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"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a phone call to Pakistani Foreign Secretary Hina Rabbani Khar, issued a statement of regret"

"On June 8, President Hamid Karzai and Chinese President Hu Jintao announced the two countries were deepening their bilateral relationship"

"Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali"

"President Abdulazziz Bouteflika"

"President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi"

"Yousuf Raza Gilani in contempt of the court led to his dismissal as Prime Minister"

"President Asif Ali Zardari"

"Raja Pervez Ashraf, a former energy minister, assumed office on June 27"

"From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen... INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE"

"President Goodluck Jonathan fired National Security Adviser"

"President Goodluck Jonathan fired National Security Adviser General Owoye Azazi"

"President Goodluck Jonathan fired... Defense Minister Haliru Bello"

"The President appointed Colonel Sambo Dasuki as the new National Security Adviser"

"Dasuki, a retired colonel and one-time Aide de Camp to former military President General Ibrahim Babangida"

"Dasuki... is a prominent northerner and cousin to the Sultan of Sokoto"

"Enrique Pena Nieto, the candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)"

"Muslim Brotherhood-backed candidate Mohamed Morsi"

"UN-Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on July 9"

"Syrian Brigadier-General Manaf Tlass, a confidant of Assad"