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As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence
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150 years after Gettysburg, drummer to recreate reunion march
PITTSBURGH - Fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest of the U.S. Civil War, a survivor of that fight marched 200 miles from Pittsburgh to the site of the battle for a reunion attended by both Union and Confederate veterans.
Syrian opposition resumes tough talks on unity for peace push
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