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China raises key rate for 1st time since crisis (AP)

October 19th, 2010

A Chinese man poses for photos in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. China raised its key lending rate Tuesday for the first time since emerging from the global crisis as Beijing tries to cool inflation and guide rapid growth to a more sustainable level. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China raised its key interest rate Tuesday for the first time since the global crisis as it tries to control inflation and rapid growth even as other Asian…

NKorea releases American imprisoned since January (AP)

August 27th, 2010

FILE - A Jan. 12, 2010 file photo shows American Aijalon Mahli Gomes, during a rally denouncing North Korean's human rights conditions at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas. Former President Jimmy Carter arrived in North Korea on Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010 on a mission U.S. officials said was aimed at bringing home the imprisoned American. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)AP - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter flew out of North Korea on a private jet Friday after securing a special pardon for an American who had been jailed in…

NKorea releases American man held since January (AP)

August 26th, 2010

FILE - A Jan. 12, 2010 file photo shows American Aijalon Mahli Gomes, during a rally denouncing North Korean's human rights conditions at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas. Former President Jimmy Carter arrived in North Korea on Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010 on a mission U.S. officials said was aimed at bringing home the imprisoned American. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)AP - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter flew out of North Korea on a private jet Friday after securing a special pardon for an American who had been jailed in…

Year since bomber freed, Lockerbie tries to move on (AFP)

August 19th, 2010

File photo shows some of the damage caused to the Scottish village of Lockerbie following the blowing up of a Pan Am airliner in late December 1988. The quiet Scottish town is determined to play down the forthcoming one-year anniversary of the freeing of the Libyan man convicted of bombing the airliner over its skies.(AFP/File/Letkey)AFP - The quiet Scottish town of Lockerbie is determined to play down Friday’s one-year anniversary of the freeing of the Libyan man convicted of blowing up an airliner over…

Mexico: 28,000 killed in drug violence since 2006 (AP)

August 3rd, 2010

Investigators work at a crime scene where Rosarito's State Police Commander Antonio Sanchez was shot outside his headquarters in Rosarito, Mexico, early Wednesday July 28, 2010. According to police at the scene, Sanchez was shot by unidentified gunmen late Tuesday and died later while receiving medical attention. Another agent was injured during the shooting. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - More than 28,000 people have been killed in drug violence since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006, a government official said Tuesday.


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Families mark 10 years since Concorde crash (AP)

July 25th, 2010

The families of victims from the Concorde supersonic jet crash gather at the site of the crash in Gonesse, North of Paris, Sunday July 25, 2010. Families of those who died when a supersonic Concorde jet crashed on takeoff from Paris have gathered to mark the tenth anniversary of the disaster. Air France officials gave flowers to some 100 family members, mostly from Germany, to lay at a monument to the dead in Gonesse, near Charles de Gaulle Airport. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Families whose loved ones died in the fiery crash of a supersonic Concorde jet 10 years ago joined together near Paris on Sunday, laying flowers at a monument…

Georgians hold 1st vote since 2008 war with Russia (AP)

May 30th, 2010

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili salutes during a military parade marking Independence Day in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Georgia is marking its independence day with a large military parade and a vow by its president that it won't give in to any empires. (AP Photo/Irakli Gedenidze, Presidential Press Service, Pool)AP - Voters in Georgia were choosing local leaders Sunday in the first ballot since President Mikhail Saakashvili led the country into a disastrous war with neighboring Russia nearly two…

22,700 killed in drug violence in Mexico since ‘06 (AP)

April 13th, 2010

** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** Police forensic experts load into trucks the bodies of at least six men that were found dead in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico, Tuesday April 13, 2010. The city of Cuernavaca has become a battle ground for control of the Beltran Levya drug cartel, whose leader was killed in a battle with marines in that city in last December. (AP Photo/Antonio Sierra)AP - More than 22,700 people have been killed in Mexico’s drug war since a U.S.-backed military crackdown on cartels began more than three years ago, according to a government…

Haiti schools reopen for 1st time since quake (AP)

April 5th, 2010

Students buy water at a school in the Cite Soleil slum, Port-au-Prince, Monday, April 5, 2010. The Jan. 12 quake damaged or destroyed some 4,000 schools. Schools are opening across Haiti's capital for the first time since a devastating earthquake hit nearly three months ago. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - The official reopening of schools among the ruins of Haiti’s capital brought unbridled joy Monday to students like 12-year-old Moris Rachelle.


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