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• Haitians search quake rubble for dead relatives (AP)
• Sri Lanka's war victors vie in presidential poll (AP)
• China denies involvement in Google hackings (AP)
• Unraveling Ulster government faces all-night talks (AP)
• Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' hanged for 1988 gas attack (AP)
• Rum Among the Ruins: One Haitian's Remedy (Time.com)
• Jaguar Land Rover announces CEO stepping down (AFP)
• Blasts kill 37 in Iraq, 'Chemical Ali' executed (AP)
• Chavez's No. 2 resigns, citing personal reasons (AP)
• The billionth African (Reuters)
• Blasts heard in Sri Lanka's north ahead of key vote: monitor (AFP)
• Bank reform must allow open markets: Bank of Canada (Reuters)
• Aussies hopping mad at govt stance on toad-busting (AP)
• Pakistan's former spymaster: Taliban leader is ready to talk (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Haiti earthquake: Restaurateur turns Port-au-Prince eatery into soup kitchen (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Haiti Relief: U.S. Army Leader Keeps Aid Effort in Order (Time.com)

Haitians search quake rubble for dead relatives (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:24 PM PST AP - In what's left of one family's home, in what remains of one destroyed neighborhood, Jean-Rene Lochard has retrieved the bodies of his mother, brother, sister-in-law and nephew, and buried them beside the ruins, one by one and with a priest's blessing.

Sri Lanka's war victors vie in presidential poll (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST AP - The two architects of Sri Lanka's civil war victory face off in a hard-fought election Tuesday to determine who will lead this troubled country's struggle to recover from a devastating quarter-century conflict.

China denies involvement in Google hackings (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:41 PM PST AP - China sharply rebuked the United States on Monday, denying involvement in any Internet attacks and defending its online restrictions as lawful after Washington urged Beijing to investigate an attack against Google.

Unraveling Ulster government faces all-night talks (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST AP - The British and Irish governments launched a round-the-clock mission Monday to save Northern Ireland's unraveling administration, a Catholic-Protestant coalition that was supposed to forge a lasting era of nonviolent compromise.

Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' hanged for 1988 gas attack (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:31 PM PST AP - Even in Saddam Hussein's ruthless regime, "Chemical Ali" stood apart, notable for his role in gassing 5,000 people in a Kurdish village — the deadliest chemical weapons attack ever against civilians.

Rum Among the Ruins: One Haitian's Remedy (Time.com) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:30 PM PST Time.com - One very lucky rum maker is pushing ahead with production even as worries mount that no one will be around to buy the sugar cane this season

Jaguar Land Rover announces CEO stepping down (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:31 PM PST AFP - Struggling carmaker Jaguar Land Rover's chief executive David Smith stepped down on Monday, the company said, after a breakdown in negotiations on workers' pay and conditions.

Blasts kill 37 in Iraq, 'Chemical Ali' executed (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:43 PM PST AP - Suicide bombers struck in quick succession Monday at three Baghdad hotels favored by Western journalists in well-planned assaults that killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 100.

Chavez's No. 2 resigns, citing personal reasons (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:26 PM PST AP - Venezuela's vice president has resigned, citing personal reasons.

The billionth African (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:55 PM PST Reuters - Some time last year, in all probability, the "billionth African" was born, a milestone that will only benefit the poorest continent if it can get its act together and unify its piecemeal markets.

Blasts heard in Sri Lanka's north ahead of key vote: monitor (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:25 PM PST AFP - At least four explosions were heard in Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil heartland of Jaffna ahead of Tuesday's crucial presidential vote, an independent election monitor told AFP.

Bank reform must allow open markets: Bank of Canada (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 08:04 AM PST Reuters - A U.S. proposal to limit banking activities must strike a balance between preventing institutions from being "too big to fail" and the need to keep markets functioning effectively, the head of Canada's central bank said on Monday.

Aussies hopping mad at govt stance on toad-busting (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST AP - When the enemy reached Australia's largest state last year, the Kimberley Toad Busters knew the battle was on. But they didn't expect that officialdom might strip them of their most effective weapon.

Pakistan's former spymaster: Taliban leader is ready to talk (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:16 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — The U.S. must negotiate a political settlement to the Afghanistan war directly with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar because any bid to split the insurgency through defections will fail, said the Pakistani former intelligence officer who trained the insurgent chief.

Haiti earthquake: Restaurateur turns Port-au-Prince eatery into soup kitchen (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 12:19 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Clifford Rouzeau stands on the second-floor terrace of his restaurant-turned-soup-kitchen in the Haitian capital’s Petionville quarter, and explains his turn to philanthropy in the matter-of-fact manner of the businessman that he is.

Haiti Relief: U.S. Army Leader Keeps Aid Effort in Order (Time.com) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 01:15 AM PST Time.com - Though some critics have complained that aid has been too slow to get to Haiti, there is no question that it would have taken a lot longer if Lieut. General Ken Keen hadn't just happened to have been there when the quake hit

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