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Has the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Entered a New Phase?
With Middle Eastern regimes under challenge as never before, are the Palestinians adopting a new strategy in their struggle with Israel? How will President Obama respond?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenWith Middle Eastern regimes under challenge as never before, are the Palestinians adopting a new strategy in their struggle with Israel? How will President Obama respond to claims that the US is losing influence in the region? Also, America's five biggest mortgage firms are accused of fraud, and politics and privacy in France.
Banner image: Boy scouts hold up the Palestinian flag and a black flag that reads in Arabic, 'There is no solution but the right of return,' as they commemorate the 1948 creation of the Jewish state known in Arabic as the 'Nakba,' close to the Israeli-built separation barrier in the Israeli occupied West Bank, on May 17, 2011. Photo: Saif Dahlah/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesFive Biggest Mortgage Firms Accused of Fraud
America's five largest mortgage companies are accused of defrauding taxpayers in their handling of home foreclosures. Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Ally Financial are collectively holding three out of every five home loans. The accusations arise from audits by the Department of Housing and Urban Development .
Read the story8 minPolitical Change and Continuing Conflict in the Middle East
On Sunday, Israel's 63rd anniversary, massed Palestinians approached the country's borders from Syria, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Some were fired on by soldiers, but Israeli leaders concede that a shift from suicide bombs to unarmed masses creates challenges of a new and different kind.
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In the US and Britain, the private lives of public figures have become fair games for reporters, from supermarket tabloids to the New York Times, but in France, it's different. Now, the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sex charges is challenging the assumption that powerful figures should be entitled to privacy.
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