International Headline News

Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:02:07 -0500
TOP STORIES as of 1000 GMT -- 28 January, 2010

> OBAMA: 'I NEVER SUGGESTED THAT CHANGE WOULD BE EASY'
In his State of the Union speech, U.S. President Barack Obama
defended his campaign theme, saying "Democracy in a nation of
300 million people can be noisy."

> AFGHANISTAN TALKS EYE TALIBAN PLAN
London plays host Thursday to a crucial daylong international
conference to chart the future of war-torn Afghanistan.

> 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.

> LEBANON: AIRLINE DATA RECORDER FOUND
Searchers have found the flight data recorder from an Ethiopian
Airlines plane that crashed Monday with 90 people aboard, the
Lebanese army said Thursday.

> APPLE MAY FACE 'IPAD' LEGAL BATTLE
Apple may face a legal battle with Fujitsu of Japan before it
can it can use the 'iPad' name for its new tablet computer.

> HAITIAN PM: TRAFFICKERS TARGET ORPHANS
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.

> RESCUERS PULL GIRL, 16, FROM RUBBLE
French rescuers in Haiti on Wednesday pulled from rubble a girl
who they believe could have been trapped since the January 12
earthquake.

> REPORT: AMERICAN HELD IN NORTH KOREA
An American was detained in North Korea for trespassing on the
country's border with China, state-run KCNA reported Thursday.

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> DAVOS GREETS CHINA'S NEXT PREMIER?
China's leadership succession process will step up a gear on
Thursday when Li Keqiang, the man widely tipped to be the
country's next premier, addresses the World Economic Forum.

> SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS SURVEY KINGDOM
The greats of social media world agree their medium still hasn't
reached its full potential, with one Davos speaker joking that
the really cool stuff wouldn't happen "until we're dead."

> 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."