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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - United States Senator Joseph Lieberman (Independent Democrat of Connecticut), listens as General John R. Allen, USMC, Commander, International Security Assistance Force and Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan, testifies on the situation in Afghanistan before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, March 22, 2012. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan power transition

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - The Afghan flag (R) is raised higher than the flag of New Zealand (L) during a ceremony marking power transition from the International Security Assistance Force to local authorities in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, on July 17, 2011. The New Zealand forces are stationed in the area. Power transition is under way from the ISAF to the Afghan authorities.

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Afghan power transition

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - Children sing during a ceremony marking power transition from the International Security Assistance Force to local authorities in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, on July 17, 2011. Power transition is under way from the ISAF to the Afghan authorities.

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ISAF troops begin phased security transition to Afghan forces

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - A helicopter, carrying participants of a ceremony marking the beginning of a phased handover of security affairs from International Security Assistance Force troops to local forces, arrives at the airport in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan Province on July 17, 2011.

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ISAF troops begin phased security transition to Afghan forces

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - Police officers patrol around the venue of a ceremony marking the start of a phased handover of security affairs from International Security Assistance Force troops to local forces, in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan Province on July 17, 2011.

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Kabul suicide bomb attack kills 3 German peacekeepers

KABUL, Afghanistan - The wreckage of a bus hit by a suspected suicide bomber is removed from a road near the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Pul-e-Charkhi, 7 kilometers east of Kabul, on June 7. At lease three German peacekeeping soldiers on the bus were killed.

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Karzai gives news conference

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan leader Hamid Karzai gives his first press conference president of a transitional government at the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul on June 20.

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Soccer fans clash with police in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Police and members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) try to beat back thousands of soccer fans, who forced their ways to a Kabul soccer stadium to see a ''Game of Unity'' between Kabul United and the ISAF squad on Feb. 15.

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Kabul suicide bomb attack kills 3 German peacekeepers

KABUL, Afghanistan - The wreckage of a bus hit by a suspected suicide bomber is removed from a road near the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Pul-e-Charkhi, 7 kilometers east of Kabul, on June 7. At lease three German peacekeeping soldiers on the bus were killed. (Kyodo)

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Afghan power transition

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - The Afghan flag (R) is raised higher than the flag of New Zealand (L) during a ceremony marking power transition from the International Security Assistance Force to local authorities in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, on July 17, 2011. The New Zealand forces are stationed in the area. Power transition is under way from the ISAF to the Afghan authorities. (Kyodo)

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Afghan power transition

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - Children sing during a ceremony marking power transition from the International Security Assistance Force to local authorities in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, on July 17, 2011. Power transition is under way from the ISAF to the Afghan authorities. (Kyodo)

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ISAF troops begin phased security transition to Afghan forces

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - Police officers patrol around the venue of a ceremony marking the start of a phased handover of security affairs from International Security Assistance Force troops to local forces, in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan Province on July 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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ISAF troops begin phased security transition to Afghan forces

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - A helicopter, carrying participants of a ceremony marking the beginning of a phased handover of security affairs from International Security Assistance Force troops to local forces, arrives at the airport in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan Province on July 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Karzai gives news conference

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan leader Hamid Karzai gives his first press conference president of a transitional government at the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul on June 20.