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Mob in Athens abuses Muslims as they celebrate Eid (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Reuters - Dozens of far-right activists and local residents threw eggs and taunted hundreds of Muslim immigrants as they gathered to pray in a central square for Eid al-Adha surrounded…

Joyous Swiss celebrate longest tunnel breakthrough (AP)

October 15th, 2010

Miners watch as the drill machine 'Sissi' breaks through the rock at the final section Faido-Sedrun, at the construction site of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel Oct. 15, 2010. With a length of 57 km (35 miles) crossing the Alps, the world's longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2017.   ((AP Photo/Christian Hartmann,Pool)AP - Swiss engineers smashed through the last stretch of rock Friday to create the world’s longest tunnel, sparking a national groundswell of elation over a costly, technically difficult project…

Swiss celebrate longest tunnel breakthrough (AP)

October 15th, 2010

this Aug. 27, 2010 photo shows a worker taking a break in the shaft of the gate still to be built at the track change between the two tunnels in the Gotthard Base Tunnel's 'Faido' section near Faido in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.. The company in charge of the project says there are only 59 feet (18 meters) left to dig before completing the last section of the new Gotthard Base Tunnel. When it is opened for traffic in 2017, the Gotthard Base Tunnel will supplant Japan's 33.5-mile (53.6-kilometer) Seikan Tunnel as the world's longest — excluding aqueducts — and allow millions more tons of goods to be transported quickly through the Alps by rail. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martin Ruetschi) *** NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES ***AP - Swiss engineers have smashed through the last stretch of rock to create the longest tunnel in the world.


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St. Maarten, Curacao celebrate increased autonomy (AP)

October 10th, 2010

AP - Several thousand revelers gathered in the capitals of tiny St. Maarten and Curacao on Sunday to celebrate greater autonomy within the Dutch kingdom as a result of the…

Israeli building slowdown ends; settlers celebrate (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Jewish settlers participate in a cornerstone laying ceremony for a daycare center at the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Netafim, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to 'show restraint' after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly re-launched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Jewish settlers released balloons and broke ground on a kindergarten in celebration Sunday as a 10-month construction slowdown expired, while U.S. and Israeli leaders tried to figure out…

Muslims throng mosques to celebrate end of Ramadan (AP)

September 11th, 2010

Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Ferozshah Kotla mosque in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - Far from the din and controversy roiling interfaith relations in the West, Muslims worldwide thronged mosques, cafes and parks in a solemn and joyful end to the fasting…

Pakistani flood victims celebrate Eid in tents (AP)

September 11th, 2010

A Pakistani girls paints hands of her friend with henna to celebrate the Eid, ending of fasting month of Ramadan in Hyderabad, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Pervez Masih)AP - Millions of Pakistani flood victims celebrated Islam’s most joyous festival in donated tents and makeshift shelters on Saturday as the country’s leaders — criticized for an inadequate response…

In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings (AP)

March 11th, 2010

Gay couples kiss after getting married at City Hall in Mexico City, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The couples wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America’s first law that…