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It’s go-for-broke time on 9th anniversary of war (AP)

October 6th, 2010

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 4, 2006 file picture, a woman looks out through a destroyed window after a bomb exploded in Kabul, Afghanistan in front of a cinema near the presidential palace, wounding at least four people, police said. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) PHOTO PACKAGE FOR USE WITH AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY STORIESAP - The war in Afghanistan enters its 10th year Thursday with key players hedging their bets, uncertain whether the Obama administration is prepared to stay for the long haul,…

Thailand’s Red Shirts mark coup anniversary (AP)

September 19th, 2010

An anti-government or Red Shirt protester cheers during a rally in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Thousands of the protesters who are also supporters of deposted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took part in a rally marking the fourth anniversary of the military coup that ousted Thaksin from power. Chiang Mai is a hometown of Thaksin. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Thousands of anti-government “Red Shirt” protesters defied a state of emergency in Thailand’s capital to stage their first major demonstration since their street protests were ended by a…

Pope notes 70th Blitz anniversary as he says Mass (AP)

September 19th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd outside the Vatican's Apostolic Nunciature in London as he leaves London for Birmingham, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is celebrating Mass to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman and in that ceremony he has offered a personal reflection on the evilness of the Nazi…

Walesa shuns Solidarity 30th anniversary sessions (AP)

August 30th, 2010

Former Polish President and first Solidarity trade union leader Lech Walesa smiles after lay a wreath at the Shipyard Workers Monument in Gdansk, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, ahead of the 30th anniversary of signing the August 1980 accords allowing the establishment of Solidarity, Eastern Europe's first free trade union that initiated the fall of communism. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa shunned several of the movement’s 30th anniversary sessions Monday, saying he is tired and disillusioned with the Polish trade union’s current state.


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UK warns Libya over Lockerbie bomber anniversary (AP)

August 20th, 2010

Memorial stones in memory of victims of Pan-Am flight 103 are pictured in a garden of remembrance near the village of Lockerbie in Scotland. The Scottish government released convicted bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi from jail on compassionate grounds on August 20, 2009, after it emerged he had terminal prostate cancer.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AP - Britain’s government says it has warned Libya that any celebration of the anniversary of the release from jail of the Lockerbie bomber would be offensive and insensitive to…

Russia marks 50th anniversary of space dogs flight (AP)

August 19th, 2010

AP - Russia on Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of the space flight of two dogs who became the first living creatures to circle the Earth and come back alive.

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Police patrol China region on riot anniversary (AP)

July 5th, 2010

In this Saturday, July 3, 2010 photo, policemen take part in a daily training at a police station in Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang region. Teams of police patrolled streets in the western region of Xinjiang on Monday as stringent security was imposed for the one-year anniversary of China's worst ethnic violence in decades. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Teams of police patrolled streets in the western region of Xinjiang on Monday as stringent security was imposed for the one-year anniversary of China’s worst ethnic violence in…

Police on alert in China ahead of riot anniversary (AP)

July 4th, 2010

A Japanese supporter of Uighurs shouts slogans as he and others march though a street in a rally against China's government in Tokyo, Sunday, July 4, 2010. Around 200 Uighurs and their supporters took to a street ahead of the first anniversary of a deadly ethnic violence between Xinjiang's minority Uighurs and majority Han Chinese migrants last July. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Teams of police armed with guns and batons patrolled streets in the western region of Xinjiang on Sunday, part of stringent security precautions put in place ahead of…

Anniversary of disputed Iran vote passes quietly (AP)

June 12th, 2010

FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, a supporter of main challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi shouts from the crowd amidst a festive atmosphere at an election rally at the Heidarnia stadium in Tehran, Iran. Friday June 12, 2010 marks the first anniversary of the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - The one-year anniversary of Iran’s disputed election passed quietly Saturday with little more than a subdued Internet appeal by opposition leaders for supporters to speak out on the…

Vietnam celebrates 35th anniversary of war’s end (AP)

April 30th, 2010

Vietnamese soldiers wave from a tank replica during a parade in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Friday April 30, 2010. Communist Vietnam marked the 35th anniversary of the war's end Friday with a dramatic reenactment of the day North Vietnamese tanks smashed through the gates of the former Presidential Palace and ousted the U.S.-backed government. The celebration took place in a city where signs of the emerging market economy are everywhere and communist banners now compete with corporate logos. (AP Photo/Nick Ut.)AP - Communist Vietnam marked the 35th anniversary of the end of its war Friday with a dramatic re-enactment of the day North Vietnamese tanks smashed through the gates of…

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