Hundreds of ultra-conservative Salafists clash with security forces, attack a police station and damage shops selling alcohol in a Tunisian town.

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Salafists clash in Tunisian town

The Syrian army and security forces are responsible for most of the serious rights abuses committed since March, say UN-mandated investigators.

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Syria army ‘behind rights abuses’

President Obama, speaking at the Air Force Academy graduation, described keeping the armed forces strong in the wake of tight budgets and the end of two wars.

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Military Will Withstand Cuts, Obama Says

Nato leaders endorse plans to hand combat command in Afghanistan to local forces by mid-2013 and withdraw fighting troops by 2014.

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Nato endorses Afghan timetable

Police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have stored almost 500 body parts and human organs, a report says.

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Body parts kept by police forces

Shelling by Syrian forces kills 34 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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Syria town shelling ‘kills 34′

Members from opposition parties in Wales and non-party activists are set to join forces for a policy think-tank, says Conservative assembly member David Melding.

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Melding reveals think-tank plan

A small number of British soldiers could remain in Afghanistan after forces withdraw in 2014, a senior UK government official says.

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UK force ‘to stay in Afghanistan’

France has confirmed it plans to withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, two years ahead of the agreed Nato schedule.

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VIDEO: France confirms early Afghan exit

SPEAKING THURSDAY at the Library of Congress, “Doonesbury” creator Garry Trudeau highlighted an intriguing dynamic of satire: The more the intended target reacts, he said, the more its practitioner gains the advantage. If the victim flinches or returns fire at a cartoon, the illustration only gains in power. Read full article > >

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PROFILES IN CARTOONING COURAGE: How artists in Syria, Iran and India wield their free-speech pens against powerful forces

China denies reports its military forces are preparing for war amid tensions over a disputed territory in the South China Sea.

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‘No China war footing’ over shoal

US forces destroy a target missile in the first successful test of a new Raytheon Co interceptor, designed to play a major role in missile defence.

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US missile defence test ‘success’

In expressing his support for same-sex marriage, which remains a controversial issue, President Obama has clearly come to recognize that the forces of history appear to be changing.

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News Analysis: Obama’s Watershed Move on Gay Marriage

More than 170 people are detained after deadly clashes between protesters and Egyptian security forces in Cairo, military sources say.

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Dozens held after Egypt clashes

After demonstrators threw rocks at security forces.

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300 Injured in Egypt Protests