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Markets stable as Ireland bailout looms (AFP)

November 17th, 2010

European stock markets held steady on Wednesday, while the euro edged back above 1.35 dollars, as authorities moved closer towards bailing out debt-riddled eurozone member Ireland.(AFP/File/Charly Triballeau)AFP - European stock markets held steady on Wednesday, while the euro edged back above 1.35 dollars, as authorities moved closer towards bailing out debt-riddled eurozone member Ireland.


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Cracks on red sludge reservoir in Hungary stable (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Hungarian soldiers wearing protective gear are washed by water jets in Devecser, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday Oct. 9,  2010. Five days ago more than 750,000 cubic meters of toxic sludge spilled out of a nearby reservoir flooding seven villages.  (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)AP - Officials say there has been no widening of the cracks on a red sludge reservoir that broke last week flooding several towns in western Hungary and killing at…

China’s Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP)

September 8th, 2010

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, fourth from left, reacts during a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, third from right, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)AP - Trying to smooth over recently rocky relations before a visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants to see healthy and…