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Border militias worry police MISSION, TEXAS On a recent moonlit night, Border Patrol agents began rounding up eight immigrants hiding in and around a canal near the Rio Grande. A state trooper soon arrived to help. Then out of the darkness emerged seven more armed men in fatigues. Agents assumed the camouflaged crew that joined in pulling the immigrants from the canal’s milky green waters was a tactical unit from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Only later did
they learn that the men belonged to the Texas Militia, a group that dresses like a SWAT team and carries weapons but has no law-enforcement training or authority of any kind. The situation ended peacefully. But the episode was unsettling enough for the Border Patrol to circulate an “issue paper” warning other agents. The presence of armed militia members working on their own in the Rio Grande Valley — known for human smuggling,
drug smuggling and illegal immigration — has added one more variable to an already complex and tense situation. “How do they identify themselves? Do they have badges? How do we know who they are?” asked J.P. Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Hidalgo County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office. “If they’re all just dressed in camos, it’s kind of hard to distinguish whether they’re law enforcement or not. ... There’s a lot of potential for stuff to go wrong.” CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN (AP)
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An Egyptian effort to broker an end to a monthlong war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to collapse Tuesday after Israel walked out on the talks and resumed airstrikes on Gaza in response to Palestinian rocket fire. The Israeli walkout occurred just hours before a midnight deadline, raising the possibility of a resumption of heavy fighting. (AP)
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Israel walks out on truce talks after Hamas rockets
Smoke rises Tuesday after an Israeli airstrike rocked Gaza City, Gaza Strip.
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Raul Castro’s daughter gives unheard-of ‘no’ vote
Trial Ebola drug appears to be working on 3 Africans
China promotes interracial marriages in Tibet region
Mariela Castro, the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro, gave the thumbs-down to a workers’ rights bill that she felt didn’t go far enough to prevent discrimination against people with HIV or with unconventional gender identities. No experts contacted by The Associated Press could recall another “no” vote in the 612-seat National Assembly. (AP)
Three Liberian health workers receiving an experimental drug for Ebola are showing signs of recovery, officials said Tuesday, though medical experts caution it is not certain if the drug is effective. Meanwhile, all the patients who fled an Ebola clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, after it was attacked by a mob are now being screened at a hospital. (AP)
In the restive region of Tibet, China has turned to interracial marriage in an apparent attempt to assimilate Tibetans and stamp out rebellious impulses. In recent weeks, Chinese officials in charge of the Tibetan Autonomous Region have ordered a run of stories in local newspapers promoting mixed marriages. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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“Your work has saved far fewer lives than American interventions. So, suck it.” @CSIS, the Twitter account for the think tank Center for Strategic & International Studies, responding to an Amnesty
International tweet criticizing police action in Ferguson, Mo. CSIS deleted the tweet, blamed an intern and apologized.
Police: 2 high school students plotted Calif. school massacre, arrested after threatening Internet activity