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Syria: medicine as a weapon of persecution

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For Syria's injured, hospitals are off-limits. With doctors pressured and patients hunted down, many of the wounded are being treated in secret, or simply fleeing the country. Next, will Israel strike Iran, sooner rather than later? As Israeli diplomats are targeted in Georgia and India, Israel points the finger at the Islamic republic. Finally, our reporters take us on patrol with UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

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