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Israel and U.S. struggle to conclude settlement pact (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

A Palestinian man inspects damages following Israeli air raids in the central town of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes struck three sites in the Islamist-run Palestinian Gaza Strip on Friday, wounding six people after a rocket and mortar rounds were fired into Israel from the coastal enclave.(AFP/Said Khatib)Reuters - Talks between Israeli and U.S. officials aimed at reviving Middle East peace talks have hit snags over incentives promised by Washington to persuade Israel to resume a freeze…

Miners’ kin struggle with jealousy, rivalries (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Alberto Segovia, brother of trapped miner Dario Segovia, and his daughter Carla Belgica, stand at the relatives camp outside the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The33  miners became trapped when the gold and copper mine collapsed on Aug. 5 and are expected to be rescued starting late Tuesday or early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - The dusty curve fronting the copper and gold mine where 33 men have been trapped alive underground since early August may be called “Camp Hope.”


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Crews struggle to clear toxic Hungary sludge flood (AP)

October 6th, 2010

A Hungarian soldier wearing a chemical protection gear walks through a street flooded by toxic in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Emergency workers and construction crews are sweeping through the Hungarian town hardest hit by a flood of toxic sludge, trying to clear roads and homes of the deep…

US woman caught in middle of Iran’s power struggle (AP)

September 11th, 2010

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Sarah Shourd, left, hugs her mother Nora Shourd, as Shane Bauer, second right, hugs his mother Cindy Hickey, during their meeting at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Iran’s start-and-stop announcements over the release of one of three detained Americans add up to a distinct message: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies still have a fight…

Congo activist’s death reflects power struggle (AP)

June 12th, 2010

In this January 2010 photo, human rights activist Floribert Chebeya Bahizire speaks during a seminar in Kinshasa, Congo. Passers-by discovered Bahizire's  body in his car on the outskirts of Kinshasa early June 2, 2010. He appeared to have been strangled, according to the organization he ran, Voix des Sans Voix, or Voice of the Voiceless. (AP Photo/Marcel Shomba Okoka)AP - When police hauled Floribert Chebeya Bahizire in for questioning in March, they made him get down on the floor and held a gun to his head during the…

Iran opposition leader vows to continue struggle (AP)

June 12th, 2010

FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, a supporter of main challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, standing next to a poster of him, whistles as she films the event with her mobile phone, amidst a festive atmosphere at an election rally at the Heidarnia stadium in Tehran, Iran. Friday June 12, 2010 marks the first anniversary of the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Photo by Ben Curtis, File)AP - Iran’s opposition leader has pledged to continue the struggle against the government, despite canceling a mass protest for the anniversary of last June’s disputed presidential election.


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US has uphill struggle in key talks with China (AP)

May 23rd, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton smiles while visiting a Boeing maintenance facility at Shanghai's Pudong Airport, Sunday, May 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Aly Song, Pool)AP - The U.S. hasn’t swayed China yet on the need to punish North Korea and Iran heading into high-level talks between American and Chinese officials on greater security and…

Rescuers struggle to save lives after Chile quake (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Firemen work on a destroyed building in Concepcion, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, after a devastating earthquake struck Chile early Saturday Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Rescuers edged their way toward residents trapped in a toppled apartment block early Sunday and survivors huddled around bonfires in the rubble of their homes as the death…