Thursday, January 28, 2010

World News Briefs -- January 28, 2010


Obama's State Of The Union Address Takes A Harder Tone -- Washington Post

At 9:06 p.m. Wednesday, President Obama entered the House chamber, prompted by the same official introduction he received there one year ago. He walked down the same aisle, shook many of the same hands, stepped to the same lectern and spoke to a national audience plagued by the same feelings of frustration and distress.

But, for Obama, so much had changed.

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MIDDLE EAST

Iran faces consequences over nuclear program: Obama.

Iran Green Movement promising big February protests.

View from Mt. Doud: Saudi Arabia says offensive against Yemen rebels over.

International community pledges help for Yemen.

ASIA

Karzai says Afghanistan may need foreign troops for 15 years.

Sri Lanka President to dissolve Parliament for elections.

Tensions flare in crossfire between South Korea and North.

AFRICA

Nigerian Senate seeks clarification on President's absence.

Nigeria text messages 'fuelled Jos riots'.

Egypt's anxious Copts 'await next catastrophe'.

Amid worry, Guinea begins transition to democracy.

EUROPE

Britain awaits Blair testimony on Iraq.

Northern Ireland talks near collapse.

French court acquits Dominique de Villepin of slander and forgery.

AMERICAS

Haiti pleads for better aid effort.

Honduran Zelaya flies into exile, ending crisis.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Al-Qaida group claims responsibility for Baghdad Hotel bombings.

White House defends use of war crime tribunals.

NY federal prosecutors pursue foreign cases aggressively.

Bloomberg flip-flops on New York KSM trial.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Italian mobsters buck downturn, may target bourse.

Airlines suffered record drop in traffic in 2009: IATA.

Geithner, predecessor and Fed defend AIG payments.

Ford earns $2.7 Billion in 2009.

India vs. China: Whose economy is better?

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