International Headline News

Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:02:09 -0500
TOP STORIES as of 0900 HKT -- 06 February, 2010

CHELSEA'S TERRY STRIPPED OF ENGLAND CAPTAINCY
John Terry is dropped as England captain, team boss Fabio
Capello confirms in a statement. The Chelsea star has been
facing allegations about his private life.

> SPECIAL ENVOY CLINTON RETURNS TO HAITI
Former U.S. President and U.N. special envoy Bill Clinton plans
to return to Haiti on Friday to meet with local leaders, visit a
clinic and deliver supplies, his foundation said.

> 27 DEAD IN IRAQI CAR BOMBINGS
At least 27 people are dead and dozens injured following two car
bombings in the Iraqi city of Karbala as Shiite pilgrims
gathered at a shrine to mark the final day of Ashura.

> UK LAWMAKERS FACE EXPENSES CHARGES
Four lawmakers from the British Parliament were charged Friday
for submitting false expense claims over the past six years,
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service announced.

> LEADERS HAIL N. IRISH POWER-SHARING DEAL
The British and Irish prime ministers arrived in Northern
Ireland early Friday after political parties reached a deal to
save the province's power-sharing government.

> PANDAS TOUCH DOWN IN CHINA TO FANFARE
Two of the world's most famous pandas received a celebrity's
welcome in China Friday after being shipped from the U.S. aboard
the aptly named FedEx Panda Express.

> QUESTIONS OVER GAZA WAR CRIMES CLAIMS
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the world body is unable
to determine whether Israelis and Palestinians have done enough
to investigate allegations that both sides committed war crimes
during last year's war in the Gaza Strip.

> NEW TEEN DEATH SPARKS KASHMIR CLASH
There were new clashes between anti-India protesters and Indian
security forces here Friday after another schoolboy was killed,
allegedly by security forces.

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> TOYOTA APOLOGY BUT NO RECALL
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda apologizes for the problems that led to
the company's recall of more than 8 million cars, but did not
announce another recall of its popular Prius Hybrid, despite
reports of brake problems.

> 'BUSINESS IS WAR,' EX-SOLDIER SAYS
Many bosses like to run their businesses in a way that suggests
they've missed their vocation in life, such is their fondness
for barking orders at their staff. All they seem to lack are
some epaulettes, a peaked cap and a one-way ticket to a military
academy.

> BRITISH AIRWAYS LOSSES NARROW
British Airways said on Friday that it had made a narrowed
pre-tax loss of £50m in the last three months of 2009, taking
total losses for the first three quarters of its 2009-10
financial year to £342m.