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A.M. Links: Morsi Back to Work, FBI Asked Zimmerman's Neighbors if He Was Racist, Israel Allows Same-Sex Divorce, New Mexican President Continuing Drug War, British Aid Helping Corporations, Philippine Typhoon Death Toll Rises

Matthew Feeney | 12.5.2012 9:00 AM

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  • Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has returned to the presidential palace a day after it was surrounded by protesters demonstrating against his recent power grab. 
  • Mexico's new president, Enrique Pena Nieto, says that we can expect more of the same with the army and navy continuing their fight against the cartels. 
  • Newly released documents reveal that the FBI asked George Zimmerman's neighbors if he was a racist.
  • Israel, where same-sex marriages cannot be legally conducted, has allowed its first same-sex divorce.
  • Climate change activists are claiming that much of the British government's money that is sent to Africa ends up in the hands of corporations, not the poor.  
  • The death toll from the typhoon in the Philippines is approaching 300.  

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