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Greece awaiting EU ’solidarity’ after deeper cuts (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

Greek prime minister George Papandreou addresses to Socialists lawmakers at the Greek Parliament in Athens, on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Greece is grappling with an acute debt crisis that unfolded after the conservatives lost general elections last October to the Socialists who revealed a massive budget shortfall. The government is set to announce more severe economic austerity measures on Wednesday, following EU demands for deeper spending cuts. (AP Photo / Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Prime Minister George Papandreou said Wednesday that Greece was now awaiting strong support from the European Union after ordering even more painful budget measures officials say will save…

NIreland’s Paisley to quit Parliament after 40 yrs (AP)

March 2nd, 2010

AP - Ian Paisley, the hard-line Northern Ireland evangelist who led Protestants into power-sharing with Catholics, says he is retiring from British Parliament after a 40-year career.

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Scientists defend warning after tsunami nonevent (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Seawater moves upward (from left to right) in the mouth of the Kamo River that flows into the Pacific Ocean at Kamogawa in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sunday Feb. 28, 2010. The tsunami from Chile's deadly earthquake hit Japan's main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert. Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.  (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force…

Rescuers struggle to save lives after Chile quake (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Firemen work on a destroyed building in Concepcion, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, after a devastating earthquake struck Chile early Saturday Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Rescuers edged their way toward residents trapped in a toppled apartment block early Sunday and survivors huddled around bonfires in the rubble of their homes as the death…