Friday, January 15, 2010

World News Briefs -- January 15, 2010


Desperate Haitians Await Aid Following Quake -- Voice of America

Desperate Haitians have spent a third night in the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, waiting for promised aid that is slowly trickling in following Tuesday's devastating earthquake.

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson was expected to drop anchor off the Haiti coast Friday where it will serve as a floating airport for helicopters carrying rescue teams and supplies.

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MIDDLE EAST

Iraq's electoral commission bars 500 candidates.

Triple bombing kills at least 25 in Iraq.

Bomb in Jordan misses convoy of Israeli diplomats.

Yemen in war with al Qaeda, urges citizens to help.

ASIA

North Korea threatens to stop talks with SKorea.

U.S. war on militancy hits Pakistan economy: Zardari.

Tensions between Google and China complicate U.S. diplomacy.

AFRICA

Piracy on the high seas hits peak.

Guinea's military junta says leader must return.

EUROPE

Controversy hits pope's Rome synagogue visit.

Russia MPs back human rights reform.

Airbus A400M aircraft partners hold crunch talks.

AMERICAS

Many countries report missing and dead in Haiti.

Cartel Inc: In the company of Narcos.

Honduran judge charges top military chiefs in coup.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

US said to eye DC for Gitmo trial.

U.S. drone attack may have killed Pakistani Taliban chief.

US calls for more security for flights.

Familiar face of Osama bin Laden, an ageing fugitive.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

China property prices accelerate.

Record year for U.S. foreclosures as unemployment rises.

US retail sales down in December, puzzling economists.

U.S. treads lightly in wake of Google’s loud stance on China.

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