Raging Russian fires destroy homes, people flee (AP)

July 29th, 2010

A local resident throws water from a bucket on a peat fire in a forest near the town of Shatura, some 130 km (81 miles) southeast of Moscow, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Peat swamps started burning in central Russia following an unprecedented heat wave. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Raging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city and tore through provincial villages Thursday, forcing mass evacuations as Moscow suffered through a record, weeks-long heat wave and smog…

Body of 2nd Navy sailor recovered in Afghanistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

This photo, displayed on a leaflet that was distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2010 shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor. The Navy identified the missing sailor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area. The Pentagon lists Newlove as 'whereabouts unknown,' and did not confirm he was captured. Another service member who went missing with Newlove was identified as Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado. NATO recovered his body Sunday. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - The discovery of the body of a second U.S. sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the mystery of the men’s disappearance nearly 60 miles from…

Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon attack that served…

Al-Qaida plants flag in Baghdad as 23 die in Iraq (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Al-Qaida briefly planted its flag in Baghdad on Thursday as militants killed 23 members of Iraq’s security forces across the country in a combination of shootings and roadside…

Militants kill 23 security forces across Iraq (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Militants killed 23 members of Iraq’s security forces across the country Thursday in a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers…

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