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May 24, 2012 | | VOLATILE RELATIONS The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA nab bin Laden has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason. The harsh prison term may or may not be about Obama’s supposed snub of Pakistan’s president—but it’s clearly a message to Washington, say The Daily Beast’s Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai. ARAB SPRING Egyptians returned to the polls on Thursday for the second day of voting in the country’s first free election since ousting former President Hosni Mubarak last year. Lines at the polls were not as long as Wednesday, although Egyptian authorities proclaimed Thursday a holiday to allow public-sector employees access to vote. Most of the voting went peacefully on Wednesday, although some scuffles were reported and including the throwing of stones and shoes at Ahmed Shafiq, the former commander of the Army who is one of the frontrunners. Fifty million people are registered to vote, and preliminary results are expected over the weekend. There are 13 people running for president, although it is unclear what the president’s powers will be until the new constitution is approved. CONTINGENCY It’s been a tumultuous few weeks in Europe. And now that it looks like Greece might leave the euro zone, other European leaders are planning for what could be explosive markets to follow. Most countries agreed that they should issue bonds to help members in financial turmoil, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Greece would have to “uphold the commitments it has made.” The euro hit its lowest point against the dollar in two years as it dropped below $1.26 on Wednesday, as an eight-hour summit among European leaders did little to quell the financial problems roiling Europe. NEW LEAD Police have held a man for questioning in relation to the disappearance of Etan Patz, the six-year-old boy who vanished in 1979 and has never been found, after the man reportedly implicated himself. Police said the man they are questioning is known to investigators and has lived and worked in the Manhattan neighborhood since the boy disappeared. One law enforcement official identified the man as a New Jersey man named Pedro Hernandez. Several sources have indicated there has always been skepticism over the man’s story, and he has reportedly made several statements to police but has not given them any information they did not already know, and also has not given any indication of how to locate Patz's body. TRAYVON George Zimmerman, the self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer who has been charged with shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, apparently criticized Sanford police last year after he went on a 12-hour ride-along, according to recordings from an open city forum. “What I saw was disgusting,” Zimmerman told mayor-elect Jeff Triplett, who held the forum following a scandal that ousted former police chief Brian Tooley. These newly unearthed recordings come just one week after a trove of documents relating to Martin’s shooting were released to the public, including documents that showed that four key witnesses changed their version of events between when they were first interviewed in mid-March and after the case was handed to a special prosecutor in April. | | 
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