Saturday, January 23, 2010
International Headline News
>TOP STORIES as of 1000 GMT -- 23 January, 2010
> RESCUE OPERATION ENDS AS HAITI DEATH TOLL TOPS 111,000
Efforts to find earthquake survivors are over, said the United
Nations as officials announced that more than 110,000 people had
died in Haiti's devastating quake.
> IMF: HAITI MUST TAKE CONTROL OF SITUATION
Haitians have to be in the driver's seat as they try to rebuild
their shattered country after last week's devastating
earthquake, the head of the IMF siad.
> VOLUNTEERS IN HAITI FIND TIME TO CRY
In the past five days, Utah physician Gary Garner has held a
dying man in his arms and amputated more fingers and toes than
he can recall. Now, he needs a rest.
> SURVIVOR FOUND AFTER 10 DAYS IN RUINS
Authorities are working to get more aid to the survivors of
Haiti's earthquake on Friday by restoring two-way traffic to the
country's only working port.
> BRITAIN RAISES TERROR THREAT LEVEL
Britain raised its threat level Friday from "substantial" to
"severe," indicating a terrorist attack is "highly likely," Home
Secretary Alan Johnson said.
> GROUPS SLAM OBAMA PANEL'S GITMO PLAN
A recommendation by the Obama administration's Guantanamo
Detainee Review Task Force to continue holding nearly 50
detainees indefinitely without charges sparked fury among civil
liberties groups Friday.
> 'WRONG' NIGERIAN WATCHED ON FLIGHT 253
U.S. authorities had another Nigerian-born man with an
engineering background on their radar when Northwest Airlines
Flight 253 prepared to land in Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas
Day.
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BUSINESS
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> SHOULD BLACKBERRY USERS LAY OFF?
We've all seen them on the train or the bus. Chins glued to
their chest, thumbs hovering and their eyes locked in a
digitally-induced trance.
> CHINA'S WEB TITANS LEAVE WEST BEHIND
They may not be household names in the West like Google, eBay
and Facebook, but in China -- which has more Internet users than
the entire population of the United States -- they are the
champions of the world's largest Internet market.
> CHINA: U.S. DAMAGING RELATIONS
China fired back Friday, saying the United States is damaging
ties between the countries by highlighting cyber attacks alleged
by Google.
