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Iran fuels up nuclear plant as sanctions bite (Reuters)

October 26th, 2010

A general view of the Russian built Bushehr nuclear power reactor in southwestern Iran March 11, 2003. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl  MN/AA/FilesReuters - Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, its atomic energy chief said, the last major step toward realizing its stated…

US general: Iraq political limbo fuels violence (AP)

September 29th, 2010

BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - In this undated image made from a video posted on an insurgent website, a Humvee is struck by an explosion in an incident that Shiite militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq claims was an attack on U.S. troops on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 in Basra, Iraq. Nearly four minutes of shaky, hand-held video clips show roadside bombs hitting U.S. convoys, a battery of Katyousha rockets and a soldier who appeared to be downed by sniper fire. And in the left-hand corner is the raised-rifle emblem of a Shiite militia considered to have ties with Iran. (AP Photo) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS VIDEOAP - The top U.S. commander for Baghdad warned Wednesday that Iraq’s prolonged political crisis has encouraged militants to step up attacks and left civilians so frustrated they could be…

Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by staying alive (AP)

August 18th, 2010

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, left, and son of the Libyan leader Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, right, gesture on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. A year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber from prison caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving. (AP Photo, File)AP - A year after Scotland’s release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving.


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Air show fuels hope of better days for airlines (AP)

July 20th, 2010

A man photographs a flying display during Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Airbus says that Latin America’s LAN Airlines has announced its intention to buy 50 A320 family aircraft with a catalog price of $4.2 billion.


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