Officials: Afghan avalanche kills 8, strands 100s (AP)

Officials: Afghan avalanche kills 8, strands 100s (AP)
Iran starts making 20 pct atom fuel - state tv
China lawyer's jail term reduced after guilty plea
Study toasts beer as being good for your bones (Reuters)
India 233 & 162-4 v S. Africa 558-6d, first test - lunch (Reuters)
Violence, tight race mark Philippine poll campaign (AP)
China quake activist jailed for inciting subversion
Pakistan police 'foil hotel attack'
Wild lynx puts frighteners on Whistler sliders (Reuters)
Korea should be nuclear-free, Kim tells China envoy (AFP)
Australian firm admits China name bungle in mega-deal (AFP)
Toyota recalls Prius and 2 other hybrids
Ripples of Dubai killing spread
Cuba releases all dissidents arrested last week
China quake activist jailed for subversion: lawyer
All eyes on Tymoshenko after Ukraine vote defeat
Sri Lanka's presidential loser faces court martial
Coupon scam hits Haiti food aid
A Raring Recovery

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:45 PM PST

AP - Avalanches in a mountain pass north of Kabul killed at least eight people, injured more than 40 and left hundreds stranded, Afghan officials said Tuesday.

Iran starts making 20 pct atom fuel - state tv

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:00 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran started making higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday, state television reported, a defiant move that may increase pressure for new international sanctions on the major oil producer.

China lawyer's jail term reduced after guilty plea

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:00 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese lawyer jailed for falsifying evidence in a high-profile mob trial had his sentence cut on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to asking his client, a suspected mafia boss, to lie about being mistreated in custody.

Study toasts beer as being good for your bones (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:19 PM PST

Reuters - Beer drinkers now have a good excuse to order another round -- the brew may help keep bones strong, a study has found.

India 233 & 162-4 v S. Africa 558-6d, first test - lunch (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:21 PM PST

Reuters - India were 162 for four in their second innings at lunch on the fourth day of the opening test against South Africa at the VCA Stadium on Tuesday.

Violence, tight race mark Philippine poll campaign (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:28 PM PST

AP - Campaign posters went up and jingles blared at election rallies Tuesday as the Philippines' richest politician and the son of its democracy icon began a tight race to succeed scandal-tainted President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

China quake activist jailed for inciting subversion

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:06 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that contributed to deaths in China's devastating 2008 earthquake has been sentenced to five years in prison for subversion, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Pakistan police 'foil hotel attack'

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 09:58 PM PST

Suspected Taliban fighters arrested for alleged plot to target US citizens.

Wild lynx puts frighteners on Whistler sliders (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 09:53 PM PST

Reuters - A rare visitor got a first-hand inspection of the Whistler Sliding Centre on Monday when a lynx was spotted prowling in trees near the start area.

Korea should be nuclear-free, Kim tells China envoy (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 09:50 PM PST

AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.

Australian firm admits China name bungle in mega-deal (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:02 PM PST

AFP - Australian miner Resourcehouse Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a Chinese company involved in a 60 billion US dollar coal deal, but insisted the agreement was legitimate.

Toyota recalls Prius and 2 other hybrids

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:42 PM PST

Toyota will announce a global recall Tuesday for three of its 2010 hybrid models.

Ripples of Dubai killing spread

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:18 PM PST

A Palestinian man murdered in his Dubai hotel room by a hit squad, the police say, that operated with European passports. Sounds like the plot of a John Le Carré novel, but this is reality and the hunt is on for the killers of top Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

Cuba releases all dissidents arrested last week

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:34 PM PST

HAVANA -Cuba has released the last five of a group of 35 dissidents it arrested last week for demonstrating on behalf of a conscientious objector, a Cuban human rights group said.

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 06:30 PM PST

BEIJING - A Chinese activist who was investigating whether shoddy construction caused school collapses in the massive 2008 Sichuan earthquake was jailed Tuesday for five years for subversion, his lawyer said.

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:30 PM PST

KIEV -Ukraine's charismatic Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was under pressure Tuesday to ease political tensions by conceding defeat to her triumphant rival Viktor Yanukovich in presidential polls.

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:33 AM PST

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka is to be court-martialled, officials said Tuesday, a day after he was hauled away from his office by armed troops.