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Tuesday, June 28, 2011 (2011x127)

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2011/06/28 Headlines: Thousands of Greeks Begin 48-Hour General Strike; Greek Government Considers Widespread Privatization; Japan: 15 Tons of Radioactive Water Leaked into Ground Near Facility; Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Lab Remains Closed as Massive Wildfire Approaches; Israel Continues to Threaten Gaza Flotilla Activists; Libya Government Denounces International Arrest Warrants for Gaddafi and Aides; Syrian Opposition Leaders Gather in Rare Public Meeting; Number of Afghan U.S. War Refugees Reaches 250,000, Double Previous Year; U.S. Drones Kill 21 in Pakistan; Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Public Financing Law, Ban on Violent Video Games; Federal Judge Blocks Key Parts of Controversial Georgia Immigration Law; U.N. Approves Resolution Sending 4,200 Ethiopian Troops to Sudan; Trial Begins for Former Khmer Rouge Leaders; Trial Begins for Police Officers Accused of Killing Unarmed Civilians in Hurricane Katrina Aftermath; Wisconsin Bans Planned Parenthood Funds, Indiana Issues Injunction Against Blocking It from Medicaid; Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich Convicted on 17 Different Charges; Muslim Woman Sues Abercrombie & Fitch for Firing Her over Hijab; Flood Waters Begin to Recede in North Dakota Following Widespread Destruction