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Iraq WikiLeaks release offers new casualty details (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

FILE - In this May 17, 2006 file photo, three brothers of a man shot dead by a gunman in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad sit next to his coffin as it is carried on top of a vehicle en-route to the funeral in Najaf, Iraq. Writing on coffin in Arabic reads 'Belonging to Al-Arqam Mosque'. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Alaa Al-Marjani, File)AP - An Iraqi family gunned down after approaching a U.S. patrol too fast. Dozens of men shot execution-style by sectarian death squads.


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Chile miners do not disclose ordeal details (AP)

October 15th, 2010

Rescued miner Carlos Mamani, from Bolivia, is surrounded by the press as he arrives to his home in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday Oct. 14, 2010. Rescued miners are beginning to return to their homes while some remain in the hospital for observation. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - The first three rescued Chilean miners out of the hospital celebrated their new lives as national heroes Friday, as word emerged that the 33 want to closely guard…

Cuba details brave new world of private enterprise (AP)

September 24th, 2010

People speak in front of a soft drinks stall on a street in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - Cuba’s communist leaders began laying out the details of their drive to create more free enterprise on the island on Friday, mapping out a brave new world of…

Iran details plans for new mountain nuke sites (AP)

August 16th, 2010

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Iranian technicians, work with foreign colleagues at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, just outside the southern port city of Bushehr, Iran. Russia announced Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 that it will begin the startup next week of Iran's only atomic power plant, giving Tehran a boost as it struggles with binternational/b sanctions and highlighting differences between Moscow and Washington over pressuring the Islamic Republic to give up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms. (AP Photo/ISNA,Mehdi Ghasemi) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Iran said Monday it has decided where to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites inside protected mountain strongholds and will start construction on the first in March, defying…

Iran details plans for new new nuke sites (AP)

August 16th, 2010

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Iranian technicians, work with foreign colleagues at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, just outside the southern port city of Bushehr, Iran. Russia announced Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 that it will begin the startup next week of Iran's only atomic power plant, giving Tehran a boost as it struggles with binternational/b sanctions and highlighting differences between Moscow and Washington over pressuring the Islamic Republic to give up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms. (AP Photo/ISNA,Mehdi Ghasemi) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Iran said Monday it plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites inside protected mountain strongholds, with construction on the first starting in March, in continuing defiance of…

Prosecutors: NY suspect spilled Russia spy details (AP)

July 2nd, 2010

In this undated photo, Peruvian journalist Vicky Pelaez is seen on assignment in Lima, Peru. Pelaez and her husband Juan Lazaro were among 10 suspects arrested in a sweep in the United States on June 27 as part of an alleged Russian spy ring and charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. Attorney General, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison upon conviction. (AP Photo/Diario La Republica) PERU OUT - NO PUBLICAR O USAR EN PERUAP - Within hours of his capture, U.S. prosecutors say, Russian spy suspect Juan Lazaro admitted his name was an alias.


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Details of Cold War intelligence pact published (AP)

June 25th, 2010

AP - Details of the sweeping intelligence sharing pact struck between the United States and Britain at the dawn of the Cold War were made public for the first time…

Details emerge of bloodshed aboard Gaza-bound ship (AP)

June 2nd, 2010

This image made from video provided by the Israeli Defence Force on Monday, May 31, 2010 shows what the IDF says is one of several commandos being dropped onto the Mavi Marmara ship by helicopter in the Mediterranean Sea. Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists on the lead ship in a raid that left at least nine passengers dead. (AP Photo/Israel Defence Force) AP HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE VIDEO PROVIDED BY THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCEAP - At 4:30 a.m. from her perch on the bridge of a passenger ship in the Mediterranean Sea, Hanin Zoabi saw the first lights of fast-approaching Israeli gunships and…

Details revealed in Kaczynski crash investigation (AP)

May 19th, 2010

Flight recorders of the Tu-154 that crashed on April 10 killing Poland's president and 95 others are on display at Russian Interstate Aviation Committee in Moscow Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Officials investigating the plane crash say the crew did not have regular training and that passengers were in the cockpit before the crash. (AP Photo)AP - As Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s plane streaked toward disaster, at least two passengers visited the cockpit, others may have chatted on cellular phones that can obstruct navigation instruments…

Detained militant in Iraq details World Cup plot (AP)

May 18th, 2010

An Iraqi soldiers checks the names of suspected militants who were arrested during a raid operation in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district May 18, 2010. Iraqi army seized various weapons and explosive materials and arrested eight suspected militants during the raid, Baghdad's security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CRIME LAW MILITARY)AP - An al-Qaida militant detained in Iraq on suspicion of plotting to attack the World Cup says he wanted to target Danish and Dutch teams to avenge insults against…

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