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In this photo taken during a government-organised tour for the media Wednesday Aug 10 2011, Syrian soldiers stand on their armored vehicle which is placed on a flatbed truck heading out of the city after a weeklong military assault that the government said was aimed at rooting out "terrorists," in Hama city, Syria, which has seen some of the largest anti-government protests of the 5-month-old uprising. Global calls for tougher sanctions on Syria
| World leaders have called for a tougher stance over Syria's bloodly crackdown on protesters, demanding new international sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad and his regime. | In a round of t... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi) Al Jazeera
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A view Earth from the International Space Station - Katia was a tropical storm gathering energy over the Atlantic Ocean when one of the Expedition 28 crew took this photo on Aug. 31, 2011. NASA urges space junk clean up
The amount of junk in space is rising exponentially, with continuous collisions between abandoned equipment, spent rockets and other debris creating ever growing clouds of dangerous fragments, an infl... (photo: NASA) The Hindu
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President Barack Obama delivers his address at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011, to give an update on Libya. Obama shrugs off old race-related cases
| At the height of the "Obama is a Kenyan" lunacy, an unusual meme -- even by the standards of the birthers -- began making the rounds. | According to the know-nothings who populate that nutty alterna... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, during a press conference at 10 Downing Street, London, Friday, July 8, 2011. Cameron pledges support for Libya
Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged that the Nato operation in Libya would continue for as long as necessary as deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi vowed his forces would "fight on every street". | ... (photo: AP / Peter Macdiarmid, Pool) London Evening Standard
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In this image taken from Libyan State TV, broadcast Tuesday March 22, 2011, showing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as he talks to a large crowd in Bab El Azizia, Libya. World leaders unblock $15 bn for Libya rebels
World leaders unblocked $15 billion in funds to help Libya's victorious rebels rebuild their shattered country as fugitive strongman Moamer Kadhafi called for guerrilla warfare. | Forty-two years to t... (photo: AP / Libyan State TV) Jakarta Globe
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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. G.O.P. vs. Obama: Disrespect or Just Politics?
| WASHINGTON — American presidents often have highly disagreeable relationships with members of Congress from the opposing party. Related | News Analysis: Obama Must Perform a Balancing Act on J... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) The New York Times
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