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With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
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US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
Fri 30 Jul 2010
     Jul 31, 2010 US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
This photo released by the Fars News Agency claims to show an Iranian satellite launching rocket named "Safir-2", translated in English as "Ambassador-2", carrying the satellite "Omid", or "Hope" in English, photographed at launch at an undisclosed location on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Iran has successfully sent its first domestically made satellite into orbit, the country's president announced Tuesday, claiming a significant step in an ambitious space program that has worried many international obser
Iran   Peace   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Iran – United States relations		  WorldNews.com 
Iran Aims for Space, U.S. Aims for War
Fri 30 Jul 2010
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran plans to send a man into space by 2019, it evoked the bold initiatives and... (photo: AP / Fars News Agency)
A plume of smoke is seen after a plane crashes on the Elmendorf Air Force in Anchorage, Alaska, Weds., July 28, 2010.  Star Tribune  Thu 29 Jul 2010
Military cargo plane crashes at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska; no word on casualties
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard says a military cargo plane has crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes confirmed... (photo: AP / Roger Herrera)
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Lance Armstrong, of the U.S.  Chicago Sun-Times  Tue 27 Jul 2010
Federal prosecuters subpoena documents from Lance Amstrmstrong doping case
AUSTIN, Texas — Federal prosecutors investigating cheating in professional cycling have subpoenaed documents from a 2004 case in which a Texas company tried to prove Lance Armstrong used performance... (photo: AP / Aman Sharma)
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U.S. Marines board a V-22 Osprey aircraft at Control Base Karma in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on June 9, 2010. Khaleej Times Tue 27 Jul 2010
Outrage over huge leak of Afghan war files
WASHINGTON ' The leak of 90,000 secret military files triggered an outcry Monday from nations fighting in Afghanistan as the Pentagon scrambled to uncover the source of... (photo: USMC / Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres)
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U.S. Army Spc. Travis Heslet from Carrollton, Texas, belonging to Alpha troop of the 3-71 Cavalry squadron guards a position with fellow soldiers near the town of Baraki Barak, Logar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 The Star Mon 26 Jul 2010
Leaked U.S. archive fuels doubts on Afghan war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration scrambled on Monday to manage the explosive leak of secret military records which paint a grim picture of the U.S.-led war... (photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills)
Afghanistan   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi delivers his speach during the Disarmament Conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday Aug. 12, 2009. The New York Times Mon 26 Jul 2010
China Warns U.S. Against Wading Into Islands Dispute
BEIJING — The Chinese government reacted angrily on Monday to an announcement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that Washington might step into a... (photo: AP / Keystone, Dominic Favre)
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An armed supporter of the Pakistani radical Islamic group 'Lashkar Islam or Army of Islam' keeps guard during a rally in Bara, the main town of Pakistan's lawless Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. The Star Mon 26 Jul 2010
Pakistan covertly aiding Taliban - leaked U.S. papers
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan was actively collaborating with the Taliban in Afghanistan while accepting U.S. aid, leaked U.S. military reports showed, a... (photo: AP / Mohammad Zubair)
Afghanistan   Pakistan   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Afghanistan–Pakistan relations
United States Marines from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines watch the explosion after calling in an airstrike during a gunbattle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. The Times of India Mon 26 Jul 2010
Leaked US military records show unreported Afghan deaths
WASHINGTON: Some 90,000 leaked US military records amount to an blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan... (photo: AP / Kevin Frayer)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
File - A North Korean soldier stands watch on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone as U.S. Sailors assigned to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group tour the DMZ in Panmunjom, South Korea, July 17, 2008. The Independent Sat 24 Jul 2010
North Korea warns of nuclear 'sacred war'
North Korea has said it would begin a "sacred war" against the United States and South Korea at "any time necessary", based on its nuclear deterrent, in response to... (photo: US Navy / MCCS Spike Call)
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Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009. China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites The New York Times
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo addresses delegates of the International Negotiators Conference Friday, May 28, 2010 in a hotel in Manila's financial district of Makati, Philippines. The conference gathered key personalities from countries that have signed peace agreement or have undertaken peace negotiations to share their experiences and ideas as means of resolving armed conflict in the country. (AP Photo/Pat Roque) Philippines forms body to probe Arroyo's nine-year administration m&c
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Pakistani rescue workers take a break as they search for evidence and victims at the site of Wednesday's deadly plane crash, in the mountains surrounding Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Search Resumes After Pakistan Plane Crash The New York Times
In this photo taken Sunday Sept. 27, 2009, Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi delivers his speech as he attends a meeting in Milan, Italy. Berlusconi Splits With a Coalition Ally The New York Times
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, receives Saudi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 30, 2010. Syrian and Saudi Leaders in Lebanon for Talks The New York Times
An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues. Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth The New York Times
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