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Bomb goes off at Swiss Embassy in Athens, no injuries (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Reuters - A bomb went off on Tuesday at the Swiss embassy in Athens but there were no immediate reports of injuries, Greek police officials said.

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Chute To Kill: Jealous Belgian Skydiver Goes Away for Murder (Time.com)

October 21st, 2010

Time.com - In a real-life murder mystery that’s been gripping Belgium, a jealous skydiving teacher is sentenced to 30 years for killing her love rival by cutting her parachute straps

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28 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Government of Chile, miner Daniel Herrera Campos embraces his mother after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Herrera was the sixteenth of 33 miners rescued from the mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Government of Chile)AP - With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock…

25 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly (AP)

October 13th, 2010

** CORRRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME FROM ENRIQUEZ TO HENRIQUEZ ** In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Jose Henriquez, left, greats an unidentified woman after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was 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 - With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — one miner after another climbed into a slender cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of…

23 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Mario Sepulveda, right, is hugged by an unidentified relative after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.  (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP - With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — one miner after another climbed into a slender cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of…

Kyrgyzstan goes to the polls in historic election (AP)

October 10th, 2010

A Kyrgyz policeman provides security at a polling station in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Of the 29 parties in the running in Sunday's elections, at least half a dozen are expected to make it into a newly strengthened parliament, as an intensely fought and often ugly campaign draws to an end. (AP Photo/Nina Gorshkova)AP - Polls have opened in Kyrgyzstan for historic elections to choose a new, empowered parliament that the government hopes will usher in a new era of democracy.


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How goes Iraq? View from a bookstore is revealing (AP)

September 18th, 2010

AP - The Iqraa bookstore on Mutanabi street has more than tripled in size in the last two years. Business is up 50 percent since 2003.

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Ex-bishop in Belgian abuse scandal goes to hiding (AP)

September 11th, 2010

AP - The former Belgian bishop who resigned in April after admitting he sexually abused a nephew for years said Friday he would go into hiding to assess his future,…

Mexico vote goes ahead despite slain candidate (AP)

June 29th, 2010

Army soldiers guard the crime scene after candidate for governor of the state of Tamaulipas, Rodolfo Torre, was ambushed by unidentified gunmen near the city of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Monday June 28, 2010. Gunmen assassinated the front-running candidate and several of his aides in what Mexico's President Felipe Calderon called an attempt by drug gangs to sway local and state elections this weekend. (AP Photo/Agencia Contraluz)AP - Drug cartels fund a tenth of Mexico’s economy. They have infiltrated many local and state police forces and staged assaults on army bases. Now they’re violently inserting themselves…

Russia reopens Belarus gas tap but dispute goes on (AP)

June 24th, 2010

President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Russian gas monopoly Gazprom head, Alexei Miller meet at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow, Monday, June 21, 2010. Medvedev ordered the state-controlled gas monopoly Monday to cut gas supplies to ex-Soviet neighbor Belarus over its debt for Russian natural gas supplies. The order follows Medvedev's warning to Belarus last week to start paying off the $200 million debt to Gazprom or face cuts. Belarus has challenged the Russian claim and refused to pay. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press service)AP - Russia’s gas monopoly said Thursday it is resuming supplies to Belarus now that it has paid a near-$200 million bill, but the ex-Soviet neighbor is in turn threatening…