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Capello hopes for positive end to painful 2010 (AFP)

November 17th, 2010

England's manager, Fabio Capello, hosts a press conference following a team training session at Wembley Stadium in London, on November 16. England are set to play France in an binternational/b friendly football match on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Fabio Capello will bring the curtain down on a painful year for England by offering hope of a brighter future in Wednesday’s friendly against France at Wembley.


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Rare Korean reunions raise hopes for improved ties (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Reuters - Two hundred Korean families split by war will be reunited for the first time in about 60 years on Saturday in the clearest sign of a thaw in…

With flawless rescue, Chile hopes to join the club (AP)

October 16th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean Presidential Press Office, the last miner to be rescued, Luis Urzua, center, gestures as Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, looks on after his rescue from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010.  The 69-day underground ordeal reached its end Wednesday night after 33 trapped miners were hauled up in a cage through a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock.  (AP Photo/Alex Ibanez, Chilean Presidential Press Office)AP - As the capsule carried the first rescuer down to the 33 trapped miners, President Sebastian Pinera closed his eyes, made the sign of the cross and then smiled…

Opposition hopes to rein in Chavez after election (AP)

September 27th, 2010

Supporters of Venezuelaâ??s President Hugo Chavez, reacts as they listen the results of congressional elections, outside of Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday , Sept 27, 2010. President Hugo Chavez held on to a congressional majority in elections Sunday, but his opponents made gains that could help them challenge his grip on power.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Opponents of Hugo Chavez won new clout to try to rein in a socialist leader who has ruled largely unchecked, making gains in congressional elections that weaken the…

Carter hopes prisoner release helps peace talks (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Former President Jimmy Carter speaks at The Carter Center Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010 in Atlanta. Carter discussed his recent trip to North Korea where he secured the release of American prisoner Aijalon Gomes. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)AP - Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that he hoped the release of an American prisoner to him in August would jump-start six-nation talks that could lead to a…

Dubai camel dairy hopes to milk health food market (AP)

August 21st, 2010

In this Tuesday, July 13, 2010 picture, Dr. Ulrich Wernery checks the health of a camel at the Camelicious farm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Camel milk has at least three times more vitamin C than a cow's and is considered an alternative for the lactose intolerant. Researchers, meanwhile, have studied possible roles in fighting bacteria, tumors and diabetes, as well as traditional uses such as a treatment for liver disease as part of folk medicine across the camels range from central Asia to North Africa. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - The camels know the drill by heart.


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US Senate hopes to quiz UK witnesses on Lockerbie (AP)

July 30th, 2010

AP - A U.S. Senate committee wants to send members to Britain to question key witnesses on the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

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BP hopes to turn page with new CEO, leaner company (AP)

July 27th, 2010

Members of the British Petroleum executive, from left, outgoing CEO Tony Hayward, Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, and incoming CEO Bob Dudley, pose for the media outside their global headquarters in London, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The company announced that Hayward, BP's much-criticized CEO  will be replaced by American Robert Dudley on Oct. 1, as it reported a record quarterly loss and set aside $32.2 billion to cover costs of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP said the decision to replace Hayward, 53, with the company's first ever non-British chief executive was made by mutual agreement. (AP Photo) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT**AP - Battered BP began reinventing itself in the shadow of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Tuesday, naming its first American CEO as it reported a record $17 billion…

Youngest Everest climber hopes to inspire kids (AP)

May 24th, 2010

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo provided by the Romero family, Jordan Romero, 13, Jordan Romero poses at the Carstensz Pyramid summit, Oceania's highest peak at 16,024 feet, making Jordan the youngest person to summit. Romero, a 13-year-old American boy has become the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest. A spokesman for Romero says the boy's team called by satellite phone from the summit of the world's highest peak on Saturday, May 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Romero family, File)  ** NO SALES **AP - An eighth-grader from California who became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mt. Everest said Monday he hopes his achievement will encourage young people worldwide to…

Hopes raised for brokered talks in Thai chaos (AP)

May 18th, 2010

Onlookers watch from an overhead bridge as smoke billows during a clash between anti-government protesters and Thai army in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 17, 2010. Thailand's Red Shirts offered peace talks Monday to end raging street battles in Bangkok as a government deadline demanding the demonstrators vacate a protest zone passed without capitulation. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)AP - Hopes rose Tuesday for an end to deadly mayhem in Thailand’s capital as leaders of the protest movement occupying central Bangkok said they would unconditionally accept an offer…