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• Russian consumerism may be poisoning this town. But nascent civil society is pushing back.
• As civilian toll climbs in Gaza, focus on Hamas dampens compassion in Israel
• Did Paul Ryan leave them rolling in the aisles?

Russian consumerism may be poisoning this town. But nascent civil society is pushing back. Posted: 12 Apr 2018 02:06 PM PDT Few in Volokolamsk have any doubt that the two are connected. To try to remedy the situation, the parents, with their lawyer, are doing something that may be a first in Russia: file a class action suit on environmental grounds, seeking the dump's closure and damages for the harm it has done to locals. Recommended: Sochi, Soviets, and czars: How much do you know about Russia?

As civilian toll climbs in Gaza, focus on Hamas dampens compassion in Israel Posted: 12 Apr 2018 12:40 PM PDT Dramatizing their demand for a "Right to Return" to long lost homes, tens of thousands of Gaza Strip residents have mobilized for what were billed as peaceful marches along the Palestinian territory's heavily fortified border fence with Israel. As both sides gird for a third round Friday, the marches' toll has risen to 31 people killed and more than 1,000 wounded, sparking outrage at the highest number of Palestinian casualties in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the 2014 war between Israel and the hard-line Hamas movement that rules Gaza. Recommended: How much do you know about the Palestinians?

Did Paul Ryan leave them rolling in the aisles? Posted: 12 Apr 2018 12:34 PM PDT As a senior leader of his party and second in line to succeed the president, so much of Mr. Ryan's legacy is now being judged on his legislative wins and losses, or his support, silence, and criticism concerning the behavior of President Trump. A reading of his speeches shows he did often trigger a bipartisan chuckle over a partisan issue or party division.

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