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The ISIS invasion has physically cut off most of Kurdistan from the rest of Shiite-dominated Iraq and encouraged the Iraqi Kurds in their drive for expanded autonomy.
More and more top-25 teams are facing off in the first couple weeks of the college football season, partly because of the influence of television and the new four-team playoff.
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni’s upset victory at the U.S. Open is the latest twist in a story of pain, perseverance and premature success.
Whether racial bias is a significant factor in shootings is an open question, and there are no reliable numbers which can provide the answer.
ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, is using every contemporary mode of messaging to recruit fighters, intimidate enemies and promote its claim to have established a caliphate.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 27, 2014, covering August 30, 2014.
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Various Artists
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The Gaslight Anthem
Troye Sivan
2014Charles Bowden, American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist (born 1945)[†]
Charles Clyde Bowden was an American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was best known for his work documenting violence on the Mexico-United States border, especially in and around Ciudad Juarez.
2014Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (born 1928)[†]
Bipan Chandra was an Indian Marxist historian, specialising in economic and political history of modern India. An emeritus professor of modern history at Jawaharlal Nehru University, he specialized on the Indian independence movement and is considered a leading scholar on Mahatma Gandhi. He authored several books, including The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism.
2014Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (born 1996)[†]
Igor Decraene was a Belgian cyclist. In 2013, he became the UCI world junior men's time trial champion. The event took place on 24 September in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. In 2013 and 2014 he was also the Belgian national champion in the time trial for juniors men. He also won the Crystal Bicycle for Best Young Rider in 2013. At the time of his death, he was preparing to defend his junior world time trial title at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain on 23 September.
2014Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (born 1920)[†]
Andrew Victor McLaglen was a British-born American film and television director, known for Westerns and adventure films, often starring John Wayne or James Stewart.
2014Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (born 1932)[†]
Felipe Enrique Osterling Parodi was a Peruvian lawyer, writer and politician. He was a member and leader of the Christian People's Party, and served in senior positions in the Peruvian government.
2014Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.[†]
Thomas Motsoahae Thabane is a Mosotho politician who was the fifth Prime Minister of Lesotho from 2012 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2020. He founded the All Basotho Convention (ABC) in 2006 and led the party until 2022.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]