International Headline News

Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:02:04 -0500
TOP STORIES as of 0900 HKT -- 28 January, 2010

> HAITIAN PM: ORPHANS BEING TARGETED BY TRAFFICKERS
There is trafficking in children and human organs in the
aftermath of the earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti,
Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive has said.

> OBAMA WANTS CHANGE ON GAYS IN MILITARY
President Obama will ask Congress during his State of the Union
address to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy,
an administration official said.

> SURVEY: AMERICANS COOLING ON CLIMATE
Public concern about global warming and trust in climate leaders
has dropped sharply in the U.S. according to a survey.

> SRI LANKA OPPOSITION LEADER SURROUNDED
Sri Lanka's defeated opposition leader accuses newly re-elected
President Mahinda Rajapaksa of intimidation as troops surround
his hotel in Colombo.

> MUDSLIDES TRAP MACHU PICCHU TOURISTS
Heavy rain over several days has unleashed flooding and
landslides in southern Peru, forcing the evacuation of hundreds
of tourists stranded in the Andes near the Inca ruins at Machu
Picchu, officials said.

> AL QAEDA-LINKED GROUP CLAIMS IRAQ BLASTS
Islamic State of Iraq -- an umbrella group which includes al
Qaeda in Iraq -- said it had carried out a string of vehicle
bomb attacks that killed at least 36 people in Baghdad Monday.

> SARKOZY BACKS OBAMA BANKS REFORMS
French President Nicolas Sarkozy threw his weight behind Barack
Obama's bank reform plan as he delivered his keynote speech at
the 40th World Economic Forum at Davos Wednesday.

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> APPLE UNVEILS IPAD TABLET COMPUTER
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad, a tablet computer
that he called "a truly magical and revolutionary product."

> APPLE, GOOGLE SQUARE UP FOR BATTLE
At a glance, Apple and Google don't make obvious competitors.
But the two tech giants are slowly encroaching on each others'
turf, from phones to web browsers.

> RUSAL SHARES PLUNGE ON HK DEBUT
UC Rusal, the aluminium group controlled by Russian oligarch
Oleg Deripaska, on Wednesday fell sharply on its Hong Kong
trading debut following the company's long struggle to come to
market.