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Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued.
Disaster   Oil   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon explosion
 The New York Times 
Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes
Thu 2 Sep 2010
NEW ORLEANS — An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning, injuring one worker, the United States Coast Guard said. The rig was located just west of where another rig... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, before attending their direct talks aimed at peace in the Middle East.
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
 The Star 
Israel, Palestinians launch direct peace talks
Thu 2 Sep 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations on Thursday, sitting down for U.S.-brokered talks even as hard-liners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal.... (photo: AP / Jason Reed, Pool)
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.  The New York Times  Thu 2 Sep 2010
Gates Lands in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan. It... (photo: AP / Jim Watson, Pool)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
President Barack Obama stands with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East peace George Mitchell as he makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.  BBC News  Thu 2 Sep 2010
Barack Obama urges Mid-East leaders to take opportunity
US President Barack Obama has urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders not to let the chance of a permanent peace deal "slip away".... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Mideast   Peace   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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Paramedics move a stretcher near Discovery Channel network building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The Times of India Wed 1 Sep 2010
US hostage crisis over: Gunman shot, 3 people freed
SILVER SPRING: Police shot a gunman and safely freed the three people he had taken hostage Wednesday in a four-hour standoff at the Discovery Channel headquarters outside... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Media   Photos   Police   US   Wikipedia: Discovery Channel
In this TV grab taken from a video released by Chile's government on Tuesday, Aug. 31, miners react inside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile. Thirty-three miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. Inquirer Wed 1 Sep 2010
Miners' morale leaps as Chile rescue drill inches closer
COPIAPO—The morale of 33 miners trapped in Chile soared Wednesday after music and hot meals were supplied, and NASA added its experience to keeping them healthy while a... (photo: AP / Chile's Government Video)
Accident   Chile   Mining   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Copiapó mining accident
This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Earl, lower right, acquired at 1:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Inquirer Wed 1 Sep 2010
Evacuations start as US braces for Hurricane Earl
MIAMI—US authorities ordered the evacuation Wednesday of thousands of tourists and residents in North Carolina as Hurricane Earl, the strongest Atlantic storm of 2010,... (photo: AP / NASA)
Emergency   Hurricane   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Hurricane Earl (2010)
People carry an injured person after explosions during a Shiite Muslim procession in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, killing 18 people and wounding at least 150 others. The explosions appeared to be the latest in a string of attacks by Sunni extremists against the minority Shiites they consider infidels. The Times of India Wed 1 Sep 2010
Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore blasts
ISLAMABAD: The banned Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan today claimed responsibility for three blasts, including two carried out by suicide attackers, on a Shia procession in... (photo: AP / Hamza Ahmed)
Pakistan   Photos   Taliban   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
US Vice President Joe Biden, left, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, centre, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen, right, stand while the US National Anthem is played during the United States Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad on Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010, as a new US military mission in Iraq was launched ending seven years of combat. The Australian Wed 1 Sep 2010
US launches new Iraq mission
US Vice-President Joe Biden launched a new American military mission in Iraq overnight, opening up a fresh phase in a seven-year deployment that has cost the lives of... (photo: AP / Jim Watson Pool))
Iraq   Military   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Iraq War
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... (photo: AP / Nastasya Tay)
Mozambique   Photos   Police   Protests   Wikipedia: Mozambique
In this May 1, 2003 file photo, President Bush gives a "thumbs-up" sign after declaring the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast. WorldNews.com Wed 1 Sep 2010
The Unraveling of Military Strategies, Thinking and Nations
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. If President Barack Obama was true to his campaign pledge in ending the war in Iraq, he would have delivered his... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Iraq   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–present


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