of his destroyed family home.
A Palestinian boy plays amid the rubble of his destroyed family home. Ramadan El-Agha/APA Images/ZUMA

Aug. 14, 2014 UN SIGNALS RED ALERT IN IRAQThe United Nations has declared the situation in Iraq a “Level 3 emergency,” its highest for a humanitarian crisis, as deadly fights between the army and ISIS terrorists killed at least four children west of Baghdad, AP reports. This came as U.S. troops and aid workers arrived […]

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