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Lawmakers block Mexico’s crucial drug war reforms (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Soldiers stand in the rain during a raid on a house in a residential neighborhood in Cancun November 18, 2010. REUTERS/Gerardo GarciaReuters - Mexico’s divided Congress is unlikely to pass President Felipe Calderon’s pivotal plans to reform the police and combat money laundering, risking a major setback in the war against…

Shanghai apartment block fire death toll rises to 53 (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a building in Shanghai, November 15, 2010. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - The death toll from a fire that swept through a central Shanghai apartment block Monday has risen to 53, the Xinhua news agency reported.


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Shanghai apartment block fire kills 42: report (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a building in Shanghai, November 15, 2010. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - At least 42 people died and more than 50 were injured when fire swept through a central Shanghai apartment block Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.


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India opposition vows to block reform bills over scandal (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - India’s main opposition on Monday kept up its demand for a parliamentary probe into a telecoms license row despite a government minister resigning over the issue, threatening to…

Gunmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

President Barack Obama voiced support for Mexican President Felipe Calderon, pictured in September 2010, on Saturday in the wake of an operation in which a leader of one of Mexico's biggest drug cartels was killed in a shootout with soldiers.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)Reuters - Rival gunmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines killed one of Mexico’s top drug kingpins in a government crackdown…

Hitmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

Navy marines walk behind an armored pick-up truck during a gunfight with alleged cartel members in the northern border city of Matamoros, Mexico, Friday Nov. 5, 2010.  During the operation, Mexican marines killed reputed Gulf cartel leader and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords, Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, alias 'Tony Tormenta,' or 'Tony the Storm,' according to the Mexican navy.  (AP Photo/El Bravo de Matamoros)Reuters - Rival hitmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines killed one of Mexico’s top drug kingpins in a government crackdown…

French protesters block Marseille airport (AP)

October 21st, 2010

A youth prepares to throw a petrol bomb at a bank branch during clashes with police forces in Lyon, central France, Wednesday Oct. 20, 2010. The petrol bomb didn't cause any damage. French authorities forced strike-shuttered fuel depots to reopen to ensure gasoline supplies, and the interior minister threatened Wednesday to send in paramilitary police to stop rioting on the fringes of protests against raising the retirement age to 62. Months of largely peaceful demonstrations against the pension reform have taken a violent turn in recent days. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)AP - French protesters blockaded Marseille’s airport, truckers tied up highways and Lady Gaga canceled concerts in Paris ahead of a tense Senate vote Thursday on raising the retirement age.


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Diplomats: China tries to block Sudan report (AP)

October 20th, 2010

AP - China is trying to block a U.N. report alleging that Chinese ammunition was sent to Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.

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Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal (AP)

September 25th, 2010

AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their…

Israel urges Lebanon to block ships to Gaza (AP)

August 20th, 2010

AP - Israel urged Lebanon and the international community on Friday to prevent ships from sailing to Gaza from the Lebanese port of Tripoli to break Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled…