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President Barack Obama arrived in Germany Tuesday for a 24-hour visit, the culmination of which will be a speech on Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. (June 18)

DUBAI (AFP) - (AFP) - Dubai inaugurated this month the world's tallest twisted tower, built at a cost of $272 million and setting yet another record for skyscrapers and other engineering marvels. Duration: 00:37

General Keith Alexander says two recently disclosed surveillance programs on international communications are critical in the terrorism fight. (June 18)

Mom shocked after disabled child is sidelined in class photo

President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent _ even though they are authorized in secret. (June 18)

The FBI and the NYPD released never-before-seen surveillance video Monday, of the suspect involved in the unsolved 2008 bombing of the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square.

Singer Melissa Etheridge is raising a few eyebrows over comments she made about Angelina Jolie's decision to have a preventative double mastectomy. Etheridge says Jolie's decision was more of a 'fearful choice.' Etheridge is a breast cancer survivor, and went through five rounds of chemotherapy. Kristina Behr has the details.

An estimated 100,000 demonstrators flooded the streets of eight different Brazilian cities, venting frustrations over poor transportation, health services, education and security despite heavy taxes. (June 18)