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French soldiers hunt for abducted workers in Niger (AP)

September 20th, 2010

AP - Dozens of French soldiers operating out of a hotel in Niger’s capital and using reconnaissance flights over the Sahara searched Monday for seven workers for a French firm…

Teams suspend hunt for 34 trapped in Chilean mine (AP)

August 7th, 2010

Miners, relatives and rescue workers stand outside a collapsed copper and gold mine during a rescue effort for 34 trapped miners in Copiapo, Chile, Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. The mine collapsed Thursday. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)AP - Search groups suspended their hunt for 34 workers trapped inside a gold and copper mine in northern Chile after a new collapse Saturday put the searchers lives in…

Rain slows hunt for air crash bodies in Pakistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

People carry a casket of a plane crash victim during a funeral prayer in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Airbus A321 operated by local carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy, monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/Karachi)AP - Anguished relatives sought the remains of loved ones killed in Pakistan’s worst-ever plane crash, some grieving at a hospital collecting bodies Thursday and others joining the recovery effort…

Feds nab alleged PR drug lord after 10-year hunt (AP)

July 17th, 2010

Jose Figueroa Agosto is escorted handcuffed by DEA agents after his arrest in San Juan, Saturday July 17, 2010. Federal authorities arrested fugitive alleged drug kingpin Jose Figueroa Agosto Saturday after a decade-long chase through the Caribbean. (AP Photo/El Nuevo Dia, Tania Dumas) PUERTO RICO OUT - NO USAR O PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICOAP - Federal authorities arrested a fugitive alleged drug kingpin Saturday after a decade-long chase through the Caribbean marked by his narrow escapes and public taunting that he paid off…

Nations fail to agree on curbing Japan whale hunt (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

In this photo taken on June 17, 2010, whale meat restaurant Magonotei manager Tomohiro Akio slices a chunk of lean meat of a whale caught in the Antarctic as he prepares for a sashimi dish at its kitchen in Tokyo Thursday, June 17, 2010. Makoto Ito, managing director of Kyodo Senpaku Co., the company that runs the annual Antarctic hunt, said he didn't think they should be ended, because 'we need to collect more data.'  Japan's refusal to give up its Antarctic hunt puzzles even observers within the country. Current coastal catches, also conducted for scientific research, provide fresher meat and are cheaper. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Nations at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission say they have failed to reach an agreement to curb whale hunts by Japan, Norway and Iceland.


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American on alleged Laden hunt caught in Pakistan (AP)

June 15th, 2010

FILE - In this April 1998 file photo, exiled al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden looks on in Afghanistan. An American armed with a pistol and a 40-inch sword was detained in northern Pakistan and told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill bin Laden, a police officer said Tuesday, June 15, 2010. (AP Photo/File)AP - An American man armed with a pistol and a 40-inch sword was detained in northern Pakistan as he tried to cross the border into Afghanistan on a mission…

Chile police hunt Dutchman sought in Peru killing (AP)

June 3rd, 2010

In this Tuesday Sept. 6, 2005 file photo, eighteen-year-old Joran van der Sloot, center, a resident of Aruba who had been held by police on the Caribbean island in connection with the disappearance of American tourist Natalee Holloway, exits Schiphol airport accompanied by unidentified relatives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Peruvian police confirmed on  June 2, 2010, they are seeking Joran van der Sloot in last Sunday's killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores at a Lima hotel.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - Police in neighboring Chile are checking hotels for a young Dutchman long suspected in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway who is now being sought in…

Jamaica: 74 killed in hunt for alleged drug lord (AP)

May 27th, 2010

A man watches as he holds his son's hand while soldiers patrol during a media tour organized by government authorities inside the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood in Kingston, Thursday, May 27, 2010. After a raid in this slum that left nearly 50 people dead in four days of gunbattles, the reputed drug kingpin who was the target may have fled the country, the government has said. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Security forces went door-to-door through a bullet-pocked Jamaican slum on Thursday and said at least 74 people were killed in four days of gunbattles as they searched for…

Jamaica: 73 killed in hunt for alleged drug lord (AP)

May 27th, 2010

Police officers and soldiers patrol the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood during a media tour organized by government authorities in Kingston, Thursday, May 27, 2010. After a raid in this slum that left nearly 50 people dead in four days of gunbattles, the reputed drug kingpin who was the target may have fled the country, the government has said.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Jamaican police say at least 73 people have died as security force hunt for a reputed drug lord wanted by the United States.


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Saunas, massages help Swedish sailors hunt pirates (AP)

May 26th, 2010

In this Monday May 10, 2010 photo, a Swedish Navy baker prepares bread aboard the HMS Carlskrona off the coast of Somalia.  Pirate-hunting has come a long way since the Knights of Malta battled the Barbary Corsairs four centuries ago. Floggings, weevils and scurvy are out. Saunas, fresh bread and massages are in — at least aboard the Swedish warship Carlskrona, the flagship of the European Union's force to hunt down Somali pirates, who have hijacked 23 ships this year. The bakers start at midnight to cook at least four different types of fresh bread every day. (AP Photo/Tim Freccia)AP - Drops of sweat trickled down the faces of the pirate hunters on the Swedish warship. They conferred in low voices, finally reaching a consensus: Yes, throw another pitcher…