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  1. Why has the #Syrian ceasefire not come into effect nearly a month after the agreed date of April 12? | aje.me/J90j0M
  2. Video: Newseum charts role of new media in reporting aje.me/K5Bojk
  3. Opinion: Putinator power aje.me/J91pvd
  4. "The findings of the report are devastating throughout #NewsCorp" - Will the phone-hacking scandal spread to the #US? | aje.me/J1ol31
  5. Programmes: Will the 9/11 suspects receive a fair trial? aje.me/J8YJxs
  6. Opinion: Afghanistan: More questions than answers aje.me/K5vHSy
  7. What is it that attracts both rich & poor patients to the Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital in #Bangalore, #India? | aje.me/J2E8td
  8. Mexican candidates lock horns in rare debate aje.me/J5RH0m
  9. Putin set for inauguration amid protests aje.me/JJG2xI
  10. Is the very thing that #Sudan and #SouthSudan are fighting over the one thing that will force them to negotiate? | aje.me/J95MVq
  11. Find out what two decades of conflict have meant for a national park in #DRCongo & how rangers are fighting back | aje.me/J0T40e
  12. Video: Taking the bite out of Sri Lanka's crocodiles aje.me/JJjE7u
  13. According to #HRW: 95 people killed while diplomats debated #KofiAnnan's peace plan to end the #Syrian conflict | aje.me/J909GH
  14. On the Blog: Inside the 9/11 arraignments aje.me/J5k5Q9
  15. Pro-bailout parties weakened in Greece vote aje.me/JJkgKt
  16. Feature: Why is #Greece's political centre falling apart? aje.me/J94LN0 #ekloges
  17. On @AJInsideStoryAm: Is the #US going to be the next battleground beween Rupert #Murdoch and his opponents? aje.me/J1nU8T
  18. Can the #Yemeni government fulfill the goals of the revolution while fighting al-Qaeda &separatists at the same time? | aje.me/J1ldnT
  19. Feature: Are accusations that #Sarkozy accepted illegal financing from #Gaddafi causing a democracy crisis in #France? aje.me/ICK4gS
  20. Opinion: The rise of the counter-jihad movement threatens communal harmony as much as so-called 'militant #Islam' aje.me/JUYaGG