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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, at Vienna's International Center.

photo: AP / Ronald Zak

ElBaradei says government behind daughter's swimsuit photos
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Cairo: Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, accused the government of publishing pictures of his daughter in a swimsuit and at events with alcohol in reply to his bid for democracy, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Nobel Laureate, who returned to Egypt early year to push for reforms, told the independent...

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, during a press conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan,Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.

photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi

Karzai announces council to deal with Taliban reconciliation
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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced the creation of a high peace council as part of the reconciliation effort to reintegrate some Taliban militants, a spokesman for his office said on Saturday. Syamak Herawi, the spokesman, said the council will be very effective in bringing peace and stability in the country. The...

Bricks and other rubble are scattered outside stores in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010.

photo: AP / NZPA, David Wethey

City awakes to billion-dollar aftershock
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5:30 AM Sunday Sep 5, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink Looting, homeless families and thousands of lives thrown into disarray: Kiwis are coming to terms with the devastation of one of their proudest cities. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake caused terror across Canterbury, damaged nearly 100 buildings and tore apart water pipes, sewerage, roads and...

Protesters hold a banner reading ""No to State Racism" and a doctored image of President Nicolas Sarkozy in a fez, at a march to protest French President Nicolas Sarkozy's security policies, including the recent expulsions of Gypsies, or Roma, in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010.

photo: AP / Francois Mori

French protesters deride Roma crackdown
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Protesters march in Paris against government security policies, including expulsions of Roma. (Francois Mori/Associated Press) A whistle-blowing, drum-beating crowd of thousands demonstrated in Paris on Saturday against expulsions of Roma as well as other new security measures adopted by...

Waves lap against the shore at West Dennis Beach, in West Dennis, Mass., on Cape Cod, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010.

photo: AP / Steven Senne

Earl reaches Canada with hurricane-speed punch
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HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl lashed into the Canadian Maritime provinces on Saturday, picking up wind speed in warm Atlantic waters after a surprisingly tame brush with the U.S. East Coast. Hurricane Danielle is (L) is seen southeast of Bermuda and Tropical Storm Earl (C) is pictured west of the Cape Verde Islands, in this National...

A worker power washes an air boat at the decontamination unit at the Deepwater Horizon Response Plaquemines Branch Sept. 2, 2010.

photo: US Coast Guard / PO3 Charly Hengen

BP spill costs hit $ 8bn as crews unearth clues
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WASHINGTON: British oil giant BP has spent $ 8 billion to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the company has revealed as its crews retrieved key evidence from the seabed. Robotic submarines recorded the delicate operation as engineers raised a failed blowout preventer from the ruptured well and began lifting it to the surface in order to hand it...

People rush for cover soon after an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.

photo: AP / Arshad Butt

Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threatens US
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A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 54 people in the second major attack this week and piling pressure on a US-backed govt. Pakistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast and said it would launch attacks in the United States and Europe "very soon" - repeating a threat to strike...

A car damaged by rubble from a building is seen following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010.

photo: AP / NZPA, David Alexander

Emergency declared after 7.1 quake hits New Zealand
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities declared a state of emergency after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city, Christchurch, early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up roads and wrecking building facades, but authorities reported no deaths. A quake-damaged car is pictured in Christchurch September 4, 2010. A major...

Gertrudes Nunes leaves a court in Lisbon, Friday, Sept. 3 2010 following the verdict of a major child sex abuse trial that has lasted almost six years.

photo: AP / Francisco Seco

Six jail terms in Portugal child abuse trial
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LISBONA Portuguese court sentenced six men to jail on Friday for sexually abusing dozens of children at a state-run care home and procuring boys to be raped at orgies, at the end of a marathon abuse trial. The convicts included a star television presenter, a former ambassador, a doctor, a lawyer and a former administrator at the Casa Pia...

International Mideast envoy Tony Blair talks at a news conference at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt following his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, not pictured, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009.

photo: AP / Amr Nabil

Radical Islam is world's greatest threat - Tony Blair
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Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the...