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6:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Suspect In Afghanistan Shooting Shocks Neighbors

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Politics
6:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Clooney One Of Many Celebrities To Grace The Hill

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Actor George Clooney is led away in handcuffs from Sudan's embassy in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Clooney, his father, Nick, and others including Democratic Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia and NAACP President Ben Jealous, were arrested as they demonstrated to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Politics
6:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Who Will Rule In Congress?: A Look At The Races

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Media
6:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

'This American Life' Pulls Apple Story

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JACKI LYDEN, BYLINE: This weekend, the public radio program "This American Life" will air a retraction and apologize to listeners for a segment that aired in January about factories in China which make the Apple iPad. The story described hazardous working conditions at the plant. It was told by a man named Mike Daisey, who claimed to have interviewed workers injured there. Many elements of Daisey's story have now been discredited.

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Europe
4:23 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Greek Bailout Is Accompanied By Greek Resentment

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Shipyard workers demand their unpaid wages in central Athens on Thursday, the day that countries in the 17-nation euro zone formally approved a second bailout of $36.6 billion for Greece.

Debt-beleaguered Greece has secured a second international bailout. But for many Greeks, the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund, European Union and European Central Bank — known as the "troika" — are a breach of their sovereignty.

A recent demonstration in central Athens was organized by a group of lawyers who claim the latest bailout agreement turns Greece into the ward of its international lenders.

Demonstrator Irini Lazana says it violates the country's legislative foundations.

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