Thursday, January 21, 2010
International Headline News
>TOP STORIES as of 1000 GMT -- 21 January, 2010
> CHINESE PAPERS: U.S. AGENDA BEHIND GOOGLE ROW
China's state media is calling Google's threat to pull out of
the country a political conspiracy by the U.S. government, an
accusation echoed by Chinese government officials.
> AFTERSHOCK RATTLES NERVE-FRAYED HAITIANS
Survivors were still being found in the ruins of collapsed
buildings in earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Wednesday, as a
magnitude 5.9 aftershock rattled Port-au-Prince.
> CALL FOR 'MARSHALL PLAN' TO REBUILD HAITI
As Haiti struggles to cope with the aftermath of last week's
devastating earthquake, there was a call Wednesday for a
modern-day Marshall Plan to build a new nation out of the
country's ruins.
> CHINA: ECONOMY BOOMED IN 2009
Fueled by rapid growth at the end of the year, China's economy
grew by 8.7 percent during 2009, the government said Thursday.
> DEMOCRATS BATTLE TO SALVAGE HEALTH PLAN
Nervous Democrats debated how to save a health care reform plan
suddenly pushed to the brink of defeat by an upset GOP Senate
win in Massachusetts.
> ZELAYA ALLOWED TO LEAVE HONDURAS
Ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya will be granted
safe passage to the Dominican Republic as a guest, resolving a
diplomatic impasse that kept him trapped in Honduras, Dominican
Republic President Leonel Fernandez siad.
> 23 DEAD IN RIOT AT MEXICAN PRISON
At least 23 prisoners were killed and 20 injured in a prison
riot Wednesday in the northern Mexican state of Durango, state
officials said.
> TENNIS: VENUS, WOZNIACKI ADVANCE
Ana Ivanovic was ousted from the Australian Open in the second
round by Argentina's Gisela Dulko, losing in a three-set
thriller.
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BUSINESS
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> CHINESE 'HOUSE SLAVES' GROW WITH GDP
As China posts another blistering quarter of GDP growth, the
property price boom fueled by the economy is causing drama of
its own.
> 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.
