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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. won't scale back its military posture in Iraq in response to the beheading of American journalist James Foley. But the president is offering no specifics about what new steps he might take to protect additional captives and other Americans. The Obama administration disclosed yesterday that earlier this summer U.S. troops were sent on a mission to try to rescue Foley and other hostages, but they were not at the location intelligence had identified.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza officials say at least six people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, and three of those killed were senior Hamas leaders. Israel says the airstrike and some 19 others that it has carried out today are in response to a resumption of Hamas rocket fire that on Tuesday scuttled a six-day cease-fire.
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Police in Bali, Indonesia say an American couple accused of killing the woman's mother at a resort hotel had a disagreement with the mom over who was paying for the rooms. Heather Mack and boyfriend Tommy Schaefer have been declared suspects in the killing of Mack's 62-year-old mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, whose body was stuffed into a suitcase. An attorney for Heather Mack says his 19-year-old client is two months pregnant.
KERNVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Residents of some 200 homes northeast of Bakersfield have been allowed to return home as a five-square-mile wildfire continues to burn nearby. The blaze has destroyed eight homes and 10 other structures and is only 15 percent contained. Firefighters are working in drought conditions, trying to build containment lines after stopping the spread of the flames.
UNDATED (AP) — South Koreans are responding to a recent U.S. study linking instant noodle consumption by South Koreans to some risks for heart disease. One 36-year-old man compares eating instant noodles to smoking cigarettes. He says, "Everyone knows that cigarettes are bad for you, but some smokers live to be 100 while others die at 30." A 70-year-old man in Seoul says, "Instant noodles every once in a while won't kill you."
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