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MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine's president is declaring a cease-fire to end nearly five months of fighting in the eastern part of his country. It comes after his representatives reached a deal with the Russian-backed rebels at peace talks. But deep divisions among the rebels could threaten to derail the peace efforts. An insurgent leader around the city of Luhansk says, "This doesn't mean that our course for secession is over."
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee is pushing to give the president authority to use all necessary force against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma is circulating a draft of a resolution to authorize military force and is seeking bipartisan support as Congress returns to Washington next week. The resolution also forces the president to submit a strategy to Congress within 60 days on how to defeat the Islamic State group.
PINECREST, Fla. (AP) — A public memorial service is scheduled this afternoon at a synagogue in Pinecrest, Florida, for Steven Sotloff -- the second of two American journalists to be beheaded by the Islamic State militant group. He had disappeared in Syria a year ago while writing about the civil war there as a freelance journalist. He was also an Israeli citizen -- a fact that wasn't widely known before his death.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A doctor in Sierra Leone warns that health care in the capital of the West African nation has "crumbled" because of the Ebola outbreak there. He says patients suffering from all kinds of ailments are dying for lack of treatment. In some cases, he says, people are choosing not to seek professional care because they're too afraid of contracting the deadly disease. And some doctors are refusing to treat patients.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's an unexpected slowdown in hiring, after some recent numbers suggesting that the economy was growing at a healthy pace. The government reports that employers added just 142,000 jobs in August. It snapped a six-month streak in which more than 200,000 jobs were added each month. Patrick O'Keefe of the consulting firm Cohn-Reznick says the report is puzzling. He says the tepid job growth is inconsistent with surveys showing businesses and consumers gaining confidence.
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