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China mine blast rescuers try to reach 11 trapped (AP)

October 17th, 2010

**CORRECTS CAPTION TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO NUMBER OF MINERS TRAPPED AND KILLED** Rescuers walk out of an entrance of Pingyu Mine after an explosion in Yuzhou, in central China's Henan province, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Rescuers battled dangerous levels of gas, tons of coal dust and the risk of falling rocks as they worked to free miners after the explosion at the mine in central China early Saturday.  (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Dozens of anxious relatives and friends of 11 miners trapped underground by an explosion in central China gathered outside the site Sunday while rescuers said they were fighting…

BP, Azerbaijan reach Caspian Sea oil deal (AP)

October 7th, 2010

AP - BP PLC says it has reached an agreement with Azerbaijan’s state oil company to develop a new oil field in the Caspian Sea.

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Across Asia, Dengue Fever Cases Reach Record Highs (Time.com)

September 26th, 2010

Time.com - As rates of the mosquito-borne illness spike, local governments need to do more to contain the painful disease

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Drill begins hard work of drilling to reach miners (AP)

August 31st, 2010

Men work on a new drill to be used in the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive on Aug. 22 when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Thirty-three men stuck a half mile underground are now the longest-trapped miners in recent history as a huge drill is the early stages of digging a planned escape…

Supplies reach Chilean miners; now, the long wait (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

Chile's President Sebastian third from left, accompanied by miners' relatives and Chile's Mining Minister Lourence Golbourne, right, celebrates after knowing that 33 miners, trapped in a collapsed mine, were found alive in Copiapo, northern  Chile. The miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed. (AP Photo/Hector Retamal)AP - Trapped nearly half a mile inside the earth and facing perhaps four months before rescue, 33 Chilean miners began accepting food, water and oxygen from above ground Monday…

‘Mountain to climb’ for UK parties to reach deal (AP)

May 9th, 2010

Britain's Conservatives party shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague, center, talks to members of the media as  George Osborne, left, shadow finance minister, looks on as they arrive for their meeting with representatives of the Liberal Democrats party, in central London, Sunday May 9, 2010. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were holding coalition government talks at the Cabinet Office following the previous week's indecisive general election. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - The two parties that could form Britain’s next government held hours of closed-door talks Sunday without reaching a power-sharing deal, and there are fears that the political uncertainty…

SKorean on her way to reach Annapurna’s summit (AP)

April 27th, 2010

In this Sunday, April 18, 2010 photo released by BLACKYAK, South Korean female climber Oh Eun-son moves towards a second camp on Mount Annapurna in Nepal. Oh plans to conquer the 8,000-meter peak of Annapurna. Oh has climbed 13 of the worldâ??s highest mountains, with only Annapurna remaining on her list. (AP Photo/BLACKYAK) ** KOREA OUT **AP - A South Korean was making her way to the top of Annapurna in Nepal on Tuesday in the final hurdle of a fiercely contested race against a Spanish…

Tsunami warning lifted; Waves reach Japan, Russia (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Seawater moves upward (from left to right) in the mouth of the Kamo River that flows into the Pacific Ocean at Kamogawa in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sunday Feb. 28, 2010. The tsunami from Chile's deadly earthquake hit Japan's main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert. Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.  (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - The tsunami from Chile’s devastating earthquake hit Japan’s main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert.…