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Just 2 percent of quake debris in Haiti cleared (AP)

September 12th, 2010

AP - From the dusty rock mounds lining the streets to a National Palace that looks like it’s vomiting concrete from its core, rubble is one of the most visible…

Israeli settlements cover 42 percent of West Bank (AP)

July 6th, 2010

A Palestinian man shops at a store selling home appliances in a market in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 1, 2010. Israel is still deciding exactly what it will and will not allow into Gaza under a new approach towards the enclave, which it has blockaded for four years. As it changes the policy, some previously banned goods have started to flow across the border. As yet, there is no sign of the basic materials and machine parts which aid workers and businessmen say Gaza needs if the homeless are to be rehoused and the economy is to be revived to alleviate growing poverty attributed to the blockade.br /<br /></a> To match feature PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/GAZA-BLOCKADEbr /<br /> REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY)AP - An Israeli human rights group says settlements control more than 42 percent of the West Bank.


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Poland’s Komorowski scores 52.63 percent in vote (AFP)

July 4th, 2010

Polish politician Bronislaw Komorowski scored 52.63 percent of votes in the country's presidential elections with returns from 95.1 percent of polling stations counted, the state election commission said Monday.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AFP - Liberal Bronislaw Komorowski scored 52.63 percent of votes with returns from 95.1 percent of polling stations counted in Poland’s snap presidential election, the state election commission said Monday.


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China expects 8 percent economic growth this year (AP)

March 4th, 2010

In this photo rteleased by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a government work report during the opening meeting of the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, March 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Weibing)AP - China said Friday it will target economic growth of 8 percent this year, increase spending on social programs and direct more development money at ethnic areas.


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