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Greece protests turn violent

Street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in Athens as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the government's austerity measures.

Tibet Solidarity Day

Protesters around the world mark World Solidarity Day with Tibet, Wednesday March 10, 2010.

Police corner Indonesian terrorists

Police are trying to determine whether one of those killed in a raid on an Internet cafe on the outskirts of Jakarta on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, was the alleged terrorist Dulmatin, the suspected mastermind behind the bombings of Bali nightclubs that killed 202 people in 2002.

Gates visits troops in Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates tells troops in southern Afghanistan they will soon be part of a "decisive phase" in the 8-year-old war; an operation to impose control over the Taliban heartland of Kandahar province.

Obama stumps for health care plan

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about health care reform on March 8, 2010, at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa.

Pakistan car bombing

A suicide car bomber struck a building where police interrogate high-value suspects in Lahore, killing 13 and wounding dozens.

'The Hurt Locker' is Oscar's favorite

"The Hurt Locker" was the big winner at the 82nd Academy Awards on Sunday, March 7, 2010, in Hollywood.

Athens protest turns violent

Masked youths attacked the leader of Greece's biggest union and stoned police in Athens Friday in an outbreak of violence over cutbacks proposed by Prime Minister George Papandreou, who was abroad seeking European leaders' support for his efforts to defuse the country's debt crisis.

Iraqis abroad cast votes

As campaigning continues in their home country, Iraqis living abroad have began casting ballots in their homeland's crucial parliamentary elections. Other Iraqis are burying the dead from pre-election violence.

Pentagon shooting

A gunman drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at police officers near the Metro entrance to the Pentagon complex in Arlington, Va., Thursday, March 4, 2010, wounding two officers before he was shot and killed.

Redskins' Samuels retires

Redskins offensive tackle Chris Samuels showed off a big grin on Tuesday, July 18, 2000, after he signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar contact with the Washington Redskins, including a $10 million signing bonus. Today he announced his retirement from professional football.

Stampede kills more than 60 in India

A stampede broke out at a Hindu temple in northern India on Thursday as thousands of people jostled one another to get free clothes and food, leaving at least 63 people dead and dozens more injured.

Early voting and violence in Iraq

More than 800,000 Iraqis, including security personnel, doctors, prisoners and hospital workers, vote Thursday in advance of Sunday's general election.

Obama pushes for health care

Accompanied by health care professionals, President Barack Obama speaks about health care, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Iwo Jima anniversary

Dozens of U.S. veterans, now in their 80s and 90s, returned to the remote volcanic island of Iwo Jima to mark the 65th anniversary of one of World War II's fiercest battles.

Same-sex couples apply to be married in D.C.

Same-sex couples arrive at D.C. Superior Court in Washington to apply for marriage licenses on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, the day on which gay marriages became legal in the District of Columbia.

Rangel steps down as Way and Means chairman

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, arrives at the House Radio and Television studio on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, where he announced that he is temporarily stepping down as committee chairman.