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War papers leak shock Afghanistan, upset Pakistan (AP)

July 26th, 2010

U.S. Army Pfc. Eli Price, of Modesto California,  from the 101st Airborne Division sleeps at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Clearly pointing a finger at Pakistan, the Afghan government said Monday that the 91,000 leaked U.S. military documents verify Afghanistan’s long-held view that the war won’t end until…

Shock, blame after 19 trampled at German festival (AP)

July 25th, 2010

Flowers and candles are placed in a street near the accident site in Duisburg, Germany Sunday July 25, 2010. More than a dozen visitors died after a stampede at the entrance of the Love Parade music festival Saturday. Poster reads: Why? (AP Photo/ddp/Clemens Bilan)AP - Throngs of techno fans followed the floats, the dancers and the throbbing music to the festival venue: an old freight railway station that local media estimated could handle…

Culture Shock - International Students in the United States

April 9th, 2010

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This video is about cross-cultural adaptation and culture shock.

Foreign students share their perceptions of their experiences in the U.S. as each of them (plus one specialist in cross-cultural relations and…

Sydney veteran Queally bids for shock pursuit place (AFP)

March 23rd, 2010

Jason Queally, an Olympic gold winner in the men's kilometre at the Sydney Games in 2000, is making an audacious bid for a coveted place in Britain's world-beating pursuit team at the world track championships in Denmark.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Nick Laham)AFP - Jason Queally, an Olympic gold winner in the men’s kilometre at the Sydney Games in 2000, is making an audacious bid for a coveted place in Britain’s world-beating…