Islamic State is challenge to US, Gaza ceasefire fails, and sex-selective abortion bans

Islamic State is challenge to US, Gaza ceasefire fails, and sex-selective abortion bans
Islamic State is challenge to US, Gaza ceasefire fails, and sex-selective abortion bans

Islamic State is challenge to US, Gaza ceasefire fails, and sex-selective abortion bans

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Governments around the world are reacting with abhorrence to the beheading of American journalist, James Foley, by ISIS militants. Steven Simon tells us what the U.S. and other Middle East countries are up against in trying to stop ISIS. And, the Cairo talks to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas are shuttered and the fighting is back on. Richard Silverstein is author of the Tikun Olam blog. Then, four countries in the world ban sex-selective abortions. Brian Citro recently authored the report, Myths with Facts: Sex-Selective Abortion Laws in the United States. (AP Photo/ Hadi MIzban)