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Hungary’s version of FBI takes over sludge probe (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 - Police say Hungary’s top investigative agency is taking over the inquiry into the toxic sludge reservoir that burst, flooding several towns in western Hungary and killing at least…

Habsburg heir takes Austria to human rights court (AP)

October 5th, 2010

AP - A descendant of the Habsburgs is taking Austria to the European Court for Human Rights for not allowing him to run for president.

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Hurricane Karl takes aim at Mexican Gulf coast (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Fishermen try to secure their boats as tropical storm Karl arrives in the town of Mahahual, southern Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Karl is expected to quickly weaken into a tropical depression as it slogs across the flat peninsula before heading back out over the Gulf of Mexico, where it could turn into a hurricane by the end of the week and threaten the central Mexican coast. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)AP - Karl reached hurricane force in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday after dumping heavy rain on the Yucatan Peninsula. It was expected to strengthen more before hitting Mexico’s…

Brazil: Air France jet takes off after bomb scare (AP)

July 12th, 2010

An Air France passenger jet sits on the tarmac after making an emergency landing due to a bomb threat in Recife, Brazil, Saturday July 10, 2010. All 405 passengers and 18 crew members were safely evacuated from Air France Flight 443 on Saturday night. The plane is scheduled to take off again Sunday night after no explosive was found on board, according to a company spokesman. (AP Photo/Alexandre Gondim, JC Imagem)AP - An Air France passenger jet resumed its flight from Rio to Paris after a bomb scare triggered an emergency landing in northeastern Brazil. No explosive was found on…

Solar plane takes off for 24-hour test flight (AP)

July 7th, 2010

The solar powered Aircraft 'Solar Impulse' (HB-SIA prototype) stands in the hangar after the the first attempt of a night flight powered by the sun was postponed because a telemetric transceiver does not work at the military airport in Payerne, Switzerland, Thursday, July 1st, 2010. The Swiss team planning to circle the globe in a solar-powered plane has postponed a 24-hour test flight because of this equipment problem. Bertrand Piccard, co-founder of the Solar Impulse team, says he cannot say when the next attempt will be made. But he says the test flight has to happen before the beginning of August because after that the days will be too short to charge the plane's batteries to last through the night. Pilot Andre Borschberg says the problem is down to a German-built piece of measurement equipment. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)AP - An experimental solar-powered plane whose makers hope to one day circle the globe using only energy collected from the sun took off for its first 24-hour test flight…

Exit polls: Komorowski takes Polish presidency (AP)

July 4th, 2010

Bronislaw Komorowski, parliament speaker and acting president, and his wife Anna greet supporters after acknowledging the exit polls of the presidential election runoff in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, July 4, 2010. Exit polls in Poland's presidential election show Komorowski with a very slight edge over the late president's identical twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, with official results not expected until Monday. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash…

Petraeus takes over Afghan fight, vows to win it (AP)

July 4th, 2010

Gen. David Petraeus, the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, second from left,poses with U.S. Marines brass band at the Independence Day celebrations Saturday, July 3, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - Gen. David Petraeus boldly declared “we are in this to win” Sunday as he took command of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan at a time of skepticism…

Iran leader to visit Nigeria as it takes UN post (AP)

July 1st, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he sits at the start of his press conference at the presidency, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 28, 2010. Ahmadinejad said Iran will postpone any talks with the West over its nuclear program until late August to 'punish' world powers for imposing tougher sanctions against Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Nigeria this weekend as the West African nation assumes the rotating presidency of the United Nations’ security council, an Iranian diplomat said…

China takes hands-off approach to labor strikes (AP)

June 25th, 2010

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 22, 2010, workers rest during a strike at the Denso Corp., a Japanese car parts supplier to Toyota Motor Corp., in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province. Toyota said production at the one of its main factories in China remained halted Wednesday because of a strike at the supplier, the latest Chinese labor action to hit the Japanese carmaker in recent weeks. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - When workers at a Honda transmission plant in China went on strike for higher wages last month, they touched off a domino effect of high-profile labor disputes.


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Afghan envoy takes leave ‘amid tensions’ (AFP)

June 21st, 2010

British soldiers walk towards a military helicopter near the Pimon military camp in Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in March 2010. Foreign Secretary William Hague is to review the post of special envoy to Afghanistan, the BBC reported, citing a Foreign Office source, but added the minister had not sacked the envoy and had wanted him to remain in the job.(AFP/Pool/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - The special envoy to Afghanistan has taken extended leave, the government announced, amid reports that he clashed with NATO and US officials over strategy to tackle the Taliban…

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