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Toyota recalls thousands of Prius cars worldwide because of braking problems, in a new blow to the world's largest carmaker.
9 Feb 2010 at 2:54am
The Philippines charges 196 people with murder over a pre-election massacre which left 57 people dead.
9 Feb 2010 at 3:32am
Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death.
8 Feb 2010 at 7:04pm
Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc says it will contest the conduct of Ukraine's presidential vote in court after her reported defeat.
9 Feb 2010 at 3:57am
More than 20 people are arrested in Colombia in what the authorities say is the biggest anti-drug operation in a decade.
9 Feb 2010 at 2:06am
Iran has begun the process of enriching uranium to 20% at its plant at Natanz in defiance of the West, state media says.
9 Feb 2010 at 3:21am
An activist who questioned why so many died in a huge quake in China in 2008 is jailed for five years for subversion.
8 Feb 2010 at 11:26pm
The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow Airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says.
8 Feb 2010 at 6:23pm
A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.
8 Feb 2010 at 7:04pm
The observation deck on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world, closes only a month after it opened.
8 Feb 2010 at 10:51am
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Rhum Barbancourt is a national tradition, surviving the tumult of the last century and a half. Whether it is weddings or holidays, or raising voodoo spirits, no other will do.
When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrived here in 1934 to mark the end of America's occupation of Haiti, he insisted on toasting the hand-over with local Barbancourt rum. Two decades later, the visiting Vice President Nixon personally mixed a Barbancourt rum collins for Haiti's president (who was, ahem, a whiskey drinker).
9 Feb 2010 at 2:00am
Preparing for battle in a Taliban stronghold, the Marines are warning civilians to flee the area, and they plan restraint in their use of artillery and air power.
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan -- Heading into battle to seize a Taliban stronghold, U.S. Marines are keenly aware of one factor that could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory: Afghan civilian casualties.
9 Feb 2010 at 2:00am
One teenager who wrote a three-volume novel on her phone has gone on to sell more than 110,000 paperback copies, grossing more than $611,000 in sales.
She likes Care Bears, doesn't wear makeup yet, and took her nom de plume from a character in the Disney classic "Bambi."
9 Feb 2010 at 2:00am
China says it shut down online academy for hackers
Black Hawk Safety Net was shut down in November and its founders later arrested, state media report. The school took tuition from tens of thousands who wanted to learn 'successful attack tools.'
The pitch was tantalizing: Just a little training and you too could hack websites, earning thrills, power and, in many cases, money.
9 Feb 2010 at 2:00am
Despite Western threats of sanctions, Tehran says it will build more nuclear fuel plants and beef up its military.
As Iran moved to enrich uranium to a higher level of purity and build new nuclear-fuel plants, U.S. and French defense officials suggested Monday that sanctions were needed to force Tehran to curb its nuclear program.
9 Feb 2010 at 2:00am
The prime minister stays quiet while supporters of her rival, Viktor Yanukovich, celebrate his win.
Pressure swelled Monday for Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to bow out gracefully from a hard-fought and narrowly lost presidential race.
9 Feb 2010 at 2:00am
Pakistani Taliban confirm leader's death
Hakimullah Mahsud was injured in a missile strike by a U.S. drone last month. He is the group's second leader killed in six months.
The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Tuesday that their leader, Hakimullah Mahsud, died from injuries suffered in a U.S. drone missile strike last month, an attack that forces the insurgency to find a new leader for the second time in six months.
9 Feb 2010 at 2:00am
The U.S. Defense secretary emphasizes training and tones down his approach.
In many ways, it was a familiar scene: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, in Europe, meeting with U.S. allies about the war in Afghanistan.
8 Feb 2010 at 6:49pm
China earthquake activist sentenced
A Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that contributed to deaths in China's devastating 2008 earthquake has been sentenced to five years in prison for subversion, his lawyer said Tuesday.
9 Feb 2010 at 2:00am
2 suspected drug gang leaders held in Tijuana
Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental are believed to be top lieutenants in a cartel blamed for a string of massacres, police killings, beheadings and kidnappings in Tijuana.
Two reputed leaders of a drug cartel that waged a years-long campaign of terror in Tijuana were arrested Monday in the Baja California port city of La Paz, according to U.S. authorities.
