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RIMBO, Sweden | Prisoner swap deal bolsters hopes of progress in Yemen talks

RIMBO, Sweden | Prisoner swap deal bolsters hopes of progress in Yemen talks

RIMBO, Sweden — Yemen’s warring sides agreed to a broad prisoner swap Thursday, sitting down in the same room together for the first time in years at U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Sweden aimed at halting a catastrophic war that has brought the country to the brink of famine.

Hopes were high that the talks wouldn’t deteriorate into further violence as in the past, and that the prisoner exchange…

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‘Time is hard': Eleanor Holmes Norton brings up Iraq War, forgets what century this is [video]

‘Time is hard’: Eleanor Holmes Norton brings up Iraq War, forgets what century this is 

http://twitter.com/#!/GryFlannelDwarf/status/461880147520786432 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton represents Washington, D.C. She also represents what happens when you don’t pay attention in history class. During today’s House Oversight Committee hearing on Benghazi, Holmes Norton thought it made sense to bring up the Iraq War: http://twitter.com/#!/Just2Opine/status/461879017860501504 Surely…

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