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US gets another month to revive Mideast talks (AP)

October 8th, 2010

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, left, leaves the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct.8, 2010. Libya prepares to host one-day Arab League summit where Israeli-Palestinian talks expected to top agenda. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)AP - Arab ministers agreed Friday to give the United States another month to try to persuade Israel to renew curbs on West Bank settlement construction and keep Mideast peace…

3rd Mexican mayor in month slain by hit men (AP)

September 9th, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations September 8, 2010 in Washington, DC. Clinton said Wednesday that violent Mexican drug cartels were starting to look like an insurgency, in a charge rapidly rejected by Mexico.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AP - The third Mexican mayor in a month was slain by suspected drug gang hitmen on the same day the U.S. secretary of state raised hackles in Mexico by…

Egypt power cuts deepen suffering in fasting month (AP)

August 26th, 2010

In this Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 photo, Egyptian Children cool off in a public fountain in Cairo, Egypt. Since Muslims began their daily dawn-to-dusk fast for the holy month of Ramadan two weeks ago, Egypt has been hit by its worst power outages in decades. The cuts at the height of summer with daily temperatures hovering around 100 degrees, along with rising food prices and water shortages, have Egyptians fuming, sweating and cursing during a month in which their sacrifices are supposed to bring them closer to God. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Since Muslims began their daily dawn-to-dusk fast for the holy month of Ramadan two weeks ago, Egypt has been hit by its worst power outages in decades.


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Saudi to block BlackBerry messaging this month (AP)

August 1st, 2010

FILE - This undated file photo provided by Verizon Wireless shows the Blackberry Pearl smart phone. The United Arab Emirates said Sunday Aug. 1, 2010 it plans to block some messaging and web services on BlackBerry smart phones beginning in October. UAE authorities said last week BlackBerry services could pose a threat to national security. (AP Photo/Verizon Wireless/File)AP - A telecommunications official says Saudi Arabia will block BlackBerry messaging later this month.


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July the deadliest month of Afghan war for US (AP)

July 30th, 2010

NATO and US soldiers are seen standing guard in Kabul. Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - NATO announced Friday that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month’s record…

3 US troops die, deadliest month of Afghan war (AP)

July 30th, 2010

NATO and US soldiers are seen standing guard in Kabul. Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - Three U.S. service members were killed in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces…

3 US troops die in deadliest month of Afghan war (AP)

July 30th, 2010

An Afghan National Police officer helps his fellow officer on to a U.S. Air Force rescue helicopter after he was shot during combat with the Taliban, in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday July 29, 2010. Rescue teams one part of the U.S. Air Force's 451st Air Expeditionary Wing in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Three U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in…

2nd shooting in month casts doubt on Afghan forces (AP)

July 21st, 2010

A U.S. Army soldier from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division searches an Afghan villager during a foot patrol towards COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - The second shooting of Western troops by one of their Afghan counterparts this month has highlighted the potential hazards of a push to speedily expand Afghanistan’s army and…

June deadliest month of Afghan war for NATO (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

AP - June has become the deadliest month of the Afghan war for the NATO-led international military force.

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Thai protesters want Parliament dissolved in month (AP)

April 23rd, 2010

Anti-government demonstrators confront police in front of a makeshift barricade Friday morning, April 23, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Security forces and agitated protesters faced off at a major intersection Friday morning after bloody grenade attacks rattled Thailand's chaotic capital, a scene of tense, weekslong confrontations between die-hard demonstrators and a wavering government. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thai protesters seeking to oust the prime minister softened their demands Friday, saying they are willing to give him 30 days to dissolve Parliament and call new elections,…

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