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June 18, 2011

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Syria Expands Crackdown on Dissent

Witnesses say troops with tanks, armored personnel carriers swept into Bdama, fired machine guns, arrested at least 70 people
Map of Hama and Deir al-Zor in Syria

Karzai Announces Peace Talks with Taliban

Afghan president says US, other foreign powers holding talks with Taliban aimed at ending nearly decade-long war
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (file photo)

Fighting in Northwest Libya, NATO Pounds Tripoli

Clashes erupt between forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and rebels in city of Nalut
Students walk past a building at Fatih University, which was damaged during coalition air strikes the day before, according to Libyan officials, in Tripoli, June 18, 2011

Morocco's February 20 Movement to Protest King's Reform Plan

Pro-reform group says monarch's proposal does not meet 'demands for true separation of powers'
Moroccan customers at a cafe in Casablanca watch a live broadcast from Rabat of a speech by Morocco's King Mohammed VI , June, 17, 2011

Former Zambian President Chiluba Dies

Chiluba suffered heart-attack at home after spending most of Friday with his lawyers, members of parliament
Frederick Chiluba, a former president of Zambia, casts his vote in national elections in Lusaka, September 28, 2006

US Envoy Condemns Kosovo Partition Plans, Ethnic Tensions

Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon concludes four-nation trip through Balkans, expresses concern over unresolved war crimes
U.S Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon shakes hand with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci (R) after signing an agreement to support education authorities in capital Pristina, June 16, 2011

US Revises Deportation Program

Authorities say they are modifying how they enforce key immigration program to concentrate on most serious criminals
In this April 19, 2011 photo, a National Guardman talks with U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed along the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas

Immigrant Women Especially Vulnerable to Sexual Harassment in Workplace

More than half a million African migrants have come to US since 1980, and many have settled in New York

Obama Offers Advice to Dads on Fatherhood

President Obama says growing up without a father encouraged him to work extra hard in doing his best to raise his daughters
US President Barack Obama delivers his weekly address, 18 June 2011

Titanic Exhibit Brings the Tragic Story to Life

Ship's story comes to life in exhibit at Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, has more than 300 artifacts recovered from wreck in 1985
The Artifact Exhibition about the Titanic features replicas and perhaps the most noteworthy is the grand staircase that most people recognize from the movie, at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, June 2011
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