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Mexico’s drug war takes growing toll on Americans (AP)

March 20th, 2010

Mexican Navy marines stand next to a helicopter after detained members of a drug cartel were shown to the press in Monterrey, Mexico, Friday March 19, 2010. According to the Navy, the men were in possesion of assorted weapons, ammunition, military uniforms, and communications gear. In the foreground a military uniform shows an embroidered patch of the Gulf Cartel criminal organization.(AP Photo)AP - More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by the recent killing of a U.S. Consulate…

Death toll climbs to 17 in spate of Baghdad blasts (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Hospital patient Coka Khudhyer, 72, attached to an oxygen tube, displays her inked finger after casting her vote at Al-Fayha hospital in Basra, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Early voting in Iraq for detainees, hospital patients and military and security personnel is taking place Thursday, ahead of the parliamentary elections on Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - A string of blasts across the Iraqi capital targeting voters killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast…

Europe storm death toll at 62; France hardest hit (AP)

March 1st, 2010

A car lies on the beach of Chatelaillon sur Mer, near La Rochelle, western France, Monday March 1, 2010, following yesterday's deadly storm, named Xynthia, that hit most parts of France.  Prime Minister Francois Fillon held an emergency cabinet meeting and afterward called the storm a 'national catastrophe.' (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Thousands of firefighters and other rescue workers searched house by house Monday along France’s devastated Atlantic coast, trying to help those still stranded by a storm that smashed…

Chile quake death toll over 700 as rescue ramps up (AP)

March 1st, 2010

A man carries goods during looting in a supermarket in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/ Aliosha Marquez)AP - Police fired tear gas and imposed an overnight curfew to control looters who sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city as Chile’s earthquake toll surpassed 700. President…

Death toll hits 53 as storms lash Europe (AFP)

March 1st, 2010

View taken in La Rochelle, western France, shows a van crushed by a tree. Hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain lashed western Europe, leaving at least 53 people dead and more than a million households without power.(AFP/Xavier Leoty)AFP - Hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain lashed western Europe, leaving at least 53 people dead and more than a million households without power.


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Chile quake death toll hits 708 as rescue ramps up (AP)

February 28th, 2010

People look at a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile’s shattered streets Sunday as rescuers braved aftershocks digging for survivors and the government sent soldiers to quell looting. The death toll climbed…

Chile appeals for aid as quake toll surpasses 700 (AP)

February 28th, 2010

A woman stands in front of a damaged house after an earthquake in Pelluhue, some 322 kms, about 200 miles, southwest of Santiago, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Chile’s president sent the army to help police attack looting on Sunday and appealed for international help in the wake of an earthquake that shattered cities and killed at…