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#PreMarket Primer: Monday, September 22: Scotland Seeks To Repair Divide Following Referendum
Monday, September 22, 2014 - 6:29am | 912Read More...Over the weekend, a rally in Scotland designed to bridge the gap between separatists and unionists took a turn for the worse when the two sides began to argue, resulting in 11 arrests. The final vote, a close 55 percent to 45 percent, has divided the nation and left separatists with a bitter...
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#PreMarket Primer: Friday, June 20: Obama Administration Focuses On Underlying Causes In Iraq
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 6:19am | 1187Read More...The crisis in Iraq continued to escalate this week, with militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, surrounding the nation's largest oilfield and threatening to completely dismember the country. Amid calls from the Iraqi government for a US airstrike, the Obama...
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#PreMarket Primer: Monday, June 16: Rebels Seize Another Iraqi City
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 6:22am | 1159Read More...Sunni insurgents tightened their grip on northern Iraq over the weekend when they overtook Tal Afar, stirring worries that the nation may fall into a civil war. Rebels from the Islamic State of Iraq seized the mostly ethnic Turkmen city on Sunday as they pressed closer to the capital. The...
