Up to 400,000 demonstrators joined a peace march through London on Saturday, according to organizers Stop the War coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain, who claimed the show of unity was one of the biggest protests of its kind.
In Rome, 100,000 peace protesters took to the streets on Saturday.
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In a Senate hearing today, Pentagon officials claimed President Obama and future presidents have the power to send troops anywhere in the world to fight groups linked to al-Qaeda, based in part on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), passed by Congress days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. [includes rush transcript]
