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Missile Strike in Pakistan Destroys Suspected Militant Hideout  Audio Clip Available
It is not clear who fired the missiles, but US-led coalition forces based in Afghanistan have in the past carried out attacks inside the Pakistani border region, a known safe haven for al-Qaida and Taliban militants

Chinese soldiers search protesters from building to building in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, China, 15 Mar 2008 Chinese Security Forces Maintain Calm in Lhasa  Audio Clip Available
Chinese police in riot gear, making door to door searches after violence erupted in Lhasa last Friday 

Anti-war protesters in Los Angeles, 14 Mar 2008 Anti-war Protests Held in Los Angeles, Other US Cities  Audio Clip Available
Protesters call on leaders to pull US troops in Iraq back, and focus on internal problems

A man sits in a graveyard where the dead of the 1988 gas attack on Halabja, Iraq, were laid to rest (File)  Iraqi Kurds Mark 20th Anniversary of Halabja Poison Gas Attack
Saddam Hussein's forces killed 5,000 Kurdish villagers on March 16, 1988 to crush dissent in northern Iraq's Kurdish regions

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with supporters during a town hall meeting in Plainfield, Indiana Clinton, Obama Fight to Put Racial Controversies Behind Them  Audio Clip Available
Both campaigns dealing with controversial statements by supporters

Iranian officials work at election headquarters in Interior Ministry in Tehran, Iran, 15 Mar 2008 Iran's Conservatives Win Large Share of Parliament Seats
Conservative candidates are reported to have won more than 71 percent of the seats

A snowmobile tour makes its way over a glacier toward Barentsburg, Norway, 28 Feb 2008 UN: World's Glaciers Thawing at Record Rates
UN Environment Program says many of the world's glaciers could disappear within decades

Belgian tourists, who were kidnapped by local farmers, walk in a naval base next to firefighters after being rescued by the police in Puerto Barrios, 16 Mar 2008 Guatemalan Farmers Free Belgian Hostages
Guatemalan officials say Belgians were exchanged for three members of an indigenous farmers' group who had been detained by local authorities

U.S. Secretary of State Confoleezza Rice, 06 Feb 2008 US to Argue Missile Defense in Moscow  Audio Clip Available
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Robert Gates to discuss US plan to build missile-defense facilities in Europe with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov

Mission Specialist Rick Linnehan works on the Canadian robot, named Dextre, 13 March 2008 Spacewalking Astronauts Install Arms on ISS Robot
Dextre's arms are 3.3 meters long and will be used in future maintenance and service tasks at the space station

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