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US Formally Ends Combat Mission in Iraq

Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Gates preside over formal change-of-command ceremony in Baghdad
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd left,  attend United States Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq,  1 Sept, 2010

Mideast Leaders Meeting at White House Ahead of Peace Talks

President Obama holds meetings with Israeli PM Netanyahu, Palestinian President Abbas a day before they begin direct negotiations
President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, 01 Sep 2010

Gaza Lessons Harden Israeli Views on Security, Ahead of Peace Talks

Many feel unilateral pullout from Gaza Strip has not reduced violence in area
Palestinians chant slogans as they attend a rally to protest against Israeli Palestinian talks in Washington, in Gaza City, 1 Sept 2010

For Palestinian Refugees at Shatila, 'Going Home' Holds Different Meanings

Middle East peace summit in Washington sets goal of one year to resolve final status issues including Palestinians' right of return
A tangle of electrical wires and water pipes, and anti-Semitic graffiti line the alleyways of the Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon, 31 Aug 2010

Yellow Sea Venue for Rival War Games

Maneuvers come just ahead of a second round of war games in the same waters by the United States and South Korea

Guinea Presidential Candidate Says Local Officials Campaigning for Rival

Cellou Diallo considered frontrunner in this month's run-off, especially as he expanded his political coalition
Candidate for the Guinean presidency Cellou Dalein Diallo smiles to the crowd on June 27, 2010

Red Cross Feeding Ghanaians Displaced by Ethnic Violence

Ghana's Red Cross distributing food to some 2,000 families who fled violence that erupted in March in northern town of Bawku
Map of Ghana

Burma's Tax System Corrupt Say Activists

Groups accuse military rulers of using taxation as a tool of repression
Map of Burma

Asylum Seekers Back in Custody in Australia

Police say that more than 70 men escaped from a detention center by breaking through two electrified fences
Indonesian marine police officers watch as Afghan asylum seekers sit on their ship that was caught off Java island upon docking at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Indonesia is a major launching post for Afghans, Iranian and Iraqis se

Coyotes at Home in American Backyards

Wild desert dog easily adapts to life in urban areas
Urban coyotes are becoming commonplace in some US urban areas.
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