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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The police chief in Ferguson, Missouri says race relations are a top priority in the St. Louis suburb. But clashes are continuing between police and some people protesting the weekend police shooting of an unarmed black teen. Last night, police in riot gear used tear gas and smoke bombs on crowds that threw Molotov cocktails and other items. Two reporters say they were assaulted by police and detained for not clearing out quickly enough from a fast-food restaurant, where they were sitting down working. County Police Chief Jon Belmar says his officers have responded with "an incredible amount of restraint."
CAIRO (AP) — Islamist supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi tried marking the anniversary of the killing of hundreds of protesters today, but they were met with tear gas fired by Egyptian security forces. After the military overthrew Morsi last summer, authorities waged a sweeping crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood movement. Hundreds of people were killed in street clashes and tens of thousands detained. Exactly one year ago, security forces tried to break up two sit-ins in Cairo, setting off clashes and killing hundreds of demonstrators.
VORONEZH, Russia (AP) — A Russian aid convoy is heading toward eastern Ukraine with what Russia says are 262 vehicles of baby food, canned meat, portable generators and other emergency items for the battered region. But the convoy appears to be heading for a border crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels. Russia had agreed to deliver the aid at a checkpoint where it could be inspected by Ukraine and the Red Cross. Now Ukraine says it's sending its own aid convoy to the region.
OSWEGATCHIE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in northern New York are looking for two Amish girls they say may have been abducted from their roadside stand yesterday evening. Officials in St. Lawrence County are looking for 6-year-old Delila and 12-year-old Fannie Miller, who were on their family's property in the rural town of Oswegatchie (ah-swee-GAH'-chee), on the Canadian border. Police say a witness saw a passenger of a vehicle that stopped at the stand put something into the back seat. When the vehicle drove off, the children were gone.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities in Philadelphia say there've been no arrests in the slaying of a man who was on his way to a peace concert in the city. Police say the 20-year-old was headed to the "Philly Support Philly: Peace on the Streets" concert at the Dell Music Center in the city's Fairmount Park when he got into an argument with someone in the parking lot, who shot him twice. The man died at a local hospital. V1986
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