International Headline News

Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:02:08 -0500
TOP STORIES as of 0900 HKT -- 17 January, 2010

> HILLARY CLINTON ARRIVES IN HAITI
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has landed in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. She is the highest-ranking U.S. official to witness
firsthand the earththquake devastation.

> U.N.: WE DIDN'T TELL DOCTORS TO LEAVE
Earthquake victims, writhing in pain and grasping at life,
watched doctors and nurses walk away from a field hospital
Friday night after United Nations officials ordered a medical
team to evacuate the area out of security concerns.

> SURVIVOR: WITHOUT KEY PORT, 'WE'LL STARVE'
Raymond Thomas is a jolly man who laughs easily and likes to say
"Forget it" a lot.

> ADOPTION PLAN PLEA FOR HAITI'S ORPHANS
Foreign governments should urgently accept Haitian orphans on
humanitarian grounds following this week's devastating
earthquake, an orphanage director in Haiti and adoptive parents
said Friday.

> AID TEAMS MUST BE 'SELF-SUFFICIENT'
As the flow of international aid into quake-stricken Haiti
gained momentum Friday, a health official pleaded for arriving
teams to be self-sufficient in food, water, equipment, supplies
and shelter.

> U.N. OFFICIAL ON HAITI AID: IT TAKES TIME
A top United Nations official acknowledged Friday that the
earthquake relief operation in Haiti was not progressing fast
enough.

> KARZAI FAILS TO SECURE AFGHAN CABINET
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's second attempt to seat a new
Cabinet failed Saturday with the parliament rejecting a majority
of his selections.

> FRENCH ACADEMIC'S TRIAL ENDS IN IRAN
The trial of a French academic arrested last summer amid
post-election protests in Iran has ended, an Iranian news agency
reported Saturday.

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BUSINESS
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> JPMORGAN MISSES REVENUE FORECASTS
JPMorgan said on Friday that its fourth-quarter profits had
soared, fuelled by continued strength in its investment banking
business.

> CHINA PROPERTY BUBBLE FEARS GROW
Housing prices in China accelerated in December, prompting a
flurry of new government measures as Beijing attempts to slow
soaring prices without derailing the economic recovery.