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Taliban attack airport, base in east Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base at Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, Reuters witnesses and police said, with up to 10 of…

Taliban attack airport and base in east Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base at Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, Reuters witnesses and police said, with at least three of…

Taliban attack airport and army base in east Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base at Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, Reuters witnesses and police said, but there was no word…

Israel plans 1,300 homes in Arab East Jerusalem (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Israel is pushing ahead with plans to build 1,300 new apartments for Jewish families in Arab East Jerusalem, the Interior Ministry said on Monday, despite fierce opposition from…

Hurricane Shary passing to east of Bermuda (AP)

October 30th, 2010

This image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Tomas, lower center, taken early Saturday morning Oct. 30, 2010 at 2:45 a.m. EDT. Tomas had strengthened quickly Friday night with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph). Its center was about 100 miles (165 kilometers) southeast of Barbados. Further strengthening was expected, with Tomas possibly becoming a hurricane by Saturday morning. (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - Bermuda urged islanders to secure their boats as Shary strengthened to become a hurricane Saturday, but authorities said the storm was missing the tiny British Atlantic territory.


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Israel approves new east Jerusalem homes (AP)

October 15th, 2010

Bulldozers work at a construction site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev, Friday, Oct. 15, 2010. Israel's government says it has approved the construction of 238 homes in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, ending an unofficial freeze on new building there for nearly a year. An Israeli settlement slowdown imposed last November in the West Bank did not officially include east Jerusalem, which Israel considers part of its capital. The issue of Israeli settlement building is threatening to derail recently renewed Mideast peace talks. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Israel’s government ended an unofficial freeze on new building in east Jerusalem, approving the construction of 238 homes in Jewish neighborhoods as peace talks remained stuck Friday over…

4 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan’s south, east (AP)

October 4th, 2010

Two Afghan army soldiers, who were wounded in an IED explosion, are carried into a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to be evacuated to Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Air Force pararescuemen and helicopter pilots from the 46th and 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons are supporting ongoing military operations in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Three NATO service members were killed by bombings in southern Afghanistan on Monday and an insurgent attack killed another in the east, raising the coalition’s death toll to…

Violence in east Jerusalem clouds peace efforts (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

Palestinian mourners carry the coffin of Sami Sirhan during his funeral in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Sirhan, a 32-year-old Palestinian laborer was killed by a private security guard watching over Jewish families in the Silwan neighborhood in east Jerusalem. During his funeral, a mob of protesters set tires on fire, smashed the windows of several buses and called for revenge. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Crowds of Palestinian youths went on violent rampages in east Jerusalem on Thursday, stoning buses, overturning cars and facing down Israeli riot police at the holy city’s most…

Igor kicks up dangerous surf along US East Coast (AP)

September 20th, 2010

A parking lot is damaged along South Road at John Smith's Bay in Smith's Parish following Hurricane Igor's effects in Bermuda, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Hurricane Igor kicked up dangerous surf along the eastern U.S. seaboard Monday after brushing past Bermuda and knocking out power to half the population.


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Earl batters Caribbean, threatens US East Coast (AP)

August 30th, 2010

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image shows Hurricane Danielle (Top-R) and Hurricane Earl (Bottom-R) churning in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Earl surged into the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean early Monday after strengthening to a Category Two storm with 110 mile-an-hour winds, weather authorities said.(AFP/NOAA)AP - Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path projected…