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• Tens of thousands feared dead after Haiti quake (AP)
• 16 UN personnel killed, 150 missing in Haiti (AP)
• Violence expected as Mexican drug lord arrested (AP)
• Panic, looting and triage after major Haiti quake (AP)
• Dutch PM backs away from criticizing Iraq report (AP)
• U.S. Military Readies Disaster Response to Haiti Quake (Time.com)
• Hershey OKs bid preparation for Cadbury: report (AFP)
• Israel to expel American journalist (AP)
• In Haiti, tragedy, a way of life, is redefined (AP)
• A step closer to Guinea, leader seen as danger (AP)
• UN: Taliban cause Afghan civilian deaths to soar (AP)
• Canada Parliament move eliminates Tory lead: poll (Reuters)
• Senate Dems leave Kabul still wary of U.S. troop surge (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Yemen intensifies fight against Al Qaeda (The Christian Science Monitor)
• After the Quake Comes the Disease. Can Haiti Cope? (Time.com)
• Collapse of the Consumer Culture Coming? (OneWorld.net)

Tens of thousands feared dead after Haiti quake (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:19 PM PST AP - Dazed survivors wandered past dead bodies in rubble-strewn streets Wednesday, crying for loved ones, and rescuers searched collapsed buildings as officials feared the death toll from Haiti's devastating earthquake could reach into the tens of thousands.

16 UN personnel killed, 150 missing in Haiti (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:04 PM PST AP - The U.N. chief said 16 U.N. personnel were confirmed dead late Wednesday in the earthquake that decimated Haiti's capital, with 100 to 150 U.N. workers still unaccounted for, including the mission chief and his deputy.

Violence expected as Mexican drug lord arrested (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:51 PM PST AP - It will take more than a few arrests of top drug kingpins to end the vicious cycle of drug violence plaguing Mexico.

Panic, looting and triage after major Haiti quake (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:42 PM PST AP - The tiny bodies of children lay in piles next to the ruins of their collapsed school. People with faces covered by white dust and the blood of open wounds roamed the streets. Frantic doctors wrapped heads and stitched up sliced limbs in a hotel parking lot.

Dutch PM backs away from criticizing Iraq report (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:37 PM PST AP - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende conceded Wednesday, "with the knowledge of now," that a stronger legal mandate was needed for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 — and his decision to support it.

U.S. Military Readies Disaster Response to Haiti Quake (Time.com) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:10 PM PST Time.com - As an advance party of the U.S. military prepares communication and port capabilities, Marines and floating medical facilities are heading to the impoverished island of Haiti

Hershey OKs bid preparation for Cadbury: report (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:30 PM PST AFP - US chocolate maker Hershey has authorised a bid to be prepared for British confectioner Cadbury to counter American giant Kraft's 10.5-billion-pound hostile offer, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Israel to expel American journalist (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:26 PM PST AP - Security officials said Wednesday that a American journalist has been detained at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport and will be expelled.

In Haiti, tragedy, a way of life, is redefined (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:37 PM PST AP - EDITOR'S NOTE — Jonathan M. Katz is The Associated Press' correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He filed this first-person account of the moments after Tuesday's earthquake, which has redefined tragedy for a nation that knows it all too well.

A step closer to Guinea, leader seen as danger (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:30 PM PST AP - Burkina Faso's president held emergency talks late Wednesday with Guinea's wounded junta chief, who opposition leaders say remains a threat to their country even in exile.

UN: Taliban cause Afghan civilian deaths to soar (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:22 PM PST AP - Taliban suicide bombings and other attacks caused Afghan civilian deaths to soar last year to the highest annual level of the war, a U.N. report found Wednesday, while deaths attributed to allied troops dropped nearly 30 percent. Many Afghans now blame the violence on the Taliban rather than foreign forces.

Canada Parliament move eliminates Tory lead: poll (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to suspend Parliament has cost his party its lead in public support, a poll released on Wednesday found.

Senate Dems leave Kabul still wary of U.S. troop surge (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:22 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — On the first visit to Afghanistan by Senate Democrats since President Barack Obama's decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, Carl Levin of Michigan and Al Franken of Minnesota Wednesday reported signs of progress and expressed optimism that a Taliban takeover of the U.S.-backed government can be averted.

Yemen intensifies fight against Al Qaeda (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:10 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Yemen is intensifying its fight against Al Qaeda, as its forces killed a cell leader in a firefight Tuesday night and pursued two dozen other militants in the southeast Shabwa Province.

After the Quake Comes the Disease. Can Haiti Cope? (Time.com) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:15 PM PST Time.com - With basic health care and sanitation all but destroyed, and millions of survivors likely left in homeless, unchecked infectious disease and contamination will pose a threat to survivors

Collapse of the Consumer Culture Coming? (OneWorld.net) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (IPS) - The last 50 years have seen an unprecedented and unsustainable spike in consumption, driven by a culture of consumerism that has emerged over that period, says a report released Tuesday by the Worldwatch Institute.

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