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UK government stakes its future on austerity plan (AP)

October 20th, 2010

A TV monitor shows the door of No 11 Downing Street the official residence of Britain Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in London, Wednesday, Oct.  20, 2010.  Britain's finance chief George Osborne is due to present a Comprehensive Spending Review to parliament on Wednesday Oct. 20, giving details of how the government propose to tackle the continuing financial deficit. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Britain’s Treasury chief George Osborne says the country’s government will make the largest cuts to public spending since World War II — slashing benefits and public sector jobs…

As Chile celebrates, mine’s future in question (AP)

October 14th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean Presidential Press Office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, greets miner Juan Carlos Aguilar after he was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Ibanez, Chilean Presidential Press Office)AP - Chileans reveled Thursday in the stunning glory and jubilation of a record-setting mine rescue. As the celebration fades, however, several key questions await resolution.


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Ethnically divided Bosnia votes on its EU future (AFP)

October 2nd, 2010

File photo shows a Bosnian Croat man casting his ballot in Sarajevo during presidential elections. Bosnian voters are set to go to the polls to cast their ballot in general elections that will help determine the pace of EU integration of this Balkans state still deeply divided along ethnic lines.(AFP/File/Elvis Barukcic)AFP - Bosnian voters go to the polls Sunday to cast their ballot in the general elections that will help determine the pace of EU integration of this Balkans state…

AP Interview: Ahmadinejad says future is Iran’s (AP)

September 19th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed by journalists from The Associated Press, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that “the future belongs to Iran,” and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the…

Turkey Braces for Key Vote Over its Future (Time.com)

September 11th, 2010

Time.com - Sunday’s constitutional reform referendum will be an important test of strength between the moderate Islamist government and its fiercely secular opponents

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Fearing the future, few Iraqis cheer US departure (AP)

August 31st, 2010

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, walks with Gen. Ray Odierno, right, after he arrived, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden returned to Iraq Monday to mark this week's formal end to U.S. combat operations and push the country's leaders to end a six-month postelection stalemate blocking formation of a new government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - As Vice President Joe Biden presides over the formal end to U.S. combat operations in Iraq, few Iraqis are cheering the American exit.


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Cuban dissidents face uncertain future in Spain (AP)

July 14th, 2010

Cuban dissident Jose Luis Garcia Paneque shows his thin body to reporters after years of jail in Cuba,  in Madrid, on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Seven former political prisoners from Cuba smiled and gave victory signs Tuesday after they and their families were flown to freedom in Madrid, the first of 52 dissidents the Cuban government has promised to free in a historic policy shift(AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez).AP - As two more Cuban dissidents flew into Spain, the seven who preceded them rejoiced Wednesday in their newfound freedom despite an uncertain future in a nation mired in…

Kyrgyzstan faces tricky political future (AP)

June 28th, 2010

An ethnic Uzbek woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010.  Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Kyrgyzstan’s fragile leadership has survived the aftermath of revolution, a wave of ethnic clashes and a refugee crisis.


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Future of commercial whaling ban rests with Japan (AP)

June 18th, 2010

FILE - In this March 12, 2010 file photo, a Metropolitan Police Department boat, foreground, escorts the Japan's government-backed research whaling vessel Shonan Maru No. 2 on the way to Harumi pier in Tokyo, carrying anti-whaling activisit Pete Bethune, captain of the Sea Shepherd vessel Ady Gil, on board shortly before Japan's coast guard arrested the New Zealander for illegally boarding the Japanese ship in February. Japan is considering withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission if no progress is made toward easing an binternational/b ban on commercial whaling, its fisheries minister said Tuesday, June 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)AP - A quarter-century ban on commercial whaling — one of the world’s most successful preservation agreements — could crumble altogether if conservationists cannot persuade Japan to cut back on…

Back to the Future: $100 Oil May Return Soon (Time.com)

May 2nd, 2010

Time.com - Oil prices have remained stable in recent months, but that could soon change due to rising energy consumption from emerging economies such as China

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