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A Christian Woman, Who Fled From The Violence In Mosul Two Days Ago, Holds Her Daughter As Her Baby Sleeps At A School In Arbil, In Iraq's Kurdistan Region

Australia Urged To Accept Iraqi And Syrian Refugees; Church Leaders Call For Christian Protection

The Australian government may be considering the acceptance of as much as 4000 Iraqis and Syrians as refugees after the Anglican Bishop of Melbourne called for their protection. Philip Freier acknowledged Tony Abbott's government's "rapid response" in providing assistance to the people of Iraq. He asked Mr Abbott to go one step further and offer asylum to people facing the threat of genocide.
A Member Loyal To The Islamic State In Iraq And The Levant (ISIL) Waves An ISIL Flag In Raqqa.

#AmessagefromISIStoUS Tweets Contain Direct US Threats; ISIS Supporters Recruit Jihadists in London

Hours after the United States launched airstrikes in Iraq to destroy ISIS artillery, supporters of the Islamic militants began calling for retaliation against the U.S. They used Twitter in posting their direct threats with the hashtag #Amessagefrom ISIStoUS. When U.S. President Barack Obama announced "limited airstrikes" in northern Iraq, Islamic jihad and ISIS supporters slammed the president's decision.
A Christian Woman, Who Fled From The Violence In Mosul Two Days Ago, Holds Her Daughter As Her Baby Sleeps At A School In Arbil, In Iraq's Kurdistan Region

ISIS 'The Face of Evil' Feared to Launch Future U.S. Attack; Militants More Powerful Than Al-Qaeda

The U.S. air strikes in Iraq will only have "minimal impact" on ISIS, the Islamic militants that overrun most of the area. President Barack Obama has authorised "limited strikes" against the militants who are in immediate areas targeted by the U.S. military. Despite the continuous airstrikes for four days, U.S. lawmakers fear an impending attack by ISIS on American soil. U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham said that unless a more decisive action is taken against Islamic militants, the threat...
A helicopter dumps water on a bushfire burning in the Grampians bushland in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria

Eastern Australia Braces for Bushfires, Low Cotton Production as Drought Persists

Drought is slowly covering eastern Australia as the area is in the middle of its driest year since the Federation Drought more than 100 years ago. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the average rainfall in eastern Australia including the coastal areas from Coffs Harbour to Bundaberg for the last 12 months was at its lowest level since 1901-02.
The shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion maritime search aircraft can be seen on low-level clouds as it flies over the southern Indian Ocean looking for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 March 31, 2014. REUTERS/Rob Griffith/Pool

Lost Plane with Dead Body Inside 'Caught' by New Zealand Fishing Boat

A fishing boat in New Zealand has caught a small plane in its nets when it was in the ocean near Cape Barrier on August 7. Reports said the plane wreckage was belongs to a man who was declared missing in his homemade bi-plane months ago. According to his estranged wife, a Sanford fishing trawler finding the plane was "like a miracle."
A Chinese bridal couple kiss as they pose in front of the Neuschwanstein castle after their symbolic wedding in Fuessen, in this May 31, 2012 file picture.

Chinese Wife Cuts Off Breasts of Her Alleged Husband's Lover

Jealousy has led a Chinese wife to cut off another woman's breasts. Xiao Lin, a 27-year-old woman, was at home watching television in her home in Heshan, China when she heard a knock at her door. As she got up to answer the door, someone had kicked it hard that she fell to the floor. The blow had left her unconscious.
An overweight woman sits on a chair in Times Square in New York, May 8, 2012.

New Zealand's Overweight Workers Earn the Least -- New Study

Overweight or obese workers in New Zealand earn less than their thinner counterparts. According to a study by Roy Morgan Research, 63.5 per cent of adults in New Zealand are either overweight or obese while 34.8 per cent have normal weight. The survey found that about 1.7 per cent of Kiwis are underweight.

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