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France raises terror security, new threat reported (AP)

September 20th, 2010

France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux, centre, meets Police Head of Paris security Martine Monteil, left, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Authorities have received an 'array of clues' within the last few hours that show France is facing an elevated threat of terrorism, the interior Minister said Thursday. Brice Hortefeux pointed to the kidnapping of five French nationals in Africa overnight and a bomb alert Tuesday that led to the evacuation of the Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - France is on alert for possible terrorism after intelligence suggested that attackers might target a public gathering place, with one lead pointing to a female suicide bomber, a…

Mexico captures reported drug lord ‘the Barbie’ (AP)

August 31st, 2010

In this image released by Mexico's Public Safety Department on Monday Aug. 30, 2010, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias 'the Barbie,'' is escorted by police officers in the state of Mexico, which borders the capital, Mexico City. Federal police on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, captured Valdez Villarreal, a Texas-born alleged drug kingpin, who faces trafficking charges in the U.S. and has been blamed for a vicious turf war that has included bodies hung from bridges and shootouts in central Mexico.(AP Photo/Mexico's Public Safety Department)AP - Texas-born fugitive Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias “the Barbie,” is the third major suspected drug lord to fall in Mexico in the past 10 months and a coup for…

Magnitude-5.0 earthquake reported in Canada (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

Senators, parliamentarians and their staff are shown after being evacuated from Parliament Buildings following an earthquake in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday June 23, 2010. A magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck at the Ontario-Quebec border region of Canada on Wednesday, shaking homes and businesses from Toronto to the states of New York and Michigan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)AP - A magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck at the Ontario-Quebec border region of Canada on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and homes and businesses were shaken from Canada’s capital in…

Blast hits Indian train, at least 15 reported dead (AP)

May 27th, 2010

AP - An overnight passenger train was derailed by an explosion then hit by another train early Friday as it traveled through a rebel stronghold of eastern India, a railway…

44 reported dead in Jamaica police-gang clashes (AP)

May 26th, 2010

A police officer monitors Park Lane, a thoroughfare adjacent to Red Hills Road in the capital city of Kingston, Jamaica, Monday May 24, 2010. Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Jamaican ghettos in search of a reputed drug kingpin wanted by the United States, intensifying a third day of street battles that have killed at least 30 people.(AP Photo/The Jamaica Gleaner, Ian Allen)  JAMAICA OUTAP - Jamaican security forces claimed a tenuous hold over the slum stronghold of a gang leader sought by the U.S., but only after battles that killed at least 44…

Mild tremor shakes Haiti but no damage reported (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

Spanish army soldier Omar San Carrion, top, jokes with Haitian children on the beach of Petit Goave, Haiti,  Monday, May 3, 2010. Some 150 Spanish soldiers will leave Haiti on Tuesday after finishing their humanitarian mission following the Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - People ran screaming from buildings Monday as a mild tremor rattled a Haitian capital still traumatized by the deadly Jan. 12 earthquake.


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Ex-priest says he reported Belgian bishop abuse (AP)

April 24th, 2010

A man walks past the Papal Cross in Dublin's Phoenix Park. The Vatican said the Roman Catholic Church -- embroiled in scandal over waves of paedophile priest scandals -- must show it has AP - A retired priest said Saturday that he told church authorities years ago about allegations that Belgium’s longest-serving bishop had abused a boy but he was stonewalled until the…

2 ex-priests: we reported Belgian bishop sex abuse (AP)

April 24th, 2010

A man walks past the Papal Cross in Dublin's Phoenix Park. A Belgian Catholic bishop quit his post on Friday after admitting sexually abusing a child, the first such high-level resignation as more paedophilia revelations from the church come to light.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AP - Two former priests say they told church authorities years ago about allegations that Belgium’s longest-serving bishop abused a boy but were stonewalled until he was forced to resign…

17 reported dead in south Afghan blast (AP)

March 31st, 2010

Afghan policemen block a road in Kabul in January. A suicide bomber has struck a crowd of farmers near the capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand, killing seven people and injuring another 20, an official has said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - Police say a bomb concealed on a bicycle has killed 17 people in southern Afghanistan.


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Leaks reported at China mine days before flood (AP)

March 30th, 2010

Relatives of mine worker weeps at the Wangjialing coal mine in Xiangning township, Shanxi province,  about 650 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of Beijing, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Workers reported underground water leaks days before a flood coursed through a coal mine in northern China, where 153 people remained trapped Tuesday in potentially one of the country's worst mining disasters, a worker and state media said.(AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Frustration mounted at a flooded mine in northern China as anguished relatives of 153 workers trapped underground briefly turned violent Tuesday amid revelations that warning signs of the…