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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The 140 countries attending Wednesday's U.N. General Assembly have few solutions to the multiple crises facing the world. One issue certain to top their agenda is the threat from Islamic terrorists who've seized huge areas of Iraq and Syria and have carried out gruesome beheadings. But other diplomats are hoping the threat from the Islamic State group won't drown out the plight of millions of civilians caught in conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ukraine and Gaza.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama has met with representatives from the five Arab nations that are helping the U.S. carry out airstrikes on the Islamic State group in Syria. After thanking them on the sidelines of the U.N. meeting in New York, Obama cautioned that the airstrikes late Monday are just "the beginning" of efforts to destroy militants. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Bahrain took part in the airstrikes, and Secretary of State John Kerry says he expects a greater role from Turkey.
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets are drifting Wednesday as the boost from stronger Chinese manufacturing has been offset by grim economic news from Europe and airstrikes in Syria. A preliminary survey says China's manufacturing unexpectedly improved in September. But a closely watched gauge of business activity for Europe has fallen to a nine-month low. Markets in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Australia are down Wednesday. Southeast Asia markets are mostly up.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man who killed two former UPS co-workers before killing himself is described as someone who was "troubled" over his work and financial situation. Police in Birmingham, Alabama say 45-year-old Kerry Joe Tesney walked into the UPS shipping center Tuesday and opened fire a day after being fired. Tesney's pastor says the problems he was having at work never suggested the situation might turn violent.
NEW DELHI (AP) — India can now call itself a deep-space explorer. It's placed a satellite into orbit around Mars, joining the U.S., the European Space Agency and the former Soviet Union as the only other countries to do so.
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