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Lebanese protesters shout slogans as they carry a picture depicting the bloodied hands of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his father former President Hafez Assad, during a rally in solidarity with Syrian anti-government protesters in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, July 15, 2011.
photo: AP
Residents: Syrian forces move into border city, detain dozens
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(CNN) -- Syrian forces moved into a city near the Lebanese border Sunday, detaining dozens of people, residents said. Tanks rumbled in before dawn into Zabadani, about 25 miles north of Damascus.Residents of the city had called for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad in several demonstrations since anti-government protests took hold of the...
SANGIN, Afghanistan - American and British soldiers take a tactical pause during a combat patrol in the Sangin District area of Helmand Province April 10. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Daniel Love)
photo: US Army / Spc. Daniel Love
Afghanistan: Bamiyan province handed to local forces
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Nato has handed over control of the central Afghan province of Bamiyan to Afghan security forces. It is the first of seven areas to be passed to local troops under a plan announced by President Karzai in March. Bamiyan is one of the country's most...
In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, people take part in a rally in the town of Zlitan, roughly 160 km (99 miles) east of Tripoli, Libya, Friday, July 15, 2011.
photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill
Col Gaddafi vows he will never leave Libya
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Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has again vowed never to leave Libya, the "land of his ancestors". His speech was broadcast to supporters in the city of Zawiya, which was taken back from rebels after fierce fighting in the early stages of the revolt. The remarks came after the US decided to recognise the opposition as Libya's "legitimate...
Egyptian protesters put Egyptian flags in front of Alexandria state security headquarters in Alexandria, Egypt, Friday July 15, 2011.
photo: AP / Tarek Fawzy
Egypt Military Moves to Cement a Muscular Role in Government
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CAIRO — The military council governing Egypt is moving to lay down ground rules for a new constitution that would protect and potentially expand its own authority indefinitely, possibly circumscribing the power of future elected officials. Related Egypt Purges Mubarak-Era Police Officers (July 14, 2011) Times Topic: Egypt News — Revolution...
A Somali family from southern Somalia arrive at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 16, 2011.
photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh
Somalia drought: UN delivers aid to Islamist areas
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The UN has made its first aid delivery to drought victims in areas of Somalia controlled by al-Qaeda-linked militants since they lifted an aid ban. UN children organisation's Rozanne Chorlton said...
HELMAND, Afghanistan--British Royal Marine Commandos take part in Operation Sond Chara, the clearance of Nad-e Ali District of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan by Afghan National Security Force and troops deployed with the International Security Assistance Force 42-Commando in late December.
photo: Public Domain / Cpl. John Rafoss
Speeding up the Afghan pull-out 'risks UK lives'
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David Cameron is today warned not to risk the lives of British soldiers by making an early withdrawal from Afghanistan. The warning comes in a report from the influential House of Commons Defence Committee. Operations in Afghanistan states that pulling out more than a few hundred support troops could undermine the international coalition's...
A man wearing sunglasses painted with the colors of the Syrian national flag gives a v-sign during a rally in support of the Syrian opposition in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, July 7, 2011.
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon
Syrian opposition calls for civil disobedience
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Syrians should wage a campaign of civil disobedience to try to force President Bashar al-Assad from power, an exiled dissident said at a meeting in Turkey aimed at forging a united opposition. The opposition, divided between Islamists and liberals, is holding a "National Salvation Congress" to try to unite behind the goal of ending 41 years of...
File - President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden makes a point during a meeting with the Democratic leadership in the Oval Office, June 23, 2011.
photo: White House / Pete Souza
No debt ceiling deal in sight
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By Charles Riley @CNNMoney July 16, 2011: 7:40 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Just two weeks and a couple days. That's how long Congress has to raise the debt ceiling, or risk economic catastrophe. The deadline has been a long time coming. Treasury started sending letters to lawmakers in January urging them to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling --...
Rupert Murdoch, centre, attempts to speak to the media after he held a meeting with the parents and sister of murdered school girl Milly Dowler in London, Friday, July 15, 2011.
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth
UK govt defends Murdoch ties as scandal spirals
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LONDON - Britain's Conservative-led government denied Saturday that it was too close to Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hit media empire, as the mogul apologized for phone hacking by one of his tabloids in full-page newspaper ads across the country. Government records show that Prime Minister David Cameron had scores of meetings with media executives in...
People walk to attend a Friday prayer as a rebel fighter stands on guard in the rebel-held Benghazi, Libya, Friday, July 15, 2011.
photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev
U.S. recognizes Libyan rebels' authority
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Istanbul (CNN) -- The United States now recognizes the main opposition group in Libya "as the legitimate governing authority" in a country that Moammar Gadhafi has long ruled with an iron first, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday. U.S. recognition of the Transitional National Council is a major diplomatic policy shift that could give...
A longtime CIA officer who spent 21 years in the Middle East is predicting that Israel will...
Providing equality of opportunity of education is not an option but a legal requirement for...
MUMBAI: Were the triple bombings in Mumbai a "trial" or a "dry run" for something bigger? A...
