• Georgia Files Claims of Genocide against Russia
• Israeli Soldiers Acquitted in Killing of Palestinian Journalist
• Border Patrol Creates Comprehensive Crossing Database
• Iconic Chicano Arts Center in LA Feeling Gentrification Pressure
• New Wall Eliminates Cross-Border Meeting Spot for Families

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• Pakistani Coalition Locked in Internal Dispute
• Double Suicide Bombing at Pakistani Weapons Factory
• Afghanistan Witnesses Most Intense Ground Fighting in Years
• Rice Visits Baghdad as Negotiators Agree to Draft Language for Bilateral Security Deal
• Federal Judge Orders Delay of "Law of Parties" Execution in Texas

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As the conflict continues between Russia and Georgia, the government of Georgia is filing an case against Russia in the International court of Justice maintaining that Russia committed ethic cleansing in Georgia between 1994 and 2008.  But Russia has countered that claim.  They say Georgia has committed a genocide of their own against Russian citizens living in their country.  FSRN Karen Miller looks at the legal wrangling of both sides.

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Scores of Gaza journalists participated in a rally on Thursday, demanding an international probe into the killing of their collegue, Fadel Shana'a. Shana'a was a Palestinian working as a cameraman for Reuters.  He was killed this past April by a shell fired from an Israeli tank.  Reports claim his vehicle and clothing clearly designated he was with the press.  Today's protest followed an Israeli military court's ruling that acquitted the Israeli soldiers accused in the killing.  FSRN's Rami Almeghari has more.

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The Department of Homeland Security has disclosed they are collecting personal data from travelers going through US Border Crossings and storing it in a massive database.  DHS announced the policy through a notice in the Federal Register last month, but the issue has just recently received national media attention.  This kind of information gathering and storing at US borders is unprecedented.  FSRN Host Jes Burns interviewed Melissa Ngo, an attorney with privacylives.com, who says the new database casts a wide net.

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Self Help Graphics is an iconic East Los Angeles art center that started in the early 1970s.  The arts center gave young Chicano artists a platform to cultivate art free of censorship through programs, exhibitions, and community outreach.  But the groundbreaking visual arts center may be the latest victim in the area's ongoing gentrification.   FSRN's Martin Markovitz has more.

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