Today’s Top World News from The Washington Post





Today’s Top World News from The Washington Post

 

Morning Mix Headlines: What American Mathew Miller, sentenced to 6 years of hard labor in North Korea, could face; Sierra Leone loses fourth doctor to Ebola. WHO declined to fly her out of the country for treatment.; Islamic State: Why Obama doesn’t say ‘coalition of the willing’; Why Congress will never take back the NFL’s huge tax break; Charles Barkley defends it, Cris Carter decries it, but studies show spanking can change brain chemistry

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/?hpid=z2

 

WORLD

-Arab states willing to join air fight against Islamic State in Iraq, U.S. officials say-- Several Arab states have offered to conduct airstrikes against militants in Iraq alongside the efforts of the United States, U.S. officials said Sunday as the Obama administration sought to bolster its case for action against the Islamic State. “A lot of this is still in the discussion phase, but I want to be clear that there have been offers, both to CENTCOM and to the Iraqis, of Arab countries taking more aggressive kinetic action against ISIL,” including airstrikes, a senior State Department official said in Paris, using an alternative acronym for the militant network. By Anne Gearan and Karla Adam

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/arab-states-willing-to-join-air-fight-against-islamic-state-in-iraq-us-officials-say/2014/09/14/7bdbe1a4-3c41-11e4-b0ea-8141703bbf6f_story.html?hpid=z1

 

-Heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels over the weekend-- Heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists was reported over the weekend, with the Ukrainians claiming hundreds of cease-fire violations, including an assault by more than 200 rebels near Donetsk airport. The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense,” the Ukraine Crisis Center reported in Kiev. “Terrorists continue to provoke military action.” They said rebels had broken the shaky cease-fire 249 times and had shelled Ukrainian military positions 49 times. It said two drones were spotted over the weekend, one traveling towards the strategic port city of Mariupol, where heavy fighting had recently been reported. By Anthony Faiola and Daniela Deane

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/heavy-fighting-between-ukrainian-forces-and-pro-russian-rebels-over-the-weekend/2014/09/15/9f522a6c-1a27-4f3a-8c6a-5432c92911a3_story.html

 

-In a land of death, Iraq’s morgue workers seek answers-- The middle-aged man was killed at night, walking to his car in the Iraqi capital. No one seemed to know who did it or why. The man’s bloated corpse lay on the metal examining table. His family waited outside. The only solid information about his death was in a vial that Dr. Aysa, a forensic pathologist, was holding in the air. “Two bullets in the chest and one in the head,” she said. In this country awash in death, most killers are never caught. The brutal Islamic State militants kill with impunity in the cities they control. Elsewhere, Iraqi police are too poorly trained, too overwhelmed, too powerless to solve cases. Sometimes they themselves are the perpetrators. By Abigail Hauslohner

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-a-land-of-death-iraqs-morgue-workers-seek-answers/2014/09/13/192fe5b5-3a40-4e32-9896-8ade357854ad_story.html

 

-North Korea sentences American Matthew Miller to 6 years at hard labor-- North Korea has sentenced Matthew Miller to six years of hard labor for committing “hostile acts,” after the American reportedly ripped up his tourist visa upon arrival at the Pyongyang airport in April. During a show trial that lasted 90 minutes, the Supreme Court found that Miller — who had no legal representation — had committed “acts hostile to the DPRK while entering . . . under the guise of a tourist,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported, using the official abbreviation for North Korea. By Anna Fifield

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-sentences-american-matthew-miller-to-6-years-of-hard-labor/2014/09/14/aa91ac40-3c05-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html

-A virus hunter faces the big one: Ebola-- Joseph Fair hunts viruses. That’s his thing. The 37-year-old American loves chasing dangerous pathogens, studying them in secure labs or searching for them in jungles where the microbes lurk. And one virus has always loomed as the big one — Ebola. The scientists who first chased this dreaded microbe back in the ’80s and ’90s became legends, inspiring a generation of virologists like Fair. He read their books and papers. He studied how they contained the pathogen’s spread. And the scientists always won. The outbreaks ended, Ebola driven away. By Todd C. Frankel

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-virus-hunter-faces-the-big-one-ebola/2014/09/14/e763cb62-3a07-11e4-8601-97ba88884ffd_story.html

 

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POLITICS

-Obama push to hire veterans into federal jobs spurs resentment-- President Obama’s push to hire military veterans for jobs across the government is fueling resentment in federal offices, as longtime civil servants and former troops on the other side of the cubicle increasingly question each other’s competence and qualifications. With veterans moving to the head of the hiring queue in the biggest numbers in a generation, there’s growing bitterness on both sides, according to dozens of interviews with federal employees. By Lisa Rein

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-push-to-hire-veterans-into-federal-jobs-spurs-resentment/2014/09/14/c576e592-2edc-11e4-bb9b-997ae96fad33_story.html?hpid=z1

 