 
Egyptian protesters perform Friday prayers in front of Egyptian flag at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday July 15, 2011
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has begun his promised cabinet reshuffle as protests continue over the slow pace of political reform. Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Orabi has resigned while two new deputy prime ministers have been...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama talking about world peace and harmony during a Buddhist teaching ceremony which being held in Kullu Manali, H.P, India
Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama has been slammed as an act that has "grossly interfered in China's internal affairs" and damaged Chinese-US relations. The statement from China's Foreign Ministry came hours after the US President met the...
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
Newspapers are opened to show the advertisement apology for News International and photographed at a news vendor in central London, Saturday, July 16, 2011.
News International has made a fresh apology in Sunday's national newspapers, placing adverts declaring there should be "no place to hide" from the police investigation into phone hacking. It comes after The Metropolitan Police denied that a...
photo: AP / Sang Tan
In this file photo taken on March 17, 2007, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas, right, raise their linked arms as they move through the crowd at a special session of parliament in Gaza City.
Two months after announcing a proposed unity government, talks are stalled between rivals Hamas and Fatah. Neither side pushes to resume, but neither is quite ready to call the deal off. 0...
photo: AP / Hatem Moussa
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, third from left, attends a ceremony Aug. 19, 2010, in Kabul, Afghanistan, to commemorate the 91st anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rawalpindi, which granted Afghanistan independence from Great Britain in 1919.
Baktash Siawash has had to hear one phrase more than any other during his career: "We won't speak to him. He's just a young boy." Siawash is 25 years old and the youngest member of the Afghan parliament - and as both a politician and a former...
photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail
Turkish President Abdullah Gul , right, speaks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Istanbul, Friday, July 15, 2011.
ISTANBUL-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is troubled by Turkey's arrests of dozens of journalists, calling it "inconsistent" with the economic and political progress the moderate Muslim nation has made. Despite those concerns,...
photo: AP / Saul Loeb
Somali children ride on top of baggage in a donkey-drawn cart as their family heads from the Somali border for the refugee camps around Dadaab, Kenya, Wednesday, July 13, 2011.
East Africa's worsening famine is one of the largest humanitarian crises in decades, a US official said, pledging "significant" aid. The US already pledged $5m on Friday to help Somali refugees, on top of a previously budgeted $63m. Reuben Brigety,...
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
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Chairman of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch, left, and Chief executive of News International Rebekah Brooks leave his residence in central London, Sunday, July 10, 2011. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Mohamed bin Hammam speaks during the 23rd AFC Congress at a hotel in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, May 8, 2009. Bin Hammam's about face on Kuwait's involvement in the election came after the Court of Arbitration for Sport late Thursday gave authority to the other 45 Asian football nations to decide its voting rights. Euro - Currency Russian President Dmitry Medvedev heads a meeting on transport security in the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Russian news agencies say President Dmitry Medvedev has fired a top official of the country's transport police in the wake of the bombing at Russia's busiest airport that killed 35 people.
President of the United States Barack Obama delivers the keynote address during the annual Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 30, 2011.  DoD photo by R. D. Ward Ali Abdullah Saleh meets Donald H. Rumsfeld at Pentagon 2004 File - President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden makes a point during a meeting with the Democratic leadership in the Oval Office, June 23, 2011. Childhood Obesity
President Barack Obama delivers remarks to Allison Transmission workers and guests at one of the company's plants in Indianapolis, Friday, May 6, 2011. Obama toured the facility and talked about his long-term plan to protect consumers against rising oil prices and decrease oil imports while ensuring a cleaner, safer, and more secure energy future. South Africa's captain Graeme Smith plays a shot off India's bowler Zaheer Khan, unseen, during the fourth One Day International cricket match at the St George's stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on Friday Jan. 21, 2011. pork - meat Apple iPhone - Smartphone
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez  smiles as he speaks to gathered diplomats inside Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday May 5, 2010.  Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Dwane Casey yells at his team during the second half of a basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. The Lakers won 95-88. (jd1) Hugo Chavez in Guatemala President Of Venezuela Hugo Chavez
Lebanese protesters shout slogans as they carry a picture depicting the bloodied hands of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his father former President Hafez Assad, during a rally in solidarity with Syrian anti-government protesters in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, July 15, 2011. Egyptian protesters chant anti-military rule slogans while carrying a big Egyptian flag during a march from Tahrir square to the People's Assembly building in Cairo July 12, 2011. Rear Adm. Mark D. Guadagnini, commander of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, tours the Al Basra Oil Terminal. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh looks on during a media conference in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 18, 2011. Yemeni government snipers firing from rooftops and houses shot into a crowd of tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators on Friday, killing at least 40 people and injuring hundreds demanding the ouster of the autocratic president. Yemen's president has declared a nationwide state of emergency as the government intensifies a crackdown on protesters demanding his ouster.
Newly elected Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General, Jose Graziano da Silva, of Brazil, center, is cheered by delegates after being elected at FAO's Headquarters in Rome, Sunday, June 26, 2011. India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni speaks during a news conference ahead of Saturday's Cricket World Cup final match against Sri Lanka in Mumbai, India, Friday, April 1, 2011. A man passes an advertisement for Harry Potter items on sale at a store in Mexico City, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. The latest book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," goes on sale in Spanish in Latin America today. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) File - Six-month old Christelle Jean Pierre sleeps on her mother's shoulder, as they wait for medical assistance at a cholera treatment center of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its affiliated non-governmental organization AVSI.
 
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