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Abbas Cancels Israel War-Crimes Report, Boosting Hamas

Oct. 6, 2009
The decision by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to suppress a U.N. investigation of alleged war crimes in Gaza has presented a massive political gift to Hamas
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic