Tuesday, February 2, 2010

NewsViews: Yahoo World (Tuesday)

NewsViews: Yahoo World (Tuesday)

NewsViews

“If God can use a Jackass to talk to Balaam,

He can use the News to talk to you and me”

Yahoo World

Tuesday 

 AP 

A generous world's aid backs up in Haiti

AP – 1 hr 19 mins ago 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A generous world has flooded Haiti with donations, but anger and desperation are mounting as the aid stacks up inside this broken country.Full Story »

·        Slideshow: Haiti Earthquake

·        Interactive: A country of constant crisis and sorrow AP 

 

 

 

Ahmadinejad proposes prisoner swap for US hikers

AP – 1 hr 13 mins ago 

·        Slideshow: American hikers detained in Iran

 

 

 

Iran says ready to send uranium abroad as UN wants

AP – 2 hrs 6 mins ago 

·        Slideshow: Iran Nuclear Issues

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·        Detained Americans questioned by Haitian judge

AP – 2 hrs 32 mins ago  

AP

 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A Haitian judge on Tuesday was questioning a group of U.S. Baptist missionaries arrested trying to leave Haiti with a busload of children they gathered from the disaster zone. Full Story »

o   Slideshow: Americans accused of kidnapping detained in Haiti

AP – Tue Feb 2, 3:47 pm ET  

AP

 

MIR ALI, Pakistan - The Pakistani Taliban refused Tuesday to provide proof their leader survived a U.S. missile attack, just one day after promising to do just that. The reversal added to speculation that Hakimullah Mehsud was mortally wounded last month in a strike close to the Afghan border.Full Story »

o   Slideshow: Pakistan

o   Interactive: Pakistan's army targets Taliban AP

Time.com – 2 hrs 24 mins ago  

The brief hospitalization of the wildly popular president last week raised questions over whether his un-charismatic protege can win without him on the stump Full Story »

AFP – 9 mins ago  

AFP

 

HULL (AFP) - Carlo Ancelotti has backed John Terry to come through his personal crisis and lead Chelsea to the title despite his side's disappointing failure to overcome Hull City in a 1-1 draw at the KC Stadium. Full Story »

AP – 49 mins ago  

AP

 

JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants said Tuesday they had launched a large number of floating explosives into the Mediterranean Sea to avenge the death of a top Hamas commander, a day after two bomb-laden barrels washed up on Israel's coastline. Full Story »

o   Slideshow: Mideast Conflict

AP – Tue Feb 2, 4:43 pm ET  

CARACAS, Venezuela - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights raised concerns Tuesday over clashes between supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chavez that have killed two people and injured dozens more. Full Story »

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