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One rescued, thousands more to go

  View images from around the world, including this one after hundreds of thousands were flooded out of their homes in India.

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Zardari wins Pakistan election

  Bhutto widower replaces Musharraf as president; elsewhere, 12 die in sucide bombing. Full story

Al-Qaida vows more attacks over Islam cartoons

New video warns Denmark that embassy blast isn't 'last retaliation'. Full story

Rice meets Gadhafi on historic Libya visit
Canada's PM to call Oct. 14 election
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Image: A poster of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is burned
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Musharraf quits
Image:Roza Injgia mourns as she sits next to her 69-year-old husband Meira Injgia's bed
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A family celebrates a birthday in Baghdad
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Europe's downturn deters African migration

Europe's economic downturn is deterring would-be migrants in Africa from making the often perilous journey to the continent in search of work, migration experts said.

Somali rebels vow continued attacks
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