Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:35 GMT
Nigeria: Lawmakers empower vice president
(AP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:13:47 GMT
AP - Parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa's most populous country.
Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
(AP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:28:44 GMT
AP - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.
UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients
(AP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:32:49 GMT
AP - The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients.
Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program
(AP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:43:42 GMT
AP - Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level on Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons.
NATO warns Afghans to 'keep your heads down'
(AP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:06:33 GMT
AP - Taliban militants Tuesday prevented townspeople from fleeing a rural community targeted in an upcoming NATO-Afghan offensive, as families huddled inside their homes to avoid being caught in the crossfire, witnesses said.
Venezuela's Opposition Protests Slur Chavez at Ball Game
(Time.com)
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:40:00 GMTTime.com - The fiery President's popularity has been plummeting and his opponents took advantage of the situation by heckling him at a popular baseball series
Opel asks for billions in restructuring plan
(AP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:25:28 GMT
AP - General Motors Co.'s Opel unit asked European governments for billions of euros (dollars) in aid on Tuesday as it formally presented a restructuring plan that will result in some 8,300 job cuts.
(AP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:46:27 GMTAP - Iran says the country has started higher uranium enrichment under UN supervision.
Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of Tijuana gang
(AP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:05 GMT
AP - Mexican federal police arrested two suspected gang leaders Monday, delivering another big blow to a brutal drug cartel that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years.
Nigerian senate votes to suspend ailing president
(AFP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:58:37 GMT
AFP - Nigeria's parliament on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume.
Bad liquor kills 8 on Indonesia's Java island
(AP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:35 GMTAP - Indonesian police say eight people have died after drinking liquor laced with methanol on the country's main island of Java.
Conservatives hold only slim lead: poll
(Reuters)
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:30:17 GMTReuters - The Conservatives have retained just a slim margin over the Liberal Party, according to a Nanos poll released on Monday.
Activists ambush Japanese whalers in Antarctic seas
(AFP)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:48:59 GMT
AFP - Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.
Iran's uranium enrichment: 'a really bad development'
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:55:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Iran told the United Nations' nuclear watchdog Monday that it will begin producing purer uranium, a step that experts said could bring Tehran significantly closer to having the fuel for a nuclear weapon.
Why the Olympics still matter
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:31:32 GMTThe Christian Science Monitor - If you want to know why the Olympics still matter, meet a guy named Tony Benshoof. He's 34, an Olympic Everyman who slides feet first down mountains made of ice, seeking perfection during every lonely day of training.
A Year After Fires, Australia Debates What Went Wrong
(Time.com)
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:55:00 GMTTime.com - On Feb. 7, Australia will mark the one-year anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, the worst natural disaster in the continent's recorded history
Leaders Walk in the Shoes of a Refugee
(OneWorld.net)
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:13:31 GMTOneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (OneWorld.net) - Some of the world's influential
leaders had the chance to experience life as a refugee during an annual
economic summit last week -- for one hour they shared the suffering of 42 million people who have been forced to leave their homes by conflict or
natural disaster.
