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** FILE ** An Afghan security man stands guard on the roof of a damaged house following a gun battle between militants and Afghan security forces on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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An Afghan soldier practices roadside bomb detection techniques at Camp Dwyer. NATO makes a high priority of sharing its bomb-related expertise with Afghan forces. (Associated Press)
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A Syrian gunman fires into the air during the funeral for Free Syrian Army fighter Husain Al-Ali, 29, who was killed in clashes with forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Thursday. The regime has been trying to drive rebels out of Syria’s largest city for two weeks. (Associated Press)
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Wearing a pin in the shape of Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton finishes her speech about the U.S.-South Africa partnership on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
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In early 2010, a boy led the hard-line Islamist al-Shabab fighters as they conducted military exercise in Somalia. The country’s continuous violence appears to have increased recruiting efforts of young fighters, who are easily indoctrinated. (Associated Press)
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Free Syrian Army soldiers hold their weapons during clashes with government forces in the southwest district of Salah al-Din in Aleppo, Syria, last week. Syrian troops launched a ground assault Wednesday on the besieged northern city of Aleppo, but activists said rebels were fighting back in a battle for the city. (Associated Press)
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The Qurtoba conference hall is damaged in June demonstrations by Sudanese university students and citizens in Khartoum, the capital. The government of President Omar Bashir conducted a campaign of fear in retaliation to what it called acts of sabotage and attempts to destabilize Sudan. The regime’s tactic has been to quickly quash any protest movements. Protesters and their families reportedly have been rounded up in the middle of the night, kept isolated and beaten in jail. (Associated Press)
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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning throws during NFL football training camp on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
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An Army honor officer wipes his eye Aug. 7, 2012, in Cairo at the funeral of one of 16 soldiers killed in an attack over the weekend by suspected militants in Sinai. Mourners prayed for the dead at a mosque in an east Cairo suburb before the coffins, wrapped in Egypt’s red-white-and-black flag, were taken to a nearby square where a military funerary ceremony led by Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi was held. (Associated Press)
