Venezuelan President Accuses Ex-Rival After Stabbing Death of Socialist Congressman

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 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that he believes former Colombian President Alvo Uribe may have been involved in the plot to kill Socialist Congressman Robert Serra, who was stabbed to death along with his partner; Serra was laid to rest on Friday, the BBC reported.

Speaking at Serra’s funeral on Friday, Maduro said that the plot was masterminded “abroad, in Colombia and in Miami” by “the band of criminals that ex-President Alvaro Uribe has directed all of his life.”

Female YPG Commander Detonates Herself in Islamic State Bastion

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Kurdish Peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants in a village on the outskirts of the province of Nineveh near the border province of Dohuk, August 9, 2014

A female commander of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) has broken into an Islamic State bastion and detonated herself with a grenade, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Sunday.
"Aleppo province: a female commander in YPG broke into [Islamic State] bastion around the eastern outskirts of [Ayn al-Arab], clashed with them, fired grenades then detonated herself with a grenade," the organization wrote.
According to the Observatory, clashes continue "around dozens of points" near Ayn al-Arab, as the IS has taken over 350 villages around the city.

Chechen Leader Offers Condolences to Family Members of Grozny Bombing Victims

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has offered his condolences to the families and friends of those, killed in the Grozny bombing on Sunday and expressed confidence that all those guilty of this crime will be punished.

"These devils have shown their true colors. We'll show them that they do not belong to this soil. All those involved in this bombing will be found and destroyed," Kadyrov told reporters. Kadyrov also stressed that the police officers had given their lives to prevent a terrorist attack, which could lead to casualties among the civilians, who celebrated the City Day. "Police officers have stopped this devil at the earliest opportunity and thus prevented a terrorist attack," Kadyrov said.

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Islamic State Occupies Part of Strategic Mountain in Kobani: Reports

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Islamic State militants have occupied the southern part of Mashtat Nour mountain near Kobani, Xinhua reported Sunday. According to the newspaper, the mountain is of strategic importance for the jihadist group to further extend its offensive on Kobani.  Kobani is city in Syria's Aleppo Governorate, which the Kurdish People's Protection Units took control of in 2012 as a result of the civil war in Syria.
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