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News: Famed Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya dead in car crash Obama visits Colorado, tries to comfort shooting spree victims Greece now in "Great Depression", PM says Assad's forces overrun two Damascus districts Syrian forces execute 20 unarmed men in Damascus: activists Thousands march in Mexico to protest Pena Nieto win Assad brother's forces overrun Damascus district Exclusive: Prosecutors, regulators close to making Libor arrests Hezbollah may get chemical arms if Assad folds: Netanyahu Lost boys of Bagram still live in prison's shadow Fires kill three, rage on in Girona in northern Spain Colorado mourns dead in cinema massacre as Obama heads to scene Four Turkish soldiers die in helicopter crash Somalia's al Shabaab executes three of its own for treason Madagascar army quells mutiny, kills rebel leader Eight killed in deadly 24 hours for NATO in Afghanistan Eight injured in riots at Syrian refugee camp in Turkey Syrian army overruns Damascus district: activists Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing Madagascar army says camp mutiny put down, rebel leader killed Bombs kill 20 and wound 80 across Iraq Madagascar arrests rebels in camp mutiny, shot captain dies Senior Yemen army officer survives roadside bomb: government Afghan social media war steps up with new campaign Abducted Lebanese well, to stay in custody: Syria rebel Iran adds batch of fuel to reactor: nuclear chief Sudan wants South Sudan deal but pins impasse on Juba Iran's "chicken crisis" is simmering political issue India's Mukherjee wins presidential election Libya's independents are kingmakers in new assembly Madagascar army says starts assault to quell mutiny Steep hike in customs fees leaves many Cubans fuming Norway tries to put pain of Breivik behind year on Fleeing Syrian Kurds seek refuge with Iraqi brethren Madagascar army mutineers take over barracks Rebel soldier shoots Madagascar officer: army Shots fired from Egypt at Israeli troops, none hurt Iran breaks up nuclear assassination cells: media U.S. fighter jet pilot rescued after crash off Japan coast Wheelchair-bound Israeli veteran sets himself on fire Famed Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya dead in car crash Sun,22 Jul 2012 07:53 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - One of Cuba's best-known dissidents, Oswaldo Paya, leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, died on Sunday in a car crash, government and opposition sources said. Paya, 60, was traveling in eastern Granma province at the time of the accident, the details of which are not known, the sources said. According to dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez, who broke the news on Twitter, Paya's death was confirmed by the bishop of Granma, Carlos Amador. Paya's family was not immediately available for comment. ... Full Story Top Obama visits Colorado, tries to comfort shooting spree victims Sun,22 Jul 2012 07:10 PM PDT Reuters - AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday traveled to Colorado and offered hope and comfort to victims of the gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 in a Denver-area movie theater. The shooting spree early on Friday shocked the nation and dominated the news. Obama met privately with the families of victims and said he had listened to stories about those who were killed and those who risked their lives to help others. ... Full Story Top Greece now in "Great Depression", PM says Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:40 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is in a "Great Depression" similar to the American one in the 1930s, the country's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Sunday. Samaras was speaking two days before a team of Greece's international lenders arrive in Athens to push for further cuts needed for the debt-laden country to qualify for further rescue payments and avoid a chaotic default. ... Full Story Top Assad's forces overrun two Damascus districts Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:01 PM PDT Reuters - BAB AL-SALAM, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian troops have driven rebel fighters out of two districts of Damascus a week after the insurgents launched a major assault on the capital. Government troops retook control of the Damascus neighborhood of Mezzeh on Sunday and executed at least 20 unarmed men who they suspected of aiding rebels, opposition activists in the district said. ... Full Story Top Syrian forces execute 20 unarmed men in Damascus: activists Sun,22 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops executed at least 20 unarmed men in the Damascus neighborhood of Mezzeh on Sunday who they suspected of aiding rebels in the area, opposition activists in the district said. The bodies of 20 men, aged approximately 20 to 30, were collected from the neighborhoods of al-Ikhlas, al-Zayat, al Farouk, Hawakir al-Sabbarah and al-Basatin, several activists said by phone from Mezzeh. "The bodies were taken to al-Mustafa Mosque. Most had bullet holes, one with as many as 18. Three had their hands tied behind their back. Some of the men were in their pajamas. ... Full Story Top Thousands march in Mexico to protest Pena Nieto win Sun,22 Jul 2012 04:16 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched through Mexico City on Sunday to denounce the July 1 election of Enrique Pena Nieto as president, though the protest was smaller than one held earlier this month. Pena Nieto's capture of the presidency for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, has been challenged by his rival, leftist runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who alleges the PRI resorted to vote-buying and money laundering to win. ... Full Story Top Assad brother's forces overrun Damascus district Sun,22 Jul 2012 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - BAB AL-SALAM, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian troops commanded by the brother of President Bashar al-Assad and backed by helicopter gunships have driven rebel fighters out of a district of Damascus a week after the insurgents launched a major assault on the capital. Members of the Syrian army's Fourth Division under the command of Maher al-Assad, a feared hardliner, executed several young men during the operation to regain control of the northern Damascus district of Barzeh, a witness and activists said. