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International Space Station (NASA, 02/09/10)

April 21st, 2011

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International Space Station (NASA, 02/09/10)
Editor’s Note: This image was taken by shuttle Endeavour — this lovely, illuminated International Space Station is where we get all of the great images from…

Qaeda-linked group threatens Israelis, in Hebrew (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Reuters - An al Qaeda-linked group issued a Hebrew threat on Thursday to avenge Israel’s killing of two Gaza militants, in what an expert said was the first use of…

Afghan campaign destroys hundreds of houses: rights group (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrols in the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - Fighting between U.S.-led forces and the Taliban has destroyed or damaged hundreds of houses during a crucial campaign in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, a human rights group said…

Afghan campaign destroys 100s of houses: rights group (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - Fighting between U.S.-led forces and the Taliban has destroyed or damaged hundreds of houses during a crucial campaign in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, a human rights group said…

Iranian woman to be hanged Wednesday: rights group (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

A demonstrator holds a picture of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, in front of the Iranian Embassy in Rome September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniReuters - An Iranian woman whose sentence of execution by stoning for adultery provoked a worldwide outcry will instead be hanged for murder on Wednesday, a human rights group said.


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Uganda court orders anti-gay paper to shut: rights group (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Reuters - A Ugandan newspaper that published names and pictures of what it said were homosexuals in Uganda and called on authorities to hang them has been ordered to cease…

Group of 20 vows to avoid currency devaluations (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, talks with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde during  the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)AP - The world’s leading advanced and emerging countries vowed Saturday to avoid potentially debilitating currency devaluations, aiming to quell trade tensions that could threaten the global recovery.


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American freed in Iran denies links to rebel group (AP)

October 17th, 2010

Iranian-American businessman Reza Taghavi, 71, speaks at this home a day after he was released from Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. Taghavi said Sunday he spent more than two years in a Tehran prison despite being innocent — simply for handing over $200 in cash to a man in Iran that an acquaintance in the United States had given him. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - An Iranian-American businessman said Sunday he spent some of his more than two years in prison alongside protesters detained in Iran’s postelection crackdowns and praised his first taste…

Feud: Somali militant group al-Shabab could split (AP)

October 8th, 2010

AP - Analysts and militants say that Somalia’s most powerful militant group is teetering on the brink of a major split because of a rift between its top two leaders

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Al-Qaida group releases tape of French hostages (AP)

September 30th, 2010

This image taken from video  and provided by U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group Thursday Sept. 30, 2010 shows the first images of a group of foreign hostages working for a French energy company who were seized in Niger two weeks ago by an al-Qaida offshoot, according to the group that monitors terrorism. The hostages were grabbed in the middle of the night on Sept. 16 from their guarded villas in the uranium mining town of Arlit in Niger where they worked for French nuclear giant Areva. Five are French citizens, the other two are from Togo and Madagascar. (AP Photo/SITE)  **  EDITORIAL USE ONLY  **AP - A tape released Thursday on a jihadist forum shows the first images of a group of hostages including five French citizens since they were seized two weeks ago…