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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel addresses the General Assembly.

The civil war in Syria has attracted a wide range of young fighters trying to overthrow the government of President Bashar al-Assad. But there are increasing signs of beards and black flags among the rebel battalions, raising concerns that the push for democratic reforms might turn into a holy war against western influence.

Two more airports are joining a TSA program to speed pre-flight screening for active-duty service members.

Japan has cut production at some of its factories in China amid rising tension over a group of islands in the East China Sea.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan addresses the General Assembly.

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan addresses the General Assembly.

Political ads posted in 10 New York City subway stations that equate criticism of Israel with Islamic terrorism have aroused little response from busy commuters, but a war of words between the group that paid for the ads and activist Muslim and other faith groups.