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: Prosecutors, regulators close to making Libor arrests Sun,22 Jul 2012 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Prosecutors and European regulators are close to arresting individual traders and charging them with colluding to manipulate global benchmark interest rates, according to people familiar with a sweeping investigation into the rigging scandal. Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have recently contacted lawyers representing some of the suspects to notify them that criminal charges and arrests could be imminent, said two of those sources, who asked not to be identified because the investigation is ongoing. ... Full Story Top Hezbollah may get chemical arms if Assad folds: Netanyahu Sun,22 Jul 2012 03:11 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "great threat" to Israel from the Syrian conflict is that the Damascus government may collapse and its stock of chemical weapons and missiles fall into the hands of the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Interviewed on the U.S. "Fox News Sunday" television program, Netanyahu said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government would fall and that he was worried that a chaotic "regime collapse" might leave Syria's weapons sites unguarded. ... Full Story Top Lost boys of Bagram still live in prison's shadow Sun,22 Jul 2012 02:58 PM PDT Reuters - KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - During some sleepless nights when his stark bedroom walls remind him too much of his old prison cell in Afghanistan, Jan Sher Khan scans Internet dating sites he'd heard about from U.S. soldiers who once guarded him. The 24-year-old Pakistani never contacts anyone on the dating sites. He doesn't know how he'd tell them he spent more than six years in the U.S. military prison of Bagram after being detained as a 16-year-old and accused of being a suicide bomber. ... Full Story Top Fires kill three, rage on in Girona in northern Spain Sun,22 Jul 2012 02:50 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Forest fires that broke out on Sunday in Girona, a tourist spot bordering with France in Spain's northern Catalonia region, have killed three people and were still out of control in the evening, local media said. The area is home to one of the most popular beach destinations in Spain, the Costa Brava. Strong winds hindered firefighters' efforts and have so far spread two fires over 9,000 hectares (22,000 acres). The interior minister of Catalonia, Felip Puig, was quoted in Spanish media as confirming the deaths. ... Full Story Top Colorado mourns dead in cinema massacre as Obama heads to scene Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:45 PM PDT Reuters - AURORA, Co. (Reuters) - Residents of a Denver suburb mourned their dead on Sunday from a shooting rampage by a "demonic" gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 after opening fire at a cinema showing the new Batman movie. President Barack Obama headed to Aurora, Colorado, on Sunday to meet families grieving their losses Friday's mass shooting that has stunned the nation and rekindled debate about guns and violence in America. ... Full Story Top Four Turkish soldiers die in helicopter crash Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT Reuters - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Four Turkish soldiers were killed and eight were injured on Sunday when their helicopter crashed in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, the military General Staff said. The S-70 Sikorsky helicopter crashed after it appeared to lose power during a landing in a remote, mountainous area of Hakkari province, it said in a statement on its website. Clashes have taken place in Hakkari in the past between the Turkish armed forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). ... Full Story Top Somalia's al Shabaab executes three of its own for treason Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:02 PM PDT Reuters - MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab militants said on Sunday they had executed three of their own members for treason, two of them for guiding U.S. missiles to kill fellow militants. It was the first time al Shabaab, under pressure from African Union, Kenyan and Ethiopian troops as well as U.S. drone strikes, had admitted to killing its own fighters for betrayals. Al Shabaab, which is affiliated with al Qaeda, said last January that a missile launched from a drone had killed Bilal el Berjawi, a Lebanese al Shabaab fighter with a British passport. ... Full Story Top Madagascar army quells mutiny, kills rebel leader Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:01 PM PDT Reuters - ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's army stormed a military barracks near the island country's main airport in order to quell a mutiny, killing the corporal who led it and arresting a number of mutineers, the army said on Sunday. The soldiers had seized the barracks located 10km (6.2 miles) from the capital Antananarivo at dawn 16 hours earlier. It was unclear what their grievances or demands were, but the drama escalated dramatically when they shot and fatally wounded an officer who had been sent in to negotiate with them. ... Full Story Top Eight killed in deadly 24 hours for NATO in Afghanistan Sun,22 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT Reuters - HERAT (Reuters) - A gunman wearing an Afghan uniform turned his weapon against foreign trainers working for NATO in the western province of Herat on Sunday, killing three, in a grim 24 hours for the coalition which also saw five NATO soldiers killed. The latest rogue shooting by an Afghan in a police or army uniform happened at a regional training center in the relatively peaceful western province near Afghanistan's border with Iran, which is normally patrolled by Italian forces. ... Full Story Top Eight injured in riots at Syrian refugee camp in Turkey Sun,22 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT Reuters - KILIS, Turkey (Reuters) - Four Syrian refugees and four members of the Turkish security forces were hurt on Sunday when riots broke out at a refugee camp in Turkey near the Syrian border, the Dogan News Agency said. The clashes erupted when a group of 1,500 or so ethnic Turkmen refugees from Syria arrived at the camp, near the town of Islahiye, witnesses told Dogan. Television footage showed armored personnel carriers entering the camp and police firing weapons into the air to disperse groups of men fighting each other with fists and clubs. ... Full Story Top Syrian army overruns Damascus district: activists Sun,22 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Members of a Syrian army division under the command of President Bashar al-Assad's brother drove rebels out of the northern Damascus district of Barzeh on Sunday and summarily executed several young men, a witness and opposition activists said. "At least 20 Fourth Division tanks and hundreds of its members entered Barzeh this afternoon. I saw troops go into the home of 26-year-old Issa al-Arab. They left him dead with two bullets in his head," opposition activist Abu Kais said by phone from the district. ... Full Story Top Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing Sun,22 Jul 2012 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital's heaviest rainstorm in six decades killed at least 37 people, flooded streets and stranded 80,000 people at the main airport, state media and the government said on Sunday. The storm, which started on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps into underpasses. The Beijing city government said on its official microblog at least 37 people had died, including 25 drowned, six crushed in collapsing homes, five electrocuted and one struck by lightning. ... Full Story Top Madagascar army says camp mutiny put down, rebel leader killed Sun,22 Jul 2012 11:30 AM PDT Reuters - ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's army said on Sunday that the situation at a mutinous army base was under control and that the leader of the rebellion had been killed. "The situation is under control. Corporal Koto Mainty, alias Black, has been killed," General Raphael Ramasy, chief of staff of the defense minister, told the public television station TVM. "The other mutineers gave themselves up or were arrested ... Four other civilians were arrested ... Two mutineers and two other elements of the security forces are wounded. ... Full Story Top Bombs kill 20 and wound 80 across Iraq Sun,22 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the Iraqi city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people on Sunday and wounded 80, police and hospital sources said, in one of the most violent days of the past two weeks. Three car bombs killed 11 people and wounded 38 in Mahmudiya, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, according to police. The first detonated in a car in a parking lot, the second in another car as police arrived at the scene and a third at the town's police station, the police sources said. ... Full Story Top Madagascar arrests rebels in camp mutiny, shot captain dies Sun,22 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT Reuters - ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's security forces have arrested a number of mutineers inside a military camp the rebels had taken over earlier on Sunday, the army said. "Security forces are carrying out a sweep of the camp. Arrests have taken place but we do not know yet how many mutineers have been arrested," said the head of the army's communication service, Philibert Ratovonirina. He said an army captain who had been sent in to negotiate with the mutineers but had been shot by them had died of his wounds. (Reporting by Alain Iloniaina; Writing by Yara Bayoumy) Full Story Top Senior Yemen army officer survives roadside bomb: government Sun,22 Jul 2012 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - ADEN (Reuters) - A senior military official in Yemen survived an assassination attempt on Sunday in the southern province of Hadramaut, residents and the defense ministry said. A roadside bomb went off as a convoy carrying Colonel Yahia al-Rusaishan, the commander of the air force in Hadramaut, passed through the port city of al-Mukalla, wounding him and three of his aides, residents said. The Ministry of Defence described the attack in a text message as an "act of terror". ... Full Story Top Afghan social media war steps up with new campaign Sun,22 Jul 2012 09:45 AM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's intensifying war by social media has stepped up a notch with free speech activists launching a campaign using Twitter and Facebook to fight wide confusion over competing NATO and Taliban claims, as well as looming government media curbs. Foreign troops and insurgents have for years sparred on Twitter over the extent of victories against one another, while Afghan journalists are locked in a row with their government over press freedoms and new media laws. ... Full Story Top Abducted Lebanese well, to stay in custody: Syria rebel Sun,22 Jul 2012 09:33 AM PDT Reuters - BAB AL-SALAM, Syria (Reuters) - A Syrian rebel commander told Reuters on Sunday that 11 kidnapped Lebanese Shi'ites are staying in air-conditioned rooms and are in good health but will not be released until President Bashar al-Assad leaves power and a new parliament is elected. "Their health is good and they're fine and they're eating and drinking well, staying in a farm with full comfort and air conditioning, and they're alive," Abu Omar, commander of the Storm of the North brigade, told Reuters at the Bab al-Salam border crossing with Turkey, which his men had overrun on Sunday. ... Full Story Top Iran adds batch of fuel to reactor: nuclear chief Sun,22 Jul 2012 08:20 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has sent a new batch of enriched uranium to fuel a medical research reactor in its capital, the country's nuclear chief said on Sunday, an indication Tehran is digging in as its standoff with world powers over the enrichment continues. Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said a fourth batch of 20-percent enriched fuel produced inside Iran has now arrived at the Tehran Medical Research Reactor, according to the Mehr news agency. Iran says the reactor produces medical isotopes used to treat cancer patients. ... Full Story Top Sudan wants South Sudan deal but pins impasse on Juba Sun,22 Jul 2012 08:18 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan wants to settle all its differences with South Sudan through talks, but sees little hope of a swift resolution while it believes Juba is backing rebels that threaten its territorial integrity, a senior ruling party official said on Sunday. The African neighbors came close to a war when border fighting escalated in April, the worst violence since South Sudan split off and declared its independence a year ago under a 2005 agreement that ended decades of civil war. ... Full Story Top Iran's "chicken crisis" is simmering political issue Sun,22 Jul 2012 07:59 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Earlier this month, Iran's national police chief ventured boldly into what has become known as the country's "chicken crisis." The feathers haven't stopped flying since. The soaring price for a staple food that Iranians relish cooked with saffron, plums or pomegranates has become such a hot topic of public debate, and a sign of the sinking purchasing power of many Iranians, that Police Chief Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam felt it his duty to intervene. ... Full Story Top India's Mukherjee wins presidential election Sun,22 Jul 2012 07:57 AM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pranab Mukherjee, a former finance minister of India and senior leader of the ruling Congress party, has been elected as the new president, a government official said on Sunday. On Thursday, India's 4,896 lawmakers in state assemblies and parliament cast their votes for the president, a ceremonial post. "I declare that Pranab Mukherjee has been duly elected to the office of the president," V.K. Agnihotri, returning officer for the poll, told reporters. Mukherjee, who got more than 700,000 votes, had only one opponent without much support. ... Full Story Top Libya's independents are kingmakers in new assembly Sun,22 Jul 2012 07:54 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - As soon as it was clear that independent candidate Abedrabbah Yussef Bubreg was set to win a seat in Libya's first free national elections for a generation, his phone started ringing. The two leading political groups - a liberal coalition led by wartime rebel prime minister Mahmoud Jibril and the political arm of Libya's Muslim Brotherhood - each wanted to know how he would align himself in the 200-member assembly. ... Full Story Top Madagascar army says starts assault to quell mutiny Sun,22 Jul 2012 07:53 AM PDT Reuters - ANTANANARIVO, Jul (Reuters) - Madagascar's army launched an assault on Sunday to wrest control of a military camp near the airport from mutinous soldiers who stormed it earlier in the day, an army spokesman said. "The assault has already begun. A wounded sergeant with the mutiny who came out of the camp indicated there was an exchange of fire inside the camp. Gunfire is heard outside the camp," the head of the army's communication service, Philibert Ratovonirina, said. (Reporting by Alain Iloniaina; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Mark Heinrich) Full Story Top Steep hike in customs fees leaves many Cubans fuming Sun,22 Jul 2012 07:15 AM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - A sharp increase in customs duties has angered many Cubans and cast a shadow over market-oriented reforms on the communist-ruled island advocated by President Raul Castro. The move, which raises fees many times over in some cases, is expected to ratchet up prices and decrease the availability of imported merchandise. It also threaten to bankrupt some of the tens of thousands of mom-and-pop businesses that have sprung up in recent years. ... Full Story Top Norway tries to put pain of Breivik behind year on Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:52 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegians by the thousands gathered on Sunday at somber memorials to the 77 people killed a year ago by far-right gunman Anders Behring Breivik to show his bloody rampage had done nothing to change their dedication to an open society. "The bomb and the shots were intended to change Norway. People responded by embracing our values. He failed, the people won," Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told the crowds, carrying red and white roses at the memorial in central Oslo. ... Full Story Top Fleeing Syrian Kurds seek refuge with Iraqi brethren Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:39 AM PDT Reuters - CAMP DOMIZ, Iraq (Reuters) - Syrian troops usually came before dawn, rounding up young Kurdish men to force them into an army they did not see as their own and into a fight for a government that treated them as outsiders. When they came, Syrian law student Ahmed slipped out, leaving his family and crossing the border in April into Iraqi Kurdistan to join thousands of Syrian Kurds now living among their Iraqi brethren in a refugee camp or homes of relatives. As Syria's crisis escalates, Syria's Kurdish provinces have been spared most of the violence. ... Full Story Top Madagascar army mutineers take over barracks Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:38 AM PDT Reuters - ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Mutinous soldiers stormed a military camp near Madagascar's main airport on Sunday and the army said it had surrounded the barracks and was holding negotiations with the rebels. The island nation has been rocked by political turmoil and violence in the three years since then-opposition leader Andry Rajoelina ousted president Marc Ravalomanana, who has been in self-imposed exile in South Africa since his overthrow. "At 5 a.m. a group of armed soldiers forced their way into the barracks of the 1st RFI (First Regiment of Interventionist Forces) Ivato. ... Full Story Top Rebel soldier shoots Madagascar officer: army Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:38 AM PDT Reuters - ANTANANARIVO, Jul (Reuters) - A rebel soldier has shot an army officer sent in to negotiate the surrender of mutinous soldiers who took over a barracks near Madagascar's main airport on Sunday, the army said. "An (army) captain, among the officers sent to negotiate with the mutineers, was shot at by the mutineers. We are not yet able to confirm if he died or not..." said the head of the army's communication service, Philibert Ratovonirina. "The officers have left the area and negotiations have been stopped ... We'll see what happens next. ... Full Story Top Shots fired from Egypt at Israeli troops, none hurt Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:34 AM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Gunshots fired across the border from Egypt on Sunday hit an Israeli army bus but caused no casualties, a military spokeswoman said. The attack, in the central sector of the porous desert frontier, may heighten Israeli fears of an erosion of security in the Egyptian Sinai given the political upheaval in Cairo. A Sinai pipeline built to supply Israel and Jordan with gas was blown up in a separate incident on Sunday, the 15th such sabotage since the start of a popular revolt that toppled the U.S.-aligned Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February last year. ... Full Story Top Iran breaks up nuclear assassination cells: media Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:21 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has arrested some of those responsible for assassinations of its nuclear scientists, state media reported on Sunday, in a continued hunt for those it says are working to sabotage its nuclear program. Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said Iran had shut down two networks inside and outside the country he said were involved in training the killers, Fars news agency reported. ... Full Story Top U.S. fighter jet pilot rescued after crash off Japan coast Sun,22 Jul 2012 05:13 AM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - The pilot of a U.S. fighter jet that crashed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of northeastern Japan on Sunday has been rescued, Japan's Coast Guard said, six hours after the aircraft went down. The pilot, whose name was not disclosed, was placed safely on a U.S. container ship in the region around 6 p.m. (0400 EDT), according to the coast guard, one of several agencies that sent vessels to assist in the rescue. The F-16 Fighter Falcon went down some 200 miles northeast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, according to an earlier statement by the U.S. Air Force. The ... Full Story Top Wheelchair-bound Israeli veteran sets himself on fire Sun,22 Jul 2012 04:39 AM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A wheelchair-bound Israeli war veteran set himself alight at a bus stop on Sunday, sustaining serious burns, two days after a protester died of injuries from a similar incident. Police and medics said the man was in his 50s and that passers-by put out the flames that engulfed him on a road near Tel Aviv. He suffered burns over 80 percent of his body. "His story is a difficult one, his emotional and economic situations weren't easy," said Dudi Gilboa, a member of an Israeli disabled veterans group who knows the man. ... Full Story Top

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