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G20 starts final day of talks amid currency fears (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, talks with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde during  the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)AP - Top finance officials from the world’s major economies hunkered down Saturday for final day of talks aimed at quelling fears of a possible trade war sparked by competition…

Hungary town evacuated, fears of new sludge flood (AP)

October 9th, 2010

Workers inspect damage in a yard in Kolontar, Hungary, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. Government officials lowered their estimate of the size of Monday's catastrophic spill. They said the reservoir break at an alumina plant dumped up to 700,000 cubic meters (184 million gallons) of sludge onto three villages. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)AP - Officials say the Hungarian town near that toxic red sludge reservoir that flooded the area is being evacuated for fear of a new leak of the dangerous heavy…

Irish sell $2B in bonds as eurozone debt fears ebb (AP)

September 21st, 2010

FILE - In this Tuesday, April, 7, 2009 file photo a man walks past graffiti in the Mountjoy Square area of Dublin, Ireland as the Irish Finance Minister unveiled hefty hikes in income tax and spending cuts in an emergency budget designed to restore binternational/b confidence in the shaky finances of debt-struck Ireland. Ireland sold â?¬1.5 billion ($2 billion) in government bonds Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010 in a closely watched test of whether international investors would keep buying Irish treasuries despite the country's runaway deficit.  (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)AP - Ireland sold euro1.5 billion ($2 billion) in government bonds Tuesday in a closely watched test of whether international investors would keep buying Irish treasuries despite the country’s deficit,…

Attacks in Iraq kill 56, raise fears of insurgents (AP)

August 25th, 2010

An Iraqi girl wears bandages after being injured in a bombing in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said the day after the number of American soldiers in the country fell bellow 50,000.(AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - Bombers and gunmen killed at least 56 Iraqis in more than two dozen attacks across the country Wednesday, mostly targeting security forces and rekindling memories of the days…

Four E.U. Nations Stoke Fears of an Immigrant Flood (Time.com)

August 14th, 2010

Time.com - Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Spain have extended citizenship to almost five million people, most of them outside the E.U. Europe’s leaders worry that those with ethnic ties will…

Russian wildfires raise Chernobyl radiation fears (AP)

August 11th, 2010

Unidentified Bulgarian fire fighters hose water onto smoldering tree trunks in a forest in the Noginsk district some 70 km east of Moscow, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 to prevent resumption of fire. Hundreds of forest and peat bog fires have ignited amid the country's most intense heat wave in 130 years of record-keeping. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - Russian emergency workers have increased forest patrols in a western region previously contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, trying to prevent wildfires from spreading harmful radiation, officials…

UAE, Saudi to block BlackBerry on security fears (AP)

August 1st, 2010

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010 file photo, a BlackBerry smart phone is displayed at the Mobile World congress in Barcelona, Spain. The UAE said Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010 it will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government's ability to monitor their use. Neighboring Saudi Arabia quickly indicated it planned to follow suit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)AP - The UAE said Sunday it will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government’s ability to monitor their…

UAE to block BlackBerry services on security fears (AP)

August 1st, 2010

FILE - This undated file photo provided by Verizon Wireless shows the Blackberry Pearl smart phone. The United Arab Emirates said Sunday Aug. 1, 2010  it plans to block some messaging and web services on BlackBerry smart phones beginning in October. UAE authorities said last week BlackBerry services could pose a threat to national security. (AP Photo/Verizon Wireless/File)AP - The UAE said Sunday it will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government’s ability to monitor their…

Mexican town evacuated amid fears dam will burst (AP)

July 6th, 2010

A man tries to salvage wood from a destroyed home after Hurricane Alex hit the area in what is known as Playa Bagdad, about 22 miles (37 km.) east of Matamoros, northeastern Mexico, on the border with Texas,Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hurricane Alex ripped off roofs, caused severe flooding and forced thousands of people to flee coastal fishing villages.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - More than 18,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from a town in northern Mexico that was flooded after authorities opened a dam’s floodgates for fear it would overflow from…

Drug war fears cast pall across Mexican elections (AP)

July 3rd, 2010

A soldier, top left, stands guard inside the headquarters of the Tamaulipas state government in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Friday July 2, 2010. Mexico will hold local elections Sunday after the assassination of a gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre, the Institutional Revolutionary Party's candidate for governor of Tamaulipas state.  (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - A common theme haunts Sunday’s state and local elections across Mexico: drugs.


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