2010年1月21日星期四

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Haiti to resettle 400,000 quake victims to camps (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:13 PM PST

A Haitian man walks past a sign requesting help and supplies in Port-au-Prince January 19, 2010. Units from all branches of the U.S. military are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti January 12. Picture taken January 19, 2010. REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael C. Barton/U.S. Navy/Handout (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Within days, the government will move 400,000 people made homeless by Haiti's epic earthquake from their squalid improvised camps throughout the shattered capital to new resettlement areas on the outskirts, a top Haitian official said Thursday.

Haiti: life on the street facing hunger, despair (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:29 PM PST

Displaced people camping in the streets awake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. People who lost their homes in the earthquake that hit Haiti last week are sleeping in the streets for fear of aftershocks. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Ancelot Jean didn't have much before the earthquake: a concrete house in a slum with a carpentry shop out back.

Help finally starts to get to Haiti nursing home (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

An elderly patient eats spaghetti at a nursing home in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. More than a week after their nursing home partially collapsed, aid is slowly arriving for the dozens of elderly Haitians that were left to fend for themselves after a massive earthquake.(AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)AP - The nursing home where she lived is in ruins. So Merzelia Joseph stood up next to her bed in the open and urinated on the ground.

AP Exclusive: US to tighten rules on Afghan raids (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 file photo, U.S. Marines with Alpha Company - Task Force Raider, 2nd Recon Battalion, gather inside a combat outpost before a night mission in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan plans to tighten the rules on night raids, The Associated Press has learned Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, in a new step to curb public anger over perceived violations against civilians. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)AP - NATO forces in Afghanistan are preparing to limit night raids on private homes, even if it means losing some tactical advantage, to curb rising public anger.

US envoy starts Mideast tour amid Obama pessimism (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 02:44 PM PST

U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, right, stands with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, during their meeting in the foreign ministry in Jerusalem, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Mitchell faced a new obstacle Thursday as he launched his latest attempt to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks: Israel wants to keep troops on the West Bank's border with Jordan even if a deal is reached. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Washington's Middle East envoy launched a new effort Thursday aimed at restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, just as President Barack Obama expressed pessimism about the prospects.

Haiti and China: A Tale of Two Earthquakes (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:45 PM PST

Time.com - The recovery from the devastating May 2008 temblor was astonishing, butprosperity and geography mean that Haiti can little profit from China'sexperience

Brown to testify at Iraq inquiry before poll: reports (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:25 PM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves the Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, following a visit. Brown's appearance at the Iraq war inquiry will be brought forward to before elections amid growing pressure for him to give evidence, reports said Thursday.(AFP/Pool/Chris Radburn)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's appearance at the Iraq war inquiry will be brought forward to before elections amid growing pressure for him to give evidence, reports said Thursday.

US Embassy in Baghdad looking for Facebook friends (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 11:11 AM PST

AP - The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is looking for Iraqi friends on Facebook.

Tijuana floods leave 10 missing; at least 1 dead (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:37 PM PST

Tijuana police officers stand guard on sand bags placed to prevent the police station from flooding in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. The week's fourth storm began affecting Tijuana, leaving at least two dead and two child missing. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Rains have unleashed heavy flooding in parts of the Mexican border city of Tijuana, killing a 5-year-old girl and leaving at least 10 other people missing, officials said Thursday.

Eighty percent of Darfur conflict deaths due to disease (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST

Reuters - Nearly 80 percent of the 300,000 conflict-related deaths in Darfur were due to diseases like diarrhea, not violence, Belgian scientists said on Friday.

U.S. to boost Afghanistan civilian presence (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:18 PM PST

A U.S. soldier (R) from Dagger Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade looks at a civilian as he crosses a foot bridge on a patrol in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 24, 2009. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - The United States will maintain a civilian presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan for a long time, even after American combat troops leave the region, a U.S. State Department report said on Thursday.

Ruling Conservatives slightly ahead in poll (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:48 AM PST

Reuters - Canada's ruling Conservatives are slightly ahead of the main opposition party, and an election now would most likely result in deadlock, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Prince William salutes 'courageous' Australia fire survivors (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:57 AM PST

Britain's Prince William (C) pays a visit to a bushfire affected family in Humevale, close to Melbourne. William Thursday paid tribute to the courageous survivors of horrific firestorms that killed 173 people last year as embodying the AFP - Britain's Prince William Thursday paid tribute to the courageous survivors of horrific firestorms that killed 173 people last year as embodying the "spirit of Australia".

New Afghan initiative: Convince insurgents to switch sides (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Facing a worsening Taliban-led insurgency and growing domestic opposition to the Afghanistan war, the leaders of the U.S. and Britain are under pressure to find a political path out of a conflict that they concede can't be won militarily.

In Israel, Mitchell presses on with patience honed in N. Ireland (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:03 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - US Middle East envoy George Mitchell arrived here Thursday for a new round of shuttle diplomacy aimed at restarting Israeli-Palestinian talks, amid President Obama’s admission that he had been too optimistic about the prospects for peace.

Haiti's Medical Crisis: Treating Crushed Survivors (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 10:00 AM PST

Time.com - As rescue missions dwindle, the focus of the crisis is now on saving the injured from potentially fatal symptoms of crushed bones and limbs

30 Earthquakes, 28 Lessons Learned (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 09:11 AM PST

OneWorld.net - DAKAR, Jan 21 (IRIN) - As aid agencies launch Haiti earthquake relief efforts, the Overseas Development Institute, a UK think-tank, has showcased an NGO report outlining 28 lessons learned over 30 years of earthquake responses.

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