France asks Paris Club to speed up Haiti debt

France asks Paris Club to speed up Haiti debt

France asks Paris Club to speed up Haiti debt

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:37 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - France has contacted the other members of the Paris Club of sovereign creditors to discuss speeding up debt relief for Haiti, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Friday.


'Arrest made' over Jordan explosion

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:25 AM PST

Taxi driver suspected of planting bomb targeting Israeli diplomats, Al Jazeera learns.


Ukraine prepares to go to polls

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:25 PM PST

Ukrainians go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president for the first time since the Orange Revolution five years ago.


Coast Guard cutter delivers medical supplies, help; 'we saved a lot of lives'

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:41 AM PST

There was no time to keep track of how many young patients had been seen Thursday at a U.S.-built medical clinic at a Haitian coast guard station in Killick, 10 miles outside of Port-au-Prince.


Haiti Earthquake: Corpses Pile Up Across Port-au-Prince (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:10 AM PST

Time.com - Port-au-Prince is a series of open graves and funeral pyres and no one knows how many have died. But the living are pulling together to clear away the rubble


Ukraine presidential hopefuls fear election fraud (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:08 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 30, 2009 file photo shows Thomas Blatt, one of the joint plaintiffs during the Demjanjuk trial as he talks to the media outside the country court building in Munich, southern Germany, prior to the first Demjanjuk trial day. When Thomas Toivi Blatt was a prisoner at Sobibor, assigned to sort clothes and destroy documents of fellow Jews after their corpses were incinerated, it was said that the only way out of the death camp would be 'with the smoke, traveling with the wind.' But Blatt made it out alive in a mass escape, and 66 years later he is heading to Munich to testify at the trial of John Demjanjuk, the retired Ohio autoworker who is charged with being a Ukrainian guard at Sobibor and an accessory to the murder of 27,900 people killed there. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)AP - Ukraine's presidential candidates are trading accusations of plans to steal Sunday's election, with at least one warning of possible street confrontations.

China's foreign reserves rise to $2.4 trillion (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:07 AM PST

AP - China's foreign reserves, already the world's biggest, surged 24 percent last year to $2.4 trillion despite the global financial crisis, the central bank reported Friday.


More Than a Game

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:00 AM PST

The era of the Great Depression is much studied by scholars these days, in good measure because Americans are trying to gauge the extent of the current recovery.


Ukraine's Missing Candidate

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:30 AM PST

Sunday's elections will pose the same old politicians when investors just want a stable economy.


Kenyan police, people clash with Muslim protesters

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:50 AM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of a Jamaican Muslim cleric.

Aid struggles to reach Haitians

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:08 AM PST

Mounting tensions in Port-au-Prince as hundreds of thousands spend night on the streets.


Ukraine prepares to go to polls

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:25 PM PST

Ukrainians go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president for the first time since the Orange Revolution five years ago.


Controversy hits pope's Rome synagogue visit (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:10 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI gestures to the faithful, during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at The Vatican, Wednesday Jan 13, 2010. The pontiff appealed for a generous international aid response for the victims of Haiti's earthquake and has pledged concrete help from the Catholic Church. Benedict also urged prayers for the victims and assured all those who were suffering that he was spiritually close to them and had 'implored God for consolation and relief in their suffering.' (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI's planned visit to Rome's main synagogue on Sunday has sharply divided Italian Jews, with some angered by his moves to push World War II Pope Pius XII toward sainthood.

Pope defends invitation to Anglicans to convert (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:42 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI gestures to the faithful, during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at The Vatican, Wednesday Jan 13, 2010. The pontiff appealed for a generous international aid response for the victims of Haiti's earthquake and has pledged concrete help from the Catholic Church. Benedict also urged prayers for the victims and assured all those who were suffering that he was spiritually close to them and had 'implored God for consolation and relief in their suffering.' (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has defended his decision to invite disaffected Anglicans to join the Catholic Church by saying it is the "ultimate aim" of ecumenism.

South Africa close in on England in final Test (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:33 AM PST

South Africa's captain Graeme Smith plays a stroke. Smith and Hashim Amla have shared a century partnership as South Africa closed in on England's first innings total on the second day of the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium.(AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla shared a century partnership as South Africa closed in on England's first innings total on the second day of the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.

Hong Kongers protest high-speed rail link to China (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:46 AM PST

Protesters set up tents outside Hong Kong's legislative chamber Thursday, Jan, 14, 2010, as protesters pressuring lawmakers to vote down a $8.6 billion rail link to mainland China they say hasn't been properly scrutinized. Political analysts say the unusually heated debate over a seemingly uncontroversial project reflects discontent over the semiautonomous Chinese territory's lack of democracy. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - With Hong Kong's leader selected by pro-China figures and its legislature likewise dominated by allies, Beijing is used to key government proposals sailing through in the semiautonomous financial hub.

