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People evacuate from Santa Ana Mixta, Guatemala, Monday Sept. 6, 2010. At least 44 people have died after days of torrential rains.

photo: AP / Moises Castillo

Guatemala resumes flood rescue work
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Rescue efforts have resumed in flood-stricken Guatemala, while forecasters predict more rain which officials say may hamper search and rescue operations. A brief window of good weather on Monday allowed the search for victims and surviors of the worst flooding the country has seen in 60 years. At least 44 people have been...

People shout slogans during a protest on the Old-Port in Marseille, southern France, Thursday June 24, 2010. Many French trains stood still, schoolchildren played instead of studied and post offices were shuttered as workers nationwide went on strike Thursday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age to 62.

photo: AP / Claude Paris

Sarkozy faces mass protests against pension reform
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By Agence France Presse (AFP) Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - Powered by --> Rory Mulholland Agence France Presse PARIS: Strikes broke out Monday on the eve of a national stoppage called by French trade unions opposed to President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62. Secondary school teachers’ unions...

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.

photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq

Burning Koran angers Afghans
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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 anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The protesters, mostly students from religious schools, gathered outside Kabul's Milad ul-Nabi mosque to condemn...

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.

photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Obama to Call for $50 Billion Spending on Public Works
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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, rail and airport runways – over the next six years. Blog The Caucus The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington...

File - A cyclist passes near a wall painted saying in Basque language, '' Long Live ETA'' celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Basque armed group ETA in the small Basque town of Zizurkil, northern Spain Friday July 31, 2009, the day before at the explosion of a bomb and killed two Spanish Civil Guard on Palma de Mallorca Island, supposedly by the violent Basque group ETA in Palma de Mallorca Island.

photo: AP / Alvaro Barrientos

Spain rejects ETA ceasefire
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The Spanish government on Monday rejected a new ceasefire announcement by the separatist group ETA and ruled out negotiations on an independent Basque homeland, saying the militants have been decimated by arrests and are desperate to regroup and rearm. A boy walks past ETA graffiti in Mondragon, Spain on Monday. Basque rebels ETA have decided to no...

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks to Labor party members in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.

photo: AP / Ariel Schalit

Russia boosts military cooperation with Israel
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MOSCOW ' The defence ministers of Russia and Israel on Monday signed an agreement on military cooperation, hailing the unity between Moscow and the Jewish state. 'We have signed a long-term agreement on military cooperation,' said Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov after the meeting with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak, quoted by Russian...

Workers use a jackhammer to remove dangerous brick parts from a damaged building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010 after the city was hit by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake Saturday.

photo: AP / Rob Griffith

Aftershocks rattle quake-hit New Zealand city
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Wellington, September 06: Aftershocks rocked New Zealand's second-biggest city on Monday causing further damage and forcing authorities to extend a state of emergency after the country's most damaging earthquake in 80 years. More than 20 aftershocks, the strongest with a magnitude of 4.8, were felt through Monday, sending already loose masonry and...

People gather at the site of suicide bombing at a police station in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010.

photo: AP / G.A. Marwat

19 killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan
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PAKISTAN: A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants. The recent bombings ended a relative lull in militant violence over the past month, which has seen the...

Rescue workers look for survivors at a mudslide area in Nahuala, western Guatemala, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010.

photo: AP / Moises Castillo

Guatemala mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 38 and bury 2 buses
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NAHUALA, Guatemala - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused mudslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala - most of them in separate disasters along the same highway. In the village of Nahuala, rescue crews searched through mud and rocks yesterday for...

The Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant in Germany:

photo: GFDL

Germany to extend life of nuclear reactors
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BERLIN ' Germany said it would extend the life of its nuclear reactors by 12 years on average on Monday after marathon talks on the controversial issue that will shape the energy policy of Europe's top economy. The decision came after 12 hours of talks between senior politicians and means that some of the 17 plants will now be operational until the...