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Haitian women become crime targets after quake (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 04:45 PM PST

Men watch from the distance to women lined up during a food distribution operation near the slum of Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Since the Jan. 12 earthquake ravaged much of Haiti's capital, women say gangs of men have been stealing their food coupons used at distribution points in the outdoor camps, now home to more than half a million earthquake survivors. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Bernice Chamblain keeps a machete under her frayed mattress to ward off sexual predators and one leg wrapped around a bag of rice to stop nighttime thieves from stealing her daughters' food.

G-7 seeks to calm global markets, sustain rebound (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:39 PM PST

Giulio Tremonti, Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, left, rides a dogsled on the outskirts of the northern Canadian Arctic community of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. Iqaluit is the site of the G7 Finance Ministers meeting. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Chartrand)AP - Top finance officials of the seven major industrial countries sought to calm jittery markets by pledging Saturday to keep providing government aid to sustain a fledgling economic rebound.

Teenage Spanish matador kills 6 bulls (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:47 PM PST

Matador Jairo Miguel Sanchez Alonso makes a pass during a bullfight in Caceres, Spain, on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Jairo Miguel, 16, killed six bulls, pulling off a feat normally attempted only by seasoned veterans and winning trophies for his bravery, ears from animals he had just slain.(AP Photo/Miguel Angel Morenatti)AP - A 16-year-old Spanish matador killed six bulls in one afternoon Saturday, pulling off a feat normally attempted only by seasoned veterans and winning trophies for his skill — ears from animals he had just slain.

Whalers, activists clash again off Antarctica (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 05:21 PM PST

In this photo released by Sea Shepherd, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker, left, and Japanese harpoon boat the Yushin Maru 3 collide in the waters off Antarctica Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. It was the second major clash this year in the increasingly aggressive confrontations between the two sides. No one was reportedly injured in the latest strike. (AP Photo/Sea Shepherd, Glenn Lockitch) NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in icy Antarctic waters in the second major clash this year in increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet.

Iraqi court pushed to rule on banned candidates (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:43 PM PST

Qassim al-Aboudi of the Independent High Electoral Commission holds a ballot during a news conference in Baghdad, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't.

Di Matteo steels Albion for 'marathon' run-in (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 04:59 PM PST

West Brom's striker Simon Cox is pictured in action in 2009. West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest kept up the pressure on Championship leaders Newcastle in the race for promotion to the Premier League after registering narrow victories on Saturday.(AFP/File)AFP - West Bromwich Albion manager Roberto Di Matteo urged his team keep their focus after a hard-fought 1-0 win at Plymouth kept the Baggies on course for promotion to the Premier League.

Palestinians question US on reviving peace talks (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:25 PM PST

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, left, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - The Palestinians have asked the Obama administration to clarify a U.S. envoy's proposal to restart long-stalled peace talks with Israel indirectly by shuttling between the two sides, the Palestinian president said Saturday.

6 killed at bar in cartel-plagued Mexican state (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:57 PM PST

Picture taken in 2005 of Miguel Angel Caro Quintero. Quintero, brother of 1980s cartel kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Colorado, a statement said. Quintero's sentence will be followed by two years of supervised release.(AFP/File)AP - Gunmen killed six people at a bar Saturday in the northern state of Sinaloa, a drug-violence hotspot, state prosecutors said.

Kidnappers free Red Cross worker held in Darfur (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 05:18 PM PST

French Red Cross worker Laurent Maurice speaks to an AFP reporter in a hospital in Khartoum hours after being freed following 89 days in captivity, first in Chad and then in Sudan's volatile Darfur region. Maurice had been seized by armed men on November 9, 2009 in eastern Chad, where he was assessing the harvest.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - French Red Cross worker Laurent Maurice arrived Saturday in Khartoum hours after being freed following 89 days in captivity, first in Chad and then in Sudan's volatile Darfur region.

Afghan cricketers out to prove they are no one-hit wonders (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 05:01 PM PST

Afghan men celebrate as they welcome the Afghanistan cricket team upon their return to the country following their qualification for the ICC World Cricket League Division five semi-finals, in Kabul in 2008. Afghanistan and its people have not had much to cheer about in the past 30 years but one bright spot has come from a surprising source - their cricket team.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Afghanistan and its people have not had much to cheer about in the past 30 years but one bright spot has come from a surprising source - their cricket team.

Canada's Flaherty: Haiti needs a break on its debt (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:22 PM PST

Reuters - Group of Seven countries have told earthquake-ravaged Haiti that any debts it owes them needn't be repaid and international lenders should do the same, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Saturday.

Australians mourn wildfire victims one year on (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 04:40 PM PST

New growth appears on trees behind the headstones of those lost during the Black Saturday bushfire, in Marysville on February 4, 2010. Special church services on February 7, 2010 will mark the first anniversary of the Black Saturday firestorm which thundered through 78 communities with the force of 1,500 Hiroshima atomic bombs, killing 173 people, 23 of whom were children.(AFP/William West)AP - Australians held a national day of mourning Sunday for the 173 people who died a year earlier in the country's worst wildfire disaster.

Why are U.S., allies telling Taliban about coming offensive? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:40 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S., British and Afghan troops are poised to launch the biggest offensive of the war in Afghanistan in a test of the Obama administration's new counterinsurgency strategy.

Transatlantic, meet Pacific: China's bold stance at Munich security conference (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:16 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Today Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi, speaking with unusual bluntness in front of 300 leading diplomats â€Â" including senior US officials â€Â" here in Munich publicly stated that China is getting stronger on the international stage.

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