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U.N. talks to save nature zero in on historic deal (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Reuters - Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a U.N. deal to protect nature, urged by the World Bank to value the benefits of…

Kyrgyz vote in historic parliamentary 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 opened in Kyrgyzstan for parliamentary elections Sunday to choose a new and empowered parliament that the government hopes will usher in a new era of democracy.


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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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Historic political meeting under way in NKorea (AP)

September 28th, 2010

In this image made from 1980 file television footage, Kim Jong Il applauds while attending the Workers' Party of Korea convention, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The official Korean Central News Agency announced last week the ruling Workers' Party would hold a conference Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, to select its 'supreme leadership body.' (AP Photo/APTN)AP - North Korea said Tuesday its biggest political gathering in 30 years was under way and crucial developments were expected, hours after leader Kim Jong Il appointed his youngest…

Argentina legalizes gay marriage in historic vote (AP)

July 15th, 2010

Demonstrators wave a gay pride flag outside Congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, Wednesday July 14, 2010. Argentina's House of Deputies has approved same-sex marriage and sent the legislation to the Senate, which is discussing its consideration Wednesday. President Cristina Fernandez promises not to veto the measure if it reaches her desk. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Argentina legalized same-sex marriage Thursday, becoming the first country in Latin America to grant gays and lesbians all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to…

Baby Gap: Germany’s Birth Rate Hits Historic Low (Time.com)

May 23rd, 2010

Time.com - New figures reveal Germany’s birth rate has fallen to its lowest point in over 60 years. With an aging population and a debt that could take generations to…

Voting begins in Sudan’s historic elections (AP)

April 11th, 2010

Election officials post the list of eligible voters at a poling station set in a restaurant in Juba, southern Sudan, Sunday April 11, 2010. The people of southern Sudan will cast ballots in a national election for the first time in more than two decades as a three-day election begins Sunday. Despite the first-in-a-generation vote, most people are already looking past the elections to a vote next January considered far more significant: a referendum on independence that could signal the birth of a new African nation, if final negotiations with Khartoum over oil rights and the location of the border are worked out peacefully. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Voting has kicked off in Sudan’s first competitive elections in nearly a quarter century despite repeated opposition calls to delay the vote.


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In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings (AP)

March 11th, 2010

Gay couples kiss after getting married at City Hall in Mexico City, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The couples wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America’s first law that…

Iraqi voters head to polls for historic ballot (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Radical Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, attends a news conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in a surprise news conference on the eve of the Iraqi election, has urged his followers to turn out and vote. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hamed Malekpour)AP - Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgent attacks, Iraqis went to the polls Sunday in an election testing the ability of the country’s still-fragile democracy…

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