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World ramps up flood aid to stricken Pakistan (AP)

Flood survivors jump to catch relief goods in flood hit Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province,  Pakistan on Thursday Aug. 19, 2010. Weeks after massive downpours first battered northern Pakistan, submerging tens of thousands of square miles, killing near 1,500 people and leaving millions homeless, those floodwaters are still sweeping down river and through the south, adding one more layer of misery to people long accustomed to hardship. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP – The world ramped up assistance to flood-ravaged Pakistan on Thursday three weeks after the crisis began, and U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Washington did not want Islamist extremists to come out of the disaster stronger.


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Company ramps up effort to clean Mich. river spill (AP)

Raul Vervuzco of Eagle Services uses a suction hose to clean oil from atop the Kalamazoo River, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in a containment area in Augusta, Mich. A company operating a pipeline that dumped more than 800,000 gallons of oil into a southern Michigan river said Wednesday that it is doubling its work force on the containment and cleanup effort. (AP Photo/The Kalamazoo Gazette, Jonathon Gruenke) MANDATORY CREDITAP – Michigan’s governor on Wednesday sharply criticized attempts to contain a large oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River after the company responsible for the spill said it had redoubled its efforts to clean up the mess.


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BP oil collection ramps up; so do claims questions (AP)

A worker remove oil that continues to wash ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill,  Wednesday, June 9, 2010 in Grand isle, La.. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP – BP plans to bring in an oil-burning device and a tanker from the North Sea as it tries to contain the crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, a disaster creating headaches for people who make money off the sea and those processing their claims of financial loss.


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Obama ramps up criticism of Ariz. immigration law (AP)

President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon during a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – President Barack Obama stepped up his criticism of Arizona’s controversial immigration law Wednesday, calling it “misdirected” and warning that it has the potential to be applied in a discriminatory fashion.


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Obama ramps up criticism of Ariz. immigration law (AP)

President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon during a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – President Barack Obama stepped up his criticism of Arizona’s controversial immigration law Wednesday, calling it “misdirected” and warning that it has the potential to be applied in a discriminatory fashion.


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Obama ramps up criticism of Ariz. immigration law (AP)

President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon during a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – President Barack Obama stepped up his criticism of Arizona’s controversial immigration law Wednesday, calling it “misdirected” and warning that it has the potential to be applied in a discriminatory fashion.


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Chile quake death toll over 700 as rescue ramps up (AP)

A man carries goods during looting in a supermarket in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/ Aliosha Marquez)AP – Police fired tear gas and imposed an overnight curfew to control looters who sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city as Chile’s earthquake toll surpassed 700. President Michelle Bachelet promised imminent deliveries of food, water and shelter for thousands living on the streets.


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