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In-form England rugby team vow no let up against Samoa (AFP)

November 20th, 2010

England manager Martin Johnson (pictured) has warned his team against complacency as they bid to build on the record victory over Australia against Samoa Saturday. England's stylish demolition of the Wallabies last weekend sent euphoria soaring to stratospheric levels, with Johnson's emerging side now being talked about as possible contenders for next year's World Cup.(AFP/File/Phil Cole)AFP - England manager Martin Johnson has warned his team against complacency as they bid to build on the record victory over Australia against Samoa Saturday.


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Germany says guarding against Mumbai-style attack (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

German police patrol the entrance area to the main railway station Hauptbahnhof in Berlin, November 17, 2010. REUTERS/Tobias SchwarzReuters - German authorities are on guard against threats of armed attack on civilians of the kind that killed 166 in the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, Interior Minister…

Haiti unrest hampers desperate fight against cholera (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

A child suffering cholera symptoms is checked by a doctor at the Doctors Without Borders temporary hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Thousands of people have been hospitalized for cholera across Haiti with symptoms including serious diarrhea, vomiting and fever and hundreds have died. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Reuters - Anti-U.N. riots in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien have disrupted international efforts to tackle a spreading cholera epidemic, increasing the risk of infection and death for tens of thousands…

German protesters mobilise against nuclear waste train (AFP)

November 7th, 2010

Anti-nuclear activists stand on the tracks during a protest in Berg near the Franco-German border against the arrival in Germany of a train carrying highly radioactive waste. German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block the nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.(AFP/Frederick Florin)AFP - German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block a nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.


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Mass German anti-nuclear rally against waste shipment (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

Police tussles with demonstrators as they clear an area where anti-nuclear activists digged a hole beside the possible Castor transportation route in Splietau near Dannenberg November 6, 2010. REUTERS/Pawel KopczynskiReuters - Tens of thousands of protesters took part in one of the largest anti-nuclear rallies in years Saturday as the first shipment of waste in two years was slowed…

Yemen al Qaeda warned tribe against helping government (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

Reuters - Al Qaeda in Yemen has warned kinsmen of a U.S. born radical preacher against collaborating with the government, according to a statement from the group that appeared to…

Japan warns Russia against visits to disputed isles (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

Reuters - Japan warned Moscow on Wednesday against more visits to rocky islands claimed by both countries, Kyodo news agency reported, after Russia’s president stopped off in one of the…

China panda baby boom aids against extinction (AP)

October 26th, 2010

In this Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 photo, six pandas selected for display at the upcoming Asian Games eat a meal at the Wolong China Pandas Protection and Research Center at Bifengxia base in Ya'an in southwestern China's Sichuan province. China's panda population is booming this year thanks to a record number of births in captivity, a rare accomplishment for the endangered species known for being poor breeders. (AP Photo)**CHINA OUT**AP - China’s panda population is booming this year thanks to a record number of births in captivity, a rare accomplishment for the endangered species known for being poor breeders.


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Pakistan struggles to hold gains against Taliban (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

In this photo taken on Oct. 20, 2010, an internally displaced woman from South Waziristan sits at a World Food Program distribution center in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. For Pakistan's army, ejecting militants from safe havens near the Afghan border has proven to be the easy part. The problems come later: The guerrillas creep back and carry out attacks. Civilians never return. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - For Pakistan’s army, ejecting militants from safe havens near the Afghan border has proven to be the easy part. The problems come later: The guerrillas creep back and…

The Race Against the Mammoth Car Pt 2

October 18th, 2010

An 18-year-old driver competes on the international racing circuit with the help of his friends, family and his father’s high-tech race-car, The Mach 5.

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