Wednesday, January 20, 2010
International Headline News
>TOP STORIES as of 1000 GMT -- 20 January, 2010
> SHOCK DEFEAT THREATENS U.S. HEALTH REFORM
Republicans win the U.S. Senate seat once held by Democrat Ted
Kennedy in an election with implications for U.S. President
Barack Obama's health-care reform plan.
> AID WORKERS FRUSTRATED WITH HAITI RELIEF
Anger boils over in Haiti's capital -- not just from residents
who have gone a week without food and water -- but from the
people who are supposed to be providing it.
> QUAKE SETS HAITI BACK YEARS, EXPERTS SAY
Already hamstrung by generations of poverty, environmental
catastrophe and strongman rule, Haiti will need years to recover
from last week's earthquake, analysts say.
> HAITI'S RUINED INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITS AID
A week into the Haitian disaster, the desperate and dusty faces
of both survivors and rescuers tell a plaintive story: We need
more, more, more. And fast.
> THE U.S. FILIBUSTER: WHAT IS IT?
The U.S. Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate special
election to fill the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat, observers
have noted, will make or break the health care reform bill in
Congress.
> MANHUNT ON AFTER 8 SHOT DEAD IN VIRGINIA
Police are searching for a 39-year-old man in the shooting
deaths of eight people in central Virginia, authorities said
Tuesday evening.
> FIGHTING IN SOMALIA DISPLACES 63,000
In just the past 19 days, an estimated 63,000 people have been
displaced from their homes in Somalia by fighting involving
government forces and militias, combined with "general
insecurity," the United Nations' refugee agency said Tuesday.
> GOOGLE DELAYS CHINA MOBILE PHONES
Google's standoff with the Chinese government over hacking has
claimed its first casualties outside the U.S. Internet company
itself, with the delay to the launches of two Android-based
mobile handsets in the country.
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BUSINESS
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> UK STORE LAUNCHES DIVORCE GIFT REGISTRY
A new service launched by a UK department store promises to make
life a little easier for couples who divorce, by offering them a
gift registry option in stores.
> CADBURY ACCEPTS $21.8B KRAFT TAKEOVER
The board of British chocolate maker Cadbury accepts a buyout
offer from American food giant Kraft, a deal that will end the
nearly 200-year-old independence of the beloved British brand.
> YALE ALUM'S GIFT STIRS REACTION IN CHINA
A Chinese millionaire's $8,888,888 gift to Yale University has
impressed and provoked his countrymen.