9 Feb 2010 at 2:00am
Electronic Intifada
Jerusalem mayor to raze 200 Palestinian homes
Jerusalem's mayor threatened last week to demolish 200 homes in Palestinian neighborhoods of the city in an act even he conceded would probably bring long-simmering tensions over housing in East Jerusalem to a boil. His uncompromising stance is the latest stage in a protracted legal battle over a single building towering above the jumble of modest homes of Silwan. Jonathan Cook reports from Jerusalem.
9 Feb 2010 at 4:47am
United solidarity with Gaza
Once the Gaza Freedom March arrived in Cairo I repeatedly heard justification that organizers did not want to put Egyptian protesters at risk. Yet, Egyptians regularly protest in Egypt despite the risks. For a group of outsiders to justify the exclusion of our involvement without asking our opinion -- in spite of the good intentions of "protecting" us -- felt paternalistic and demeaning. Philip Rizk comments for The Electronic Intifada.
8 Feb 2010 at 12:46pm
Justice denied in Gaza
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Gazans hoping for a modicum of justice following Israel's indiscriminate military assault on the coastal territory during December 2008 and January 2009 -- which left 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead -- could be waiting in vain. The Israeli government has taken the offensive in the propaganda battle and attacked United Nations-appointed Justice Richard Goldstone's report into war crimes committed during the war.
8 Feb 2010 at 8:54am
Israel slaps six-month travel ban on Palestinian map expert
Citing "security reasons" -- the ubiquitous and unanswerable catch-all phrase against which it is almost impossible to mount any defense -- Israel's Ministry of the Interior has just issued a six-month travel ban on map expert Khalil Tafakji. Tafakji, like almost all other Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, is a "permanent resident," but not a citizen of Israel. Marian Houk reports.
5 Feb 2010 at 11:35am
Pressure continues on Veolia and Alstom to halt light rail project
French transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The light rail project is part of the "Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan" sponsored by the Israeli government and the Jerusalem municipality. Adri Nieuwhof reports for The Electronic Intifada.
5 Feb 2010 at 7:01am
Naseer Shamma and the music of resistance
Celebrated Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma plays emotive compositions in beautiful tones on the oud to major audiences across the Middle East, stirring musical reflections on human realities in US-occupied Iraq. Although Iraqi current affairs are clearly interwoven into Shamma's sound, it is also unique musical talent that has earned Shamma a reputation as one of the world's preeminent oud players. Stefan Christoff profiles Shamma for The Electronic Intifada.
4 Feb 2010 at 6:50pm
Report: Israel stole $2 billion from Palestinian workers
Over the past four decades Israel has defrauded Palestinians working inside Israel of more than $2 billion by deducting from their salaries contributions for welfare benefits to which they were never entitled, Israeli economists have revealed. A new report, "State Robbery," to be published later this month, says the "theft" continued even after the Palestinian Authority was established in 1994. Jonathan Cook reports.
4 Feb 2010 at 11:30am
Raze illegal buildings -- unless they are Jewish
SILWAN, occupied East Jerusalem (IPS) - Backed by armed security men, the municipal inspectors race their jeeps through the narrow alleyways and up a hillside crowded with buildings. One block of flats stands out for its unusual seven-story height in an area of the city where two or three storied buildings are the norm. And then there is the giant, blue-and-white Israeli national flag draped demonstratively over the front of the building, from the roof down to the ground.
4 Feb 2010 at 5:38am
Nightmares continue to plague Gaza children
OCCUPIED GAZA STRIP (IRIN) - Mona al-Samouni, 12, is depressed and has nightmares about the day -- just more than a year ago -- when she witnessed her parents and a number of relatives being shot by Israeli soldiers in their home in Zeitoun, southeast of Gaza City. Like a number of other children who witnessed horrific events during last year's 23-day Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, Mona has become increasingly withdrawn and silent -- common ways of coping with tragedies, doctors say.
