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Is the U.S. Bullying Europe Into Cutting Ties with Iran? (Time.com)

October 29th, 2010

Time.com - Even with a new set of E.U. sanctions against Iran, European companies still have an economic relationship with the country. But some firms say the U.S. is pushing…

Iran injects fuel into first nuclear reactor (AP)

October 26th, 2010

An Iranian policeman stands guard along the road which separates Iran from Afghanistan. Iran acknowledged on Tuesday that it had given AP - Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, moving closer to the start-up of a facility that the U.S. once hoped…

Is Ukraine Moving Back into Russia’s Embrace? (Time.com)

October 25th, 2010

Time.com - After years of pro-Western policy following the Orange Revolution, Ukraine’s fourth president Viktor Yanukovych is renewing ties with Russia. He says it will ensure his country’s stability. But…

Chile rescue capsule lowered into shaft for tests (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Rescue workers and officials test the rescue capsule that will be used to extract the 33 trapped miners one by one at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. The first of 33 trapped miners is expected to be lifted to the surface late Tuesday after surviving more than two months below ground. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - Rescuers in Chile are lowering a still-empty escape capsule into the shaft that will finally provide a way out for 33 trapped miners.


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UK opens investigation into July 7 bombing deaths (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Victim's family members Sean Cassidy, left, talks to Graham Foulkes outside the High Courts in London as they arrive for the start of the Inquests into the  July 7, 2005 bombing of London's transport system, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Sean Cassidy's son Kieran and Graham Foulkes' son David were killed in the terrorist attack on London's transport system. A long-delayed inquest into the July 7, 2005, suicide bombings that killed 52 people on London's transit network opened Monday with a minute's silence in memory of the victims.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - An inquiry into the 2005 London suicide bombings opened Monday, with victims’ family members reliving their nightmares as details poured out about the slow response to the attacks,…

Hungary opens criminal probe into sludge disaster (AP)

October 6th, 2010

Hungarian police officers, wearing protective masks walk in a village street covered by toxic mud in Kolontar, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Emergency workers and construction crews on Wednesday swept through the Hungarian towns hardest hit by a flood of toxic sludge, trying to clear roads and homes of acres (hectares) of deep red mud and caustic water. Hundreds of people were evacuated after the disaster Monday, when a gigantic sludge reservoir burst its banks at metals plant in Ajka, a town 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest, the capital. The torrent inundated homes, swept cars off roads and damaged bridges, disgorging an estimated 1 million cubic meters (35.3 million cubic feet) of toxic waste onto several nearby towns. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungary’s top investigative agency opened a criminal probe into the toxic sludge flood Wednesday while the European Union and environmental groups warned the disaster could have long-term consequences…

Protesting police throw Ecuador into chaos (AP)

September 30th, 2010

AP - Hundreds of police protesting a new law that cuts their benefits plunged this small South American nation into chaos on Thursday, shutting down airports and blocking highways in…

Egypt: Barge leaks 100 tons of gasoline into Nile (AP)

September 11th, 2010

AP - A barge has leaked some 100 tons of gasoline into the Nile River in southern Egypt after it became partially submerged while workers unloaded its cargo.

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Gunmen burst into factory in Honduras, kill 18 (AP)

September 8th, 2010

Relatives of people killed in a shoe factory embrace near the factory in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. Men armed with assault rifles opened fire in a shoe factory, killing at least 15 workers and wounding eight, according to Honduran authorities.  (AP Photo)AP - Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory and opened fire Tuesday, killing at least 18 workers and wounding five, Honduran authorities said.


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Gunmen burst into factory in Honduras, kill 15 (AP)

September 7th, 2010

AP - Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory and opened fire Tuesday, killing at least 15 workers and wounding eight, Honduran authorities said.

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