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• Many casualties expected after big quake in Haiti (AP)
• Mexico drug kingpin arrest highlights new strategy (AP)
• Iran blames US, Israel after bomb kills physicist (AP)
• Bomb plot against ministries in Baghdad thwarted (AP)
• Venezuela announces nationwide energy rationing (AP)
• Will Robinson Sex Scandal Break Northern Ireland Peace? (Time.com)
• Kraft says Cadbury defence 'underwhelming': report (AFP)
• A low blow: Israel puts Turkey down with snub (AP)
• Ecuador minister resigns over Amazon oil project (AP)
• Guinea's Camara arrives in Burkina Faso (Reuters)
• Google may pull out of China over censorship (Reuters)
• Flaherty to keep finance if Canada shuffles cabinet (Reuters)
• 8-yr-old boys save drowning man at Aussie beach (AP)
• U.S. turns to Afghan farmers to uproot insurgency (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Terrorist attack averted in Iraq, says Iraqi general (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Luxury-Car Brands Picking Up Speed with Indian Consumers (Time.com)
• Nepal's Maoists Start Discharging Child Soldiers (OneWorld.net)

Many casualties expected after big quake in Haiti (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 05:51 PM PST AP - The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area rocked Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and damaging other buildings. An aid official described "total disaster and chaos."

Mexico drug kingpin arrest highlights new strategy (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 05:17 PM PST AP - Federal troops stormed a seaside vacation home and captured one of the country's most brutal drug lords Tuesday, the second time in less than a month that Mexico has taken down one of its most powerful traffickers.

Iran blames US, Israel after bomb kills physicist (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 05:17 PM PST AP - A senior physics professor who publicly backed Iran's opposition leader was killed when a bomb-rigged motorcycle exploded as he left for work Tuesday. The government blamed the U.S. and Israel for the attack.

Bomb plot against ministries in Baghdad thwarted (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 05:17 PM PST AP - Iraqi forces seized a large cache of explosives and arrested suspected insurgents allegedly planning to target government ministries Tuesday, in a crackdown across the capital that brought parts of the city to a standstill.

Venezuela announces nationwide energy rationing (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 05:52 PM PST AP - Venezuela's government imposed rolling blackouts of up to four hours every other day throughout the country on Tuesday to combat an energy crisis.

Will Robinson Sex Scandal Break Northern Ireland Peace? (Time.com) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 03:55 PM PST Time.com - The revelations about the affair that First Minister Peter Robinson's wife Irishad with a teenager couldn't come at a worse time for the shaky NorthernIreland peace process

Kraft says Cadbury defence 'underwhelming': report (AFP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 05:30 PM PST AFP - US giant Kraft Foods dismissed on Wednesday as "underwhelming" British confectioner Cadbury's defence against the American firm's multi-billion-dollar hostile takeover bid, a newspaper reported.

A low blow: Israel puts Turkey down with snub (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 01:41 PM PST AP - Even in the tough world of Middle East diplomacy, it was a startling snub: The Turkish ambassador was seated lower than his Israeli host, denied not only a handshake but a smile — all for the benefit of eager Israeli TV crews.

Ecuador minister resigns over Amazon oil project (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 05:03 PM PST AP - Ecuador's foreign minister resigned Tuesday after President Rafael Correa criticized his handling of negotiations to prevent oil drilling in a pristine Amazon reserve.

Guinea's Camara arrives in Burkina Faso (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:29 PM PST Reuters - Guinean junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara arrived in Burkina Faso on Tuesday from Morocco after more than a month recovering from a failed attempt to assassinate him, a Reuters witness said.

Google may pull out of China over censorship (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 05:59 PM PST Reuters - Google Inc said it may pull out of China because it is no longer willing to accept censorship of its search results, in a surprise retreat from the world's largest Internet market by users.

Flaherty to keep finance if Canada shuffles cabinet (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 07:19 AM PST Reuters - Canada's veteran finance minister, Jim Flaherty, will stay in his post in any possible cabinet shuffle, senior government officials said on Tuesday.

8-yr-old boys save drowning man at Aussie beach (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:05 AM PST AP - Two 8-year-old boys in a young lifeguards training program rescued a man who was struggling in the ocean off Australia's east coast.

U.S. turns to Afghan farmers to uproot insurgency (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 03:34 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - NAWA, Afghanistan — Launching a major drive to improve agriculture in this war-weary land, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack set off this week on a rare airborne tour of troubled Helmand province before delivering a message to its farmers.

Terrorist attack averted in Iraq, says Iraqi general (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 11:05 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi forces arrested suspected insurgents and seized a huge cache of explosives Tuesday, in a crackdown across the capital that brought parts of the city to a standstill.

Luxury-Car Brands Picking Up Speed with Indian Consumers (Time.com) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 01:35 AM PST Time.com - Not long ago, the only time luxury-car brands like Audi or BMW made an appearance in India was in movies or at auto shows. Not anymore

Nepal's Maoists Start Discharging Child Soldiers (OneWorld.net) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 05:14 PM PST OneWorld.net - SINDHULI, Jan 12 (IRIN) - Looking angry and emotional, 20-year-old former Maoist child soldier Suman Karki shook hands with fellow comrades as he bade farewell to life in one of Nepal's Maoist army camps.

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