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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of April 6-12, 2015.
Opinion: If Hezbollah is protected by nuclear Iran, Israel will have to think hard before responding to kidnappings http://t.co/H4OeCTYN6f
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) April 9, 2015
Zombies in the cloud: China’s government tries to spruce up its online presence http://t.co/chVxq9VJrI
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) April 9, 2015
Rand Paul’s senate record on Iran could haunt him in GOP primary http://t.co/7YUFI3XBJi
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) April 9, 2015
Historic encounter with Cuba’s Raul Castro awaits Obama in Panama http://t.co/1BxDxET4nY pic.twitter.com/uKqqecTwGN
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) April 9, 2015
In North Charleston, ‘over-policing’ led to racial profiling, activists say http://t.co/rARLGBmTXb
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 9, 2015
Keeping a distance from Menendez money http://t.co/5svmnHt5F3
— POLITICO (@politico) April 9, 2015
Why we don’t know how many Americans are killed by police http://t.co/sJLTrxeEqq
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) April 9, 2015
Opinion: Europe faces more than a Greek tragedy http://t.co/zEkcN5mirj
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 9, 2015
Before drones become a reality @hrw & @Harvard_Law want them to be declared unlawful by international treaty http://t.co/lMhnSm3rC7
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 9, 2015
After 23 years, the U.S. is dropping its claim that Cuba sponsors terrorism. Here’s what it means. http://t.co/Dbm8gtojiJ
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 9, 2015
In Kansas, GOP governor Sam Brownback struggles to balance budget after tax cut “experiment” http://t.co/KevXSSlXg8 pic.twitter.com/MMGKnxHl1T
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 9, 2015
ISIS’s attack on Yarmouk is highly suspicious and could only have happened with Assad’s complicity. http://t.co/qwe7HjLihb
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 9, 2015
Advocates hopeful Obama’s support will help end gay ‘conversion therapy’ http://t.co/50CKTPtyP9
— TIME.com (@TIME) April 9, 2015
While 68% of U.S. companies offered employer-sponsored health insurance coverage in 2000, just 55% did last year. http://t.co/u4ZgDIGKei
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) April 9, 2015
Long waits for medical care persist at Illinois VA hospitals http://t.co/eibW7tKuq8 pic.twitter.com/82Rrk3gYnd
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) April 9, 2015