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After 4 Years, Egypt Reopens Its Border With Gaza

A watch tower at the Gaza/Egypt border crossing. (Photo: Marius Arnesen / Flickr) Rafah Border Crossing, between Egypt and Gaza — Hundreds of Palestinian residents of…
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David D Kirkpatrick
May 28, 2011
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Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 8 at Pakistan Restaurant

Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo: Waqas Ahmed / Flickr) Islamabad, Pakistan – At least eight people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber ripped through a restaurant…
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Salman Masood
May 28, 2011
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Disabled Abandon Wheelchairs, Protest Medicaid Cuts

(Photo: moni / Flickr) When Sheela Gunn-Cushman decided to take part in a die-in at the California Republican Convention at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento in…
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Rose Aguilar,
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May 27, 2011
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Poll: Americans Don’t Approve of Ryan’s Plan for Medicaid, Either

On Tuesday, New Yorkers in the state’s 26th Congressional District delivered House Republicans a clear message that House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan to end Medicare won’t…
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Tanya Somanader,
ThinkProgress
May 27, 2011
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News in Brief: Fed Gave Secret Bailout to Foreign Banks, and More

Fed Gave Secret Bailout to Foreign Banks Without public disclosure, the Federal Reserve doled out money totaling at least $30 million to three foreign banks at…
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Yana Kunichoff,
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May 27, 2011
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“Death Squads” Target Salvadoran Journalists

Death threats targeting journalists were distressingly common during the tumultuous Salvadoran Civil War that took place in the late seventies and eighties. Over the course of the war,…
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Gabriela Acosta,
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
May 27, 2011
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El Salvadoran Government and Social Movements Say “No” to Monsanto

On the morning of Friday, May 6th President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador’s left-wing FMLN party, arrived at the La Maroma agricultural cooperative in the department of Usulután…
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Carlos Martinez,
AlterNet
May 27, 2011
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Serbia Says Jailed Mladic Will Face War Crimes Trial

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general held responsible for the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995, was arrested on Thursday, signaling…
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Dan Bilefsky &
Doreen Carvajal,
The New York Times News Service
May 27, 2011
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Bahrain’s Treatment of Opposition Shows Pattern of Abuse

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The first sign that Bahrain's security forces were going to detain former Bahraini parliamentarian Jawad Fairooz came at 8:30 p.m. May 2, when…
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Roy Gutman,
McClatchy Newspapers
May 26, 2011
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Top Serbian War Crimes Suspect Caught

Paris – Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general accused of war crimes including masterminding the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995,…
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Dan Bilefsky &
Marlise Simons,
The New York Times News Service
May 26, 2011
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