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Al-Qaida-linked group claims TV bombing in Baghdad (AP)

July 29th, 2010

A worker clears away blood and debris after a suicide attack on Shiite pilgrims in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq,Tuesday, July 27, 2010. According to police, a female suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint near the Imam Hussein shrine where pilgrims are gathered to mark an important religious holiday, known as Shabaniyah, that attracts devout Shiites from around the country. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Thursday for a bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of a pan-Arab television station, describing the deadly attack that killed six…

Police capture drug lieutenant in northern Mexico (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Investigators work at a crime scene where Rosarito's State Police Commander Antonio Sanchez was shot outside his headquarters in Rosarito, Mexico, early Wednesday July 28, 2010. According to police at the scene, Sanchez was shot by unidentified gunmen late Tuesday and died later while receiving medical attention. Another agent was injured during the shooting. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - A suspected drug cartel lieutenant with a quarter-million-dollar reward on his head was captured in the border state of Chihuahua, where rival gangs are waging a bloody turf…

Rain slows search for dead in Pakistan plane crash (AP)

July 29th, 2010

A video grab shows debris from a commercial Pakistani passenger plane lying scattered amid shrubbery in hills near the capital, Islamabad, July 28, 2010. Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of at least 20 people from the wreckage of a Pakistani passenger plane which crashed near the capital on Wednesday, an official said. The Airblue jet was carrying 146 passengers and six crewmen. REUTERS/via Reuters TVbr /<br /></a> (PAKISTAN - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER)AP - Emergency teams battled heavy rains and mud Thursday to recover bodies strewn over hills overlooking the Pakistani capital following the country’s worst-ever plane crash.


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New bid to erect Columbus statue in Puerto Rico (AP)

July 29th, 2010

AP - Christopher Columbus is on the move again in the New World, after numerous rejections in a nearly two-decade quest to find him a suitable spot.

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Floods wash chemicals into northeast China river (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Villagers walk in the debris of buildings collapsed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Wangong village, Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Flooding this year has overwhelmed reservoirs, swamped towns and cities, and caused landslides that have smothered communities. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Workers began cleaning up a chemical spill in northeastern China on Thursday after more than 3,000 containers of chemicals were washed into a river by the worst floods…

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