Netanyahu Says He's Prepared For Protracted Conflict In Gaza Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Netanyahu Says He's Prepared For Protracted Conflict In Gaza The Israeli premier told a Cabinet meeting on Sunday that the military operation in Gaza would continue and that truce talks would be off the table until Hamas stops firing rockets over the border. Read this story Iraq Claims Militants Executed Hundreds Of Minority Yazidis The country's human rights minister tells Reuters that the dead from a massacre at Sinjar in northwestern Iraq were buried in mass graves by Islamic State fighters. Read this story Turkey's Erdogan Seeks An Expanded Role As President After 12 years as Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is poised to jump to the president's office in Sunday's election. Secular Turks fear he will push the nation toward autocracy. Read this story Police: NASCAR's Tony Stewart Hits, Kills Fellow Driver Video of the crash shows Kevin Ward walking toward Stewart's car before being hit at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York on Saturday. Police say Stewart is cooperating in the probe. Read this story Afghan Brides Dress To Impress, Fueling An Unlikely Business Boom In one of the world's poorest countries, where many women still wear head-to-toe burqas, lavish spending and competition among brides is fueling a boom in shops selling pricey and glamorous dresses. Read this story more news stories

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