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• newJournalist Michael Hastings dead at 33 - USA TODAY
  Journalist Michael Hastings dead at 33USA TODAYAward-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his empl…
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• newPresident Peres bestows Bill Clinton with Israel's highest medal of distinction - Haaretz

  

  HaaretzPresident Peres bestows Bill Clinton with Israel's highest medal of distinctionHaaretzThe award took place as a part of the fifth annual 'Facing Tomorrow' conference, hosted by Peres, which this year coincides with Peres' 90th birthday, bringi…
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• newNSA: Secret US surveillance helped prevent 50-plus terror attacks - Al-Arabiya

  

  U.S. News & World ReportNSA: Secret US surveillance helped prevent 50-plus terror attacksAl-ArabiyaDirector of the National Security Agency (NSA) U.S. Army General Keith Alexander arrives to testify before a U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on I…
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• newInternet monitoring must have proper limits, Merkel tells Obama - Reuters

  

  NDTVInternet monitoring must have proper limits, Merkel tells ObamaReutersBERLIN | Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:21am EDT. BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that government monitoring of Internet co…
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• newKarzai suspends talks with US over Taliban move - USA TODAY

  

  CBC.caKarzai suspends talks with US over Taliban moveUSA TODAYKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial…
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• newHouse OKs 20-week abortion ban bill - Politico

  

  PoliticoHouse OKs 20-week abortion ban billPoliticoThe House Tuesday passed a bill that would ban most abortions nationwide after 20 weeks. The most far-reaching abortion legislation in the House in a decade, it was passed 228-196, mostly along party…
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• Jeep recalls 2.7M cars, despite Chrysler's early defiance - Newsday

  

  NewsdayJeep recalls 2.7M cars, despite Chrysler's early defianceNewsdayDETROIT - Chrysler abruptly agreed to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps Tuesday, reversing a defiant stance and avoiding a possible public relations nightmare over fuel tanks t…
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• One of US FBI's most wanted nabbed in Mexico - Fresno Bee
  One of US FBI's most wanted nabbed in MexicoFresno BeeCANCUN, Mexico — Mexican authorities have arrested a former university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen. Prosecutor Gaspar Arm…
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• Patriots' Aaron Hernandez's Home Searched After Killing - WWGP 1050 AM
  Patriots' Aaron Hernandez's Home Searched After KillingWWGP 1050 AM(NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass.) — Investigators searched the North Attleborough home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday following the killing of a man police c…
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• Newspaper review: PM's 'bid to spark Syria coup' - BBC News

  

  Brisbane TimesNewspaper review: PM's 'bid to spark Syria coup'BBC NewsThe message on Syria from the G8 summit in Enniskillen is clear to many of the headline writers. "West tries to engineer a coup in Damascus," says the Times. "Cameron's bid to spar…
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