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The U.S. has pledged $60 million in non-lethal aid to the Syrian rebels, leaving the Syrian opposition privately disappointed that they would not be receiving weapons.  The U.S. remains concerned that weapons could fall into the wrong hands, but Britain and France are expected to provide military equipment. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. (Nightly News)

The U.S. has pledged $60 million in non-lethal aid to the Syrian rebels, leaving the Syrian opposition privately disappointed that they would not be receiving weapons.  The U.S. remains concerned that weapons could fall into the wrong hands, but Britain and France are expected to provide military equipment. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. (Nightly News)

The president of the International Cycling Union said he was "sickened" by the evidence of Armstrong's involvement in a massive doping program, gathered by the USADA. Now, the UCI will list 'no winner' for the Tour de France from 1999 to 2005. Kristen Dahlgren reports. (Nightly News)

Cycling's governing body has ruled that Lance Armstrong will be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from the sport — and may also be forced to pay back $12 million in winnings. NBC's Keir Simmons reports. (TODAY)

French officials have ordered extra security around the country and at its embassies around the world after a satirical magazine published cartoons ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad.  NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports from Paris. (TODAY)

A gunman is on the loose after opening fire at a Jewish school in France, killing at least four people, including three children. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports. (TODAY)

Nobody in France is saying whether former IMF head Dominique Strauss-KhanHERE is innocent or guilty, but they do say the rush to judgment was never fair. NBC's Martin Fletcher reports. (Nightly News)

Europe is buzzing with speculation that 43-year-old Carla Bruni, the former super-model who is married to the president of France, is pregnant with her first child. (TODAY)

Flight data recorders recovered from the ocean floor are providing investigators with clues as to why Air France flight 447 may have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (TODAY)

Safety investigators on Friday released the initial findings from the black boxes of an Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic during a flight from Rio to Paris almost two years ago, killing 228 people. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)