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The Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Italy with over 4,000 passengers and crew members on board.

International News Roundup for Jan. 8 – Jan. 22

by Allison Daitch | Jan. 25, 2012

Four of the suspected conspirators involved in the Megaupload.com charges were arrested in New Zealand. A cruise ship, The Concordia, crashed into a reef on the small Tuscan island, Giglio. The European Union will ban the import of Iranian crude oil and prohibit forms of trade. Standard & Poor downgraded European governments and stripped the bailout fund of its AAA status.

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International News Roundup for Oct. 3 – 18

by Anya Gosine | Oct. 18, 2010

Oct. 13 – 69 days after the Copiapo mine collapse, rescue teams brought all 33 trapped Chilean miners safely to the surface.

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International News Roundup for Jan. 17 - Feb. 2

by Blake Morgan-Gamber | Feb. 3, 2011

Pro-democracy protesters piled into Tahrir Square for a demonstration against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian government on Jan. 25

Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters piled into Tahrir Square protesting President Hosni Mubarak. Serving as President for the past 29 years, Murbarak is the longest serving leader of Egypt. Protests have continued for days in the hopes of putting an end to Mubarak’s authoritarian regime that the President has deemed democratic.

International News Roundup for Jan.3-Jan.16

by Anya Gosine | Jan. 16, 2011

A poll worker sits next to a voting site in a Southern Sudanese village. The nation's historic vote is likely to lead to the south seceding from the north.

Jan. 9 - Southern Sudan began a historic, week-long independence referendum in which thousands of exiled Sudanese returned to their villages. They will vote on seceding from an oppressive north government.

International News Roundup for Dec. 13 - Jan. 2

by Anya Gosine | Jan. 3, 2011

Doctors in Germany recently claimed to have cured a patient of HIV/AIDS, which if proven would be a world-changing development for an illness has killed more than 25 million.

Dec. 14 - German doctors claimed HIV/AIDS and leukemia patient Timothy Ray Brown cured after using a bone marrow transplant to treat his cancer in 2007. Brown's donor, who had a genetic mutation known to give patients a natural immunity to the HIV, and apparently eradicated Brown's virus.

International News Roundup for Nov. 25-Dec.11

by Mandy Xu | Dec. 11, 2010

Cancun deal could help climate efforts in the US.

Dec.11-Nearly 200 countries attending the United Nations climate change conference agreed to create a $100 billion fund to help developing nations deal with global warming and to increase efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation.

International News Roundup for Nov. 7-Nov. 21

by Mandy Xu | Nov. 21, 2010

The Afghanistan Opening session of NATO begins as part of a NATO Summit of Heads of States and Government at Feira Internacional de Lisboa.

Nov.19-20 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Lisbon this weekend focused on coordinating the end of the Afghanistan war, placating with Iranian threats on European nations, and forging closer ties with Russia.

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