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News Analysis: As U.S. Exits Syria, Mideast Faces a Post-American Era

for now and with this isolationist fool of a President The pending withdrawal from Syria is the latest example of a broader American disengagement from the Middle East. Russia and Iran are filling the void.

‘Irish history is moving rapidly’: backlash to abortion law fails to emerge

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Besides a fleeting protest in Galway, abortion has become available in 22 of Ireland’s 26 counties with barely a fuss

Ireland voted by a landslide to legalise abortion – but turning that social revolution into medical reality has fallen largely on the shoulders of just 200 GPs.

Related: Apprehension on all sides before launch of Irish abortion services

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Britons make 170,000 antisemitic Google searches a year, study finds

by how many people – would give us better information.

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Research shows 10% of these searches involve violent phrases such as ‘Jews must die’

At least 170,000 antisemitic Google searches are made in the UK every year, with 10% of them involving violent phrases such as “Jews must die” or “kill Jews”, research has revealed.

The analysis for the Community Security Trust (CST) showed that while most of the searches are for jokes mocking Jewish people, the most common negative stereotypes claim Jews are “evil” and “racist”.

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