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Gunmen storm Chechen government buildings (AP)

October 19th, 2010

Special Force (OMON) officers are seen in front of Chechen parliament complex after a bomb blast in Grozny, Chechnya, southern Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Tuesday, killing at least 2 police officers and one parliamentary official, authorities said. At least three insurgents were also killed, ending the attack, they said. One insurgent set off a bomb at the gates of the parliament complex in the provincial capital, killing himself and wounding others, Chechen police spokesman Ramzam Bekkhoyev told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)AP - Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia’s volatile Chechnya region on Tuesday, killing at least 2 police officers and one parliamentary official, and injuring 17 others, authorities said.…

Police: Gunmen storm Chechen government buildings (AP)

October 19th, 2010

Relatives mourn Gusalov Alan, 42, killed in a suicide car attack in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Saturday, Sept., 11, 2010. The Thursday bombing on the edge of the central market of the capital of the North Ossetia republic where a suicide car bombing killed 17 people and wounded more than 140 was the most serious terrorist attack in Russia since the March subway bombings in Moscow that killed 40. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - A Russian police spokesman says at least six people are dead after insurgents stormed the Chechen parliament complex, including the insurgents and two others.


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N. Zealand quake smashes buildings, rips new fault (AP)

September 4th, 2010

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key surveys the damage to buildings in central Christchurch after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the city September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Simon BakerAP - The powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around a New Zealand city also ripped a new 11-foot- (3.5 meter-) wide fault in…

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake (AP)

September 4th, 2010

A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand’s South Island…

Israeli bulldozers raze 6 east Jerusalem buildings (AP)

July 13th, 2010

Palestinians move the body of Naama Abu Saed after she was killed by an Israeli tank shell, at the morgue of the hospital in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip, late Tuesday, July 13, 2010. One Palestinian was killed and four wounded in a clash on the Gaza border, Gaza hospital officials said. Palestinians said Israeli forces fired tank shells and they responded with mortars. The Israeli military said suspicious figures approached the border fence and soldiers fired at them. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)AP - Israeli bulldozers destroyed six buildings, including at least three homes, in contested east Jerusalem on Tuesday, resuming the demolition of Palestinian property after a halt aimed at encouraging…

Aftershocks weaken Chile’s quake-damaged buildings (AP)

March 6th, 2010

A machine works in an earthquake-destoyed building in Concepcion, Chile, Saturday, March 6, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile last Feb. 27, causing widespread damage.(AP Photo/ Ivan Pisarenko)AP - A father’s unanswered cry for his missing son rang out Saturday from the wreckage of a fallen 15-story apartment building that has become a symbol of Chile’s devastating…

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