20 augustus 2014 was een woensdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♌. Het was de 231e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Barack Obama.
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Date: 20 August 2014
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The ensuing chaos echoed the past several nights of conflict between the police and protesters, with journalists among those arrested and feeling the effects of tear gas.
Date: 21 August 2014
Date: 20 August 2014
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
Elisabetta POVOLEDO
Date: 21 August 2014
By BREE FENG
Bree FENG
The dispute goes back to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Arctic tour last year, when the Canadian bureau chief of People’s Daily, the newspaper of the Communist Party of China, was involved in a physical scuffle with Mr. Harper’s press secretary.
Date: 20 August 2014
By ROSS DOUTHAT
Ross DOUTHAT
And its implications for the politics of criminal justice reform.
Date: 20 August 2014
By PETER BAKER and MATT APUZZO
Peter BAKER
News analysis; Pres Obama and Atty Gen Eric J Holder Jr have approached unrest in Ferguson, Mo, from fundamentally different backgrounds and points of view; some African-Americans praise Holder for his outspokenness on issue, and lament or even denounce Obama for his caution and what they see as dispassionate distance.
Date: 21 August 2014
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
Rukmini CALLIMACHI
Militants of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria pressed United States for multimillion-dollar ransom before killing American journalist James Foley in retaliation for US airstrikes in Iraq; are threatening to execute more Americans in their custody if their demands are not met; Obama administration, sensitive to growing criticism that it had not done enough, reveals that US Special Operations team tried and failed to rescue Foley during secret mission.
Date: 21 August 2014
By RAVI SOMAIYA and CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY
Ravi SOMAIYA
Reporters, editors and those who monitor freedom of the press are describing harsh environment for reporters both at home and abroad, complicated by changes in way that journalists work, and change in way they are viewed by both governments, and public.
Date: 20 August 2014
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
Rukmini CALLIMACHI
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria posts video that it says shows the beheading of James Foley, American journalist who was kidnapped in Syria nearly two years ago; authenticity of video is not immediately be verified; ISIS claims execution is in retaliation for American airstrikes ordered by Pres Obama against the extremist group in Iraq.