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Pakistan floods fail to spark strong global aid (AP)

August 13th, 2010

Pakistani flood affected villagers move to safer areas in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Fever, stomach problems and skin diseases are spreading among Pakistani flood victims, officials said Friday, adding another dimension of danger to a crisis that could get even worse, with the U.N. warning that dams in the south may burst.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - The global aid response to the Pakistan floods has so far been much less generous than to other recent natural disasters — despite the soaring numbers of people…

7 EU banks fail worst case stress test scenario (AP)

July 23rd, 2010

AP - Seven of 91 European banks have failed stress tests aimed at measuring their strength in case the continent’s government debt crisis worsens sharply.

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Nations fail to limit whaling, Japan still hunts (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

Japan's fishery minister Yasue Funayama, right, and delegation member Hideo Jinpu attend the opening session of the 62nd International Whaling Commission in Agadir, Morocco, Monday, June 21, 2010. The International Whaling Commission is holding its most important meeting in decades, as nations ponder whether to suspend the porous 25-year ban on commercial hunting in favor of a more enforceable regime of limited whaling. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - An international effort to truly limit whale hunting collapsed Wednesday, leaving Japan, Norway and Iceland free to keep killing hundreds of mammals a year, even raiding a marine sanctuary…

Nations fail to agree on curbing Japan whale hunt (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

In this photo taken on June 17, 2010, whale meat restaurant Magonotei manager Tomohiro Akio slices a chunk of lean meat of a whale caught in the Antarctic as he prepares for a sashimi dish at its kitchen in Tokyo Thursday, June 17, 2010. Makoto Ito, managing director of Kyodo Senpaku Co., the company that runs the annual Antarctic hunt, said he didn't think they should be ended, because 'we need to collect more data.' Japan's refusal to give up its Antarctic hunt puzzles even observers within the country. Current coastal catches, also conducted for scientific research, provide fresher meat and are cheaper. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Nations at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission say they have failed to reach an agreement to curb whale hunts by Japan, Norway and Iceland.


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Argentina: Greek financial rescue doomed to fail (AP)

May 14th, 2010

In this May 12, 2010 photo, a worker controls the machinery at the Lavalan wool-processing plant in Buenos Aires. Employees worked for a year without pay and endured blows from riot police to keep creditors from carting off the equipment after Argentina's economy imploded in 2001 and the country defaulted on a record $95 billion debt. In the end, they formed a worker-run cooperative to save their jobs. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Gregorio Lopez has a message for the Greek workers who are protesting deep cuts in salaries and pensions that come with an international, trillion-dollar rescue package: You’re on…

Thai move on protesters but fail to dislodge them (AP)

April 10th, 2010

Anti-government demonstrators run away from tear gas during a clash against Thai security forces, Saturday, April 10, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai security forces launched a large-scale crackdown Saturday on anti-government demonstrators who have been staging disruptive protests in the Thai capital for the past month, vowing to clear one of their main encampments by nightfall. Scores of people have been hurt in street clashes.(AP Photo/Wason Waintchakorn)AP - Thai security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government demonstrators Saturday, setting off fierce street battles during a large-scale crackdown aimed at ending a month of…

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