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education. additional funding also provided by moutual of america. retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. welcome. i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. people of faith around the world continue to pray for a permanent truce between israel and hamas. during this week s pause in the fighting, groups were able to deliver aid to people in gaza. many decried the humanitarian impact of the conflict. a catholic relief services official described the situation as quote a complete catastrophe. many religious leaders continued to protest the large number of civilian casualties. in washington, on tisha b av, the jewish day of mourning, activists held a vigil for those on both sides who were killed. the gathering urged an end to the war. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said hamas should be held accountable for what he called the tragic loss of civilian lives. he said israel s actions were justified and proport ....
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions brown: in the final news conference of his first term, president obama said he will not negotiate with congressional republicans on raising the nation s debt ceiling. good evening. i m jeffrey brown. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we ll examine what the president said about tackling the government deficit and reducing gun violence. brown: then, we turn to the west african nation of mali, where french troops have launched air strikes on islamic militants. three jihaddist groups now deemed a clear and present danger to the capital and beyond, a threat to africa and europe. woodruff: margaret warner has the story of the suicide of a young internet wizard who was facing federal charges for hacking and distributing online data he thought should be made public. brown: ray suarez updates the changes in cuba, where travel restrictions were eased today for citizens hoping to come and go. it ....
and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. brown: algeria s state news agency now says special forces have completed a mission to rescue dozens of foreign hostages, including some americans. they d been held by militants tied to al-qaeda. but there are wildly varying accounts of how many got out alive, and how many were killed. because of the fluidity and the fact that there is a lot of planning going on, i cannot give you any further details at this time about the current situation on the ground. brown: even this afternoon, as secretary of state hillary clinton suggested, the situation in algeria remained confused. the focus was this natural gas compound in the sahara desert seen here in footage from last ....