3 explosions rock holy Shiite city in Iraq
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BAGHDAD — Three explosions ripped through the city of Najaf on Thursday, just hundreds of yards from one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam. Read more
Haiti estimates 140,000 dead, violence breaks out
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian authorities said on Friday they believe 140,000 people died in the earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation and that three-quarters of the capital, Port-au-Prince, would need to be rebuilt. Read more
Desperate Haitians clamor for aid days after quake
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Comments See All Comments (26)  |  Post Comment Jan 15, 2010 The US Air Force needs to immediately airdrop water and other supplies such as food and medicine to wretched quake survivors. Otherwise, as the 72 hour milestone approaches in about 8 hours, the death toll looks set to rise astronomically. Until such time as the airport and [...]
US sending 10,000 troops to Haiti
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Up to 10,000 US troops will be on the ground or off the coast of Haiti by Monday to help deal with the earthquake aid effort, US defence officials say. Read more
World markets hit by JP Morgan sales disappoint (AP)
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AP – FILE – In this Sept. 17, 2007 file photo, New York Stock Exchange signs top trading posts on the floor … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video:Obama’s Bank Tax: Is Wall St. Listening? CNBC Related Quotes Symbol Price Change JPM 43.85 -0.84 ^GSPC 1,133.91 -14.55 ^IXIC 2,285.12 -31.62 By PAN PYLAS, AP Business Writer Pan [...]
Struggle to get aid to Haitians as looters roam (AP)
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Play Video AP  – Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Can’t escape the death’ in Haiti Slideshow:Massive earthquake hits Haiti Play Video Video:Raw video: Haiti rescue operations continue through night AP Play Video Video:The Science of Survival ABC News AFP – Members of a Dominican rescue team attempt to save a victim trapped amid the rubble of a destroyed building … By JONATHAN [...]
No pain compares to loss of our Maddy, says emotional Kate
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KATE McCann admitted yesterday that listening to claims she had faked her daughter Madeleine’s abduction was difficult — but she added that nothing could be as bad as losing her child. Read more
Haiti earthquake survivors blockade roads with piles of rotting corpses in protest at lack of aid
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The humanitarian crisis in the capital is the worst many aid workers have ever seen. Read more
World's Worst Earthquakes
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
World's Worst Earthquakes
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
Chavez Ensures There’s No Escape from His Ranting
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Here’s a reminder to all Venezuelans to make sure your DVD players are in top working condition and your Netflix subscription paid in full, and in absence of alternate entertainment — because, let’s face it, the economy there sucks — consider watching paint dry or ice cubes freeze in lieu of the state-mandated torture that [...]
Quinn wings it, fails to soar in State of the State speech
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Gov. Pat Quinn had his moment Wednesday afternoon in Springfield. The state is confronting an unprecedented crisis — an estimated $12 billion deficit with little relief in sight — and Quinn is facing a serious primary challenge in a little more than two weeks. The big question voters have about Quinn isn’t whether he’s [...]
Haiti Quake: Corpses Used In Aid Protest
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7:08am UK, Friday January 15, 2010 Damien Pearse, Sky News Online Desperate earthquake victims have set up roadblocks using corpses in Haiti to protest at the delay in emergency aid. [...]
Paul Levitz to write dual project for DC
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Writer Paul Levitz is to pen Adventure Comics and Legion Of Super-Heroes for DC as two separate series. Read more
Diplomat is 1st American Quake Victim
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The first American reported killed by the earthquake in Haiti was a foreign service officer crushed when her home collapsed. Read more
George Shultz ignores differences to endorse Campbell
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Greetings from San Jose, where former Reagan Administration Secretary of State George Shultz provided the wow factor at Tom Campbell’s “No, Really, I’ve Always Wanted to Run for Senate” announcement. Read more
Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
U.S. paratroopers flow into Haiti; Obama pledges $100 million in aid
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Hundreds of U.S. Army paratroopers began flowing into Haiti on Thursday as the death toll from Tuesday’s devastating earthquake climbed and international relief workers stepped up efforts to rescue people trapped under tons of rubble. Read more
Hillary Clinton’s trips to Asia
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s trip to the Asian Pacific was to be her fourth to the area since taking office. But she canceled her travel after the earthquake in Haiti. Read more