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U.S. improves security in Afghan province: governor (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

U.S. Marines carry an Afghan Army soldier wounded in an IED blast on to a Medevac helicopter in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province November 3, 2010.REUTERS/Peter AndrewsReuters - Security has improved in some areas of Afghanistan’s violent Helmand province where U.S. Marines have taken over from British troops, the provincial governor said Wednesday.


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Afghan governor killed in rising violence in north (AP)

October 8th, 2010

Map locates Afghanistan's Takhar province, where the governor was among the people killed in a deadly mosque blastAP - A powerful bomb killed an outspoken Afghan governor and 19 other worshippers in a crowded mosque Friday in northern Afghanistan, where insurgents are trying to expand their influence…

Mexican governor: hundreds feared dead in slide (AP)

September 28th, 2010

AP - A hillside collapsed on a rural Mexican community on Tuesday and the region’s governor said hundreds of people are feared dead.

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Governor: Violence paralyzes Mexico border areas (AP)

August 12th, 2010

** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** This image taken from a computer screen Thursday Aug. 12, 2010 in Mexico City, partially shows a page of the 'Blog del Narco' displaying exclusive images of the killing of a candidate for governor and other people in the Mexican northern Tamaulipas state in June 2010. The Blog del Narco, posted by an anonymous blogger, is giving an inside view of Mexico's raging drug war. Operating from behind a curtain of computer security, Blog del Narco in less than six months has become Mexico's go-to Internet site at a time when mainstream media are feeling pressure and threats to stay away from the story. The writing reads in Spanish 'Pictures of the massacre of the candidate Rodolfo Torre Cantu. On the day he was killed the candidate for governor for the 'Todos Tamaulipas', PRI, New Aliance and PVEM, Rodolfo Torres Cantu, here we bring you the pictures of the massacre. The pictures are rough'. (AP Photo)AP - Some areas of Mexico along the U.S. border have been paralyzed economically by drug violence, and the governor of the border state of Tamaulipas said Thursday the federal…

Afghan governor: Suicide attackers strike Kunduz (AP)

July 2nd, 2010

Interactive graphic on Afghanistan where a total of 100 foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban have died in June, making it the deadliest month for NATO in nine years of conflict.(AFP iactiv)AP - An Afghan provincial governor says four suicide bombers have attacked a small inn in northern Afghanistan.


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Assassination of a Candidate for Governor Scars Mexico (Time.com)

June 29th, 2010

Time.com - A high-profile assassination puts Mexico’s decade-long experience with multiparty democracy to the test — as well as its war on drug gangs

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Mexican governor candidate killed, cartels blamed (AP)

June 28th, 2010

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, center, reacts as his security cabinet stands around him while giving a statement to the media at the Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Monday, June 28, 2010. President Calderon is blaming drug cartels for the assassination of front-running gubernatorial candidate for the state of Tamaulipas, Rodolfo Torre, (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - Gunmen assassinated the front-running candidate for governor of a Mexican border state Monday in what President Felipe Calderon called an attempt by drug gangs to sway local and…

Governor candidate killed in northern Mexico (AP)

June 28th, 2010

AP - The front-running candidate for governor in the violence-wracked border state of Tamaulipas was assassinated Monday, the first killing of a Mexican gubernatorial candidate in recent memory.

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Ga. governor heads 43-member trade mission to Cuba (AP)

June 7th, 2010

AP - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue met Monday with officials from Cuba’s Chamber of Commerce and its food import company, part of a two-day visit to explore his state’s trade…

Bomb at Afghan governor office kills 1, wounds 14 (AP)

June 5th, 2010

Afghan police officers stand guard near the site after a bomb explosion outside the provincial governor's office in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 5, 2010. The explosion killed one policeman and wounding at least 14 civilians, officials said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - A bomb exploded Saturday outside the provincial governor’s office in the Afghan city of Kandahar, killing one policeman and wounding at least 14 civilians, officials said.


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