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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Hamas are to hold indirect peace talks in Egypt while a three-day cease-fire is in effect in the Gaza Strip. Nearly a month of fighting has killed close to 1,900 Palestinians, 64 Israeli soldiers and three civilians in Israel.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Doctors in Nigeria say more people who treated a Liberian-American man who died of Ebola in July may also have become infected. A doctor who treated Patrick Sawyer in Nigeria already is confirmed to have Ebola. But authorities say test results are pending on three other health workers who also are showing symptoms after being around Sawyer. Meanwhile, a second American missionary infected with Ebola in Liberia is on her way to a special isolation ward in Atlanta.
PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias, the woman convicted of the gruesome 2008 killing of her boyfriend, will be allowed to represent herself in the second penalty phase of her case, which begins in about four weeks. Arias was convicted last year of killing boyfriend Travis Alexander, stabbing him nearly 30 times, slitting his throat and shooting him in the forehead. But the jury wasn't able to reach a decision on whether she should be given the death penalty.
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Some 80 people and dog teams continue the search for a 6-year-old girl in Washington state, who disappeared from her home on Saturday. The Kitsap County sheriff's office says the parents of Jenise Wright have agreed to lie detector tests and to their home being searched. Officials say state child welfare workers have removed two other children from the Wright home.
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha is expected to weaken Tuesday and poses no direct threat to the U.S. East Coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm is expected to stay offshore as it passes wide of the U.S. mainland over the next few days. It's also expected to miss Bermuda. On Sunday, Bertha brought rain and gusty winds to the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
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