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Protesters across US decry Wis. anti-union efforts (AP)

Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers protest outside of the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Union supporters are on 12th day of protests at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP – Rallies were held across the country Saturday to support thousands of protesters holding steady at the Wisconsin Capitol in their fight against Republican-backed legislation aimed at weakening unions.


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Protestors across US decry Wis. anti-union efforts (AP)

Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers protest outside of the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Union supporters are on 12th day of protests at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP – Rallies were held across the country Saturday to support thousands of protesters holding steady at the Wisconsin Capitol in their fight against Republican-backed legislation aimed at weakening unions.


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Group of volunteers leading Wis. protest efforts (AP)

Protesters to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers march through the center of the rotunda at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, Feb. 25, 2011.  Protests are in their 11th day at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP – Harriet Rowan was among the first to join the Wisconsin Capitol protest village. That was on Valentine’s Day, and it was only the next day when thousands of others began camping out with her in the rotunda that the rumor mill, misinformation and confusion took off as fast as the crowd size.


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Dems beat back GOP efforts to alter arms treaty (AP)

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, heads to the Senate floor during a rare Sunday session on Capitol Hill in Washington Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010.  Kerry, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said in news show appearances Sunday morning that he believes Democrats have the votes to ratify START, the nuclear arms treaty with Russia.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Senate Democrats have turned back Republican efforts to change a new arms control treaty with Russia.


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Rain hampers rescue efforts in Mexican mudslide (AP)

At least seven people were killed Tuesday and 100 were missing after a landslide triggered by relentless rain buried homes in a town in southern Mexico, the Oaxaca state governor said.(AFP/Graphic)AP – A hillside collapsed on hundreds of sleeping residents in a rural Mexican community early Tuesday, adding to the deadly toll that weeks of heavy rains have exacted on parts of Latin America.


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Violence in east Jerusalem clouds peace efforts (AP)

Palestinian mourners carry the coffin of Sami Sirhan during his funeral in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Sirhan, a 32-year-old Palestinian laborer was killed by a private security guard watching over Jewish families in the Silwan neighborhood in east Jerusalem. During his funeral, a mob of protesters set tires on fire, smashed the windows of several buses and called for revenge. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP – Crowds of Palestinian youths went on violent rampages in east Jerusalem on Thursday, stoning buses, overturning cars and facing down Israeli riot police at the holy city’s most sensitive religious site following the shooting death of a local man.


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Obama, Netanyahu head to meeting with Middle East peace efforts at stake

President Obama and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu get another chance to work on their chilly relationship Tuesday when they meet to try to restart direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

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