Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons....
Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker....
Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strand 1,500
KABUL (AP) -- Avalanches roared down a mountain pass north of Afghanistan's capital killing at least 28 people and stranding another 1,500 in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, officials said Tuesday....
UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients....
Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue....
Nigeria: Lawmakers empower vice president
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's National Assembly has empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to take over for the ill and absent president of oil-rich Nigeria, Africa's most populous country....
Tymoshenko camp vows to challenge Ukraine vote
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading, her campaign said Tuesday....
Marines wait in the cold for Afghan offensive
OUTPOST BELLEAU WOOD, Afghanistan (AP) -- Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent....
UN appeals for $538M in Pakistan humanitarian aid
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Aid groups in Pakistan need nearly $538 million over the next six months to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by army clashes against the Taliban, the U.N. said in an international appeal Tuesday....
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