Israel-Gaza. “Israeli combat soldiers have acknowledged that they forced Palestinian civilians to serve as human shields, needlessly killed unarmed Gazans and improperly used white phosphorus shells to burn down buildings as part of Israel's three-week military offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter.”
Honduras. “The two diametrically opposed views underscore the deep divisions and simmering anger evident in Honduras, where those who support Zelaya are generally poor and those who oppose him tend to come from the middle and upper classes.”
Sotomayor hearing. “Republican senators sparred with Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday over racial bias, judicial activism and temperament as she presented herself as a reliable follower of precedent rather than a jurist shaped by gender and ethnicity, as some of her past speeches suggested.”
Quote of the day. “This is the higher education equivalent of the moon shot. The president is putting a bet on one sector to get a lot more graduates. They want to have a measurable impact on work force development.” Jamie Merisotis, president of the Lumina Foundation, which supports community college initiatives, on President Obama’s plan to increase funding for community colleges. (New York Times)
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