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BAGHDAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Iraqi insurgents executed at least 160 captives earlier this month, based on an analysis of satellite imagery and grisly photos released by the militants. The U.S.-based rights group says militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed between 160 and 190 men in two locations in Tikrit between June 11 and June 14. But it says, "The number of victims may well be much higher."
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve $500 million to train and arm the Syria moderate opposition. Obama has long been reluctant to arm the opposition. But conflicts in Syria and Iraq are becoming increasingly intertwined against the same Sunni extremist group.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of Filipino students from a Roman Catholic-run school for girls have joined a global campaign to free more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists in Nigeria. About 4,000 students and nuns of St. Scholastica's College spilled out of their campus to line up a busy street in Manila Friday, chanting "bring them back" and urging motorists in the Philippine capital to honk their car horns in solidarity.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has issued a directive to the state's cities and towns: prove that welfare recipients are in the U.S. legally or risk losing state funding for programs for the neediest residents. LePage says he's bringing the state into compliance with federal law. Opponents say the governor is pitting have-nots against other have-nots by feeding into fear of immigrants.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors will resume deliberating Friday in the civil trial to decide who's to blame for a 2011 beating at Dodger Stadium that left a Giants fan with brain damage. Lawyers for a severely disabled Bryan Stow are asking for $37.5 million for his lifetime care and double that amount for pain and suffering. They argue that the Dodgers and former owner Frank McCourt were negligent in providing adequate security. Lawyers for the team and McCourt say Stow should get nothing.
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