Posts Tagged ‘help’

Kyrgyzstan asks Russia to help quell ethnic riots (AP)

Ethnic Uzbek gather near the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border in southern Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday, June 12, 2010, trying to seek refuge in Uzbekistan from mobs of Kyrgyz men attacking the minority Uzbek community. The country's second-largest city, Osh, slid into chaos Friday when gangs of young Kyrgyz men armed with firearms and metal rods marched on Uzbek neighborhoods and set their homes on fire. Thousands of terrified ethnic Uzbeks were fleeing toward the nearby border with Uzbekistan.(AP Photo/D. Dalton Bennett)AP – Kyrgyzstan begged Russia for military help Saturday to quell ethnic rioting as the country’s second largest city burned and thousands of minority Uzbeks fled to the border. More than 60 people were reported killed and nearly 850 wounded in the violence.


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Obama’s big wins on bills may not help Democrats (AP)

FILE - In this March 19, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Anxious and angry, Americans are not in a congratulatory mood. That's bad news for Obama and his Democratic allies. After winning a historic health care overhaul this year, Obama now stands on the brink of seeing Congress approve the most far-reaching overhaul of Wall Street regulations since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Anxious and angry, Americans are not in a congratulatory mood. That’s bad news for President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies.


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GOP officials ponder how to help, and tame, Paul (AP)

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is shown during an interview at his campaign headquarters after winning his party's primary election in Bowling Green, Ky., Wednesday, May 19, 2010.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP – Even as national Republican officials seek ways to limit damage from Rand Paul’s unorthodox remarks, the Kentucky Senate nominee raised more eyebrows Friday by defending the oil company blamed for the Gulf oil spill.


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BP welcomes military help for larger Gulf oil leak (AP)

In this aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana's tip, oil is seen near the site last week's collapse and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig Wednesday, April 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is even worse than believed and as the government grows concerned that the rig’s operator is ill-equipped to contain it, officials are offering a military response to try to avert a massive environmental disaster along the ecologically fragile U.S. coastline.


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Obama smacks down Wall St. — then asks CEOs for help on reform

President Barack Obama rebuked Wall Street for risky practices Thursday even as he sought its leaders’ help for “updated, commonsense” regulations to head off any new financial crisis.

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Travelers stranded by volcanic ash cloud turn to Internet for help

Even a monstrous travel-distrupting cloud of volcanic ash has a silver lining. With at least a million travelers stranded by the European travel crisis, the Internet has leapt to help.

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A-Rod hits first homer of season to help power Yankees to win

A-Rod put an end to the waiting Saturday in the Yankees’ 7-3 victory over the Texas Rangers at the Stadium, blasting his first home run of the season and ending the second-longest homerless drought of his career to begin a season.

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