Senegal's ruling party has abandoned efforts to change the constitution after riots by opposition supporters in the capital, Dakar.

The protesters clashed with riot police on Thursday and demanded the constitution remain unchanged.

Opposition supporters said a proposed amendment would make it easier for President Abdoulaye Wade to stay in power.

The current constitution says a president must be elected with an absolute majority of the vote — 50 percent plus 1. The ruling party had sought to lower that threshold to 25 percent.

The leader of Burma’s opposition movement has urged the U.S. Congress to do what it can to make sure that her government adheres to a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on Burma.

Aung San Suu Kyi told members of Congress a resolution that the U.N. Human Rights Council passed in March is a clear guide for what needs to be done to bring democracy to Burma.

On Monday the United Nations-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh will open its hearing into the four surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge movement.

Cambodians have waited three decades for this day: when the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge movement appear in court charged with an array of crimes - genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder. The list is long.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has ended speculation about her political future, announcing Tuesday that she will run for reelection in October.

Although many polls suggest she is likely to win a second term, it had been unclear whether she would run because of recent health problems. President Fernandez cancelled a visit to Mexico for medical reasons in April and took a brief medical leave in January.

A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Haqqani network leader and two of his associates during a nighttime security operation in Sabari District, Khost province, yesterday.

The leader was involved in roadside bomb and direct attacks against Afghan National Army soldiers. He also trained foreign fighters in the area.

The leader was discovered during a search of a compound in the district. After searching, the force interviewed residents and based on the information provided, they identified and detained the leader and his associates.

Afghan Uniformed Police of the 404th Maiwand Zone in Kandahar recently completed a one-time two-month convoy course. The training was designed to prepare them for situations they could encounter while delivering supplies and equipment to the districts and provinces of southern Afghanistan, which include Daykundi, Uruzgan, Zabul and Kandahar provinces.

Their U.S. instructors made sure the course began with the basics, which means driver’s education. Later instruction included roll-over drills, convoy operations, and weapons familiarization.

When smoke has clouded their vision and the battle noise has deafened their ears, Soldiers need to gather their nerves to survive, but the true test lies with continuing the fight after being wounded.

Spc. Antony Gaston, combat engineer, A Company, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, received a Purple Heart and an Army Commendation Medal with “V” device for his valorous actions May 29 in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

“I knew I would see combat, but I always thought it would be somebody else (who) got hurt, not me,” Gaston said.

Thanks to the tremendous progress U.S., coalition and Afghan troops have made, the United States will draw down the number of troops in Afghanistan by 10,000 this year and 33,000 by the end of summer 2012, President Barack Obama said.

“The tide of war is receding,” the president said during an address to the nation from the White House. “Fewer of our sons and daughters are serving in harm’s way.”

In a statement released by the Pentagon following the president's announcement, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said the president’s decision capitalizes on the security successes.

Jim Norrell nailed it in his "Project GunRunner" article (July 2011 American Rifleman). The very idea that the Mexican drug cartels are dependent upon mom-and-pop corner gun shops in the US for their firearms is so far-fetched as to be ludicrous. I watched Greta van Susteren and the regional BATF supervisor discussing, in the Arizona desert, how "90% of the drug cartels guns came from US suppliers," as they stood beside a table of firearms. I nearly fell out, as prominently displayed on the table were a 1919 Browning machine gun, a Barrett .50 BMG, and a stack of AK-47s.