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Philippines says police might have shot hostages (AP)

September 9th, 2010

Members of the special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team take their position as a body lies on the steps of the bus during the assault on a bus with tourists being held hostage at Quirino Grandstand in Manila August 23, 2010. Philippine police commandos crouched around a bus where a sacked former policeman was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in Manila on Monday and shots were heard at the scene, TV pictures and a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/ Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - Investigators in the Phillipines say some victims in a botched hostage rescue may have been hit by police fire.


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UK’s Brown might attempt to form coalition govt (AP)

May 6th, 2010

The leader of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown, left, and his wife Sarah, right, are seen arriving to the count at  Kirkcaldy, Scotland, in the early hours of Friday, May 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown indicated Friday he might attempt to form a coalition government, seeking to keep his Labour Party in power following an election in which…

From up close, volcano shows off might and beauty (AP)

April 21st, 2010

Activity is seen from the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier, Wednesday, April 21, 2010.  Geologists continued to keep a close watch on the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajokull on Wednesday, as observers noticed a change in the eruption pattern. Instead of thick black smoke, the plume was almost white... and more like steam than black ash.  (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti )AP - The volcano threw magma chunks the size of cars into the air and rocked our helicopter with a vicious explosion that sent a visible shock-wave through the air,…

Ahmadinejad extolls Iran’s military might (AP)

April 18th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, waves to media, prior to a meeting at the sideline of the International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 17, 2010. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday said any revision of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 'must be done by independent countries who do not own nuclear weapons'. The five-year review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the cornerstone of global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, will be held in May. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday extolled Iran’s military might during an annual army parade, saying the country is so powerful today that no one would dare attack it.


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