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SINGER RICK JAMES DIES AT 56
Reknown funk singer Rick James shown in 1998 was found dead from natural causes in his Los Angeles aprartment on August 6, 2004. The 56 year old singer is best remebered for his 1981 recording "Super Freak" (UPI Photo/Jim Ruyman)

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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad