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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Soldiers accused of rape and crimes against humanity sit through a military tribunal in the town of Baraka, Congo. A Congolese court sentenced an army colonel to 20 years in prison in the highest-profile sexual violence case ever tried in this nation, where thousands are brutally raped each year. The February trial held in a torridly hot makeshift courtroom marks the first time a commanding officer has been tried for such a crime.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Col. Moammar Gadhafi's portrait hangs behind a window that reflects people from several African countries gathering this week at the dictator's Bab al-Aziziya compound, a regular target of NATO airstrikes in Tripoli, Libya.
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"What became pretty obvious with [bin Laden's] death is that he was pretty irrelevant," said Australian Maj. Gen. Michael G. Krause, deputy chief of staff of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
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KYODO NEWS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS China has responded to more than a week of surprising protests in Inner Mongolia with its well-honed strategy: deploy overwhelming force, keep potential protesters from gathering and pledge to address at least some grievances.
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** FILE ** NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)
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Burning tires left by anti-government protesters block the road during clashes between the protesters and Yemeni security forces in Taiz, Yemen, on May 31, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Afghanistan-bound NATO tankers shoot flames and smoke into the sky after being set on fire. According to an official the fires were started by alleged militants at the Pakistani border town of Torkham on May 31, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, captured in 2003, is one of five terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba facing military trials related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Angered by civilian casualties in a NATO airstrike, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's ban on the attacks could bring his government into direct conflict with its international allies.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A promotion for the new Libya Alhurra, or "Free Libya," satellite TV station appears on a large screen in Benghazi, the rebel stronghold. The station provides a means for the rebels trying to wrest control from the country from Col. Moammar Gadhafi (shown) to get their message out to the public.
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This image taken from Associated Press Television News shows the aircraft believed to be carrying war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic as it lands at Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands after a flight from Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. (AP Photo/APTN)
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A member of the Serb Gendarmerie guards the entrance of the Special Court in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 31, 2011. As he awaited extradition to a U.N. tribunal, jailed war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic was allowed to visit the grave of his daughter, who committed suicide during Bosnia's war. (Associated Press)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Angered by civilian casualties, Mr. Karzai said he no longer will allow NATO airstrikes on houses. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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A demonstrator, lifted by others in the crowd in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, shouts demands for Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign. Government forces attacked militants in the south. (Associated Press)
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Waiting for the National Memorial Day Parade to start, Dan LeFevre sits in his World War II era jeep that he spent three years restoring, in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 2011. LeFevre collects World War II era uniforms and attire from the war. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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From left, Helen Hassell, Pat Tyson and Judy Williams, wear their Civil War era clothing as they wait for the National Memorial Day Parade to start, near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 2011. The women are with the group "FREED" - Female Re-enactors of Distinction, from the African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum in D.C. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Bob Smith, who served in Vietnam and is the immediate past commander of VFW Post 9274, salutes during the Memorial Day Veteran's Ceremony at the annual Falls Church City Memorial Day Parade & Festival on Monday, May 30, 2011. "Don't just remember our troops on Memorial Day and Veteran's Day," Smith, the keynote speaker for the ceremony, told the audience. "Honor them every day." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) run to rescue a colleague stuck under debris after a suicide attack in Herat, Afghanistan, on Monday, May 30, 2011. The attacker blew up an explosives-packed car at the gates of an Italian military base, killing several people, officials said. (AP Photo)
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** FILE ** President Obama, with Maj. Gen. Karl Horst (left), commander of the U.S. Army's Military District of Washington, places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Smoke from flares engulf demonstrators during a rally in support of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, seen on the flag at left, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Mr. Mladic was arrested on Thursday after 16 years on the run. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
