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• Activists say IS damages ancient temple in Syria's Palmyra
• Islamic State destroys part of Syria's Temple of Bel: monitors
• Egypt sets Oct election date, after three years without parliament
• Saying ‘rubbish’ in Lebanon to politics by faith
• U.S. presidential hopeful Sanders gains ground on Clinton in Iowa poll
• Boy among 7 killed in Turkey violence
• Bernie Sanders: 'People Are Responding to Our Message'
• Finns protest at asylum seeker center in Nokia home town
• U.S., allies conduct 20 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
• IS in Syria executes over 90 people in month: monitor
• Sanders says he would be prepared to use military force
• Four civilians, two police officers killed in attacks in southeast Turkey
• Islamic State targeted in 22 airstrikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. Military
• Pope: Let's stop crimes like deaths of migrants in trucks
• Today in History
• Saudi executes Pakistani for drug trafficking

Activists say IS damages ancient temple in Syria's Palmyra Posted: 30 Aug 2015 02:41 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants in Syria severely damaged the Bel Temple, considered one of the greatest sites of the ancient world, in a massive explosion Sunday, activists said.

Islamic State destroys part of Syria's Temple of Bel: monitors Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:00 PM PDT The hardline Islamic State group has destroyed part of an ancient temple in Syria's Palmyra city, a group monitoring the conflict said on Sunday. The militants targeted the Temple of Bel, a Roman-era structure in the central desert city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It is the second temple Islamic State has targeted in Palmyra this month.

Egypt sets Oct election date, after three years without parliament Posted: 30 Aug 2015 12:02 PM PDT By Ahmed Aboulenein CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election, starting on Oct. 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, the final step in a process to bring back democracy that critics say has been tainted by widespread repression. Egypt has been without a parliament since June 2012 when a court dissolved the democratically elected main chamber, dominated by the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood, reversing a major accomplishment of the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. The election had been due to begin in March but was delayed after a court ruled part of the election law unconstitutional.

Saying ‘rubbish’ in Lebanon to politics by faith Posted: 30 Aug 2015 11:45 AM PDT Since its independence 70 years ago, Lebanon has relied on a constitutional system that divvies up top government posts by religion. The president must be Christian, for example, while the prime minister is Sunni Muslim. Despite violent sectarian conflicts over the years, the system has mostly held. In recent weeks, however, tens of thousands of Lebanese – of all faiths – have peacefully protested to demand a system based on equality of all.

U.S. presidential hopeful Sanders gains ground on Clinton in Iowa poll Posted: 30 Aug 2015 11:13 AM PDT By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders narrowed the gap with leading Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a recent opinion poll in the political bellwether state of Iowa as support for the front-runner fell below 50 percent for the first time this year. Clinton, former secretary of state and first lady, remained the top choice for 37 percent of likely Democratic voters in the party's nomination contest, down from 50 percent in June, according to the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll released late on Saturday.

Boy among 7 killed in Turkey violence Posted: 30 Aug 2015 11:05 AM PDT Three policemen, a 12-year-old boy and three Kurdish rebels died Sunday in continuing violence in Turkey's restive Kurdish-dominated southeast, a local security source said. The source blamed the attack on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels who have been staging daily attacks against Turkish armed forces as the military keeps up air raids and operations against its strongholds in southeast Turkey as well as northern Iraq. Three young Kurds from the youth wing of the PKK were meanwhile killed by security forces in Silopi, according to local officials.

Bernie Sanders: 'People Are Responding to Our Message' Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:46 AM PDT "You know, it's not just in Iowa. Sanders admitted that Clinton was "way ahead" of him in terms of her support among Democratic Party and institutional leaders, but argued that many of them might still support him in the end. "Democratic leaders are not dumb," said Sanders, the longest-serving independent member of Congress.

Finns protest at asylum seeker center in Nokia home town Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:27 AM PDT By Anna Ercanbrack SALO, Finland (Reuters) - About 200 Finns protested on Sunday against opening a refugee reception center in the former home town of Nokia as the recession-hit country struggles to handle an influx of asylum seekers. Salo is one of the sites of Nokia's once-dominant phone business.

U.S., allies conduct 20 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:21 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 20 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Sunday. In Syria, the seven attacks included one on three fighting positions near Al Hawl, a strike on an Islamic State facility near Ar Raqqah, and four strikes near Kobani on two tactical units, three excavators, five motorcycles, three structures, two guard shacks, two excavators and a vehicle. ...

IS in Syria executes over 90 people in month: monitor Posted: 30 Aug 2015 09:54 AM PDT The Islamic State group has executed more than 90 people, a third of them civilians, over the past month in areas of war-torn Syria it controls, a monitor said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 32 civilians were among 91 people executed for "crimes" in the jihadist group's self-proclaimed caliphate between July 29 and August 29. The toll included IS members, rebel fighters and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

Sanders says he would be prepared to use military force Posted: 30 Aug 2015 09:51 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — International rivals would be mistaken to assume he wouldn't be prepared to use military force if that's what circumstances required, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said in an interview that aired on Sunday.

Four civilians, two police officers killed in attacks in southeast Turkey Posted: 30 Aug 2015 07:31 AM PDT A child, three other civilians and two police officer were killed in violence in southeast Turkey on Sunday following the breakdown of a ceasefire between the government and Kurdish militants. Fighting between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the military has taken place almost daily since last month. The PKK has been hitting military and police targets after the government resumed air strikes on PKK camps in northern Iraq.

Islamic State targeted in 22 airstrikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. Military Posted: 30 Aug 2015 07:21 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies staged 15 airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and seven in Syria since early Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Sunday. In Iraq, targets successfully struck included two boats and two IED caches near Al Baghdadi; a tactical unit, three vehicles and a building near Bayji; and a tactical unit and armored vehicle near Tuz. ...

Pope: Let's stop crimes like deaths of migrants in trucks Posted: 30 Aug 2015 03:55 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is urging people to work together to stop crimes against migrants, including the 71 who perished in a smuggler's truck on the main Budapest-Vienna highway.

Today in History Posted: 29 Aug 2015 09:00 PM PDT Today is Sunday, August 30, the 242nd day of 2015. There are 123 days left in the year.

Saudi executes Pakistani for drug trafficking Posted: 29 Aug 2015 05:13 PM PDT Saudi authorities executed a Pakistani man on Sunday for attempting to smuggle drugs into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said. Up to 129 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year, including the latest execution, compared with 87 for the whole of 2014, according to AFP tallies. Mohammed Sharif was arrested while attempting to smuggle heroin into the country hidden in his stomach, the ministry said in a statement published on the SPA state news agency.

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