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Deadly clashes as Morocco storms Western Sahara camp (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

Reuters - Clashes between security forces and protesters in Western Sahara killed several people on Monday after Moroccan authorities stormed the site of the disputed territory’s biggest anti-government protest in…

Security tightened at schools in western China (AP)

October 25th, 2010

In this Oct. 19, 2010 photo released by Free Tibet on Friday Oct. 22, 2010, Tibetan students gather in protest on the streets of Tongren in western China's Qinghai province. Tibetan students in western China marched in protest of unconfirmed plans to use the Chinese language exclusively in classes, teachers said Wednesday Oct, an unusually bold challenge to authorities which reflects a deep unease over what is being seen as the marginalization of the cultural heritage in the region. (AP Photo/Free Tibet) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Security was tightened Monday at schools in western China following demonstrations last week by students who marched to protest reported plans to impose Chinese as the main language…

Iran restricts social sciences seen as ‘Western’ (AP)

October 24th, 2010

AP - Iran has imposed new restrictions on 12 university social sciences deemed to be based on Western schools of thought and therefore incompatible with Islamic teachings, state radio reported…

UN office attacked in western Afghanistan (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Italian soldiers on guard in Herat city in 2009. The United Nations office in the western Afghan city of Herat came under armed attack on Saturday, officials said.(AFP/File/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - A United Nations office was attacked Saturday in western Afghanistan, officials said.


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Small-town mayor stoned to death in western Mexico (AP)

September 27th, 2010

Unidentified alleged gunmen stand next to seized guns and drugs during a presentation to the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. According to the army, the suspects were arrested during an operation with the police in which guns, marijuana and cars were seized. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - A small-town mayor and an aide were found stoned to death Monday in a drug-plagued western state, the fifth city leader to be slain in Mexico since mid-August.


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Bomb attack kills 10 people in western Iran (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

AP - A bomb exploded at a military parade in northwestern Iran on Wednesday, killing 10 spectators in an attack that one official blamed on Kurdish separatists who have fought…

New Western concerns over Iran’s nuclear program (AP)

September 15th, 2010

AP - The United States, Britain and France expressed growing concern Wednesday that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program and developing ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.

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Alex blows into hurricane strength in western Gulf (AP)

June 30th, 2010

This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows a band of clouds stretching from the East Coast and across the Southeast.  A stationary front hovers over the region, while strong onshore flow from the Gulf pushes in warm and moist air.  This brings scattered storms to the region.  Meanwhile, to the south, thick clouds cover the Gulf of Mexico, produced by Tropical Storm Alex.  While this storm has not yet reached hurricane strength, it continues creating organized storms that are expected to intensify as it moves over the warm waters of the Gulf.  The system will make landfall near Rio Grande by Wednesday evening, thus spreading severe storms with strong winds and heavy rains over southern Texas and the Gulf states.(AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Alex has become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and is churning through the western Gulf, taking aim at the Mexico-Texas border and far away from the…

Western troops march on Red Square for Victory Day (AP)

May 9th, 2010

AP - U.S., French and British troops strode across Red Square for the first time Sunday in a Victory Day parade marked both by the usual impressive display of Russia’s…

‘Massive’ ash cloud closing western Irish airports (AP)

May 7th, 2010

A plume of ash rises from a volcano erupting under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, Hvolsvollur, Iceland, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. A new wave of dense volcanic ash from Iceland snarled air traffic Wednesday in Ireland and Scotland and threatened to spill into the air space of England. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - Iceland’s volcano has produced a 1,000-mile-wide (1,600 kilometer-wide) ash cloud off the west coast of Ireland that will force western Irish airports to shut down again Friday, the…