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Monday, September 8, 2014

Scotland's campaign to leave the UK edges ahead for the first time

Financial markets have reacted badly to a poll which, for the first time, put the campaign for Scotland to leave the United Kingdom slightly ahead of the 'Better Together' campaign.

The pound fell to a ten month low against the dollar and shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Life and Lloyds Banking Group, all based in Scotland, fell by more than 2%.

Keith Cochrane from Engineering company "The Weir Group' says he supports Scotland but doesn't want it to leave Britain.

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Russia's Prime Minister says Moscow will respond harshly to new sanctions

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow will respond harshly to further EU sanctions.

Threatening a ban on foreign airlines flying over Russia and even hinting at the Kremlin rethinking its commitment to international security cooperation he struck the latest harsh note in the standoff between Russia and the west.

Tom Barton reports.

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Russia's Prime Minister says Moscow will reposed harshly to new sanctions

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow will respond harshly to further EU sanctions.

Tom Barton reports.

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Australia to be named by UN human rights commissioner for abuses

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Opinion Polls for Scottish Independence Neck and Neck

With just two weeks to go before voters in Scotland go to the polls to
decide on whether to leave the United Kingdom and become an
independent country, opinion polls show both sides are neck and neck.

Scotland has been part of Britain for over three hundred years,
although that could all change on September 18th.

FSN's Catherine Drew reports from London.

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US confirms airstrikes at Haditha dam

The U-S military confirms the Iraqi military remains in control of the Haditha dam - following a series of airstrikes intended to protect the dam from Islamic State militants.

Top Obama administration officials are meeting with possible allies to forge an alliance to eventually destroy the emerging caliphate of the Islamic State.

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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Ebola forces lockdown in West Africa

INTRO: Some governments in West Africa have agreed to more extreme measures to contain the spread of the ebola virus. In Liberia the military is enforcing quarantined areas around the capital Monrovia. Now, the authorities in Sierra Leone have ordered citizens to stay home for three days. The military will enforce the limited movement of people. Ebola has so far killed more than 2100 people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Gary Alfonso reports ...

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Obama To Share New ISIS Strategy

President Obama will make a speech Wednesday to share his game plan to
defeat Islamic State Militants. The speech will come just one day
before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America, when al-Qaeda
militants flew hijacked airplanes into the Pentagon and World Trade
Center.

Speaking to America's NBC News, the president said there is no
immediate threat to homeland security, but warned that international
action needs to be taken immediately to stop the terrorist group from
advancing.

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Obama said the boots on the ground in Syria and Iraq must belong to
the people of those nations, and not American soldiers.

Additional audio:

Speaking to America's NBC News, President Obama said his announcement
Wednesday is simply meant to assure Americans that the US government
is confident about defeating ISIS.

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Meanwhile, pro-government fighters in Iraq say a new series of US
airstrikes early Sunday took out a group of ISIS terrorists who tried
to attack the Haditha Dam, a key hydroelectric facility that provides
water to millions in the region. If compromised, the dam could cause
mass destruction through flooding.

Week ahead on Wall Street

Endangered California blue whale population recovers from whaling

The endangered California blue whale population looks to have recovered from the ravages of whaling.

Despite collisions with ships, a new study suggests numbers off the U.S. West Coast have stabilized, globally the only blue whale population to do so.

Rebecca Bowring reports.

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Friday, September 5, 2014

Mystery surrounds plane crash off Jamaica coast

Apple beefs up iCloud security after celebrity nude photo leak

Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook says the company's planning to add additional security measures to its iCloud service.

The move follows the leaking of hundreds of nude photos of some of Hollywood's best-known female stars, including the Oscar winner, Jennifer Lawrence.

Rebecca Bowring reports from San Francisco.

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US: Al Shabab Leader Killed in Air Strike

The Pentagon has announced that the leader of the Somali Islamist terror group Al Shabab was killed in a US military airstrike on Monday.

Ahmed Abdi Godane [PRON: God-ar-nee] was one of the US State Department's most wanted men, and had a 7 million dollar bounty on his head.

Lorna Shaddick reports from Washington.

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Memorial held for murdered US journalist

US Announces Coalition to Combat Islamic State

US Announces Coalition to Fight Islamic State

The United States has announced the formation of a coalition of countries willing to work to combat the growing influence of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

A group of nations met on the sidelines of the NATO summit, including Britain, France, Australia, Canada, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Poland and Denmark.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will also seek support from Middle Eastern nations.

US President Barack Obama indicated that US forces would continue to carry out air strikes and that the involved nations would support local forces on the ground.

Those forces would include Iraqi army, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and members of the Syrian opposition deemed to be moderate.

The US President says the goal is not merely containment...

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The US President says the coalition is unified on the goal of such support.

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The US President admitted that moderate Syrian forces have not received adequate support.

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Obama Cautious On Ukraine Ceasefire Plan

Barack Obama has said he's skeptical that a new ceasefire in Ukraine will hold.

Speaking at the end of a two day long NATO summit in Wales, the US President said he was cautious about the latest announcement of a truce to end the fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukraininan forces:

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Mr. Obama praised the NATO alliance's firmness in confronting Russia, including the creation of a rapid reaction force, and announced that new economic sanctions against Moscow are being finalised:

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Mr. Obama said he would consider lifting sanctions on the Kremlin if the ceasefire holds and the peace plan works:

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US vows to fight Islamic militants everywhere

U.S. President Barack Obama says America and its allies will achieve the goal of defeating the Islamic State, but it won't happen overnight.

The U.S. military confirmed that Ahmed Godane, the leader of al-Shabaab, was killed in airstrikes conducted September 1.

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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U.S. President Barack Obama promised America could fight militant Islam everywhere, including Somalia and al-Shabaab.

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NATO ANNOUNCES RESPONSE FORCE AS UKRAINE ANNOUNCES CEASEFIRE

NATO has announced plans for a new 4000-strong rapid reaction force, in response to Russian actions in Ukraine.

This as a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was confirmed at the summit by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

The military alliance's members have also been discussing ways to combat Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Olly Barratt reports from the NATO summit in Newport, Wales.

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NATO to help Iraq deal with ISIL

British Prime Minister says NATO will train and equip Iraqi forces to help them fight Islamic State militants operating in northern Iraq and Syria.

Closing the NATO summit in Newport, Wales, Mr Cameron said the NATO alliance was united in its determination to help Iraq fight the threat from the group which has taken large swathes of the two countries in a violent campaign.

Mr Cameron said NATO members have agreed they will not be sending troops to the conflict but will try to help equip Iraq to deal with the problem themselves.

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Mr Cameron said NATO members have agreed they will not be sending troops to the conflict but will try to help equip Iraq to deal with the problem themselves.

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