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UN envoy says over 15,000 raped in eastern Congo (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - More than 15,000 people were raped in the volatile eastern region of Congo last year, according to the best data available, the top U.N. envoy in the African…

US military says 77,000 Iraqis killed over 5 years (AP)

October 14th, 2010

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in Baghdad, September 2010. Six people have been killed in separate bomb attacks in Iraq, one of which targeted an official from the secular Iraqiya bloc of former premier Iyad Allawi, an interior ministry official said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - In its most extensive death tally of the Iraq war, the U.S. military says nearly 77,000 Iraqi civilians and security officials were killed from early 2004 to mid-2008…

Minister says Wednesday rescue likely in Chile (AP)

October 9th, 2010

A relative of a trapped miner gestures after the announcement that a drill reached the trapped miners in the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Saturday Oct. 9, 2010.  Officials announced that the drill trying to reach the 33 trapped miners reached them Saturday after more than two months of efforts. The miners have been trapped since the mine collapsed on Aug. 5.  (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Chile’s mining minister said Saturday night that the 33 miners trapped for more than two months will probably be pulled out starting Wednesday.


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Official says Wednesday rescue likely in Chile (AP)

October 9th, 2010

A man sounds a bell as news in celebration at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. A drilling rig punched through to the underground site where the 33 miners have been trapped for 66 days under the Chilean desert, raising cheers, tears and hopes. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Chile’s mining minister said Saturday night that the 33 miners trapped for more than two months will probably be pulled out starting Wednesday.


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Chile list says which miners should go first, last (AP)

October 7th, 2010

A view of the San Jose mine where drilling machines are working to rescue 33 trapped miners in Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. The miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Before 33 trapped Chilean miners can begin their passage to the outside world, still more people will join them down below to make their journey as smooth as…

South Korea says 2 Koreas to hold military talks (AP)

September 29th, 2010

AP - North and South Korea have agreed to hold their first working-level military talks in two years, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

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Palestinian leader says no quick decision on talks (AP)

September 27th, 2010

A bulldozer works in a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Adam outside Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to 'show restraint' after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly relaunched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - The Palestinian president says there will be no “quick decision” on whether to pull out of Mideast peace talks now that an Israeli moratorium on West Bank settlement…

New Labour leader says he won’t be “Red Ed” (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Ed Miliband, newly-elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, waves to members of his party following the announcement at the start of the party's annual conference, in Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain’s newly appointed opposition leader Ed Miliband insisted Sunday he won’t force his Labour Party toward the political left-wing after he harnessed the support of leftist labor unions…

Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal (AP)

September 25th, 2010

AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their…

Ahmadinejad says Iran may end enrichment (AP)

September 24th, 2010

**CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO IRANIAN AMBASSADOR KHAZAEI** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, confers with an aide during a press conference in New York, Friday Sept. 24, 2010.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Iran would consider ending higher level uranium enrichment, the most crucial part of its controversial nuclear activities, if world powers send Tehran nuclear fuel for a medical research…