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Eighty days after it fell into the ocean following the January 1966 midair collision between a nuclear-armed B-52G bomber and a KC-135 refueling tanker over Palomares, Spain, this B28RI nuclear bomb was recovered from 2,850 feet (869 meters) of water and lifted aboard the USS Petrel (note the missing tail fins and badly dented "false nose").
Nuclear   Photos   Spain   US   Wikipedia: 1966 Palomares B-52 crash  
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When the U.S. Dropped Dirty Bombs on Spain
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Almost fifty-years after the United States dropped "dirty bombs" on Spain, it was finally refreshing to hear guarantees that it will help clean up land... (photo: US Navy file)
Supporters of Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned Tuesday from his post as Maldivian President, take cover from tear gas canisters during a protest in Male, Maldives, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
Maldives   Photos   President   Violence   Wikipedia: Politics of the Maldives  
 Khaleej Times 
Violence spreads in Maldives after 'coup'
MALE ' Violence erupted in the Maldives Wednesday as supporters of the ex-president who claims he was forced out by a coup clashed with security forces in Male and stormed police stations on outlying ... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena)
The Union Jack flies over Ajax Bay on the Falkland Islands in this 1982 file picture. On June 14, 1982, Argentine forces withdrew from the Falkland Islands after being defeated by British troops following a two-month war.  Business Insider 
Argentina Is Complaining To The UN About The UK 'Militarization' Of The Falkland Islands
| In the continually escalating Falklands crisis, Argentina has decided to lodge a formal complaint with the UN over alleged British "militarization" of the Islands, the BBC reports. | Argentine Presi... (photo: AP)
Argentina   Falkland Islands   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute  
Dr. Lobsang Sangay.  Star Tribune 
Exile Tibetan prime minister blames Chinese rule for immolations, clashes in Tibet
| DHARMSALA, India - Chinese repression has lead to the self-immolations of nearly two dozen Tibetans and deadly clashes with Chinese authorities, the head of Tibet's government-in-exile said Wednesda... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   Leader   Photos   Tibet   Wikipedia: Lobsang Sangay  
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In this Tuesday Feb.7, 2012 photo, rescuers and residents search for survivors following a landslide triggered by a Magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Guihulngan township, Negros Oriental province in central Philippines. Austin American Statesman
Hopes fade for dozens buried in Philippines quake
| MANILA, Philippines — Philippine rescue officials say they are losing hope of finding survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful e... (photo: AP / Choy Gallarde)
Disasters   Earthquake   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Visayas earthquake  
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping  makes a speech at Government Flying Service in Hong Kong, Tuesday July 8, 2008. Government Flying Service was sending the rescue team to help the China's earthquake. BBC News
China morning round-up: Xi Jinping's US visit
Wednesday's Chinese newspapers discuss the forthcoming visit to the US by Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping. | Experts believe that Mr Xi's visit "will help China-US ties... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung, Pool)
China   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Xi Jinping  
Russian Foreign Minister Segey Lavrov is seen inside a car as pro-Syrian regime protesters cheer in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Novosti
U.S. Skeptical about al-Assad’s Reconciliation Initiatives
| The United States fears that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s national reconciliation initiatives will lead to nothing, a Department of State spokeswoman said. ... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Photos   Russia   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki walks onstage prior to speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. The Independent
Iraq's Sunni MPs lift their boycott of Maliki cabinet
| The government of the Shia Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, set off the political crisis in December by issuing an arrest warrant against the country's most senior Sunn... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen)
Iraq   Parliament   Photos   Sunni   Wikipedia: Iraq  
The spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama during an annual Buddhist teaching event for Russian Buddhists being held in Dharamshala, India, 20 December 2011. The Independent
Authorities blame Dalai Lama for Tibetan clashes
| Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said clashes between Tibetans and security forces in Sichuan province last month were the work of criminals and were instigated by... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   Photos   Tibet   Violence   Wikipedia: Tibet  
British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, unseen, at the Foreign Office in central London, Monday, June 27, 2011. The Independent
UK rules out military action or arming Syrian rebels
| David Cameron chaired a meeting of the National Security Council which agreed to increase sanctions against the regime and to strengthen links with opposition leaders. ... (photo: AP / Carl Court, pool)
Military   Photos   Syria   UK   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Assaid Ibrahim, 23, lies burned and with a broken leg as his brother, above left, speaks to a friend who was with him when he was wounded in an attack by pro-Gadhafi forces, at the hospital in Ajdabiya, Libya, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Fierce fighting between rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces was reported midway between the eastern cities of Ajdabiya and Brega on Saturday, with a hospital supervisor in Ajdabiya reporting at least six rebels killed and 21 wounded in the battle. BBC News
Treatment plan for Libya war victims turns into scandal
One of the first announcements made by Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) after the fall of Tripoli last August was a promise to all those wounded in the fight a... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Libya   Photos   Treatment   War   Wikipedia: Libyan civil war  
 Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, U.S. Army, former commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq, talks to reporters at a press briefing in the Pentagon on June 13, 2007. Dempsey told reporters about the progress in the development, trainin The Charlotte Observer
U.S. Gen. Dempsey heads to Egypt with relations on line
| WASHINGTON — With $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid and a three-decade relationship hanging in the balance, U.S. officials said Tuesday that Army Gen. Mart... (photo: DoD / D. Myles Cullen)
Egypt   Military   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, president of Argentina at Nuclear Security Summit. BBC News
Argentina to raise Falklands UK 'militarisation' at UN
Argentina is to make a formal complaint to the United Nations about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands. | President Cristina Fernandez de Kirch... (photo: UN / UN)
Argentina   Falkland   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: Falkland Islands  
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