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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Philip Arnold, squadron leader of the California Army National Guard?s 40th Infantry Division?s Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) Security Forces Platoon, guides vehicles in the Marawara district days after a U.S. offensive against Taliban and al Qaeda forces in Kunar province, Afghanistan, July 1, 2010.
Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
 The New York Times 
Taliban Exploit Openings in Neglected Province
| PUL-I-KUMRI, Afghanistan — Almost unnoticed, this strategic northern province is slipping away from government control. Multimedia Slide Show Taliban Make Inroads in Strategic Province Eros Ho... (photo: USAF / Senior Airman Nathan Lipscomb)
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India   Photos   Politics   West Bengal   Wikipedia: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee  
 The Hindu 
Uproar in Assembly over Buddhadeb's absence
| Special Correspondent | Chief Minister's presence not required for debate on motion: Speaker | Trinamool says motion will not be moved in Chief Minister's absence | Kolkata: There was uproar in the ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Ike Thacker, center, holds a sign as he joins others in protesting the Arizona immigration law outside the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, July 29, 2010.  The Star 
Weakened Arizona immigrant rules still draw protests
| PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona brought in a weakened anti-immigration law on Thursday after a U.S. court blocked its most intrusive provisions and analysts said the court ruling would stall similar tou... (photo: AP / Ed Reinke)
Arizona   Immigration   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Arizona SB 1070  
Das Buerogebaeude der Siemens AG fuer IT Operations und Industrial Services in Erlangen, aufgenommen am Montag, 13. August 2007.  The New York Times 
Siemens and VW Surge on Roaring Demand From China
| FRANKFURT — Germany continued to show surprising strength Thursday as a drop in unemployment, coupled along with better-than-expected profit at two of the country’s biggest manufacturers... (photo: AP / Andreas Beil)
Business   Economy   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 European sovereign debt crisis  
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, people wait to board trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, China. The New York Times
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
| With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life ... (photo: AP)
Economy   Infrastructure   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Population growth  
Green Zone checkpoint in Baghdad The New York Times
Body of Second Missing Sailor Recovered in Afghanistan
| KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States military has recovered the body of the second of two American sailors abducted last week in a dangerous region south of Kab... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Afghanistan   Military   NATO   Photos   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
** FILE ** In this May 9, 2008 file photo, a pedestrian walks past the Citigroup Center building in New York. The New York Times
Citigroup Said to Pay $75 Million in Subprime Case
| Citigroup has agreed to pay $75 million to settle federal claims that it failed to disclose vast holdings of subprime mortgage investments that crippled the bank during... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer, file)
Banking   Investment   Photos   SEC   Wikipedia: Citigroup  
President Barack Obama addresses the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. The New York Times
Obama Takes On Critics of Education Plan
| WASHINGTON — Saying that reforming education is perhaps “the economic issue of our time,” President Obama went before a major civil rights organizatio... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Education   Obama   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Iraqis inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A bomb planted near a state-run bank killed and injured several people in the eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City police said. The New York Times
Iraqi Insurgents Plant Qaeda Flag in Baghdad
| BAGHDAD — In a brazen late-afternoon attack in the heart of this city’s most prominent Sunni neighborhood, gunmen attacked two police checkpoints on Thursda... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Al Qaida   Defence   Iraq   Photos   Wikipedia: Civil war in Iraq  
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, ahead of the central bank's meeting on interest rates and assessment of the country's financial and economic troubles. Stocks pulled well off their lows Tuesday as the financial sector partially recovered from Wall Street's worst session in years and as investors grew hopeful about a Federal Reserve interest rate cut. The Dow Jones industrial average traded in a wide range, sometimes dropping more than 100 after a 500-point slide on Mond The New York Times
Fed Member's Deflation Warning Hints at Policy Shift
| WASHINGTON — A subtle but significant shift appears to be occurring within the Federal Reserve over the course of monetary policy, amid increasing signs that the ... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Economy   Federal Reserve   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deflation  
 David Cameron, leader of Britain´s Conservative Party waves to the audience beside his wife Samantha after he delivers his keynote speech on the last day of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, England. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. The annua The New York Times
Outspoken British PM Embroiled in Diplomatic Rows
| Filed at 3:21 p.m. ET | LONDON (AP) -- In just a few days, new Prime Minister David Cameron has openly declared Britain is no more than the ''junior partner'' of the U.... (photo: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Cameron   Diplomatic   London   Photos   Wikipedia: David Cameron  
 Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, who carried the flag of communist Cuba and wore a T-shirt saying "Stop Bush".na0 CNN
This is not the end for Diego Maradona
| Editor's Note: Jimmy Burns is the author of the biography "The Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona." | (CNN) -- Much of Diego Maradona's life has seemed to play out... (photo: WN / nilufer)
Argentina   Life   Maradona   Photos   Play  
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