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A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country.
Economy   Mozambique   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Mozambique		  The Star 
Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
Thu 2 Sep 2010
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's government deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital as angry protesters blocked roads and looted shops on Thursday, the second day of riots caused by soaring... (photo: AP / Nastasya Tay)
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal E a
America   Help   Paris   Photos   Wikipedia: Airport		  Star Tribune 
US officers take up posts at Paris airport to help screen America-bound passengers
Thu 2 Sep 2010
PARIS - American officers are taking up posts at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport to help identify potential terrorists or other high-risk passengers heading to the United States. Officers from the... (photo: Public Domain / Rachelarnold)
File - Tony Blair, Representative of the Middle East Quartet (European Union, Russian Federation, United Nations and United States), addresses a press conference on the meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee for Assistance to the Palestinian Authority.  Al Jazeera  Thu 2 Sep 2010
Blair 'cried for Iraq war victims'
Tony Blair, Britain's former prime minister, said he did not foresee the "nightmare" that unfolded in Iraq and wept for the war's victims, in memoirs released on Wednesday. The war-time leader... (photo: UN / Cia Pak)
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Tyres burn in a street , Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010 in Maputo, Mozambique after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. State television said that six people were killed in the clashes.  Hartford Courant  Wed 1 Sep 2010
Mozambique police fire at crowds protesting high prices; 7 dead
MAPUTO, (AP) — Police opened fire Wednesday on stone-throwing mobs who were protesting rising prices, killing seven people as the U.N. noted that international food prices have risen to their... (photo: AP / Nastasya Tay)
Mozambique   Photos   Police   Protests   Wikipedia: Mozambique
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Pakistani Army deploy with small boat searching for survivors near Sajawal, Sindh province, southern Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained. Asia Times Wed 1 Sep 2010
Pakistan's military rises to the fore
     Sep 2, 2010 Pakistan's military rises to the fore... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian)
Floods   Military   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods
A Kashmiri man looks at a photograph of women scuffling with policemen during a protest, posted on a Facebook page in an Internet cafe in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Asia Times Wed 1 Sep 2010
Kashmiri youth wage online struggle
     Sep 2, 2010 Kashmiri youth wage online struggle... (photo: AP / Altaf Qadri)
India   Kashmir   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Kashmir conflict
Glenn Beck, center, holds hands with faith leaders at the "Restoring Honor" rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. WorldNews.com Wed 1 Sep 2010
Waiting for Glenn Beck's Great Awakening
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. I for one cannot wait until Glenn Beck's Great Awakening sweeps America, that is, if it is true to the First and... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
Photos   Politics   Religion   US   Wikipedia: Glenn Beck
Fidel Castro speaks during a special session of parliament in his first official government appearance in front of lawmakers in four years in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. The Independent Wed 1 Sep 2010
Castro admits persecution of gays in 1960s was 'unjust'
Fidel Castro took the blame for a wave of homophobia launched by his revolutionary government in the 1960s, but said it happened because he was distracted by other... (photo: AP / Javier Galeano)
Cuba   Human Rights   Photos   Sexuality   Wikipedia: Fidel Castro
Academy awarding winning Actor Ben Affleck greets Sailors and Marines on the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The New York Times Wed 1 Sep 2010
It's Another Ride for Ben Affleck, Filmmaker-Star
LOS ANGELES — In the glory days of the 1990s, Ben Affleck and his friend Matt Damon, a couple of struggling actors, startled Hollywood by writing brilliantly... (photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate Airman Milosz Reterski.)
Affleck   Couple   Filmmaker   Photos   Project
Children Star Tribune Tue 31 Aug 2010
New federal data reveals sharp drop in number of US children in foster care
NEW YORK - The number of U.S. children in foster care has dropped 8 percent in just one year, and more than 20 percent in the past decade, according to new federal... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Children   Data   Decade   Photos   Wikipedia: Children


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War on Terror
This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him. US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register NZ Herald
A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 200 The risks of withdrawal loom Gulf News
Demonstrators hold up signs during a news conference on the step of New York's City Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. More than 50 leaders of Muslim organizations in New York City are defending plans by developers to build an Islamic community center near ground zero. Muslim groups support N.Y. mosque, decry hostility USA Today
People mourn the deaths of Wednesday's blast victims during their funeral in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack Asia Times
Amnesty International
More Officials Slam Amnesty International Report All Africa
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Women Women in Tech: What to Do Now The New York Times
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the new START Treaty. Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks Lexington Herald-Leader
A reactor building of Iran´s Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. Iran and Ru Iran threat may spur Middle East peace talks Gulf News
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