A Deadly Quake in a Seismic Hot Spot

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• A Deadly Quake in a Seismic Hot Spot
• Rebuilding Haiti 'will take years'
• N.Y. Housing Complex Is Turned Over to Creditors
• Pupils get advice to 'delay sex'
• Hundreds held over Nigeria clashes
• Fresh off a Massachusetts Victory, G.O.P. Aims at Illinois
• China to Move Against Local Lobbists
• Haiti's prime minister appeals for more international aid
• I will not go, says climate chief
• Oversight of Iraq contract 'weak'
• Karzai bid to ease Taliban curbs
• Dozens killed in Baghdad hotel blasts
• Russia Ends Diplomatic Freeze With Ukraine
• Lords reject church gay proposal
• Yemen rebels 'leave Saudi Arabia'
• Ex-Guatemalan president indicted in New York
• Ukrainian vote rivals clash over printing press
• Ex-Iraqi lawmaker sentenced to death for killings
• Guatemalan ex-president charged will embezzling millions
• Sidebar: After 34 Years, a Plainspoken Justice Gets Louder

A Deadly Quake in a Seismic Hot Spot Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:56 PM PST Wary scientists are monitoring active fault zones in the Caribbean, worried that a powerful earthquake in Haiti could foreshadow more seismic activity.

Rebuilding Haiti 'will take years' Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:53 PM PST Prime minister urges international support, but says Haiti must lead reconstruction.

N.Y. Housing Complex Is Turned Over to Creditors Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:35 PM PST The decision comes four years after the $5.4 billion purchase of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.

Pupils get advice to 'delay sex' Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:07 AM PST Young people are to given advice designed to protect them from pressure into becoming sexually active too early.

Hundreds held over Nigeria clashes Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:21 PM PST Calls for suspects to face trial in Jos over the violence that left at least 326 dead.

Fresh off a Massachusetts Victory, G.O.P. Aims at Illinois Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:50 PM PST As Illinois prepares for its primaries, Scott Brown's election last week has raised Republican hopes of taking the Senate seat once held by Barack Obama.

China to Move Against Local Lobbists Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:54 AM PST China's government is reported to have ordered the closure of thousands of "regional liaison offices" that local governments and companies operate in Beijing to curry favor with high officials.

Haiti's prime minister appeals for more international aid Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:25 AM PST MONTREAL -- Haiti's prime minister appealed for more international aid Monday, as foreign donors gathered for a conference here to begin plotting a path to recovery for the devastated nation.

I will not go, says climate chief Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:53 AM PST UN climate science body's chief Rajendra Pachauri says he will not resign after an error on glacier melt appeared in a key report.

Oversight of Iraq contract 'weak' Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:31 AM PST US state department failed to properly audit $2.5bn deal to train police, report says.

Karzai bid to ease Taliban curbs Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:48 AM PST Afghanistan's president says he will propose lifting UN sanctions against some Taliban leaders at a summit this week in London.

Dozens killed in Baghdad hotel blasts Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:34 AM PST At least three loud explosions were heard in Baghdad on Monday.

Russia Ends Diplomatic Freeze With Ukraine Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:45 AM PST Moscow sends ambassador to Kiev, ending five months of protest against Yushchenko and signaling its willingness to work with Yanukovich or Tymoshenko, frontrunners in the country's February presidential runoff.

Lords reject church gay proposal Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:58 AM PST The House of Lords rejects a government move churches said would prevent them denying jobs to gay people and transsexuals.

Yemen rebels 'leave Saudi Arabia' Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:57 AM PST Houthi fighters offer a ceasefire after three months of fighting along the border.

Ex-Guatemalan president indicted in New York Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:57 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal grand jury in New York has indicted former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo for money laundering, alleging he embezzled tens of millions of public dollars that he washed through foreign and local banks.

Ukrainian vote rivals clash over printing press Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:00 AM PST KIEV (Reuters) - Supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich briefly clashed with police on Monday at a printing house producing ballot papers for the presidential election next month, government officials said.

Ex-Iraqi lawmaker sentenced to death for killings Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:01 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A court in Baghdad sentenced a former Iraqi lawmaker to death in absentia for a series of sectarian murders, including a 2007 suicide attack in parliament, a government spokesman said on Monday.

Guatemalan ex-president charged will embezzling millions Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:00 AM PST Former President Alfonso Portillo of Guatemala faces money-laundering charges in the United States, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday.

Sidebar: After 34 Years, a Plainspoken Justice Gets Louder Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:07 AM PST Justice John Paul Stevens, in what might be his final term, has crafted opinions that suggest the Supreme Court has lost touch with its sense of fair play.

