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Vehicles are submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Superstorm Sandy: 13 people killed, millions without power in United States
At least 13 people have been killed in the US and millions are without power after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline and hurled a record-breaking 13ft surge of seawater at New... (photo: AP / John Minchillo) Belfast Telegraph
Hurricane   Photos   Disaster   US   Wikipedia: Hurricane Sandy
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, front left, speak during a news conference following their meeting in Algiers, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. U.S. Pushes Algeria to Support Military Intervention in Mali
ALGIERS, Algeria -- The United States joined France in a diplomatic lobbying campaign Monday to win key Algerian support for an emergency military intervention in northern Mali, where al-Qaida-linked... (photo: AP / SAUL LOEB) Richmond Times Dispatch
Al Qaida   Algeria   Mali   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Northern Mali conflict
A Sailor walks through a flooded parking lot during Hurricane Sandy at the Naval Air Station Oceana Police Department to report for duty Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy: The hidden costs
The full impact from the huge storm Sandy, which was downgraded from a hurricane late on Monday, is yet to be known, and the full financial cost may be difficult to calculate. Damage totalling $10bn... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 Antonio P. Turretto Ramos) BBC News
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Second haircut for Greece will be unavoidable Second haircut for Greece will be unavoidable
In spring, private creditors were forced to cancel some of Greece's debt. Now, eurozone nations themselves have been asked to make a second haircut happen - to the chagrin of the German finance... (photo: European Community / EC) Deutsche Welle
Debt   Eurozone   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greece
Palestinians filling plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah. -- The Israeli blockade on Gaza has made life more difficult for the inhabitants of the camp. Unemployment levels have increased dramatically, with a large proportion of the residents relying on UNRWA's nutritional and financial assistance. Israel is an apartheid state (no poll required)
A poll of Jewish Israelis published last week in Ha'aretz newspaper created headlines round the world with its findings of support among the public for discriminatory policies. Some greeted the... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Al Jazeera
Human Rights   Israel   Palestine   Photos   Wikipedia: Israel and the apartheid analogy
Greek president expresses optimism for climbing out of debt crisis Greek president expresses optimism for climbing out of debt crisis
ATHENS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Greek President Karolos Papoulias said on Sunday he was confident that his debt-ridden country will overcome the current economic crisis which threatens it with chaotic... (photo: EC / EU) CNTV
Debt   EU   Greek   Photos   Wikipedia: Greece
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