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Friday, May 31, 2013 (2013x109)

: 31, 2013

2013/05/31 Headlines: Iraq: More Than 1,200 Killed in Past 2 Months; Major U.S. Media Outlets Boycott Secret Holder Meetings; Syrian Opposition Group Rejects Peace Talks; Assad Agrees to Attend; Pakistani Taliban Vows Revenge After Drone Strike Kills Deputy; U.S. Authorities Probe More Suspicious Letters Sent to Obama; Father of Chechen Man Shot Dead by FBI Calls for Agents to Face Trial; Obama's FBI Pick Scrutinized for Past Approval of Spy Program, Torture; "Blockupy" Protesters Target European Central Bank; Cambodian Garment Workers Continue Bid for Wage Increase at Nike Factory; Seattle Fast Food Workers Join Growing Push for Wage Increase, Union Rights; Court Allows Coal Company to Slash Benefits, Break Union Agreements; Chicago Sun-Times Fires Entire Photography Staff; CNN Shutters Last U.S. TV News Bureau in Iraq; Report Shows Record Number of Female Breadwinners; Pundit Calls Shift "Anti-Science"; El Salvador to Allow C-Section for "Beatriz" After Court Denies Life-Saving Abortion