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Angelie Jolie, Brad Pitt in surprise visit to Sarajevo (AFP)

April 4th, 2010

File photo shows actors Brad Pitt (L) and Angelina Jolie in Beverly Hills, California. Pitt and Jolie flew into Sarajevo for a surprise visit, in a break from Venice, where Jolie is working on her latest film, a police official told AFP.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Winter)AFP - Film stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie flew into Sarajevo for a surprise visit, in a break from Venice, where Jolie is working on her latest film, a…

Obama’s Afghan Visit: Progress and Promises (Time.com)

March 28th, 2010

Time.com - The visit to the war zone, Obama’s first as president, was undertaken in secret for security reasons.

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In surprise visit to war zone, Obama prods Afghans (AP)

March 28th, 2010

US Task Force Leatherneck Marines walk at Camp Bastion in Helmand province. The House of Representatives on Wednesday roundly defeated a resolution demanding President Barack Obama withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan, in a key election-year test for his war strategy.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)AP - In a surprise visit, President Barack Obama pressed Afghan leaders on Sunday to do more to rein in rampant corruption and improve their government as he got a…

Angry families visit site of sunken SKorean ship (AP)

March 28th, 2010

South Korean Marines on rubber boats patrol to search for possible survivors and bodies from the sunken naval ship Cheonan in the waters off Baengnyeongdo, an island near the border with North Korea March 28, 2010. The South Korean naval ship sank on Friday night near the disputed maritime border with the North and 46 sailors were missing.  REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY DISASTER)AP - Weeping, angry relatives of 46 crew members missing after a mysterious explosion sank a South Korean navy ship sailed around the site Sunday as rescue teams took to…

Presidents Bush, Clinton visit devastated Haiti (AP)

March 22nd, 2010

Former US Presidents Bill Clinton (R) and George W. Bush listen as US President Barack Obama speaks about relief efforts following the earthquake in Haiti, during a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2010. The former presidents will seek to reassure Haitians with a visit Monday that the world has not forgotten them.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton clasped hands with residents of one of Haiti’s massive tent cities Monday on a tour of its quake-devastated capital —…

Bush, Clinton visit devastated Haitian capital (AP)

March 22nd, 2010

Former US Presidents Bill Clinton (R) and George W. Bush listen as US President Barack Obama speaks about relief efforts following the earthquake in Haiti, during a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2010. The former presidents will seek to reassure Haitians with a visit Monday that the world has not forgotten them.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton toured Haiti’s rubble-filled capital Monday to raise aid and investment for a country still reeling from a devastating Jan. 12…

Frustrations await Bush, Clinton visit to Haiti (AP)

March 21st, 2010

A girl walks at a homeless earthquake survivors camp during heavy rains in Port-au-Prince, Friday, March 19, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving more than a million people living in makeshift camps. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday,…

Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit (AP)

March 11th, 2010

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi King Abullah bin Abdul Aziz, right, greets U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates before their talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Saudi leaders Wednesday that the U.S. effort for diplomatic engagement with Iran had come to naught and he asked for the influential…

US envoys’ Beijing visit aims to heal ties (AP)

March 2nd, 2010

AP - Top U.S. envoys were due in Beijing on Tuesday on a mission to patch up ties rocked by a flurry of disputes over trade, Taiwan and other sensitive…