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UK Chancellor George Osborne promises a timetable for further Scottish devolution on the day a poll suggests a narrow lead for the pro-independence side.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama is to set out his “game plan” against Islamic State militants this week, saying “we will defeat them”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Somali Islamists al-Shabab name Sheikh Ahmad Umar as successor to leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in a US recent air strike.
BBC News – Africa

The Calgary Flames announced today that they have signed defender Corey Potter to a one-year contract.  Will he make the grade at this level? Well, we hope so but we are a little surprised at the move.

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The US economy added 142,000 jobs in August, latest figures reveal, less than expected partially as a result of a supermarket strike.
BBC News – Business

US President Barack Obama says a “core coalition” is ready to join the US in military action against Islamic State militants in Iraq.
BBC News – Middle East

A private plane tailed by US fighter jets when it failed to respond to air traffic control, crashes off Jamaica, with an American couple on board.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A truce agreed between Ukraine’s government and rebels in the east appears to be holding, as President Poroshenko calls for full peace talks.
BBC News – Europe

UK travellers are among the air passengers facing disruption due to a strike by Italian air traffic controllers, with scores of flights cancelled.
BBC News – UK

A sweep of US government labs finds improperly stored deadly microbes, following the discovery of forgotten stores of smallpox in July.
BBC News – US & Canada

The leader of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed following a US attack earlier this week, the Pentagon says.
BBC News – Africa

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A US judge rules BP was “grossly negligent” and guilty of reckless conduct in the lead-up to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BBC News – Business

Air strikes in the north of the country have killed two senior Islamic State members, state media in Iraq says, but neither death has been confirmed.
BBC News – Middle East

Torture is still rife in Mexico and routinely used to extract confessions, human rights organisation Amnesty International says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Western countries prepare further sanctions against Russia over its intervention in Ukraine ahead of peace talks due to be held on Friday.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron says he will not rule out air strikes against Islamic State, which is holding a British hostage.
BBC News – UK

Television host Joan Rivers, best known for her acerbic wit, has died in New York, says her daughter, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during surgery on her vocal cords.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Africa’s opposition leader Helen Zille is handed the “spy tapes” which she hopes will lead to corruption charges being reinstated against President Zuma.
BBC News – Africa

Making an impact on the international stage isn’t new for Thunder players, but the organization values every opportunity it gets to see i
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