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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather near damaged cars that were burned after a car bomb exploded in the suburb of Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, Thursday , July 25, 2013.
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 Denver Post 
Death toll in Syria war passes 100,000, U.N. says
Fri 26 Jul 2013
Syrians look at burned-out car bombs after an attack that killed at least 10 people and wounded 66 on Thursday in southeast Damascus. Jaramana is a mainly Christian and Druze suburb of Damascus, and i... (photo: AP / SANA)
Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers confer each other near the deployed PAC-3 land-to-air missiles, background, at the Araya base in Akita, northern Japan, just after a North Korean rocket was launched Sunday, April 5, 2009. A North Korean rocket flew over Japanese airspace Sunday, but Tokyo did not fire any interceptors because no debris appeared to fall toward its territory, Japanese officials said.
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 BBC News 
Japan military 'needs marines and drones'
Fri 26 Jul 2013
Japan should bolster its marine force and introduce surveillance drones, a defence review paper says, highlighting concerns over China and North Korea. | Units that could be dispatched quickly to remo... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
A close-up view of the Za'atri camp for Syrian refugees as seen on July 18, 2013, from a helicopter carrying U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.  The Guardian  Thu 25 Jul 2013
Syrian refugees: how many are there and where are they?
As part of the Guardian's series on the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in Syria, we are updating our numbers on refugees. They show a population still urgently in need of help | • Downloa... (photo: US DoS)
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Syrian army personnel shoot towards rebel fighters during a tour for journalists organized by the Syrian Information Ministry in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, Syria, Sunday, July 14, 2013.  Al Jazeera  Wed 24 Jul 2013
The price of intervention
The United States' highest ranking military officer has given the most explicit assessment yet of Washington's options to stem the bloody conflict in Syria. |   | But the chairman of the joint ch... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
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In this photo taken with a mobile phone Tuesday, June 11, 2013, Vigilantes youths pose for a photographs in Maiduguri, Nigeria. BBC News Wed 24 Jul 2013
Nigeria's vigilantes take on Boko Haram
Vigilante groups have formed in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri to fight the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, a move welcomed by the military as it battles to ... (photo: AP / Abdulkareem Haruna)
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File - President Barack Obama talks with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer in the Oval Office, March 15, 2013. Al Jazeera Tue 23 Jul 2013
American Liberalism and the national security state
Cornell West, on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, reiterated his criticism that President Obama is a "war criminal" for killing innocent people through drone strike... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
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In this file photo taken on Friday, July 20, 2012, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are led away to detention centers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. The Guardian Tue 23 Jul 2013
Al-Qaida claims Iraq prison raids which freed hundreds of inmates
Military-style assaults on Abu Ghraib and Taji prisons come as Sunni Muslim militants regain momentum in insurgency | Mourners pray over the coffin of a victim killed dur... (photo: AP / Alaa al-Marjani)
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US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the United States Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad, on Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010, as a new US military mission in Iraq was launched ending seven years of combat. Newstrack India Tue 23 Jul 2013
Joe Biden to hold talks with Indian leaders on economic ties, defence, energy
Tweet | New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): US Vice President Joe Biden, who is on a four day visit to India, will call on Indian leaders and hold bilateral discussions here today.... (photo: AP / Jim Watson Pool)
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File - Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey gives remarks during a ceremony honoring the Military Times 2011 Soldier of the Year. BBC News Tue 23 Jul 2013
Syria conflict: Top US general outlines military options
The top US military officer has outlined the costs, risks and benefits of possible American military involvement in the Syrian conflict. | Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman ... (photo: US Army)
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In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, columns of smoke billow above houses as a result of heavy bombing in Damascus, Syria, Monday July 22, 2013. Al Jazeera Mon 22 Jul 2013
Russia urges Syria to expel 'extremists'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has issued a new call for the Syrian government and opposition to work together to expel all "terrorists and extremists" from Syria... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network)
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A cell block is seen at the renovated Abu Ghraib prison, now renamed Baghdad Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Toronto Sun Mon 22 Jul 2013
Al-Qaida militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out
BAGHDAD/MOSUL, IRAQ -  | Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al-Qaida, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style a... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
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Customs losing propaganda battle as $4.6m message falls on deaf ears in Afghanistan The Australian Mon 22 Jul 2013
Customs losing propaganda battle as $4.6m message falls on deaf ears in Afghanistan
THE federal government has spent $4.6 million on a "black ops"-style program to convince Hazaras in Afghanistan not to make the perilous boat journey to Australia -- but ... (photo: USMC / David McKenzie)
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Iraqi army soldiers inspect the damage inside the Abu Bakr Mosque in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 19, 2013. South China Morning Post Sun 21 Jul 2013
Wave of bombings kills 65 in Baghdad
A wave of bombings killed 65 people in Baghdad province on Saturday night, officials said, as Iraq struggles to contain its worst violence since 2008, in which over 520 h... (photo: AP)
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