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Welcome. Im deborah potter, sitting in for bob abernethy. Thank you for joining us. There was widespread condemnation this week of the massive escalation of violence in egypt, where military forces cracked down on supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi. More than 600 people were killed and several thousand were injured. The largest Muslim Advocacy Group in the united states, the council on American Islamic relations, urged president obama to cut off military aid to egypt. Israel released 26 palestinian prisoners this week as peace talks resumed in jerusalem. The second round of talks began despite israels announcement that it plans to build more than a thousand new Housing Units in disputed areas, including east jerusalem. U. N. Secretary general banki moon, visiting the west bank, called the new settlement activity troubling and warned it could make a twostate solution impossible. Attorney general eric holder proposed major reforms this week to the countrys prison system. Under

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