Tuesday, September 8, 2015

RSN: Paris Climate Talks Our Last Chance, Pacific Leaders Say, Israeli Terrorists, Born in the USA,




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Israeli Terrorists, Born in the USA 
A photograph of Ali Dawabsheh, the Palestinian toddler killed in an arson attack on his home in the West Bank village of Duma in July. (photo: Alaa Badarneh/EPA) 
Sara Yael Hirschhorn, The New York Times 
Hirschhorn writes: "After years of impunity for settlers who commit violent crimes, Israel's internal security agency, the Shin Bet, has now supposedly cracked down by rounding up a grand total of four youths believed to be connected to recent acts of settler terrorism - three of whom trace their origins to the United States." 
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Students' Return to School Is Marred by Renewed Segregation Across US 
Alan Yuhas, Guardian UK 
Yuhas writes: "Millions of students around the US have started autumn with familiar rituals: waiting for absent teachers, flipping through outdated books and watching their peers fall behind in strained, segregated schools that experts warn represent a slow-burning crisis neglected by leaders." 
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Italy's High Court Slams Evidence, Prosecution Against Amanda Knox 
Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press 
D'Emilio writes: "Italy's top criminal court has scathingly faulted prosecutors for presenting a flawed and hastily constructed case against Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, saying Monday it threw out their convictions for the 2007 murder of her British roommate in part because there was no proof they were in the bedroom where the woman was fatally stabbed." 
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Time Is a Democracy Issue 
Paul Street, teleSUR 
Street writes: "The long-shot United States Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been telling the large and angry crowds attending his rallies that American workers put in the longest hours in the industrialized world. He's on solid ground." 
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Ohio Makes Scant Progress in Phasing Out Payday Loans 
Kevin Williams, Al Jazeera America 
Williams writes: "Ohio ranks first in the nation in proportion of residents who use payday loans; 10 percent of Ohioans have found themselves trading future paychecks for quick cash." 
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Love in the Time of Surveillance: FBI Tracked Gabriel García Márquez for More Than Two Decades 
Joe Stephens, The Washington Post 
Stephens writes: "Newly arrived in Manhattan with his wife and infant son, 33-year-old Gabriel García Márquez plunked down $200 for a month's stay at the Hotel Webster and set about establishing himself as a professional writer. He had no idea the FBI was watching." 
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Paris Climate Talks Our Last Chance, Pacific Leaders Say 
Agence France-Presse 
Excerpt: "Pacific leaders said Monday that upcoming climate talks in Paris are the last chance for the world to reach an agreement that can save their vulnerable island nations." 
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