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Broke Romance: Brides Who Can’t Afford the Pomp Try Out Mass Marriages in Yemen (Time.com)

November 19th, 2010

Time.com - The average cost of the American wedding is approaching $30,000. But what if, like many people today, you’re feeling the pinch of the economic downturn?

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Activist: Beached whale in Brazil can’t be saved (AP)

September 10th, 2010

People splash water on a beached whale on Praia do Sol beach in Santa Catarina state, Brazil, Thursday Sept. 9, 2010. Marine biologists said Thursday an endangered right whale stranded on a beach in southern Brazil for the past two days is too weak to be rescued and returned safely to the sea. (AP Photo/Charles Guerra-Agencia RBS)AP - An animal-rights activist says an endangered right whale stranded on a beach in southern Brazil for two days is too weak to be rescued and returned safely to…

Haiti council: Wyclef Jean can’t run for president (AP)

August 20th, 2010

AP - A spokesman for Haiti’s electoral council says it has ruled that hip hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president of the Caribbean nation.

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Audit: U.S. can’t account for $8.7B in Iraq oil money (AP)

July 27th, 2010

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2009 file photo, Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. A U.S. audit has found that the Defense Department can't properly account for how it spent about 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money earmarked for rebuilding the war-ravaged country.(AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)AP - The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war…

Audit: U.S. can’t account for $8.7 billion in Iraq oil money (AP)

July 27th, 2010

CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTING LOCATION AND DETAILS OF BOMB ATTACKbr /<br /></a> Residents pray near the coffin of a victim who was killed in Monday?s bomb attack in Kerbala, before his burial at a cemetery in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad July 27, 2010. Two car bombs exploded near the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala in southern Iraq on Monday, killing 19 mainly Shi'ite pilgrims and wounding 54, an Iraqi official said. The car bombs targeted Shi'ite pilgrims visiting Kerbala before the anniversary of Imam Mohammed al-Mehdi's birthday for which several hundred thousand people are expected this week. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ) (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT)AP - The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war…

Audit: US can’t account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds (AP)

July 27th, 2010

The mother of four-year-old Nasser Hasson holds his injured leg at a hospital in Najaf, Iraq. The child was injured when two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala killed and injured scores on Monday, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war…

With cheap food imports, Haiti can’t feed itself (AP)

March 20th, 2010

Maria Carmelle Jean, center, sells rice and dry products at a downtown street market in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Decades of cheap imports, especially rice from the U.S., punctuated with abundant aid in various crises, have destroyed local agriculture and left impoverished countries such as Haiti unable to feed themselves. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - The earthquake not only smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left more than 2.5 million people without enough to eat. It may also have shaken up the way the…

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