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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on Wall Street and Financial reform, Thursday, May 20, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.
Economy   Investment   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Economy of the United States  
 The New York Times 
Obama to Call for $50 Billion Spending on Public Works
| WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday is to call for as much as $50 billion in government spending to start up a long-term public works plan emphasizing transportation projects – roads, r... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
An Afghan protester burns a portrait of Dove World Outreach Center's pastor Terry Jones during a demonstration against the United States, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010.
Afghanistan   Islam   Photos   US   Wikipedia: September 11 attacks  
 Independent online 
 Burning Koran angers Afghans
| Kabul - Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church's plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the a... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Meagen Nay, of Australia, competes in the 200-meter freestyle during the Santa Clara International Grand Prix swim meet in Santa Clara, Calif., Saturday, June 13, 2009.  The Daily Telegraph Australia 
Australian swimmers given permission to abandon Commonwealth Games
| AUSTRALIAN swimmers have been given permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games if they are worried about security. | Swimming Australia president David Urquhart said yesterday he had told the team... (photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Australia   Commonwealth Games   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: 2010 Commonwealth Games  
Workers use a jackhammer to remove dangerous brickworks from a damaged building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010 after the city was hit by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake Saturday. The earthquake smashed buildings and wrecked roads and rail lines in the city.  The Daily Telegraph Australia 
Demolition job begins in Christchurch
| IT IS lunchtime in Christchurch and it's as if Matt Preston is walking on the roof of our car. | The shockwave rocks our big Ford from side to side. | Five metres away a shopper is sitting cros... (photo: AP / Rob Griffith)
Disaster   Earthquake   New Zealand   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Canterbury earthquake  
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting with the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. President Dmitry Medvedev urged state-funded banks to "act responsibly" Tuesday, the latest comments by top Russian officials warning that banks might be abusing the government's billion-dollar b ABC News
Russia's Medvedev Forecasts Early Removal of Grain Ban
| By Denis Dyomkin | September 6, 2010 | VORONEZH, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev signaled on Monday Russia's ban on grain exports may be lifted earlier tha... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
Agriculture   Drought   Exports   Photos   Russia  
Sunni leader Saad Hariri and leader of the parliamentary majority speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Speaking for the first time since he was besieged in his residence in Beirut's Muslim sector protected by Lebanese troops, Hariri said he supports canceling the Cabinet decisions that sparked clashes in the country "to save Lebanon The Guardian
Lebanon PM: accusations against Syria were mistake
| BASSEM MROUE | Associated Press Writer= BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's prime minister said he was wrong to accuse Syria of involvement in the 2005 assassination of his fathe... (photo: AP / Ahmad Omar)
Lebanon   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: Rafic Hariri  
Tiger Woods hits his tee shot on the sixth hole during the third round at the Deutsche Bank Championship golf tournament at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass., Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Boston Herald
Tiger Woods seeing red again
| NORTON - If your news of the day on the Watch is limited to sound bites and headlines, it would be easy to simply skip the rest and assume the guy is merely another in ... (photo: AP / Stew Milne)
Golf   Photos   Sport   US   Wikipedia: Tiger Woods  
Eric Besson, French Minister for Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Mutually-Supportive Development addresses the media on the French government's crackdown on Roma, at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. m&c
French minister defends Roma policy at immigration meeting
| Paris - French Immigration Minister Eric Besson again defended his country's much-criticized repatriation of Roma, denying Monday that the ethnic group had suffered mas... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
France   Immigration   Law   Photos   Wikipedia: Romani people  
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gestures to media, as he arrives at parliament house, in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 21, 2008. Indian lawmakers gathered Monday to debate a vote of confidence in the government that will likely determine the fate of the government and civilian nuclear deal with the United States. Singh was forced to call the vote after his communist political allies withdrew their support for the Congress-led coalition to protest the nuclear dea The Times Of India
India must take adequate precaution with regard to China: PM
NEW DELHI: India has to take adequate precautions but not give up hope of peaceful resolution of issues with China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday in reacti... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup)
China   India   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Sino-Indian relations  
Lebanese majority leader lawmaker Saad Hariri speaks during a press conference. The Miami Herald
Lebanon PM: accusations against Syria were mistake
| BEIRUT -- Lebanon's prime minister says it was a mistake to accuse Syria of being behind the 2005 assassination of his father. | The statement is a major turnaround for... (photo: AP / Grace Kassab)
Crime   Lebanon   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Rafic Hariri  
National Hurricane Center, deputy director Ed Rappaport, tracks tropical storm Ida at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. CNN
New tropical storm heads toward Mexico, U.S.
| (CNN) -- A tropical depression in southwestern Gulf of Mexico strengthened into a tropical storm Monday morning, forecasters said. | Tropical Storm Hermine is headed to... (photo: AP / Alan Diaz)
Mexico   Photos   US   Weather   Wikipedia: 2010 Atlantic hurricane season  
A humpback whale jumps at a whale watching point, off Okinawa, southwestern Japan, Tuesday, March 25, 2008. The Guardian
Greenpeace 'Tokyo Two' anti-whaling activists sentenced to jail
| Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki have each been sentenced to one year in prison after intercepting a box of whale meat Two anti-whaling activists have been found guilty of ... (photo: (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) / )
Crime   Japan   Photos   Whaling   Wikipedia: Whaling in Japan  
Malaysian businessman Anson Wong, 52, center with jacket on, walks out from the lockup at a court in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. The Times Of India
Malaysian 'Lizard King' jailed for smuggling snakes
KUALA LUMPUR: A notorious Malaysian wildlife trafficker nicknamed the "Lizard King" was sentenced on Monday to six months in jail for smuggling snakes, a penalty activist... (photo: AP)
Malaysia   Photos   Smuggling   Wikipedia: Wildlife smuggling   Wildlife  
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