3 Feb 2010 at 3:50pm
Pro-Israel lobbies target Europe
BRUSSELS (IPS) - Defenders of Israel's aggressive stance have for many years been recognized as a powerful force shaping United States foreign policy. A less well-known fact is that the pro-Israel lobby has been making a concerted effort to strengthen its presence in Europe. The lobby's determination to make an impression on European Union (EU) policy-makers was exemplified by a new booklet published on 28 January.
3 Feb 2010 at 3:36pm
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Iran still open to talks on nuclear fuel swap - Press TV
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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast says Tehran is still open to talks over a nuclear fuel swap with the West. ?The issue of a nuclear fuel swap [with the West] ? is still open [to talks]. We have announced our conditions in a clear ...
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Iran starts processing nuclear fuel towards weapons-grade strengthTimes Online
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9 Feb 2010 at 4:45am
Tymoshenko 'to argue Ukraine vote' - Aljazeera.net
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The parliamentary faction of Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's prime minister, has claimed widespread fraud in the country's presidential election and said it would challenge the result in court. Serhiy Sobolev, a member of the Tymoshenko bloc, ...
Top Russian MP says too soon to congratulate YanukovychRIA Novosti
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9 Feb 2010 at 4:35am
Abbas mulls peace talks; expects US answers soon - Reuters
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a news conference after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin February 1 , 2010. TOKYO (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders have not set specific terms on which they would ...
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9 Feb 2010 at 12:51am
Arrested Sri Lankan opposition leader being treated 'like an animal' - Times ...
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The wife of General Sarath Fonseka, the former Sri Lankan army chief who was arrested last night on suspicion of plotting a coup, accused the Government today of abducting her husband and treating him "like an animal". She also accused President ...
Sri Lanka's Fonseka treated like 'an animal': wifeAFP
Wife fears for jailed Sri Lanka generalABC Online
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9 Feb 2010 at 4:39am
US, EU castigate Iran for human rights abuses - Los Angeles Times
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The United States and the European Union on Monday condemned human rights abuses in Iran in the wake of the Islamic Republic's announcement that it would expand its nuclear materials enrichment effort. In a joint statement, the White House and the EU ...
Endgame for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran?Telegraph.co.uk
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9 Feb 2010 at 2:05am
NATO to Afghan assault villagers: keep heads down - Reuters
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An Afghan villager watches US Army soldiers from Task Force Denali Platoon 1-40 CAV as they patrol next to a police station at Manzai village in Khowst province, Afghanistan, December 19, 2009. KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan villagers should stay inside and ...
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9 Feb 2010 at 4:09am
Crunch MEPs' vote on new European Commission - BBC News
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The new 27-strong team of European commissioners is expected to get the approval of Euro MPs in a vote shortly. Each commissioner has already faced a hearing in the European Parliament. The Commission is the EU's executive arm, responsible for drafting ...
EU's Barroso Says Investors Wrong to Question EuroBusinessWeek
New EU Commission team to get green light, finallyAFP
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9 Feb 2010 at 3:33am
Second avalanche in JK kills one, 13 rescued - IBNLive.com
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KILLER AVALANCHE: A day after 17 soldiers were killed in Gulmarg, another avalanche struck an army border post on Tuesday. ibnlive.com is on mobile now. Read news, watch videos be a Citizen Journalist. Log on to m.ibnlive.com NOW! ...
Unrest in Indian Kashmir enters 2nd weekWashington Post
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9 Feb 2010 at 4:49am
Toyota recalls 437000 Prius cars as Lexus is sucked into safety alert - Times...
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Toyota's president today announced plans for a global recall of more than 430000 of its flagship Prius hybrid cars and a production suspension of a high-end Lexus model in a move that plunges the Japanese automaker into a new quality-control debacle. ...
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9 Feb 2010 at 1:40am
In Haiti, a rum everyone can agree on - Los Angeles Times
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Rhum Barbancourt is a national tradition, surviving the tumult of the last century and a half. Whether it is weddings or holidays, or raising voodoo spirits, no other will do. Haitian sugar cane growers have been hit by the Jan. ...
Man Pulled From Rubble in Haiti Nearly 4 Weeks After EarthquakeWall Street Journal
Haiti man 'survives 27 days under quake rubble'BBC News
Man 'buried under rubble for four weeks' found alive in HaitiTimes Online
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9 Feb 2010 at 2:01am