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Commonwealth Games at risk with under 2 weeks left (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

An Indian man looks at the collapsed bridge near Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. A footbridge under construction near the Commonwealth Games main stadium collapsed on Tuesday, injuring people, police said. The games are scheduled to be held from Oct. 3-14. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - Less than two weeks before it begins, one of the world’s biggest sports events is in jeopardy as organizers struggle to cope with unfinished buildings, a filthy athletes’…

Swedish vote could end love story with left (AP)

September 12th, 2010

Sweden's Social Democrat party leader Mona Sahlin, red-green coalition, left, and Prime Minister and leader of the center-right coalition Fredrik Reinfeldt during a debate at public service TV-channel SVT late evening Thursday Sept. 9, 2010. The sign in background reads '10 days left' to general election. Most recent polls suggest Reinfeldt can capitalize on the Swedish economy's strong revival after the global slump to pull off what no center-right leader has done before: winning re-election after serving a full term. (AP Photo/Henrik Montgomery) ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - Swedish politics used to be like a long marriage with brief spells of infidelity.


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As US military bases close, Iraqis left behind (AP)

August 28th, 2010

In this photo taken Aug. 22, 2010, Ahmed Adnan Abdul Hasan holds a certificate of appreciation from a U.S. military officer during an interview with the Associated Press in al-Faris village, north of Baghdad, Iraq. As the American military is winding down its time here, the Iraqis who at one time worked so closely with U.S. forces they began to absorb their mannerisms and tastes, are starting to wonder what will happen to them when their benefactors have gone. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Just about every man from the village of al-Faris has worked at the nearby Taji military base. The American money and influence is seen in the new cars,…

Most prefer French left to Sarkozy for 2012: poll (Reuters)

August 22nd, 2010

Reuters - More than half of France’s voters would prefer a candidate from the political left to conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for the 2012 election, a survey said on Sunday.

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Big demand for World Cup tickets with 2 weeks left (AP)

May 28th, 2010

People stand outside a FIFA ticket sale center in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, May 28, 2010. About 700 people pushed and shoved and organizers threatened to shut down a World Cup ticket center as fans scrambled for a last chance to watch the tournament's biggest games — only to discover that FIFA's systems had crashed. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - The man in the yellow and green uniform raised his arms in jubilation, as if he had just scored a goal for his beloved South African national team.


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French left beats Sarkozy’s party in regional vote (AP)

March 21st, 2010

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, centre left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the polling station after casting their votes for the second round of the regional elections, in Paris, Sunday, March 21, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party was bracing for a massive setback Sunday as frustrated French voters cast ballots in regional run-off elections likely to favor the opposition left and to set the stage for the 2012 presidential race. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - The long-flailing French left made a big-time comeback Sunday, crushing Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservatives in regional elections colored by voters’ economic worries — and informally kicking off the 2012…

Partial results show French left wins regions vote (AP)

March 21st, 2010

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, centre left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the polling station after casting their votes for the second round of the regional elections, in Paris, Sunday, March 21, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party was bracing for a massive setback Sunday as frustrated French voters cast ballots in regional run-off elections likely to favor the opposition left and to set the stage for the 2012 presidential race. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - France’s opposition Socialists and their allies handily defeated President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservatives in regional elections Sunday, according to partial official results after a vote that helps set the…

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