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and Briton Chris Norman, for foiling a suspected <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorist</a> act last Friday. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34037580">(BBC)</a></li></ul></li> <li>A bomb explodes on a bus carrying <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Law enforcement in Egypt">Egyptian police</a> killing one of them and injuring 29 others in the <a href="/wiki/Nile_delta" class="mw-redirect" title="Nile delta">Nile delta</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bomb-kills-1-egyptian-policemen-wounds-29-1210380">(AFP via NDTV)</a></li> <li>Clashes at a government protest in <a href="/wiki/Kailali" class="mw-redirect" title="Kailali">Kailali</a> kill eight people in Nepal, including seven police officers. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34038566">(BBC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2015%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)">Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)</a> <ul><li>Rockets fired by <a href="/wiki/Houthi" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi">Houthi</a> militiamen reportedly kill 14 people as fighting intensifies in the city of <a href="/wiki/Taiz" title="Taiz">Taiz</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/24/us-yemen-security-idUSKCN0QT0X620150824?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews">(Reuters)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant">ISIL</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mevl%C3%BCt_%C3%87avu%C5%9Fo%C4%9Flu" title="Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu">Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu</a>, the Turkish Foreign Minister, says that <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and the U.S. will launch a "comprehensive" campaign to flush out ISIL from a zone in northern <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> near the border. 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