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Scientists say heavy metal in sludge not dangerous (AP)

October 7th, 2010

A wrecked car, washed away by a flood of toxic mud, stands in a field in the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungary’s most prestigious organization of scientists and researchers says tests of the red sludge flowing into the Danube show no dangerous heavy metal levels.


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Typhoon lashes south China with heavy rain, winds (AP)

July 22nd, 2010

In this Tuesday, July 20, 2010 photo, a street lamp is partially emerged by the flooded Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing city. Flooding this year has killed 701 people, left 347 missing and caused tens of billions of dollars in damage, the worst toll across the board that China has seen in a decade, a senior Chinese official said Wednesday. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Typhoon Chanthu sent debris flying through the air in southern China’s Guangdong province on Thursday, bringing rain that could aggravate the country’s worst floods in a decade.


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Heavy shooting breaks out again in Kyrgyz capital (AP)

April 8th, 2010

Protesters pose in Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's cabinet room inside Kyrgyz government headquarters on central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 8, 2010. An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan said it has formed an interim government that will rule the turbulent Central Asian nation for six months. Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said Thursday she will head the government that dissolved the parliament and will take up legislative duties.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - The president of Kyrgyzstan declared from hiding Thursday that he would not surrender to a violent uprising that put the opposition in control of much of the country,…

Sarkozy faces heavy defeat in French regional poll (Reuters)

March 20th, 2010

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris March 20, 2010, as part of Francophonie International Day, organized by the International Francophonie (French-Speaking countries) Organization. REUTERS/Olivier Laban-Mattei/PoolReuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s center-right party faces heavy losses in regional elections Sunday that could affect the pace of reform as maneuvering begins before the 2012 presidential campaign.


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