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Serbian President Boris Tadic addresses the media in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 22, 2010. Kosovo won a major victory on the world stage Thursday as the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' highest court, said its 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia was legal. Serbs Vote in Presidential Runoff Election
| Correction Appended | PARIS -- Serbs voted Sunday in a presidential runoff election pitting Boris Tadic, a pro-Western reformer, against Tomislav Nikolic, a nationalist... (photo: AP / Marko Drobnjakovic) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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President Barack Obama prepares to board Air Force One before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Saturday, May, 19, 2012. Obama is traveling to Chicago to host the two-day NATO summit. Obama hails progress on euro crisis
Maryland - US President Barack Obama hailed progress made in tackling Europe's economic crisis at the end of a G8 summit on Saturday, noting leaders' agreement that growt... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) News24
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President Barack Obama briefs journalists following the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Md. Obama sees 'emerging consensus' on economic fix
CAMP DAVID, Md. - Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governm... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Tulsa World
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Growth, jobs are priority for Group of Eight leaders Growth, jobs are priority for Group of Eight leaders
| President Barack Obama leads a Group of Eight summit session Saturday at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. The European debt crisis dominated the talks, ... (photo: EC / EC) Denver Post
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U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, second from right, the new commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, visits with U.S., NATO and Afghan forces at checkpoint 91 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 9, 2010 How Obama's strategy on Afghanistan war evolved
|   | This article is adapted from “Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power,” to be published by Crown on June 5. |   | It wa... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail) The Dallas Morning News
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onservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh talks with guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, prior to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Australian Prime Minister John Howard.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Rush Limbaugh Defends Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Over Tax Allegations
| Rush Limbaugh praised Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who has been accused of attempting to dodge millions of dollars in taxes, for having business savvy on hi... (photo: AP / Ron Edmonds) Huffington Post
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This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows workers inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.Facebook, the social network that changed "friend" from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Will Being on the Stock Market Change Facebook?
After the IPO, users may see changes to the site | Facebook began trading on the Nasdaq today, priced at $38 a share. This puts the total value of the company at $104 bil... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma) US News
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An Afghan villager unlocks the door of a suspected homemade explosives factory for U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Rodgers in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. The NATO Afghan summit: Reality and illusion
| Everything has been moving forward, step by step. At the beginning of May, after months of negotiation, US President Barack Obama made a triumphal appearance at the Afg... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod) Al Jazeera
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BTT Bank Headquarters POS (acquired by RBC in 2008).Port of Spain became a "city" in 1914; the ordinance was passed on May 29 and was proclaimed by the Governor on June 25, 1914. The first city councilors were elected on November 2. Spain stocks fall sharply after Moody's downgrade
| MADRID (AP) — Spanish stocks dropped sharply early Friday morning after ratings agency Moody's downgraded its credit score of 16 Spanish banks in the latest blow ... (photo: Creative Commons / Christianwelsh) US News
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House OKs continued war in Afghanistan House OKs continued war in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are war-w... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Tulsa World
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The marble statue of ancient Greek philosopher Socrates stands in front of the headquarters of Bank of Greece, in central Athens, on Friday, July 23, 2010. Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears
| Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to l... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera
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Chinese Vice Premier LI Keqiang, right, and LIu Yunshan, left, Director of Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department, clap while Zhou Yongkang, center, member of Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Commitee, is introduced during a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, May 4, 2012. Chinese in bold call for official's removal
| A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of B... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan) Al Jazeera
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Soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace after a military coup in Bamako, Mali, Friday, March 23, 2012. Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
| Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and u... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) Al Jazeera
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Pakistan president to attend NATO summit Pakistan president to attend NATO summit
| Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanis... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Al Jazeera
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rajnath singh- india-politics Cong should propose a consensus candidate for Prez post: Rajnath
Lucknow: Former BJP President Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said a debate should not be held who would occupy top constitutional posts and it would be better if Congress propo... (photo: BJP Website) Zeenews
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Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, surrounded by reporters, leaves a polling station for the Socialist Party's primary vote, in Sarcelles, next to Paris, Sunday Oct. 16, 2011. Strauss-Kahn Countersues NY Hotel Maid for $1M
| NEW YORK (AP) — Dominique Strauss-Kahn is filing a $1 million countersuit against the New York City hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, saying she serio... (photo: AP / Yoan Valat) The New York Times
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A mother walking with her child on the road - parenting Can good parenting classes ever work?
The Government's multi-million pound scheme to teach good parenting must reach the right people to be effective. | Another sticking plaster? Under the 'Can Parent’ sche... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Daily Telegraph
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Soldiers operate their Bradley armored fighting vehicle during an operation to search for weapons and munitions in areas of anti-Coalition activity along the Iraq-Syria border. The troopers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment. U.S. Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters
Fighting in Syria has killed at least 32 people, activists said, and Saudi Arabia said stubborn violence was shredding the credibility of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan st... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts) Otago Daily Times
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EU concern as Greek political paralysis continues EU concern as Greek political paralysis continues
| AFP - Debt-laden Greece headed into a second week of political paralysis Monday after emergency talks between party leaders failed to forge a unity cabinet and avert ne... (photo: EC / EC) France24
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U.S. President Barack Obama addresses Service members during a visit to Bagram Airfield, Parwan province, Afghanistan, May 2, 2012. Obama's Support For Gay Marriage Reveals Voters' Pragmatism In Battleground State
| YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- On the upper eastern edge of Ohio lies a valley built on the sweat of the working class, where steel mills sit mostly shuttered but a once-strugglin... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Christian Palermo) Huffington Post
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