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June 18, 2014
Sunni Militants Seize Iraq’s Main Oil Refinery
Rouhani: Iran “Will Not Hesitate” to Protect Shiite Sites in Iraq
Report: Obama Admin Mulls “Targeted” Drone Strikes in Iraq
U.S. Captures Benghazi Suspect in Libya Raid
Apparent U.S. Drone Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan
Hunger-Striking Al Jazeera Journalist Freed After 10 Months in Prison
Israel Re-Arrests Palestinians Freed in 2011 Prisoner Swap
Biden Assures Rousseff on NSA Spying Days After Snowden Asylum Request
U.S. to Release Docs on Brazilian Dictatorship
Georgia, Missouri Carry Out 1st Executions Since Botched Oklahoma Killing