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  2. On @AJInsideStory: Does electing #MohammedMorsi as president mark an end to #Egypt's transition or revolution? | aje.me/OjncWO
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  5. On @AJListeningPost: Crunching the numbers of #Obama's #drone war | aje.me/Oe89O4
  6. Why did then #French president Francois Mitterrand order the bombing of #Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior? | aje.me/KSV9rx
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  8. On the Blog: Amazon Indians occupy Belo Monte dam site aje.me/OmQ00H
  9. Can al-#Assad's army face #Turkish army in case of a #military #conflict ? Inside #Syria discusses | aje.me/Oe4tfn
  10. Spanish banks hit with new credit downgrades aje.me/Omzyh3
  11. Is #Egypt's political limbo over w/ the election of #MohammedMorsi as president? @AJInsideStory analyses | aje.me/L9F7tE
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  15. On the Blog: Journey to the heart of Sinaloa aje.me/Latum1
  16. On @AJListeningPost: How does the #US government calculate the numbers killed by its #drone strikes? | aje.me/L6SCKC
  17. Sport: Venus crashes out of Wimbledon aje.me/OlrhtE
  18. On the Blog: Wheeling for change in Kenya aje.me/OlHUWe
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  20. How true has #Greenpeace stayed to the principles of its founding members? Watch From Hippies to Lobbyists | aje.me/KSV7jm