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Gunmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

President Barack Obama voiced support for Mexican President Felipe Calderon, pictured in September 2010, on Saturday in the wake of an operation in which a leader of one of Mexico's biggest drug cartels was killed in a shootout with soldiers.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)Reuters - Rival gunmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines killed one of Mexico’s top drug kingpins in a government crackdown…

Hitmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

Navy marines walk behind an armored pick-up truck during a gunfight with alleged cartel members in the northern border city of Matamoros, Mexico, Friday Nov. 5, 2010.  During the operation, Mexican marines killed reputed Gulf cartel leader and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords, Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, alias 'Tony Tormenta,' or 'Tony the Storm,' according to the Mexican navy.  (AP Photo/El Bravo de Matamoros)Reuters - Rival hitmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines killed one of Mexico’s top drug kingpins in a government crackdown…

Cuba says plane crash killed all 68 on board (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - All 68 people on board a Cuban Aero Caribbean passenger plane were killed, including 28 foreigners, when it crashed in a central province on Thursday after issuing an…

Six Americans killed in Mexico’s drug war city (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - Gunmen have killed six U.S. citizens in separate attacks since Saturday in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. consulate said on Thursday, as Mexico struggles…

Fifty-two killed in Iraq church raid (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Iraqi Christian lawmaker, Younadem Kana, center, is flanked by security guards as he arrives at Our Lady of Deliverance church the morning after its congregation was taken hostage in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Nov. 1, 2010.  Iraqi security forces stormed a Baghdad church where militants had taken an entire congregation hostage for four hours, leaving dozens of people dead, including a priest, Iraqi officials said Monday.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Reuters - Fifty-two hostages and police officers were killed when security forces raided a Baghdad church to free more than 100 Iraqi Catholics held by al Qaeda-linked gunmen, a deputy…

At least 7 hostages killed in rescue from Iraq church (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

Iraqi security forces and wellwishers surround an Iraqi youth after his release from a hostage situation at the Sayidat al-Najat church following a rescue operation by Iraqi and US forces in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood. Seven Christians were killed and at least 13 wounded in an operation involving US and Iraqi forces to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital, officials said.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)Reuters - At least seven Iraqi Catholics died on Sunday when police stormed a Baghdad church where gunmen were holding dozens of parishioners hostage, threatening to kill them if al…

Animal lovers mourn giant stag killed in Britain (AP)

October 26th, 2010

A British newspaper, which publishes a photo of the stag 'the Emperor of Exmoor', is seen left on a table at a cafe in London, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010.   Nature lovers are mourning the death of a red stag dubbed the Emperor of Exmoor — a nine-foot (2.75 meter) giant reported to be the biggest wild animal in the British Isles. He was found dead soon after his picture appeared in the national press. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - It’s a photo of animal majesty that has turned into a murder mystery: Who shot the Emperor? Nature lovers on Tuesday were mourning a red stag dubbed the…

Indonesian volcano erupts, up to 18 killed in ash (AP)

October 26th, 2010

A villager watches Mount Merapi in Kaliadem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano started erupting Tuesday, after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. (AP Photo)AP - Indonesia’s most volatile volcano erupted Tuesday after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful explosion in years. At least 18 people were…

Indonesian volcano erupts, up to 19 killed in ash (AP)

October 26th, 2010

A villager watches Mount Merapi in Kaliadem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano started erupting Tuesday, after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. (AP Photo)AP - Doctors and television reports say at least 19 people were killed when Indonesia’s most volatile volcano erupted.


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25 may have been killed in Afghanistan airstrike (AP)

October 25th, 2010

An unidentified UN security person, front, shows the place of yesterday's attack to the UN's Special Representative in Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura, center, at the UN compound in Herat, west of Kabul, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. A suicide car bomber and three armed militants wearing explosives vests and dressed as women attacked a United Nations compound Saturday in western Afghanistan, but Afghan security forces killed the attackers and no U.N. employees were harmed, officials said.(AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - About 25 people may have been killed in a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan on Monday, an Afghan official said.


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