Crowds Seeking Aid In Haiti Met With Pepper Spray And Rubber Bullets -- Times Online
United Nations troops used pepper spray yesterday to hold off a crowd of hungry Haitians queueing for food at a makeshift camp in the grounds of the wrecked presidential palace.
“They’re not violent, just desperate. They just want to eat,” Fernando Soares, a Brazilian army colonel, said. “The problem is, there is not enough food for everyone.”
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MIDDLE EAST
U.S. blames al-Qaida in Iraq for Baghdad bombing spree. Iraq militants using new tactics to foil security.
Crashed Ethiopia plane 'flew into Beirut storm'. Pilot in Beirut crash didn't follow tower's advice.
Israel shuns UN call for Gaza war probe.
Yemen won't allow foreign operations on its soil. Yemen rebel offers to leave Saudi Arabia.
ASIA
India, South Korea to establish strategic partnership.
Resignations to put democracy on Hong Kong's agenda.
Kabul attack 'planned in Pakistan'.
NATO weighs Taliban truce in plans for peace.
U.S. envoy’s cables show concerns on Afghan war plans.
Sri Lanka's Tamils trudge to polls in first post-war election.
Dalai Lama's envoys arrive in China for new talks.
North Korea may be readying missile test: report.
AFRICA
Nigerians trade blame over violence. 326 killed in Nigeria's inter-religious clashes.
Nigerian Army cuts troop travel over 'tension'.
EU agrees to train Somali troops.
EUROPE
French panel advises steps to ban Muslim veil.
How pro-Russian will Ukraine's new government be? Kremlin ends freeze with Kiev, in relief over election.
Moscow mayor calls gay pride march 'Satanic'.
Leaders scramble to save N.Ireland executive. Clinton following Northern Ireland crisis talks.
AMERICAS
Peru slide kills tourist, guide near Machu Picchu.
Venezuela sees clashes as anti-Chavez TV station closed.
Desperate Haitians over-run U.N. food hand-out.
El Salvador to recognize Honduras' new government.
Schwarzenegger ponders building prisons in Mexico for illegal immigrants.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Obama says bin Laden tape shows weakness.
INTERVIEW - Bin Laden son: No "love" among Qaeda-Taliban.
Report: Al-Qaeda aims to use WMD against U.S.
U.K. police arrest man on terror suspicions.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
US December home sales down nearly 17 percent.
SEC mulled national security status for AIG details.
US Senate likely to reject idea of deficit task force.
Britain exits recession: how we compare with rival economies.
Computer-driven trading raises meltdown fears.
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