G8 summit to discuss Arab unrestFrench policeman in Deauville, France - 25 May 2011

World leaders including US President Barack Obama are due in France for a G8 summit that looks set to be dominated by uprisings in the Arab world.


Anti-US protest in Abbottabad, Pakistan - 6 May 2011US to reduce troops in Pakistan

The US military says it is withdrawing some of the more than 200 troops it has in Pakistan, after a request from the government in Islamabad.

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