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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will try to assure thousands of flood victims that their recovery is a priority when he visits southern Louisiana today. Flooding brought on by storms has damaged some 60,000 homes and forced thousands into temporary housing. More than 106,000 people have registered for federal disaster aid.
CAIRO (AP) — Julian Assange's WikiLeaks has been violating the privacy of hundreds of innocent people. The Associated Press has found that in WikiLeaks' crusade to expose government secrets, sexual abuse victims, sick children and the mentally ill have become collateral damage. And their sensitive files have been posted on the web. Assange has not yet responded.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military says it believes an air strike has fatally wounded Boko Haram (BOH'-koh hah-RAHM') leader Abubakar Shekau (ah-BOO'-bah-kahr sheh-KOW') and other commanders. But Nigerian security forces have at least three times in the past declared that they have killed or fatally wounded Shekau. Shekau started the uprising in 2009 that has killed about 20,000 people and driven more than 2.2 million from their homes.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russia's Paralympic athletes will be staying out of the Games because of Russia's state-backed doping program. That's the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Russian Paralympic Committee had appealed a decision made two weeks ago to exclude the team from taking part in the Sept. 7-18 games in Rio, and a hearing was held yesterday.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's foreign minister says his country may ask that diplomatic immunity be lifted for the twin 17-year-old sons of Iraq's ambassador to Lisbon. The teens are accused of beating a 15-year-old Portuguese boy last week, and Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva says the allegation is "extremely serious." The 15-year-old is still in a coma and the incident has brought an outcry in Portugal.
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