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British troops leave volatile Afghan district (AP)

September 20th, 2010

Workers dismantle posters of election candidates a day after parliamentary election in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - Britain’s military handed the U.S. responsibility Monday for a dangerous district in southern Afghanistan that has been the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting by British troops.


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Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)

September 8th, 2010

People use make-shift boats to cross a flooded avenue in Villahermosa in Mexico's Tabasco state, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010.  Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. (AP Photo/America Rocio)AP - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall.


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Some hostages leave bus as police enter vehicle (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

A hostage walks away from the bus after being released during the hostage taking at Quirino Grandstand in Manila August 23, 2010. Two foreign tourists have been released from the bus being held by a heavily armed former policeman in central Manila, officials said on Monday. Radio station DZMM radio station said 25 foreign tourists, including some children, and three Filipinos were on the bus when the heavily-armed man boarded it in downtown Manila. REUTERS/ Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - Philippine police have entered a bus after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists, and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the…

Dutch sailor girl set to leave on solo world trip (AP)

August 20th, 2010

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Laura Dekker hoists a flag of The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on her boat in the harbor of Den Osse, southwest Netherlands. The 14-year-old Dutch girl will try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world when she sets off from Portugal on Saturday Aug. 21, 2010. Laura Dekker's ambition of completing the yearlong trip has fueled a global debate over the wisdom of allowing young sailors to take on the tremendous risks of sailing the high seas alone. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)AP - A 14-year-old Dutch girl will set off Saturday on a controversial attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, her representatives said.


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Somali pirates leave hijacked ship after 1 day (AP)

August 7th, 2010

AP - The European Union’s anti-piracy task force says Somali pirates have left a cargo ship a day after they hijacked it.

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BP’s Hayward to leave as CEO; Russia job in works (AP)

July 26th, 2010

BP CEO Tony Hayward and Managing Director Bob Dudley (R) leave after their meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington in a June 16, 2010 file photo. BP Plc's board will discuss the future of Chief Executive Tony Hayward when it meets on July 26 to discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the firm's second-quarter results, sources familiar with the matter said. They said the focus will be on the timing of Hayward's departure, rather than whether or not he would stay with the company.  REUTERS/Jim Young/files    (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS DISASTER POLITICS ENVIRONMENT ENERGY)AP - Tony Hayward, who became the face of BP’s flailing efforts to contain the massive Gulf oil spill, will step down as chief executive in October and be offered…

Afghan envoy takes leave ‘amid tensions’ (AFP)

June 21st, 2010

British soldiers walk towards a military helicopter near the Pimon military camp in Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in March 2010. Foreign Secretary William Hague is to review the post of special envoy to Afghanistan, the BBC reported, citing a Foreign Office source, but added the minister had not sacked the envoy and had wanted him to remain in the job.(AFP/Pool/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - The special envoy to Afghanistan has taken extended leave, the government announced, amid reports that he clashed with NATO and US officials over strategy to tackle the Taliban…

Floods near Riviera leave at least 19 dead (AP)

June 16th, 2010

The river Artuby floods Draguignan, southern France, Wednesday, June 16, 2010.  Regional authorities in southeastern France say at least a dozen people have been killed and many are missing in the aftermath of flash floods that followed powerful rainstorms.Unusually heavy rains recently in the Var region have transformed streets into muddy rivers that swept up trees, cars and other objects. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - At least 19 people were killed in flash floods that hit the back hills of the French Riviera on Wednesday and turned streets into rivers of surging, muddy…

Anxious Gazans trying to leave blockaded territory (AP)

June 8th, 2010

Palestinians wait for Hamas police officers to check their passports as they wait to cross to Egypt, at Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday June 8, 2010. The opening of Gaza's gateway to the world has turned into a scene of extreme anxiety with hundreds crowding around border officials to learn when, and if, they can cross into Egypt. Gazans sealed in for three years are grateful just to have the hope after Israel's deadly raid on a blockade-busting flotilla focused attention on the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - A Palestinian who had to delay graduate school in Malaysia and an elderly man forced to put off eye surgery in Egypt are among thousands anxiously trying to…

Moms leave Iran, but jailed Americans not freed (AP)

May 21st, 2010

Nora Shourd, right, mother of Sarah Shourd, Cindy Hickey, left, mother of Shane Bauer, left, and Laura Fattal, rear center left, mother of Josh Fattal, rear at left, arrive at the Imam Khomeini airport outside Tehran, to leave Iran, on Friday, May 21, 2010, as they are accompanied by Swiss ambassador to Tehran, Livia Leu Agosti, handling US interests in Iran, rear center. The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months had more time with their children on Friday after an emotional reunion a day earlier in a Tehran hotel overlooking Evin prison, where the three have been held since their arrest in July along the Iran-Iraq border. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months left for home Friday, getting one last chance to embrace their children but failing to secure their…