Saturday, January 23, 2010
International Headline News
>TOP STORIES as of 0900 HKT -- 24 January, 2010
> MAN RESCUED FROM RUBBLE 11 DAYS AFTER QUAKE
Hours after Haiti announced it was ending rescue operations, a
24-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed hotel
in Port-au-Prince.
> U.S. TO APPEAL BLACKWATER DISMISSAL
The United States plans to appeal a federal judge's dismissal of
charges against five Blackwater security guards accused of
killing 17 people in Baghdad in 2007, Vice President Joe Biden
announced Saturday.
> ARREST OVER 'FAKE' BOMB DETECTORS
A British man who allegedly sold fake bomb detectors to Iraq and
Afghanistan has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, police
said.
> SAUDI SCHOOLGIRL SENTENCED TO 90 LASHES
A schoolgirl in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 90 lashes and two
months in prison for assaulting her headmistress after a
confrontation over a cell phone, sparking an outcry from a
government-sponsored rights group.
> 150 REPORTED KILLED IN NIGERIA VIOLENCE
Reports of at least 150 Muslims killed in recent religious
clashes in Nigeria should be investigated, a human rights group
urged Saturday.
> ISRAEL PAYS U.N. FOR GAZA DAMAGE
Israel has paid the United Nations $10.5 million for damage to
its facilities during last year's offensive against militants in
Gaza, the U.N. said Friday.
> 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.
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BUSINESS
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> 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.
