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NATO Pulls Out of Afghan Ministries After Fatal Shootings

Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for shooting of 2 US officers, in highly secure command center in Afghan Interior Ministry

Afghans burn tires during an anti-U.S. demonstration over burning of Qurans at a US military base, in Muhammad Agha, Logar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, February 25, 2012.

How Religions Handle Disposal of Religious Texts

Guidelines on how religious books should be handled once they are worn out/replaced vary by religion and sect

A Muslim protester holds up a copy of Quran during a protest against the burning of Qurans in Afghanistan by U.S. troops, outside the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb. 24, 2012.

Car Bomb Detonates as Yemen Swears In President

Suicide car bombing killed 26 people outside presidential palace in southern Yemen

Yemen's newly elected President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi waves as he arrives to the Parliament in Sana'a, Yemen, February 25, 2012.

ICRC Negotiating Medical Evacuations From Syria's Homs

Red Cross says it is in discussions with authorities, opposition at both local, central level to organize second medical evacuation

Damaged houses in handout picture taken by Syrian National Council (SNC) member Moulhem Al-Jundi in Karm Al Zaytoon, a neighbourhood of Homs, February 23, 2012.

US Ambassador Complains About Haqqani Havens

Ryan Crocker warns that existence of 'enemy havens' in Pakistan was placing success of US strategy in Afghanistan in jeopardy

U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker (file photo)

Senegal Facing Fears of Post-Election Unrest

Incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade expected to win third term despite change in Senegal's constitution that limits leaders to two terms

Riot policemen stand in a row to block access to Independence Square during an opposition demonstration against Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade's controversial third term bid for presidency in Dakar February 24, 2012.

Nelson Mandela Hospitalized for Stomach Complaint

South Africa's ANC party spokesman says there is 'no need to worry,' former president's treatment was pre-planned

This photo supplied by the South African Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS) shows former South African President Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel at his home in Johannesburg, May 16, 2011 (file photo).

At Least 17 Killed In Nigeria Violence

Police suspect members of radical Islamic group Boko Haram are behind attack

Map of Nigeria

North Korea Vows 'Sacred War' in Response to US-South Korea Joint Drills

Just hours later, no mention of fresh threats at joint news conference in Seoul by US, South Korean diplomats

South Korean navy sailors in a speed boat patrol around South Korea's western Yeonpyong Island after finishing their exercise, near the disputed sea border with North Korea, February 20, 2012.

GOP Contenders Policies Would Raise US Debt: Study

Independent analysis shows US national debt would grow under tax policies proposed by all four Republican presidential candidates

US Budget

Obama: No 'Silver Bullet' for Rising Gas Prices

US president says increasing drilling is not a plan, 'it's a bumper sticker' to get politicians through election

Gas prices at the Citgo gas station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 24, 2012

Hainan - Beach Paradise or Tourist Trap

China's southern island becomes notorious for exorbitant prices, moneymaking scams after January's Spring Festival

Tourists walk towards a 108-meter high Buddhist statue at Nanshan Cultural Center, about 60km (37 miles) west of Sanya, in south China's Hainan Island province. (fiile photo)
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