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Today’s Headlines
* U.S. Increases Secret Yemen Bombings in Saleh’s Absence
* Clinton Meets with Libya Contact Group in UAE
* ICC Prosecutor: Gaddafi Sanctioned Rape Against Opponents
* U.N. Security Council to Debate Syria Censure
* Senate Panel Questions Afghan Spending
* Obama Expresses “Sorrow” for Afghan Deaths
* Al-Qaeda Leader Threatens U.S.
* Egypt-Gaza Border Reopens
* U.N. Convenes AIDS Session, Hundreds Protest for Universal Treatment
* Sudan Rejects New Genocide Allegations from ICC
* Prosecution of NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake in Doubt