Troops prepare for Afghan push |
- Troops prepare for Afghan push
- Australia shifts immigration focus
- Ancelotti insists title race is still wide open (AFP)
- Samsung's disgraced Lee returns to Olympics fold (AFP)
- Iran plans 10 new enrichment plants in 2010/11
- Taiwan sees no China backlash over U.S. arms deal
- Envoys go to North Korea for nuclear talks push
- Iran tests radar-evading aircraft - commander
- Yanukovych claims victory in Ukraine
- Greece fails to kick the habit
- 5 dead, 12 injured in US power plant blast
- Obama in Super Bowl health care gambit
- Haitian aid effort rushes out tents with anger building
- Haitian aid effort rushes out tents, anger builds
- ETA seeking to move bomb-making to Portugal
- Haitian parents: 'We gave them away'
- French police evacuate migrants' shelter
- Al-Qaeda threat graver to US than Iran
- Afghan assault to send 'strong signal'
- NATO chief seeks broader ties with China, India
| Troops prepare for Afghan push Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:19 PM PST British, US and Afghan forces are preparing for one of their largest counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001.
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| Australia shifts immigration focus Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:05 PM PST Government seeks to secure more "high-end applicants" for residency.
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| Ancelotti insists title race is still wide open (AFP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:46 PM PST
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| Samsung's disgraced Lee returns to Olympics fold (AFP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:43 PM PST
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| Iran plans 10 new enrichment plants in 2010/11 Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:52 PM PST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities during the next Iranian year, its atomic energy chief was quoted as saying, in comments likely to further raise tension with the West.
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| Taiwan sees no China backlash over U.S. arms deal Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:06 PM PST TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan believes its recent detente with China will not be derailed by a deal to buy U.S. weapons, despite Beijing's expressions of outrage towards Washington at the sale, a senior official said on Monday.
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| Envoys go to North Korea for nuclear talks push Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:06 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior Chinese envoy was in North Korea to prod the reclusive state back to stalled nuclear talks while the South sent a team across the border on Monday for talks to restart tourism projects halted due to political wrangling.
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| Iran tests radar-evading aircraft - commander Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:06 PM PST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has successfully tested a radar-evading aircraft, a commander said on Sunday, in the country's latest announcement of technological advances as it marks the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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| Yanukovych claims victory in Ukraine Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:19 PM PST Ukraine is in political turmoil. The man whose side was accused of rigging the vote which triggered the 2004 Orange Revolution, Viktor Yanukovych, is claiming victory in the presidential election.
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| Greece fails to kick the habit Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:34 PM PST Much trumpeted legislation aimed at stamping out smoking in Greece, Europe's most tobacco addicted nation, has been declared a failure by health campaigners.
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| 5 dead, 12 injured in US power plant blast Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:45 PM PST MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut -At least five people were killed and 12 injured in a massive gas explosion that tore apart an unfinished US power plant and rattled windows miles (kilometers) away.
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| Obama in Super Bowl health care gambit Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:12 PM PST WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama unveiled a major political gambit on his stalled health care plan to millions of Americans tuning in for the Super Bowl, summoning Republicans to a White House summit.
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| Haitian aid effort rushes out tents with anger building Posted: 07 Feb 2010 01:37 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE -Aid workers in Haiti rushed to provide tents on Sunday with the coming rainy season threatening further misery and anger building among the desperate population over the stumbling relief effort.
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| Haitian aid effort rushes out tents, anger builds Posted: 07 Feb 2010 01:37 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE -Aid workers in Haiti have rushed to provide tents to earthquake survivors with the coming rainy season threatening further misery, and anger builds among the desperate population over the stumbling relief effort.
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| ETA seeking to move bomb-making to Portugal Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:27 PM PST MADRID -Basque separatist group ETA is seeking to transfer its bomb-making capability to Portugal, Spain's interior minister said Sunday, after a huge cache of explosives was discovered there last week.
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| Haitian parents: 'We gave them away' Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:00 AM PST CALLEBASSE, Haiti -"I would like to give up my son again," says Anchello Cantave, a farmer here, who willingly handed over his five-year-old to US missionaries now facing charges of child abduction in Haiti's post-quake chaos.
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| French police evacuate migrants' shelter Posted: 07 Feb 2010 08:11 AM PST CALAIS, France -French police on Sunday shut down a makeshift shelter for migrants in the Channel port of Calais, just 24 hours after an activist group had opened up the centre.
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| Al-Qaeda threat graver to US than Iran Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:11 AM PST WASHINGTON -The threat of a nuclear-armed Iran is "real" for the United States but Al-Qaeda poses an even greater danger, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday.
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| Afghan assault to send 'strong signal' Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:35 AM PST KABUL -The commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan said Sunday a major offensive will send a "strong signal" and clear insurgents from their southern stronghold, as residents fled ahead of the assault.
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| NATO chief seeks broader ties with China, India Posted: 07 Feb 2010 01:32 AM PST MUNICH, Germany -The head of NATO said Sunday its troubles in Afghanistan showed it was vital to boost ties with nations like China, India and Pakistan and transform the alliance into a global security hub.
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