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Baghdad Walkabout: On the Other Side of the River (Time.com)

October 10th, 2010

Time.com - A former U.S. soldier takes a ride on the Tigris and stops for tea in a shop reconstructed after 2007 blast

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Toxic red sludge reaches the Danube River (AP)

October 7th, 2010

A Hungarian soldier, wearing protective gear, cleans a yard flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Red sludge flowed into the Danube River on Thursday, threatening a half-dozen nations along one of Europe’s key waterways. Monitors took samples every few hour to measure damage…

Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff (AP)

September 27th, 2010

This undated handout photo issued by Hesco Bastion on Sept. 27, 2010 shows Jimi Heselden, 62, a British businessman who last year bought the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter, who has died in an accident on one of the vehicles. Police in West Yorkshire said Monday that James Heselden and a Segway were found in the River Wharfe near Boston Spa, in northern England. Police said a member of the public had reported seeing a man fall over a 30-foot (9-meter) drop into the river on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andy Paraskos/Hesco/PA Wire) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, UNITED KINGDOM OUT )AP - A wealthy British businessman who owns the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway has been found dead in a river in northern England after apparently falling off a…

British man walks entire Amazon river in 2 years (AP)

August 9th, 2010

AP - MARUDA, Brazil — After 859 days, thousands of miles and “50,000 mosquito bites,” Ed Stafford intends to be the first man known to have walked the entire length…

Bus plunges into Pakistani river; at least 20 dead (AP)

August 5th, 2010

Flood survivors take a meal at a relief camp in Charsadda, near Peshawar, in northwest of Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Hundreds of people loaded down with possessions were fleeing floods in Pakistan's most populous province Thursday as the worst monsoon rains in a generation triggered fresh chaos. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A government official says a bus plunged into a rain-swollen river in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 20 people.


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Floods wash chemicals into northeast China river (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Villagers walk in the debris of buildings collapsed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Wangong village, Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Flooding this year has overwhelmed reservoirs, swamped towns and cities, and caused landslides that have smothered communities. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Workers began cleaning up a chemical spill in northeastern China on Thursday after more than 3,000 containers of chemicals were washed into a river by the worst floods…

2 detained for dead babies found along China river (AP)

March 30th, 2010

AP - The bodies of 21 babies, some with hospital identification tags around their tiny ankles, washed ashore on a river in eastern China and two mortuary workers were detained…

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