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MUSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Syrian activists say a U.S.-led coalition airstrike has hit a gas distribution station in an eastern Syrian stronghold of the Islamic State group. The activists say at least eight people were killed, most of them fuel tank drivers. The activists say other airstrikes targeted oil wells in the oil-rich Deir el-Zour province. The U.S.-led coalition has aggressively targeted IS-held oil facilities in Syria, which provide a key source of income for the militants.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say government airstrikes on a rebel-held town near Damascus have killed at least 16 people. The strikes are part of intensified efforts by President Bashar Assad's forces to secure approaches to the capital. Syrian state media says government forces attacked "terrorists" in Douma.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The World Food Program teams are trying to reach "all Ebola-affected people" in Sierra Leone with emergency food rations. The aim of the distribution is to stabilize quarantined families by giving them enough to eat so that they do not leave their homes to look for food. Sierra Leone is one of three West African countries who have been hit hardest by Ebola. Guinea and Liberia are the others.
BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. and China are pledging to overcome mistrust, manage their differences and cooperate on key issues like combatting terrorism and the spread of the Ebola virus ahead of President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Beijing. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi (yahng jay-uh-CHUR') in Boston today, Kerry says the US-China relationship is mature enough for the two sides to discuss disagreements while building on areas of shared interest.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election. A majority of the nation's highest court rejected an emergency request from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo identification in order to cast ballots. The seven forms of approved ID include concealed handgun licenses but not college student IDs.
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