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Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy (AP)
Gang members in Haitian slum profit from disaster (AP)
Taliban attacks paralyze Afghan capital for hours (AP)
Pope John Paul II gunman released from prison (AP)
Judge sentences 'Toronto 18' ringleader (AP)
Haitians Anxious for U.S. Troops' Aid in Port-au-Prince (Time.com)
Cadbury poised to join Kraft after sweetened offer (AFP)
Storms in Mideast kill British tourist, 6 others (AP)
Mexico City to punish tweets on police checkpoints (AP)
China's Africa footprint: a makeover for Algeria (AP)
Chinese children sickened by school pressure: study (AFP)
PM plans minor cabinet shuffle Tuesday: report (Reuters)
Prince William to meet Australian PM (AFP)
Taliban attackers strike heart of Afghanistan's capital (McClatchy Newspapers)
Chile, once Latin America's economic model, now overtaken by Brazil (The Christian Science Monitor)
For Haiti's Devastated People, Aid Comes Unequally (Time.com)
Haiti: Africa Lends a Hand (OneWorld.net)

Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:15 PM PST

AP - The staggering scope of Haiti's nightmare came into sharper focus Monday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the quake-ravaged heart of this tragic land, where injured survivors still died in the streets, doctors pleaded for help and looters slashed at one another in the rubble.

Gang members in Haitian slum profit from disaster (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:04 PM PST

AP - "If you don't kill the criminals, they will all come back," a Haitian police officer shouts over a loudspeaker in the country's most notorious slum, imploring citizens to take justice into their own hands.

Taliban attacks paralyze Afghan capital for hours (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:07 PM PST

AP - Taliban militants wearing explosive vests launched a brazen daylight assault Monday on the center of Kabul, with suicide bombings and gunbattles near the presidential palace and other government buildings that paralyzed the city for hours.

Pope John Paul II gunman released from prison (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:12 PM PST

AP - The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II nearly 29 years ago emerged from prison Monday, declared himself a messenger from God, then spent his first night of freedom in a luxury hotel room. Mehmet Ali Agca, 52, said he would talk to the media in the next few days.

Judge sentences 'Toronto 18' ringleader (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:46 PM PST

AP - The ringleader of a homegrown terror plot that planned to set off truck bombs in front of Canada's main stock exchange and two government buildings was given a life sentence on Monday.

Haitians Anxious for U.S. Troops' Aid in Port-au-Prince (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:00 AM PST

Time.com - No store or shop or life is safe as looting and violence rush into the vacuum created by the collapse of the Haitian government after the earthquake

Cadbury poised to join Kraft after sweetened offer (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 03:49 PM PST

AFP - US giant Kraft Foods and British confectioner Cadbury were poised to announce a tie-up after the American firm agreed to raise its offer to as much as 11.7 billion pounds, British media reported Monday.

Storms in Mideast kill British tourist, 6 others (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 03:17 PM PST

AP - Rare torrential rains across the Middle East swept away homes, marooned resort towns and killed seven people Monday, including a British tourist, in what officials are calling the worst flooding in at least a decade.

Mexico City to punish tweets on police checkpoints (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:00 PM PST

AP - Some Twitter users are revealing the locations of police drunk-driving checkpoints in Mexico City and the people behind the tweets could be prosecuted, police said Monday.

China's Africa footprint: a makeover for Algeria (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

AP - While still struggling with the aftermath of a decade-long Islamic insurgency, oil-rich yet impoverished Algeria is getting a makeover: a new airport, its first mall, its largest prison, 60,000 new homes, two luxury hotels and the longest continuous highway in Africa.

Chinese children sickened by school pressure: study (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

AFP - A third of primary schoolchildren in China are suffering from psychological ill-health as a result of classroom stress and parental pressure, according to a study published on Tuesday.

PM plans minor cabinet shuffle Tuesday: report (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 01:21 PM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will carry out a minor shuffle of his cabinet on Tuesday, CTV television and a source in the ruling Conservative Party said on Monday.

Prince William to meet Australian PM (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:41 AM PST

AFP - Prince William will meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd when Queen Elizabeth II's grandson visits Sydney this week, the Australian leader and avowed republican said Monday.

Taliban attackers strike heart of Afghanistan's capital (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 08:05 AM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Seven Taliban attackers, including a suicide bomber driving an ambulance, hit the center of Kabul on Monday morning, killing five people, wounding at least 71 and demonstrating their ability to strike at the hub of the U.S.-backed Afghan government.

Chile, once Latin America's economic model, now overtaken by Brazil (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:45 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - For two decades, Chile was the âteacherâs petâ of Latin America, the student who always brought home straight Aâs.

For Haiti's Devastated People, Aid Comes Unequally (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:00 AM PST

Time.com - As rescuers race against time, it's the poorest parts of the city that seem to wait the longest