1. Iraqi militant seize Mosul
As many as 500,000 people have been forced to flee Iraqi city Mosul, after it became the second city to fall into the hands of islamist militants.
2. School shooting
A gunman shot and killed a student at an Oregon high school in the latest in a spate of US shootings which are becoming regular.
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