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Haiti braces as Hurricane Tomas roars over Caribbean (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

Reuters - Authorities on Sunday urged hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in crowded tent camps to seek new shelter as Hurricane Tomas roared across the Caribbean with Haiti in…

Southern China braces for deadly typhoon (AP)

October 20th, 2010

A boat sails past docked ships at a port in Haikou, in south China's Hainan province, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. Residents scrambled to stockpile food and authorities ordered ships to remain docked as southern China geared up Wednesday for a super typhoon after it killed 15 people and wiped out crops in the northern Philippines. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Residents stockpiled food and ships were ordered to dock Wednesday as southern China braced for a typhoon that has already lashed the northern Philippines amid floods that have…

France braces for day of strikes Thursday (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

AP - Protesters are counting on people power to pressure the government to back down on its plan to up the retirement age from 60 to 62, with a second…

Bermuda braces for Hurricane Igor; Karl dissipates (AP)

September 18th, 2010

**CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO CHARLES MAYBURY** Workers at Elbow Beach secure rooftop equipment as Hurricane Igor approaches in Paget Parish, Bermuda, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.  The government warns that Hurricane Igor could be the strongest storm to affect the British territory in more than 50 years. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said tropical storm winds will start battering Bermuda Saturday night, with the hurricane expected to pass near Bermuda early Monday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Tourists lined up at Bermuda’s airport hoping to board one of the last flights off the island and locals stocked up on emergency supplies Saturday in preparation for…

Turkey Braces for Key Vote Over its Future (Time.com)

September 11th, 2010

Time.com - Sunday’s constitutional reform referendum will be an important test of strength between the moderate Islamist government and its fiercely secular opponents

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Kabul Bank braces for run on deposits after doubts (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The Afghan central bank's decision to force out executives of the nation's biggest bank amid allegations of mismanagement and questionable lending practices offers the government a chance to take a strong stand against corruption, the U.S. said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Managers of Afghanistan’s largest bank braced for a run on deposits Thursday, a day after nervous customers showed up in droves to take out their money following the…

Southern China braces for Typhoon Conson landfall (AP)

July 16th, 2010

Bodies of fishermen lie on the street after being retrieved by authorities at Mariveles township, Bataan province 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Manila, Philippines on Thursday July 15, 2010, after Typhoon Conson barreled into the main island of Luzon. Electricity was restored in the Philippine capital, flights resumed and schools reopened Thursday after the first typhoon of the season killed over two dozen people, eight of which were from Mariveles, and plunged most of the main northern island into darkness. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Southern China braced for torrential rains and lashing winds Friday as Typhoon Conson crept toward land after killing 38 people and leaving a trail of destruction in the…

Japan braces for gridlock after ruling party loss (AP)

July 12th, 2010

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan walks past posters of himself during ballot counting in the upper house parliamentary elections at the party's election headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, July 11, 2010. Battered by voter backlash over the prospect of higher sales taxes, his Democratic Party of Japan suffered a heavy defeat in the parliamentary elections, media exit polls showed, dealing a blow that could hinder the young government's ability to control soaring debt. The posters read: 'Bring back a healthy Japan.' (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japan’s ruling party faced the prospect of political gridlock Monday as bad losses in weekend parliamentary elections undermine its attempts to reduce the ballooning budget deficit and revive…

Brother braces to greet US teen sailor (AP)

June 25th, 2010

Zac Sunderland, from California, who sailed around the world at age 17, arrives at Saint Denis de la Reunion, in the Reunion island, a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, Thursday, June 24, 2010. Zac comes to pick up his sister Abby Sunderland who was rescued by a French fishing boat after her boat became crippled by storms  while trying to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo and nonstop. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - A brother of the 16-year-old Californian sailor rescued in the Indian Ocean after her boat capsized says he’s eager to greet Abby Sunderland as she comes back to…

Iceland braces for consequences of Icesave vote (AP)

March 6th, 2010

An Icelander reads a referendum pamphlet in Reykjavik on Tuesday March 2, 2010. Iceland is scheduled to hold a referendum on 6 March on plans to repay Britain and the Netherlands debts owed from the collapse of Internet bank Icesave. Iceland is holding last-ditch talks with the two countries to try hammer out a new payment plan after criticisms of a previously agreed deal forced it to call a potentially damaging referendum on the issue. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti )AP - Amid allegations of bullying and profiteering by bigger nations, angry Icelanders are expected to deliver a resounding slap down this weekend to plans to use taxpayer money to…