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A Masai woman casts her vote at a polling station in Ngong Town, some 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) from Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Aug. 4 2010. Kenya votes on new constitution amid high security
NAIROBI, Kenya-Long lines of voters formed before sunrise in the Kenyan capital early Wednesday, as voters cast ballots on a new constitution that would reduce the powers of the presidency and give... (photo: AP / Sayyid Azim) The Boston Globe
Election   Kenya   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Elections in Kenya
Left to right: Rebeca Grynspan, Deputy General Secretary and Associated Administrator of the United Nations Development Program, UNDP, Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino, Ecuador's Vice President Lenin Moreno and Ecuador's Heritage Coordinator Minister Fernanda Espinosa pose for pictures after signing the Yasuni-ITT Trusteeship in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Ecuador signed Tuesday an unprecedented document for environmental protection according to which the South American country hopes to get contributions from other countries worldwide up to 3.600 US million dollars, in exchange for not extracting oil from the Yusuní area in the Amazon. Ecuador pledges no oil drilling in Amazon reserve
Ecuador has agreed to refrain from drilling for oil in a pristine Amazon rainforest reserve in return for up to $3.6bn (£2.26bn) in payments from rich countries. Under a pioneering agreement signed... (photo: AP / Dolores Ochoa) BBC News
Ecuador   Oil   Photos   Rainforest   Wikipedia: Amazon Rainforest
Firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire near the town of Elektrogorsk, some 88 km (54 miles) east of Moscow, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Forest fires 'out of control' in parts of western Russia
Forest fires threatened to blaze out of control across parts of Russia yesterday and have already left 40 people dead and destroyed a fifth of the country's wheat crop. The fires, prompted by one of... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev) The Independent
Disaster   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: Wildfire   Wildfire
Flood-stricken Pakistanis shove each other as they wait outside a relief center to get food supply on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Mass evacuations as flood threatens to destroy dam
Rising water levels were last night threatening one of Pakistan's largest dams, forcing the authorities to evacuate more people even as raging floods surged south into the country's heartland,... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad) The Independent
Disaster   Floods   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa floods
A Mexican soldier walks near a bullet-riddled police vehicle at the scene where three police officers were killed in Ciudad Juarez, northern Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. The three officers, including the director of operations of the city's Public Safety Department, were shot to death by unidentified gunmen on a street near the U.S. consula Mexico: 28,000 killed in drug violence since 2006
MEXICO CITY (AP): President Felipe Calderon said he would consider a debate on legalizing drugs Tuesday as his government announced that more than 28,000 people have been killed in drug violence since... (photo: AP / Eduardo Verdugo) The Star
Drugs   Mexico   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Mexican Drug War
Lebanese soldiers stand at a checkpoint near a damaged building after an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Beirut urges world community to move against Israeli violations
Lebanon ready to face aggression ‘by all available means’ By Elias Sakr Daily Star staff Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - Powered by... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Daily Star Lebanon
Defence   Israel   Lebanon   Photos   Wikipedia: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701
A Hezbollah supporter, holds a poster of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah with the Arabic words reading: "I always promise victory" during a rally marking the fourth anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, in Beirut's southern suburb, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Nasrallah accuses Israel of killing Hariri, vows to reveal proof next week
By The Daily Star Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - Powered by BEIRUT: Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday openly accused Israel of the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein) Daily Star Lebanon
Hezbollah   Israel   Lebanon   Photos   Wikipedia: Rafic Hariri
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