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Children along with burka clad Afghani widowed women wait outside a Canadian FOB (Forward Operating Base) about 25 miles west of Kandahar city in Afghanistan for a food giveaway. (Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT) | Giving to the Afghan needy

A triumph against the Taliban

In northern Afghanistan, an uneasy land

An appetite for American goods in Kabul

Amid tight security, Pakistan celebrates fashion

The many books of Sarah Palin

Suicide bombing on Oct. 25, 2009 in Iraq

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National Parks are threatened by climate change

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D23 Disney Fan Expo

The faces of the uninsured of America

Edward Kennedy

Homeless in the nation's capital

Corruption in Khimki, Russia

Outside a settlement in desolute Afghanistan

16 awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Breaking in the new cleats

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Chinese businesses in the Congo

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