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• 8. WHO'S BEEN BANISHED FROM THE MORMON CHURCH
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicates Kate Kelly, an activist pushing for women in the priesthood.
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• 9. WHERE JEFF KOONS WILL BE FETED
• A retrospective of the contemporary artist's famous toy-like sculptures--including a Mylar-like balloon dog--will occupy most of the Whitney Museum of American Art until October.
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• 10. WORLD CUP GAME ATTRACTS SOME 25 MILLION VIEWERS
• The United States' 2-2 draw with Portugal was almost certainly the most-watched soccer game ever in the U.S.
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AP News in Brief
US special forces will face complex challenges, precarious political situation in Iraq
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. teams of special forces going into Iraq after a three-year gap will face an aggressive insurgency, a splintering military and a precarious political situation as they help Iraqi security forces improve their ability to battle Sunni militants.
• The Army Green Berets, who are expected to make up much of the U.S. force, have been assessing and training other militaries for decades as a core part of their job. But while much of what they will be doing in Iraq will be familiar, it will be complicated by the stunning collapse of the Iraqi military, left leaderless by internal Sunni-Shiite divisions.
• Experts suggest that while the elite commandos may be able to stop the immediate deterioration of Iraqi forces, it will require a far broader effort to quell the deep sectarian divide in the country and put systems in place to build more professional military leadership.
• The U.S. and Iraq on Monday reached a key agreement on legal protections that will enable up to 300 special operations forces to deploy in the country. Two teams of 12 members each are already in Iraq and could begin their assessment this week, and another four teams are expected to go into the country soon.
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