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Vandals target France railway hours before opening ceremony

France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Targeting remote locations far from the capital, the apparently coordinated attacks sought to cut off rail routes into the city from all …

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Meet the Journalist Who Lost Her Leg in Israeli Strike & Carried Olympic Torch for Slain Colleagues

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. The opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics is happening today in Paris. We begin our coverage with Lebanese photojournalist Christina Assi of Agence France-Presse. She carried the Olympic torch in Paris Sunday …

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