The blossoming Gaza war is even more than most wars about image and propaganda. Israel wants to set an image of implacable resolve to confront and destroy Hamas “terror.” Hamas wants to set an image of implacable resolve to confront Israeli “terror” and “occupation.” Both are trying to sway the political discourse inside the other’s territory with this image-making.
Egyptian train hits school bus, 51 killed
A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten on Saturday killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pressure to rectify the former regime's legacy of neglect. Irish rally for government action on abortion
DUBLIN (Reuters) – At least 5,000 people marched to the offices of Ireland's socially conservative prime minister on Saturday to call for clearer guidelin es on abortion following the death of a woman denied a termination. It was the largest of a wave of protests across Ireland in recent days in response to the death of 31-year old Indian woman Savita Halappanavar who died of septicaemia following a miscarriage 17 weeks into her pregnancy. … 
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