Venezuela's national assembly has approved a presidential enabling law. In Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said his armed forces will not bomb FARC rebels for one month. The city manager of Ferguson, Missouri, John Shaw has resigned after a scathing justice department report said the administration has racially-biased practices. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted an appeal hearing by sweden's supreme court. Nigerian and African union troops seized two towns from Boko Haram.
