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Members of the Bundeswehr (Honor Guard of the German military), of which the Wachbataillon guard is a part.

Why are German soldiers growing breasts?

One battalion is experiencing a very unfortunate side effect from military drills

 
Fivia and Vitamin sport the season's "it" textile while pulling off that irresistible sweeping bang look.

PHOTOS: Ridiculously adorable sweater-clad ponies shill for Scotland tourism

If this doesn't make you want to visit the United Kingdom, nothing will

 
Hillary Clinton takes her seat ahead of the Benghazi hearing on Jan. 23.

WATCH LIVE: Hillary Clinton's Benghazi testimony

The outgoing secretary of state has been pilloried by Republicans for her department's handling of the deadly attack in Libya

 
Sloane Stephens celebrates winning her Jan. 23 quarterfinal match against Serena Williams during day 10 of the Australian Open.

10 things you need to know today: January 23, 2013

The GOP offers a temporary debt-ceiling fix, Sloane Stephens beats Serena Williams, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu waves to his supporters at his election campaign headquarters on Jan. 23.

What a weakened Benjamin Netanyahu means for America

Israel went to the polls Tuesday, surprising everybody by delivering a 50-50 split between the Right and center-Left

 
Who could Prime Minister Netanyahu possibly be voting for? 

A new term for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: What does it mean for the peace process?

Hopes for a peace deal are virtually nil as Israeli voters head to the polls

 
Don't be swayed by their cute exteriors: New Zealand's cats are reportedly bird-murdering devils.

A New Zealand man's bizarre plan to rid his country of cats

Kitties are murderous predators threatening the island nation's dwindling bird population, argues a passionately anti-feline conservationist

 
Prince Harry gives a TV interview at the British controlled flight-line in Camp Bastion last November in Afghanistan.

10 things you need to know today: January 22, 2013

Obama gives a progressive inauguration speech, Prince Harry laments his nude romp, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
Early birds gather near the U.S. Capitol for Obama's second inauguration.

10 things you need to know today: January 21, 2013

Inauguration day kicks off, the 49ers and Ravens head to the Super Bowl, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
President Obama and Vice President Biden participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

10 things you need to know today: January 20, 2013

Hostages die in an Algeria siege, Obama and Biden officially begin their second term, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
An end to full body scanners: Now walking through airport security barefoot will (hopefully) be the full extent of our public humiliation.

10 things you need to know today: January 19, 2013

Republicans back down on the debt ceiling, the TSA ditches naked body scanners, and more in our roundup of stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
Vice President Biden told U.S. mayors "we have an obligation to respond intelligently" after the Sandy Hook tragedy.

10 things you need to know today: January 18, 2013

Lance Armstrong admits doping to Oprah, Biden urges mayors to back gun-control, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
A video still purportedly shows militant leader Moktar Belmoktar, who is reportedly behind the hostage crisis.

The Algerian hostage crisis: Is Obama leading from behind again?

Tensions rise as Algerian forces reportedly attack gunmen believed to be al-Qaeda-linked militants, with the lives of Western hostages, some from the U.S., at stake

 
Anti-government protesters during a rally held by Bahrain's main opposition party in Bilad al-Qadeem on Oct. 19, 2012.

5 countries where freedom is dying

Sadly, democracy is on the decline in several African nations

 
Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside the police academy courthouse in Cairo on June 2, 2012.

Dispatch from Cairo: Will Egypt let Hosni Mubarak off the hook?

The ousted despot gets a retrial — disappointing people across all walks of Egyptian life

 
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