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Islamic State seizes large areas of Syrian town despite air strikes
Islamic State fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said on Thursday, as U.S.-led air strikes failed to halt their advance and Turkish forces nearby looked on without intervening.
Modiano, writer of memory and guilt under Nazi occupation, wins Nobel literature prize
French writer Patrick Modiano has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature for works that made him \”a Marcel Proust of our time\” with tales often set during the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War II, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.
Hezbollah says border attack was message to Israel
An attack by Hezbollah on Lebanon\’s border with Israel which wounded two Israeli soldiers was a message that the group remained ready to confront its old foe despite its engagement in Syria\’s civil war, the group\’s deputy leader said.
First person diagnosed with Ebola in U.S. dies in Texas hospital
A Liberian man who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died in a Texas hospital on Wednesday, his case having put health authorities on alert for the deadly virus spreading outside of West Africa.
Islamic State fighters advance into Syrian border town of Kobani
Islamic State fighters pushed into two districts of the strategically important Syrian border town of Kobani in fierce fighting late on Wednesday, Kurdish officials among the town\’s defenders said.
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