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    Car Bombs Kill at Least 22 in Algeria

    Estimates of the death toll range from 45 to 62 in today's bombing of United Nations buildings in Algiers, the capital of Algeria.  Ron Redman, spokesman for the UN's High Commission on Refugees, said that the blast destroyed everything in one UN office and that another building across the street collapsed, trapping several under the rubble.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Estimates of the death toll range from 45 to 62 in today's bombing of United Nations buildings in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Ron Redman, spokesman for the UN's High Commission on Refugees, said that the blast destroyed everything in one UN office and that another building across the street collapsed, trapping several under the rubble. Sebastian Rotella covers terrorism for the Los Angeles Times.

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    3. 43:02Fed Cuts Interest Rate
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, To the Point

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Sebastian Rotella

      ProPublica

      NewsNationalPolitics

    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Videotapes, Torture and Evidence in the War on Terror
    1. 1:33Car Bombs Kill at Least 22 in AlgeriaYou’re reading this
    2. 7:42The CIA Torture Tapes
    3. 43:02Fed Cuts Interest Rate
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