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Bighorn type 2 fire fighters mop up hot spots on the south end of the Waldo Canyon Fire, Colorado Springs June 29, 2012. This US summer is 'what global warming looks like'
WASHINGTON-If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating... (photo: FEMA / Michael Rieger) The Boston Globe
Climate   Disaster   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Climate Change
UK. BARCLAYS bank. Feb. 2, 2009 Bob Diamond quits as Barclays chief
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned in the wake of the Libor scandal. Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned from Barclays in the wake of the Libor scandal. Diamond as... (photo: WN / marzena) Citywire
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Syrian protesters carry a long syrian flag while shouting anti presidential slogans against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a protest march organised by the syrian citizens in Bucharest Sept. 2, 2011. Syria-Turkey tension: Assad 'regrets' F-4 jet's downing
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told a Turkish newspaper he regrets "100 per cent" that a Turkish jet... (photo: AP / Octav Ganea) BBC News
Mideast   Photos   Syria   Turkey   Wikipedia: Syria–Turkey relations
A blindfolded activist, opposed to the Syrian government, participates in a sit-in in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, to protest against Syria's use of torture on prisoners, according to the protest group. Syria running 27 torture centres: rights group
(Note graphic details) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Syrian intelligence agencies are running torture centres across the country where detainees are beaten with batons and cables, burned with acid, sexually... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein) The Star
Human Rights   Photos   Syria   Torture   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jerry Wolfe of Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, talks with a man from a local village while on patrol with Afghan National Army Soldiers in Sabari, Khowst Province, Afghanistan, April 13, 2010. Terror of 'incorruptible' Afghan who turned his gun on British troops
In a matter of seconds three soldiers lay dead while a fourth was wounded. Their attacker, an Afghan man in a police uniform, was also shot but survived and is currently under guard until he can be... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander) The Independent
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
The GlaxoSmithKline headquarters are seen in west London, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3B for health fraud
TRENTON, N.J. — British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 billion in fines — the largest heathcare fraud settlement in U.S. history — for criminal and civil violations involving... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori) Dayton Daily News
Fraud   Glaxosmithkline   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: GlaxoSmithKline
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