Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 U.S. troops

Top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Joseph Dunford, talks to media representatives at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June, 18, 2013. Dunford said NATO will support any positive movement to bring reconciliation between the Afghan people and Taliban. American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)The claim comes hours after the group announced it would hold talks with the U.S.

Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 U.S. troops

Top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Joseph Dunford, talks to media representatives at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June, 18, 2013. Dunford said NATO will support any positive movement to bring reconciliation between the Afghan people and Taliban. American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)The claim comes hours after the group announced it would hold talks with the U.S.

Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 U.S. troops

Top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Joseph Dunford, talks to media representatives at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June, 18, 2013. Dunford said NATO will support any positive movement to bring reconciliation between the Afghan people and Taliban. American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)The claim comes hours after the group announced it would hold talks with the U.S.

Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 U.S. troops

Top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Joseph Dunford, talks to media representatives at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June, 18, 2013. Dunford said NATO will support any positive movement to bring reconciliation between the Afghan people and Taliban. American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)The claim comes hours after the group announced it would hold talks with the U.S.

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Protesters out again in Brazil’s biggest city

A man holds a banner that reads in Portuguese: "No violence Brazil, peace and love," in front of a burning national television vehicle, set on fire by protestors, in front of City Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. On Tuesday, thousands of people marched on Sao Paulo’s City Hall building, where a small group fought police in an unsuccessful attempt to force their way in. Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broke out across this continent-sized country, uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)SAO PAULO (AP) — Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption.