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21 miners free; Chile rescue past halfway mark (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Mario Gomez, left, gestures as he meets his wife for the first time after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP - The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their…

19 miners free; Chile rescue past halfway mark (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Mario Gomez, left, gestures as he meets his wife for the first time after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP - The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their…

18 miners free; Chile rescue past halfway mark (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Mario Gomez, left, gestures as he meets his wife for the first time after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP - The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their…

17 miners free as Chile rescue passes halfway mark (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Mario Gomez, left, gestures as he meets his wife for the first time after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP - The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their…

Thailand’s Red Shirts mark coup anniversary (AP)

September 19th, 2010

An anti-government or Red Shirt protester cheers during a rally in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Thousands of the protesters who are also supporters of deposted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took part in a rally marking the fourth anniversary of the military coup that ousted Thaksin from power. Chiang Mai is a hometown of Thaksin. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Thousands of anti-government “Red Shirt” protesters defied a state of emergency in Thailand’s capital to stage their first major demonstration since their street protests were ended by a…

Biden visits Iraq to mark formal end to US combat (AP)

August 30th, 2010

US Vice President Joe Biden, seen here on August 30, landed in Baghdad on Monday to mark the official end of the US combat mission in Iraq after seven years of fighting that has seen more than 4,400 American soldiers killed.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AP - Vice President Joe Biden returned to Iraq Monday to mark this week’s formal end to U.S. combat operations and push the country’s leaders to end a six-month postelection…

Koreas mark truce, but drills underscore tensions (AP)

July 27th, 2010

A North Korean soldier takes picture of the southern side of the cross-border village of Panmunjom Tuesday, July 27, 2010. On Tuesday, both Koreas and the U.S. marked the 57th anniversary of the signing of the armistice against the backdrop of the military drills. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)AP - On the 57th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War, U.S. and South Korean ships intensified high-profile military exercises Tuesday that underscore rising tensions in a…

Families mark 10 years since Concorde crash (AP)

July 25th, 2010

The families of victims from the Concorde supersonic jet crash gather at the site of the crash in Gonesse, North of Paris, Sunday July 25, 2010. Families of those who died when a supersonic Concorde jet crashed on takeoff from Paris have gathered to mark the tenth anniversary of the disaster. Air France officials gave flowers to some 100 family members, mostly from Germany, to lay at a monument to the dead in Gonesse, near Charles de Gaulle Airport. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Families whose loved ones died in the fiery crash of a supersonic Concorde jet 10 years ago joined together near Paris on Sunday, laying flowers at a monument…

Clinton in Vietnam to mark 15-year relationship (AP)

July 22nd, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton waves her hand to the media upon her arrival at the airport in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Kham, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi for events marking the 15th anniversary of normalized U.S.-Vietnam relations.


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England to make their mark on US in World Cup opener (AFP)

June 11th, 2010

England striker Wayne Rooney (L) smiles during a training session at Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg. England have been urged to lay down a World Cup marker when they take on the United States in their opening Group C match on Saturday.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - England have been urged to lay down a World Cup marker when they take on the United States in their opening Group C match on Saturday.


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