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| Compiled on August 25, 2014, 05:56 PM CET |
| FORGOTTEN IN IRAQ Besieged City Faces Destruction by the Islamic State The world took notice when the Yazidis needed help. But since June, a Turkmen city in northern Iraq has been under siege by the Islamic State. The death toll continues to mount but, thus far, the people of Amirli have been left to fight the IS on their own. |
| DUELING JIHADISTS Is the Islamic State Beating Al-Qaida? Within just a few years, the Islamic State has grown to become the most feared jihadist group in the Middle East. In an interview, Brookings Institution fellow Charles Lister describes IS' rise in Iraq and Syria and what can be done to stop it. |
| ULTIMATE REALITY TV A Crazy Plan for a Mars Colony It might become the mother of all reality shows. Fully 704 candidates are soon to begin competing for a trip to Mars to establish a colony there. Broadcasting rights are to fund the mission, but a return ticket is not part of the deal. |
| BALTIC FEARS NATO Debates Directing Missile Shield against Russia With fears of Moscow growing after its intervention in Ukraine, NATO member states in Eastern Europe would like NATO to direct a planned missile-defense system against Russia as well. The calls have divided the military alliance. |
