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9:28am

Tue June 12, 2012
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Blood, Smoke, Fear: U.N. Video From Syria

Originally published on Tue June 12, 2012 11:36 am

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9:09am

Tue June 12, 2012
The Two-Way

Russian Protest Draws Tens Of Thousands, Opposition Leaders Questioned

Credit Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

Under rain clouds, thousands of people turned out in Moscow to protest newly (re) elected President Vladmir Putin and his new efforts to quash dissent.

Before the huge rally even got off the ground, Russian authorities searched the apartments of opposition leaders and demanded they show up for questioning today, one hour before the demonstration was supposed to start, notes VOA.

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7:33am

Tue June 12, 2012
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Western Myanmar Faces Religious Violence, Emergency Declared

Credit Khin Maung Win / AP

Fighting has escalated in western Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, between stateless Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, who are the country's predominant religious group. President Thein Sein has declared a state of emergency and sent in army troops.

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6:28am

Tue June 12, 2012
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The Dingo Did Take The Baby

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A coroner in Australia has agreed that the dingo did in fact take the baby — "settling a notorious 1980 case that split the nation and led to a mistaken murder conviction," as The Associated Press writes.

And Australia's ABC News says Michael Chamberlain and his ex-wife Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton on Tuesday (in Australia) heard words for which they've waited 32 years:

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