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US WORKING TO VERIFY VIDEO
PURPORTEDLY SHOWING BEHEADING
OF AMERICAN JOURNALIST
PAKISTANIS PROTEST IN
CAPITAL, SEEKING
PRIME MINISTER'S RESIGNATION
ST. LOUIS COPS SHOOT AND
KILL MAN NEAR FERGUSON,
CROWD GATHERS
PEACE MAINTAINED DURING
TENTH NIGHT OF
PROTESTS IN FERGUSON
LANDSLIDES HIT
JAPAN'S HIROSHIMA
KILLING 18 PEOPLE: MEDIA
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