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Yahoo! News: World News


Yanukovych declares victory in Ukrainian vote (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:08 PM PST

Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych speaks to the media  in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Exit polls showed pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych with a narrow lead Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff — a result that could restore much of Moscow's influence in a country that has labored to build bridges to the West. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)AP - Pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych declared victory in Ukraine's presidential runoff but his opponent rejected the claim, saying the vote was too close to call.


Drs.: Argentine ex-leader OK after rush surgery (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:05 PM PST

In this photo taken June 29, 2009, former Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner gestures during a press conference in Buenos Aires. Kirchner underwent emergency surgery after showing symptoms of carotid artery disease, the presidency said. (AP Photo/Daniel Luna)AP - Ex-President Nestor Kirchner, husband of Argentina's current leader and a hopeful to resume the office, emerged successfully from emergency surgery on a key artery to his brain Sunday, his doctors said.


Costa Rica votes, could elect 1st woman president (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:02 PM PST

Costa Rica's National Liberation Party presidential candidate Laura Chinchilla waves to supporters after voting at a polling station in San Jose, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Costa Ricans appeared likely to elect their first woman president Sunday as Central America's most politically and economically stable country chose between a career politician from the ruling party and an anti-taxation Libertarian.


Hundreds flee south Afghan town ahead of offensive (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:33 PM PST

Afghan police men check belongings of displaced families, who arrived from Marjah, at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)AP - Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area ahead of a planned NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan.


A Year After Fires, Australia Debates What Went Wrong (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 08:55 AM PST

Time.com - On Feb. 7, Australia will mark the one-year anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, the worst natural disaster in the continent's recorded history

Opposition's Yanukovich claims win in Ukraine poll (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:04 PM PST

An electoral official prepares a voting booth at a polling station in Dnipropetrovsk February 6, 2010. Ukraine is holding a run-off vote for president on Sunday. REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoReuters - Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich headed for a slender victory on Monday in a presidential election but bitter rival Yulia Tymoshenko refused to concede and her camp said she was ahead.


Israeli forces detain pro-Palestinian activists (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:51 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken on Sept. 23, 2005, a foreign activist is detained by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration at the construction site of Israel's separation barrier in the Palestinian village of Bilin near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Israeli army says its forces entered the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, and arrested two pro-Palestinian activists from Australia and Spain. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, File)AP - Israeli troops broke down the door of an apartment in the Palestinian-ruled West Bank town of Ramallah on Sunday and arrested two pro-Palestinian activists from Spain and Australia, their roommate said.


Amid drug war, Mexico less deadly than decade ago (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:44 PM PST

Graphic shows homicide rate in MexicoAP - Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police have obscured a significant fact: A falling homicide rate means people in Mexico are less likely to die violently now than they were more than a decade ago.


Private schools sprout in Zimbabwe as public system struggles (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 01:10 PM PST

A pupil attends a class at a privately-run primary school in the Zimbabwean capital Harare in January 2010 under the close watch of teacher Rosemary Rwizi (R). New private schools run by individuals, families and organisations are sprouting across the country, often inside homes, in yards and in plots designated by the municipalities, offering an alternative to parents.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)AFP - "No disruption to learning" touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms, backyards and plots across Harare.


Envoys head to North Korea to push for nuclear talks (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:04 PM PST

A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Jae-WonReuters - 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.


Give a home to us not the Olympics, say protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:47 PM PST

Reuters - Robert Bonner is not impressed that Vancouver is hosting the Winter Olympics and thinks the millions of dollars spent on the event would have better gone on alleviating problems like poverty and homelessness.

Australia marks anniversary of deadly firestorm (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:53 PM PST

The tree of light, a candelabra with 150 candles representing each of the communities affected by Australia's Black Saturday bushfires. A remembrance service was held at St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne on a national day of mourning to mark the first anniversary of the fires.(AFP/Paul Crock)AFP - Australians marked the first anniversary of devastating wildfires that killed 173 people, grieving for those who lost their lives and praying for the survivors in a national day of mourning Sunday.


European Vacation: Pope Talks Tough in His Own Backyard (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 08:55 AM PST

Time.com - For his next two trips abroad, Pope Benedict XVI is traveling to Britain andPortugal to try to counter the forces of secularism sweeping the continent

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