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US floods kill 3; several missing

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US floods kill 3; several missing

Flooding from record rains in the US states of Texas and Oklahoma have destroyed hundreds of homes and left at least three people dead and several missing.

Indignado tops Barcelona vote

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Indignado tops Barcelona vote

Spain’s protest movement has won the most votes in Barcelona and came second in Madrid in municipal elections.

McCain: Send 1000s of troops to Iraq

FOREIGN POLICY

McCain: Send 1000s of troops to Iraq

Republican Senator John McCain says the US must deploy thousands of troops to Iraq to defeat the ISIL terrorist group, which captured the city of Ramadi last week.

Cleveland police arrest 71 protesters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Cleveland police arrest 71 protesters

Police in Cleveland have arrested at least 71 protesters following the acquittal of a white police officer in the 2012 shooting deaths of two unarmed African Americans.

Parisians slam ISIL presence in Palmyra

SYRIA

Parisians slam ISIL presence in Palmyra

People in France take to the streets to voice support for the people of Syria and to protest ISIL militants' activities in the city of Palmyra.