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Police in LA moved in overnight at the camp of Occupy protesters. The raid began two days after protesters were told to leave. Police took also took similar action in Philadelphia.

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Hillary Clinton begins a visit to Myanmar today, the first by a U.S. secretary of state, to that reclusive country, in half a century. Myanmar, long known as Burma, has been notorious for its repressive rule. In recent months, there have been signs of reform. Clinton says she's testing the waters to see how real those changes are.

Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian protest movement, has gone largely quiet this week as millions of Egyptians cast ballots in the country's parliamentary elections. The week before, hundreds of thousands of people had been gathering in the square to protest the government.