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A protesting truck driver hold a Greek flag as he protests in front of Riot police outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, on Friday, July 30, 2010.
Economy   Greece   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: 2010 European sovereign debt crisis		  The Guardian 
Greece turns to military to restore fuel supplies
Fri 30 Jul 2010
DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press Writer= ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece said Friday it will use military trucks, navy vessels and commandeered fuel tankers to restore gasoline supplies cut by a strike... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)
Sunflower fields of Phatthana Nikhom
Hearing   Photos   Plant   Power   Sunflower		  Kansas City Star 
Hearings set for Monday on Sunflower power plant permit
Fri 30 Jul 2010
More News Two public hearing will be held Monday in Overland Park to allow comments on a permit for the proposed Sunflower coal-fired power plant near Holcomb, Kan. The Sunflower Electric Power Corp.... (photo: Creative Commons / Ahoerstemeier)
People bring flowers and candles to the tomb of the late former Philippine president Corazon ' Cory' Aquino.  Inquirer  Fri 30 Jul 2010
'People Power People' remembers Cory Aquino
MANILA, Philippines—To commemorate the first death anniversary of former President Corazon Aquino and to celebrate her life, various activities are being held in Metro Manila. Civil society groups... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Celebrated   Corazon   Philippines   Photos   Remembers
Crowds cheer as two men embrace each other on the steps of City Hall after the first same-sex couple was legally married by Mayor Gavin Newsom in San Francisco, Monday, June 16, 2008. Couples readied their formal wear, local licensing clerks expanded their office hours and religious conservatives warned of a backlash as California became the second U.S. state to sanction same-sex marriage  Huffington Post  Fri 30 Jul 2010
First Argentine Couple Weds Under New Gay Marriage Law
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — After a 27-year courtship, two men on Friday became the first gay couple to wed under Argentina's historic same-sex marriage law – the first of its kind for a... (photo: AP / Eric Risberg)
Argentine   Law   Marriage   Photos   Same-sex
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British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott leaves 10 Downing Street after a meeting with the Prime Minister Tony Blair, London, Wednesday, May 9, 2007. The Star Fri 30 Jul 2010
UK former deputy PM doubted Iraq WMD intelligence
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deputy prime minister at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq said on Friday he had doubts about intelligence that Saddam Hussein possessed... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
Britain   Iraq   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Iraq Inquiry
French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in Grenoble, French Alps, Friday, July 30, 2010. The Star Fri 30 Jul 2010
France's Sarkozy cracks down on crime, immigrants
GRENOBLE/PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed tough measures on Friday to fight crime, delinquency and illegal immigration as he looks to shore up his... (photo: AP / Laurent Cipriani)
Crime   France   Immigrants   Photos   Wikipedia: Nicolas Sarkozy
Pakistani rescue workers take a break as they search for evidence and victims at the site of Wednesday's deadly plane crash, in the mountains surrounding Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The New York Times Fri 30 Jul 2010
Search Resumes After Pakistan Plane Crash
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the first time since Wednesday’s airplane crash that killed 152 people, rescue workers continued the search for body parts and the... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)
Aviation   Disaster   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Airblue Flight 202
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Gulf News Fri 30 Jul 2010
Chavez seeks legitimisation
On July 16, shortly after midnight, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reached back in time. He presided at the exhumation of the remains of Simon Bolivar — Latin... (photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos)
Chavez   Photos   Politics   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Hugo Chávez
An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues. The New York Times Fri 30 Jul 2010
Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
NICE — In years past, Africa was always the outsiders’ cornucopia, the font of gold and diamonds, slaves and minerals, cotton and rubber and, more latterly,... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Africa   Corruption   Photos   Politics   Resources
Members of the Communist-affiliated PAME labor group stand behind a banner as they have blockaded the Athens Stock Market to protest government austerity measures aimed at tackling Greece's debt crisis in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. The New York Times Fri 30 Jul 2010
Greece and the Power of Negative Thinking
Once the cradle of European civilization, Greece is now at the epicenter of Europe’s economic crisis. The now-fading consensus in the market and among... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)
Economic Crisis   Europe   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 European sovereign debt crisis


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British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg delivers a speech setting out the Government's plans for political reform at the City and Islington College in London Wednesday May 19, 2010. UK's deputy chief plans civil liberties drive The Press Democrat
President Barack Obama waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, as he departed for a day on the road to promote his health care agenda. Obama is traveling to Warren, Ohio and Pittsburgh, to talk about health care reform, then on to a fundraiser in Philadelphia for Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., who is facing reelection in Pennsylvania. Afflictions of liberty The Guardian
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A member of a Romany association, Alice Januel, displays an official document which authorizes French Romanies to travel with their caravan, during a press conference with members of different French Roma associations in Saint Ouen north of Paris, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Sarkozy Toughens on Illegal Roma The New York Times
In this Friday, April 23, 2010 file photo, a 31-year-old French veiled woman, no name released, addresses the media in Nantes, western France. Qaeda's Zawahri condemns France, Yemen clerics - Web The Star
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Sahara desert, Egypt. As Deaths in Desert Soar, an Arizona Morgue Grows Crowded The New York Times
President Barack Obama makes a statement about Iran, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington. Why Do Some Republicans Want to 'Restore' the 'Original' 13th Amendment? Answer: Obama Newsvine
Filipino boxing great and a congressional candidate for the lone province of Sarangani Manny Pacquiao casts his vote at a polling precinct in Sarangani province in southern Philippines in the country's first ever automated presidential elections Monday, May 10, 2010. Scattered violence, long lines and glitches in the vote-counting machines used for the first time failed to dissuade millions of Filipinos from casting ballot in Monday's polls, seeking a clean start after a decade of corruption-tainted politics. (AP Photo) (Photos) Rep. Manny Pacquiao's first day in Congress The Examiner
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