Afghan officials: 6 killed in Quran protest (AP) |
- Afghan officials: 6 killed in Quran protest (AP)
- Haiti quake new blow for country mired in misery (AP)
- Jakarta prison chief removed
- Quake measuring 7.0 rocks Haiti
- France braces for ice storm amid severe travel warnings
- Haiti hit by 7.0-magnitude earthquake; buildings leveled in Port-au-Prince
- Security forces find huge cache of explosives in Baghdad, impose partial curfew
- U.S. official promises expanded oversight in Afghanistan
- Reputed Mexican drug lord Teodoro Garcia Simental is captured
- U.S., Google take hard line on China Internet controls
- U.S. urges Japan to keep commitment on military base
- TIMELINE: Google's rocky road into China
- Google may quit China over censorship
- Snow and ice storm hits France (AFP)
- UN: Taliban cause Afghan civilian deaths to soar (AP)
- Google 'may quit China'
- Big Haiti quake topples buildings, many casualties
| Afghan officials: 6 killed in Quran protest (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 08:41 PM PST
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| Haiti quake new blow for country mired in misery (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 10:23 PM PST AP - The earthquake that plunged Haiti into darkness is another blow to a nation that has seen more than its share of misery. |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2010 08:29 PM PST JAKARTA A Jakarta prison chief was suspended after some high-profile inmates were found to have enjoyed a luxurious life behind bars. |
| Quake measuring 7.0 rocks Haiti Posted: 12 Jan 2010 02:05 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE - A quake measuring 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti Tuesday causing panic as it struck, officials and AFP witnesses said. |
| France braces for ice storm amid severe travel warnings Posted: 12 Jan 2010 01:08 PM PST PARIS - The French capital hunkered down Tuesday for a snow and sleet storm, banning lorries from motorways and warning of massive flight cancellations as icy conditions made for treacherous travel around north Europe. |
| Haiti hit by 7.0-magnitude earthquake; buildings leveled in Port-au-Prince Posted: 12 Jan 2010 10:08 PM PST The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Haiti devastated parts of the impoverished island nation Tuesday, leveling a hospital in the capital, severely damaging the U.N. headquarters and other buildings, and sending panicked residents into the streets.  |
| Security forces find huge cache of explosives in Baghdad, impose partial curfew Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces shut down large portions of the capital Tuesday after arresting at least 25 men and seizing more than 400 pounds of explosives that insurgents allegedly had been planning to use in a major attack. |
| U.S. official promises expanded oversight in Afghanistan Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST AFGHANISTAN President Obama's special inspector general for Afghanistan said in Kabul on Tuesday that his team is boosting its staffing as U.S. aid money into the country grows -- along with the potential for fraud and abuse. |
| Reputed Mexican drug lord Teodoro Garcia Simental is captured Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST TIJUANA, MEXICO -- Federal troops stormed a seaside vacation home and captured one of the country's most brutal drug lords Tuesday, officials said, the second time in less than a month that Mexico has taken down one of its most powerful traffickers. |
| U.S., Google take hard line on China Internet controls Posted: 12 Jan 2010 10:29 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc may pull out of China because of censorship and cyber attacks on rights activists, further straining Sino-U.S. relations as Washington prepared to tackle global Internet censorship. |
| U.S. urges Japan to keep commitment on military base Posted: 12 Jan 2010 10:29 PM PST HONOLULU (Reuters) - The United States urged Japan on Tuesday to keep its commitment to move a U.S. military base on Okinawa island but the two vowed not to let the row derail their security alliance in the face of rising Chinese power. |
| TIMELINE: Google's rocky road into China Posted: 12 Jan 2010 10:29 PM PST SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc has said it may pull out of China because it is no longer willing to accept censorship of its search results, in what would be a shock retreat from the world's largest Internet market by users. |
| Google may quit China over censorship Posted: 12 Jan 2010 10:29 PM PST SHANGHAI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Internet giant Google Inc has made a shock threat to quit China, the world's biggest Internet market by users, after hackers accessed human rights activists' e-mail accounts. |
| Snow and ice storm hits France (AFP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 10:07 PM PST
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| UN: Taliban cause Afghan civilian deaths to soar (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 10:13 PM PST AP - The number of Afghan civilians who died in war-related violence last year soared to the highest annual level since the conflict began in 2001, the U.N. said Wednesday, while deaths attributed to allied forces dropped 30 percent — a key U.S. goal for winning over the Afghan people. |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:50 PM PST Internet search giant protests government censorship after email hacking incident. |
| Big Haiti quake topples buildings, many casualties Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:57 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A major earthquake struck the capital of impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling many buildings and burying hundreds, possibly thousands, of people under the rubble, witnesses said. |
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