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Ireland in aid talks with EU, rescue likely: sources (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

President Barack Obama (R) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao walk with other leaders during the family photo session at the G20 Summit in Seoul November 12, 2010. The Group of 20 struggles at its summit in Seoul to agree how to put the world economy on a sounder footing, as renewed fears over Ireland's ability to pay its debts underscore the lingering fallout of the global financial crisis. Also seen are (from L to R) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Ethiopia's President Meles Zenawi. REUTERS/Philippe WojazerReuters - Ireland is in talks to receive emergency funding from the European Union and is likely to become the second euro zone country, after Greece, to obtain an international rescue,…

Local Greek poll a test for rescue deal (AP)

November 7th, 2010

AP - Greeks have begun voting in a municipal election seen as a crucial test of support for austerity measures in the crisis-hit country.

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At least 7 hostages killed in rescue from Iraq church (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

Iraqi security forces and wellwishers surround an Iraqi youth after his release from a hostage situation at the Sayidat al-Najat church following a rescue operation by Iraqi and US forces in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood. Seven Christians were killed and at least 13 wounded in an operation involving US and Iraqi forces to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital, officials said.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)Reuters - At least seven Iraqi Catholics died on Sunday when police stormed a Baghdad church where gunmen were holding dozens of parishioners hostage, threatening to kill them if al…

With flawless rescue, Chile hopes to join the club (AP)

October 16th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean Presidential Press Office, the last miner to be rescued, Luis Urzua, center, gestures as Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, looks on after his rescue from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010.  The 69-day underground ordeal reached its end Wednesday night after 33 trapped miners were hauled up in a cage through a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock.  (AP Photo/Alex Ibanez, Chilean Presidential Press Office)AP - As the capsule carried the first rescuer down to the 33 trapped miners, President Sebastian Pinera closed his eyes, made the sign of the cross and then smiled…

Lessons from the Chile Mine Rescue: What Underdogs Can Teach Us (Time.com)

October 16th, 2010

Time.com - As Camp Hope is dismantled, TIME’s correspondent on the scene contemplates the “heroism” of the 33 — and why it means so much to the rest of the…

Straight-talking engineer was behind Chile rescue (AP)

October 15th, 2010

Andres Sougarret, center, the chief engineer in charge of the rescue mission of 33 trapped miners, right, and Chile's Mining Minister Laurence Golborne smiles during a joint press conference at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. Sougarret, a 46-year-old mining engineer, was in charge of digging the miners out. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Three days after 33 men were sealed deep within a gold mine, Andre Sougarret was summoned by Chile’s president.


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Chile’s textbook mine rescue brings global respect (AP)

October 14th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean Presidential Press Office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, greets miner Juan Carlos Aguilar after he was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Ibanez, Chilean Presidential Press Office)AP - Chile’s 33 rescued miners posed with the president and were poked by doctors on Thursday, itching to reunite with families and sleep in their own beds for the…

Chile mine rescue nearly complete; all but 1 out (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Government of Chile, miner Daniel Herrera Campos embraces his mother after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Herrera was the sixteenth of 33 miners rescued from the mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Government of Chile)AP - Only one Chilean miner remains to be rescued after 69 days far below the surface of the earth thanks to a nearly flawless operation to end history’s longest…

28 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Government of Chile, miner Daniel Herrera Campos embraces his mother after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Herrera was the sixteenth of 33 miners rescued from the mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Government of Chile)AP - With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock…

25 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly (AP)

October 13th, 2010

** CORRRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME FROM ENRIQUEZ TO HENRIQUEZ ** In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Jose Henriquez, left, greats an unidentified woman after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.   (AP Photo/Alex Ibanez, Chilean Presidential Press Office)AP - With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — one miner after another climbed into a slender cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of…