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Gaza Braced for Further Violent Protests
Fresh protests against Israel are expected today in the Palestinian territories on the seventieth anniversary of what Palestinians call the 'Nakba', or 'Catastrophe'.
The Palestinian territories are braced for possible violence as their inhabitants mourn seventy years of enforced displacement.
Taliban militants are fighting Afghan government forces in a provincial capital close to the Iranian border.
George Soros's Open Society Foundation says it is ending its operations in Hungary because the atmosphere there is getting more and more repressive.
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