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WASHINGTON (AP) — There's word this morning that the man accused in the Benghazi attack has been brought to the United States. The U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C. says Ahmed Abu Khattala (hah-TAH'-lah) is beginning held under heightened security at the federal courthouse in the nation's capital. U.S. special forces captured him in Libya two weeks ago and officials have been questioning him aboard a Navy amphibious transport dock ship that brought him to the United States.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships have launched an operation aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from Tikrit (tih-KREET'). The northern city is one of two major urban centers the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has seized in recent weeks in a dramatic blitz across the country. After watching much of Iraq slip out of government hands, military officials say today's operation puts the army back on the offensive.
VERNON, Ariz. (AP) — Winds have pushed a wildfire in eastern Arizona's White Mountains past containment lines, and authorities say the blaze has charred about 8 square miles. Crews appeared to have gotten a better handle on the San Juan Fire earlier yesterday as it burned into wooded areas already thinned or charred by previous wildfires. Fire officials say they expect lighter winds today will help crews trying to contain the blaze.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has had a busy morning of audiences amid new health concerns. The 77-year-old Francis seemed tired but smiled frequently during a shorter-than-usual, 10-minute private audience with the president of Madagascar. But the pope also delivered a speech without problem to another delegation and had two other meetings with Vatican cardinals. Francis skipped a visit to a Rome hospital yesterday, the third time this month he has canceled or scaled back an event due to fatigue or illness.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Artists and diplomats have declared a new century of peace and unity in Europe in the city where the first two shots of World War I were fired exactly 100 years ago. On June 28, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian crown prince Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, where he had come to inspect his occupying troops in the empire's eastern province. The shots were fired by Serb teenager Gavrilo Princip.
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