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US Marines ride aboard a CH-53 helicopter flying over Helmand Province, in southern Afghanistan, on October 12, 2009. Twenty Taliban militants were killed and a number arrested in separate operations involving foreign forces and Afghan troops, police, military commanders and the government said today.

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  3. PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: The Marine Corps. marching band participates in the 121st Annual Tournament of Roses parade on January 1, 2010 in Pasadena, California.
  4. KAILUA, HI - DECEMBER 31: U.S. President Barack Obama rides in the motorcade from Marine Corps Base after he worked out at Semper Fit gym on December 31, 2009 in Kailua, Hawaii. Obama and his family is spending the holiday in his native Hawaii.
  5. KAILUA, HI - DECEMBER 26: Marine Corps Base Hawaii residents sit along the street waiting for U.S. President Barack Obama's motorcade to depart Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course December 26, 2009 in Kailua, Hawaii. Obama and his family arrived in Hawaii on December 24 for the winter holidays.
  6. KAILUA, HI - DECEMBER 26: U.S. President Barack Obama leaves Pyramid Rock Beach at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on December 26, 2009 in Kailua, Hawaii. Obama and his family arrived in Hawaii on December 24 for the winter holidays.
  7. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 18: Smoke billows from a shopping mall during clashes between Taliban-linked militants and security forces on January 18, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban militants launched multiple suicide attacks at key government targets. At least five people were killed and nearly 40 others wounded in fighting between Taliban militants and security forces, the public health ministry said. The death toll did not include four militants who were also killed during the attacks, which lasted more than three hours. President Hamid Karzai had stated that security had been restored to the capital.
  8. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 18: Afghan security forces look over a building where Taliban fighters were located after clashes between Taliban-linked militants and security forces in a market on January 18, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban militants launched multiple suicide attacks at key government targets. At least five people were killed and nearly 40 others wounded in fighting between Taliban militants and security forces, the public health ministry said. The death toll did not include four militants who were also killed during the attacks, which lasted more than three hours. President Hamid Karzai had stated that security had been restored to the capital.
  9. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 18: Afghan security forces look over a building where Taliban fighters were located after clashes between Taliban-linked militants and security forces in a market on January 18, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban militants launched multiple suicide attacks at key government targets. At least five people were killed and nearly 40 others wounded in fighting between Taliban militants and security forces, the public health ministry said. The death toll did not include four militants who were also killed during the attacks, which lasted more than three hours. President Hamid Karzai had stated that security had been restored to the capital.
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