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Obama pledges probe in kidnapped Briton’s death (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference in Downing Street in London, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, where he said aid worker Linda Norgrove, 36, who died in Afghanistan during a rescue attempt, may have been killed by her American rescuers, rather than her Taliban captors. Cameron said that Gen. David Petraeus had told him Norgrove was possibly killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team. But he says the full facts have not been established.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)AP - President Barack Obama promised “to get to the bottom” of a failed rescue attempt by U.S. special forces that ended in the death a captive British aid worker…

UN anti-poverty goals get new financial pledges (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - A three-day summit to push global leaders to meet U.N. goals to significantly reduce poverty by 2015 wraps up Wednesday with new financial pledges from countries but no…

Sarkozy pledges more to fight against poverty (AP)

September 20th, 2010

AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday pledged to boost aid to the world’s poorest by 20 percent over the next three years and issued a plea for other…

Australian lawmakers reveal $9.7 B hole in pledges (AP)

September 1st, 2010

AP - Australia’s opposition Liberal Party had overstated national savings from their election promises by up to 10.6 billion Australian dollars ($9.7 billion), according to official figures released Wednesday by…

Chilean cardinal pledges full abuse investigation (AP)

April 25th, 2010

AP - A top Roman Catholic official in Chile acknowledged in a letter Sunday that he suspended an investigation into alleged abuses by a priest because he was looking for…

British PM pledges vehicles to battle Afghan bombs (AP)

March 6th, 2010

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (right) talks with Afghan village elders at the Shawqat Forward Operating Base, Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Saturday March 6, 2010. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is visiting his nation's troops in Afghanistan and promising them 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively. Brown made an unannounced trip Saturday to Camp Bastion in Helmand province to thank the troops involved in a 3-week-old offensive to wrest control of the town of Marjah from the Taliban. The Press Association news agency says he focused on the battle against homemade bombs and the need to bolster training of the Afghan police force. (AP Photo / Carl De Souza, pa)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised British troops 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively during an unannounced visit Saturday to southern Afghanistan.


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