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Multiple people were killed and several more injured in a knife attack on Friday at a festival in the city of Solingen in western Germany, according to German police. Düsseldorf police spokesperson Anja Kynast told CBS News that at least three people were killed and four others wounded in the attack. Solingen is located roughly 18 miles from Düsseldorf. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9.30 p.m. local time to an unknown perpetrator having wounded several people with a knife on a central square, the Fronhof. Police said that the perpetrator was on the run, and that they so far had...

Recently on ABC television news, one of their videos showed a U.S. Marine hunkered down in Afghanistan complaining on camera that he was not allowed to shoot back when under fire. This situation resulted from Obama’s new rules of engagement from his new Afghanistan commander. General McChrystal explained it to BBC news that they are now advising troops to break off from firefights with the Taliban, "If you are in a situation where you are under fire from the enemy... if there is any chance of creating civilian casualties or if you don't know whether you will create civilian casualties,...