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| President Obama condemns Islamic State killing of British aid worker |
| Sunday, September 14, 2014 2:02 AM | |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday strongly condemned "the barbaric murder" of Briton David Haines by Islamic State militants after the group released a video purporting to show the beheading of the aid worker. "The United States stands shoulder to shoulder tonight with our close friend and ally in grief and resolve," Obama said in a statement. ...
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| UK's Cameron says will hunt down 'murderers' of David Haines |
| Sunday, September 14, 2014 2:00 AM | |
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 LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday the murder of aid worker David Haines by Islamic State was an act of pure evil and vowed to bring his killers to justice however long it takes. "This is a despicable and appalling murder of an innocent aid worker. It is an act of pure evil. My heart goes out to the family of David Haines who have shown extraordinary courage and fortitude throughout this ordeal," he said in a statement released by Downing Street. ...
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| Islamic State video purports to show beheading of UK hostage David Haines |
| Sunday, September 14, 2014 1:53 AM | |
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| By Oliver Holmes and Ned Parker BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Saturday that purported to show the beheading of British aid worker David Haines. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage. But the images were consistent with that of the filmed executions of two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff, in the past month. Haines, a 44-year-old father of two from Perth, Scotland, was kidnapped last year while working for the French agency ACTED. ... |
| Venezuela arrests 64 for anti-Maduro protests - rights group |
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| By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces have arrested 64 people during renewed demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro's government in the capital as well as the city of Barquisimeto, a rights group said on Saturday. The detentions came on Friday when mostly student demonstrators organised protests to coincide with seven months since the Feb. 12 start of a major wave of demonstrations. "The protests have died down but are still sporadic, as we saw yesterday. ... |
| Golden Globe winner Morton says UK police never investigated child abuse |
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 LONDON (Reuters) - Golden Globe-winning actress Samantha Morton has said she was sexually abused as a child in the English city of Nottingham but authorities refused to respond to her complaints, a familiar tale as Britain grapples with a string of child abuse scandals. Morton, who was living in a council-run children's home from the late 1980s, told The Guardian newspaper that she was first befriended by two residential care workers, made to feel special by being given extra food before finally being abused. ...
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