International Headline News

Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:02:08 -0500
TOP STORIES as of 1000 GMT -- 25 January, 2010

> HAITI AWASH IN DOCTORS, BUT FEW NURSES
So many doctors are answering Haiti's call for medical aid that
the largest hospital in Port-au-Prince has a new problem:
organizing and finding good use for them all.

> INDIA APOLOGIZES FOR AD GAFFE
India apologized to its citizens for a government advertisement,
aimed at promoting female children, that showed a former
Pakistani air force chief.

> SRI LANKA SET FOR PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will seek a fresh mandate
in the upcoming elections in the South Asian nation, but he is
facing a tough challenge from his one-time confidante and former
Army commander, retired General Sarath Fonseka.

> ALLEGED BIN LADEN TAPE: MORE ATTACKS
A new tape allegedly from Osama bin Laden claims responsibility
for an attempt to blow up a plane en route to the U.S. on
Christmas Day and warns of more attacks.

> OBAMA BRINGING CHANGE, ADVISER SAYS
The White House rejected criticism today that President Obama
has not delivered on his promise of "change" during his first
year in office.

> SAUDI GIRL ACCEPTS LASHING FOR ASSAULT
A schoolgirl in Saudi Arabia has accepted her sentence of 90
lashes and two months in prison for assaulting her headmistress
after a confrontation over a cell phone, according to Saudi
daily newspaper Al-Watan.

> DAVOS BATTLEGROUND FOR BANK REFORM
After the Democrats' electoral defeat in Massachusetts last
week, President Barack Obama beefed up both the substance of
financial reform and the rhetoric designed to sell his policies,
but stopped short of a change of personnel.

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> U.S. ENABLED CHINESE GOOGLE HACK?
In order to comply with government search warrants on user data,
Google created a backdoor access system into Gmail accounts.
This feature is what the Chinese hackers exploited to gain
access.

> 'RANCHING' TUNA THE ECO-FRIENDLY WAY
Tokihiko Okada has hundreds of children. Well, not literallybut you
might as well call the giant bluefin tuna he cares for
in the ocean tanks his "children."

> SHOULD BLACKBERRY USERS LAY OFF?
We've all seen them on the train or the bus. Chins glued to
their chest, thumbs hovering and their eyes locked in a
digitally-induced trance.