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Palestinians wait on decision to quit peace talks (AP)

September 27th, 2010

Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, unseen, delivers a speech during a meeting at the Elysee Palace Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 in Paris. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israel must choose between peace or settlements as Israel's 10-month settlement construction slowdown expired. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - The Palestinian president said Monday he would wait at least a week before deciding whether to quit Mideast peace talks, giving U.S. mediators precious time to broker a…

Many desperate Pakistanis still wait for flood aid (AP)

September 4th, 2010

A Pakistani family displaced by floods prepares to cross a flooded road as the rain falls,  in Shah Jamal village, Muzaffargarh district, Punjab Province, Pakistan, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. More than 3 million people have yet to receive desperately needed food aid, according to the U.N., and the Pakistani government says nearly 1 million people have received no help of any sort. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be.


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Supplies reach Chilean miners; now, the long wait (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

Chile's President Sebastian third from left, accompanied by miners' relatives and Chile's Mining Minister Lourence Golbourne, right, celebrates after knowing that 33 miners, trapped in a collapsed mine, were found alive in Copiapo, northern  Chile. The miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed. (AP Photo/Hector Retamal)AP - Trapped nearly half a mile inside the earth and facing perhaps four months before rescue, 33 Chilean miners began accepting food, water and oxygen from above ground Monday…

Gates: Military exercise with South Korea may wait (AP)

June 4th, 2010

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. and South Korea may wait to hold new joint military exercises until the United Nations considers accusations that North Korea…