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American troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti (AP)

March 7th, 2010

U.S. Army soldiers load their duffels prior to their departure from Haiti at the binternational/b airport in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, March 7, 2010. U.S. troops are withdrawing from this capital leaving residents fearing that their departure is a sign of dwindling international interest in the plight of the Haitian people following the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still…

Karzai gets an earful in town seized from Taliban (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks to locals in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai heard a litany of complaints Sunday from residents of Marjah, the town in the south that thousands of U.S., NATO and Afghan troops just seized from the Taliban. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, Pool)AP - Elders in a former Taliban stronghold berated and challenged Afghanistan’s president Sunday, delivering a litany of complaints about government corruption and NATO’s military operations on the Afghan leader’s…

Afghan president visits town seized from Taliban (AP)

March 7th, 2010

During a medevac mission over Marjah at night, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne's All American Dustoff flight medic Sgt, John Collier attends to a patient, an Afghan interpreter, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Saturday March 6, 2010. The crews of Pegasus med and chase birds fly together on missions, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing the fast medical evacuation of wounded combatants and civilians from often hostile situations in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is visiting the town of Marjah and hearing complaints from residents about the actions of Afghan and international troops who recently seized it from the…

Doctors warn of health threat from Chile wreckage (AP)

March 6th, 2010

People inspect their earthquake damaged homes in Caleta Tumbes, Chile, Friday, March 5, 2010. The fishing village was damaged by waves following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck central Chile on Feb. 27, causing widespread damage. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Huge piles of wreckage and tons of rotting fish and other debris blanketing the ground are turning the coastal towns shattered by Chile’s earthquake and tsunami into nests…

Passenger ferry freed from Baltic Sea ice (AP)

March 4th, 2010

In this handout photo released by the Swedish Coast Guard, a cargo ship is seen trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Sweden's sea rescue service says four passenger ferries with more than 1,000 people on board are trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea. The Swedish Maritime Administration says that there are 1,133 passengers and crew on the four ships, which have been stuck for hours just off the Swedish coast. (AP Photo / Swedish Coast Guard via Scanpix) (AP Photo/ HO / Scanpix )AP - A passenger ferry with nearly 1,000 people on board broke free early Friday from heavy pack ice that had trapped it for hours in the Baltic Sea of…

Olympic Lessons: What London Can Learn From Vancouver (Time.com)

March 3rd, 2010

Time.com - The sports may be different in London, but Britain’s capital can still learn a lot from the Olympics just finished

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Tsunami from Chile quake reaches Japan (AP)

February 28th, 2010

AP - The first tsunami from Chile’s earthquake has hit Japan’s outlying islands, but the initial waves are small.

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