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Wednesday, April 20, 2011 (2011x78)

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2011/04/20 Headlines: France, Britain Plan to Send Troops to Libya; Syria Ends Emergency Rule amid Violent Crackdown; Japan Considers Banning Residents from Area Near Damaged Nuclear Plant; Plans to Build New Nuclear Reactors in Texas Abandoned; Bradley Manning Moved to Ft. Leavenworth Prison; Obama Backs Lifting Cap on Social Security Taxes; Michigan Pension Boards Sue Governor Rick Snyder over New Law; Human Rights Watch: International Community Ignores Saudi Crackdown on Dissidents; Report: 846 Egyptian Civilians Killed in Uprising; Yemen: U.N. Fails to Agree to Act amid Continuing Violence; Two Militants Suspected in Italian Activist Murder Killed in Hamas Raid; U.S. Approves First Offshore Wind Farm; Three Texas Kindergarten Students Hurt in Gun Accident