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11/07/2014

Obama authorizes 1,500 more troops for Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama authorized a broad expansion on Friday of the U.S. military mission in Iraq that will boost the total number of American troops there to about 3,100 and spread advisory teams and trainers to the north and west where fighting with Islamic State militants has been fierce.

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More than 21,000 canceled flights: Middle East travel chaos in 5 charts

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