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Could a Third Bush Take US Presidency?
Jeb Bush; Syrian Kurds overrun IS; Philae Lander
Jeb Bush, whose father and brother have both held the highest US office, has formally announced he will seek the Republican nomination for the US presidency.
Kurdish fighters and Free Syrian Army rebels in northern Syria say they have taken full control of the strategic border town of Tel Abyad from Islamic State fighters. And, Earth makes contact with the Philae Lander after seven months of hibernation on comet 67P.
(Photo: Campaign badges for Republican US presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush. Credit: Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
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