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Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon attack that served…

Bangkok burns after Thai protest leaders arrested (AP)

May 19th, 2010

** EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT ** A plainclothes Thai soldier calls for help as he pulls his colleague who was injured by a grenade during an operation to crackdown on anti-government protesters Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai troops opened fire Wednesday into the fortified encampment of anti-government protesters in downtown Bangkok, ramming armored vehicles into its tire-and-bamboo barricade in what appeared to be a final crackdown after a week of deadly clashes. (AP Photo)AP - Downtown Bangkok became a raging battleground Wednesday as the army stormed a barricaded protest camp and the Red Shirt leadership surrendered, enraging demonstrators who fired grenades and set…

Brazil fire burns huge collection of dead snakes (AP)

May 16th, 2010

AP - A fire in Brazil destroyed what may be the world’s largest scientific collection of dead snakes, spiders and scorpions that served as the main source for research on…

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