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A Chinese police man on a segway patrols the area near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Friday, March 4, 2011. Chinese police are further intensifying pressure on foreign reporters, warning them to stay away from these designated spots and threatening them with expulsion or a revoking of their credentials.
Bank   Business   China   China   Photos
 The Wichita Eagle 
Chinese investor defends plan for Iceland resort
Fri 2 Sep 2011
BEIJING - Iceland is having a China crisis. Devastated by a banking collapse, the North Atlantic nation welcomed a Chinese real estate tycoon's plan to buy a remote, treeless tract of wilderness for a... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
This file photo made from video provided by the Israeli Defense Force on May 31, 2010 shows what the IDF says is one of several commandos being dropped onto the Mavi Marmara ship by helicopter in the Mediterranean Sea.
Gaza   Israel   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid
 BBC News 
Turkey expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza flotilla row
Fri 2 Sep 2011
Turkey is to expel the Israeli ambassador after details emerged of a UN report into last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla. Officials in Ankara said it was also suspending all remaining... (photo: AP / Israel Defense Force)
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a news conference at Rome's Chigi Palace premier office, Wednesday, March 24, 2010  The Independent  Fri 2 Sep 2011
Man who 'provided women' for Berlusconi is held for blackmail
The businessman who allegedly supplied Silvio Berlusconi with women for his parties in Rome and Sardinia has been arrested on charges of blackmailing the Italian premier. Giampaolo Tarantini, 34, and... (photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca)
Berlusconi   Italy   Photos   Rome   Wikipedia: Silvio Berlusconi
Uruguay's Diego Forlan, left, celebrates after scoring in a penalty shootout as Argentina's goalkeeper Sergio Romero reacts during a Copa America quarterfinal soccer match in Santa Fe, Argentina, Saturday, July 16, 2011.  The Independent  Fri 2 Sep 2011
Forlan moves to Inter, but rest of Europe quiet on transfer D-day
The madness of the transfer window appears not to afflict continental Europe quite as virulently as England and there were few major deals concluded this week. Diego Forlan's Euro5m (£4.43m) switch... (photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko)
England   Europe   Inter Milan   Photos   Wikipedia: Diego Forlán
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File - An unidentified Laotian explosives clearance technician uses a metal detector to hunt for cluster bombs Wednesday, May 28, 1997, near the village of Sam Neua, Laos, in the northeastern province of Houaphan. Scoop Fri 2 Sep 2011
Govt urged to rein in financial investments in cluster bombs
Friday, 2 September 2011, 10:40 am Press Release: Cluster Munitions Coalition Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition Government urged to rein in financial... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)
Human Rights   N Zealand   Photos   Weapons   Wikipedia: Cluster bomb
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, talks with Libyan National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Sept.1, 2011. The Star Thu 1 Sep 2011
Gaddafi vows to fight, Libya conference begins
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi, driven into hiding by his foes, on Thursday urged his supporters to fight on, even as Libya's new interim rulers met world leaders to... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
Libya   Nato   Photos   War   Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan civil war
A woman enters a euro discount store in south Dublin, Ireland, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Ireland's banks will be pruned down, merged or sold as part of a massive EU-IMF bailout, the government says as a shellshocked nation comes to grips with its failure to protect its financial institutions. The Guardian Thu 1 Sep 2011
Europe rejects IMF call for more bank capital
* IMF sees 200 bln euro capital shortfall at Europe banks -source * German bank association BdB says IMF comments inappropriate * French government sees French banks no... (photo: AP / Peter Morrison)
Business   Euro   Europe   IMF   Photos
US Dollar - Currency The Times of India Thu 1 Sep 2011
World stocks fall as Europe data looks weak
LONDON: Financial markets kicked off September in a cautious mood on Thursday with European stocks lower and world equities struggling to keep up what would be a five-day... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Economy   Europe   London   Photos   Wikipedia: European Central Bank
China's President Hu Jintao delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing, Monday, May 24, 2010. Khaleej Times Thu 1 Sep 2011
China top paper warns West to let UN lead in Libya
BEIJING - China's top official newspaper warned Western powers to let the United Nations lead post-war reconstruction in Libya, saying on Thursday that Beijing would seek... (photo: AP / Jason Lee, Pool)
China   Leaders   Libya   Libya   Photos
Frankfurt Airport serves as a hub city for Lufthansa and receives flights from Star Alliance carriers. An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. The Boston Globe Thu 1 Sep 2011
Suspect confesses to killing 2 US airmen in German airport
FRANKFURT - A Kosovo Albanian man confessed yesterday to killing two US airmen at the Frankfurt airport, saying in emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he... (photo: Creative Commons / Upon a tree)
Frankfurt   Germany   Kosovo   Kosovo   Photos


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