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Human Rights groups are offering widespread praise for a U.S. decision to send military advisers to help combat the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group accused of repeated atrocities in Uganda and surrounding countries.

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Thousands of Palestinians could be deported under a new and controversial order put in place in April by the Israeli army, human rights groups in Israel say.

But Israeli officials say the new rule will not result in mass deportations. Many Palestinians have gone into hiding to avoid being picked up by Israeli authorities.

Jake Tapper, the ABC News Senior White House Correspondent, reports that Secretary Clinton will announce the administration’s new policy toward the government of Sudan.

And that policy is controversial:

After the killing of dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators by security forces in Guinea last week, West African leaders have sent a presidential mediator in a bid to calm tensions.

Human rights groups say 157 were killed, more than 1,200 were wounded and many women were raped at what started as a peaceful opposition rally.

Human rights groups are trying to track how many Iranians are in custody following last month's disputed presidential election in Iran.

Karim Sadjadpour analyzes Iranian affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He talks with Steve Inskeep about some of the people who he knows are in custody — they include well-known scholars and political analysts.