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Drug case delays Paris Hilton from entering Japan (AP)

September 21st, 2010

U.S. socialite Paris Hilton reacts on her arrival at Narita Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Japanese officials have delayed Hilton at airport while they decide whether she will be admitted to the country after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor drug charge in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Kazumasa Tamagami) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Japanese officials delayed Paris Hilton at Narita International Airport while they decide whether she will be admitted to the country after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor drug charge…

Guinea vote delays may stoke ethnic divisions (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Soldiers inspect burned voting materials after a warehouse stocking supplies for rural polling stations caught fire, at a military base in central Conakry, Guinea Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A critical presidential runoff in Guinea has been postponed by at least two weeks, an official said Thursday, the same day that a warehouse full of voting materials caught fire in the capital, developments that may stoke ethnic divisions at the heart of the vote.(AP Photo)AP - Election officials on Thursday confirmed that a critical presidential runoff in Guinea has been postponed by at least two weeks as the warehouse storing voting materials for the…

Whaling meeting delays decision on hunting 1 year (AP)

June 25th, 2010

FILE - In this Jan 23, 2009 file photo provided by Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, a pod of sperm whales are seen stranded on a sand bar off Perkins Island, Australia's Tasmania state. Levels of cadmium, aluminum, chromium, lead, silver, mercury and titanium together are the highest ever found in marine mammals, scientists who spent five years shooting nearly 1,000 sperm whales with tissue-sampling darts say, warning that the health of both ocean life and the people who consume seafood could be at risk. (AP Photo/Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Native people of Greenland won a long battle Friday to extend their annual whale hunt to humpbacks, overriding objections from conservation-minded members of the International Whaling Commission.


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South Korea delays satellite launch (AP)

June 9th, 2010

The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, South Korea's second space rocket, sits on its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on June 9. The launch of the first rocket last August failed due to problems in fairing assembly. (AP Photo/ Korea Pool) ** KOREA OUT **AP - South Korea’s planned launch of a space satellite was delayed Wednesday due to a technical glitch and was likely to be postponed to another day, a government official…

Report: South Korea delays satellite launch (AP)

June 9th, 2010

The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, South Korea's second space rocket, sits on its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on June 9. The launch of the first rocket last August failed due to problems in fairing assembly. (AP Photo/ Korea Pool) ** KOREA OUT **AP - A news report says South Korea’s satellite launch is being delayed and may not take place Wednesday.


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Most European airports reopen, some see ash delays (AP)

May 17th, 2010

Map showing expected location of Icelandic ash clouds on May 18 at 0600 GMT. New clouds of volcanic ash from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano brought fresh misery for tens of thousands of air travellers on Monday as key European airports were forced to close.(AFP/Graphic)AP - Aviation authorities introduced relaxed flight safety rules Monday to minimize more disruptions caused by a volcano eruption in Iceland, as three of Europe’s busiest airports reopened after a…

Ash delays and reroutes trans-Atlantic flights (AP)

May 8th, 2010

This image provided by NASA shows the ash plume from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano over the North Atlantic acquired on Friday May 7, 2010. mammoth cloud of volcanic ash stretching 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across the North Atlantic is forcing most flights between North America and Europe to divert into a sky-high traffic jam, Irish and European air authorities said. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - BRUSSELS â?? The Icelandic volcano with the unpronounceable name reminded the world again that it has the power to disrupt international travel â?? coughing out a spreading cloud of…

Ash delays, reroutes trans-Atlantic flights (AP)

May 8th, 2010

This image provided by NASA shows the ash plume from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano over the North Atlantic acquired on Friday May 7, 2010. mammoth cloud of volcanic ash stretching 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across the North Atlantic is forcing most flights between North America and Europe to divert into a sky-high traffic jam, Irish and European air authorities said. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Most flights between Europe and North America will be delayed on Saturday due to the spreading cloud of volcanic ash stretching across much of the northern Atlantic, the…

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