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Family of American woman killed in Israeli-occupied West Bank says US response ‘even more heartbreaking’ Blogging Sole

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More than two months after the American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, allegedly by a member of the Israeli security forces, his family told CBS News that their trust in the United States has been broken due to the lack of any independent criminal investigation. Eygi’s husband, Hamid Ali, … Read more

2 Somali pirates receive 30 years in prison for the kidnapping of an American journalist held hostage for 977 days Blogging Sole

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Two Somali pirates sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and held him hostage for 977 days, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Moore, a freelance journalist, traveled to Somalia in 2012 to study piracy and the country’s economy. On January 21, he was kidnapped by several heavily armed men and … Read more