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Facial recognition in use after London riots

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT


LONDON -- Facial recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a senior police chief told The Associated Press on Thursday, with officers feeding photographs of suspects through ...

Chinook ablaze when it crashed in Afghanistan

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:21 PM PDT


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan children retrieved souvenir-sized pieces of a helicopter shot down by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan where witnesses on Thursday described seeing the chopper burst into flames and break apart before falling from the ...

Britain riot victim gives account of violent attack

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Associated Press
LONDON -- A Malaysian student attacked during London's riots offered an account of his assault Thursday, saying he was shocked as he watched the videotape of thugs rifling through his belongings while he bled on a sidewalk.
Mohamma ...

Parents fleeing famine forced to abandon kids

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT

DADAAB, Kenya -- Wardo Mohamud Yusuf walked for two weeks with her 1-year-old daughter on her back and her 4-year-old son at her side to flee Somalia's drought and famine. When the boy collapsed near the end of the journey, she poured some of the lit ...

Efforts to calm European markets mount, but fail

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:27 PM PDT


PARIS -- French bankers and officials scrambled to calm nerves on Thursday after two days of whipsaw trading that saw their banks' market value fall and rise by billions of euros.
By late in the day those efforts appeared to settle markets jittery ...

FBI aids probe into missing American

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT

ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Aruba has turned to the FBI for help investigating the disappearance of 35-year-old Robyn Gardner of Maryland, an agency spokesman said Thursday as official doubts grew about the story told by the suspect in the case.FBI Special ...

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