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Israel recalls its ambassador<\/a> to Switzerland after Swiss president, Hans-Rudolf Merz, met with Iranian president and holocaust denier, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in advance of a U.N. conference on racism in Geneva.<\/p>\n

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Dozens of Western delegates walk out of the UN-sponsored<\/a> anti-racism conference during Ahmadinejad’s speech, in which the Iranian president called Israel a “racist regime.”<\/p>\n

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Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, says the crossing of thousands of Tamil civilians into government-held territory signals “complete defeat” for the Tamil Tigers<\/a>, and gives the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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