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Panetta: Civilian Shooting Deaths Will Not Undermine US-Afghan Relations

Long-planned Afghanistan trip takes on new urgency following massacre of Afghan civilians allegedly carried out by US soldier

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta meets with Kyrgyzstan officials regarding the continued use of the Transit Center at Manas, March 13, 2012 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Rights Group Says Syrian Detainees Tortured

Amnesty International's report based on interviews with 25 Syrians who fled to Jordan

Damaged houses seen at Karm al-Zeitoun near Homs, March 13, 2012.

80,000 Syrians Take Refuge in Jordan

Syrian government's assault on opposition strongholds is causing more and more people to flee country

Muhammad, a 17-year-old Syrian man brought into Jordan for medical treatment, lies on a bed after undergoing multiple reconstructive surgeries

ICC Verdict Finds Lubanga Guilty of Using Child Soldiers

Congo militia leader convicted in criminal court's first ruling since its founding 10 years ago

Thomas Lubanga awaits ICC verdict in The Hague, Netherlands, March 14, 2012.

Al-Shabab Calls on Kenyan Youths to Revolt

Somali-based militant group recruits Kenyan Muslims to carry out attacks in Kenya

A woman cradles the head of a young patient injured in a grenade attack at a downtown bus station, at Kenyatta Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, March 10, 2012.

Chinese Premier Acknowledges Need for Political Reforms

Wen Jiabao tells audience no force will be able to hold country's progress back

China's Premier Wen Jiabao gestures as he speaks at a news conference after the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 14, 2012.

Libya Deals With Divisions in Fallout From Arab Spring

Leaders of uprising struggle to address some of fundamental causes and repercussions of rebellion to move nation ahead

Members of the Libyan National Army rally to call for the National Transitional Council to stop marginalizing the role of the national army in Benghazi, Libya, March 4, 2012.

Kony Video Campaign Shakes Up Advocacy World

Internet video denouncing Ugandan rebel leader is creating a worldwide conversation

Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army (file photo)

Santorum Victories Suggest Lengthy Republican Race

Former senator still trails former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in overall delegate count

Republican U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum gives a thumbs up to supporters at his Alabama and Mississippi primary election night rally in Lafayette, Louisiana, March 13, 2012

Key Local Afghan Police Force Slow to Catch On

US-led coalition forces racing against clock to train new local police force in one vital Afghan town

An Afghan police recruit in Marzak, Afghanistan.

Free Trade Pact with US Draws Opposition in South Korea

Deal eliminates tariffs on more than 7,000 South Korean products and nearly 62,000 American goods and services

South Korean activists cheer as they wave flags of the United States and South Korea to celebrate the free trade agreement, or FTA, with the United States during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, March 14, 2012.

Northern Ugandan Children Affected by Unknown Disease

Called 'nodding' disease, it affects children as young as five, causing epilepsy, seizures and, in some cases, blindness

Children suffering from nodding disease gather in Akoya-Lamin Omony village in Gulu district, 384 kilometers north of Uganda's capital of Kampala, February 19, 2012.

In Vietnam, Virginal 'Restoration' - at a Cost

Growing trend of hymen-reconstructive surgery among Vietnamese women stokes debate over gender equality

Couple walks through Reunification Park in Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 2008 (file photo).
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