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• Toyota chief apologizes for massive global recalls (AP)
• Haitians begin to return to unprepared capital (AP)
• Preteen as Carnival queen stirs Rio controversy (AP)
• US offensive aims to turn page in Afghan war (AP)
• Iran Nuclear Deal: Is Ahmadinejad Serious on Fuel Swap? (Time.com)
• NATO putting more optimistic face on Afghan war (AP)
• Twin blasts kill 40 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq (AP)
• Guatemala cops destroy 1,200 acres of poppy plants (AP)
• Nigeria sack Amodu, draw up Hiddink-led shortlist (AFP)
• Toyota denies cover-up as repairs start (AFP)
• NDP leader sick, won't quit (Reuters)
• Attacks on Indians in Australia: Is it racism? (AP)
• 'Win this war,' Obama says at service for 7 killed in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Munich security conference: fresh focus on Afghanistan, nuclear weapons (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Haiti's Baby Lift: Don't Just Take the Children, Save Them (Time.com)

Toyota chief apologizes for massive global recalls (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST AP - Toyota's president emerged from seclusion Friday to apologize and address criticism that the automaker mishandled a crisis over sticking gas pedals. Yet he stopped short of ordering a recall for the company's iconic Prius hybrid for braking problems.

Haitians begin to return to unprepared capital (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:56 PM PST AP - A half-million Haitians who fled their shattered capital after the earthquake are starting to return to a maze of rubble piles, refugee camps and food lines, complicating ambitious plans to build a better Haiti.

Preteen as Carnival queen stirs Rio controversy (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST AP - She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a 7-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models who have undergone more plastic surgeries than little Julia Lira has seen birthdays.

US offensive aims to turn page in Afghan war (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:33 PM PST AP - A new and possibly decisive chapter of the Afghan war is unfolding. The U.S. is preparing a major attack on the Taliban, the militants are being squeezed in their Pakistani sanctuaries, and the Afghan government is trying to draw them into peace talks.

Iran Nuclear Deal: Is Ahmadinejad Serious on Fuel Swap? (Time.com) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST Time.com - A statement that Iran remains open to shipping enriched uranium abroad is greeted with skepticism in the West, but if Tehran is offering a credible compromise, it could leave the U.S. facing a dilemma

NATO putting more optimistic face on Afghan war (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:34 PM PST AP - NATO and U.S. officials are putting a more optimistic face on the eight-year-old Afghanistan war, suggesting that tens of thousands more foreign troops can finally turn the corner against a growing Taliban insurgency.

Twin blasts kill 40 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST AP - A car bomb ripped through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims outside the holy city of Karbala Friday, sending many fleeing into the path of a suicide attacker who detonated a second bomb in coordinated blasts that killed at least 40 people and wounded 150.

Guatemala cops destroy 1,200 acres of poppy plants (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:51 PM PST AP - Guatemalan police say they have destroyed about 1,200 acres (500 hectares) of opium poppies along the border with Mexico.

Nigeria sack Amodu, draw up Hiddink-led shortlist (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:51 PM PST AFP - Nigeria football bosses on Friday announced the sacking of coach Shuaibu Amodu, publishing a short-list of coaches they hope will lead the 'Super Eagles' through the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Toyota denies cover-up as repairs start (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:51 PM PST AFP - Toyota denied on Friday it had covered up safety problems with its cars and said they were safe to drive, as it began to repair some of the millions of vehicles recalled due to faulty accelerators.

NDP leader sick, won't quit (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 11:38 AM PST Reuters - The leader of Canada's left-leaning opposition New Democrats, who in late 2008 pushed hard to create a coalition to oust the minority Conservative government, said on Friday he has prostate cancer but would stay on in his role.

Attacks on Indians in Australia: Is it racism? (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 09:10 AM PST AP - A spate of violent attacks on Indians in Australia is straining bilateral relations and costing Australian universities lucrative foreign student revenue. There is sharp debate, however, about whether racism is at the root of the problem.

'Win this war,' Obama says at service for 7 killed in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:55 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told hundreds of CIA employees Friday that the deaths of seven of their colleagues in a suicide bombing Dec. 30 in Afghanistan amounted to a "summons . . . to carry on their work, to complete this mission, to win this war and to keep our country safe."

Munich security conference: fresh focus on Afghanistan, nuclear weapons (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 09:05 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - After a year of uncertainty, “there are no more excuses” for Europe not to put its shoulder to the wheel; help its main ally, the US; and tackle pressing global security needs like Afghanistan and Iran, according to Wolfgang Ischinger, host of a prestigious annual security conference opening here today.

Haiti's Baby Lift: Don't Just Take the Children, Save Them (Time.com) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST Time.com - While the missionaries who took Haitian kids may have meant well, they may have been doing the children and the country a disservice -- as well as breaking the law

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