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Sun, 7 Sep 2014 17:40 PM

REFILE - REMOVING REFERENCE TO FUNERAL The mother (C) of Lebanese soldier Abbas Medlej, who was beheaded by Islamic State militants in Arsal, mourns in his hometown in Ansar, south Baalbak September 7, 2014. Islamic State militants have beheaded the captive Lebanese soldier, images published on social media showed on Saturday, the second Lebanese soldier to be killed in captivity by the group since it raided a Lebanese border town last month. REUTERS/Ahmad Shalha (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST OBITUARY)

Sun, 7 Sep 2014 20:14 PM

Not clear whether the Arab commitment to take all necessary action against Islamic State would include direct military involvement in Iraq or Syria

Sun, 7 Sep 2014 17:22 PM

Palestinians hurl stones during clashes with Israeli police during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi Joz September 7, 2014. Scores of Palestinians rioted in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday after news that a youth, Mohammed Sinokrot, had died of wounds suffered in a clash with Israeli police last week. There were no reports of serious injury in Sunday's unrest. Protesters in the neighbourhood of Wadi Joz close to the walled Old City, threw rocks, petrol bombs and flares at passing cars, and riot officers responded with rubber bullets during an afternoon of clashes that lasted hours. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Sun, 7 Sep 2014 17:19 PM

A masked Palestinian hides behind a plank of wood during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi Joz September 7, 2014. Scores of Palestinians rioted in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday after news that a youth, Mohammed Sinokrot, had died of wounds suffered in a clash with Israeli police last week. There were no reports of serious injury in Sunday's unrest. Protesters in the neighbourhood of Wadi Joz close to the walled Old City, threw rocks, petrol bombs and flares at passing cars, and riot officers responded with rubber bullets during an afternoon of clashes that lasted hours. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Sun, 7 Sep 2014 17:10 PM

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter uses a pair of binoculars to look at tanks shelling Islamic State positions at the Khazir front line leading to Mosul September 7, 2014. Islamic State launched a lightning advance through northern and central Iraq in June, declaring an Islamic caliphate. With the help of U.S. air strikes, Iraq's army and Kurdish forces have been able to push the fighters back from some areas. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Sun, 7 Sep 2014 16:57 PM

A member of the Jamaica Defence Force stands on their vessel next to a US Coast Guard cutter during the search for the plane belonging to real estate executive Larry Glazer offshore of Port Antonio, September 6, 2014. The plane piloted by Glazer, who was accompanied by his wife Jane Glazer, flew off course on September 5 as it headed from Rochester, New York, to Naples, Florida, and crashed into the Caribbean Sea just northeast of the island, Jamaican authorities said. Picture taken September 6, 2014. REUTERS/Jamaica Defence Force/Handout via Reuters (JAMAICA - Tags: DISASTER) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS