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Israeli Navy intercepts activists' Gaza-bound boat. This time, no deaths.

The encounter was being closely watched, four months after Israeli commandos raided a similar Gaza-bound boat for Turkey killing nine activists.
UN rights council to take up competing resolutions on Sri Lanka war crimes, aid

Sri Lanka will fight a resolution backed by Western nations calling for an inquiry into possible war crimes during the conflict against the Tamil Tigers.
Why the UN racism conference 'finished' early
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Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

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Israeli Navy intercepts activists' Gaza-bound boat. This time, no deaths.

UN rights council to take up competing resolutions on Sri Lanka war crimes, aid

Why the UN racism conference 'finished' early

Letters to the Editor

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