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Buses and trucks are submerged in the rising waters of the Yamuna River in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Indias prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially. Thousands missing in India flood fury
Thousands are said to be missing in Uttarakhand after unprecedented rains and cloudburst led to landslides and flash floods killing more than 100 people and leaving 62,000 stranded, officials and surv... (photo: AP / Tsering Topgyal) Khaleej Times
Flood   India   Monsoon   Photos   Wikipedia: 2013 North India floods  
A protestor shouts during an anti-government protest in Rio de Janeiro's sister city, Niteroi, Brazil, Wednesday evening, June 19, 2013. Brazil protests fetch fare hike rollback
Rio de Janerio: Brazils' two biggest cities on Wednesday rolled back transit fare hikes that had triggered massive protests as demonstrators clashed with police outside a Confederations Cup match. | T... (photo: AP / Nicolas Tanner) Zeenews
Brazil   Demonstration   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: 2013 protests in Brazil  
A US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile stands on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport as Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke at a meeting with tribal leaders in Kandahar city, Afghanistan, Sunday June 13, 2010. FBI admits to using surveillance drones in US
The Federal Bureau of Investigation uses drones for surveillance over the US soil, but does so very rarely, the FBI director has told Senate Judiciary Committee. | Robert Mueller told the Senate ... (photo: AP / Massoud Hossaini, Pool) Al Jazeera
FBI   Judiciary   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Federal Bureau of Investigation  
President Barack Obama, accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, waves to the crowd after speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. In Berlin, Obama calls for reductions in U.S., Russian nuclear arms
BERLIN -- President Obama on Wednesday announced plans to go beyond the reductions outlined in the New START treaty with Russia and said he would seek an additional one-third cut in the number of stra... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci) The Los Angeles Times
Nuclear   Photos   Russia   US   Wikipedia: Nuclear disarmament  
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, left, appears with Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Sunday, June 16, 2013. WikiLeaks' Assange fears US, says will stay in embassy
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the sanctuary of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London even if Sweden stops pursuing sexual assault claims against him because he ... (photo: AP / Frank Augstein) The Star
Photos   UK   US   Wikileaks   Wikipedia: Julian Assange  
File - Members of the 755th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Reaper Team 1 patrol villages near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 11, 2013. Taliban claim deadly US attack hours after peace moves
KABUL: The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an overnight attack in Afghanistan that killed four US troops, just hours after Washington said its officials would meet the insurgents for t... (photo: USAF / Senior Airman Chris Willis) The Times Of India
Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
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