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Ethiopian plane crashes in sea off Beirut, bodies found

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• Ethiopian plane crashes in sea off Beirut, bodies found
• Washington soothes anger over new airline security
• French ambassador's wife on crashed Ethiopian plane
• Lebanon says sabotage unlikely in plane crash
• Lebanon says Ethiopian plane crash site located
• Ethiopian plane crashes in sea off Beirut, bodies found
• Bill Gates worries climate money robs health aid
• Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes into sea
• World leaders focus on Haiti aid effort
• Sinn Fein and DUP to resume talks
• Myanmar minister says Suu Kyi to be freed Nov - witnesses
• China steps up defence of Internet controls
• Japan PM vows U.S. base decision by May, scandal weighs
• Ethiopian airliner crashes after takeoff from Beirut
• Lebanon says Ethiopian plane crash site located
• Plea to farmers over Greek blockades
• Turkey hosts leaders' conference
• Bin Laden tape claims U.S. plane attack, vows more attacks
• Ethiopian airliner crashes after takeoff from Beirut
• U.S., Brazilian troops hand out aid in Haiti slum

Ethiopian plane crashes in sea off Beirut, bodies found Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather early on Monday. Nine bodies were recovered as a search for survivors began.

Washington soothes anger over new airline security Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST ALGIERS (Reuters) - Extra airline security checks introduced after the failed Christmas Day bomb plot are still evolving, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday after some states alleged the screening singled them out unfairly.

French ambassador's wife on crashed Ethiopian plane Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - The wife of the French ambassador to Lebanon was on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the Lebanese coast on Monday, the French embassy said.

Lebanon says sabotage unlikely in plane crash Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman said sabotage was unlikely in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane off the coast of Lebanon on Monday.

Lebanon says Ethiopian plane crash site located Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rescue workers have located the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that went down just off the Lebanese coast on Monday, Lebanon's Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi said.

Ethiopian plane crashes in sea off Beirut, bodies found Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:52 PM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of Monday, airport sources said.

Bill Gates worries climate money robs health aid Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:23 PM PST SEATTLE (Reuters) - Bill Gates, the world's richest man and a leading philanthropist, said on Sunday spending by rich countries aimed at combating climate change in developing nations could mean a dangerous cut in aid for health issues.

Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes into sea Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:33 PM PST An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane with 92 people on board has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut airport.

World leaders focus on Haiti aid effort Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:36 PM PST A meeting of world leaders to discuss the rescue effort in Haiti is set to take place in Canada.

Sinn Fein and DUP to resume talks Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:40 PM PST Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will hold talks later with the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Peter Robinson, at Stormont.

Myanmar minister says Suu Kyi to be freed Nov - witnesses Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:52 PM PST YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be freed when her house arrest ends in November, according to a government minister quoted by witnesses on Monday, but critics said that may be too late for this year's elections.

China steps up defence of Internet controls Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:52 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China has every right to punish citizens using the Internet to challenge Communist Party power and ethnic policies, a senior official said on Monday, pressing Beijing's counter-offensive against Google Inc.

Japan PM vows U.S. base decision by May, scandal weighs Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:52 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's leader on Monday promised not to delay beyond May a decision on the fate of a U.S. base, as a feud with Washington over the nagging issue threatens to further erode voter support already hurt by a funding scandal.

Ethiopian airliner crashes after takeoff from Beirut Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of Monday, airport sources said.

Lebanon says Ethiopian plane crash site located Posted: 24 Jan 2010 09:31 PM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rescue workers have located the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that went down just off the Lebanese coast on Monday, Lebanon's Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi said.

Plea to farmers over Greek blockades Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:41 PM PST The Greek government is urging the country's farmers to call off a series of road blockades.

Turkey hosts leaders' conference Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:43 PM PST The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan have arrived in the Turkish city of Istanbul ahead of a conference aimed at agreeing a common strategy in dealing with the Taliban-led insurgency.

Bin Laden tape claims U.S. plane attack, vows more attacks Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:52 PM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the failed Dec. 25 bombing of a U.S.-bound plane in an audio tape aired on Sunday, and vowed to continue attacks on the United States.

Ethiopian airliner crashes after takeoff from Beirut Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:52 PM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of Monday, airport sources said.

U.S., Brazilian troops hand out aid in Haiti slum Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:52 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers and Brazilian U.N. troops handed out food and water in one of Haiti's largest slums on Sunday amid criticism that aid was not getting to earthquake victims fast enough.

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