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• By the thousands, Haiti returns dead to the earth (AP)
• Aftershock drives more from Haitian capital (AP)
• China teen seen as hero for killing local official (AP)
• Survivor recounts 5 days trapped in the rubble (AP)
• DR, Honduras president-elect reach deal on Zelaya (AP)
• Haiti Rescue: Saving the Man Who Saved My Life (Time.com)
• Wenger's Arsenal fighters ready for title battle (AFP)
• Iraq election tensions stir White House mission (AP)
• Chavez foes call voting district changes unfair (AP)
• Group: More than 200 dead in Nigeria violence (AP)
• Philippines' Estrada confident after election path cleared (AFP)
• Canadian economic recovery still weak, data shows (Reuters)
• NZ army to remove bible quotes from weapon sights (AP)
• IG: Afghan power plant ill-conceived, mismanaged (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Gaza war: Palestinians battle bitterly over Palestinian forces' conduct (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Report blasts U.S. intelligence failures in Afghanistan (Time.com)
• Haitians Now Join Environmental Refugees (OneWorld.net)

By the thousands, Haiti returns dead to the earth (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:11 PM PST AP - They stick out at all angles from the tall mounds of chalky dirt, the limbs of men, women and children frozen together in poses of death.

Aftershock drives more from Haitian capital (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST AP - A frightening new aftershock Wednesday forced more earthquake survivors onto the capital's streets to live and sent others fleeing to the countryside, where aid was only beginning to reach wrecked towns.

China teen seen as hero for killing local official (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:21 PM PST AP - When Li Shiming was stabbed through the heart by a hired assassin, few of his fellow villagers mourned the local Communist Party official many say made their lives hell by seizing land, extorting money and bullying people for years.

Survivor recounts 5 days trapped in the rubble (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:41 PM PST AP - Trapped for five days in the rubble of a hospital, nailed to the floor by the leg of a bunk bed, the 23-year-old carpenter played his life over in his mind and dreamt how he would live it differently if a miracle set him free.

DR, Honduras president-elect reach deal on Zelaya (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:31 PM PST AP - The Dominican government announced a deal Wednesday with Honduras' president-elect to give ousted leader Manuel Zelaya safe passage to this Caribbean nation.

Haiti Rescue: Saving the Man Who Saved My Life (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:25 AM PST Time.com - When Benjamin Skinner heard the news about the collapse of a shelter for homeless boys in Port-au-Prince, he knew he had to act to repay a debt

Wenger's Arsenal fighters ready for title battle (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:41 PM PST AFP - Arsene Wenger has warned Arsenal's title rivals that his side have the physical strength and will-power to win the Premier League.

Iraq election tensions stir White House mission (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:09 PM PST AP - An upcoming election intended to ease Iraq's sectarian rifts is instead dredging up old hostilities — with the White House sending Vice President Joe Biden to smooth tensions between the Shiites who hold power and the Sunnis who want a greater slice of it.

Chavez foes call voting district changes unfair (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:14 PM PST AP - President Hugo Chavez's foes charged Wednesday that newly announced changes to voting districts in a third of Venezuela will put opposition candidates at a disadvantage in congressional elections.

Group: More than 200 dead in Nigeria violence (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST AP - Charred bodies with scorched hands reaching skyward lay in the streets and a mosque with blackened minarets smoldered Wednesday after several days of fighting between Christians and Muslims killed more than 200 people.

Philippines' Estrada confident after election path cleared (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:22 PM PST AFP - Deposed Philippine leader Joseph Estrada declared Wednesday he was confident of reclaiming the presidency, after the election commission ruled he could run again in this May's polls.

Canadian economic recovery still weak, data shows (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST Reuters - Canada's economic recovery remained choppy in the fourth quarter, according to data that revealed a lack of inflationary pressure in December and a still-struggling manufacturing sector in November.

NZ army to remove bible quotes from weapon sights (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:23 PM PST AP - New Zealand's defense force said Thursday that Biblical citations on markings on weapon sights used by its troops in Afghanistan will be removed.

IG: Afghan power plant ill-conceived, mismanaged (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:58 AM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A $300 million power plant in Afghanistan paid for with U.S. tax dollars was an ill-conceived and mismanaged project that the Afghan government can't afford to switch on now that it's almost finished, a watchdog agency has found.

Gaza war: Palestinians battle bitterly over Palestinian forces' conduct (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 01:11 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - On this day last year, a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel took effect after three brutal weeks of fighting that left close to 1,500 people dead. And while today, the guns are largely quiet, the truth of what happened in that devastating war is still being bitterly fought over â€" not between Palestinians and Israelis, but among Palestinians themselves.

Report blasts U.S. intelligence failures in Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:25 AM PST Time.com - The aim of Western forces in Afghanistan is not to win affection for their armies but to build support for the Afghan government. A new report, written by the top U.S. military intelligence commander there, slams intelligence failures

Haitians Now Join Environmental Refugees (OneWorld.net) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:47 AM PST OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 20 (New America Media) - President Obama recently granted temporary protected status (TPS) to undocumented Haitians living in the United States, and this is surely a step in the right direction for human rights. After all, repatriating them back to a living hell would be immoral at best, and at worst, a crime against humanity.

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