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June 19, 2012 | | DANGER A shooting at Auburn this month killed three people, including two former football players and one current player. The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to find the U.S. colleges most shaken by crime, from Harvard to the University of Alabama. SYRIA President Obama and Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday jointly called for peace in Syria, but Putin refused to support the U.S. efforts to persuade Syrian president Bashar al-Assad from power. Two Russian warships are expected to set sail for Syria on a mission to protect Russian citizens and Tartus, the nation’s base there, Russian media reported on Tuesday. But the violence continued in Syria, as activists said 94 people were killed on Monday, including 63 civilians, three Army deserters, and 28 government troops. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported bombardment of the rebel stronghold Rastan on Tuesday. BARRED Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday disqualified Prime Minister Raza Gilani from holding office, two months after finding him in contempt of court. The Supreme Court found Gilani guilty of failing to pursue corruption charges against President Asif Ali Zardari in April, but gave him only a token sentence and spared him jail time. Pakistan’s governing People’s Party is reportedly in an emergency session to discuss possible solutions. CRISIS More ominous news out of Europe. As the G20 summit started in Mexico, leaders expressed concern over the mushrooming debt crisis in Europe—while fears over Spain’s financial health grew after the news that the country’s borrowing costs soared. Spain paid just over 2 percentage points more in interest rates on Tuesday, an especially worrisome sign just before its bond auction on Thursday. Meanwhile, European Union commission Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday that the crisis had not “originated in Europe” but rather by “unorthodox practices” by U.S. banks. In Greece, a coalition government is expected to be formed on Tuesday between the conservatives and the Socialists, as the new government hopes to negotiate a less severe bailout deal. NOT ARAB SPRING Israeli analysts are concerned that Mohamed Morsi, the newly elected president of Egypt, will eventually resort to a time-tested sop in the Arab world: blaming Israel. | | 
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