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Floods continue to punish Asia, killing nearly 140 (AP)

October 7th, 2010

In this Oct. 6, 2010  photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers transfer residents to safe areas in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province.  The worst flooding in southern China in nearly half a century forced the evacuation of 130,000 villagers, state media said Thursday, as the number of people killed this week by floods and landslides across Asia climbed to more than 130.  (Xinhua/Guo Cheng) ** NO SALES **AP - Asia’s death toll from vicious rains spiked Thursday to nearly 140 as disaster officials reached previously isolated areas in Vietnam, while the worst flooding in parts of southern…

Intel: Strikes continue amid border tension (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

A Pakistani border guard stands near Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks parked on the roadside in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010.  Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Thursday after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both Islamabad and Washington. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)AP - Two suspected American missile strikes killed 12 alleged militants in a northwestern Pakistan tribal region Saturday, intelligence officials said, a sign the U.S. is unwilling to stop using…

Australian gov’t plans to continue with mining tax (AP)

September 7th, 2010

Australian independent lawmakers Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, left, speak during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor Party gained the ability to form a government for a second term after the two independent lawmakers joined her coalition more than two weeks after elections failed to deliver a clear winner for the first time since 1940. (AP Photo/Mark Graham)AP - Tensions emerged on the first full day of Australia’s new minority government’s rule Wednesday between the deputy prime minister and a kingmaker independent legislator over plans to make…

Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank (AP)

September 4th, 2010

Afghans walk past a branch of the Kabul Bank in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Larger than usual crowds gathered to withdraw funds from Afghanistan's largest bank Thursday, but there was little sign that questions surrounding its viability had sparked a major panic. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation’s largest bank on Saturday, despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe.


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Court rules torture lawsuits against UK continue (AP)

July 14th, 2010

AP - Former Guantanamo detainees can proceed with lawsuits accusing Britain of complicity in torture overseas, a High Court judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting a government request to suspend the action.

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Sri Lankan protesters continue sit-in against UN (AP)

July 7th, 2010

A protester blocking the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters argues with police as they try to forcibly remove him in Colombo, July 6, 2010. Police on Tuesday clashed with protesters led by a Sri Lanka cabinet minister Wimal Weerawansa who vowed to besiege the U.N. office until Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dissolves a panel advising him on possible war crimes. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds  (SRI LANKA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - A small group of protesters continued to demonstrate in front of the U.N. compound in Sri Lanka’s capital Wednesday, demanding the world body scrap its probe into alleged…

Iran opposition leader vows to continue struggle (AP)

June 12th, 2010

FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, a supporter of main challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, standing next to a poster of him, whistles as she films the event with her mobile phone, amidst a festive atmosphere at an election rally at the Heidarnia stadium in Tehran, Iran. Friday June 12, 2010 marks the first anniversary of the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Photo by Ben Curtis, File)AP - Iran’s opposition leader has pledged to continue the struggle against the government, despite canceling a mass protest for the anniversary of last June’s disputed presidential election.


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UK flight restrictions continue through Saturday (AP)

April 16th, 2010

A student tour group from Sunapee, N.H. wait in a British Airways line inside the binternational/b terminal at Logan International Airport in Boston Thursday, April 15, 2010 after their flight to London was cancelled due to a large ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Iceland. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - British civil aviation authorities say there will be no flights over England until Saturday morning at the earliest, as a huge ash cloud from Iceland’s erupting volcano disrupts…

Israel: East Jerusalem construction to continue (AP)

March 21st, 2010

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second left, arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. To defuse a grave feud with the U.S., Netanyahu has promised to slow construction in contested east Jerusalem, free Palestinian prisoners and discuss the main issues dividing Israel and the Palestinians in upcoming, U.S.-mediated talks, senior Israeli officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool)AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday that Israel would not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, a step the U.S. has requested — sticking to a tough position…