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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…

Hundreds feared dead in Mexico mudslide (AP)

September 28th, 2010

Up to 1,000 people were feared dead after a hillside collapsed on Tuesday in southern Mexico.(AFP/Graphics)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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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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Hundreds of thousands party as Mexico turns 200 (AP)

September 16th, 2010

An person dressed in the likeness of the Angel of Independence, left, floats by the Angel of Independence monument during a bicentennial parade in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010.  Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - Mexico looked beyond its drug war to throw a 200th birthday bash celebrating a proud history, whimsical culture and resilience embodied in the traditional independence cry: “Viva Mexico!”


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Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts (AP)

September 7th, 2010

An AK-47, with Saddam Hussein's image on it, is displayed at the Iraqi Ministry of foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts looted from museums and archaeological sites across the country have been returned to Iraq. The display is part of Iraqi efforts to repatriate its looted cultural heritage. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country’s looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a…

Hundreds of looted artifacts returned to Iraq (AP)

September 7th, 2010

An AK-47, with Saddam Hussein's image on it, is displayed at the Iraqi Ministry of foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts looted from museums and archaeological sites across the country have been returned to Iraq. The display is part of Iraqi efforts to repatriate its looted cultural heritage. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts looted from museums and archaeological sites across the country — including a 4,400-year-old statue of an ancient king stolen during the U.S.-led invasion —…

36 killed, hundreds injured in new China flooding (AP)

August 16th, 2010

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, buildings are half buried in mud in the mudslide-hit Qingping Township of Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Rain-triggered mudslides hit the township on Thursday, Aug. 12. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gao Xiaowen) ** NO SALES **AP - At least 36 people have died and 23 others are missing in fresh flooding from torrential rains in China’s Gansu province, the latest in a string of natural…

Hundreds flee Pakistan floods, as criticism grows (AP)

August 5th, 2010

Michael Phelps swims in the men's 200m butterfly at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Complex in Irvine, California. Phelps' lack of focus in wake of the 2009 World Championships drove his coach Bob Bowman to distraction. But Bowman thinks the virtual vacation was vital to the swimming star's continuing career.(AFP/Getty Images/Harry How)AP - Hundreds of people loaded down with possessions were fleeing floods in Pakistan’s most populous province Thursday as the worst monsoon rains in a generation triggered fresh chaos.


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Hundreds of new wildfires break out in Russia (AP)

August 1st, 2010

Flames travel along the floor of the forest as a parched forest burns near a suburb of the town of Voronezh some 500 km (294 miles) south of Moscow, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. Hundreds of new fires broke out Sunday in Russian forests and fields that have been dried to a crisp by drought and record heat. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - Hundreds of new fires broke out Sunday in Russian forests and fields that have been dried to a crisp by drought and record heat, but firefighters claimed success…

Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil’s beaches (AP)

July 20th, 2010

AP - Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what’s causing them to die.

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