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Nicklas Bendtner
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 Goal 
Nicklas Bendtner, dodgy defence & five things that will settle Euro 2012 decider between Denmark ...
Tue 11 Oct 2011
As the curtain is about to be closed on the Euro 2012 qualifying stage, Goal.com analyses five key factors which could decide the outcome of the crunch Group H encounter | Bet: £5 £10 £... (photo: Creative Commons / wonker)
A Somali government soldier takes up a position during clashes with Islamist militants in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.
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 Joy Online 
Somalia Islamists al-Shabab 'driven out of Mogadishu'
Tue 11 Oct 2011
African Union (AU) troops say they have driven Islamist al-Shabab militants out of their last stronghold in the north of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. | "We control the whole of Mogadishu," AU Gen Fre... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul survey the Tarnek River in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2011.  The Daily Telegraph Australia  Tue 11 Oct 2011
Majority of Americans against the Afghanistan war
| A NEW poll shows 57 per cent of Americans no longer believe in the Afghanistan war. | The war in Afghanistan has entered its 10th year and insurgents - believed to be armed and organised from within... (photo: USAF / Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras)
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Libyan revolutionary fighters attack pro-Gadhafi forces beside the Ouagadougou conference center of Sirte, Libya, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.  BBC News  Mon 10 Oct 2011
Libya conflict: Pro-Gaddafi troops 'cornered' in Sirte
Libya's interim government forces say they have pro-Gaddafi troops "cornered" in two small areas of Sirte. | One commander told Reuters they had backed the loyalists into about 2 sq km (0.7 sq mile) o... (photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky)
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Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne . Deccan Herald Mon 10 Oct 2011
IAF will induct its C-17 airlifters from 2013
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Monday, October 10, 2011 --> | The Indian Air Force (IAF) will induct in June 2013 the first of the 10 C-17 Globemaster-III heavy airlifters it h... (photo: PIB of India)
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Libyan revolutionary fighters celebrate inside Sirte, Libya, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Orange News Mon 10 Oct 2011
Anti-Gaddafi Forces Make Fresh Gains In Sirte
| Anti-Gaddafi forces claim to be on the verge of taking full control of the dictator's home town of Sirte. | Fighters loyal to the ruling National Transitional Council s... (photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky)
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File - An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft prepares for takeoff in support of operations in Southwest Asia. The Independent Mon 10 Oct 2011
White House justifies killing of al-Awlaki as 'the rules of war'
| The White House ordered its lawyers to prepare a carefully-drafted legal opinion that would permit the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, the US-born al-Qa'ida leader ki... (photo: USAF / Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)
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Libyan revolutionary fighters look out from their trench during an attack against pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. Huffington Post Sat 8 Oct 2011
Libya: Fighters Claim Gains In Sirte
| SIRTE, Libya -- Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention center that loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi have used as their main ba... (photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky)
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The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne- India The Times Of India Sat 8 Oct 2011
Fragile security environment in India's neighbourhood: IAF Chief N A K Browne
HINDON (Ghaziabad): Voicing concern over the "extremely fragile" security environment in India's neighbourhood, IAF Chief N A K Browne today said it warrants close monito... (photo: PIB of India)
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Libyan rebels take positions in the streets of Zawiya, Libya, Friday, Aug.19, 2011. Joy Online Sat 8 Oct 2011
Libya battle hits heart of Sirte
The forces of Libya's transitional government have fought their way into the centre of Sirte, one of the last cities loyal to ex-leader Col Gaddafi. | Columns of smoke ro... (photo: AP / Giulio Petrocco)
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The Australian Sat 8 Oct 2011
Victorian Labor rejects Gillard policy on offshore processing of asylum-seekers
| VICTORIAN Labor has flatly rejected the Gillard government's stance on offshore processing and demanded federal MPs adhere to the party platform on asylum-seekers.... (photo: AP / Mark Graham)
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File - Sgt. 1st Class Sawyer Alberi, a member of the Female Engagement Team with the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team evaluates a woman during a medical aid mission performed by the FET at the Totem Dara Bala School in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. NZ Herald Sat 8 Oct 2011
Afghan women almost forgotten behind burqa
| The young woman's corpse was found in a bag in the Helmand river. But the murder inquiry was hampered by a simple fact - no one recognised her face. | She was just one ... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Whitney Hughes)
Afghanistan   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: Women's rights in Afghanistan   Women  
Panetta shines some light _ but not much _ with casual asides about CIA's secret drone program The Washington Post Fri 7 Oct 2011
Panetta shines some light _ but not much _ with casual asides about CIA's secret drone program
| NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy — There was a time when U.S. officials wouldn’t breathe a word about the CIA’s clandestine use of Predator drones. ... (photo: USAF / Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)
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