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SANLIURFA, Turkey (AP) — Al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate is warning that jihadists around the world will strike back at the coalition that's conducting airstrikes against Islamic militants in Syria. The al-Qaida affiliate, the Nusra Front, is one of the targets of the U.S.-led coalition conducting air raids in Syria, along with the extremist group known as the Islamic State. Both groups want to impose Islamic law in Syria, but unlike the Islamic State group, the al-Qaida branch is fighting alongside other rebel groups to overthrow the Assad government.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the fight against Islamic jihadis must be two-pronged. He says they must be cornered militarily, but also, tensions between the world's two major sects of Islam, Sunnis (SOO'-nee) and Shiites (SHE'-eyets), must be soothed. Obama spoke to CBS' "60 Minutes" during an interview that is to air later today.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants in a northwestern tribal region in Pakistan along the Afghan border. That's according to two intelligence officials and three Taliban fighters who spoke on condition they remain anonymous. Also today, a police official says a bomb blast elsewhere in northwestern Pakistan has killed eight people at a refugee camp.
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix area is again cleaning up after powerful thunderstorms that brought heavy rain and strong winds to the area, flooding roads, delaying flights, and knocking out power to thousands. More than 40 flights that were scheduled to land at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport were diverted to other airports yesterday, and winds caused some roof damage in the Terminal 2 baggage area. Other storms caused flooding in Nevada.
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Rachel is swirling in the Pacific far off Mexico's Baja California peninsula, but forecasters say it poses no threat to land. Rachel grew from a tropical storm into a hurricane late yesterday, but the National Hurricane Center in Miami says it will likely weaken back into a tropical storm sometime tomorrow.
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