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Defiant Iran starts uranium enrichment to 20% level

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran announced Tuesday it has begun work to produce 20 percent enriched uranium, dismissing warnings of new sanctions from world powers who suspect the sensitive atomic work is aimed at making a bomb.

by Jay Deshmukh and Hiedeh Farmani, Agence France-Presse 02/09/2010 9:30 PM


British PM to face Iraq inquiry in early March

LONDON, England - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear before the public inquiry into the Iraq war in early March, a spokesman for the probe said Tuesday.

Agence France-Presse 02/09/2010 8:43 PM


Doctors: Haitian may have survived 4 weeks in rubble

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A man pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Haiti's capital Monday may have been trapped since the January 12 quake that leveled much of the city, doctors reported.

CNN 02/09/2010 8:33 PM


Thailand aims to seize all Thaksin fortune: attorney general

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's attorney general wants all of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's 2.2 billion-dollar fortune to be seized by the court in its ruling this month, the office said in closing arguments Tuesday.

Agence France-Presse 02/09/2010 7:03 PM


Doctors: Haitian may have survived 4 weeks in rubble

Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- A man pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Haiti's capital Monday may have been trapped since the January 12 quake that leveled much of the city, doctors reported.

CNN 02/09/2010 2:27 PM


North Korea's Kim pledges to remove nuclear weapons

SEOUL – North Korea's leader pledged again to remove nuclear weapons from the peninsula, a news report said Tuesday, and also sent his top nuclear envoy to Beijing in a move that could bode well for stalled disarmament talks.

Reuters 02/09/2010 12:15 PM


Palin's note-scrawled hand draws critics' ridicule

WASHINGTON – Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics Monday, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech.

Agence France-Presse 02/09/2010 10:30 AM


Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate arrested

COLOMBO – The defeated candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential vote, former army chief Sarath Fonseka, was arrested Monday hours after vowing to give evidence before any war crimes tribunal.

Agence France-Presse 02/09/2010 7:50 AM


N.Korea accuses S.Korea of plot amid push for nuclear talks

SEOUL – Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime as relations again soured, while a top Chinese official met North Korea's leader to bring the country back to nuclear disarmament talks.

Agence France-Presse 02/09/2010 7:37 AM


Dubai closes top deck at world's tallest tower for repairs

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The observation deck of Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest high-rise, has been closed for repairs only a month after the iconic tower was inaugurated, the developers said on Monday.

Agence France-Presse 02/08/2010 9:47 PM