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Police: More than 30 killed in S. Africa shooting

Jon Gambrell

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, addresses a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, unseen, as an Afghan Presidential bodyguard holds the Afghan flag, left, at the Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told journalists in Kabul that the "transition is on track" for the hand over of seven of Afghanistan's 34 provinces in July. Both Fogh Rasmussen and Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgent fighters to lay down their weapons and embrace an ongoing peace process. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) (AP)

U.S. in peace talks with Taliban

Jon Gambrell, Ahmad Massieh Neshat

An Afghan policemen stands guard as an aerial view of Kabul city is seen from atop a hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) (AP)

NATO troops among those killed in Afghan attack

Rahim Faiez, Jon Gambrell

Women look for useful goods at the burned Zonkwa Market in Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, April 21, 2011. Nigerian officials on Thursday delayed next week's gubernatorial elections in two predominantly Muslim northern states that have been wracked by deadly riots and retaliatory violence since the presidential election was won by a Christian from the country's south. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) (AP)

At least 500 dead in Nigeria election riots

Jon Gambrell, Shehu Saulawa

Nigeria charges Dick Cheney over bribery scheme

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Nigerian president dies after long illness

Jon Gambrell

This image of a graphic which appeared on a Web site frequently used by militants to disseminate their messages, purports to show Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab superimposed over an image of a airplane, with Arabic script which translates in English, beginning with the white script over the blue background, as: "Al-Qaida group in the Arabian Peninsula the Operation of the Mujahid brother Umar al-Farouk the Nigerian," and in the red script, below: "in retaliation to the American aggression on Yemen." In a statement posted on the site dated Saturday Dec. 26, 2009, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for the attack on a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day. In the statement, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula said Abdulmutallab coordinated with members of the group, an alliance of militants based in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. (AP Photo) (AP)

Posts suggest lonely, depressed terror suspect

Jon Gambrell

The Delta-Northwest Airlines plane N820NW is pulled back to the terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida's instructions, set off an explosive device Friday in a failed terrorist attack on the plane as it was landing in Detroit, federal officials said. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (AP)

“Deep shock and regret”

Jon Gambrell