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1/31/2010 11:47:45 PM

VIDEO: The US and NATO currently deploy 113,000 troops in Afghanistan, with another 40,000 due over the course of the year as part of a renewed strategy that emphasises development and the AP - A bomb killed a U.S. service member Monday in southern Afghanistan, NATO said.


1/31/2010 11:37:57 PM

Taylor Swift reacts as she accepts the album of the year award at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - It's been a year of "Fearless" and fairytales for Taylor Swift.


1/31/2010 11:54:57 PM

Kim Young-tak, head of a South Korean delegation, center, answers reporters' questions before leaving for North Korea's border city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine, or CIQ office, near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A group of South Korean officials traveled Monday into North Korea for talks on a joint industrial complex despite renewed tension following the North's artillery firing toward their disputed sea border.   (AP Photo/ Choi Woo-jung, Yonhap)AP - Officials from the two Koreas met Monday in North Korea to discuss their joint industrial complex just days after a gunfire exchange at sea emphasized the fragility of the peace between them.


1/31/2010 11:56:40 PM

A young looter is seen arrested at the back of a police truck in the commercial area of Port-au-Prince January 30, 2010. H REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - The U.S. government said on Sunday it would resume military evacuation flights to the United States for badly injured Haitian earthquake victims after a four-day suspension over cost and treatment questions.


1/31/2010 11:27:06 PM
Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp will announce on Monday details of its plan to fix accelerator pedals that have led to the recall of 2.4 million cars in the United States as it scrambles to put its worst public relations crisis behind it.
1/31/2010 10:50:54 PM

A child runs past a torpedo on display outside the Taiwan Armed Forces Museum in Taipei January 30, 2010. REUTERS/Pichi ChuangReuters - Chinese state media blasted the United States on Monday for a planned $6.4 billion arms package for Taiwan, while a U.S. official said Washington was committed to helping the island defend itself.


1/31/2010 8:12:31 PM

One of the 33 Haitian children (C) who were stopped in a bus while crossing the border into the Dominican Republic late Friday, sits at the SOS Children's Village in Croix des Bouquets, outside of Port-au-Prince. Haitian police detained 10 members of a US Christian group after they allegedly tried to leave the country with more than 30 children who survived the country's devastating earthquake.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - The United States said it will resume airlifting critically injured earthquake victims from Haiti after a row over who would pay for their care halted flights.


1/31/2010 11:15:00 PM
The Japanese automaker says it will give details early Monday on how it plans to fix gas pedals in more than 2 million vehicles being recalled in the U.S.
1/31/2010 9:59:01 PM
China castigates the US for "arrogance" and "double standards" over plans to sell $6.4bn worth of weapons to Taiwan.
2/1/2010 12:12:08 AM
Royal Dutch Shell shuts oil flow stations in Nigeria after a pipeline is sabotaged, shortly after a militant group ended its truce.
1/31/2010 7:08:18 AM
Author Terry Pratchett says he is ready to be a test case for assisted suicide "tribunals" which would provide assistance to those with incurable diseases wishing to end their lives.
1/31/2010 10:59:15 PM
A busy day of transfer activity is expected across Britain before the window slams shut later today.
1/31/2010 1:58:19 PM
Cairo overjoyed as Egypt wins African Cup football
2/1/2010 12:12:19 AM
Budget airline Ryanair reports a third-quarter loss, but raises its profit forecast for the full-year.
1/31/2010 4:06:39 PM
Few civilian deals are expected at Asia's largest air show in Singapore this week, though there could be military deals.
1/31/2010 11:29:14 PM
There is intense speculation that the DUP and Sinn Fein are close to signing a deal on the transfer of policing and justice powers.
1/31/2010 11:43:15 PM
At least 12 people are killed in two days of violence in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, police say.
1/31/2010 4:57:43 PM
Retailers selling more than 32kg of batteries a year must now provide recycling bins in a bid to cut the amount going to landfill.
1/31/2010 7:28:01 PM
The Office of Fair Trading has revealed the full extent of scams in Britain as it launches its Scam Awareness Month.
1/31/2010 11:10:59 PM
State and local efforts to thwart methamphetamine production by further limiting consumer access to a popular decongestant are ...


1/31/2010 11:03:49 PM
In 1960, tens of thousands of students across the South were using sit-ins to protest racial discrimination that had scarred ...


1/31/2010 10:59:33 PM
The Homeland Security Department has joined the social-media movement and for the first time is reading Twitter posts, blots, blogs ...


1/31/2010 10:34:58 PM
Lottery players in dozens of states hit the jackpot Sunday as two national games Powerball and Mega Millions began selling ...


1/31/2010 9:25:22 PM
American church members say they were saving orphans. Haitian officials allege an adoption scheme.


1/31/2010 9:13:31 PM
As the Obama administration considers looking for other locations outside Manhattan to try accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh ...


1/31/2010 8:34:08 PM
Three of the 10 commissioners studying the financial crisis have consulted for legal firms involved in lawsuits over the crisis, ...


1/31/2010 4:52:28 PM
Cancer and tragedy took a toll, but Jim Stone faces the future with vigor.


1/31/2010 4:49:19 PM
If other hospitals follow NIH's lead, this information will enable researchers eventually to compare the cancer risk of patients ...


1/31/2010 2:48:10 PM
Russian police broke up anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Sunday, and detained more than 100 demonstrators, ...


1/31/2010 9:02:41 PM
The Pentagon will no longer shape the U.S. military to fight two major conventional wars at once, according to a draft of a strategic outlook to be announced Monday.
1/31/2010 10:28:36 PM
President Obama will take the wraps off his $3.8 trillion budget plan for fiscal 2011 at a White House ceremony Monday.
1/31/2010 7:31:25 PM
Flights transporting critically injured Haitians into the United States will resume within a few hours, the White House announced Sunday.
1/31/2010 7:44:16 PM
A massive food distribution coordinated by the World Food Programme, international aid agencies and the Haitian government began today in the capital.
1/31/2010 4:16:59 PM
Ten Americans face child trafficking charges after they tried to bus 33 children across the Haitian-Dominican Republic border without proper paperwork, authorities said.
1/31/2010 12:42:55 PM
An American accused of sexually abusing boys he was supposed to help in Haiti now faces additional charges, federal court records show.
1/31/2010 5:32:13 PM
Oklahoma's death toll for a winter storm that left thousands without power in the state climbed to three Sunday, emergency officials said.
1/31/2010 2:16:50 PM
Democratic efforts to pass a health care bill have stalled a bit, and the focus may be shifting toward health insurance reform instead of quickly trying to pass a comprehensive bill.
1/31/2010 6:52:42 PM
The White House's stimulus plan funded 599,108 jobs in the fourth quarter, administration officials said Saturday.


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