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After 388 days, Somali pirates free British couple (AP)

November 15th, 2010

British sailors Paul and Rachel Chandler, left, talk with a local leader after the two were released from captivity on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 in Adado town, Somalia. The British couple kidnapped off their private yacht by Somali pirates more than a year ago were set free Sunday, ending one of the most drawn-out and dramatic hostage situations since the rash of piracy began off East Africa. Pirates boarded the Chandler's 38-foot yacht the night of Oct. 23, 2009, while sailing from the island nation of Seychelles. The couple, married for almost three decades, took early retirement about four years ago and were spending six-month spells at sea. (AP Photo)AP - The retired British couple were sailing the world on a 38-foot-yacht that represented most of their life savings when Somali pirates captured them last year, demanding the sort…

South Korea fires warning shots, second incident in days (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

North Korean soldiers march during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. This year's celebration comes less than two weeks after Kim Jong Il's re-election to the party's top post and the news that his 20-something son would succeed his father and grandfather as leader. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)Reuters - South Korea’s navy fired warning shots to drive away a North Korean fishing boat at a maritime border on Wednesday, the second incident in six days, jangling nerves…

Norway: China cancels meeting, days after Nobel (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Simon Sharpe, the European Union's first secretary of political affairs in China, left, talks to journalists after he was prevented by security personnel from entering a residential compound where Liu Xia, the wife of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, is held under house arrest in Beijing on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Liu Xia confirmed in a Twitter message that she had been placed under house arrest since Friday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Norway said Monday that China has called off a meeting with the Norwegian fisheries minister just days after Beijing warned that the Nobel Peace Prize award to a…

One hundred days of solitude

October 10th, 2010

Six volunteers spent 105 days in an isolation module as part of an international experiment in preparation for a manned space mission to Mars. Under constant surveillance, the all-male crew carried…

2 days of food stretched more than 2 weeks in mine (AP)

August 25th, 2010

Alberto Segovia shows a photograph of his brother Dario Segovia, 48, one of 33 miners trapped in the collapsed San Jose mine, outside the mine in Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Aug. 24, 2010. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera. The T-shirt reads in Spanish 'We're okay in the shelter all 33,' referring to a hand written message retrieved from the miners on Sunday. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Their self-imposed rations were meager: Two spoonfuls of tuna, a sip of milk, a bite of cracker and a morsel of peach every other day.


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Joy in Chile: 33 miners trapped 17 days are alive (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

** ALTERNATIVE CROP OF XRC105 ** Chile's President Sebastian Pinera holds up a plastic bag containing a message, from miners trapped in a collapsed mine, that reads in Spanish 'We are ok in the refuge, the 33 miners' in Copiapo, Chile, Sunday Aug. 22, 2010. The miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed on Aug. 5 due to tons of falling rock. (AP Photo/Hector Retamal)AP - Chile’s president euphorically waved the note, written deep inside a collapsed mine, that his country waited 17 agonizing days to see: “All 33 of us are fine in…

33 trapped Chile miners found alive after 17 days (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

Relatives of miners trapped in a collapsed mine react after being informed that one of the drill machines being used in the rescue effort has reached the depth where the miners are thought to be located after 17 days in Copiapo, Chile, Sunday Aug. 22, 2010. At least 33 miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed on Aug. 5 due to tons of falling rock. (AP Photo/Hector Retamal)AP - All 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for 17 days were found alive Sunday, Chile’s president confirmed. A probe sent some 2,257 feet (688 meters) deep into the…

33 trapped Chilean miners are alive after 17 days (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

Relatives of miners trapped in a collapsed mine react after being informed that one of the drill machines being used in the rescue effort has reached the depth where the miners are thought to be located after 17 days in Copiapo, Chile, Sunday Aug. 22, 2010. At least 33 miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed on Aug. 5 due to tons of falling rock. (AP Photo/Hector Retamal)AP - Chile’s president says all 33 miners trapped in a collapsed mine for 17 days are alive.


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Mexican mayor found dead 3 days after kidnapping (AP)

August 18th, 2010

A soldier burns seized weapons from drug smugglers at the Secretary of the Defense headquarters in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Mexico's drug gang violence has surged since President Felipe Calderon intensified the fight against traffickers in late 2006, deploying thousands of troops and federal police to root out cartels from their strongholds. More than 28,000 people have since been killed in the country's drug war. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - The kidnapped mayor of a northern Mexican town was found dead Wednesday, extending a rash of deadly attacks on political figures in an area besieged by drug gang…

Air show fuels hope of better days for airlines (AP)

July 20th, 2010

A man photographs a flying display during Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Airbus says that Latin America’s LAN Airlines has announced its intention to buy 50 A320 family aircraft with a catalog price of $4.2 billion.


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