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- Al-Qaida dealt blow with another death
- May was deadliest month for Afghan civilians
- Germany: Worst of outbreak likely over
- Libyan rebels battle for oil port
- Illegal gold mines damaging Amazon
- Activists battle with tuna fishermen in Mediterranean
| Al-Qaida dealt blow with another death Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya -- The al-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was killed this week at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu by Somali forces who didn't immediately realize he was the most wanted man in East A ... |
| May was deadliest month for Afghan civilians Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- May was the deadliest month for Afghan civilians since the United Nations started tracking deaths in 2007, according to a report released Saturday. The carnage continued, with bombs killing 21 people nationwide -- including a fa ... |
| Germany: Worst of outbreak likely over Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT HAMBURG, Germany -- Germany's health minister says he's hopeful that the worst of an E. coli outbreak blamed on sprouts is over -- but he is warning that the number of deaths, now at 33, may still increase.Minister Daniel Bahr's comments came after h ... |
| Libyan rebels battle for oil port Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT ZAWIYA, Libya -- Libyan rebels battled their way back into a major oil port just 30 miles west of Tripoli on Saturday, forcing Moammar Gadhafi's troops to close the vital coast highway and key supply route from Tunisia. The renewed rebel offensive ... |
| Illegal gold mines damaging Amazon Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT DELTA 1, Peru -- A gold rush that accelerated with the onset of the 2008 global recession is compounding the woes of the Amazon basin, laying waste to Peruvian rain forest and spilling tons of toxic mercury into the air and water. With gold's pric ... |
| Activists battle with tuna fishermen in Mediterranean Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT ABOARD THE STEVE IRWIN -- Tuna fishermen battled environmentalists on the Mediterranean, hurling heavy links of chain at them as the environmentalists attempted to disrupt illegal tuna fishing under the no-fly zone north of Libya on Saturday. The ... |
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