Haiti quake death toll 'may be 50,000'

Haiti quake death toll 'may be 50,000'


Haiti quake death toll 'may be 50,000'

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:09 PM PST

The Red Cross estimates 45,000-50,000 people have died in Haiti's devastating earthquake, as rescue teams race against time to find survivors.


India launches rockets to study eclipse

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 06:41 PM PST

India is launching a series of rockets to study the impact of Friday's solar eclipse, a rare occurrence that will briefly reduce the sun to a blazing ring.


4 indicted in Mumbai, Denmark terror plots

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:27 PM PST

A U.S. grand jury indicted four people, including two Chicagoans, for alleged roles in plots against a Danish newspaper and the November 2008 terrorism attack in Mumbai, India.


Source: Terror threat by 'viable operatives' extends beyond aviation

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:13 PM PST

Information gained since the attempted airplane bombing on Christmas Day has U.S. officials concerned that al Qaeda in Yemen has "trained and equipped ... viable operatives" to strike U.S. targets -- including targets unrelated to aviation, a reliable source familiar with the investigation told CNN Thursday.


Japan prepares to mourno 1995 Kobe quake (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:44 PM PST

An overview of Nishinomiye in Kobe shows a highway which collapsed in the powerful 1995 earthquake which rocked the Japanese city. The devastating earth tremor that rocked Haiti on Tuesday has reminded the world that a ripple in the earth's crust can unleash untold chaos.(AFP/HO/Asahi Shimbun/File)AFP - Days after a quake in Haiti reminds the world that a ripple in the earth's crust can unleash untold devastation, Japan this weekend remembers the Kobe quake that 15 years ago killed more than 6,400 people.



Haiti quake death toll 'may be 50,000'

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:09 PM PST

The Red Cross estimates 45,000-50,000 people have died in Haiti's devastating earthquake, as rescue teams race against time to find survivors.


China says ways to resolve Google issue, U.S. cautious

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:36 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday sought to play down a threat by Google Inc to quit the country on hacking and censorship concerns, saying any decision by the Internet search giant would not affect U.S. trade ties.


China chooses former soldier as new Tibet governor

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:36 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has chosen a former soldier as the new governor of restless and remote Tibet after his predecessor resigned abruptly earlier in the week.


Japan eyes bill to boost disputed island claim - media

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:36 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government plans new legislation that will bolster its claim to an island disputed with China by allowing it to build ports or other structures there, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.


Bipolar diagnosis jumps in young children - study

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:36 PM PST

BOSTON (Reuters) - The number of children aged 2 to 5 who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed powerful antipsychotic drugs has doubled over the past decade, according to research released on Friday.


Colleagues concerned about China rights lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:09 PM PST

Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese rights lawyer, is seen during an interview at his office in Beijing in November 2005. Chinese lawyers and a US-based rights group have demanded that police in the Chinese capital locate the legal campaigner who disappeared in September, seven months after being taken into custody.(AFP/File/Verna Yu)AFP - Chinese lawyers and a US-based rights group on Friday demanded that Beijing police locate a prominent attorney who disappeared in September, seven months after being taken into custody.



Cries grow faint under Haiti rubble

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 06:38 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE -Almost 48 hours after the shattered concrete ceiling of her cousin's dress store crashed down upon her, Maryse's faltering cries galvanised a crowd of rescuers digging through the rubble in the Haiti capital Port-au-Prince.

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US hopes Guinea coup leader will stay in Burkina Faso

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 06:28 PM PST

WASHINGTON -The United States is hoping Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore will persuade the leader of a military coup in Guinea against returning home, a senior State Department official told AFP.

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US boosts airline security amid Al-Qaeda threat

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:51 PM PST

WASHINGTON -The United States stepped up airport security as intelligence warned Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen was planning more attacks to follow a failed Christmas Day bombing.

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Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Why John Yoo is suddenly going soft on Obama.


The Futility Of Price Controls

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Venezuela will learn the hard way.


God In A Time Of Crisis

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

From Hiroshima to Haiti, faith endures.


Google In China's Century

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Why is Beijing forcing out the Internet giant?


Google In China's Century

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Why is Beijing forcing out the Internet giant?


China says December foreign investment doubles (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:22 PM PST

AP - Foreign direct investment in China more than doubled in December from a year earlier as companies poured money into expanding amid a strengthening economic revival, the government reported Friday.