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A soldier from the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion pulls security in a 360-degree formation with other soldiers from the unit, after the sighting of an improvised explosive device, during a counter-IED training exercise at Camp McGregor, N.M., Thursday afternoon. Soldiers from the 101st are currently going through pre-mobilization training at Camp McGregor prior to a deployment to Afghanistan.

Chinese President Hu Jintao announced Saturday more than $150 billion in spending on infrastructure projects as part of efforts to boost Chinese and world economic growth.

A participant looks over the programme of the General Assembly's informal meeting on the International Day against Nuclear Tests.

South China Sea Dispute Map

Chemical 'intensification' of economies in developing countries means greater risk of exposure to hazardous substances.

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier (l) with the Romanian President Traian Basescu during his visit to Bucharest, 4 September 2012.

A young new arrival at Jordan’s Za’tari camp. His family fled violence in Syria’s Daraa governorate.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to Asia includes a visit to Beijing this week, where she will meet with Chinese leaders and try to tackle a broad range of issues. The trip comes as tensions are rising in the region over territorial disputes and as concerns grow in China about U.S. efforts to put more emphasis on ties with Asia.

The U.N. children's fund UNICEF says Syria's civil war killed 1,600 people last week, making it the deadliest seven-day period of the 18-month conflict.