Archive for July 1st, 2009

Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dead at 97 (AP)

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FILE - In this 1950 file photo, actor Karl Malden is shown. Malden, a former steelworker who won an Oscar for his role as Mitch in the 1951 classic 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' died Wednesday, July 1, 2009. He was 97. (AP Photo, file)AP – Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Young survivor of Comoros crash heading to Paris (AFP)

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This aerial photo shows temporary medical posts set up in the north of Comoros near to the site of a crash after a Yemenia airliner plunged into the water off the Comoros islands. The only known survivor of the crash of the Yemeni airliner clung to wreckage in the Indian Ocean for more than 10 hours before she was rescued, officials said Wednesday, hailing the girl's courage.(AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP – The only known survivor of the Yemeni airlines crash off the Comoros islands, Bahia Bakari, 12, was flying home to her father in Paris in a French government plane, officials said.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

US Marines storm south in major Afghan offensive (AFP)

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US Marines rest on a convoy at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province in Afghanistan, on June 30. US Marines launched a massive offensive into the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan early Thursday as President Barack Obama's new war plan swung into action.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)AFP – US Marines launched a major offensive into the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan before dawn on Thursday as President Barack Obama’s new war plot swung into action.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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