India protests over Google flub

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:29 AM PST

NEW DELHI -  While Google and China are squaring off, India has a bone to pick with Google for showing Arunachal Pradesh as part of China.

Minister of state for communication Sachin Pilot (pic) has said that India will protest against Google.sachinRead more...


Fateful Decision

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:30 AM PST

The economy in 2010 and two books: "End the Fed"" by Ron Paul and "Churchill" by Paul Johnson.


Iran to try 16 soon over December unrest - report

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will soon try 16 people arrested in connection with anti-government protests that turned violent last month, an Iranian news agency reported on Friday.


Q+A - What election issues worry Philippine markets?

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine opposition senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino has taken an initial lead in opinion polls for the May presidential elections, but no clear favourite has emerged because candidates have not revealed their platforms.


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US duck hunters spark nuclear plant alert

US duck hunters spark nuclear plant alert

US duck hunters spark nuclear plant alert

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:52 AM PST

A pair of armed duck hunters trigger a security alert at a Texas nuclear weapons assembly plant.


Flood warning as snow thaws

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:46 PM PST

Flooding is possible this weekend as a thaw in the frozen weather sets in, the the Environment Agency has warned.


Dead, dying and injured mingle at overwhelmed Haiti hospital

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:37 AM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- The food and aid being ferried into this shattered city have yet to reach the overwhelmed central hospital, where some patients have eaten nothing since Tuesday's devastating earthquake.


Guinea's Camara to stay abroad, two proposed for PM

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:56 AM PST

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Guinea's military leaders agreed Friday that junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara would continue his convalescence after an assassination bid, leaving his second-in-command in power.

Obama to Campaign in Massachusetts on Sunday

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:50 AM PST

President Obama will appear in Massachusetts to campaign for Senate candidate Martha Coakley.

Israel, Turkey Try to Salvage Alliance

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:34 AM PST

The militaries of Israel and Turkey are trying to salvage an alliance severely damaged as Ankara realigns its position in the Middle East.


Russian Oil Pipeline Makes Splash in Asia

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:43 PM PST

Russia is set to push into Asian energy markets at the expense of Mideast rivals thanks to a new pipeline that pumps crude from Siberia to a new terminal on the Pacific Ocean.


Earthquake strikes Venezuela

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:21 AM PST

An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck eastern Venezuela on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Chaos at Port-au-Prince airport slows Haiti emergency aid efforts

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:45 AM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Despite urgent needs following Tuesday's earthquake, emergency aid for Haiti is being slowed by chaos at the Port-au-Prince airport, where planes are clogging all available space, unloading equipment is scarce and fuel for departing aircraft is unavailable, officials said...


Few home comforts in Haiti's sidewalk quake camps

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:05 AM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Using doors, towels and foam mattresses for floors, bedsheets for walls and bags of clothes for pillows, Haiti's earthquake survivors are making their sidewalk homes as bearable as they can while they wait for help.

Ozawa Associates Arrested in Japan

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:24 AM PST

Japanese prosecutors arrested a member of parliament who is a close associate of Ichiro Ozawa, a top ruling party official, on suspicion of violating political-funds rules, local media reported.


Senior Qaeda Figures Killed in Attack, Yemen Says

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:15 PM PST

Yemeni officials said that they were "almost certain" that the airstrike on Friday also killed the group's military commander.

Haiti earthquake: Aid workers' diaries

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 09:29 AM PST

Read accounts from British aid workers as they make their way to Haiti to help with the relief effort.


Magnitude 5.4 quake shakes Venezuela coast town

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:22 AM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - A medium strength earthquake caused panic in the small eastern Venezuelan coastal town of Carupano on Friday and shook the nearby city of Puerto La Cruz, which contains an oil refinery, but no damage was reported.

US deploying 10,000 troops to Haiti

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:53 AM PST

Military chief says presence could rise further in bid to help earthquake-hit nation.


Tech tools offer Haiti lifeline

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 05:33 AM PST

Services like Twitter, Facebook, and Ushahidi have taken a prime role in disaster relief in the wake of the Haiti earthquake.


Big City: A Facebook Movement, Against Mom and Dad

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:12 AM PST

A 15-year-old from Queens is seeking online support to protest her punishment for drinking at a party.

Live text - Ivory Coast v Ghana

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 09:56 AM PST

Ivory Coast beat Group B rivals Ghana 3-1 to secure their passage to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.


Guinea coup leader 'steps back'

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:38 AM PST

Guinea's wounded coup leader agrees to let his deputy lead the country while he recovers from an assassination attempt.


Pact keeps Camara out of Guinea

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:46 AM PST

Rivals sign deal keeping junta leader 'in convalesence' and paving way for elections.


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