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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Morning Digest: U.S. says rescue mission for Iraq's Yazidis less likely after visit

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08/14/2014

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U.S. says rescue mission for Iraq's Yazidis less likely after visit

WASHINGTON/EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - A U.S. mission to evacuate Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain by Sunni militant fighters is far less likely after a U.S. assessment team sent there on Wednesday found the humanitarian situation not as grave as expected, the Pentagon said..

Renewed Gaza truce holds after rocky start

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A renewed truce between Israel and Hamas appeared to be holding on Thursday despite a shaky start, after both sides agreed to give Egyptian-brokered talks more time to try to end the Gaza war..

Euro yields, stocks fall on economic setback fear

LONDON (Reuters) - Bond yields across the euro zone hit record lows on Thursday and the euro hovered near its weakest in nine months after Germany reported its economy unexpectedly shrank in the second quarter, casting doubt on the region's fragile recovery..

Robin Williams masked depression with veil of comedy: friends

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From an eccentric alien to an animated blue genie, a loveable British nanny and a fatherly therapist, actor Robin Williams used his multi-layered brand of comedy to make people laugh..

Federer survives Pospisil scare in Cincinnati

(Reuters) - Roger Federer survived an opening-match fright by outlasting Canada's Vasek Pospisil 7-6(4) 5-7 6-2 on Wednesday to claim his 300th Masters Series win and reach the third round of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati..

Russian PM's office denies spoof tweet saying he quits

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hackers on Thursday broke into the Twitter account of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and posted a spoof message saying he was quitting..

Japan sends Hello Kitty into space

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hello Kitty, Japan's ambassador of cute, is on a government-funded mission to space..

Alaskan woman, mauled by bear, walks to truck and drives to hospital

JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - A 57-year-old Alaskan hiker survived after being mauled by a brown bear on a wilderness trail, walking more than a mile to her truck and driving to hospital after the attack, state police reported on Wednesday..