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James Rosen case prompts frank discuss about balance between First Amendment, national security

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The Justice Department has launched an unprecedented crackdown on leaks within the government -- going so far as to seize the phone records of several AP journalists and searching the personal email of a Fox News correspondent. The crackdown has prompted an outcry from media and civil rights advocates.
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Syrian mother struggles over whether to return to husband, home as civil war rages

Syria has been embroiled in a bitter civil war for more than two years. That prompted one Syrian woman, Ahlam, to come to America to give birth to her daughter, near her family. But now, with her husband unable to leave, she's preparing to return to the violence that is Syria today....
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Deadly tornado rips through Oklahoma City suburbs, killing dozens

Search and rescuers were combing through the rubble of Moore, Okla., after a devastating tornado "tore the heart out" of the suburban Oklahoma city. At least 24 people were reported dead, with that toll expected to continue to rise as the rescue turns into a recovery....
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Syria’s civil war ends long quiet in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights

There's been relative peace and quiet between Israel and Syria for years. Sure, Israel would occasionally strike out at what it saw as Syria threatening its security, but things have mostly remained quiet. But, recently, as Syria's civil wars devolves into mayhem, the peace had been punctured with threats and missile strikes....
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American diplomat expelled from Russia for spying evokes memories of Cold War

The arrest and expulsion of U.S. diplomat Ryan Fogle by Russian authorities reads like a Cold War-era novel. He was wearing a bright blonde wig, he had bundles of cash and instructions for how to create an untraceable email address. But where the U.S.-Russian relationship goes from here remains unknown....
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While 11 million people may live in U.S. illegally -- the impact extends to millions more

Some 11 million people have come to the United States, or stayed here, illegally, according to researchers, the number may actually under-represent the number of people who are affected. In many cases, U.S. citizen children are also disadvantaged by their undocumented parents....
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Tel Aviv offers insights as Boston prepares permanent memorial to Boston Marathon victims

Boston is beginning to consider how to permanently honor the victims of the Boston Marathon attacks, they might look to Tel Aviv for ideas of how to construct and maintain the appropriate memorial. Tel Aviv has a lot of experience remembering the victims of terrorism....
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Police in Cleveland trying to figure out how man hid abducted women for a decade

Three women abducted between 2002 and 2004 were found, not far from where they were abducted, in a dramatic turn of events on Monday. Police have arrested a man they suspect of keeping the women imprisoned in a two-story house in Cleveland....
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Fence along U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego represents a barrier and a bridge

For families separated between Mexico and the United States, the border fence can seem insurmountable. And it often is. But in a park near San Diego, the fence has become a place where those divided families meet and catch glimpses of one another -- through the fence....
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Purported Israel's strike on Syria seen in wider context of Hezbollah, Iran

Late last week and over the weekend, Israel is believed to have conducted two airstrikes on Syria -- designed to keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of their Hezbollah enemies. But some have said this was really a proxy for an attack on Iran....
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