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HONOLULU (AP) — A sentencing verdict is scheduled to be read in court today in the case of a former Hawaii-based soldier convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter in 2005. Jurors decided yesterday whether Naeem Williams would get the death penalty or life in prison, but they asked the judge to delay the reading until today because some members were emotionally drained.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The board overseeing San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge is scheduled to make a big decision today about preventing suicides on the span when it votes on a $76 million funding package for a net. There's been a decades-long debate over whether the barrier would work. Since the Golden Gate opened in 1937, more than 1,400 people have plunged to their deaths.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia's U.N. ambassador says the United Nations Security Council needs to consider and act on what he calls the real prospect of a terrorist state arising in territory being gobbled up by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Vitaly Churkin, the current council president, says he told the members such a state could stretch from Syria's second-largest city, Aleppo, to Iraq's capital Baghdad.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $500 million for a training and weapons program to help counter the threat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The U.S. is concerned that the conflicts in Syria and Iraq are becoming an intertwined fight against the same Sunni extremist group. The program would aid select, moderate Syrian opposition forces.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a trade and economic deal with the European Union. Ukrainian businesses whose goods and practices meet EU standards will be able to trade freely in any EU country without tariffs or restrictions. Likewise, EU goods and services will be able to sell more easily and cheaply in Ukraine. It's the deal his predecessor backed out of, which triggered massive protests.
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