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Wednesday, April 09, 2014 (2014x71)

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2014/04/09 Headlines: Eastern Ukraine Standoff Continues; U.S.-Russia to Join New Talks; Kerry, McCain Spar over Obama's Handling of Ukraine; Drought, Funding Gap Threaten Worsening Hunger Crisis in Syria; Pillay: Assad Regime Behind Bulk of Atrocities in Syria Conflict; Senate Votes to Bar Iranian Ambassador to United Nations; Obama Issues Executive Order on Gender Pay Ahead of Senate Vote; Jailed U.S. Contractor Launches Hunger Strike in Cuba; USAID Denies "Cuban Twitter" Was Covert Program; Snowden: NSA Spied on U.S. Human Rights Groups; Venezuela Gov't, Opposition Leaders to Hold Talks; West Africa Faces Unprecedented Ebola Outbreak; Marine Shoots at Colleague at North Carolina Base; Wrongfully Convicted Black Prisoner Freed After 25 Years