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Panetta: US combat in Afghanistan to end next year (AP)

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, to attend a NATO conference . (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)AP – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta laid out the administration’s most explicit portrayal of the U.S. drawdown in Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that U.S. and other international forces in Afghanistan expect to end their combat role in 2013 and continue a training and advisory role with Afghan forces through 2014.


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SYSTEM UPDATE: Exclusive sneek peak at next month’s ‘Twisted Metal’ 

BY EBENEZER SAMUEL

The last time we saw Twisted Metal on a home console was practically a lifetime ago. It was 2001 on the PlayStation 2, online play was in its mere infancy, and pixelated visuals were the norm.

And now, the celebrated car combat franchise is back.

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GOP campaign turns bizarre in SC; debate is next (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets supporters at his campaign headquarters in Charleston, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – The race for the Republican presidential nomination is veering toward South Carolina surreal.


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5 days from next contest, rivals race for money (AP)

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich accompanied by his wife Callista, displays socks given to him during an event at Belknap Mills, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in Laconia, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – As they try to derail Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, his challengers face an urgent task: raising enough cash to compete.


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Kim Jong Un walks next to dad’s hearse

North Korea carried out a meticulously choreographed funeral for late leader Kim Jong Il on Wednesday and affirmed that the country was now in the “warm care” of his young son, extending the Kim family’s hold on power to a third generation.

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Obama, al-Maliki charting next steps for US, Iraq (AP)

President Barack Obama meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – With the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq in its final days, President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met at the White House Monday to discuss the next phase of the relationship between their countries.


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Obama, al-Maliki to chart next steps for US, Iraq (AP)

U.S. Army soldiers of 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division make final preparations to their armored vehicles before leaving Contingency Operating Site Kalsu, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement between Washington and Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP – With the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq in its final days, President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will meet at the White House Monday to discuss the next phase of the relationship between their countries.


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