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Haiti cholera toll near 300, disease seen “settling” (Reuters)

October 26th, 2010

Residents wear protective masks in St. Marc, the center of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, October 25, 2010. REUTERS/Sophia Paris/MINUSTAH/HandoutReuters - Deaths from Haiti’s cholera epidemic approached 300 on Tuesday, and health experts said the illness would “settle” in the poor Caribbean nation, joining other endemic diseases like malaria…

WikiLeaks near release of secret US war documents (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

File - The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history — hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In a message posted to its Twitter page on Thursday Oct. 21, 2010, the organization said there was a 'major WikiLeaks press conference in Europe coming up.'  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history — hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports…

8 feared dead after cargo plane crash near Kabul (AP)

October 12th, 2010

AP - A cargo plane crashed into mountains east of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, with initial reports saying all eight people aboard were killed, an Afghan airport official said.

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Afghan official: Cargo plane crashes near Kabul (AP)

October 12th, 2010

AP - A cargo plane crashed into mountains east of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, an Afghan airport official said.

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Return to Baghdad: A Near Kidnapping Outside Karrada (Time.com)

October 11th, 2010

Time.com - After a surprisingly uneventful tour of Iraq, TIME’s former bureau chief and a former U.S. soldier run into potential trouble

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Chile sees ‘great day’ with escape shaft near done (AP)

October 8th, 2010

A relative of one of the 33 miners trapped lights a candle during a vigil outside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Excitement grew Friday outside the mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, as a drill carving an escape shaft pushed through the final…

Explosions kill at least 7 near Nigeria ceremony (AP)

October 1st, 2010

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (centre) inspects a guard of honour during a presidential fleet review to mark Nigeria's 50th independence anniversary at the Naval Western Command in Lagos on September 29. Explosions rocked an area near Nigeria's independence celebrations on Friday and killed at least seven people following threats from oil militants, witnesses and a police source said.(AFP/File/Utuk Bassey)AP - Two car bombs blew up on Friday as Nigeria celebrated its 50th independence anniversary, killing at least seven people in an unprecedented attack on the capital by suspected…

Explosion hurts 3 near ceremony in Nigeria capital (AP)

October 1st, 2010

AP - Two car bombs have exploded in Nigeria’s capital as the country marks its 50th independence anniversary.

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Blast near Fallujah kills 4 Iraqi police (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Newly graduated Iraqi navy officers adjust each other's epaulettes during a eremony at Umm Qasr's port near Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, September 26, 2010. About 170 navy officers graduated on Sunday. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY)AP - A car packed with explosives blew up Sunday near the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, killing four policemen in the latest sign that insurgents could be trying to…

Igor passes near Bermuda as Category 1 hurricane (AP)

September 20th, 2010

High Winds pushes water over the closed causeway leading to Wade International Airport as Hurricane Igor moves ashore in Bermuda, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Fierce waves pounded Bermuda’s shores and strained yacht moorings late Sunday as winds tore at trees and signs while a weakened Hurricane Igor passed just west of the…