Kurdish exodus from Syria tests Iraq border action risk
A mass flow of about 30 000 Kurdish refugees fleeing Syria into Iraq raises the chance that Iraq’s Kurdistan region may intervene to shield kin across the border. The UN reports nearly 30 000 crossed in days, with aid trucks and tarpaulins set up at a transit site and a camp expected by month’s end.
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Baghdad
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Abour
Syria
Massoud Barzani
United Nations
Dan McNorton
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Reuters
U.N
Faris Sulaiman
Qamishli
al-Nusra Front
Barzani
U.S
Arrest in 1999 Cedar Rapids homicide shocks family
Deshaun L. Phillips, 34, is charged with one count of first degree murder in the 1999 killing of Judith Weeks. Weeks’ daughter Kristin Twilla shared mixed emotions as a suspect was taken into custody, with authorities pursuing extradition to Iowa if needed.
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Cedar Rapids
Kristin Twilla
Twilla
West Liberty
Judith Weeks
Deshaun L. Phillips
Weeks
Gazette
Second Ave
Phillips
Kathleen Bessey
Winthrop
Bessey
Scott County
Minn
Shakopee
Linn County
Jerry Vander Sanden
Iowa
Vander Sanden
Wayne Jerman
Branstad Plans Reforms at Iowa Juvenile Home Toledo
Gov. Terry Branstad said he will announce changes at the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo after reports of prolonged solitary confinement and other incidents. Senator Saddler urged oversight hearings on isolation and restraints, while Branstad seeks quick action with DHS and disability groups.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Toledo
Branstad
Disability Rights Iowa
Steve Sadders
D-State Center
Department of Human Services
Janet Petersen
D-Des Moines
Kevin Koester
R-Ankeny
Senate
House
Iowa Department of Human Services
Chuck Palmer
Department of Human Services and Disability
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