U.S. halt to Haiti evacuations stirs fears for sick

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• U.S. halt to Haiti evacuations stirs fears for sick
• Obama to propose $3.8 trillion 2011 budget - paper
• FACTBOX - How China's anger could hurt ties with the U.S.
• Polls suggest hung parliament in British election
• India steps up scramble with China for African energy (AFP)
• January death rate signal of tough year in Afghan war (AFP)
• Haiti holds 10 US citizens over trafficking concerns
• Zola desperate for McCarthy to boost relegation battle (AFP)
• African Union summit starts with dispute over leader (AFP)
• Japan's listed firms keep boosting profits: report (AFP)
• Concern as US halts evacuations
• N Korea arms 'were bound for Iran'
• Concern as US halts evacuations
• China: U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt national security
• FACTBOX - How China and Taiwan square off militarily
• Opposition grows to NY trial of Sept. 11 suspects
• Mobs disrupt some Haiti quake food handouts
• Karzai govt invites Taliban to peace meeting
• FACTBOX - Big emitters signal support for Copenhagen Accord
• Biden: U.S. budget to seek nuclear funds increase

U.S. halt to Haiti evacuations stirs fears for sick Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:01 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Critically injured Haitian earthquake victims are no longer being flown by the U.S. military for treatment in the United States, raising fears some will die in a dispute over where to treat them and who should pay the costs.

Obama to propose $3.8 trillion 2011 budget - paper Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:01 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will unveil a $3.8 trillion budget proposal on Monday for fiscal 2011, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

FACTBOX - How China's anger could hurt ties with the U.S. Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:51 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China has threatened to punish the United States for plans to sell some $6.4 billion of arms to Taiwan, the disputed island that Beijing calls its own.

Polls suggest hung parliament in British election Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:51 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A British election due by June is likely to result in a hung parliament where no single party has an outright majority, two opinion polls showed on Sunday.

India steps up scramble with China for African energy (AFP) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:59 PM PST AFP - India has stepped up its efforts to gain an economic foothold in Africa in a new scramble with China for the continent's resources, signing energy deals with top oil producers Angola and Nigeria.

January death rate signal of tough year in Afghan war (AFP) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:23 PM PST AFP - The Afghan war has notched up another grisly record, with the number of international troops to die in the fight against the Taliban the highest for the month of January since the war began.

Haiti holds 10 US citizens over trafficking concerns Posted: 30 Jan 2010 07:11 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE -Haitian police were holding 10 US citizens late Saturday on suspicion they tried to slip out of the country with 31 Haitian children in a trafficking scheme, a government minister said. Read more...

Zola desperate for McCarthy to boost relegation battle (AFP) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:27 PM PST AFP - West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola hopes South African forward Benni McCarthy will provide a major boost to his struggling side's bid to avoid relegation.

African Union summit starts with dispute over leader (AFP) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:52 PM PST AFP - The African Union (AU) was to kick off its 14th summit Sunday, with a rift over Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's likely bid to keep the organisation's chair set to overshadow talks on the continent's many conflicts.

Japan's listed firms keep boosting profits: report (AFP) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:55 PM PST AFP - Japan's listed companies saw their profits rise 14 percent in the October-December period for a third straight quarter-on-quarter gain, a newspaper survey showed Sunday.

Concern as US halts evacuations Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:54 PM PST A doctor has warned hundreds could die in Haiti, after evacuations to the US ceased for Haitian earthquake victims.

N Korea arms 'were bound for Iran' Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:53 PM PST UN's Korean sanctions panel to discuss Thai report on weapons cache seized in December.

Concern as US halts evacuations Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:54 PM PST A doctor has warned hundreds could die in Haiti, after evacuations to the US ceased for Haitian earthquake victims.

China: U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt national security Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt China's national security, its foreign minister said, escalating the rhetoric in a dispute threatening to deepen rifts between the world's biggest and third-biggest economies.

FACTBOX - How China and Taiwan square off militarily Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST (Reuters) - The military balance between China and Taiwan has rapidly shifted in China's favour, but a U.S. proposal on Friday to sell advanced arms to the island that Beijing claims as its own would shore up its self-defence.

Opposition grows to NY trial of Sept. 11 suspects Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's chairwoman on Thursday backed calls by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the trial of the accused plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks to be moved from Manhattan.

Mobs disrupt some Haiti quake food handouts Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Angry crowds mobbed three food distribution sites in Haiti's capital on Thursday, the latest handouts to turn chaotic as aid groups struggle to help the throngs left desperate and hungry by the catastrophic earthquake.

Karzai govt invites Taliban to peace meeting Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government on Thursday invited the Taliban to a peace council as its Western allies worked out plans to try to end the war in Afghanistan.

FACTBOX - Big emitters signal support for Copenhagen Accord Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST Governments are meant to tell the United Nations by Sunday if they want to be associated with the accord, worked out last month, and submit their plans for curbing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The deadline is flexible.

Biden: U.S. budget to seek nuclear funds increase Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said President Barack Obama's budget proposal will include $7 billion to maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, which would be $600 million more than Congress approved last year.

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