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The upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and Summer Olympics in Brazil should be harnessed to deliver a "positive social legacy" for the South American country and beyond, the United Nations envoy for sports and peace has said.

The Afghan government must address corruption and criminal organizations subverting the will of the people, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said here today.

In January 2001, Lyndon LaRouche warned, in an international webcast, of the danger of a Reichstag Fire incident within that year, which would be used as the pretext for establishing a dictatorship over the United States. Under the Bush-Cheney regime, the effort came precariously close to fully succeeding, following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chandra Francisco, a member of Female Engagement Team 15 in the Sangin district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, holds a baby after meeting Afghan women during a patrol, July 17, 2011. As a member of the team, Francisco helps to build relationships with the local people.

An Afghan-led security force killed two Taliban insurgents today during a search for a roadside bomb expert operating in the Qush Tepah district of Afghanistan’s Jowzjan province, military officials reported.

Army Sgt. Kevin Chapman leaves the emergency services unit headquarters after a mission in Kirkuk, Iraq, July 16, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux

Donors are rallying to feed an estimated 11.6 million people affected by drought in the Horn of Africa

An Oslo street the day after the explosion, by Francesco Rivetti on July 23, 2011 shared on Flickr

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos

The 2010 elections in Cote d’Ivoire led to a wave of violence in the capital, Abidjan