-Shifting his views, Rand Paul seeks broader appeal — but may risk his outsider image-- Sen. Rand Paul wanted to eliminate aid to Israel. Now he doesn’t. He wanted to scrap the Medicare system. Now he’s not sure. He didn’t like the idea of a border fence — it was expensive, and it reminded him of the Berlin Wall. Now he wants two fences, one behind the other. And what about same-sex marriage? Paul’s position — such marriages are morally wrong, but Republicans should stop obsessing about them — seems so muddled that an Iowa pastor recently confronted him in frustration. Paul has built a reputation as a libertarian ideologue, a Washington outsider guided by a rigid devotion to principle. By David A. Fahrenthold

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/shifting-his-views-rand-paul-seeks-broader-appeal--but-may-risk-his-outsider-image/2014/09/14/c89105c8-3869-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html?hpid=z5

 

-Rick Perry’s immigration record: A hard line at the border, a softer touch in Austin-- Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s ongoing deployment of 1,000 National Guard troops along the Rio Grande may be helpful in his second try for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. The move also continues a distinctively Texan balancing act on immigration that Perry has been maintaining for well over a decade. The question is whether Perry represents the future of his party on immigration — or whether his nuanced positions on the issue will again become a liability in national politics. By Karen Tumulty

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rick-perrys-immigration-record-a-hard-line-at-the-border-a-softer-touch-in-austin/2014/09/14/3cd7adc4-3518-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html?hpid=z6

 

-The first midterm election votes will be cast this week-- In an era of early voting, no-fault absentee ballots and all-mail elections, Election Day is something of a misnomer. Candidates and their supporters now drive their voters to the polls for days, weeks, sometimes more than a month. And it all kicks off this week: Somewhere in Minnesota this Friday, a voter will cast the first ballot of the 2014 midterm election. By Reid Wilson

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/09/15/the-first-midterm-election-votes-will-be-cast-this-week/

 

SPORTS

-Redskins lose Robert Griffin III to dislocated ankle, then win with Kirk Cousins-- It was never going to be enough for the Washington Redskins simply to win Sunday’s home opener after scoring just six points in a gaffe-strewn defeat the previous week. Redskins fans wanted to see fireworks from franchise quarterback Robert Griffin III and a dazzling payoff for the offseason acquisition of wide receiver DeSean Jackson, known for blinding speed and sure hands. For roughly four minutes, they got that — until Griffin, racing to his right as he scanned the field for the receiver while being chased by a pair of 242- and 243-pound linebackers, came down awkwardly on his left ankle. The joint turned underneath him just as Griffin threw the ball. He took one more step on his right leg but refused to plant his left leg, keeping it aloft like an injured thoroughbred. By Liz Clarke

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins-lose-robert-griffin-iii-to-dislocated-ankle-then-win-with-kirk-cousins/2014/09/14/4ea33438-3ba8-11e4-8601-97ba88884ffd_story.html?hpid=z1

 

BUSINESS

-WONKBLOG: What’s at stake in San Francisco’s fight over how to legalize Airbnb-- Airbnb rentals in the company's home city of San Francisco have never exactly been legal. Local law — as is the case in many cities — technically bans residents from renting out private homes for less than 30 days, a time window where the practice starts to look less like subletting and a lot more like running a hotel. The regulation is seldom enforced, leaving local Airbnb hosts in the same legal netherworld where much of the "sharing economy" thrives. This year, though, San Francisco has been wrangling over what would be one of the first big-city laws in the country to explicitly legalize homeshares (Portland, Ore., reached a less testy detente with Airbnb this summer). And the drawn-out, contentious public battle of what the law should look like captures many of the pinch points that will be at play in other cities. By Emily Badger

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/13/whats-at-stake-in-san-franciscos-fight-over-how-to-legalize-airbnb/

 

-GET THERE: ‘Location, location, location.’ How where you live influences how you shop online.-- In the digital era, there’s no doubt consumers are more connected to each other and to global retail brands than ever before. But despite this connectivity, researcher David R. Bell makes the case in his new book, “Location is (Still) Everything,” that the neighborhoods we live in — and the acquaintances we encounter there — still have deep influence on how we shop. That may have seemed intuitive in an era in which shopping was done at the corner store. But Bell, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School who specializes in digital marketing and e-commerce, says those elements retain a strong pull, even on our online shopping habits. By Sarah Halzack

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2014/09/12/location-location-location-how-where-you-live-influences-how-you-shop-online/

 

-GET THERE: Paying off today’s debts boosts your retirement tomorrow-- When people talk about retirement, it’s often in the context of how much money they need to save for their senior years. People know or have heard enough that they need to factor into their retirement plan their cash savings, investment account holdings, Social Security and, if fortunate, any pension benefit. But what’s often not emphasized enough is the importance of your family balance sheet. I thought about this as I read a new report from the Government Accountability Office about the increase in the number of older Americans who drag student-loan debt into their senior years. By Michelle Singletary

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/paying-off-todays-debts-boosts-your-retirement-tomorrow/2014/09/12/b2d025c8-39e2-11e4-8601-97ba88884ffd_story.html

 


 














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