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The president&#8217;s call for a &#8220;new beginning&#8221; in U.S.-Iranian relations coincides with the holiday of Norwuz, the traditional Iranian new year.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories calls Israel&#8217;s recent offensive in Gaza a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1072481.html\">war crime<\/a> of the &#8220;greatest magnitude,&#8221; noting that the Geneva Conventions require warring parties to make a distinction between military and civilian targets.<\/p>\n<p>Today marks the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/march\/20\/newsid_3495000\/3495453.stm\">6th anniversary<\/a> of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama makes a direct appeal to the Iranian people in this video broadcast on several television stations in the Middle East. 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