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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:02:07 -0500

>TOP STORIES as of 1000 GMT -- 17 January, 2010

> INJURED SURVIVORS AT RISK OF DYING IF DON'T GET CARE
Nearly a third of the patients at a makeshift hospital in
earthquake-ravaged Haiti could die without immediate surgery, a
doctor says.

> CLINTON: "WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS"
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented a united stance
with Haitian President Rene Preval during her visit to the
quake-battered capital.

> HAITI RELIEF MISSION TAKING SHAPE
U.S. troops handed out about 2,500 meals Saturday here in this
suburb of the capital, marking the first American food aid
distributed in Haiti since Tuesday's earthquake.

> U.N.: WE DIDN'T TELL DOCTORS TO LEAVE
Earthquake victims, writhing in pain and grasping at life,
watched doctors and nurses walk away from a field hospital
Friday night after United Nations officials ordered a medical
team to evacuate the area out of security concerns.

> TOP 2 U.N. OFFICIALS DIE IN QUAKE
The top two civilian officials at the U.N. mission in Haiti were
killed in Tuesday's earthquake, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
confirmed Saturday.

> SECURITY BREACH TANGLES JFK AIRPORT
A security breach at New York's John F. Kennedy airport sparked
delays Saturday, an American Airlines spokesman said.

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BUSINESS
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> JPMORGAN MISSES REVENUE FORECASTS
JPMorgan said on Friday that its fourth-quarter profits had
soared, fuelled by continued strength in its investment banking
business.

> CHINA PROPERTY BUBBLE FEARS GROW
Housing prices in China accelerated in December, prompting a
flurry of new government measures as Beijing attempts to slow
soaring prices without derailing the economic recovery.