News Headlines - 03 September 2014

▽Obama sending 350 more US troops to guard embassy in Baghdad - Stripes

President Obama on Tuesday ordered 350 additional troops be sent to Iraq, as the apparent beheading of a second American journalist raised pressure on the U.S. to take decisive action against the militant group Islamic State and protect Americans remaining in Iraq.

▽DNA Evidence Clears Two Men in 1983 Murder - NYTimes.com

Thirty years after their convictions in the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in rural North Carolina, based on confessions that they quickly repudiated and said were coerced, two mentally disabled half brothers were declared innocent and ordered released Tuesday by a judge here.

▽BBC News - Philips, Samsung and Infineon in 138m-euro cartel fine

Philips, Samsung and Infineon have been fined 138m euros (￡110m; $182m) by the European Commission (EC) for fixing prices of chips in used in smartphones.
The electronics giants "colluded" on pricing, contracts and capacity between 2003 and 2005, the EC said.

▽BBC News - Japan PM Shinzo Abe boosts women in cabinet

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has brought five women into the cabinet in a reshuffle, while retaining ministers in key posts.
The move means women now hold seven of the 18 cabinet posts, equalling the previous high set by Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet in 2001.

▽BBC News - Many teachers 'lack a grounding in grammar'

Many young teachers lack a proper grounding in English grammar, a leading independent school head has said.
Girls' School Association president Alice Phillips said many teachers were "at sea with aspects of proper usage".