Tue 9 Mar 2010
Victims of Nigerian violence buried in mass graves
Filed under: time news, weather news — ITN World @ 8:27 am
Nigeria has buried hundreds of victims of Sunday's sectarian clashes in mass graves.


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Tue 9 Mar 2010
Turkey quake survivors forced to shelter in tents
Filed under: time news, weather news — ITN World @ 6:07 am
Hundreds of people in eastern Turkey have sheltered from in tents after a powerful earthquake knocked down homes in five villages.


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Tue 9 Mar 2010
Large tornado strikes Oklahoma
Filed under: time news, weather news — ITN World @ 4:41 am
Authorities say at least five homes and a barn have been destroyed and other structures have been damaged by a large tornado in the US.


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Mon 8 Mar 2010
Inside the Afghan surge
Filed under: time news, weather news — Corinne Perkins @ 1:15 pm

It was 2 a.m., dark and freezing cold when the first wave of Marines dropped from the sky on Feb. 13 to begin the largest Afghan offensive since the start of the war. It was the US-led invasion of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, in the mountainous Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.

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U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Chris Sanderson, 24, from Flemington, New Jersey shouts as he tries to protect an Afghan man and his child after Taliban fighters opened fire in the town of Marjah, in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, February 13, 2010. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Serbian-born Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic, 40, spent 10 days embedded with the First Battalion’s Bravo Company as it slowly advanced into Marjah, a smattering of small homes clustered together in groups — known as compounds — and local markets spread out across the desolate region. His photos capture the Marines, accompanied by a squad of Afghan soldiers, doing the grueling work of searching every house and rooting out Taliban snipers. The unit frequently encountered heavy enemy fire — one of Bravo Company’s soldiers was killed by a sniper on the operation’s first day.

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U.S. Marines from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines climb a wall during an operation in the town of Marjah, in Nad Ali district of Helmand province February 16, 2010. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

“The Marines are at a real disadvantage because they are extremely careful about civilian casualties,” Tomasevic said. “The Taliban fire all the time, but the Marines won’t shoot if they suspect there are villagers around. They are very restrained.”

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Tomasevic, who’s been in Afghanistan 10 times covering the war, said the latest push showed signs of progress.

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“The Marines have the hardest job; they have to go in first and clear everything out. The Bravo Company covered a lot of ground, and physically it was very hard work. I must say that I congratulate them,” Tomasevic said.

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Mon 8 Mar 2010
Hundreds killed in Nigerian sectarian violence
Filed under: time news, weather news — ITN World @ 7:43 am
Nigeria orders security forces to hunt those behind clashes involving Muslims and Christians in which more than 300 people may have died.


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Mon 8 Mar 2010
At least 20 dead in Turkey earthquake
Filed under: time news, weather news — ITN World @ 4:58 am
The death toll in a powerful earthquake which has shaken eastern Turkey has reached 20, although a local mayor has put the figure at 38.


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Mon 8 Mar 2010
At least 11 dead in Pakistan bomb blast
Filed under: time news, weather news — ITN World @ 2:08 am
A suicide car bomb attack on a police intelligence unit in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 11 people.


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Sun 7 Mar 2010
Swiss vote on whether animals should get lawyers
Filed under: time news, weather news — ITN World @ 4:46 pm
People in Switzerland have gone to the polls to decide whether to appoint special lawyers for animals that have been abused by humans.


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Sun 7 Mar 2010
Violence fails to stop Iraqis from casting votes
Filed under: time news, weather news — ITN World @ 4:43 pm
At least 35 people have been killed as Iraq held its second parliamentary election since the 2003 invasion.


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Sun 7 Mar 2010
Iceland rejects repayment deal
Filed under: time news, weather news — ITN World @ 1:19 am
Britain is on a collision course with Iceland after the country rejected a plan to pay the UK back £2.3 billion worth of savings.


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