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>TOP STORIES as of 0900 HKT -- 20 January, 2010

> HAITI PM: 72,000 BODIES RECOVERED FROM EARTHQUAKE
Haitian authorities have recorded more than 70,000 deaths since
last week's magnitude 7 earthquake outside Port-au-Prince, the
country's prime minister has said.

> HAITI PM: GOVERNMENT IN RECOVERY MODE
Haiti's government has regrouped after last week's devastating
earthquake and is working to find food, shelter and medicine for
survivors, its prime minister said Tuesday.

> WOMAN RESCUED A WEEK AFTER QUAKE
Rescue workers pulled a woman out of rubble near Haiti's
national cathedral Tuesday, a week after a magnitude 7.0
earthquake struck.

> QUAKE'S LITTLEST VICTIMS CLING TO LIFE
We went to see orphanages Monday. One was called Maison des
Enfants de Dieu -- House of the Children of God. The house is
still standing, but the children are afraid to go back in.

> QUAKE HITS OFF CAYMAN ISLANDS
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday off the Cayman
Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

> SCORES DIE IN NIGERIA RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE
Authorities have slapped a curfew on a city that has seen
repeated violence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, but
it has failed to stop the latest outbreak of killing, officials Say.

> MASSACHUSETTS HOLDS KEY ELECTION
The Senate election in Massachusetts goes could determine the
fate of the national Democratic agenda, including health care
plans.

> CADBURY ACCEPTS $21.8B KRAFT TAKEOVER
The boards of Kraft and Cadbury said Tuesday that they are close
to finalizing a deal that would see the American food giant take
over the 200-year-old British confectionery maker.

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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.

> 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.

> JAL FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY
"I'd like to take a pistol and shoot every JAL executive of the
last 20 years," says Hideo Fujiwara, an otherwise gently spoken
72-year-old.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 1/19/2010 08:16:00 PM