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Preparations for President Barack Obama s visit to Egypt have been in high gear in Cairo. Residents of areas neighboring the Cairo University campus and the Pyramids road have been amazed by the complete transformation of the area. Landscaping and new gardens have been planted in front of the university s dome; workers in their hundreds applied fresh paint on the University Bridge and all lampposts around the area; new asphalt has been laid on all roads the Mr. Obama s procession is expected to use; and new Egyptian and U.S. flags are now fluttering all over the city. The local press said refurbishments of the university alone cost over $2.4 million. S
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BEIRUT -- Syrian state media and an activist group say that Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS extremists have beheaded one of the country s most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra.State news agency SANA and the Britain-based Syrian
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CBS/AP The U.S. Navy s SEAL Team 6 is easily one of the best-trained, best-equipped combat teams on the planet today. When at least 20 of them helicoptered into the fortified concrete compound in Pakistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden, they were unsure of exactly who or what they d encounter.With the elite commandos now back on U.S. soil, and their commander giving his account, those details are now coming into greater and greater focus -- and the picture emerging differs significantly from the initial version to come from the White House.Video: Lawmakers get detail
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