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Clashes rock Jerusalem mosque compound with holy week ahead

Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, with further trouble feared in the week ahead as Jews celebrate the Sukkot holiday. The Sukkot holiday which started at sunset is expected to lead to an increase in Jewish visitors to the Al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. In Sunday’s disturbances, young masked Palestinians “threw stones and fireworks at police and border

Mexico marks one year since 43 students vanished

Thousands marched in Mexico City Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in a murky case involving corrupt police that has haunted President Enrique Pena Nieto. Behind the 43 are thousands of disappeared,” Sofia Rojas, a student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told AFP. Signs that read “Crime of the State” and “Get Out Pena” peppered the crowd as they streamed down the