U.S. military dispatches aircraft carrier, other assets to help in Haiti

U.S. military dispatches aircraft carrier, other assets to help in Haiti

U.S. military dispatches aircraft carrier, other assets to help in Haiti

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:03 PM PST

The U.S. military is urgently dispatching a Navy aircraft carrier and large-deck amphibious ship, as well as military transport aircraft and assessment teams, to Haiti to assist with the earthquake relief effort, a senior U.S. military official said Wednesday.


Three arrests over 'hero' murder

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:53 PM PST

Police make three arrests after a man who chased bag-snatchers in east London was stabbed to death.


Expert testimony may boost case against Demjanjuk

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:17 AM PST

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Many prisoners of war who were made to work at Nazi death camps tried to flee despite the risk of execution, a court heard on Wednesday, in testimony that could bolster the case against camp guard John Demjanjuk.

Turkey accepts Israel's apology

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST

Tel Aviv officially apologises for official's humiliation of Turkish ambassador.


Clinton delays trip to help with Haiti earthquake response

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:45 AM PST

HONOLULU -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that she was going to delay her trip to the Asia-Pacific region because of the earthquake in Haiti and spend time at a U.S. military base in Hawaii helping to coordinate the U.S. response to the disaster.



McKinnon granted judicial review

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST

A judge is to rule whether the home secretary was wrong to allow the extradition of computer hacker Gary McKinnon to the US.


Israel 'sorry' over Turkey snub

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:47 AM PST

Israel apologises to Turkey in a bid to defuse a row over the treatment of Turkey's envoy in Tel Aviv.


Cold Snap Is Another Blow to Florida’s Farmers

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:36 AM PST

The state's longest cold stretch in decades has taken a harsh and unpredictable toll up and down the food chain.

Haitians in U.S. wait for news, worry

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:01 AM PST

With phone lines down and communication cut, Haitians living in America are "sick with worry" and scrambling for information about loved ones who experienced Tuesday's 7.0 earthquake on the island nation.

U.N.: More than 100 staff missing

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:32 AM PST

More than 100 employees of the United Nations' mission in Haiti were unaccounted for Wednesday after the earthquake that caused massive damage to the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, U.N. officials said.

Aid groups scrambling to join rescue effort

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:54 AM PST

Aid organizations have deployed emergency response teams to Haiti and appealed for donations after the Caribbean nation was struck by a devastating earthquake described by local officials as a "catastrophe of major proportions."

Google eases self-censorship in China after reported attack

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:39 AM PST

Within hours of Google's announcement that it was no longer willing to self-censor in China, Google.cn was retrieving results for sensitive topics including the 1989 crackdown at Tiananmen Square, the Dalai Lama and the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement.

Women, kids targeted by human traffickers in Mexico

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:57 AM PST

Even before her 18th birthday, Maria had already been enslaved by a gang of human traffickers and held in captivity for four months in her homeland of Mexico.

Britain to fight ruling on police searches

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:50 AM PST

The British government said Wednesday it will appeal a European court ruling that certain police stop-and-search powers are a breach of human rights.

'Missing' president breaks silence, denies death rumors

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:57 AM PST

Nigeria's ailing president has broken two months of silence to assure his countrymen that contrary to speculation he is alive and intending to return to power soon.

Live - Wednesday's FA Cup

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:00 AM PST

Liverpool entertain Reading and Newcastle host Plymouth in two FA Cup third round replays.


Nigeria VP 'can take head duties'

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:48 AM PST

Court rules Goodluck Jonathan can take over presidential duties in leader's absence.


Greece rules out quitting euro zone

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:58 AM PST

Prime minister excludes leaving currency as country wrestles with its economic problems.


Nigeria to allow U.S.-trained air marshals on flights

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:26 AM PST

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will soon allow U.S.-trained air marshals on its flights to the United States to boost air security after a botched bombing attack on a U.S.-bound airliner, a federal minister said.

Iraqi fights graft, crime in Interior Ministry

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:24 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Outside the office of Aqeel al-Turaihi, inspector general at what is seen as a corrupt country's most corrupt government agency, hangs a 'Board of Honour' showing photos of slain colleagues. Since he began probing theft, human rights abuses and police infiltration by militias in Iraq's Interior Ministry in 2006, more than 40 members of Turaihi's team have been assassinated.

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