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Palestine becomes member of UNESCO, US cuts funds (AP)

Permanent delegate of the US to UNESCO David Killion, center, reacts as delegates vote on the Palestinian membership, during a session of UNESCO's 36th General Conference, in Paris, Monday Oct. 31, 2011. Palestine became a full member of the U.N. cultural and educational agency Monday, in a highly divisive move that the United States and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP – Palestine won its greatest international endorsement yet on Monday, full membership in UNESCO, but the move will cost the agency one-fifth of its funding and some fear will send Mideast peace efforts off a cliff.


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Palestine becomes member of UNESCO (AP)

Permanent delegate of the US to UNESCO David Killion, center, reacts as delegates vote on the Palestinian membership, during a session of UNESCO's 36th General Conference, in Paris, Monday Oct. 31, 2011. Palestine became a full member of the U.N. cultural and educational agency Monday, in a highly divisive move that the United States and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP – Palestine became a full member of UNESCO on Monday, in a highly divisive breakthrough that could cost the agency a fifth of its budget and that the U.S. and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts.


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Who is ‘DWTS’ cast member J.R. Martinez?

The 28-year-old Iraq War veteran sustained burns to more than 40 percent of his body, including his face, when the Humvee in which he was riding struck a land mine in 2003. Since then, he has undergone 33 cosmetic and skin graft surgeries.

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Hezbollah member wanted in Lebanon ex-PM killing (AP)

A Lebanese woman passes a portrait of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri near his grave, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday June 30, 2011. A U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri delivered an indictment and four arrest warrants Thursday, the latest turn in a case that has transformed this Arab nation and brought down the government earlier this year. The names of the accused were not released, but the court has been expected to accuse members of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. The Arabic words next to the portrait read:'Because of what we have achieved, because of you we are going down (protest)'. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP – A U.N.-backed court indicted at least one senior Hezbollah member and three other suspects Thursday in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a killing that transformed this tiny Arab nation and brought down its government earlier this year.


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Georgia woman was fan of Weiner’s member

Creepy congressman Anthony Weiner got a virtual come-on from a Georgia peach before his sext scandal exploded.

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Afghanistan: NATO service member dies in attack (AP)

Senior Airman Kevin Gilliam stands next to the door of the transfer vehicle carrying transfer cases containing the remains of Sgt. Aaron J. Blasjo, of Riverside, Calif., and Capt. Joseph W. Schultz, of Port Angeles, III., at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Tuesday, May 31, 2011. According to the Department of Defense, Blasjo and Schultz, died  during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP – NATO says a service member has been killed following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan.


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Afghan in army uniform kills NATO service member (AP)

In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, U.S. Army flight medic SGT Jaime Adame, right, and an unidentified United States Marine help Marine LCPL Chris Propst of South Carolina, center, who was wounded in an insurgent attack to a waiting medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift 'Dust Off', Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment at a 'hot' landing zone under fire north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP – NATO says an Afghan wearing an army uniform has shot and killed a NATO service member in southern Afghanistan.


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