For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, Reuters, and Le Monde; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history, dies at 84, by Calvin Woodward | AP  WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from NPR, Middle East Eye and Reuters, and HERE and HERE for beginnings of report from Le Monde in English and French.

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