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Indonesian police shot and killed two suspected terrorists in a raid on their jungle hideout near Poso in Central Sulawesi.  Seven more suspected members of the group East Indonesia Mukahideen are under arrest.  The group frequently posts propaganda videos online to taunt police.

US Vice President Joe Biden has phoned Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to reassure him of US support.  This is after the US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter severely criticized Iraqi forces as lacking the will to fight, a reaction to the way a superior number of Iraqi regular abandoned their positions, weapons, and vehicles in the face of a smaller Islamic State force which took over Ramadi.  Abadi says Shiite militias will help Iraq recapture Ramadi from the terrorists, and the counter assault is already underway.

Two US Air Force F-15 fighter jets escorted Air France Flight 22 part of the way from Paris to New York City, after an anonymous bomb threat.  Once on the ground, investigators inspected the plane and no explosives were found.

A Tunisian soldier opened fire at the Bouchoucha Base, killing seven soldiers and wounding ten more before he was eventually shot and killed.  The army claimed the man had “family problems”.  But Tunisia is still on edge after terrorists killed 21 foreigners in an attack on the Bardo Museum in March.

Burkina Faso has exhumed what are believed to be the remains of the man known as “the African Che Guevara”, former President Thomas Sankara.  It’s been a key demand of Sankara’s family and supporters, but denied during the rule of the man who deposed Sankara in a 1987 coup d’etat, Blaise Compaore – himself chased out of office by street protests last year.  With Compaore out of the way, the remains can finally identified, and the cause of death possibly established.  During his four-year term in office, Thomas Sankara prioritized health and education; outlawed female genital mutilation, forced marriages and polygamy; carried out agrarian land reform for social justice and to prevent famine. 

Guinea has put six people into isolation in a prison for transporting an Ebola corpse in a taxi, dressing it up and wearing sunglasses to make the dead guy appear to be “alive”.  If they are still healthy after the standard isolation period of 21 days, they’ll be tried on charges of violating the health emergency.  The West African Ebola Epidemic has killed more than 11,000 people, with 2,412 fatalities in Guinea.  There were many reasons why the virus spread quickly – one of the main problems was improper handling of corpses, which are highly infectous with the Ebola virus.

A tornado ripped through the northern Mexico town of Ciudad Acuna, killing at least 13 people and tossing vehicles around as if gravity wasn’t a factor.  “There are cars on top of houses, there are dead people lying in the street, it is total chaos,” said local resident Maria del Rosario Ramirez to local media.  The mayor says most of the fatalities were among people who were caught outside when the twister struck.

A crane was blown by strong winds into the tiger enclosure at the Fuyang Wildlife Park in China, and it didn’t look good.  Two young tigers took an immediate interest and started to get aggressive, perhaps sensing a free meal.  And things looked bleak for the crane – until it was cornered, turned, and took a suicide run at the two cats.  Which turned out to be pussycats.  The crane successfully defended itself against the hapless, confused siblings.  Zookeepers eventually rescued the bird, which suffered very minor injuries – but now has a reason to strut around.