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Cholera deaths in hard-hit Haiti city add to toll (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

A Haitian nurse treats a cholera victim at the Charles Colimon hospital in Petite Riviere. Aid groups fought Wednesday to halt the spread of cholera in Haiti's teeming capital, where makeshift camps crammed with earthquake survivors are ripe ground for the epidemic to take hold.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)Reuters - A three-week-old cholera epidemic that has killed more than 640 people in Haiti is spreading quickly in the northwest coastal city of Gonaives, authorities said on Wednesday.


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What a Shooting Spree Says About One Swedish City (Time.com)

November 10th, 2010

Time.com - In the southeastern city of MalmÖ, a 38-year-old will stand trial for ashooting spree that has rocked this ethnically diverse Swedish city

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Six Americans killed in Mexico’s drug war city (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - Gunmen have killed six U.S. citizens in separate attacks since Saturday in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. consulate said on Thursday, as Mexico struggles…

Rescued Chilean miner to run New York City marathon (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - Chilean miner Edison Pena plans to run the New York City Marathon on Sunday, less than a month after he was rescued from a collapsed mine that trapped…

City bid to prove title credentials (AFP)

October 24th, 2010

Manchester City's French midfielder Patrick Vieira (L) vies with Lech Poznan's Dutch-Congolese forward Joël Tshibamba during a match in Manchester on October 21, 2010. City have a golden opportunity to prove their credentials as contenders for the Premier League on Sunday when they host title rivals Arsenal.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester City have a golden opportunity to prove their credentials as contenders for the Premier League on Sunday when they host title rivals Arsenal.


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Pakistan’s largest city reels after 51 killed (AP)

October 20th, 2010

A Pakistani boy prays before attending a daily class to learn how to read verses of the Quran, at a mosque in a poor neighborhood of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Pakistan’s largest city reeled Wednesday after gunmen opened fire in a commercial market, killing 11 people in the latest spasm of violence to underscore the poor state of…

Pakistan’s Karachi city reels after 51 killed (AP)

October 20th, 2010

A Pakistani boy prays before attending a daily class to learn how to read verses of the Quran, at a mosque in a poor neighborhood of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A government official says gunmen opened fire in a commercial market in Pakistan’s largest city, killing 11 people.


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Sharp quake rattles New Zealand city (AP)

October 19th, 2010

A young boy takes advantage of warped road to skateboard on in Paiapoi, 20km south of  Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Christchurch was struck by a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake on Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines and also ripped a new 11-foot (3.5 meter) wide fault line in the earth's surface, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - An earthquake rattled the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch on Tuesday, cutting power and phone service and sending some residents running into the streets just weeks after…

Sharp quake rattles southern NZ city (AP)

October 18th, 2010

A young boy takes advantage of warped road to skateboard on in Paiapoi, 20km south of  Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Christchurch was struck by a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake on Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines and also ripped a new 11-foot (3.5 meter) wide fault line in the earth's surface, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - An earthquake rattled the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch on Tuesday, cutting power and phone service and sending some residents running into the streets just weeks after…

Gunmen kill 21 in Pakistan’s largest city (AP)

October 17th, 2010

In this Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 photo, an injured victim of shooting incident is brought to a local hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Gunmen have killed at least 21 people in Karachi in the past 24 hours, raising tensions in Pakistan's largest city as voters headed to the polls Sunday to elect a replacement for a provincial lawmaker assassinated earlier this year. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - Gunmen have killed at least 21 people in Karachi in the past 24 hours, raising tensions in Pakistan’s largest city as voters cast ballots Sunday for a replacement…