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Olympics' Africa Village Closes Over Unpaid Bills - Africa Village, the social epicenter of the 2012 Olympic games, was shut down early when an unresolved dispute between Africa Village's French organizers and local suppliers pulled the plug on the fun.  (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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Hillary Clinton Dances Across Africa in Diplomacy Marathon - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a whistle-stop tour of seven African countries and engaged leaders on issues from HIV/AIDS and gay rights to economic partnerships. (Photo: AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP/GettyImages)

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Nigerian Army Takes Down 20 Boko Haram Members - The Nigerian military confirmed a Sunday raid on militant group Boko Haram’s base in Maiduguri and claim 20 suspected members were killed. (Photo: REUTERS/Joseph Penne)

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Gang Kills Peacekeeper in Darfur - An international peacekeeper was shot dead and another was wounded Sunday when a gang attacked the police post of a refugee camp in Darfur, Sudan. (Photo: REUTERS/Albert Gonzalez Farran/UNAMID/Handout)

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Missing Cameroonian Olympic Athletes Speak Out - On the run from Cameroonian officials and armed with visas that allow them to remain in the U.K. until November, five boxers who went missing from the Olympic Village earlier this month met with the BBC in secret and said they are looking for a British sponsor so they can remain in the country and continue to train. (Photo: telegraph.co.uk)

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Five Dead in South African Platinum Mine Riots - Clashes between rival unions at a South African platinum mine left five people dead, including one policeman. Police say the angry crowd swelled to 5,000 as workers took to the streets over a battle for membership between a new and a long-established trade union. (Photo: AP Photo/ Leon Nicholas-STAR Business Report)

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Western Union Stops Money Transfers to Jamaican Parish Linked to Lottery Scams - In efforts to combat a multi-million dollar lottery scam, Western Union has shut down its services in Jamaica’s St. James parish for the next two weeks as it conducts a systems review. (Photo: ABC News)

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Former Anti-Doping Agency Chief Throws Shade After Jamaica’s Olympic Success - Former anti-doping chief Dick Pound told reporters that Jamaican athletes expect more visits by drug testers given their unprecedented victories at the London Olympic Games."No, they are one of the groups that are hard to test, it is (hard) to get in and find them and so forth," Pound told Reuters. "I think they can expect, with the extraordinary results that they have had, that they will be on everybody's radar," said Pound, an International Olympic Committee member. (Photo: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

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Syrian Rebels Shoot Down Warplane - The rebel Free Syrian Army say they shot down an official military aircraft near the Iraqi border and released footage of a man they claim is the captured pilot of the fighter jet.  (Photo: AP Photo/Shaam News Network)

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Australia Considers Offshore Asylum Centers for Immigrants - In efforts to discourage illegal immigration, a new report commissioned by the Australian government suggests that the country build offshore asylum centers and hold offenders there.  (Photo: REUTERS/Aulia Pratama)

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Ghana Buries Late President Mills - Nearly 10,000 mourners gathered in Ghana’s Independence Square to pay last respects to President John Atta Mills, who died suddenly last month. (Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

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Cape Town Riots - Violent protests brought Cape Town to a standstill over the weekend as residents threw handmade bombs, burned tires and attacked vehicles and police with stones in anger over rising poverty. (Photo: RODGER BOSCH/AFP/GettyImages)

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Olympics Come to an End - After 17 riveting days of competition, the 2012 Summer Olympic games came to a close in London. Athletes from the United States took home the most medals worldwide, earning 46 gold and 29 silver and bronze.