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Aid workers fear for safety
Ex-UN inspector faces sex sting charges
Bomber Kills 20 in Afghanistan
U.K. Conference to Focus on Afghan Priorities
IMF Head Urges Nations to Maintain Stimulus Plans
Groups seek temporary legal status for Haitians illegally in U.S.
Live text - Blackburn v Aston Villa
Anti-malaria plant genes mapped
Explosions target Iraqi market near Shiite shrine
In the South, Black Schools Restored as Landmarks
FAA suspends flights to Haiti
Cartel Inc: In the company of Narcos
One U.N. guard rescued, up to 150 others missing in rubble in Haiti
China defends censorship after Google threat
Israel 'cult leader' arrested
Putin calls time on Russians' alcohol habit
Tension high as Ukraine readies for election
France's Sarkozy says time to end Haiti's "curse"
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Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:34 AM PST

The highs and lows of internet freedoms in China

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:52 AM PST

International aid workers scrambling to get into Haiti face a series of obstacles, from an airport that is already overwhelmed to blocked roads and a lack of communication, electricity, food and water. NEWS UPDATES I

Ex-UN inspector faces sex sting charges

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:31 AM PST

Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter faces charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor after an online police sting.

Bomber Kills 20 in Afghanistan

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:07 AM PST

A suicide bomber killed 20 civilians in a market in southern Afghanistan and wounded 13 more, the latest casualties in a war that has taken a bloody toll on civilians.

U.K. Conference to Focus on Afghan Priorities

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:36 AM PST

This month's U.K.-run meeting on Afghanistan will focus on directing international support based on priorities set by the Afghans, and won't be a platform to lobby for increases in troops and aid for the country, Britain's foreign secretary said.

IMF Head Urges Nations to Maintain Stimulus Plans

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:09 AM PST

Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the IMF urged global policymakers to maintain their stimulus plans until private demand picks up and to shift some of the support into job creation.

Groups seek temporary legal status for Haitians illegally in U.S.

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:15 AM PST

In response to Haiti's devastating earthquake, dozens of immigrant advocacy groups and several members of Congress are renewing a long-standing call for the Obama administration to grant temporary legal status and work permits to as many as 125,000 Haitians in the United States illegally.

Live text - Blackburn v Aston Villa

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:27 AM PST

Struggling Blackburn host Aston Villa in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final.

Anti-malaria plant genes mapped

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:07 AM PST

The global supply of a key anti-malaria drug is set to be boosted by a study of its genes, scientists say.

Explosions target Iraqi market near Shiite shrine

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:04 AM PST

BAGHDAD -- Three explosions ripped through the city of Najaf on Thursday, just hundreds of yards from one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam.

In the South, Black Schools Restored as Landmarks

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:58 AM PST

Dozens of schools built for blacks in the rural South in the 1920s at a turning point in black education are being restored.

FAA suspends flights to Haiti

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:15 AM PST

The Haitian government has halted flights into the Port-au-Prince airport for now, because ramp space is too crowded, and there is no fuel, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.

Cartel Inc: In the company of Narcos

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:51 AM PST

By Robin Emmott RIO BRAVO, Mexico (Reuters) - Late last year, Mexican soldiers raided a house in Rio Bravo, a dilapidated town just across the border from Texas. What they found was a kind of "back office" that belonged to the Gulf cartel, the country's most violent drug gang.

One U.N. guard rescued, up to 150 others missing in rubble in Haiti

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:16 AM PST

UNITED NATIONS -- Grappling with what appears to be the organization's greatest loss of life in a single incident, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that up to 150 staff remain missing in the rubble of the Haiti earthquake -- but one security guard has been rescued alive.

China defends censorship after Google threat

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:42 AM PST

BEIJING -- Chinese authorities on Thursday defended online censorship and encouraged Internet users to censor themselves in an apparent response to Google's announcement that it would stop filtering out sensitive information from it Chinese-based Web site.

Israel 'cult leader' arrested

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:30 AM PST

Israeli police arrest the leader of an alleged polygamist cult and accuse him of enslavement and sexual offences including rape.

Putin calls time on Russians' alcohol habit

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:11 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, alarmed by Russians' love affair with alcohol, gave the go-ahead on Thursday for a campaign to cut consumption by more than half in the next 10 years.

Tension high as Ukraine readies for election

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:54 AM PST

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine readied for a weekend presidential election with tension rising Thursday as fiery Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko renewed attacks on the once-discredited Viktor Yanukovich, now on the comeback trail.

France's Sarkozy says time to end Haiti's "curse"

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:19 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday Haiti's devastating earthquake was symptomatic of a "curse" on the island state and proposed an international conference to provide reconstruction help and aid.